Last updated: 1 September 2022

Personal Information Collection Statement & Privacy Notice

1. Any personal data provided in the subscription form for email updates and newsletters will be used for the purposes of sending you CMEL’s updates and newsletters as well as information about relevant activities and courses and compiling statistics on subscribers. Provision of your email address is necessary for sending the information above to you.

2. If you do not provide your email address to us, we will not be able to send you the information above.

3. We intend to send to your email address CMEL’s updates and newsletters as well as information about relevant activities and courses. It is possible for such provision of information to be regarded as direct marketing. We cannot use any personal data collected from you in the subscription form in direct marketing, unless we have received your consent. If you proceed to submit the subscription form, you will be regarded as thereby giving consent for us to send to your email address CMEL’s updates and newsletters as well as information about relevant activities and courses. We must, without charge, stop using any personal data collected from you in the subscription form in direct marketing upon your request. You have the right to opt out at any time free of charge. If you would like to opt out, please contact us at cmel@hku.hk.

4. You have the right to request access to and the correction of your personal data held by us. If you would like to request access to or the correction of your personal data held by us, please complete the Data Access Request Form and send it to CMEL’s secretary by email to cmel@hku.hk or by post to our postal address. Our postal address is Office 9.21, 9/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.

5. Our Privacy Policy Statement is available at https://www.hku.hk/about/policies_reports/privacy_policy.html.