Privacy Notice

The Type (also known as “Type is Beautiful”) respects your privacy. All information you provide to “The Type” will be kept strictly confidential. “The Type” adheres to the following privacy policy principles:

“The Type” will only collect personal data that it believes to be relevant and required to understand your needs and to conduct our business;
“The Type” uses your personal data to provide you with better customer services and products;
“The Type” will not disclose your personal data to any external organisation unless we have your consent, are required by law, or have previously informed you;
“The Type” may be required from time to time to disclose your personal data to governmental or judicial bodies or our regulators, but we will only do so under proper authority;
“The Type” implements strict security systems, and only authorised and trained staff are permitted to access the relevant data. “The Type” will also ensure that employees adhere to standards of security and confidentiality regarding personal data.

Your Consent

Please read all the terms of this policy carefully. If you do not agree to and accept the terms of this policy, please do not use the services. Please note that your provision of personal data is voluntary. However, if you wish to use certain services of our company, you must provide at least your name, username, and email address; otherwise, you will not be able to successfully register as a member. By providing us with your personal data through your use of this website, mobile applications (APP), web pages, or services, you are indicating that you have agreed to all the terms of this policy. Regardless of when, how, or through which service you submit your personal data, you are deemed to have consented to our collection, use, and disclosure of that data in accordance with this policy.

Please read carefully the following privacy protection policy (“this Policy” or “this Privacy Policy”) regarding the data, including personal data (defined below), collected and obtained by our company from the following channels.

Collection of Personal Data

“Personal Data” means any information that makes it possible to identify or contact you, as well as any other non-public information relating to any of the foregoing, and may include, but is not limited to, the following items:

Name (including username)
Address
Age/Date of birth
Gender
Telephone number
Email address
Proof of identity
Transaction records
Bank account number and account holder name
Credit card number, bank name, expiry date, and other account numbers
Other relevant data (please refer to the relevant registration forms)

Logging IP Addresses

“The Type” generally will not collect your personal data when you browse or use this website and other mobile applications (APP), web pages, or services provided by “The Type” and/or “The Type” group companies (collectively, “this Website and Services”). When you browse or use this Website and Services, “The Type” will only collect your browsing history and IP address, and will not collect your personal data. The collection of browsing history is used to estimate the daily number of visitors browsing or using this Website and Services; the relevant data is only used for statistics on the usage rate of the Website and Services, to provide and improve our services, and to identify you as the owner of your account.

When you browse or use the mobile phone applications within this Website and Services, the application may periodically connect to the server to check browsing usage and every transmission activity of the user, and record it in the software developer’s server logs. If you use advanced functions other than browsing, the mobile phone application will record information and more additional data.

Use of Cookies

When you browse or use this Website and Services, the website will record this to analyse the number of visitors and general usage patterns. Some of this information will be collected via “Cookies”. Cookies are files containing small amounts of data that are automatically stored on the internet browser installed on the visitor’s computer and can be retrieved by this Website and Services in the future. Cookies allow this Website and Services to know which web pages are more popular, to create a better online experience for users. Cookies collect anonymous aggregate statistical data and do not include personal contact details such as name, address, telephone number, and email address; the data collected is only used by this Website and Services to analyse your preferences for this Website and Services and will not be provided to third parties. Currently, common browser versions have the Cookies function enabled by default. If you wish to disable Cookies or be notified of the use of Cookies, you can change your browser settings, but after changing them, you may not be able to access certain parts of this website, especially when subscribing to paid content in this Website and Services or using registered user services, you must accept Cookies.

In addition, this Website and Services may also use third-party companies to record website traffic and other activities on this website. For example, Google Analytics is used to analyse the usage behaviour of overall or individual users anonymously, but your personal information will not be provided to third-party companies. If you do not want to disclose your personal information, please download this plug-in https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it in your web browser.

Advertisers placing advertisements on this Website and Services may collect data through “Cookies”; you understand and agree that advertisers will collect data according to their own privacy protection policies, and this policy does not cover data collected by such advertisers.

Direct Marketing

“The Type” may collect personal data from visitors to this Website and Services or persons participating in competitions or promotional activities. “The Type” will clearly inform you before collecting such personal data that such data is provided voluntarily by the respondents. For the purpose of direct marketing of our products and services, as well as the goods and services of our advertisers, “The Type” may use such data to send respondents products, services, and other marketing materials that “The Type” believes to be relevant to their needs. Such promotional materials include but are not limited to: provision of content, special offers related to our products and services, and promotional activities conducted jointly with our content providers or advertisers. “The Type” will also invite visitors to this Website and Services to participate in market research, opinion surveys, and other similar activities. The aforementioned purposes of the data may be displayed on the screens of this Website and Services, and the personal data you provide will only be used for the purposes stated on that screen. Unless we have your permission, we will not transfer, rent, sell, or share your personal data.

You may choose to receive marketing and other promotional materials by email. If you no longer wish to receive our promotional materials by email or direct mail, you can choose not to receive such materials at any time.

Notice to Users Regarding the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance

(a) Users are required from time to time to provide relevant data to “The Type” when opening or maintaining a member account, or using services provided by “The Type”, logging in, accessing or using websites, applications, or services provided by “The Type” or other websites, applications, or services that you select, accept, log in to, access, or use through your member account from time to time, or pursuant to legal requirements or guidelines issued by regulatory or other management authorities.

(b) Failure to provide such data to “The Type” may result in “The Type” being unable to open or maintain a member account, provide services, or comply with legal requirements or guidelines issued by regulatory or other management authorities.

(c) “The Type” will also collect user data in the continuation of normal business operations with users, for example, when registering to use individual paid services.

(d) User data may be used for the following purposes:

Daily operations involved in opening or maintaining member accounts and providing services for users;
Processing and following up on service requests, inquiries, refunds, and complaints;
Daily operations or necessary measures involved in processing the purchase of products, services, or enjoying promotional privileges through the use of services (for example, when a user purchases a discount coupon for a restaurant, “The Type” provides the user’s name and contact telephone number to the restaurant to verify the validity of the coupon);
Designing services or related products for users’ use;
For marketing the following services or products (whether or not “The Type” receives remuneration for the marketing):
1. “The Type” company and related services and products;
2. Services and products provided by co-branding partners, advertisers, or sponsors of “The Type” (the name of the co-branding partner will be provided when applying for the relevant services and products); the services and products may be provided and/or marketed by the following parties:
3. “The Type” company;
4. And co-branding partners, advertisers, or sponsors of “The Type” company;
Determining the amount of indebtedness owed by users to “The Type”;
Disclosures made pursuant to legal requirements binding on “The Type” or any of its branches, or guidelines required to be observed by “The Type” or any of its branches by regulatory or other management authorities;
Facilitating actual or proposed assignees of “The Type”, or participants or sub-participants of “The Type” in the user’s rights to evaluate transactions intended to be assigned, participated in, or sub-participated in; and
Purposes relating to the above.

(e) User data held by “The Type” will be kept confidential, but “The Type” may provide such data to the following parties for the purposes set out in paragraph (d) (whether within or outside Hong Kong):

Any agent, contractor, or third-party service provider providing administrative, telecommunications, computer, data security, payment or clearing, or other services to “The Type” in connection with the operation of its business;
Places permitted and required by law;
Any person under a duty of confidentiality to “The Type”, including companies within the “The Type” group which have undertaken to keep such information confidential;
Fulfilling disclosure obligations to any person under legally binding requirements on “The Type” and any branch, or guidelines required to be observed by “The Type” or any of its branches by regulatory or other management authorities;
Any actual or proposed assignee of “The Type” or participant or sub-participant or transferee of “The Type” in the user’s rights; and
The following persons:
1. “The Type” company;
2. Providers, related companies, or individuals of websites, applications, or services that you select, accept, log in to, access, or use through your member account from time to time;
3. Co-branding partners or sponsors of “The Type” and “The Type” group companies (the name of the partner will be provided when applying for the relevant services and products);
4. Third-party service providers employed by “The Type” to achieve (d)(iii) above (including but not limited to mailing centres, telecommunications companies, telemarketing and direct marketing agents, call centres, data processing companies, and information technology companies).

Relevant data may be transferred outside China.

(f) You can edit, change, and delete your personal data within your account. Any request for access to or correction of data, or for information regarding policies and practices and kinds of data held, you may make to the above persons at any time.

(g) This notice shall not limit users’ rights under the Privacy Ordinance.