Privacy Policy Statement

VARADISE Privacy Principles

As a responsible technology company, Varadise Limited (“VARADISE”) is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of privacy and data protection. In line with our business principles, we adhere to the following data privacy practices:

• We only collect personal data that we believe to be relevant and required to conduct our business.
• We will not disclose your personal data outside VARADISE unless we have expressly informed you or have your consent or are required by law.
• We aim to keep your personal data accurate and up-to-date.
• We maintain appropriate security systems designed to prevent unauthorized access to your personal data.

VARADISE Privacy Practices

Personal data we hold

There are several broad categories of personal data held by VARADISE:

• Customer and Platform User Data: To deliver services, manage accounts, process payments and billing, respond to inquiries, assess customer needs, develop new solutions, conduct surveys, and engage in direct marketing activities.
• Personnel Records: For human resources management, including recruitment, background checks, payroll, performance evaluations, and employment termination.
• Contractor Records: To manage, monitor, and evaluate relationships with contractors and their staff who provide services to VARADISE.
• Other Personal Data: Includes records of business partners, officers, shareholders, visitors, members of the public, and other operational or administrative records containing personal data.

We may provide you with additional privacy notices where we believe that it is appropriate to do so. Those additional notices supplement and should be read together with this Privacy Policy Statement.

VARADISE has legitimate interests in properly administering the services, facilities and goods it provides. In addition, our use of your personal data may be necessary for supplying you the said services, facilities and goods. Our use of your personal data may also be necessary to comply with our legal obligations and to establish or exercise our legal rights.

Transfer of personal data

VARADISE will disclose personal data when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or requests from law enforcement agencies or regulatory authorities.

VARADISE may transfer your personal data to third parties such as employees, related companies, including subsidiaries and associated companies within VARADISE and its subsidiaries, joint venture partners, agents, independent contractors, business partners and service providers, as necessary for any of the purposes stated above. Where personal data is provided to third party organizations, the personal data will only be transferred to such third parties that respects privacy and are under a duty of confidentiality to VARADISE.

Accuracy of personal data

VARADISE has certain procedures in place to maintain personal data at a reasonable level of accuracy, completeness and relevancy for the purpose for which the personal data is to be used. VARADISE aims to keep your data accurate and up-to-date. However, we rely on you to disclose all material information to us and to inform us of any errors or changes in such information.

Individuals may amend their personal data, as appropriate, set out in "Access and Correction of Your Data" section below.

Retention of personal data

VARADISE’s policy is to retain personal data for no longer than is required to fulfil the purpose (or any directly related purpose) for which the data was to be used, subject to legal, statutory and regulatory requirements mandating the retention of data.

Security of personal data

VARADISE has put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help protect personal data against unauthorized or accidental access, processing, erasure or other use.

Direct marketing activities

VARADISE may use personal data to promote and market our products and services, as well as those of our business partners, through direct marketing. We will always comply with the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the "Ordinance") and any other applicable laws. Where required, we will obtain your prior consent before using your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you prefer for your personal data not to be used for the purposes of direct marketing activities, please send an e-mail, along with your name to our Data Protection Officer via [email protected] notifying us that you do not wish your personal data to be used for such purposes.

Personal data collected through this website

We may collect personal data such as your name, gender, age, telephone number, and email address through your use of this website. Additionally, certain information about your computer, such as the type of browser, operating system, and domain name of your Internet service provider, may be collected. Providing your personal data is not mandatory by law; however, failure to do so may prevent us from providing the services, facilities, and goods you request.

Use of personal data collected through this website

VARADISE uses the personal data collected through this website primarily for supplying to you the services, facilities and goods you require; to respond to your inquiries; to gain an understanding of your needs; to perform statistical analysis, analysis of website usage or customer requirements; direct marketing activities; and to notify you of any changes to this website or our services which may affect you.

Cookies

Some of the web pages on this website contain "cookies" to enhance your experience of this website. Cookies are text files placed in your computer's Internet browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not disclose to us your e-mail address or other personal data. VARADISE only obtains this information when you choose to provide it to the website. However, once you choose to furnish the website with your personal data, such data may be linked to data stored in the cookie. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set your browser to disable cookies or inform you when they are set. However, if you do so, certain functionalities of this website may not be available to you.

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Access and correction of your data

You have a right to request access to, the correction and erasure of your personal data in accordance with, where applicable, the provision of the Ordinance, and any other data protection law as applicable.

Request for access, correction and/or erasure of personal data, as well as withdrawal of consent, where applicable, should be made by sending an email request to our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. VARADISE will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to your personal data to protect your privacy and identity.

How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about the VARADISE's Privacy Policy Statement including our data practices for this website or its usage, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected] or write to the following address:

Varadise Limited
Data Protection Officer
Suite 3005, 30/F, AIA Kowloon Tower,
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Unless specified otherwise, references in this site to "VARADISE" shall mean Varadise Limited, its subsidiaries and affiliates in Hong Kong.

We may change this Privacy Policy Statement from time to time. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy Statement occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version.

This version was last updated on January 2024.

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