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The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
Social Gauge Media Limited
- Address
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Unit 1603, 16th Floor, The L. Plaza, 367-375 Queen's
Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
- Registration no.
- 3156089
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our
data protection practices, you can contact us using the
details above.
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Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of
personal data when you use the Website or communicate with us:
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Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing
We process your personal data only where we have a lawful
basis to do so, and for specific purposes, including:
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Classes of Recipients of Personal Data
We may share your personal data with the following categories
of recipients, strictly on a need to know basis and subject to
appropriate contractual and security safeguards:
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Service providers and processors who support our
business operations, such as website hosting, IT and cloud
services, analytics providers, email and CRM platforms, and
professional advisers (e.g. legal, accounting).
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Group companies or affiliates (if any) that support
us in providing and marketing our services.
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Business partners in the context of joint events,
webinars or marketing initiatives, where you have registered
or consented to such collaboration.
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Public authorities, regulators and law enforcement
where required by law or reasonably necessary to protect our
rights, users or third parties.
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Potential buyers or investors and their advisers in
connection with any actual or proposed merger, acquisition,
restructuring or other corporate transaction, subject to
confidentiality commitments.
We do not sell your personal data.
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Cross Border Transfers of Personal Data
We may transfer your personal data to countries outside of
your country of residence, including countries that may not
provide the same level of data protection as your home
jurisdiction.
Where such transfers occur, we will ensure that appropriate
safeguards are in place to protect your personal data, in
accordance with applicable data protection laws. These
safeguards may include:
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The use of standard contractual clauses or other approved
contractual mechanisms;
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Transfers to countries that have been recognised as
providing an adequate level of data protection by the
relevant authority; and/or
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Other appropriate technical and organisational measures to
ensure the security and confidentiality of your data.
You may contact us using the details in section 1 if you would
like more information about the specific safeguards applied to
the cross border transfer of your personal data.
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Obligation or Voluntary Provision of Personal Data
In general, you are under no statutory or contractual
obligation to provide personal data when using the Website.
However:
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Certain information (such as your name, company and contact
details) may be necessary for us to respond to your
enquiries or to provide information you request. If you do
not provide this information, we may not be able to respond
fully or at all.
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Where we ask you to provide personal data, we will indicate
whether the provision is obligatory or voluntary and the
possible consequences of not providing it.
We may use your personal data (such as name, email address,
company and role) for direct marketing purposes, including:
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Sending newsletters, updates and insights related to
marketing, consultancy and our services;
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Informing you about events, webinars or offers that may be
relevant to your role or interests.
We will only send direct marketing by electronic means (e.g.
email) where permitted by applicable law, either based on your
consent or, where allowed, on our legitimate interests where
you have not opted out.
You have the right at any time to object to the use of your
personal data for direct marketing, or to withdraw your
consent where consent was the basis (see section 9).
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to
fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for
the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting
requirements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data and
the context in which it was collected. When we no longer need
personal data, we will delete it or anonymise it in a secure
manner.
Subject to applicable data protection laws and certain
limitations, you have the following rights in relation to your
personal data:
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Right of accessTo obtain confirmation as to whether we process your
personal data and, if so, to receive a copy of the
personal data we hold about you, together with certain
related information.
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Right to rectificationTo request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete
personal data.
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Right to erasureTo request that we delete your personal data in certain
circumstances (e.g. where it is no longer necessary for
the purposes for which it was collected, or where you
withdraw consent and there is no other legal basis for
processing).
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Right to restriction of processingTo request that we restrict the processing of your
personal data in certain situations.
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Right to objectTo object at any time to the processing of your personal
data for direct marketing purposes; and to object, on
grounds relating to your particular situation, to our
processing of your personal data where we rely on
legitimate interests.
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Right to data portabilityWhere applicable: to receive the personal data you have
provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine
readable format and to transmit it to another controller,
where technically feasible.
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Right to withdraw consentWhere we process your personal data based on your
consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at
any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing
based on consent before its withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, or to access and correct your
personal data, please contact us at:
- Postal address
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Unit 1603, 16th Floor, The L. Plaza, 367-375 Queen's
Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
We may need to verify your identity before we can act on your
request. We will respond within the time period required by
applicable law.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a
supervisory authority in your country if you believe that your
personal data has been processed in a way that does not comply
with applicable law.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to
protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful
destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or
access.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method
of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to
use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal
data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
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Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to collect and store
certain information when you visit the Website, for purposes
such as enabling core functionality, improving performance and
understanding usage patterns.
For detailed information about the cookies we use and the
choices available to you, please refer to our separate Cookie
Policy.
The Website may contain links to third-party websites or
services that are not operated or controlled by us. This
Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We
are not responsible for the privacy practices of such
websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of
any third-party sites you visit.
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Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any
changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last
updated” date.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to
stay informed about how we are protecting your personal data.
Your continued use of the Website after any changes take
effect will constitute your acknowledgement of the revised
Policy.
If you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this
Privacy Policy or our handling of your personal data, please
contact us using the information found in Section 1 at the top
of this document.