Privacy Policy

SCHOT (South China House of Technology) Limited ("SCHOT", "we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website at schottech.com or engage with our services.

This policy is prepared in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) of Hong Kong ("PDPO") and applicable data protection regulations. By using our website or services, you consent to the practices described in this policy.

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

• Identity Data: Name, job title, company name.
• Contact Data: Email address, telephone number, postal address.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
• Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving communications from us and your communication preferences.
• Enquiry Data: Information you provide when submitting an enquiry or request through our contact form.

We collect personal information through the following means:

• Direct Interactions: When you fill in our contact form, request a quotation, or correspond with us by email, telephone, or otherwise.
• Automated Technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this data using cookies, server logs, and similar technologies.
• Third Parties: We may receive personal data about you from analytics providers, advertising networks, and search information providers.

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiries and provide the information or services you have requested.
• To manage our relationship with you, including notifying you about changes to our services or this policy.
• To send you marketing communications about our products and services where you have consented to receive such communications.
• To administer and protect our business and website, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, and reporting.
• To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve.
• To comply with legal obligations.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the operation of our website.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website.
• Functionality Cookies: Used to recognise you when you return to our website.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

We may share your personal information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, and email delivery.
• Professional Advisers: Lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance, and accounting services.
• Regulators and Authorities: Regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, and other authorities as required by law.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties for their marketing purposes.

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

In general, we retain contact and enquiry data for a period of 3 years from the date of last contact, after which it is securely deleted.

Under the PDPO, you have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data held by us.
• Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within 40 days as required by the PDPO.

Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us: