At Barentsz Capital Limited (and its subsidiaries and affiliates, collectively "Barentsz"), accessible from www.barentszgroup.com ("Site"), one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Barentsz and how we use it.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Barentsz. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this Site.

This policy complies with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) of Hong Kong (“PDPO”).

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Consent

By using this Site, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

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Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

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How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website

• Improve, personalize, and expand our website

• Understand and analyze how you use our website

• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality

• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes

• Send you emails

• Find and prevent fraud

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Log Files

Barentsz follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

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Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Barentsz uses "cookies". These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

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Disclosure of Personal Data
In accordance with the PDPO, we may disclose your personal data to our service providers, affiliates, and other entities associated with us for the purpose of managing, operating, and improving our services. We ensure that these entities are contractually obliged to protect your data to a standard that is compliant with this Privacy Policy and the PDPO. We reserve the right to disclose or report personal data to non-affiliated third parties in limited circumstances where we believe in good faith that disclosure is required under law, to cooperate with government agencies, exchanges, self-regulatory organizations, regulators or law enforcement authorities, or to protect our rights or property. In addition, we may disclose information about you to a non-affiliated third party at your request or if you consent in writing to the disclosure. We may engage analytics providers to help us understand how users engage with this website.  These providers may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of the website as well as information about your use of other websites over time.

 

Direct Marketing Consents
By using our services, you agree that we may process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, in accordance with the PDPO. Your personal data may be used to communicate about new features, services, and offers from Barentsz. You may opt-out at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the communication.

 

Rights of Access and Correction
In accordance with the PDPO, you have the right to access, correct, and update your personal data held by us. If you wish to request access to or correction of your personal data, you may contact us at the details provided under the Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy.

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Third Party Privacy Policies

Barentsz's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

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Disclaimer
While we continue to work hard to protect your personal data, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Barentsz. Transmitting personal data is done at your own risk.

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Children's Information

The Site are intended for use by those over 18, and minors under the age of 13 may not use this website, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as soon as possible.

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Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time at our sole discretion. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this policy and posting a notice on our website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal data we collect, in accordance with the PDPO.

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Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Last updated 19 May 2023