Driven
by requests from its customers, D&B delivers products and services
through the Internet faster and more efficiently than ever before.
This Privacy Policy describes the privacy policies applicable to D&B HK Internet websites at www.dnb.com.hk
("Website") and any other collection of personal data by D&B in
Hong Kong by any means whatsoever. In the event that D&B has
provided a separate Personal Information Collection Statement to you, or
D&B and your company have entered into a separate agreement, to the
extent that there is any inconsistency between this Privacy Policy and
the terms of such Personal Information Collection Statement or
agreement, then the terms of the Personal Information Collection
Statement or agreement, as applicable, shall take precedence.
Data Collection Practices
We
collect some information about visitors to the Website indirectly
through standard web logs, including IP address, what browser is being
used (e.g., Netscape), and the domain name from which a visitor entered
the site (e.g., www.yourcompany.com or www.youruniversity.edu). We
normally use this information in the aggregate to administer and improve
our web site. Some data may be traceable to an individual, but we do
not normally seek to identify individuals who are using the Website
unless we believe that someone is using our Website improperly.
Some
existing customers come to our Website with IDs and passwords already
assigned. Others who register at our Website; or who submit an online
order request for D&B to provide certain products or services; or
who otherwise contact us to subscribe, order or request further
information on D&B's products or services, are asked to provide
standard contact information for us to contact them in their official
capacity, such as name, title, company name, mailing and email
addresses, and telephone numbers. We may also collect a credit card
number from those who register through the Website to buy products and
services on behalf of their company.
Data Retention
D&B
will retain your information for as long as your account is active or
as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or
request that we no longer use your information to provide you services,
please contact D&B at enquiryhk@dnb.com.
We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our
legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Purposes of Collection and Use
If
you provide any personal data to us, you are deemed to have authorised
us to collect, retain, transfer, process and use personal information
about you for the following purposes:
| (a) | to
provide sales, marketing or promotional information to you in your
official capacity within your company, about any of D&B's, its
affiliates' our customers' products and services for use by your company
in a business-to-business context. Such sales, marketing or promotional
information about D&B products and services are not intended to be
for the benefit of or use by you as an individual – they are aimed at
and intended to be used by your company. If you wish to stop receiving
commercial electronic email messages from us in the future, please send
an email to unsubscribe.hk@dnb.com |
| (b) | for
use in D&B's internal database, for providing and administering a
D&B D-U-N-S® Number for your company, and for providing any other
services or products requested by you, your company or any other
representative of your company, or to provide products and/or services
to our other customers; and |
| (c) | to
analyse and compile information for D&B's internal analyses, such
as researching and identifying market segments and needs; |
| (d) | to
make such disclosures as may be required by applicable law or in
response to a court order or subpoena or when otherwise legally
required; |
| (e) | to
complete business transactions, to fulfil and confirm orders for
products and services or subscriptions for any products or services, to
administer individual accounts, update D&B's databases, provide
customer support, answer your queries or requests for further
information, and meet government regulatory requirements; |
| (f) | to share your personal information (whether inside or outside the country in which the personal data was collected) with: | (i) | contractors
who directly support the Internet services and who only use the
information on our behalf in accordance with this Policy; and | | (ii) | D&B's
affiliates, credit card processors, auditors, lawyers or other
contractors, or who are obligated to only use the personal information
on our behalf for the purpose of the disclosure (which will be in line
with paragraphs (a) to (e) above), and | | who
are required to destroy or return the personal information when it is
no longer needed. These third parties' own privacy notices govern any
information that they may collect on their own; and | |
| (g) | to
disclose your personal information as appropriate to protect the
Website or our legal rights, or in connection with a sale or merger
involving the D&B assets or businesses for which the information is
maintained.
|
| (h)
| to review and process your application of becoming a D&B Mystery Shopper as a vendor service provider. |
If
you provide any personal data to us in relation to another individual,
you warrant that you have been authorized by that individual to provide
such personal information to D&B for D&B to collect, retain,
transfer, process and use that personal information in accordance with
the same purposes stated in paragraphs (a) to (h) above, and references
to "you", "your" or "your personal information" shall be interpreted as
references to "him/her", "his/her" and "his/her personal information",
respectively, in relation to the individual who the personal information
concerns.
Cookies
We
sometimes use an Internet device called a cookie to store login or
other information on your computer. A cookie is a small amount of
information that a website transfers to your computer's hard drive. We
use cookies to simplify your access and to tailor our services to your
needs and interests. For some services, we offer users the choice of
having an ID or password stored in a cookie so that you do not need to
re-enter it when you return to the site.
Choice
D&B's
business information products are licensed to authorized resellers and
third party users for various business decision making purposes. A
company representative who registers at the website may be offered an
opportunity to obtain a D&B D-U-N-S® Number for the company and may
also be added to our database. Any person included in the D&B
database may ask to be excluded from business lists licensed for
business-to-business marketing purposes. For more information, contact
D&B Customer Service.
Confidentiality and Security Safeguards
Your
personal data held by us shall be kept confidential in accordance with
this Privacy Policy. D&B takes technical, administrative and
physical steps to protect against anticipated hazards such as
unauthorized access to and disclosure of individually identifiable
information. D&B does not store users' personally-identifiable
information on its web servers. All reasonable efforts are made by
D&B to ensure that any personal data held by D&B is stored in a
secure and safe place, and accessed only by its authorized employees or
authorized third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy. D&B
employees, affiliates and third party service providers are required to
treat personal information as confidential information and may not
disclose it to unauthorized third parties. D&B employees, affiliates
and third party service providers are also under an obligation to
maintain internal security measures to protect the personal information
from unauthorised or accidental use, disclosure, modification or
destruction. Employees and third party service providers who violate
D&B's privacy policies are subject to a range of disciplinary
actions and/or consequences.
Data Quality
Data
quality is at the heart and soul of any successful information company.
Working to ensure that data is up-to-date and accurate benefits the
data subject and D&B. To help ensure quality data, D&B employs
extensive measures, including direct contacts with businesses and
quality review at both the point of collection and at the end of the
data collection process.
Access and Correction
You
may contact D&B Hong Kong Customer Service to see or change any of
your personal information held by D&B; to opt out of receiving email
updates about D&B products and services for your company, or to be
removed from or amend any of your personal information held on the
D&B database.
Changes to Dun & Bradstreet's Data Privacy Practices
If
we make material changes to our data privacy practices, we will post
these changes on our website in order to keep you informed of how we
collect, use, manage, disclose, and protect Data. Such changes will be
posted in this online privacy notice and the policy effective date will
be updated accordingly.
To learn about our comprehensive database or if you have any further information on our Privacy Policy, please contact us in:
Hong Kong at 2561-6333 or send us a message at enquiryhk@DNB.COM