Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Storytime Limited (“Storytime”) would like to remind you to read the Storytime’s Data Protection and Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) before making any purchase at our online store. In this Privacy Policy, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Storytime; the terms “you” and “your” refer to any purchaser of Storytime’s products at our online store.
The Privacy Policy will help you understand the scope of personal data that is being collected from you, and the manner by which Storytime manages and handles such data. Storytime will use reasonable endeavours to protect personal data collected from you in accordance with the data protection principles as set out in Schedule 1 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap486) (the “PDPO”).
Purposes and manner of collection
By purchasing Storytime's products at our online store, you acknowledge, understand and agree that your personal data is being provided from you voluntarily, to facilitate and for the purposes of our processing your purchase order.
By registering as a member of Storytime for the purpose of purchasing our products at our online store, you will be requested by us to provide your personal data such as your name, email address, telephone/ fax numbers and any designated address for contact and delivery purposes. If you opt for payment by credit card, you will further be requested to provide your credit card details.
From time to time, we will appoint selected third parties to assess the performance of our business, during which your personal data as collected may be disclosed or provided thereto, but only to the extent as necessary for the assessment of our business performance purposes. Storytime does not take any responsibility for any deliberate or accidental misuse of your personal data by such and any third party for any purpose(s) other than those as stated herein.
You will be prompted to decide at your own option whether you would like to be registered or de-registered to receive promotional information provided by Storytime. By registering to receive our promotional information, you may find it more convenient to shop at our online store.
Accuracy and duration of retention
Storytime will endeavour to ensure that your personal data is accurate and up-to-date, based on the information provided by you. When it comes to you attention that your personal data are or may be inaccurate, please inform us in writing as soon as practicable. Storytime will not keep your personal data longer than it is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which the data is or are to be used or for the purposes of fulfilling any legal obligation and any other duties or responsibilities as required under Part VIII of PDPO. Storytime will endeavour to ensure that the same applies to third parties to whom your personal data may be disclosed or provided for the aforementioned purposes. Credit card details are stored for the purpose of processing your purchase order at our online store. All details will be deleted once the full payment of the purchase price is made by you for a particular order.
Use of personal data
Storytime is committed to protection of your personal data.
Subject to the requirements of fulfilling any legal obligation and any other duties or responsibilities as required under Part VIII of PDPO, we will not, without obtaining a prior consent from you, use personal data collected from you or share such personal data with any third party for any purpose(s) other than the purposes stated above.
Security
Storytime uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) to process all personal data collected from you at our online store. While we are committed to ensuring the security of your personal information collected by us, no data transmission over the Internet is entirely secure. We will use reasonable endeavours to protect the personal data you provide.
Storytime does not take any responsibility for any misuse of your personal data that is advertently or accidentally caused by, including but not limited to, actions of any computer viruses, malware or spyware and any error in transmitting such information on the Internet.
Further, it is your responsibility at all times to maintain the secrecy of your login details.
At times, Storytime may provide third parties' hyper-links at our online store. Storytime does not represent these third parties, and has no control over them. Storytime does not take any responsibility for any omissions or acts done by any or any of these third parties and their hyper-links provided at our online store. These third parties are usually governed by their own privacy policies or practices, which you are encouraged to learn about.
General availability
At the time of your registration with Storytime for purchasing purposes, you will be informed of the kind of personal data we require from you in processing your order.
You have the right to ascertain Storytime’s policies and practices in relation to personal data, to be informed of the kind of personal data Storytime holds and to check whether Storytime holds any data about you.
Access
You can request access to your own personal data held by Storytime within 3 months of your last purchase at Storytime in a reasonable manner and in a form that is intelligible. We will give reasons if your request is refused.
Storytime reserves the right to amend its prevailing Privacy Policy at any time, and will place any such amendments on this website. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: contact@storytime.jp.
