Skyway International Capital

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Privacy Statement

Commencing on 20 May 2024 with immediate effect. 

Skyway International Capital Ltd and/or its subsidiaries (the “Company”, “Skyway” “we”, “us”, “our”) recognise our responsibilities in relation to the collection, use, disclosure and other processing and storage of personal data.

Among the most important assets of Skyway is the trust and confidence placed to properly handle information. Customers and potential customers expect us to maintain their information accurately, protected against manipulation and errors, secure from theft and free from unwarranted disclosure. We protect data security of our customers and potential customers by complying with all relevant data protection laws and regulations and ensure compliance by our staff with strict standards of security and confidentiality.

This statement provides you with notice as to how and why your personal data is collected, how it is intended to be used, to whom your personal data may be transferred to, how to access, review and amend your personal data, and our policies on direct marketing and the use of cookies.  You may be asked to consent to the practices and policies in this statement when you access, or interact with us via, this Site. Otherwise, by using this Site, you are accepting the practices and policies in this Privacy Statement. If you object to any practices and policies in this statement, please do not use this Site to submit your personal information to Skyway.

This Site is for general information purpose only. While we use reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information on this Site, Skyway does not warrant its absolute accuracy or accept any liability for any loss or damage resulting from any inaccuracy or omission. Without prior permission from Skyway, no information contained on this Site may be copied, except for personal use, or redistributed.

Skyway recognises its responsibilities in relation to the collection, holding, processing or use of personal data. The provision of your personal data is voluntary.  You may choose not to provide us with the requested data, but failure to do so may inhibit our ability to provide information and services to you or to respond to your enquiries. Skyway will not collect any information that identifies you personally through this Site unless and until you use and browse the Site, buy our products or services, register as a member, interact with us, sign-up to receive news about our products and services, or otherwise communicate with us (including where requesting technical support).

This Site is not intended for persons in jurisdictions that restrict the distribution of information by us or use of such Site. If this is applicable to you, we would advise you to make yourself familiar with and observe the relevant restrictions, and Skyway does not accept liability in this respect.

How we collect data.

We will collect and store your personal data either:

  • directly when you provide such information to us (for example, when you us enquiries or communications);
  • indirectly through your use of our Site; or
  • where you have provided it to us through any other means.

We may obtain lawfully collected personal or non-personal data about you from affiliated entities, business partners and other independent third parties’ sources. We may also collect some information about your computer or other devices used when you visit this Site.

The personal data we collect (which includes sensitive personal data as defined under relevant applicable laws and regulations), includes the following:

  • identity information – name, address, personal contact details (including email address and telephone numbers); and
  • technical information – such as IP address, browser type and version, time zone settings, browser plugin types.

We will usually identify any information which is mandatory, when we collect the information from you. You may choose not to provide us with the requested data, but failure to do so may inhibit our ability to do business with you or to respond to your enquiries. 

Why we collect your personal data and how it may be used?

Personal data is collected for the following purposes:

  • to provide you with access to the content on the Site;
  • to implement and effect the requests or transactions contemplated by the forms available on our Site or any other documents you may submit to us from time to time;
  • to design new or enhance existing products, information and services provided by us;
  • to communicate with you including to send you administrative and technical communications, to provide technical support or notify about future changes to this Privacy Statement;
  • for statistical or actuarial research undertaken by Skyway, the financial services industry or our respective regulators;
  • for advances data analytics, data matching, internal business and administrative purposes;
  • to monitor your use of the Site and conduct analysis of the use of the Site in order to operate, evaluate and improve the Site and our services, understand your preferences and troubleshoot any problems;
  • to assist in law enforcement purposes, investigations by police or other government or regulatory authorities and to meet requirements imposed by applicable laws and regulations or other obligations committed to government or regulatory authorities;
  • to personalise the appearance of our Sites, provide recommendations of relevant products, information and services and provide targeted advertising on our Site or through other channels;
  • other purposes as notified at the time of collection; and
  • other purposes directly relating to any of the above.

Unless permitted by applicable laws and regulations, we will obtain consent from you if we wish to use your personal data for purposes other than those stated in this Privacy Statement.

Skyway may retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it is collected or as otherwise required to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Skyway applies reasonable security measures to prevent unauthorised or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use including limiting physical access to data within Skyway’s systems and encryption of sensitive data when transferring such data. Reasonable steps will be taken to delete or destroy the information when it is no longer necessary for any of the purpose above.

For our policy on use of your personal data for promotional or marketing purposes, please see the section entitled “Use of Personal Data for Direct Marketing Purposes”. 

Who may be provided with your personal data?

Personal data will be kept confidential but may, where permitted by law or where such disclosure is necessary to satisfy the purpose or a directly related purpose for which the personal data was collected, provide such personal data to the following parties:

  • any person authorised to act as an agent of Skyway [or another Skyway company] in relation to the distribution of products and services offered by Skyway [or that Skyway company];
  • any agent, contractor or third-party service provider (within or outside Skyway) who provides administration, data processing, telecommunications, computer, payment, debt collection or securities clearing, technology outsourcing, call centre services, mailing and printing services in connection with the operation of Skyway’s business and Skyway’s provision of services to you;
  • any agent, contractor or third-party service provider (within or outside Skyway) including companies that help deliver our services;
  • other companies that help gather your information or communicate with you, such as research companies and ratings agencies, in order to enhance the services we provide to you; and
  • government or regulatory bodies in any jurisdiction or any person to whom an Skyway company must disclose data: (a) under a legal and/or regulatory obligation in that or any other jurisdiction applicable to that particular Skyway company; or (b) pursuant to an agreement between the Skyway company and the relevant government, regulatory body or other person.

In relation to any personal data collected by us whilst providing any services, such personal data would only be transferred to the above parties for the purpose of providing any related services.

For our policy on sharing of your personal data for promotional and marketing purposes, please see the section entitled “Use of Personal Data for Direct Marketing Purposes”.

From time to time, we may purchase a business or sell one or more of our businesses (or portions thereof) and your personal data may be transferred or disclosed as a part of the purchase or sale or a proposed purchase or sale. In the event that we purchase a business, the personal data received with that business would be treated in accordance with this Privacy Statement if it is practicable and permissible to do so.

Your personal data may be provided to any of the above persons who may be located in other jurisdictions or territories to that in which you are located. Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in other jurisdictions where any Skyway entity is located, or jurisdictions where a third-party contractor is located or from which the third-party contractor provides us services. Where required under relevant law, we may seek your consent to the transfer of such information outside your jurisdiction to our facilities or to those third parties with whom we share it as described above. Your personal data will only be transferred to other locations, where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection exist to protect the integrity and security of your personal data, which as a minimum are comparable to the jurisdiction or territory in which you provided such personal data. 

Access and Correction of Information and withdrawal of consent

Under applicable laws and regulations, you may have the right to: 

  • verify whether Skyway holds any personal data about you and to access any such data;
  • require Skyway to correct any personal data relating to you which is inaccurate (if any); and 
  • withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data (such withdrawal may, however, affect our services to you).

All such requests will be handled promptly in accordance with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. 

Enquiries 

Any enquiries regarding this Privacy Statement and practice may be addressed to info@skywaycapitalintl.com 

Under applicable laws and regulations, Skyway has the right to charge costs which are directly related to and necessary for the processing of any personal data request.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in certain jurisdictions if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable law.

Use of Personal Data for Direct Marketing purposes

Occasionally, we may use your personal data (including your name and contact details) to send you marketing communications such as emails containing news, offers, promotions and joint marketing offers.

We cannot use your personal data unless we have received your consent or indication of no objection.

You can opt-out from receiving marketing communications at any time, by sending us an email. 

Use of Cookies

Cookies are small text containing small amounts of information which are downloaded and may be stored on any of your web browsers or internet enabled devices (e.g. your computer, smartphone or tablet) that can later be read by the server – like a memory for a web page.

Skyway may use cookies and other tools on the Site. By continuing to use the Site, you are agreeing to us placing cookies on your computer. The information collected (including but not limited to: your IP addresses (and domain names), browser software, types and configurations of your browser, language settings, geo-locations, operating systems, referring Site, pages and content viewed, and durations of visit) will be used to ensure operation of the Site and enable you to log in securely, for compiling aggregate statistics on how our visitors reach and browse our Sites for web enhancement and optimisation purposes, and to help us understand how we can improve your experience on it.

The cookies also enable our Site to remember you and your preferences, and tailor the Site for your needs. Advertising cookies will allow us to provide advertisements on our Sites that are as relevant to you as possible, e.g. by selecting interest-based advertisements for you, or preventing the same advertisement from constantly reappearing to you. You can find more information on the types of cookies we collect, what we use these for, and how to manage your cookie settings in our Cookie Policy.

External links

If any part of this Site contains links to other websites, those sites may not operate under this Privacy Statement. You are advised to check the privacy statements on those websites to understand their policies on the collection, usage, transferal and disclosure of personal data. 

Amendments to this Privacy Statement

Skyway reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Statement, simply by notifying you of such change, update or modification. If we decide to change our personal data policy, those changes will be notified on our Site so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use the information and under what circumstances the information is disclosed. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting. Where required by applicable law, we may also notify you in the event of material changes to this Privacy Statement and, where required, seek your consent to those changes.

Provisions relating to individuals based in the EU

If you are based in the EU, you have a number of additional legal rights in relation to the personal information that we hold about you. These rights include:

  • Right to obtain certain information:

You have a right to obtain certain information about our processing, including: the purposes of processing the data; the categories of personal data processed; the recipients who receive your personal data; how long we store your personal data or the criteria we apply to determine retention periods; information on the source of the data where it is not collected directly from you; information on the safeguards we use to secure cross-border transfers; and whether we use automated decision making.

  • Right to receive a copy (data portability):

You have a right to receive a copy of any personal data which we process about you, in a commonly used and machine-readable format. This extends to the right to request that we transmit your personal data to another data controller, where technically possible. Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are entitled to refuse requests for access to copies of personal information.

  • Right of erasure:

You have a right to request the erasure of your personal information in certain circumstances (including where it is no longer necessary for us to retain your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it; or where you withdraw your consent).

  • Right to restrict data processing:

You have a right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances (including where you contest the accuracy of the data).

  • Right to object to data processing:

You have a right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances (i.e. for direct marketing purposes or for statistical

purposes).

  • Right to withdraw your consent:

You have a right to withdraw your consent at any time, although this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before the withdrawal.

  • Right to lodge a complaint:

You have a right to raise a complaint with the relevant data protection authority, if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us. Right to not be subject to automated decision-making: You have the right not to be subject to automated decision-making in relation to your personal data. We can confirm that we do not use automated decision-making.

  • Right to be notified of a data security breach:

You have a right to be notified in the event of a personal data breach which is likely to result in a high risk to your rights.”

Additional Information

Should you have any questions on any part of this Privacy Statement or would like additional information regarding Skyway’s data privacy practices please do not hesitate to contact us by email on privacy@skywaycapitalintl.com