The Club's Commitment to Protect Your Privacy
The Hong Kong Jockey Club and where applicable, each of its subsidiaries (together "the Club"; each a "Club Entity"), are committed to ensuring the privacy and security of the Personal Data they hold. The Club aims to meet this commitment by implementing the principles and requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("the Ordinance"). This Privacy Policy Statement is intended to explain the Club's privacy practices.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy Statement, "subsidiaries" of The Hong Kong Jockey Club refer to the "subsidiaries" of The Hong Kong Jockey Club as set out in the annual report of The Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Collection of Personal Data
From time to time and for the purpose of carrying on the Club's businesses and operations, including the provision of services and facilities to you, you may be requested to supply data that may directly or indirectly identify you or other person(s) as an individual ("Personal Data") such as, but not limited to, the following:
Supply of Personal Data to the Club is non-obligatory, but failure to do so may result in the Club being unable to process your application(s) or to provide facilities and services to you.
Occasionally, you may need to provide Personal Data about other individuals to the Club (e.g. spouse or children or guests). In that event, to comply with the Ordinance, you are required to have first obtained the authorisation of such individuals before using, disclosing and transferring their Personal Data, including giving consent on their behalf to the Club's possible use, disclosure and transfer of their Personal Data, for the purposes you would want to achieve from the Club. If necessary, the Club may require you to provide to the Club any supporting documents which may be necessary to prove such authorisation. You should also advise them that the Club can be contacted for further information.
Use of Personal Data
Your Personal Data may be used for the following purposes:-
The Club may also use from time to time aggregate non-identifying information about its customers to better design and improve the Club's facilities, goods and services that it offers. This information will not identify any individual in particular.
Direct Marketing
The Club intends to use your Personal Data for direct marketing carried out by the Club or a Club Entity (or by an agent on behalf of the Club or a Club Entity), and for such purposes your Personal Data held by a Club Entity may be provided to other Club Entities for their use for direct marketing. The intended kinds of Personal Data to be used and the intended classes of marketing subjects are specified below. However, the Club may not so use or provide your Personal Data unless exempted by the Ordinance or the Club has received your consent.
For the above direct marketing use, the Club intends to:
You can always opt-out free-of-charge by contacting the Club's Data Privacy Compliance Officer if you no longer wish any of your Personal Data to be used in any of the described direct marketing purposes.
Disclosure of Personal Data
Personal Data supplied to the Club will be kept confidential. However, the Club may, 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:
The Club may also disclose your Personal Data to third parties: (i) when required by law, by court order or in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry; or (ii) pursuant to the Club's good faith belief that disclosure is required by law or otherwise necessary to the establishment of legal claims or defences, to obtain legal advice, to exercise and defend the Club's legal rights or to protect the life, body or property of any individual. This also applies when the Club has reason to believe that disclosing the Personal Data is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with the Club's rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by activities causing such interference.
The Club may also transfer any information it holds about you as an asset in connection with a merger or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings) involving all or part of the Club or as part of a corporate reorganisation or other change in corporate control.
The Personal Data that the Club collects or obtains may be transferred to jurisdictions that offer lesser protection of personal data than that provided in your jurisdiction. By submitting Personal Data to the Club or using any of the Club's services and facilities, you understand and consent to such transfer.
Links to Third Party Websites
The Club's website may contain links to other sites and pages which are operated by third parties. The Club has no control over the content of the linked websites or the way in which the operators of those websites deal with your Personal Data. You should review the privacy policy for those third party websites to understand the ways in which your Personal Data may be used by those third parties.
Use of Cookies
By using the Club's website ("Website") and mobile apps, you agree that the Club can store and access cookies, IP addresses and use other methods in order to collect website usage data and improve your on-line experience.
Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails you open. They are widely used in order to make websites function properly, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the website owners.
The Club uses cookies on its Website to track visitor preferences. These cookies allow the Website to remember information that changes the way the Website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language. These cookies can also assist you in changing text size, font and other parts of the Website that you can personalise. You may refuse to accept cookies by altering the settings on your internet browser but it should be noted that if you choose not to permit cookies, some areas of the Website may not function properly.
Data Retention
All Personal Data that has been collected from you will only be stored for a duration that is relevant to the purpose for which it was processed and for as long as required by applicable law.
Commitment to Data Security
The Club is committed to protecting the security of your Personal Data. It uses a variety of physical, technological and organisational measures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorised or accidental access, processing, erasure or other use.
Changes to the Privacy Policy Statement
The Club will post on its website at www.hkjc.com any changes to its Privacy Policy Statement, so that you will always know what information the Club gathers, how it might use that information and whether it discloses such information to anyone.
Access to and Correction of Personal Data
You are entitled to request access to Personal Data held by the Club about you and to correct such data. The Club may charge a reasonable fee for the processing of such data access request.
You may direct your request in writing to:
Data Privacy Compliance Officer
Jockey Club Headquarters
1 Sports Road
Happy Valley Hong Kong
This notice is written in English language and may be translated into other languages. In the event of any inconsistency between the English version and the translated version of this notice, the English version shall prevail.