Privacy Policy
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Limited and The Hong Kong Philharmonic (together the "HK Phil") have adopted this Privacy Policy to inform users of the hkphil.org how the site collects, stores and uses personal information submitted via the site.
1. Collection of Information
Certain applications on the HK Phil Website may require users to register or to provide personal information in order to make a commercial transaction, or to subscribe to a newsletter. Such personal information is not shared or sold to third parties. To better understand the needs of our Website users, we may also request demographic information. Entry of such information is optional and if you choose not to enter such information, you can still access and use the site. If we request demographic information, we will not share information about you as an individual with any other entity. If we do share demographic information with third parties, we will give them aggregate information only.
2. Mailing Lists
If you provide your e-mail address, the HK Phil may periodically contact you with special offers, updated information, and new services. Any e-mails sent to you by the HK Phil offer you the option to be removed from the e-mail mailing list.
Selected applications on our web site allow visitors to subscribe to our newsletter by providing their names and addresses to the HK Phil. If you provide the HK Phil with your mailing address or telephone number, the HK Phil, in addition to providing you with the HK Philnewsletter, may also use this information to alert you to updated information and new services. If you wish to be removed from the mailing list, you may do so by contacting the HK Phil directly. (See the 'Contact us' section below).
3. Information to third parties
The HK Phil may occasionally present a special contest or promotion on hkpo.com that is sponsored by another company. To qualify for entry, we may ask you to provide personal information. If we plan to share that information with the sponsor(s), we will provide a statement to that effect.
4. Financial information
The HK Phil will protect any personal financial information that you share with us. If you make a purchase on hkphil.org, we will use your credit number only to process your payment and will not use it for marketing purposes. For reasons of security, credit card information is not stored on our Web server. We will retain order information for our records, but this information is never shared with third parties.
5. Links
Our site included links to other Websites. We do not control the privacy policies of the destination sites. Once you leave our servers (you can check where you are by checking the URL in the location bar on your browser), use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting. That policy may differ from ours. If you can't find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from the site's homepage, you should contact the manager of the site for more information. The HK Phil is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of Websites other than hkphil.org.
6. Children
We do not solicit personal information from children. Sites specifically geared toward children will not request any personal or contact information.
7. Contact Us / How to update your personal information
You can help the HK Phil maintain the accuracy of your personal information by notifying us when you change your address, title, phone number, or e-mail address. Contact us via the information on the hkphil.org Contacts page if you wish to update your information or you no longer wish to receive communications from the HK Phil, our partners, or selected third parties. You can also write to us at the address provided at the top of this page.
Please include both your old and new contact information so that we can make the appropriate corrections. The HK Phil would like to receive your comments or questions about this privacy policy. Please address comments or questions regarding the HK Phil's privacy practices to us at the address listed above. The HK Phil may occasionally update this policy. Notice of revisions will be posted here.
8. Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data created in a computer when a person visits a website on the computer. 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 information. In other words, it does not have the function of identifying an individual user of the website.
Cookies are used by the HK Phil to collect statistics about the number of visits of users to our website and the users’ preference of our webpages and of our online services.
You may choose to accept or reject cookies. If you reject the cookies, you will not be able to use some of the functions of our website, such as saving your preferences and accessing some online services.