- Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum complies with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “Ordinance”).
- As a prerequisite for and in the course of our service, we may be required to collect a proportional amount of personal data from clients and/or their representatives.
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Any personal data collected from clients and/or their representatives will only be used for the specific purposes mentioned at the time of collection, for purposes directly related to those specific purposes, in accordance with our Standard Conditions of Service, and/or for the following purposes:-
- complying with requirements as to client identification, verification and due diligence;
- providing legal advice and services to clients;
- designing legal services or related products for the use by clients;
- collecting of fees from clients;
- complying with disclosure orders or obligations under the requirement of any law, guideline, code of practice or practice directions applicable to us;
- purposes specifically provided for in any particular service offered by us; and
- purposes directly related to the above.
- We will retain the personal data of clients and/or their representatives only for so long as necessary for fulfilling the relevant purposes for which they are collected.
- Generally, the personal data of clients and/or their representatives will be kept confidential, and will not be disclosed to any other persons without their prior consent. However, such personal data may be used and disclosed to third parties for the purposes for which they are collected, or as required under the requirement of any law, guideline, code of practice or practice directions applicable to us. We also acknowledge that some of the personal data may be subject to legal professional privilege which is exempted from certain provisions of the Ordinance and we shall ensure the protection of such privileged information.
- We have installed and/or adopted security systems and measures to protect the personal data from unauthorised access, loss or misuse.
- In accordance with the Ordinance, clients and/or their representatives are entitled to check whether we hold data about them and to have access to those data, and to correct or update incorrect or inaccurate data. Any data access request shall be addressed to our Office Manager. In accordance with the Ordinance, we are entitled to charge a reasonable fee for processing any data access request or correction request.
- We reserve the right to amend or revise this policy from time to time with or without advance notice.
