This site is a service of Smart City Consortium Limited (“SCC”).

SCC pledges to meet and comply with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“Ordinance”). In doing so, SCC has committed itself to protect and keep in strict confidence any personal data collected.

This Privacy Policy applies only to personal data that you provide to SCC using this website or any other SCC’s site (“Site”). This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal data collected elsewhere, including offline and on web sites linked to or from the Site.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using or accessing the Site, and/or by registering with the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use the Site or provide any personal data to SCC.

In addition to reviewing this Privacy Policy, please also read SCC’s Terms of Use. Your use of the Site constitutes your agreement to the Terms of Use.

SCC reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. When SCC does, SCC will give you notice of the revised Privacy Policy by posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Site and by revising the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are responsible for regularly reviewing the current privacy policy. Any change, update or modification SCC makes will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Your continued access of the Site after SCC posts any changes or revisions constituting your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Privacy Policy.

SCC collects “automatic information” and “personally identifiable information”.

“Automatic information” is information automatically collected by SCC’s web server (which may be hosted by a third-party) that your web browser makes available whenever you visit the Site, such as the IP address of your computer, your operating system version and browser type, the duration of your visit to the Site, and other standard tracking data SCC uses to evaluate site traffic and usage patterns.

The Site also uses “cookies”, that are bits of data sent by a website through the browser to the computer of the user visiting the site, which enable the Site to return the results the browser expects.

Cookies can make the Site more useful by storing information about your preferences on particular websites and thus enabling SCC as a website owner to provide more useful features for its users. The information collected by cookies is anonymous aggregated research data, and contain no name or address information or any information that will enable anyone to contact you through telephone, e-mail or any other means.

Most website browsers automatically accept cookies, but you may be able to turn off the cookie acceptance option in your browser’s settings. However, disabling the cookie support function of the browser may prevent some portions of the Site from functioning properly, and you may not be able to fully utilize the Site. SCC may from time to time use advertising companies to develop banner ads for the Site. These ads may contain cookies that may be sent to your browser through the banner ads. SCC does not have control over cookies placed by its advertisers, nor does SCC has access to any information their cookies may collect.

“Personally identifiable information” is information that tells SCC who you are, such as your name, job title, company, physical mailing address, e-mail address, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and, if applicable, financial information such as your credit card information. SCC may collect this information when you:

1. register to attend SCC’s trade shows, conferences and events;
2. subscribe to SCC’s publications, including e-newsletters;
3. use the Site;
4. register with the Site;
5. submits any work or statement through the Site;
6. take part in any activities published by SCC on the Site or other website linked to the Site;
7. participate in online activities as published on the Site from time to time;
8. communicate with SCC by e-mail;
9. post comments, ratings or messages to any of SCC’s chat groups, bulletin boards or forums; and/or complete online forms, surveys or contest entries.

From time to time, it is necessary for you to supply SCC with personal data in connection with any kinds of registration or the use or continuation of provision of any services and products.

SCC may work with third parties that use applications or computer technologies to find out more about users of the Site.

Failure to supply such information may result in SCC being unable to process any registrations or use or continue the provision of any services.

You always have the option not to provide the personal data SCC requests. If you choose not to provide the personal data SCC requests, you can still visit the Site, but you may be unable to access or use certain options and/or services.

If you elect to provide personal data to SCC, SCC may use it for the purpose for which it was provided (e.g., to establish your account, send you publications to which you have subscribed, attribute content you submit to the Site to you, etc.), and for the other purposes set forth herein. The purposes for which personal data may be used by SCC in and outside Hong Kong include:

1. communicate with you;
2. process applications;
3. provide enquirers with contact and business information;
4. enable SCC to ensure smooth operation of the services or products provided to you, and to improve, optimize and configure the services or products for you;
5. SCC’s operations, e.g., incorporation into SCC’s database, analysis, research and auditing;
6. notification of SCC’s trade fairs in Hong Kong;
7. marketing SCC’s services or products (and those of SCC’s business partners and counterparts);
8. research and/or design and/or implement services or products for your use;
9. complying with laws in or outside Hong Kong;
10. legal proceedings, including collecting overdue amounts;
11. complying with obligations, requirements, arrangements or procedures that apply to SCC or that it is expected to comply according to:
    1. any law binding or applying to it within the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“Hong Kong”) existing currently and in the future;
    2. any guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies within Hong Kong existing currently and in the future; and
    3. any contractual obligations or other commitment applying to it under any contractual arrangement SCC has with its agent, representative, contractor, business partner or other third party which SCC has entered into a contractual relationship with;
12. other related purposes.

SCC may conduct direct marketing via fax, email, direct mail, telephone and other means of communication, or send e-newsletters to you. You may choose not to receive promotional materials, by simply telling SCC, and SCC will cease to do so, without charge. SCC may share personally identifiable information with SCC’s affiliates and with SCC’s partners, including SCC’s exhibitors, sponsors and advertisers, for marketing, advertising, and/or product/service offering purposes. While SCC will seek to require all such third parties to follow appropriate privacy policies consistent with this Privacy Policy, and will not authorize them to use this information except for the express purpose for which it is provided.

SCC does not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of third parties. If you wish to (i) not to have your personally identifiable information shared with third parties, (ii) not to receive Commercial Communications from third parties, and/or (iii) not to receive Commercial Communications from SCC except for Commercial Communications related to the product or service for which you provided your personally identifiable information, as described below under “Opt-Out Option.”

SCC may also disclose personally identifiable information in special cases when SCC has reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may have breached SCC’s Terms of Use, or who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of SCC, other users of the Site, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. SCC may also disclose personally identifiable information when SCC reasonably believes that the law requires it.

In addition, as SCC’s business changes, SCC may buy or sell various assets. In the event all or a portion of the assets owned or controlled by SCC, or any subsidiary or affiliated entity, are sold, assigned, transferred or acquired by another company, personally identifiable information may be among the transferred assets.

If you submit financial information to SCC, SCC may use that information to verify your credit and collect payments for your purchases, orders, registrations, etc. SCC may share your financial information with third parties that process financial transactions on SCC behalf.

SCC will use automatic information to personalize the Site based on the preferences you submit to SCC at the time you register. SCC also uses the aggregated information to evaluate products and services SCC may offer to you.

SCC may use temporary, session-specific cookies to ensure visits to the Site are smooth and customized for the visitor – for example, to control the display of ads, to track usage patterns on the Site, to deliver editorial content, and to record registration and personalization information. Cookies allow SCC to provide a visitor’s browser with information tailored to the visitor’s preferences and needs. SCC also may use permanent or persistent cookies that remain on a visitor’s computer after the visitor leaves the Site.

In addition, SCC reserves the right to use the information SCC collects about your computer, which may at times be able to identify you, for any lawful business purpose, including to help diagnose problems with SCC’s servers, to gather broad demographic information, and to otherwise administer the Site.

SCC reserves the right to use, transfer, sell, and share aggregated, anonymous data about SCC’s users as a group for any business purpose, such as analyzing usage trends and seeking compatible advertisers and partners.

The Site may from time to time contain links to other websites, including suppliers, advertisers and affiliates. SCC have no control over, and are not responsible for, the content of, or information gathered by, these other websites. SCC does not endorse any of these websites or the products or services associated with such websites merely because they are linked to the Site.

You should be aware that personal data you disclose on bulletin boards and other forums may be collected by others and may result in unsolicited messages from others.

Personal data held by SCC relating to you will be kept confidential but SCC may provide and disclose (as defined in the Ordinance) such information to the following parties for the purposes mentioned above:

1. any agent, contractor, business partner or other third party which SCC works together with in its provision of such service, product or facility, wherever situated; B. any party that you has initiated a business transaction with or will make a payment to or through;
2. any party to whom SCC is under an obligation or otherwise required to make disclosure under the requirements of any law binding or applying to it within or outside Hong Kong, or any disclosure under and for the purposes of any guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies with which SCC is expected to comply, or any disclosure pursuant to any contractual or other commitment of SCC, all of which are within Hong Kong and may be existing currently and in the future;
3. such party as authorized to receive a response from SCC in accordance with Part V of the Ordinance.

All personal data collected from you will be stored in secure servers of SCC in order to prevent any unauthorized or accidental access, processing or erasure.

SCC maintains this commitment to personal data security by implementing appropriate physical, electronic and managerial measures to safeguard and secure personal data. Unfortunately, personal data transmitted on the Internet and/or stored on systems attached to the Internet is not 100% secure. As a result, SCC cannot ensure, warrant or guarantee the security or integrity of such personal data.

SCC will take all practical steps to ensure that your personal data will not be kept longer than necessary and SCC will comply with all statutory and regulatory requirements of Hong Kong concerning the retention of personal data.

While SCC does everything it can to protect personal data from unauthorized use, processing and disclosure, you should take precaution not to share, provide or facilitate unauthorized use of an unique username and/or password assigned by SCC or allow access or use of it by others. If, in the unlikely event, unauthorized transactions have been discovered through no fraud, fault or negligence on the part of you, you should inform SCC immediately.

If you do not want SCC to share your personally identifiable information with third parties, or if you do not wish to receive Commercial Communications from SCC and/or third parties, you may (i) state your preferences at the time you submit your personal information to SCC, or (ii) change your preferences at any time by:

1. notifying SCC in writing (at the Privacy Policy Contact mailing address or email address below) of your e-mail address and of your preference that SCC not share your information and/or that you do not wish to receive such Commercial Communications from SCC and/or third parties, or
2. following the unsubscribe instructions contained within the e-mail you receive from SCC. SCC will update your preferences within 14 days.

SCC will use reasonable efforts to forward your opt-out request (including your e-mail address) to the specific third party marketer whose offer you received from SCC prompting your opt-out or unsubscribe request, so that it can include your e-mail address on its own do-not-email list. However, even if you opt-out as described above, SCC will not be able to remove your personal information from the databases of third parties with which SCC has already shared your personal information (i.e., to which SCC has provided your personal information prior to SCC’s receipt of your opt-out request).

SCC does not bear any responsibility for ensuring that any third party complies with your opt-out or unsubscribe request vis-à-vis its own lists.

Many of the functions (but not all) of the Site allow you to correct, update and modify your personal data. If you would like to obtain instructions on how you may correct, update and modify your personal data, please contact SCC at info@ltexpo.org and provide SCC with the specific Site through which you provided personal data.

You may not change your username ID selected at registration for a trade show, event or conference.

If you have any questions regarding SCC’s Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact SCC by letter at the address below.

Phone : (852) 3480 4230
Fax : (852) 3020 8812
Email : info@ltexpo.org
Address : Room 605, TusPark, 118 Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong