Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong does not read any of your private online communications.

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong collects and uses your personal information to operate the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and its affiliates. Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. Also, Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, to determine what Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong pages, or register with Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong site or services, a cookie helps Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Centre for Clinical Research & Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong at yuen@cct.cuhk.edu.hk. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to determine and remedy the problem promptly.