DEFINITIONS
1. “Data access request”, “data correction request”, “data subject”,
“data user”, “direct marketing”, “matching procedures” and
“personal data” used throughout this Notice shall have the meaning
as defined in the Ordinance.
For the purpose of this Notice:
“customers” shall mean data subjects and include (but not be
limited to) existing and prospective insurance policy owners,
insured, beneficiaries and other persons designated or entitled to
receive moneys and/or other benefits under an insurance policy; and
members under an occupational retirement scheme; and scheme
members under a mandatory provident fund scheme; and share/unit
holders of investment funds.
“Hong Kong” shall mean the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region.
“Manulife” shall mean Manulife (International) Limited, Manulife
Provident Funds Trust Company Limited, Manulife Asset
Management (Hong Kong) Limited, or a Manulife Fund (as the case
may be) in respect of its respective customers.
“Manulife Fund” shall mean any investment fund sponsored or
managed from time to time by a member of the Manulife Group
(including but not limited to Manulife Global Fund and Manulife
Advanced Fund SPC) and “Manulife Funds” shall mean all such
investment funds.
“Manulife Group” shall mean Manulife Financial Corporation and
its subsidiaries and affiliates (including but not limited to Manulife
(International) Limited, Manulife Provident Funds Trust Company
Limited, Manulife Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited), and
Manulife Funds. The rights and obligations of each member of
Manulife Group under this Notice are several and not joint. No
member of Manulife Group shall be liable for an act or omission by
another member of Manulife Group.
“Ordinance” shall mean Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
COLLECTION
2. From time to time, it is necessary for customers to supply Manulife
with personal data in connection with the establishment or
continuation of business relationship, or provision of products or
services. Failure to supply such data may result in Manulife being
unable to establish or continue the business relationship, or provide
products or services.
3. It is also the case that personal data are collected or received by
Manulife from and/or in respect of customers in the ordinary course
of the continuation of the business relationship, for example, when
an application is made for a change of beneficiary/insured member
under the insurance policy; or when notification is made by the
employer of a change of employment/address of an employee
member of an occupational retirement scheme/mandatory provident
fund scheme; or when a joint share holder of an investment fund
applies for investment fund switching.
PURPOSES
4. The purposes for which personal data of a customer may be used
will vary depending on the nature of the customer’s relationship with
Manulife. Such purposes may include the following:
(a) processing, assessing and determining applications or requests
made by customers for products and/or services;
(b) administering, maintaining, managing and operating products
and/or services provided to customers;
(c) confirming customer’s identity and uniquely identifying customer;
(d) confirming the accuracy of the information collected;
(e) understanding customer’s financial situation better, evaluating
customer application, assessing the risks Manulife is assuming
and reviewing claims submitted to Manulife;
(f) any purposes in connection with any claims made by or against
or otherwise involving customers in respect of any products
and/or services including but not limited to making, defending,
analysing, investigating, processing, assessing, determining or
responding to such claims;
(g) providing investment management services, dealing and advisory
services, custody services and other services under the terms
and conditions of the accounts a customer holds with Manulife;
(h) performing any functions and activities related to products
and/or services including but not limited to marketing, audit,
reporting, research, analysis, reinsurance, and general servicing
and maintenance of online and other services;
(i) researching and/or designing products and/or services for
customers, and promoting, improving and furthering the
provision of products and/or services;
(j) conducting matching procedures (as defined in the Ordinance,
but broadly includes comparison of two or more sets of the data
subject’s data, for purposes of taking actions adverse to the
interests of the data subject, such as declining an application);
(k) making disclosure under and/or complying with the requirements
of any law, rules, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines or
guidances binding on or applicable to Manulife or any member of
Manulife Group (whether within or outside Hong Kong) including
but not limited to making disclosure to local or foreign regulators,
governmental bodies, industry recognised bodies (whether
within or outside Hong Kong) such as federations or associations
of insurers, credit reference agencies or auditors;
(l) complying with any contractual or other commitment or
arrangement with local or foreign regulators, governmental
bodies, or industry recognised bodies (whether within or
outside Hong Kong) that is assumed by or imposed on Manulife
or any member of Manulife Group by reason of its financial,
commercial, business or other interests or activities in or related
to the jurisdiction of the relevant local or foreign regulators,
governmental bodies, or industry recognised bodies;
(m) for operational purposes, credit assessment, credit scoring
models or statistical analysis (including in each case, behaviour
analysis and evaluation on the overall relationship with Manulife
Group which includes using such data to comply with any
obligations, requirements, policies, procedures, measures or
arrangements for sharing data and information within Manulife
Group and/or other use of data and information in accordance
with any Manulife Group-wide programmes for compliance
with sanctions or prevention or detection of money laundering,
terrorist financing or other unlawful activities), whether on the
data subjects or otherwise;
(n) exercising any rights Manulife may have in connection with the
provision to customers of products and/or services;
(o) conducting identity and/or credit checks;
(p) determining any amount of indebtedness owing to or from
customers, and collecting and recovering any amount owing
from customers or any person who has provided any security or
undertaking for customers’ liabilities;
(q) enabling an actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant
or sub-participant of the rights or business of Manulife or any
member of Manulife Group to evaluate the transaction intended
to be the subject of the assignment, transfer, participation or
sub-participation;
(r) purposes specifically provided for in any particular service or
product offered by Manulife;
(s) any purposes relating to the above (including seeking professional
advices) or any other purposes in accordance with the general
policies of Manulife or any member of Manulife Group in relation to
insurance, occupational retirement schemes, mandatory provident
fund schemes, investment funds, wealth management services and
other financial products and services as set out in notices, circulars,
or other terms and conditions made available by Manulife or any
member of Manulife Group to customers from time to time.
Notice to Customers relating to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
(Version 20130401-01)
Version 20130401-01
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