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ISTEELASIA MEMBERS PRIVACY POLICY
Version 2000-1 updated on 30th Oct, 2000

Commitment to Privacy

To extend iSteelAsia's commitment to provide the highest level of integrity in dealing with its Members, iSteelAsia has developed an iSteelAsia Members Privacy Policy. The policy is designed to assist Members in understanding how iSteelAsia uses and safeguards the Members' personal information.

Use of Information

The purposes for which Members' personal information may be used are as follows:

(i) ensuring ongoing credit worthiness of the Members;

(ii) conducting credit checks;

(iii) assisting Value Added Providers to conduct credit checks;

(iv) determining the demographics of the users which demographics will always represent aggregate information and never identify a specific user;

(v) complying with the requirements to make disclosure under the requirements of any law binding on iSteelAsia;

(vi) distributing statistics and general marketplace information of iSteelAsia;

(vii) direct marketing of the products or services of iSteelAsia and group members of iSteelAsia;

(viii) the daily administration and operation of the services provided by iSteelAsia to Members; and

(ix) purposes relating to the above.

Keeping the personal information confidential

All Members' personal information held by iSteelAsia will be kept confidential provided that iSteelAsia may disclose or release such information to the following persons or corporations whether or not they are in Hong Kong under the following circumstances:

(i) where disclosure or release is made to any agent, contractor, Value Added Providers or third party service provider who provides administrative, credit check, telecommunication, computer or other services to iSteelAsia or each member in connection with the operation of its business;

(ii) where disclosure or release is made to any actual or proposed transferee or assignee of iSteelAsia, participant or sub-participant or transferee or assignee of iSteelAsia's rights in respect of the Members;

(iii) where certain commercial data may be extracted and used in an aggregated form which no individual user, company or transaction data will be available from the aggregated data;

(iv) where disclosure or release is made to other group members of iSteelAsia; and

(v) where any other person under a duty of confidentiality to iSteelAsia which has undertaken to keep such information confidential.

Members' Rights

All Members of iSteelAsia will have the right to:

(i) access the iSteelAsia Membership Directory;

(ii) check whether iSteelAsia holds data about the Member and the right of access to such data;

(iii) require iSteelAsia to correct any personal information or data relating to it which is inaccurate and to obtain a copy of such data subject to the payment of a reasonable charge; and

(iv) ascertain iSteelAsia's policies and practices on personal information and data. The person to whom requests for access to personal information or correction of personal information or for information regarding iSteelAsia's policies or practices on personal information and data may be addressed to the attention of the Data Protection Officer at cs@isteelasia.com.

Choice/Opt out

All Members of iSteelAsia may opt out of receiving future mailings by sending an e-mail with their name to cs@iSteelAsia.com.

Bulletin Board

Any information disclosed in the bulletin boards and/or news group of the site becomes public information and iSteelAsia will not be held responsible for the privacy practices or the content in respect thereof.

Security

iSteelAsia has implemented multiple security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of any information and/or data under iSteelAsia's control. The physical server is protected full-time by both a full lockdown and human guards.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

iSteelAsia may at any time update or amend this Privacy Policy by posting the amendments to the iSteelAsia site.