Welcome to the Classifiedpost.com Web site, owned and operated by the
SCMP Group Limited and its subsidiary, affiliate
and associate corporations, successors and assigns (collectively referred
to as "SCMP", "we", "our" or "us"). Our
products and services are offered through web pages at or linked to the
uniform resource locator http://www.classifiedpost.com,
(and other Web sites that we establish from time to time ("Classifiedpost.com Web site")
and are made available subject to the terms and conditions set out in this
statement. This statement ("Privacy Policy") describes the privacy
practices we have adopted with respect to personal data in operating the Classifiedpost.com Web site.
"Personal data" means data relating directly or indirectly to an individual from which it is practicable for the identify of the individual to be directly or indirectly ascertained.
"You" and "Your" when used in this Privacy Policy include any person
who accesses the Classifiedpost.com Web site and submits personal data.
Our Commitment to Privacy
Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to
seek to combine the highest quality products and services with the highest
level of integrity in dealing with our clients and partners. The Policy
is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard
the personal data you provide to us and to assist you in making informed
decisions when using the Classifiedpost.com Web site and our products and services. We
endeavour to continuously assess our privacy practices in light of new
technologies, business practices and our customers' needs. Our Privacy
Policy may therefore be amended from time to time. You should check our
Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are aware of our latest policies.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit the Classifiedpost.com Web site, we may collect two types of information
from you: personal data you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected
on an individual basis and the Classifiedpost.com Web site use information collected on an aggregate
basis as you and others browse the Classifiedpost.com Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Registration
During the registration process prior to using the Classifiedpost.com Web site, we
require that you supply a unique subscriber ID and password, your name,
e-mail address, mailing address and demographic information (country,
age, sex, personal and household income, marital status, academic
qualifications, employment status and occupation). Failure to provide
such information may result in our being unable to provide you with our
services including access to the Classifiedpost.com Web site. On occasion, we may also collect
additional personal data from you in connection with optional contests,
surveys, or special offers. You agree that we may store and deal with
any information you provide as part of the registration process or in
connection with optional contests, surveys or special offers in accordance
with this Privacy Policy.
Credit Card Information
If you choose to purchase products or services from us, you may need
to give personal data and authorise us to obtain information from various
credit services. For example, you may need to provide the following information:
- Name
- Mailing address
- E-mail address
- Identity reference
- Credit card number, name of bank and expiry date
- Telephone or fax or pager number
In addition to providing the foregoing personal data to us, if you choose
to correspond further with us through e-mail, we may retain the content
of your e-mail messages together with your e-mail address and our responses.
We provide the same protection for these electronic communications that
we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Classifiedpost.com Web site Use Information
Cookies
The Classifiedpost.com Web site utilises Web server logs and will use a standard technology
called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") to recognize
you and your access privileges on the Classifiedpost.com Web site as well as to collect
information about how the Classifiedpost.com Web site is used. Information gathered by using
cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the
pages viewed, time spent at the Classifiedpost.com Web site, and the web sites you visited
immediately before and after the Classifiedpost.com Web site. This information is collected
on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you
as an individual.
IP Addresses
We also log IP addresses, or the location of your computer on the
Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We
do not use IP address logs to track your session or your behaviour on
the Classifiedpost.com Web site.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal data for purposes of administering
our business activities, providing customer service and making available
other products and services to our customers and prospective customers.
Occasionally, we may also use the personal data we collect to notify you
about important changes to the Classifiedpost.com Web site, new services and special offers
we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and
service offers are developed and managed under our traditional corporate
standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of our customers'
personal data. You will be given the opportunity to notify us of your
desire not to receive these offers.
The main purposes for which personal data may be used by us are:
- Processing your application or registration for our services, enquiry or feedback
- Incorporation into our user database
- Provision of contacts and business details in response to enquiries and complaints
- Operations
- Service surveys
- Direct marketing
- Processing billing and payment
- Meeting requirements to make disclosure under any law applicable in or outside Hong Kong
- Public notices
- Auditing
- Other related purposes
We may use your personal data both in and outside Hong Kong.
Disclosure to Third Parties
Personal data held by us will be kept confidential but we may provide such data to:
- Banks and other financial institutions in connection with the collection of payments;
- Any personnel, agent, adviser, auditor, contractor or service provider who provides services or advice to us in connection with our operations;
- Any person under a duty of confidentiality to us;
- Any person to whom we are required to make disclosure under any law applicable in or outside Hong Kong; and
- Any actual or proposed transferee of our business or the Classifiedpost.com Web site or any part of our business or Classifiedpost.com Web site or participant in our operations.
You should also note that the privacy protection as set out in this
Privacy Policy does not apply to personal data which is passed to third
parties, and we are not responsible for the protection of your personal
data or lack thereof by such third parties.
Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, personal data about you as an individual
subscriber will not be provided to any third party without your consent.
Sharing Information with SCMP and the Group
Your personal data may be disclosed to and used by us or other
companies controlled by, or under common control with, SCMP (the
"Group"), for the purposes of direct marketing or the provision of customized
information regarding the Group's network of Internet and other
products and services.
What Do We Do with the Information We Gather?
Statistical Analysis and Banner Advertising
We may perform statistical analyses of user behaviour in order to measure
interest in the various areas of the Classifiedpost.com Web site (for product development
purposes) and to inform advertisers as to how many consumers have seen
or "clicked" their advertising banners. We also use demographic and
preference information to allow advertising banners on the Classifiedpost.com Web site to be
targeted, in aggregate, to the readers for whom they are most relevant.
This means that readers see advertising that is most likely to interest
them, and advertisers send their messages to people who are most likely
to be receptive, improving both the viewer's experience and the
effectiveness of the advertisement. For these purposes, we will disclose
information to third parties only in aggregate form.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web browser software that allows Web servers
to recognize the computer used to access a Web site. They are small
pieces of data that are stored by a user's Web browser on the user's
hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on
one Web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that Web site by
the same user or to use the information to streamline the user's
transactions on related Web pages. This makes it easier for a user to
move from Web page to Web page and to complete commercial transactions
over the Internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier
and more personalized.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We use Web site browser software tools such as cookies and Web server
logs to gather information about the Classifiedpost.com Web site users' browsing activities
in order to constantly improve the Classifiedpost.com Web site and better serve our customers.
This information assists us to design and arrange our Web pages in the
most user-friendly manner and to continually improve the Classifiedpost.com Web site to
better meet the needs of our customers and prospective customers.
Cookies help us collect important business and technical statistics.
The information in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed by users
of our Website as they move from one page to another. Web server logs
allow us to count how many people visit the Classifiedpost.com Web site and evaluate the Classifiedpost.com
Web site's visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture
your individual e-mail address or any personally identifying data about
you although they do permit us to send focused online banner
advertisements and other such responses to you.
From time to time you may notice offers from outside companies
advertised on the Classifiedpost.com Web site. We endeavour to take measures to select
product or service providers that are responsible and afford privacy
protections to their customers. However, we do not make any
representations about the practices and policies of these companies.
You may opt-out of sharing your personal data with such affiliates by
choosing not to use their service or content.
How Do We Share Information with Strategic Partners?
We may enter into strategic marketing alliances or partnerships with third parties
who may be given access to personal information including your name, address, telephone number and e-mail
for the purpose of providing you information regarding products and services that we think will be of interest
to you. In connection with strategic marketing alliances or partnerships, we will retain all ownership rights to
your personal data.
Notice of New Services and Changes
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you
about important changes to the Classifiedpost.com Web site, and new services and special
offers we think you will find valuable. As our client, you will be
given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these
offers by clicking on a response box when you receive such an offer or
by sending us an e-mail request at
info@classifiedpost.com.
Information Transmissions
Personal data or e-mail that you send to us may not be secure unless
we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your
transmitting the information.
How Do We Protect Your Personal Data?
Information Security
We utilise encryption/security software to safeguard the
confidentiality of personal data we collect from unauthorized access
or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration or destruction.
Evaluation of Information Protection Practices
Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for
compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the security,
confidentiality and quality of our information. This policy may be
updated from time to time so please check this statement periodically as
it is your responsibility to make sure you are aware of our latest policies.
Employee Access
Our corporate values, ethical standards, policies and practices are
committed to the protection of customer information. In general, our
business practices limit employee access to confidential information,
and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized
persons, processes and transactions. Employees designated to handle
personal data will be instructed to do so only according to this Privacy
Policy.
What Are your Rights Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance?
Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of Hong Kong, you have the right:
- To check whether we hold data about you and to access such data;
- To require us to correct any inaccurate data relating to you; and
- To be told our policies and practices in relation to personal data and the kind of personal data held by us.
We may charge a reasonable fee for processing any data access request.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may address data access or correction requests, and questions or complaints to:
Personal Data Privacy Officer
South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
15/F, Somerset House,
979 King's Road,
Quarry Bay,
Hong Kong
Use of Personal Data in Legal Procedures
If it becomes necessary that we take legal action against you for any
reason whatsoever including copyright infringement, you expressly agree
that the personal data provided by you can be relied upon in identifying
and taking action against you.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other
words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for
the protection of our legal rights.
Data Retention
We retain personal data so long as the data is still required for the
purposes mentioned above.
We reserve the right to retain copies indefinitely for our archives.
What About Other Web sites Linked to the Classifiedpost.com Web site?
Please note that the Classifiedpost.com Web site contains links to other sites and
occasionally allows other sites to be co-branded with the Classifiedpost.com name.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Website to
another Web site or when you use a co-branded site, our Privacy Policy
is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other
Web site, including Web sites that have a link to the Classifiedpost.com Web site, is subject
to that Web site's own rules and policies which may differ from that of
the Classifiedpost.com Web site.
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked
to or from our Website nor the information or content contained therein.
Often links to other websites are provided solely as pointers to
information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Website.
Your Consent
By using the Classifiedpost.com Web site you consent to our collection and use of your
personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our
privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on the Classifiedpost.com
Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it
and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
