Privacy Policy for BefuBefa

9. COOKIES & SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY

A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is placed on your smartphones, tablets or other mobile or wireless devices when you access a website or other web content. We and our third-party tracking-utility partners may from time to time gather certain information automatically via such cookies and similar technologies and store it as log data.

We may use cookies and similar technologies on our website or other web content for various purposes, including:

(a) remembering you. For instance, cookies, and similar technologies can help us identify you as a registered user of our website or other web content or keep the preferences or information that you have previously provided;

(b) maintaining security and preventing fraud.

10. LOG FILES

We may automatically gather system-related and non-personally identifiable information and store it in log files, which are automatically recognised by our web server. This information includes IP addresses (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet), browser type, ISP, referring/exit pages, operating system, data/time stamp, and clickstream data.

We may use this information, which does not identify users, to analyse trends, to administer our website or other web contents . We do not link this automatically-collected information to personally identifiable information.

11. ADVERTISING / DIRECT MARKETING

If you have elected to receive direct marketing communications from us, your (or Connected Persons’) data may be used by us to send you information about us and/or the latest news on our promotions and products. Such products and services (of ours or third parties) include the following:

(a) our Services and the products and services of our affiliate and subsidiary companies and business partners in relation to the facilitation of payment execution and transaction processing;

(b) third party providers of the above services and products and services relating to facilitation of payment execution and transaction processing and other products and services that we think may be relevant to you.

We may contact you via either e-newsletters and/or e-mails for this purpose. We will retain your (or Connected Persons’) data for as long as you wish to receive information from us. You can decide not to receive communications or updates from us at any time by: (i) notifying our Privacy Officer at [service@befubefa.com]; or (ii) following the relevant instructions on our marketing communications.

Please note that we will not share your data with any advertisers unless you have given us your consent to do so.

For the avoidance of doubt, this consent is separate form and independent of the Services registered with us. Accordingly, it can be withdrawn at any time as per this Privacy Policy without reference to the duration of the Services, and will survive the termination or expiration of any applicable service contracts.

12. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Our platform, websites or web contents may contain links to other services (including websites) provided or operated by third parties. Your use of any such third party services, including any data you may provide to such third parties, may be subject to the third party’s terms of services and privacy policies. You should review these privacy policies carefully to understand the ways in which your data may be collected and used by such third parties.

This Privacy Policy only applies to any data collected by us, and does not apply to any services offered by or information practices of any third parties. We are not liable for any third party use of any data provided by you to them.

13. TRANSFER, STORAGE AND SECURITY OF DATA

We operate and may continue to operate servers in a number of jurisdictions around the world, so the server on which your data is used and stored may not be in your jurisdiction.

You hereby consent to the transfer of your data to places outside Hong Kong to carry out the purposes, or directly related purposes, as described in this Privacy Policy. If you provide data relating to the Connected Persons, you warrant that you have obtained their consents to the transfer of their data to places outside Hong Kong to carry out the purposes, or directly related purpose, as described in this Privacy Policy. Where such a transfer is performed, it will be done in compliance with the prevailing requirements of the applicable laws.

We treat the security of your (and Connected Persons’) data seriously. We utilize and use a variety of administrative, technical and physical safeguards and security measures to protect the data against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use and any other unlawful forms of processing. For instance, in some of our Services, we will use encryption technology (such as SSL) to protect certain sensitive Information provided by you to us. All the data is protected and only available to authorized personnel and subcontractors.

You should be aware that no system is impenetrable and no information provided over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us or receive from us over the Internet. Our systems and the communications networks through which you access our Services may be subject to security breaches and failures which are due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

14. RETENTION OF DATA

Subject to applicable laws and regulations, we will only retain your (and the Connected Persons’) data for so long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes as set out under “Purpose of Use of Data” section above. Should your account be terminated for any reason, we will take steps to ensure that, subject to applicable laws and regulations and reasonable archival requirements, your (and the Connected Persons') data is no longer available through our Services, or otherwise used by us, within a reasonable period of time after such account termination.

15. RIGHT TO ACCESS AND CORRECTION OF DATA

You (and the Connected Persons) have the right to check what data we hold of you (or the Connected Persons) and to request correction of such data. If you wish to exercise the above mentioned rights, or if you have any questions about our processing of your (and the Connected Persons’) data, please contact our Privacy Officer via email at [service@befubefa.com]. We will respond to all requests made to our [Privacy Officer] under this section in accordance with the prevailing requirements under applicable laws. Satisfactory proof and/or explanation of the inaccuracy is essential before we would consider correcting the specified data.

16. GENERAL

The English version of this Privacy Policy shall prevail over any Chinese version (if any) which is provided for information purposes only.

If you wish to contact us regarding this Privacy Policy or any privacy-related matters, please contact our Privacy Officer via email at [service@befubefa.com].