Privacy Policy

Our law firm is committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “PDPO”).

By using or accessing our website (“Website”) or submitting your information to us, you confirm that you agree to all the terms of this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) and consent to us using your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

About our Website

The data on our Website as well as any emails and communications with us are hosted and processed in our information technology (“IT”) systems and/or servers, and such data may be hosted, transferred and/or processed outside Hong Kong. By using our Website and/or by communicating with us, you consent to the hosting, transfer and/or processing of any personal data about you as may be collected from you in our IT systems and/or servers, which may be in or outside Hong Kong.

Collection, use and retention of your personal data

If you are merely a visitor to our Website, we do not collect any personal data about you, except to the limited extent through the use of cookies as described below.

If you are a job applicant applying for a position at our law firm, your personal data collected by us may be used for the following purposes:

• assessment of your application, including deciding whether to invite you for an interview, your suitability for a vacancy within our law firm, and negotiating with and making offers of employment to selected applicants;
• conducting background checks; and/or
• obtaining reference and/or other information from third parties about you.

Your failure to provide your personal data to us would render it impossible for us to process your job application. We will retain your personal data only for so long as is necessary for fulfilling the purpose(s) for which they were collected. After that time, your personal data will be erased.

Disclosure of your personal data

Your personal data will generally be kept confidential and will not be disclosed to any third party without your consent. We may only transfer or disclose your personal data collected through our Website to a third party in the following circumstances:

• when it is necessary for the hosting, transfer and/or processing of our data in the IT systems, servers and/or other external service providers whether in or outside Hong Kong;
• when it is necessary as part of our recruitment process, and in such circumstances, your personal data may be disclosed to our human resources and administration teams;
• when explicitly consented or requested by you;
• when the disclosure is required by a court order or any other legal or regulatory requirement; or
• where the disclosure is reasonably related to the sale or other disposition of all or part of our business.

We may use our own and/or external IT and administrative support service providers to assist with such transfer or disclosure.

Access to and correction of your personal data

You are legally entitled to check whether we hold any personal data about you and request access to such personal data. If such data are incorrect or inaccurate, you have the right to correct or update them.

Please contact our Director of Administration, Ms. Mona Cheung, at monacheung@east-concord.com.hk for any data access request and/or data correction request. In accordance with the PDPO, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any such request.

Security

We have installed security systems to safeguard your personal data from unauthorized access.

Third-party links

Please be aware that our Website may contain links to other sites that are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You may be directed to such third-party sites. We make no representations or warranties regarding how your information is stored or used on such third-party sites, systems and/or servers. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of each third-party site linked from our Website to determine their use of your personal data.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded to a computer or device when a person visits a website. It often includes an anonymous unique identifier. A cookie can be used to identify a computer. It, however, is not used to collect any personal data. In other words, it does not have the function of identifying an individual user of the website.

Our Website uses cookies, web beacons and other web technologies such as CAPTCHA to collect statistics about the number of visitors to our Website and the users’ preference of our Website so that we can improve our Website’s performance and enhance your browsing experience.

By navigating on our Website, you agree that we can place cookies or web beacons on your computer or device and your personal data may be collected, stored, accessed and used as outlined above. If you prefer not to receive cookies or web beacons, you should set your browser to disable cookies and web beacons or browse our Website using the private browsing mode as may be offered by your browser.

Contact us

If you have any question about this Privacy Policy, please contact our Director of Administration, Ms. Mona Cheung, at monacheung@east-concord.com.hk.