PRIVACY POLICY

At Global Asian Creative Awards, brought to you by Giant Niche Limited (“we”, “our”, “us”), we respect the privacy of everyone who visits our website and engages with us. We have set out below our policy on how we collect, process and use personal data. By visiting our website, you are agreeing to accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This information is subject to change without notice, so please check back for updates from time to time.

Personal Information Collection Statement

Purpose of collection and use of data. We may from time to time collect, retain and use your personal data for any one or more of the following purposes: (a) to process your application to submit an award entry, or subscription to or sign-up for any other event or activity organised or offered by us; (b) to verify your identity, eligibility or credentials; (c) to provide updates about our awards, programs, opportunities for sponsorship, networking or donations, information, editorial or opinion sharing, and other activities; (d) to offer promotions, benefits or direct marketing; (e) to process payment instructions in connection with fees for the submission of your award entries or for other services that we may provide; and (f) to comply with applicable laws in the course of our activities.

Types of data and channels through which collected. The personal data that we may collect and process from you include your personal particulars such as your name, gender, date of birth, contact information, official identification particulars, and credit card information. We collect this information primarily from the information that you provide to us through our website, including our award entry submission forms, and related communications including email communications. We also collect other information about you through your use and navigation of our website, including information about your browser, network, and device, your IP address, your usage of our website such as the pages visited, clicks and timestamps, and information about the web pages you visited prior to coming to our website collected by cookies or other tracking technologies. This type of personal data is collected or received by us from you in the ordinary course of the continuation of our relationship and dealings with you, through your use of this website and any direct interactions.

Disclosure and transfer of data. We will keep all personal data which we have collected from you confidential, however, in the course of our activities we may need to transfer such data to our affiliates, partners or service providers, who may be located within or outside Hong Kong. Also, we may disclose your personal data if we determine that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with the law.

We may disclose your name and certain other personal information such as your biography on our website and other public platforms (including social media) in connection with the awards; however, we will not publicly disclose your date of birth, address, telephone number or credit card information.

Online payment gateway. We accept payments for award entry submission fees and any other payments on our website through a service provided by Stripe. In order to process such payments, you are required to provide to Stripe certain personal information, including your credit card and billing contact information. In selecting and agreeing to make payment on our website via Stripe, you will be bound by the terms for payments of the Stripe services which may be revised from time to time by Stripe. The privacy policy of Stripe can be found at https://stripe.com/en-hk/privacy.

Data access. You have the right to (a) request access to your personal data which we have collected and maintain; (b) request correction of any of your personal data which is inaccurate; and (c) make a data access request or a data correction request to us in writing. We may need to charge an administrative fee to cover the cost of making available the personal data.

Should you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or wish to make a data access or a data correction request, please contact us by our postal address or by email at admin@globalasiancreative.com