
Privacy Policy
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION STATEMENT
(this "Statement")
(applicable to all businesses except pension business)
Centaline Financial Services Limited (the "Company", "we", "us" or "our") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centaline Financial Group Limited. Centaline Financial Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates are collectively referred to in this Statement as the "CFG" and individually referred to as "CFS".
From time to time, it is necessary for you, as an applicant or (prospective) insured member for an insurance policy, or as a customer of the Company (collectively referred to as "you" or "your"), to provide the Company with certain personal data relating to you and/or the beneficiary in connection with the application for, and provision of insurance products and services as well as the carrying out by the Company of other services relating to these insurance products and services. Failure to supply such data may result in the Company being unable to process your insurance applications or to provide or continue to provide the insurance products and services and/or the related services to you. During the course of your relationship with the Company, further personal data relating to you may also be collected in the ordinary course of our business. If you provide personal data to the Company about another individual, you confirm that you are either (i) the parent or legal guardian of the individual, or (ii) you have obtained the individual’s consent to provide his or her personal data to the Company, and for such personal data to be used, processed, disclosed and transferred in accordance with this Statement.
(1) PURPOSES FOR COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA
Personal data relating to you held or collected by the Company (including but not limited to credit information and claims history) may be used by the Company for the following purposes ("Purposes"):
(i) processing, accepting and/or rejecting applications for insurance products and services;
(ii) providing insurance products and services to you, and processing requests made by you from time to time in relation to our insurance products and services, including but not limited to requests for addition, alteration or deletion of insurance benefits or insured members, setting up of direct debit facilities as well as cancellation, renewal, or reinstatement of insurance policies;
(iii) processing, adjudicating, settling and defending insurance claims as well as conducting any incidental investigation, detecting and preventing fraud (whether or not relating to the policy issued in respect of this application);
(iv) performing functions and activities incidental to the provision of insurance products and services, including, without limitation, reporting, maintenance of online and other services, identity verification, data analysis, research and statistical analysis and reinsurance arrangement;
(v) exercising the Company's rights in connection with the provision of insurance products and services to you from time to time, to determine any amount of indebtedness from you, and collecting and recovering from you or any person who has provided any security or undertaking for your liabilities;
(vi) communicating with you, your authorized representative or the assignee of your insurance policy in relation to any of the purposes set out in this Statement;
(vii) marketing services, products, advice and other subjects (please see further details in paragraph (3) of this Statement);
(viii) complying with the obligations, requirements and/or arrangements for disclosing and using data that bind on or apply to the Company and/or the CFG or that the Company and/or the CFG is expected to comply with according to:
i. any law binding on or applying to it within or outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("Hong Kong") existing currently and in the future (e.g. the Inland Revenue Ordinance and its provisions including those concerning automatic exchange of financial account information);
ii. any guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations of insurance or financial services providers within or outside Hong Kong existing currently and in the future (e.g. guidelines or guidance given or issued by the Inland Revenue Department including those concerning automatic exchange of financial account information); or
iii. any present or future contractual or other commitment with local, national or foreign legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations of insurance or financial services providers that is assumed by or imposed on the Company or the CFG by reason of its financial, commercial, business or other interests or activities in or related to the jurisdiction of the relevant local or foreign legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations;
(ix) complying with any obligations, requirements, policies, procedures, measures or arrangements for sharing data and information within the CFG and/or any other use of data and information in accordance with any group-wide programs for compliance with sanctions or prevention or detection of money laundering, terrorist financing or other unlawful activities;
(x) enabling an actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of the Company's rights or business (or portions thereof) to evaluate or carry out the transaction intended to be the subject of the assignment, transfer, participation or sub-participation; and
(xi) any other purposes relating to the purposes listed above.
(2) TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
Personal data held by the Company relating to you will be kept confidential but the Company may provide such data to the following parties, whether inside or outside of Hong Kong, to fulfil the Purposes set out above in paragraph (1) of this Statement:
(i) any person authorized to act as an agent of the Company for the distribution of products and services offered by the Company;
(ii) any agent, contractor or third party service provider who provides services to the Company in connection with the operation of its business including administrative, telecommunications, computer, payment, data processing, storage, investigation and debt collection services as well as other services incidental to the provision of insurance products and services by the Company (such as insurance adjusters, claim investigators, debt collection agencies, data processing companies and professional advisors);
(iii) any other person or entity under a duty of confidentiality to the Company or the CFG including any CFS which has undertaken to keep such data confidential;
(iv) insurance companies which propose to insure the Company and its businesses, insurance companies which provide insurance cover to the Company and/or reinsurance companies with whom the Company has or proposes to have dealings;
(v) any person or entity to whom the Company or the CFG is under an obligation or otherwise required to make disclosure under the requirements of any law or rules, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations binding on or applying to the Company or the CFG or with which the Company or the CFG is expected to comply, or to establish, exercise or defend or to protect legal claims, to protect the rights, property or safety of the Company or the CFG, or any disclosure pursuant to any contractual or other commitment of the Company or the CFG with local, national or foreign legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations , all of which may be within or outside Hong Kong and may be existing currently and in the future;
(vi) any actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of the Company's rights or business;
(vii) third party reward, loyalty, co-branding and privileges program providers;
(viii) co-branding partners and/or marketing partners of the Company and/or any CFS (the names of such co-branding partners and/or marketing partners can be found in the application form(s) and/or promotional material for the relevant services and products, as the case may be);
(ix) external service providers (including but not limited to mailing houses, telecommunication companies, telemarketing and direct sales agents, call centres, data processing companies and information technology companies) that the Company engages for the purposes set out in paragraph (1)(viii) of this Statement;
(x) the following persons who carry out any of the purposes described in paragraphs (1)(i)-(1)(iv) of this Statement: insurance adjusters, agents and brokers, employers, health care professionals, hospitals, accountants, financial advisors, solicitors, organisations that consolidate claims and underwriting information for the insurance industry, fraud prevention organisations, other insurance companies (whether directly or through fraud prevention organisation or other persons named in this paragraph), the police and databases or registers (and their operators) used by the insurance industry to analyse and check information provided against existing information; and
(xi) any persons who/which you have given instructions, authorization and consent to the Company in order to communicate with and provide information to them.
From time to time, CFG or the Company may purchase a business or sell one or more of the Company's business(es) (or portions thereof). In the event that CFG or the Company purchase(s) a business, the personal data received with that business would be treated in accordance with this Statement, if it is practicable and permissible to do so. In the event that CFG or the Company sell(s) a business, provisions will be included in the selling contract requiring the purchaser to treat your personal data in the same manner required by this Statement.
(3) DATA ACCESS AND CORRECTION RIGHT
In accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the "Ordinance"), you have the right to request access to and the correction of any of your personal data held by the Company, by writing to the Data Protection Officer of the Company at the following address and email:
The Data Protection Officer
Centaline Financial Services Limited
Suites 803-806, 8/F, South Tower, World Finance Centre, Harbour City, Nos. 17-19 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: cs_cfs@centawealth.com
According to the Ordinance, the Company has the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access request.
(4) You also have the right to request the Company's policies and practices in relation to personal data and to be informed of the personal data held by the Company by writing to the Company's Data Protection Officer at the address and email provided in paragraph (3) of this Statement.
(5) Nothing in this Statement shall limit your rights under the Ordinance.
(6) The Company retains the right to change this Statement.
Issued by Centaline Financial Services Limited
Last updated: Nov 2025
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION STATEMENT
(this "Statement")
(applicable to pension business)
Centaline Financial Services Limited (the "Company", "we", "us" or "our") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centaline Financial Group Limited. Centaline Financial Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates are collectively referred to in this Statement as the "CFG" and individually referred to as an "CFS".
From time to time, it is necessary for you, as (prospective) participating employers ("Participating Employers") and/or members ("Members") (collectively referred to as "you" or "your"), to provide the Company with certain personal data relating to you, in connection with the application for and provision of pension schemes as well as the carrying out by the Company of other services relating to the pension schemes. Failure to supply such data may result in the Company being unable to process your application for pension schemes or to provide or continue to provide the pension schemes and/or relevant services to you. During the course of your relationship with the Company, further personal data relating to you may also be collected in the ordinary course of our business. If you provide personal data to the Company about another individual, you confirm that you are either (i) the parent or legal guardian of the individual, or (ii) you have obtained the individual’s consent to provide his or her personal data to the Company, and for such personal data to be used, processed, disclosed and transferred in accordance with this Statement.
(1) PURPOSES FOR COLLECTING PERSONAL DATA
Personal data relating to you held or collected by the Company (including but not limited to credit information and claims history) may be used by the Company for the following purposes ("Purposes"):
(i) processing, accepting and/or rejecting applications for Pension Schemes (as defined below);
(ii) the administration and/or management of or in connection with the contributions or benefits or accounts in respect of the Participating Employers and/or Members under the pension schemes (the "Pension Schemes") administered by CFS;
(iii) providing Pension Schemes and related services to you, and processing requests made by you from time to time in relation to the Pension Schemes and related services, including but not limited to making contributions, transfer of benefits, switching of pension funds and withdrawal of benefits;
(iv) subject to your consent, conducting direct marketing activities of pension products and related services offered by CFS as described in paragraph (3) below;
(v) performing functions and activities incidental to the provision of Pension Schemes and related services, including, without limitation, reporting, maintenance of online and other services, identity verification, data analysis, research and statistical analysis;
(vi) improving and furthering the provision of Pension Schemes and related services (including through customer research or surveys) offered by CFS, subject to applicable legislation;
(vii) complying with the obligations, requirements and/or arrangements for disclosing and using data that bind on or apply to the Company and/or the CFG or that the Company and/or the CFG is expected to comply with according to:
(a) any law binding on or applying to it within or outside the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("Hong Kong") existing currently and in the future (e.g. the Inland Revenue Ordinance and its provisions including those concerning automatic exchange of financial account information);
(b) any guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations of insurance or financial services providers within or outside Hong Kong existing currently and in the future (e.g. guidelines or guidance given or issued by the Inland Revenue Department including those concerning automatic exchange of financial account information); or
(c) any present or future contractual or other commitment with local, national or foreign legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations of insurance or financial services providers that is assumed by or imposed on the Company or the CFG by reason of its financial, commercial, business or other interests or activities in or related to the jurisdiction of the relevant local, national or foreign legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations;
(viii) complying with any obligations, requirements, policies, procedures, measures or arrangements for sharing data and information within the CFG and/or any other use of data and information in accordance with any group-wide programs for compliance with sanctions or prevention or detection of money laundering, terrorist financing or other unlawful activities;
(ix) enabling an actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of the Company's rights or business (or portions thereof) to evaluate or carry out the transaction intended to be the subject of the assignment, transfer, participation or sub-participation; and
(x) any other purposes relating to the purposes listed above.
(2) TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA
Personal data held by the Company relating to you will be kept confidential but the Company may provide such data to the following parties, whether inside or outside of Hong Kong, to fulfil the Purposes set out above in paragraph (1) of this Statement:
(i) any agent, contractor or third party service provider who provides services to the Company in connection with the operation of its pension business including administrative, telecommunications, computer, payment, data processing, storage, customer research or survey or other services in connection with the operation of the Pension Schemes;
(ii) relevant Participating Employers (if applicable);
(iii) any person or entity to whom the Company or the CFG is under an obligation or otherwise required to make disclosure under the requirements of any law or rules, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations binding on or applying to the Company or the CFG or with which the Company or the CFG is expected to comply, or to establish, exercise or defend or to protect legal claims, to protect the rights, property or safety of the Company or the CFG, or any disclosure pursuant to any contractual or other commitment of the Company or the Centaline Financial Group Limited with local, national or foreign legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations, all of which may be within or outside Hong Kong and may be existing currently and in the future;
(iv) Centaline Financial Services Limited;
(v) any actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of the Company's rights or business; and
(vi) any persons who/which you have given instructions, authorization and consent to the Company in order to communicate with and provide information to them.
From time to time, CFG or the Company may purchase a business or sell one or more of the Company's business(es) (or portions thereof). In the event that CFG or the Company purchase(s) a business, the personal data received with that business would be treated in accordance with this Statement, if it is practicable and permissible to do so. In the event that CFG or the Company sell(s) a business, provisions will be included in the selling contract requiring the purchaser to treat your personal data in the same manner required by this Statement.
(3) USE AND PROVISION OF PERSONAL DATA IN DIRECT MARKETING
Subject to your consent, the Company may use your personal data we collected for direct marketing of Pension Schemes and related services as described below:
(i) your name, your contact details, products and services portfolio information, transaction pattern and behaviour, financial background and demographic data of you collected by the Company from time to time may be used by the Company in direct marketing; and
(ii) the pension products and related services offered by CFS may be marketed.
If you do not wish the Company to use your personal data we collected for direct marketing of pension products and related services, you may exercise your opt-out right by notifying the Company. To exercise your opt-out right, you may write to the Data Protection Officer of the Company at the address and email address provided in paragraph (4) of this Statement, or provide the Company with your opt-out choice in the relevant application form (if applicable).
(4) DATA ACCESS AND CORRECTION RIGHT
In accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the "Ordinance"), you have the right to request access to and the correction of any of your personal data held by the Company, by writing to the Data Protection Officer of the Company at the following address and email:
The Data Protection Officer
Centaline Financial Services Limited
Suites 803-806, 8/F, South Tower, World Finance Centre, Harbour City, Nos. 17-19 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: cs_cfs@centawealth.com
According to the Ordinance, the Company has the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access request.
(5) You also have the right to request for the Company's policies and practices in relation to personal data and to be informed of your personal data that is held by the Company by writing to the Company’s Data Protection Officer at the address and email provided in paragraph (4) of this Statement.
(6) .Nothing in this Statement shall limit your rights under the Ordinance.
(7) The Company retains the right to change this Statement.
Issued by Centaline Financial Services Limited
Last updated: Oct 2024
Privacy Policy Statement
(this "Statement")
Centaline Financial Group Limited and/or its subsidiaries recognise our responsibilities in relation to the collection, use, disclosure and other processing and storage of personal data.
Among the most important assets of CFS is the trust and confidence placed to properly handle information. Customers and potential customers expect us to maintain their information accurately, protected against manipulation and errors, secure from theft and free from unwarranted disclosure. We protect data security of our customers and potential customers by complying with all relevant data protection laws and regulations, and ensure compliance by our staff with strict standards of security and confidentiality.
This Statement provides you with notice as to how and why your personal data is collected, how it is intended to be used, to whom your personal data may be transferred to, how to access, review and amend your personal data, and our policies on direct marketing and the use of cookies. By using this website, you are accepting the practices and policies in this Statement. If you object to any practices and policies in this Statement, please do not provide your personal information to CFS.
This website is for general information purpose only. While we use reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information on this website, CFS does not warrant its absolute accuracy or accept any liability for any loss or damage resulting from any inaccuracy or omission. Without prior permission from CFS, no information contained on this website may be copied, except for personal use, or redistributed.
CFS recognises its responsibilities in relation to the collection, holding, processing or use of personal data. The provision of your personal data is voluntary. You may choose not to provide us with the requested data, but failure to do so may inhibit our ability to provide information and services to you or to respond to your enquiries. CFS will not collect any information that identifies you personally through this website unless and until you use and browse the website, buy our products or services, register as a member, interact with us, sign-up to receive news about our products and services, or otherwise communicate with us (including where requesting technical support).
This website, our apps, and our social media platforms are not intended for persons in jurisdictions that restrict the distribution of information by us or use of such website or social media platforms. If this is applicable to you, we would advise you to make yourself familiar with and observe the relevant restrictions, and CFS does not accept liability in this respect.
How do we collect personal data?
We will collect and store your personal data in the following circumstances:
·directly when you provide such information to us (for example, when you send us enquiries or communications);
·when you access, interact and use our services, website, apps or social media platforms (if applicable);
·to the extent permitted by law, when we obtain information about you from our affiliated entities, business partners and other independent third parties' sources; and
·where you have provided it to us through any other means.
The personal data we collect (which includes sensitive personal data as defined under relevant applicable laws and regulations), includes the following:
i.Profile information - including name, address, occupation, contact details, date of birth, nationality, health-related information, identity card number, passport numbers and place and date of issue thereof;
ii.Employment related information - including current employer, nature of position, medical benefits and benefit usage information;
iii.Medical Data - including medical history, investigation findings, treatments and prescriptions;
iv.Reference on health condition - including information obtained from a medical professional for a reference on the health condition of customers;
v.Technical information - including IP address, browser type and version, time zone settings, browser plugin types, operating systems and platform, device information (including where mobile device the IMEI number, wireless networks and general network information); and
vi.Information which is in the public domain.
If you make use of any social media features or platforms, either on our website, an application we provide, or otherwise through a social media provider, we may access and collect information about you via that social media provider in accordance with their policies. When using a social media feature, we may access and collect information you have chosen to make available and to include in your social media profile or account, including but not limited to your name, gender, birthday, email address, address, location etc. Our access to this information may be limited or blocked based on your privacy settings with the relevant social media provider.
We will usually identify any information which is mandatory when we collect the information from you. You may choose not to provide us with the requested data, but failure to do so may inhibit our ability to do business with you or to respond to your enquiries.
Why do we collect your personal data and how may it be used by us?
Personal data is collected by us for the following purposes or any of them (which may vary depending on the CFS with which you have a relationship and the nature of your relationship with us) ("Purposes"):
·to provide you with access to the content on the website, apps or social media platforms;
·to process and administer your account, to implement and effect the requests or transactions contemplated by the forms available on our website, apps or any other documents you may submit to us from time to time;
·to design new or enhance existing products, information and services provided by us;
·to communicate with you including to send you administrative and technical communications about any account you may have with us, to provide technical support or notify about future changes to this Statement;
·for statistical or actuarial research undertaken by CFS, the financial services industry or our respective regulators;
·for data analysis, business and administrative purposes;
·to monitor your use of the website, apps and social media platforms and conduct analysis of the use of the website and/or apps in order to operate, evaluate and improve the website, apps, and our services, understand your preferences and troubleshoot any problems;
·to assist in law enforcement purposes, investigations by police or other government or regulatory authorities and to meet requirements imposed by applicable laws and regulations or other obligations committed to government or regulatory authorities;
·to personalise the appearance of our websites, provide recommendations of relevant products, information and services and provide targeted advertising on our website or through other channels;
·other purposes as notified at the time of collection; and
·other purposes directly relating to any of the above.
Unless permitted by applicable laws and regulations, we will obtain consent from you if we wish to use your personal data for purposes other than those stated in this Statement.
CFS may retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it is collected or as otherwise required to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. CFS applies reasonable security measures to prevent unauthorised or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use including limiting physical access to data within CFS's systems and encryption of sensitive data when transferring such data. Reasonable steps will be taken to delete or destroy the information when it is no longer necessary for any of the purpose above.
For our policy on use of your personal data for promotional or marketing purposes, please see the section entitled "Use and Provision of Personal Data in Direct Marketing".
Who may be provided with your personal data?
Personal data held by us relating to you will be kept confidential but we may provide such data to the following parties, whether inside or outside of Hong Kong, to fulfil the purposes set out above in this paragraph of this Statement:
·any person authorized to act as our agent for the distribution of products and services offered by us;
·any agent, contractor or third party service provider who provides services to us in connection with the operation of our business including administrative, telecommunications, computer, payment, data processing, storage, investigation and debt collection services as well as other services incidental to the provision of insurance products and services by us (such as insurance adjusters, claim investigators, debt collection agencies, data processing companies and professional advisors);
·any other person or entity under a duty of confidentiality to us including any CFS which has undertaken to keep such data confidential;
·insurance companies which propose to insure CFS and its businesses, insurance companies which provide insurance cover to us and/or reinsurance companies with whom we have or propose to have dealings;
·any person or entity to whom we are under an obligation or otherwise required to make disclosure under the requirements of any law or rules, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines or guidance given or issued by any legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations binding on or applying to us or with which we are expected to comply, or to establish, exercise or defend or to protect legal claims, to protect the rights, property or safety of an CFS, or any disclosure pursuant to any contractual or other commitment of us with local or foreign legal, regulatory, governmental, tax, law enforcement or other authorities, or self-regulatory or industry bodies or associations, all of which may be within or outside Hong Kong and may be existing currently and in the future;
·any actual or proposed assignee, transferee, participant or sub-participant of CFS's rights or business;
·third party reward, loyalty, co-branding and privileges program providers;
·co-branding partners and/or marketing partners of CFS (the names of such co-branding partners and/or marketing partners can be found in the application form(s) and/or promotional material for the relevant services and products, as the case may be);
·external service providers (including but not limited to mailing houses, telecommunication companies, telemarketing and direct sales agents, call centres, data processing companies and information technology companies) that we engage for the purposes set out in this Statement;
·the following persons who carry out any of the purposes described in this Statement: insurance adjusters, agents and brokers, employers, health care professionals, hospitals, accountants, financial advisors, solicitors, organisations that consolidate claims and underwriting information for the insurance industry, fraud prevention organisations, other insurance companies (whether directly or through fraud prevention organisation or other persons named in this paragraph), the police and databases or registers (and their operators) used by the insurance industry to analyse and check information provided against existing information); and
·any persons who/which you have given instructions, authorization and consent to us in order to communicate with and provide information to them.
Unless permitted by applicable laws and regulations, we will obtain consent from you if we wish to transfer your personal data to other entity(ies) other than those stated in this Statement.
In relation to any personal data collected by us whilst providing any pension schemes or related services, such personal data would only be transferred to the above parties (if applicable) for the purpose of providing such pension schemes or related services.
From time to time, CFG or CFS may purchase a business or sell one or more of CFS's business(es) (or portions thereof). In the event that CFG or CFS purchase(s) a business, the personal data received with that business would be treated in accordance with this Statement, if it is practicable and permissible to do so. In the event that CFG or CFS sell(s) a business, provisions will be included in the selling contract requiring the purchaser to treat your personal data in the same manner required by this Statement.
Your personal data may be provided to any of the above persons or entities (including but not limited to cloud service provider) who or which may be located in other jurisdictions or territories to that in which you are located.Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in other jurisdictions where any CFS is located, or jurisdictions where a third-party contractor is located or from which the third-party contractor provides us services. Where required under relevant law, we may seek your consent to the transfer of such information outside your jurisdiction to our facilities or to those third parties with whom we share it as described above. Your personal data will only be transferred to other locations, where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection exist to protect the integrity and security of your personal data, which as a minimum are comparable to the jurisdiction or territory in which you provided such personal data.
Access and Correction Rights to Personal Data
Under the applicable laws and regulations, you have the right to request access to and the correction of any of your personal data held by us, by writing to the Data Protection Officer of the relevant CFS at the following address or email:
Where the personal data user is CFS:
The Data Protection Officer
Centaline Financial Services Limited
Suites 803-806, 8/F, South Tower, World Finance Centre, Harbour City, Nos. 17-19 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Email: cs_cfs@centawealth.com
Under applicable laws and regulations, we have the right to charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access request.
You also have the right to request for our policies and practices in relation to personal data and to be informed of your personal data that is held by us by writing to our Data Protection Officer at the address and email above.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence ("AI") is a technology to simulate the human thought process to perceive, understand, reason and solve problems to augment, improve, or replace human decisions.
While we carry out our business, we may use AI to process your personal data to fulfil the Purposes. Common examples for using AI include:
·i.Customer interaction - natural language processing that converts voice to text and conducts appropriate interaction with customers;
·ii.Digital onboarding and servicing processes - application and servicing processes using optical character recognition tool that recognizes text within digital images and validates the accuracy of form contents filled out against the supporting documents; and
·iii.Product and portfolio recommendation - AI is used to conduct big data analysis based on our customer database and enables us to understand the needs of our customers.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text containing small amounts of information which are downloaded and may be stored on any of your web browsers or internet enabled devices (e.g. your computer, smartphone or tablet) that can later be read by the server - like a memory for a web page.
CFS may use cookies and other tools on the website. By continuing to use the website, you are agreeing to us placing cookies on your computer. The information collected (including but not limited to: your IP addresses (and domain names), browser software, types and configurations of your browser, language settings, geo-locations, operating systems, referring website, pages and content viewed, and durations of visit) will be used to ensure operation of the website and enable you to log in securely, for compiling aggregate statistics on how our visitors reach and browse our websites for web enhancement and optimisation purposes, and to help us understand how we can improve your experience on it.
The cookies also enable our website to remember you and your preferences, and tailor the website for your needs. Advertising cookies will allow us to provide advertisements on our websites that are as relevant to you as possible, e.g. by selecting interest-based advertisements for you, or preventing the same advisement from constantly reappearing to you. You can find more information on the types of cookies we collect, what we use these for, and how to manage your cookie settings in our Cookie Policy for more information on the types of cookies we collect, how we use them, and how to manage your cookie settings.
External links
If any part of this website contains links to other websites, those sites may not operate under this Statement. You are advised to check the privacy statements on those websites to understand their policies on the collection, usage, transferal and disclosure of personal data.
Amendments to this Statement
CFS reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Statement, simply by notifying you of such change, update or modification. If we decide to change our personal data policy, those changes will be notified on our website so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use the information and under what circumstances the information is disclosed. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting. Where required by applicable law, we may also notify you in the event of material changes to this Statement and, where required, seek your consent to those changes.
Additional Information
Should you have any questions on any part of this Statement or would like additional information regarding CFS's data privacy practices please do not hesitate to contact us by the contact details above.
Last updated: Nov 2025