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GDPR Privacy Statement
2020/01/07 16:00

Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited (the “Company”) has issued this GDPR Privacy Statement in light of the enactment of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the new data protection and privacy regulation of the European Union (“EU”).

 

This GDPR Privacy Statement is applicable to you and supplementing “Part E – Notes Relating To the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of Hong Kong” of the Terms and Conditions for Securities / Futures / Options Trading Account (“PDPO Notes”) of the Company if:

  1.  (for individual and joint account holders) you are living in any of the European Union member countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway;

  2. (for all account holders) you have provided any personal data of a person living in any of the European Union member countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway to us.

 

This GDPR Privacy Statement, together with the PDPO Notes, sets out what personal data the Company collects from you, what is the personal data used for and the safeguard the Company put in place, your rights on your personal data, to whom your personal data is transferred and how to lodge a complaint. When applicable, should there be any inconsistency between this GDPR Privacy Statement and the PDPO Notes, this GDPR Privacy Statement shall prevail.

 

What personal data we collect   

The Company may collect some or all of following personal data from you whether you are in the EU or outside the EU, either by ways of automatic, semi-automatic or manual measures of collection of personal data from time to time:

  1. Name

  2. Residential / Permanent address

  3. Identification document no. and/or passport no

  4. Contact numbers (including but not limited to home number, mobile number, work number and fax numbers)

  5. Date of birth

  6. Place of birth

  7. Email address

  8. Information relevant to your occupation

  9. Gender

  10. Citizenship

  11. Bank account details

  12. Financial information

  13. Spouse and family information (if required)

  14. Background check information (if required)

  15. Any documents (or copies of such documents) verifying the abovesaid information provided by you (if required)

 

Additionally, your personal data may also be collected, generated or compiled by the Company in the course of continuing the contractual relationship between you and the Company, for example, when the Company effects transactions on your behalf, any conversation will be recorded to resolve queries or issues, for regulatory purposes, to help improve the Company’s quality of service, and to help detect or prevent frauds. Conversations may also be monitored for staff training purposes.

 

For the protection of safety of the Company’s customers, visitors and employees, the Company also operates CCTV in its premises.

 

Purposes of data collection   

Except the abovementioned purposes, the Company may use your personal data for the purposes specified in the PDPO Notes:

 

Your rights on your personal data   

According to the GDPR, except the rights specified in the PDPO Notes, you will have the following rights:

  • The right of access - according to Article 15 of the GDPR.

  • The right to rectification - according to Article 16 of the GDPR.

  • The right to erasure - according to Article 17 of the GDPR.

  • The right to object - according to Article 21 of the GDPR.

  • The right to restrict processing - according to Article 18 of the GDPR.

  • The right to data portability - according to Article 20 of the GDPR.

     

On grounds relating to your particular situation, you shall have the right of objection to processing of your personal data by the Company at any time, in line with Article 6 paragraph 1 subparagraph e of the GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Article 6 paragraph 1 subparagraph f of the GDPR (data processing based on balancing interests). This also applies to profiling based on this provision in terms of Article 4 paragraph 4 of the GDPR. Your objection may mean that the Company will no longer be able to provide services to you.

 

You have the right to request access to and correction of personal data. If you believe any information we hold on you is incorrect or incomplete, the Company will strive to update or correct it as quickly as possible unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified. the Company will not store your personal data for longer than is necessary for the maintenance of your account or for the legal or regulatory requirements. the Company has strict retention period in place to meet these obligations.

 

To whom your personal data is transferred   

According to the PDPO Notes, the Company may provide your personal data to any of the persons specified therein whether in or outside Hong Kong. If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) your personal data may be transferred to countries located outside the EEA which do not provide a similar or adequate level of protection to that provided by countries in the EEA.  Such transfers will only be made in accordance with applicable laws and regulations including where necessary for the Company to comply with the Company’s contractual obligations with you. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that any personal data are treated securely and in accordance with this GDPR Privacy Statement and the PDPO Notes.

 

The Company will update this GDPR Privacy Statement and/or the PDPO Notes as soon as possible in the event a modification is required in response to changes in the society or of any applicable laws or regulations, and will publicize the modified measure on the company website. This GDPR Privacy Statement was prepared in November 2019.

 

If there is any discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions, the English version shall prevail.

 

If you have any questions, you can reach our customer service department (CS) or Data Protection Officer (DPO) at:

 

Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited

Tel.: (852)  3555 7888                                                                                    

Email: HK.Services.brk@yuanta.com