Personal data and privacy policy

  1. General

1.1    This statement provides information on the policies of DCH Auriga.

  1. Purpose of collection of personal data

2.1    The provision of any personal data by customers or on customers' behalf to DCH AURIGA shall be voluntary and shall be deemed to authorize DCH AURIGA and its subsidiaries to collect, retain, update and use customers' personal data for the purpose of clause 2.2 below.

2.2    The personal data provided by customers or on customers' behalf to DCH AURIGA from time to time will be used for the following purposes:

(a)    Operating daily for provision of goods, facilities and services to customers;

(b)    Providing additional goods, facilities and services to customers as they may arise from time to time;

(c)    To fulfil requests submitted by customers (for example, gift redemption), whether online, over the phone, through our mobile services, or through other communication methods;

(d)    Conducting statistics and market research for the purpose of providing products or services to customers;

(e)    For marketing, promotional and customer relationship management purposes, such as sending customers updates on the latest offers and promotions in connection with DCH Auriga´s co-branding / joint promotion business partners and for assessing eligibility for any marketing and/or promotional activities and/or offers from DCH Auriga´s co-branding / joint promotion business partners. (please see Section 8 - "Use of personal data in direct marketing" for details)

(f)    To respond to, handle and process any enquires submitted by customers;

(g)    To administer contests and sweepstakes conducted by DCH Auriga or on DCH Auriga's behalf, including disclosing the winner of any such contest;

(h)    Updating and verifying your identity and other information in accordance with relevant laws;

(i)    To improve DCH Auriga's security, including in relation to the processing of payment by credit card to guard against the risk of fraud, including carrying out matching procedures against databases of known fraudulent transactions (which may be maintained by DCH Auriga or third parties);

(j)    Comparing the personal data provided by customers with customers' other information possessed from time to time by any other members of DCH AURIGA for verification purposes;

(k)    Making such disclosures as may be required for any of the above purposes or by law;

(l)    Achieving any other lawful purposes relating to any of the aforesaid purposes;

(m)    Enforcing any legal or other rights of DCH AURIGA may have against customers;

(n)    To fulfil the above purposes, customers may be contacted via email, direct mailing, telephone marketing, SMS or other means that are allowed by local authorities.

2.3    In the event that, in the opinion of DCH AURIGA to which customers provided personal data, the personal data provided by customers is insufficient or such member is not satisfied that such data is true and accurate, such member reserves the right to refuse to withhold process of customers' application or provision of any service to customers unless and until the personal data required by such member is provided.

2.4    For the purposes stipulated in clause 2.2 above, any employee of DCH AURIGA or any person retained by DCH AURIGA shall be entitled to inspect the personal data provided by customers.

  1. Use of personal data

DCH AURIGA will ensure the confidentiality of collected personal data but may provide such information to the following parties for the purpose of implementing the "purpose of collection of personal data" mentioned above:

(a)    Any agent, contractor or third party service provider who provides administrative, telecommunications, computer, or other services to DCH AURIGA and our customers;

(b)    Any agent authorized by DCH AURIGA from time to time to process personal data of DCH Auriga´s customers;

(c)    Any other members/affiliates of DCH Auriga;

(d)    Auditors, consultants or legal adviser(s) of DCH Auriga or its affiliates;

(e)    Any other person under a duty of confidentiality to DCH Auriga; and

(f)    Any of the actual or proposed assignees or transferees of DCH Auriga.

  1. Duty of confidentiality

4.1    DCH AURIGA shall exercise reasonable endeavours to ensure that the personal data provided by you shall be kept confidential and be placed in secure locations. DCH AURIGA shall further exercise reasonable endeavours to ensure the integrity, prudence and competence of the persons who have access to such data.

4.2    In compliance with any relevant laws, DCH AURIGA may disclose the personal data provided by customers to governmental authorities or other regulatory bodies or persons.

  1. Special provisions for personal data held by DCH AURIGA on the internet

5.1    By assessing DCH AURIGA through its website ("Site"), customers shall be deemed to agree to the terms and conditions in this statement.

5.2    All reasonable efforts are made to ensure that any personal data held by DCH AURIGA from time to time through the Site is stored in secure and safe storage.

5.3    DCH AURIGA may use "cookies" on the Site so as to:

(a)    enable tighter security;

(b)    enable customers to complete the application process;

(c)    personalize the Site for customers; and

(d)    build online profile for customers.

5.4    Customers may disallow "cookies" at any time on your web browser.

  1. Customers' rights

6.1    In the event that customers have objections to any use of the personal data in accordance with clause 2 or any provision or disclosure of such data in accordance with clause 3 above, please inform DCH AURIGA in writing. The address of DCH AURIGA is:

11/F Wyler Centre I, 202-210 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong SAR

DCH AURIGA shall cease the use and/or provision or disclosure of such data upon processing customers' requests- reasonable sufficient time must be allowed in this regard.

6.2    Unless customers request DCH AURIGA to dispose of all personal data provided, customers acknowledge that DCH AURIGA shall retain all such personal data and may continue to deliver to them marketing information even after cancellation or withdrawal of their application for membership of any of the clubs organized by DCH AURIGA and its subsidiaries or their membership in such clubs, expiry of the warranty period of any goods supplied or service provided by the DCH AURIGA and its subsidiaries or completion of any sale of goods or provision of services by DCH AURIGA and its subsidiaries (as the case may be).

  1. Access and correction request

7.1    Customers have the right to request access to and correction of their personal data in accordance with relevant laws.

7.2    In the event that customers intend to correct any personal data, please inform DCH AURIGA in writing so that DCH Auriga is able to make the amendments accordingly.

7.3    Enquiries concerning the personal data collected, including access and corrections, should be addressed to the address stated in the relevant forms/contracts executed between you and the member of DCH AURIGA or any other address from time to time stipulated by DCH.

7.4    In accordance with relevant laws, DCH AURIGA has the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access request. Customers agree to pay such fees.

  1. Use of personal data in direct marketing

DCH AURIGA intends to use a customer’s personal data in direct marketing and may not so use the data unless DCH AURIGA has received the customer’s consent (which includes an indication of no objection) to such intended use. In this connection, please note that: -

(i)    the name, contact details, products and services portfolio information, transaction pattern and behaviour, consumption preference, financial background and demographic data of the customer held by DCH AURIGA and its subsidiaries from time to time may be used by DCH AURIGA in direct marketing;

(ii)    the following classes of goods, facilities, services, and other marketing subjects may be marketed by DCH, namely:

(a)    products and services provided by DCH AURIGA and its subsidiaries;

(b)    DCH AURIGA group activities, offers, gifts redemption, online shop, DCH AURIGA group news and updates;

(c)    reward, loyalty or privileges programs and related services and products of DCH AURIGA and its subsidiaries;

(d)    services and products offered by DCH Auriga´s subsidiaries or co-branding / joint promotion business partners who provide the following classes of products, facilities or services (whether through direct mailing, email or SMS)¡motor & motor service, traveling, hotel & catering, food & beverage, publications & media, sports, auction, group buying, transportation & logistics, insurance, entertainment, art & culture, agricultural products, telecommunications, electronic & electrical products, health & beauty, medical, personal care, wedding, finance & banking, credit card service, information technology, home furnishing, pets related, household, apparel & accessories, education, social networking, engineering, manufacturing, property/ real estate management, private club, professional service, shopping malls, energy, lubricant & petroleum (and side products), baby & child caring, planning & design, lab & R&D, jewelry & watches, environmental protection;

(e)    donations and contributions for charitable and/or non-profit making purposes;

(iii)    the above goods, facilities, services and marketing subjects may be provided or solicited by DCH AURIGA and/or:

(a)    any subsidiary, affiliate or associated company of DCH;

(b)    any third party goods and/or services provider;

(c)    any third party reward, loyalty, co-branding or privileges programme provider; and

(d)    any charitable organization;

(iv)    in addition to marketing the above goods, facilities, services and other marketing subjects by itself, DCH AURIGA also intends to provide the above personal data to all or any of the persons described in sub-paragraph (iii) above for use by them or it in marketing those goods, facilities, services and other marketing subjects, and DCH AURIGA may not so provide the data unless DCH AURIGA has received the customer’s written consent (which includes an indication of no objection) to the intended provision.

If the customer does not wish DCH AURIGA to use or provide to any other persons his personal data for use in direct marketing as described above, the customer may exercise his opt-out right by notifying DCH Auriga, in which event DCH AURIGA must, without charge to the customer, cease to use or provide to other persons the customer’s personal data for use in direct marketing.

The customer may provide his/her consent to DCH Auriga´s using or providing to other person his personal data for use in direct marketing as described above by notifying DCH Auriga´s Data Protection Officer, whose contact details are set out below, or through such other channel which the customer may be advised of when providing personal data to DCH Auriga.

  1. Data protection officer of DCH Auriga

The person to whom requests for access to data or correction of data or for information regarding DCH´s privacy policies and practices and kinds of data held and for any other communications hereinabove described are to be addressed is as follows: -

The Data Protection Officer 

DCH AURIGA
11/F Wyler Centre I, 202-210 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong SAR

Contact: +852 3619 2800
Email: [email protected]

  1. Language

If there is any discrepancy between the Chinese and English versions, the English version shall prevail.