Last update: 2025-02-18
BNESIM Limited understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits Our Site and will only collect and use information in ways that are useful to you and in a manner consistent with your rights and Our obligations under the law.
This Policy applies to Our use of any and all data collected by us in relation to your use of Our Site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. You will be required to read and accept this Privacy Policy when signing up for an Account. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from Our Site (whether We provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
Some data will be collected automatically by Our Site, other data will only be collected if you voluntarily submit it and consent to Us using it for the purposes set out in section 5, for example, when signing up for an Account. Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following data:
1. All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the Hong Kong and EU Privacy Laws. For more details on security see section 6, below.
2. We use your data to provide the best possible products and services to you. This includes:
3. In some cases, the collection of data may be a statutory or contractual requirement, and We will be limited in the products and services We can provide you without your consent for Us to be able to use such data.
1. We only keep your data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 5, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it. In any event, We will conduct a periodic review to ascertain whether we need to keep your data. Your data will be deleted if we no longer need it in accordance with the terms of our Data Retention Policy.
2. Some or all of your data may be stored or transferred outside of the European Economic Area ("the EEA") (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using Our Site and submitting information to Us. If We do store or transfer data outside the EEA, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the GDPR. Such steps may include, but not be limited to, the use of legally binding contractual terms between Us and any third parties We engage and the use of the EU-approved Model Contractual Arrangements.
3. Data security is of great importance to Us, and to protect your data We have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
1. We may share your data with other companies in Our group.
2. We may contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
3. We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying information. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
4. In certain circumstances We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal information, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you in order to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of Us.
1. We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Data provided by users will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use the data for the purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
2. In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes.
1. When you submit information via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict Our use of your data. We aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails and at the point of providing your details AND/OR by managing your Account, or by contacting unsubscribe@bnesim.com).
2. You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the Hong Kong: The Telephone Preference Service ("the TPS"), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service ("the CTPS"), and the Mailing Preference Service ("the MPS"). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.
1. You may access Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
2. You may restrict your internet browser's use of Cookies. For more information, see section 12.
3. You may withdraw your consent for Us to use your personal data as set out in section 5 at any time by contacting Us using the details set out in section 15, and We will delete Your data from Our systems. However, you acknowledge this may limit Our ability to provide the best possible products and services to you.
You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Please contact Us for more details at privacy@bnesim.com, or using the contact details below in section 14.
Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services.
The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device: affiliate (to track the origin of the customer), click_id (to track the origin of the customer), landing (to track the first destination of the customer), lgac (to process authentication of the customer), source_id (to track the origin of the customer), PHPSESSID (session cookie).
| Name of Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| affiliate | Strictly Necessary |
| click_id | Strictly Necessary |
| landing | Strictly Necessary |
| lgac | Strictly Necessary |
| source_id | Strictly Necessary |
| PHPSESSID | Strictly Necessary |
Our Site uses analytics services provided by Facebook, Google and Inspectlet. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling Us to better understand how people use Our Site. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, as detailed below, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
| Name of Cookie | Provider | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| __utmx, __utmxx, _ga, _gid | Analytics and Advertisement | |
| _fbp | Analytics and Advertisement | |
| __insp_sid, __insp_ref, __insp_scpt, __insp_nv, __insp_wid, __insp_identity, __insp_uid | Inspectlet | Analytics and Advertisement |
By using Our Site you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. We use third party Cookies on Our Site for analytics and advertising reasons. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of Our Site.
All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current English and EU Privacy Laws.
Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Hong Kong and EU Privacy Laws deems these Cookies to be "strictly necessary". These Cookies are shown above. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser's settings, but please be aware that Our Site may not work as intended if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies: __insp_sid, __insp_ref, __insp_scpt, __insp_nv, __insp_wid, __insp_identity (by inspectlet.com – session cookies), __insp_uid (by inspectlet.com – long-term cookie), __utmx, __utmxx, _ga, _gid (by Google – for analytics and advertisement), _fbp (by Facebook – for analytics and advertisement).
Under the GDPR, you have:
To enforce any of the foregoing rights or if you have any other questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us using the details set out in section 15 below.
14.1 In the event that We use personal data for the purposes of automated decision-making and those decisions have a legal (or similarly significant effect) on You, You have the right to challenge to such decisions under GDPR, requesting human intervention, expressing their own point of view, and obtaining an explanation of the decision from Us.
14.2 The right described in section 14.1 does not apply in the following circumstances:
14.3 Where We use your personal data for profiling purposes, the following shall apply:
14.4 We currently make the following automated decisions: Allow Filtering by any user fields present in the existing user profiles like: sex, languages, nationality, location, skills, etc.
15.1 What personal information does BNE Room process? To provide the BNE Room service, BNESIM Limited processes network and usage information including IP addresses for the meeting participants, the user specified URL used to host the meeting, and information about the phone numbers that connect to the meeting (if audio connection is made via a telephone call). In some cases, meeting related content, which may contain personal information, is temporarily stored to enable user functionality in a BNE Room video meeting. Examples include:
15.2 How is this information used? BNESIM Limited is not in the business of selling personal information to third parties. BNESIM Limited uses this information to deliver the BNE Room service, to identify and troubleshoot problems with the BNE Room service, and to improve the BNE Room service. In addition, BNESIM Limited may use this information to investigate fraud or abuse.
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us:
Email: privacy@bnesim.com
Telephone: +852 5808 5312
Post: Unit C, 8/F, King Palace Plaza, NO:55 King Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
We may change this Privacy Policy as We may deem necessary from time to time, or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations.