This Statement gives effect to HKC’s commitment to protect customers’ personal information and has been adopted by the Company and its subsidiaries and representative offices. References to “HKC”, “we”, “our” and “us” hereinafter, depending on the context, collectively refer to those entities. Nothing in this Statement shall limit the rights of the Data Subjects under the Ordinance.
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administer, process and/or confirm your freight reservations and other transactions with us;
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facilitate your participation in loyalty programs and travel partner programs;
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facilitate your participation in loyalty programs and travel partner programs;
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accommodate special requests and provide a more personalised level of service;
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respond to requests for information and services;
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facilitate communications;
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conduct market research, market analysis and quality assurance surveys;
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facilitate direct marketing;
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facilitate matching with other Personal Data;
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comply with any law, legal or regulatory requirement; or
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comply with governmental, judicial or administrative direction or order.
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your personal details and contact information;
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your credit card details, loyalty program membership information and online user account details, profile and password details;
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any information necessary to fulfil special requests ;
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information relating to the credit of customers;
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your reviews and opinions about our services;
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activity record of HKC website visits and usage patterns.
In providing services to you, it may be necessary for HKC to disclose, transfer, use, process and store your Personal Data to/at our offices, affiliates, operations, shippment related companies and business partners worldwide. This may be necessary to provide administrative, booking, telecommunications, payment and other services to facilitate your requests and to provide services you require.
In accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, HKC takes all reasonable steps to ensure third party service providers protect the Personal Data entrusted to it and use Personal Data for purposes only as specified by HKC.
HKC reserves the right to disclose any Personal Data and information we hold on you if we:
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are compelled to do so by a court of law;
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are requested to do so by a governmental entity;
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determine it is necessary or desirable to comply with the law;
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determine it is necessary or desirable in providing services and facilities to you.
We also reserve the right to retain information collected and to process such information to comply with accounting and tax rules and regulations, as well as, for safety and security assessment as HKC may deem necessary.
We may share aggregated demographic information with business partners, affiliates or other entities. This aggregate information is not linked or traceable to any personally identifiable information about you.
DIRECT MARKETING
HKC intends to use your Personal Data (including your name, address, contact numbers, email addresses) to send you marketing communications in the form of postal mail, email, telephone call and SMS containing news, offers, promotions and events, to be offered by us or by our business partners.
We will not use your personal information for direct marketing without your consent. You may opt-out from receiving marketing communications at any time by updating your personal profile online or by writing to us at the address provided in the ‘How to Access or Correct Your Personal Information’ section of this document.
ENSURING SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA
HKC retains Personal Data collected for as long as it may be necessary to fulfil the purpose (including any directly related purpose) which the information was initially collected for.
To maintain the accuracy of your Personal Data, as well as preventing unauthorised access to and ensuring the correct use of your Personal Data, we carry out appropriate physical, technical and administrative protective measures to control and safeguard the collection, access and disposal of the Personal Data we collect. These measures are subject to ongoing review and monitoring. Whilst we make every effort to protect your Personal Data, no security measures can guarantee that your Personal Data and information will not be subject to interference, misuse or hacking. HKC shall not be responsible for any loss, misuse or alteration arising as a result of such incidents.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The HKC website may contain links that will direct users to third party operated sites that are not owned or managed by HKC. Personal Data submitted to or obtained by third parties will not be under the protection of this Statement. HKC shall not be responsible any loss, misuse or alteration arising from access of any third party operated sites.
HOW TO ACCESS OR CORRECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You are entitled to access, correct or delete any Personal Data relating to your profile held on our database.
Your access to or correction of Personal Data must be submitted in writing and addressed to:
The Data Protection Officer
Hong Kong Air Cargo Carrier Limited
12/F, Tower 2, Kowloon Commerce Centre,
51 Kwai Cheong Road, Kwai Chung,
New Territories, Hong Kong
When submitting your request, please include your full name, address and contact number so we can ascertain your identity and attend to your enquiry. HKC reserves the right to charge a fee to recover the costs and expenses involved in complying with your data access request.
COOKIES
Some of our webpages may use ‘cookies’ to enhance customers’ experience on our website. Cookies are small pieces of information transmitted from our web server and automatically stored on your computer’s browser to record your preferences.
We also use cookies to understand site usage for our own research purposes. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. You may choose not to accept cookies by changing your browser settings to block them, but if you do so you may find that certain features on the HKC website will not work properly.
MISCELLANEOUS
This Statement may be modified from time to time. Any changes to this Statement will become effective upon posting of the revised Statement on the HKC website. Use of the HKC website following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Statement then in effect.
This Statement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
This Statement is written in the English language and may be translated into other languages. In the event of any inconsistency, the English version shall prevail.
