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PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR VISITNG MSL WEBSITE

Midas Securities Limited, its subsidiaries (collectively called "MSL")

1 Use of Cookies on MSL Sites

1.1. Your visit to this site may be recorded for analysis on the number of visitors to the website and general usage patterns. Some of this information together with your personalised settings information will be gathered through the use of "cookies". Cookies are small bits of information that are automatically stored on a person's web browser in his/her computer that can be retrieved by this site. Cookies can make the site more useful by storing information about your preferences on particular webpages and about your personalised settings, thus enabling website owners to provide more useful features for their users. During your visit to this website, MSL network servers may also record and verify your domain name and IP address and track the pages you visit. This information does not identify you as an individual.

1.2. The information collected by "cookies" is anonymous visitor’s personalised settings information such as language preference and aggregated research data including number of the visitors, behavior and usage patterns. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can change the setting on your browser itself by setting your browser to disable cookies or inform you when they are set. However, by disabling them, you may not be able to take full advantage of MSL website.

2.  IP Address

Your IP address is identified and logged automatically in MSL server log files whenever you visit MSL website, along with the page(s) and the time of visited. IP address is a group of numbers that is assigned automatically by your internet service provider to your computer or other electronic device. It is a standard practice to collect IP address on the internet and is done automatically by many websites. We may use the IP address for the purposes such as to calculate site usage levels, to help diagnose server problems, to personalize your experience while engaging with us online and offline, to administer the website and/or for compliance and security purposes.

3.  Information collected through your browser or device

Certain information may be collected through your browsers or your device, such as browser and device type and version, screen resolution, operation system version and/or your Media Assess Control address. This information is used to ensure websites function properly, for fraud detection and prevention, and for other security purposes.

4.  Internet Communication Privacy

4.1 The Internet is not a secure form of communication and sending and receiving information over the Internet carries with it risks including the risk of access and interference by unauthorized third parties. It is your responsibility to maintain the secrecy of any Login ID and password you hold.

4.2 Information passing over the Internet may transmitted internationally (even when sender and recipient are located in the same country) via countries with weaker privacy and data protection laws than in your country of residence. As a result, we do not accept responsibility or liability for the confidentiality, security or integrity of Data in connection with its transmission over the Internet.

4.3 In order to maintain the security of MSL system, protect MSL staff, record transactions, and in certain circumstances, to prevent and detect crime or unauthorized activities, we reserve the right to monitor all Internet communications including web and email traffic into and out of MSL domains.

 

If there is any discrepancy between the English and Chinese versions, the English version shall apply and prevail.