Privacy policy

Last updated on: 25 June 2021

 

Your privacy is important to ProAsia Design and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries. ProAsia Design developed this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to protect information we collect when you use ProAsia Design’s website (the “Site”). Please refer to the following provisions to understand how ProAsia Design collects, processes, and uses, and under certain conditions, discloses, shares, or transfers your personal information and non-personal information. By using the Site, you agree to the provisions of the Privacy Policy and agree to authorize ProAsia Design to collect, process, and use your personal data.

1. Collection, Processing and Use of Personal Data

ProAsia Design informs all consumers of the following matters in accordance with Article 8 of the Taiwan Personal Data Protection Act:

The specific purposes for ProAsia Design to collect Personal Data are as follows:

  1. To offer various services provided by ProAsia Design. If you agree to use certain services provided by us, your Personal Data, such as geographic location, will be obtained by means of localization (including real-time localization and mapping);
  2. For marketing purposes such as the recommendation of products or services provided by ProAsia Design and collaborating third parties;
  3. Collection, processing, and use of your Personal Data in accordance with legal obligations, contractual or quasi- contractual relationships or any other legal relations, and to exercise or claim rights or enforce procedures in accordance with contractual provisions;
  4. For business purposes as stipulated in the ProAsia Design company registration or articles of incorporation, or any other purpose required by law;
  5. For business or operations management needs; and
  6. Other specific purposes as stipulated in “Special Purposes of Personal Data Protection Act and Types of Personal Data” promulgated by the Taiwan Ministry of Justice (the “Types Classification Guidance”) as follows:
  7. 040 “Marketing”
  8. 063 “Collection or processing of personal data under its legal obligations by non-government agency”
  9. 069 “Contract, quasi-contract or other legal relation matters”
  10. 090 “Consumer, customer management and service”
  11. 098 “Business and technical information”
  12. 135 “Information (communication) service”
  13. 136 “Information (communication) and database management”
  14. 148 “Online shopping and other electronic commerce services”
  15. 152 “Management of advertisement or commercial act”
  16. 154 “Credit check”
  17. 157 “Investigation, statistics and research analysis”
  18. 181 “Other business in accordance with the business registration items or articles of incorporation”

2. Types of Personal Data Collected

The types of Personal Data to be collected by ProAsia Design are described below in accordance with the Types Classification Guidance. However, the Personal Data to be collected by ProAsia Design may not be limited to the types below (such as geographic location, or data of real-time localization and mapping), and shall be subject to the Personal Data collected by ProAsia Design during its business operation.

  1. Code types of identification: C001 to C003, such as name, address, phone number, email, ID card number, credit card number, etc.
  2. Code type of characteristics: C011, such as age, gender, date of birth, etc.
  3. Code type of family: C021, C023 and C024, such as marital status, children, other social relations, etc.
  4. Code type of travel and other migration details: C034, such as previous emigration, traveling details, foreign passport, residency proof documents, work-permission documents, working certificate and other related details.
  5. Code types of social connections: C035, C036, C038 and C040, such as hobbies, consumption patterns, occupation, accidents or other mishaps, relevant connections, etc.
  6. Code types of educational history, qualifications, or expertise: C051 and C052, such as schools and qualifications for diploma, license, etc.
  7. Code types of employment: C061, C064 and C068, such as employer, previous employers, salaries, etc.
  8. Code types of financial details: C081 and C093, such as total earnings and income, methods of payment, etc.
  9. Code types of health and others: C114 and C115, such as records, decisions and administrative sanctions concerning traffic violations, etc.
  10. Code types of unclassified information: C132, such as mail, documents, reports or emails that are unable to be classified in other code types.

3. Time Period, Area, Recipient, Method of Processing, and Use of Personal Data

  1. Time Period: The duration of the specific purpose, as stipulated in Article 1 of the Privacy Policy and a reasonable period after the expiration of that duration, or the period specified in relevant regulations, laws, or contracts.
  2. Area: Within the ROC, Taiwan, country, or region where the “recipient” provided in Paragraph 3 is located.
  3. Recipient: ProAsia Design, affiliates of ProAsia Design, or third parties commissioned by ProAsia Design to collect, process, or use Personal Data for your or ProAsia Design’s benefit, or vendors in collaboration with ProAsia Design, such as product and service providers.
  4. Method: In oral or written form (either hard copy or soft copy), telephone, text message, email, facsimile, electronic record, digital documents, appropriate manners which meet the current technology, or any other methods in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and contracts.

4. Your Rights

According to Article 3 of the Taiwan Personal Data Protection Act, you may exercise the following rights with respect to your Personal Data:

  1. For any Personal Data collected by ProAsia Design, you may request ProAsia Design to make available to you the original information and any duplicates for review.
  2. You may request ProAsia Design to supplement your Personal Data, discontinue collection, processing or use thereof, correct or delete incorrect Personal Data.
  3. If you exercise these rights, please send supporting documents and a written request to ProAsia Design at No.105 Xingde Rd, Sanchong District, New Taipei City 24158 Taiwan. In the event of a request to inquire, review or make duplicates of your Personal Data, ProAsia Design will notify you in writing of its decision regarding the request within 10 business days of receipt.
  4. You may also choose not to provide your Personal Data. However, you fully understand that if your Personal Data is not provided, ProAsia Design may not be able to provide our products and services to you.
  5. Non-Personal Information ProAsia Design May Collect, Process and Use

Once you use the Site, ProAsia Design may use certain technologies to collect non-personal information about your usage of or activity on the Site that cannot on its own, identify or allow direct association with a specific individual. Non-personal information may include without limitation information collected by or through the Site. The Privacy Policy does not prevent ProAsia Design from using or sharing any Non-personal information. For example, Non-personal information may be used to enhance the understanding of your usage patterns, to identify which parts of the Site are commonly used, and evaluate the effectiveness of ads.

5. Protecting Your Personal Information

ProAsia Design will take reasonable and appropriate measures to prevent your personal information from unauthorized or unlawful access, use, processing, or alteration, and from any breaches or loss of such personal information. Such measures may be implemented through use of a third-party service. You are solely responsible for any personal information you choose to share or submit in public areas of the Site, such as a forum or a message board. Despite ProAsia Design taking reasonable steps to use and improve various safeguards, you acknowledge and agree that no system or technology is completely secure and safe. If you become aware of any vulnerability of the Site, please email [email protected].

6. Updates

ProAsia Design may update or upgrade the Site periodically to provide you additional features, address technical issues, and enhance your user experience. The Site may include an automatic updates feature, which gives ProAsia Design the ability to make updates automatically.

Copyright © 2000-2022 ProAsia Design Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.