Privacy Policy
YING WA COLLEGE OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED WEB SITE PRIVACY PROLICY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Ying Wa College Old Boys' Association Limited (the "YWCOBA") has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to our visitors' privacy. The naming convention hereinafter is the same as those in the Terms and Conditions of Use (the "TACOU"). The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Site. This Privacy Policy is a portion of, and is incorporated into, the TACOU, which can be reviewed at any time at http://alumni.yingwa.edu.hk/tacou.php.
1. NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
During your visit to the Site, we may request non-personally identifiable demographic and profile data, though your provision of this information is optional. We may use this data to improve our Site and enhance your experience. For example, we may use this data to tailor your experience at our Site, show you content that we think you might be interested in, and display content according to your preferences. We may also share this information with others, such as advertisers interested in advertising on the Site, in aggregate, anonymous form, which means that the information will not contain any personally identifiable information about you or any other person.
We may use your IP address and/or server-sided, auto-generated unique session identity hash code to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Site. Your IP address is used to help identify you for the duration of a session and to gather broad demographic information.
As you browse the Internet, a trail of electronic information is left at each Web site you visit. This information, which is sometimes called "clickstream" data, can be collected and stored by a Web site's server. Clickstream data can tell us the type of computer and browsing software you use, the address of the Web site from which you linked to the Site, and in some instances, your electronic mail address. We may use clickstream data to determine how much time visitors spend on each page of our Site and how they navigate throughout the Site. We will only use this information to improve the Site.
2. PERSONAL INFORMATION
When using the Services of the Site, you may be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information about yourself, such as your name, company name, job title, electronic mail address and certain information about your business and preferences. You may also be given the option of providing additional personal information such as your URI, telephone and facsimile number and mailing address.
We use personal information provided by you to notify you for further information about Services and/or deliver YWCOBA's newsletters. YWCOBA will not share any personal information collected from the Site with any unaffiliated third parties, without your consent.
As part of your use of the Services, you are responsible for maintaining and updating, as applicable, your information with current, accurate and complete information.
3. COOKIES
"Cookies" are pieces of information that are places on an individual's computer hard drive to enable the individual to more easily communicate and interact with the Site. YWCOBA may use cookies to customize your Site experience, to make sure you don't see the same advertisement repeatedly, to deliver content specific to your interests, and for other purposes. However, you may disallow cookies through your Web browser and still visit our Site. YWCOBA will never use cookies to retrieve information from a computer that is unrelated to the Site or Services or your interaction with the Site.
4. CONSENT TO PROCESSING
By providing any personal information to this Site, you fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information in the H.K.S.A.R. and/or any other country or district.
5. OTHER SITES
Our Site may contain links to other sites. Other sites may also reference or link to our Site. YWCOBA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites.
6. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that is received from third parties.
7. SECURITY
We take seriously the security for all personal and non-personal information associated with out visitors. However, due to the open communication nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communciations between you and YWCOBA, and YWCOBA and you, will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.
8. CHOICE/OPT-OUT
If we ever send you information by electronic mail concerning new YWCOBA services, we will provide you with an electronic mail address by which you may request no future notices.
9. YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY
By visiting this Site or receiving Services, you signify your assent to our then-current Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site or Services. We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this policy at any time. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes.
Last Updated: 29th September, 2004