Privacy Policy

Gordon Chung, Chung Chun Wai and Gordon Chung Law Career Coaching (“We”, “our” or “us”) takes the privacy of your information seriously. This policy statement provides information on the obligations and policies of us under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (“Ordinance”).

Types of personal data collected 

The type of personal information collected includes, but is not limited to: 

• your name; 

• your electronic mail address; 

• your mobile number; 

• your professional qualification; 

• your employment details; 

• your interests; 

Online users

Our servers may automatically collect data about your Internet address when you visit us. This information, known as an internet protocol address, or IP address, is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your internet service provider whenever you are on the internet. When you request pages from our site, our servers may log your IP address and, if applicable, your domain name. Your IP address is used to help identify you and to gather demographic information about our members and users as a whole, but does not include personally identifiable information. Our server may also record the referring page that linked you to us (e.g., another web site or a search engine); the pages you visit on this site; the web site you visit after this site; other information about the type of web browser, computer, platform, related software and settings you are using; any search terms you have entered on this site or a referral site; and other web usage activity and data logged by our servers. We use this information for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our servers, and to administer our services.

Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record keeping. Cookies make web-surfing easier by saving preferences and browsing patterns while you are at the site. Cookies may be used to analyse the site usage, improve content, customise the site’s content and layout and for other customer service purposes. A cookie may enable us to relate your use of our site to other information about you, including your personal information. All of these purposes serve to improve and personalise your experience on our site. Most web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie. However, refusing a cookie may, in some cases, preclude you from using, or negatively impact the display or function of, the site or certain areas or features of the site.

Disclaimer: We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our site and recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions. In addition, if you linked to this site from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

Use of personal data

Your personal data may be used for one or more of the following purposes or any purposes directly related to them:

● verify your identity;
● for the promotion, marketing and provision of various coaching-related services to you;
● to fulfil your specific request, application or enrolment relating to our services;
● to process your complaints, enquiries or feedback;
● to collect information with regard to use of forums or discussion groups maintained by us for research or statistical purposes;
● other purposes as permitted by law; and
● any other purposes as maybe agreed between you and us.

The provision of personal data or any information is voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested personal data may result in us being unable to process your request or deliver its services to you.

We intend to use the personal data of your name, email address and correspondence address to inform you of our coaching-related activities, benefits, goods, services, facilities and events organised or provided by us or other organisations. For subscribers you may opt out from receiving such materials at any time.
For others you may opt out from receiving such materials at any time by sending an email to us at cwchung25@gmail.com.

Data retention

Unless otherwise agreed, hard copies of any documents containing your personal data that you have provided to us become the property of us and will not be returned to you. We will destroy any documents we hold in accordance with our internal policy and applicable laws.

Personal data will be retained only for such period as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes stated in this policy or as otherwise specified at the time of collection.

Disclosure and sharing of personal information

Personal data held by us will be kept confidential but We may, where such disclosure or transfer is necessary to satisfy the purpose, or directly related purpose, for which the data was collected provide such information or copies to the following relevant parties:

● government bodies and other regulators as required under the law or pursuant to any arrangements between us and the relevant government body or regulator;
● any person under a duty of confidentiality to us and who has undertaken to keep such information confidential, provided that such person has a legitimate right to such information; or
● any person to whom we are required to make disclosure under any law applicable in Hong Kong.

Personal data may also be disclosed to any person or persons pursuant to any statutory or contractual obligations or as required by court of law, provided such person or persons are able to prove the required right or authority to access such information. In addition, personal data may be disclosed under any of the circumstances described in part VIII of the Ordinance in which the concerned personal data are exempt from the provisions of data protection principle 3 of the Ordinance.

Except as stated above or with your prior consent, We will not transfer or disclose your personal information to any third party.

We will do our best to ensure compliance with the Ordinance by providing guidelines to and monitoring compliance of the relevant parties listed above. However, We cannot control how third parties use your personal information and assumes no responsibility for the privacy protection provided by such third parties.

Security

When collecting personal data over the internet, We will secure the transmission as appropriate according to the nature of the data being collected. All information stored in our computer system is protected from access by unauthorised users.

Where personal data is stored electronically, it will be kept in a password-protected form. Personal data, whether stored in electronic form on computers or in hard-copy form will be accessible only by persons authorised by us. Information that is stored in document form is kept secured to prevent access by unauthorised persons. Persons designated by us to handle personal data will be made acquainted with this privacy policy and told how to fulfil our obligations to you.

Personal information access and correction

You have the right to request access to your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance. Your right of access includes the right to obtain a copy of the personal data We hold about you. A charge will be made to cover the cost of photocopying personal data supplied in response to a data access request.

You may also exercise your right of correction by writing to us via cwchung25@gmail.com, specifying the data obtained through the data access request mentioned above which needs to be corrected.

Satisfactory proof and explanation of the inaccuracy is essential before We will correct the data.

Upon satisfying itself of the authenticity and validity of the correction request, We will comply with and respond to the request as required under the Ordinance.