Privacy
The following Personal Data Privacy Statement is provided to you pursuant to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of Hong Kong (“Ordinance”) in connection with your dealings with, and provision of personal data or information (“Data”) to, Taikang Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited (“Taikang Asset (Hong Kong)”) or its affiliates (together “Taikang Group”) from time to time. Taikang Asset (Hong Kong) is fully committed to protecting the privacy interests of individuals who provide us with information about themselves and to comply with the requirements of the Ordinance. In doing so, Taikang Asset (Hong Kong) instructs its staff to comply with the strict internal standards of security and confidentiality.
A. Collection:
1. From time to time, it is necessary for you to supply Taikang Group with Data in connection with various matters such as account opening or continuations, provision of services to you or compliance with any laws or guidelines issued by regulatory or other authorities.
2. The kinds of Data that may be collected includes, but is not limited to, name and address, occupation, contact details, date and country of birth, nationality, identity card.
3. Additional Data may also be collected at Taikang Group’s websites which include, but is not limited to:
3.1 the IP address of the visitor’s personal computer, the country from which the inquiry is made, the pages visited, the time at which a visit is made and the browser type;
3.2 certain personal details of the visitor(these may for instance include his/her name, age, sex, profession), client identification details, electronically encrypted security passcodes, information regarding holdings in any funds offered or distributed by Taikang Group. Whether the visitor wishes to receive information and, if so, what kind of information.
Apart from any security passcode, the Data collected at any Taikang Group website is not electronically encrypted.
We or our third-party partners may use software tools to gather information about site visitors' browsing activities. The information collected may be processed by us, our agents or any other third parties which provide services to Taikang Group.
B. Purpose and use:
The purposes for which Data may be used will vary depending on the nature of your relationship with Taikang Group. Taikang Group intends to use your Data (including any third party Data provided by you) for any or all of the following purposes:
1.1. any purpose related to the administration of the products and services offered by Taikang Group;
1.2. researching, designing and launching financial, investment services or related products for clients;
1.3. meeting the disclosure, reporting and compliance requirements (including but not limited to tax reporting) under any laws or regulations, codes, guidelines or internal Taikang Group compliance policies applicable to Taikang Group in Hong Kong or elsewhere;
1.4. any other purpose directly related to any of the above.
C. Retention and Access:
1. The Data collected may be maintained for such period of time required under applicable law and as otherwise needed to fulfil the purposes set out above.
2. Data held by Taikang Group relating to you will be kept confidential and Taikang Group will take all reasonable measures to ensure that Data is kept secure against unauthorised access, loss, disclosure and destruction. Taikang Asset (Hong Kong) may provide such information to the following parties, whether inside or outside of Hong Kong, for the purposes set out in the “Purpose and Use” and “Direct Marketing” sections above:
2.1 the ultimate holding company of Taikang Asset (Hong Kong), its subsidiaries, representative offices, associated companies and/or affiliates;
2.2 any agent, contractor, subcontractor, consultant, insurer, or third party service provider who provides administrative, research, design, launch, digital or telecommunication, clearing and settlement or other services to Taikang Group in connection with the operation of its business;
2.3 the employees, officers, directors of Taikang Asset (Hong Kong);
3. Taikang Asset (Hong Kong)’s policy is to restrict access to Data concerning individuals to those persons who have a need to use that Data and who have been instructed to handle such information properly and observe confidentiality. Security passcodes used by clients with on-line dealing privileges are electronically encrypted.
Please note that the Data transferred outside of Hong Kong may be subject a lower level of protection and/or cease to be protected by any relevant banking secrecy, client confidentiality or data protection laws of Hong Kong.
4. Under the Ordinance, you have the right to:
4.1 check whether Taikang Group holds Data about you, and access to such Data;
4.2 require Taikang Group to correct any Data relating to you which is inaccurate;
4.3 ascertain Taikang Group’s policies and practices in relation to data and to be informed of the kinds of Data held by Taikang Group; and
4.4 object to the use of your Data for direct marketing purposes and Taikang Group shall not use your Data for direct marketing purposes after you communicate your objection to Taikang Group.
In accordance with the terms of the Ordinance, Taikang Asset (Hong Kong) has the right to charge a reasonable fee for the process of any data request.
For access to your Data held by Taikang Group, correction of such Data, objection to use of your Data for direct marketing purposes or for information regarding policies and practices and kinds of Data held, please contact:
Taikang Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited
Address: 39/F Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
Email: fundservice@taikangamc.com.cn
Tel: +852-39755100
In order to deal with any such request, Taikang Asset (Hong Kong) may require evidence from you that you are the individual in respect of whom the request is made or a person permitted under the Ordinance to make the request on that individual's behalf.
Nothing in this statement shall limit your rights under the Ordinance.