Last updated: 31 December 2020
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use Our Website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Website. By using the Website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Introduction
1.1 We take seriously the safeguarding of your privacy and confidentiality.
1.2 We undertake to preserve the confidentiality of all information You provide to us, and hope that You reciprocate.
1.3 Except as set out below, we do not share, or sell, or disclose to a third party, any information collected through Our Website.
1.4 We regret that if you do not agree with one or more points below, your only recourse is to leave Our Website immediately.
2. Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
2.1 The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
2.2 For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Country refers to: Hong Kong SAR China
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to SCIENCE STORYLAB LIMITED, a company incorporated in Hong Kong under company registration number 2532945.
Website refers to SCIENCE STORYLAB, accessible from https://www.sciencestorylab.com
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Website, to provide the Website on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Website or to assist the Company in analysing how the Website is used.
Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Website.
Device means any device that can access the Website such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Usage data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Website or from the Website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
You means the individual accessing or using the Website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable.
3. Types of data that we collect
3.1 Personal Data
While using Our Website, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Usage Data
3.2 Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Website.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, the pages that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. The source of the Usage Data is our analytics tracking system.
When You access our Website by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Website or when You access the Website by or through a mobile device.
3.3 Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse Our Website. The technologies We use may include:
- Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Website may use Cookies.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Website. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read “Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?” available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
- Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
4. Use of Your Personal Data and Legal Bases
4.1 The Company may use Your Personal Data for the following purposes:
(a) Operations – We may process Personal Data for the purposes of operating our Website, the processing and fulfilment of orders, providing our services, generating invoices, bills and other payment-related documentation, and credit control. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely, the proper administration of our Website, services and business, and for the performance of a contract between You and Us and/or taking steps, at Your request, to enter into such a contract.
(b) Relationships and communications – We may process Personal Data and Usage Data for the purposes of managing our relationships, communicating with You (excluding communicating for the purposes of direct marketing) by email, SMS, post, fax and/or telephone, providing support services and complaint handling. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely communications with our Website visitors, service users, individual customers, the maintenance of relationships, and the proper administration of our Website, services and business.
(c) Direct marketing – We may process Personal Data and Usage Data for the purposes of creating, targeting and sending direct marketing communications by email, SMS, and/or post and making contact by telephone for marketing-related purposes. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interests, namely promoting our business and communicating marketing messages and offers to our Website visitors and service users.
(d) Research and analysis – We may process Usage Data for the purposes of researching and analysing the use of our Website and services, as well as researching and analysing other interactions with our business. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring, supporting, improving and securing our Website, services and business generally.
(e) Record keeping – We may process Personal Data for the purposes of creating and maintaining our databases, back-up copies of our databases and our business records generally. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely ensuring that we have access to all the information we need to properly and efficiently run our business in accordance with this Policy.
(f) Security – We may process Your Personal Data for the purposes of security and the prevention of fraud and other criminal activity. The legal basis of this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection of our Website, services and business, and the protection of others.
(g) Insurance and risk management – We may process Your Personal Data where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks and/or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.
(h) Legal claims – We may process Your Personal Data where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.
(i) Legal compliance and vital interests – We may also process Your Personal Data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interest of another natural person.
5. Providing Your personal information to others
5.1 We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
(a) With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Website, to contact You.
(b) For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
(c) With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
(d) With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
(e) With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
(f) For law enforcement: Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
(g) With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
6. Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Website, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
7. Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
8. Your Rights
8.1 Your principal rights under data protection law are:
(a) the right to access – you can ask for copies of Your Personal Data;
(b) the right to rectification – you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data;
(c) the right to erasure – you can ask us to erase Your Personal Data;
(d) the right to restrict processing – you can ask us to restrict the processing of Your Personal Data;
(e) the right to object to processing – you can object to the processing of Your Personal Data;
(f) the right to withdraw consent – to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of Your Personal Data is consent, you can withdraw that consent.
8.2 These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about the rights of data subjects by visiting https://www.pcpd.org.hk/english/data_privacy_law/ordinance_at_a_Glance/ordinance.html
8.3 You may exercise any of your rights in relation to Your Personal Data by written notice to us, using the contact details set out below.
9. Change to this Privacy Policy
9.1 We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
9.2 You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
By email: info@sciencestorylab.com
By visiting this page on our Website: https://www.sciencestorylab.com