Privacy Policy

Fiberroad is concerned to ensure that all personal data submitted through www.fiberroad.com are handled in strict adherence to the relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PD(P)O).

Collection Information

Fiberroad will record the visits to www.fiberroad.com by using cookies and page tagging without collecting any personally identifiable information of users.

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data created in a computer when a person visits a website on the computer. It often includes an anonymous unique identifier. A cookie can be used to identify a computer. It, however, is not used to collect any personal information. In other words, it does not have the function of identifying an individual user of the website.

Cookies are used by Fiberroad to collect statistics about the number of visits of users to www.fiberroad.com and the users’ preference of websites and online services offered on www.fiberroad.com.

You may choose to accept or reject cookies. If you reject the cookies, you will not be able to use some of the functions of www.fiberroad.com, such as saving your preferences in using www.fiberroad.com and accessing some online services on www.fiberroad.com.

Page tagging

Javascript and pixel tags are used to collect statistics on customer usage patterns of www.fiberroad.com and Fiberroad online services offered on www.fiberroad.com, and for tracking the performance of our online advertisements. A pixel tag is a transparent image placed on certain web pages to collect data on user activities. The collected data are aggregated and analysed for measuring the effectiveness, improving the usability of www.fiberroad.com and the services / online advertisements provided on www.fiberroad.com. No personal or identifiable information about a visitor would be collected.

You may disable JavaScript on your computer. Disabling JavaScript should not affect your access to www.fiberroad.com, but you will not be able to use some of the functions, including changing text size, the chatbot function and accessing Fiberroad online services offered through www.fiberroad.com.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Provision of Personal Data

For different purposes and at different times you may be invited to provide personal data to the Fiberroad through www.fiberroad.com on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, telephone number, mailing address or e-mail address. Fiberroad will specify the collection purpose and intended usage of your data when it invites you to provide such information and advise you how you may request access to or correction of the personal data provided.

Unless permitted or required by law, Fiberroad will not disclose your personal data to any third parties without your prior consent.

Fiberroad uses SSL protocol to encrypt data during network transmission to protect your personal data. All personal data you provide to Fiberroad via www.fiberroad.com are secured, and access to them is restricted to authorised personnel only.

Search Service

Search service on www.fiberroad.com is provided by an independent contractor of Fiberroad. We are advised by the independent contractor that it does not collect personally identifiable information while serving search results through www.fiberroad.com. The independent contractor will share the anonymous data it collects through the search service with Fiberroad for compiling traffic analysis on Fiberroad websites. Fiberroad will not match the data obtained from any such search activity with any personal data possibly held by the Fiberroad.

Chatbot Function

Chatbot function on www.fiberroad.com would not request you to provide any personally identifiable information. To secure the protection of privacy of individuals with respect to personal data, you should not provide any personally identifiable information using the function.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.