Personal Data (Privacy) Policy

With the coming into force of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance on 20 December 1996, these Notes are prepared to assist you in understanding your rights and obligations in relation to supply of personal data by you to the T G Securities Limited or any member there of (‘the company’) which data may relate to yourself or other persons and the manner in which the company may use or deal with such data.

Provision of personal data from Clients will be requested from time to time by the company which is required in relation to and in connection with the opening, establishments, operation and continuation of the accounts of Clients with the Company for the purposes of trading and dealing in securities, futures and commodities, managing and advising on investment portfolios, provision of credit facilities or other financial services or investment advisory services. Failure to supply the requested personal data may result in the Company being unable to perform the functions as an agent of you.

The personal information that you have provided to us may be used for the following purposes (a) the daily operation of the accounts and other related facilities provided to Clients; (b) conducting credit checks for the purposes of ascertaining the financial strength of Clients, approving credits to Clients, reviewing the margin level or percentage in respect of the Client’s account; (c) ascertaining the investment strategies and / or risk acceptance level of Clients; (d) designing financial services or related products for Clients’ use; (e) marketing financial services or related products; (f) ensuring ongoing, credit worthiness of Clients; (g) determining the amount of indebtedness owed to or by Clients; (h) collection of amounts outstanding from Clients and those providing security for Clients’ obligations; (i) meeting the requirements to make disclosure under the requirements of any law binding on the Company; and (j) purposes relating thereto.

Data held by the Company relating to a Client will be kept confidential but the Company may provide such information to (a) any agent, contractor or third party service provider who provides administrative, telecommunications, computer, or clearing or other services to the Company in connection with the operation of its business; (b) any other person under a duty of confidentiality to the Company including any member of the Company. As from time to time constituted which has undertaken to keep such information confidential; (c) any actual or proposed assignee of the Company or participant or sub-participant or transferee of the Company’s rights in respect of the Client.

Under and in accordance with the terms of the Ordinance any individual (a) has the right to check whether the Company holds data about him and the right to access to such data; (b) has the right to require the Company to correct any data relating to him which is inaccurate; (c) has the right to ascertain the Company’s policies and practices in relation to data and to be informed of the kind of personal data held by the Company. In accordance with the terms of the Ordinance, the Company has the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access request.

You may contact our Compliance Officer for access to or correction of data or for information regarding our policies and practices in relation to personal data and kinds of data held by us.