AASTOCKS.com Privacy Policy

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1. The Client (the “Client” ) (or the User(the “User”)) of AASTOCKS.com Limited (the “Company”) and/or their affiliated companies may from time to time be requested by the Company to supply personal data (as defined under the PDPO) relating to the Client (or the User). For the purposes of this Statement, “personal data” (i) in the case of individual account holders, joint account holders or sole proprietors, means personal data relating to the relevant individual concerned; (ii) in the case of a partnership, means personal data relating to each partner of the partnership; and (iii) in the case of a corporate entity, means personal data relating to any individual director, shareholder, officer or manager which has been provided to the Company. “The Group” means all and/or any of the Company’s subsidiaries and/or holding companies and/or subsidiaries of such holding companies, within and/or outside Hong Kong.
2. The Client (or the User) shall provide all such personal data as shall be reasonably requested by the Company in the Form or otherwise, and any failure to do so may result in the Company being unable to open or maintain the Client (or the User)’s account (the “Account”), or to effect transactions under the Account, or to provide any other related services to the Client (or the User).
3. The Client (or the User) understands and accepts that the Company may provide personal data received from the Client (or the User) to the following persons (whether within or outside of Hong Kong) for the purposes set out in sub-paragraph (4) hereof:
   1. any nominee in whose name securities or other assets may be registered;
   2. any member or affiliated or related company in the Group including but not limited to the Company’s parent and/or subsidiary companies;
   3. any contractor, adviser, agent or third party service provider which provides administrative, background checking, data processing, financial, computer, telecommunication, payment or clearing, professional or other services to the Company in connection with the operation of its business or provision of financial services or products to the Client (or the User);
   4. credit reference agencies, and, in the event of default, to debt collection agencies;
   5. any person with whom the Company enters into or proposes to enter into a transaction on behalf of the Client (or the User) or the Account, or the persons representing the same;
   6. any person who provides financial services or issues, distributes or provides financial products to the Client (or the User) through or with the Company;
   7. any foreign or local exchange of securities, futures and/or other financial products where the Client (or the User)’s orders to buy or sell such securities, futures and/or other financial products are placed or transacted; or their associated clearing houses or operators;
   8. any assignee, transferee, participant, sub-participant, delegate, successor or person to whom any agreement between the Client (or the User) and the Company is novated; and
   9. any foreign or local governmental, regulatory, supervisory, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, bodies or institutions.
4. The Client (or the User) understands and accepts that the purposes for which the personal data provided by the Client (or the User) from time to time may be used are:
   1. verifying the Client (or the User)’s identity as part of the initial and on-going Know-Your-Client (KYC) due diligence process and otherwise for the purpose of complying with anti-money laundering laws and regulations which the Company is subject to;
   2. conducting or arranging for the certification services recognized by the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553 of the Laws of Hong Kong) such as services provided by certification authorities in Hong Kong or other places (including but not limited to Mainland China) for client identity verification purposes;
   3. opening, operating and maintaining the Account, processing any applications or requests from the Client (or the User) for financial services, facilities and products provided by the Company, and/or providing financial services, facilities, products to the Client (or the User) or in connection with the Account from time to time, whether the services, facilities, or products are provided by or through any other member of the Group or any other person, within or outside Hong Kong;
   4. executing or giving effect to the Client (or the User)’s orders relating to transactions or otherwise, and carrying out the Client (or the User)’s other instructions;
   5. providing personalized financial analysis and planning or designing financial services or products for the Client (or the User)’s use;
   6. marketing services or products which may be of interest to the Client (or the User);
   7. conducting credit inquiries or background checks on the Client (or the User) and ascertaining the Client (or the User)’s financial situation and investment objectives, and/or enabling, assisting any other institutions to do so if required;
   8. collecting of amounts due, enforcement of security, charges or other rights and interests in favour of the Company or any member of the Group;
   9. enabling the Company’s actual or potential assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of the Company’s rights or business in respect of the Client (or the User) or the Account(s) to evaluate the transaction intended to be the subject of the assignment, transfer, participation or sub-participation;
   10. complying with and/or enabling any affiliated or related company in the Group to comply with any foreign or local laws, regulations (including Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information, Common Reporting Standards and similar regulations), notifications, directives, guidelines or guidance given or issued by or in agreement with any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, exchanges, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations of financial services providers, within or outside Hong Kong, existing currently and in the future;
   11. complying with obligations, requirements, policies, procedures, measures and arrangements for sharing personal data and information within the Group and/or any other use of personal data in accordance with any member of the Group wide programmes for compliance with sanctions or prevention or detection of money laundering, terrorist financing or other unlawful activities; and
   12. other purposes related or incidental to any one or more of the above.
5. The Company may from time to time transfer the personal data of the Client (or the User) outside Hong Kong to any of the persons referred to in sub-paragraph (3) of this Statement above and for any of the purposes referred to in sub-paragraph (4) of this Statement above.
6. Use of Personal Data in Direct Marketing
   The Company intends to use, from time to time, the Client (or the User)’s personal data in direct marketing of financial products and services, including but not limited to securities, futures, fixed income, currencies, commodities, wealth management, asset management, equity financing, equity derivatives, insurance and other financial products and services. Only the following kinds of personal data of the Client (or the User) may be used in such direct marketing:
   1. name;
   2. gender;
   3. date of birth;
   4. part of identity card or passport number;
   5. contact information (including but not limited to phone number, fax number, email address, correspondence address and residential address);
   6. investment portfolio information;
   7. trading patterns and conduct;
   8. financial background and statistics; and
   9. information about the products and/or services the Client (or the User) has purchased or applied for.
   The Company shall cease using Personal Data in direct marketing if so requested by the Client (or the User) or the consent given be revoked without any charge. Any such request and/or revocation shall be sent to the Company’s Data Protection Officer as set out in sub-paragraph (10) below.
7. Provision of Personal Data for Use in Direct Marketing
   The Company intends to provide, from time to time and whether for money and other property, the Client (or the User)’s personal data to the Group, except the Company itself, for use by the Group in direct marketing of financial products and services, including but not limited to securities, futures, fixed income, currencies, commodities, wealth management, asset management, equity financing, equity derivatives, insurance, and other financial products and services. Only the following kinds of personal data of the Client (or the User) may be provided to the Group, except the Company itself, for use by the Group in such direct marketing:
   1. name;
   2. gender;
   3. date of birth;
   4. part of identity card or passport number;
   5. contact information (including but not limited to phone number, fax number, email address, correspondence address and residential address);
   6. investment portfolio information;
   7. trading patterns and conduct;
   8. financial background and statistics; and
   9. information about the products and/or services the Client (or the User) has purchased or applied for.
8. The Client (or the User) has the right to request a copy of such personal data maintained by the Company and may request the correction of the personal data if necessary. Any such request shall be addressed to the Company’s Data Protection Officer as follows:

   Attention:	Data Protection Officer
   Address:	43/F AXA Tower Landmark East, 100 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
   Telephone:	(852) 2186 8685
   Email:	support@aastocks.com

9. In accordance with the terms of the PDPO, the Company has the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access request.
10. The Client (or the User) may also request to be informed of which items of personal data are routinely disclosed to credit reference agencies or debt collection agencies, and be provided with further information to enable the making of an access and correction request to the relevant credit reference agencies and debt collection agencies, as the case may be.
11. This Statement may be revised, amended or supplemented from time to time by the Company. The latest personal information collection statement can be found on the Company’s website or available from the Company upon written request by the Client (or the User).
12. In case of any discrepancies between the English version and the Chinese version of this Statement, the English version shall prevail.