Zijin Gold International Company Limited and its affiliated companies (together "ZGI", "we", our” or "us") are committed to protecting all Personal Data under our custody, control, or possession. “Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identifiable individual or can be used to identify an individual – sometimes the individual is referred to as a “Data Subject” or consumer.
This privacy notice (“Notice”) describes how your Personal Data will be treated as you use our Website.
As we also provide links to the websites of third parties, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on these other websites as we cannot control nor are we responsible for how they handle your Personal Data.
This Notice sets out what Personal Data we process, how we process it, who it might be transferred to, how we protect it, and rights under the applicable data protection laws. We will revise this Notice from time to time to reflect any changes at ZGI relating to our business or operations or our Website, or due to changes in the applicable laws and regulations.
To the extent required under applicable data protection laws, we will notify Data Subjects of the material changes and, where required, seek their consent.
If the correct Personal Data is not submitted to ZGI then we may be unable to process requests from the Data Subjects relating to their rights under the applicable data protection laws.
If there is any inconsistency between the English version and the Chinese version of this Notice, the English version shall prevail.
What Personal Data do we process
Like many websites, our server logs capture, the following internet or other electronic network activity information: information regarding our Website users’ operating systems, browser software, IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, and the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstreams to, through and from our Website, including date and time. We may use this information to improve the services we provide through our Website, to monitor and improve the performance of our servers, to administer the our Website, and to protect and defend our rights, property or safety. Our Website also use cookies.
You are not required to submit any information to our Website. However, you may choose to do so by completing forms available in several sections of our Website. If you join one or more of our mailing lists or otherwise choose to provide personal information to us through our Website, we will collect the following information about users of our Website: first name, last name, email address, phone number, postal address, personal and professional interests, and professional and employment information, and educational information. We use that information for the purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with the privacy wording on the relevant part of our Website. In addition, we may use this information: to communicate with you about our business; to provide publications, products and services you request; to invite you to, and register you for, events; to add you to mailing lists and send you marketing materials we believe will be of interest to you; to process and respond to requests, enquiries and complaints; and for other purposes and operations which are reasonably related, such as administering, monitoring and improving our Website, our products, and services.
Your information may be accessed by third-party service providers who will process that information solely for our benefit and in accordance with our instructions. However, we will not provide your personal information to or share it with any third party for their own marketing purposes except in connection with requests you make that clearly involve third parties. This might include publications produced by third parties or events that are presented or sponsored by third parties. This will be made clear to you before you sign up for the publication or event.
Do we disclose Personal Data to third parties or transfer it to another jurisdiction?
ZGI sometimes discloses Personal Data to third party organisations and partners so that we can operate this Website, provide you with information or comply with applicable laws. These third party Personal Data recipients and specific transfer purposes are set out below: Affiliates of ZGI; Organisations involved in hosting or organising activities for us; Our vendors who provide marketing and advertising support; Our contractors or vendors who provide telecommunications, IT security, or other technical assistance; Our payment service providers and processors; Our vendors who provide strategy or other consultancy services in respect of our businesses; Our agents, contractors or vendors who provide administrative support to us; Our professional service providers such as legal advisors, tax consultants, and accountants.
To fulfil our legal obligations, we may also share your Personal Data with courts, regulatory authorities, government and law enforcement agencies, and other public authorities.
Further details about these third parties may be provided upon request to the address in the “Contact Us” section below. We shall endeavour to provide such information to the extent we are required to do so under applicable data protection laws.
Where required under applicable data protection laws, ZGI will only disclose Personal Data to third parties with your prior consent. In certain jurisdictions, ZGI may also be required to take additional measures prior to giving effect to such transfers (e.g. carrying out privacy impact assessments prior to the transfer).
The regions where the Personal Data may be hosted or transferred to will vary from time to time, but typically include Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland.
Further details on the processing locations and our measures for safeguarding international transfers (including adequacy decisions) may be obtained upon request to the address in the “Contact Us” section below.
How long do we keep the Personal Data?
Personal Data is retained in accordance with our internal policies and applicable law.
ZGI will also refer to the following factors when determining or confirming the appropriate retention period of Personal Data: the original purpose of collection; the termination of any contract involving the Data Subject’s Personal Data; the limitation period as defined in the applicable law; the existence of any legal or regulatory investigations or legal proceedings; retention period set out in non-statutory guidelines issued by our regulators or international bodies; and, the sensitivity of the
Personal Data and the degree of risk from the associated processing activity.
Where any Personal Data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it is collected, we shall cease the processing of that Personal Data as soon as reasonably practicable (although copies may be retained as necessary for archival purposes, for use in any actual or potential dispute, or for compliance with applicable laws), and take reasonable measures to destroy the relevant Personal Data.
We will take all practicable and reasonable steps to promote the security of the Personal Data we process in a manner consistent with applicable data protection laws and established international security standards. This includes physical, technical and administrative safeguards, to help prevent unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or similar risks, and the loss of any storage medium or device on which the Personal Data is stored, and to maintain the general security of the data.
Where we occasionally provide links to third-party websites, this Notice will not apply and we recommend that you check their respective privacy statements to understand how your Personal Data will be governed.
Rights over the Personal Data
We will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible and, in any event, within the timeframe stipulated under the applicable data protection law. In the event of a potential delay, we will provide an explanation and the expected timeframe for delivery. Under applicable data protection law, we may also be required to charge a reasonable fee for the cost of processing the request.
Please note that we may need to seek confirmation of identity or clarification in order to fulfil the request. If you as the Data Subject would like to appoint an authorised agent to make a request on your behalf, we may require you to verify your identity with us directly before we provide any requested information to your authorised agent unless your authorised agent has power of attorney or acts as a conservator. Information collected for purposes of verifying your request will only be used for verification. For deletion requests, you will be required to submit a verifiable request for deletion and then confirm separately that you want Personal Data about you deleted.
Minors
As our Website is not aimed at children, we only knowingly process Personal Data of minors when they visit our premises. If we discover that processing has taken place in any other circumstances, then we shall ensure it has occurred with a lawful basis or otherwise cease the processing and make reasonable efforts to dispose of the Personal Data in accordance with our internal policies. The age of minors in respect of Personal Data consent differs across jurisdiction.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments relating to the content of this Notice, report any concerns about our Personal Data processing, or if you would like to exercise your Data Subject Rights, please contact us through the channels below:
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