BowerGroupAsia

Privacy Policy

Updated: 1 November 2011

BowerGroupAsia (“BGA”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your online information. This privacy policy sets out how BGA uses and protects any information that you give BGA when you use this website.

BGA is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

What Personally Identifiable Information Do We Collect?

We may collect the following personally identifiable information:

• Name and job title
• Contact information, including email address, phone number, fax number, or address
• Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
• Information contained on your resume, including your contact information and information about your education, professional qualifications and background

How Do We Use The Personally Identifiable Information We Collect?

BGA uses your information to support core business functions. We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information that we think you may find interesting using the email address that you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
• or employee search purposes and employment referrals to others.
• To the extent permitted by law

How Is The Information Collected Online Protected?

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online

How Do We Use Cookies?

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

What About Links to Other Sites or Other Sites Where We Have a Page?

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Similarly, we may maintain a web page or website on a third party social networking service such as Facebook, Twitter or other such services. When you visit those pages, your activities are subject to the privacy policies and practices of websites for those third party social networking services and you should consult the privacy policies of those services.

How Can You Opt-Out of Marketing Communications From BGA?

While most of our visitors appreciate the services that registration on this site allows us, we respect the right of each visitor to control how his or her personally identifiable information is used. You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
• If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at the contact information provided below in the “Questions or Concerns” section

When Is Information Shared with Third Parties?

Except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties for those third parties’ own purposes unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties that we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen. Further, we may share your information with third parties who help service the website or our business. To the extent permitted by law, we may disclose personally identifiable information to the government authorities or third parties pursuant to a legal request, subpoena, or other legal process. We may also share your personal information to protect our rights interests or the rights or interests of our website users and customers. In addition, if we decide to sell, merge or otherwise reorganize our business or assets, we reserve the right to transfer and disclose PII in these circumstances to an entity acquiring the company or relevant assets. Finally if you submit a resume or similar information, or make an inquiry to us seeking employment with BGA or for consideration by the BGA Talent Bank, we may share your personal information with our customers and other third parties who are potential employers.

How Long is Information Retained?

We will retain personal information for as long as we have a legitimate business purpose for doing so, including to comply with applicable laws.

How Can You Access Or Change Your Information?

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the address provided below in the “Questions or Concerns” section. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

What About Future Changes to the Privacy Policy?

BGA reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this policy at any time and you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates. We will notify you of material changes to this privacy policy by posting the revised policy with the date it was revised on this page (confirm). Your continued use of our website constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are protecting the personally identifiable information we collect.

Questions or Concerns:

If you have any additional questions about this privacy policy, BGA’s privacy practices, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, please contact us at: