1. INTRODUCTION
Asian Private Banker is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of all our customers. Customers are defined as:
– Users of our website (paid subscribers or trial subscribers)
– Individuals who request further information from Asian Private Banker in the form of emailed or electronic requests
– Attendees to our events (live events, virtual events and webinars)
– Sponsors of our events (live event, virtual events and webinars)
– Respondents to surveys and polls conducted by Asian Private Banker
For the purposes of this policy, customers are not identified by ascribing a monetary value to the individual, given access to a number of Asian Private Banker services is not based on a subscription model and is free to access/attend.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.
For the purpose of this policy, the data controller is Asian Private Banker of 13F Greatmany Centre, 111 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Our nominated representative for the purpose of this policy is Oliver Lam, Head of Data, Asian Private Banker.
2. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We need certain information to provide our products and services such as an email address to receive an email newsletter, or your job title, company name, email address and telephone number for conference/webinar registration/confirmation.
We do not and will ask for, track or collect any sensitive information about you. This includes personal information such as your race, gender, religion, ethnicity or political opinion.
Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website (www.asianprivatebanker.com) will be collected and stored by us.
If you register for one of our events or webinars, either through our website, or via an emailed enquiry for registration access, that information will be collected and stored by us.
We may ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them. Anonymity of responses in any published findings from the research will not feature any contact details of the provider of the information, though we will still maintain an internal record and that information will be collected and stored by us.
If you contact us, we may also keep a record of that correspondence.
3. IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers.
This provides important statistical data relating to user experience and browsing patterns, but does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive which helps us improve our site and user experience by recognising you when you consume content on our website.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
4. SOCIAL MEDIA
Asian Private Banker uses social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn for its advertising and marketing activity. These sites may include both organic and paid methods that rely on tags and targeting of user behaviour as defined by the social media platform’s technology.
Users of these platforms will have previously consented to their data being used according to their personal preferences, and Asian Private Banker’s access to individual profiles within those platforms is determined by such permissions and preferences.
5. WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
All data we collect is stored securely in a cloud based CRM application. Access to the cloud is strictly controlled by our operations and data team with double authentication access control required. Data collected can only be viewed and processed by approved Asian Private Banker personnel. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this storing and processing policy.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. We will notify you should there be a breach.
6. DATA SECURITY
We have installed appropriate policies and procedures to ensure the information we hold on you remains safe. We limit who has access to your information and ensure that those who do are contractually bound to keep your information availability restricted and safe. We will notify you should there be a breach.
Our websites, emails or products may, and often do, contain links to external sites. We cannot be responsible for their privacy practices so suggest you read their policies.
7. USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
We use information held about you in the following ways:
– To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you
– To notify you about changes to our service
– To provide sponsors of our webinars and events which you participate in, with the opportunity to follow up with you after the conclusion of the webinar or event.
If you do not want us to use your data in this way, you may advise us by emailing privacy@asianprivatebanker.com with a request to opt-out of such communication.
8. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell our data to any organisation. The only data that is shared externally to Asian Private Banker is the delegate lists of our webinars or live events to the sponsors of those events.
Such information will only include the name, job title, work email, location and telephone number of the event delegate/webinar listener
9. YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for third partner marketing purposes. You can exercise the right at any time by emailing privacy@asianprivatebanker.com.
10. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this policy from time-to-time to the extent that it enhances your privacy. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
11. CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy should be directed to info@asianprivatebanker.com
