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Privacy Policy

We respect personal data privacy and are committed to the compliance of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (the “PDPO”).

When we collect personal data from individuals, we will give a Personal Information Collection Statement on or before the collection in an appropriate format and manner.

Statement of practice

  1. Collection of personal data

    The type of personal data collected by us may include:

    1. identification information such as name, gender, date of birth
    2. contact information such as telephone number, email address, residential address, mailing address, billing address
    3. account information such as user account details and social media contact
    4. subscription and order details, including payment record
    5. personal interest and preference
    6. business information such as company name and business title
  2. Purpose

    The information you provide may be processed in a number of ways, including:

    1. to enable your registration as an online user
    2. to provide you with access to certain online content
    3. to process your subscription, order and event enrollment
    4. to process payment instructions or to collect outstanding amount
    5. to arrange shipping and delivery
    6. to administer services in connection with the above, for example, handling service calls and enquiries
    7. to send you market and service updates, promotion and offer details and information on events of interest
    8. to run competitions, prize draws and promotions
    9. to carry out market and demographic studies to understand reader and customer pattern
    10. to comply with requirements under applicable laws and regulations
    11. to fulfill other operational, accounting, auditing and legal needs directly related to the purpose for which the personal data were originally collected We also collate information about site traffic, sales, rating and reviews which we may pass on to third parties but this information may not include any information which can identify you personally.
  3. Direct Marketing

    The information collected may be used for direct marketing by us, or sometimes our business partners, via various media. We require your consent (which includes an indication of no objection) for that purpose.

    If you prefer not to receive any direct marketing communications from us, you can opt out at any time by updating your preferences through your registered account or a unsubscribe link provided.

  4. Retention of personal data

    Unless there is a mandatory legal requirement for us to keep your personal data for a specified period, we will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the personal data were originally collected.

  5. Transfer of personal data

    Personal data held by us will be kept confidential but may be provided to the following parties under certain circumstances:

    • affiliates, online shop vendors and business partners: to enable them to provide services to you, perform administrative functions and contact you regarding products and services that you have expressed an interest
    • agents and service providers: to enable them to perform functions or services for us or on our behalf, such as delivery of magazines and/or other products, accounting and auditing, and technology support, subject to contractual restrictions from using it for purposes other than providing services for us or on our behalf
    • any actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of our rights or business: in the context of business transfers
    • relevant parties, agencies, authorities or organisations in connection with legal or regulatory matters: to (a) protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of us or our affiliates, other users of this site, or the public; (b) enforce the terms and conditions that apply to use of this site; (c) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; (d) respond to claims of suspected or actual illegal activity; (e) respond to an audit or investigate a complaint or security threat; or (f) comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental requestsIf necessary, we may transfer the personal data to places outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for carrying out the purposes, or the directly related purposes, for which the personal data were collected. All the transfer of those personal data will be carried out in compliance with the requirements of the PDPO.
  6. Access, correction and queriesYou have the right to request access to and correction of information held by us about you. If you wish to access or correct your personal data supplied to us through online registration, you may log into our website to review and make change. For other personal data held by us, or any query in relation to our privacy policy, you may contact us by emailing at tz@tzgroup.com.hk or writing to the following address:

A reasonable fee may be charged in connection with a data access request as permitted by the PDPO.

We keep our privacy policy statement under regular review. This statement was last updated on 4 October 2024.