The purpose of this Privacy Policy Statement (PPS) is to establish the policies and practices of Konew FinTech Corporation Limited (the Group) and its entities, including Konew Financial Express Limited, K-Cash and Maxcolm Finance Limited, towards the Group’s commitment in protecting personal data privacy in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “Ordinance”). The Group is highly committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of the personal information we hold with respect to the management of personal information. We are equally committed to ensuring that all our employees and vendors uphold these obligations.
There are three broad categories of personal data held in the Group. They comprise personal data contained in the following:
In relation to customers
The purposes for which any personal data collected by the Group about customers may comprise any one or more of the following:
In relation to employees
The purposes for which any personal data collected by the Group about employees may comprise any or all of the following:
In relation to other individuals
The purposes for which any personal data collected by the Group about other individuals may be used are as follows:
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Personal data and information provided by our customers, employees and other individuals will not be kept longer than necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which the personal data and information are used, or to be used, at the time of the collection and for compliance with the legal, regulatory and accounting requirements from time to time.
Data held by us will be kept confidential but we may provide such data to the following parties (whether inside or outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) for the purposes set out above:
The information we collect about our customers, employees and other individuals will not be disclosed to any other party without prior consent.
The Group is happy to provide our customers with information regarding the latest products, services and promotions. For this purpose, the Group may use our customers’ personal data in direct marketing which requires prior consent. The following classes of products, services and subjects may be marketed:
Customers can in future withdraw their consent to the use and provision of their personal data for direct marketing, by informing us in writing to the address under the section “Data Access Requests and Data Correction Requests”. The Group shall, without charge, ensure that you are not included in future direct marketing activities.
The personal data and information provided to the Group are secured with restricted access by authorized personnel. Encryption technology is employed for sensitive data to protect the privacy of our customers, employees, and other individuals or users during data transmission. If the Group engages third-party service providers to handle or process personal data (whether within or outside Hong Kong) on the Group's behalf, the Company would adopt contractual or other means to prevent unauthorized or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use of the data transferred to the service providers for processing. To report data breaching incidence within Konew FinTech Corporation Limited, please inform us with the use of Data Beach Notification Form.
The Group would comply with and process all data access and correction requests in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance. Under the Ordinance (Cap. 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong), a reasonable fee for complying with a data access request can be imposed. Data access requests can be made with the use of Data Access Request Form. Requests for access and correction should be addressed in writing to:
Data Protection Officer
Konew FinTech Corporation Limited,
4/F, Wheelock House,
20 Pedder Street, Central
Hong Kong
Fax: (852) 2110 0300
Konew FinTech Corporation Limited
March 2018
In the event of any discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions of these terms and conditions, the English version shall prevail.