Privacy

Your privacy is very important to us. This privacy policy describes the online information practices which (‘we’, ’our’) employ in relation to the information which you, our customers, (‘you’, ‘your’) provide when using the www.charbonnel.com.hk site (‘website’).

 

The Information we collect

We collect information relating to you including name, address, phone number, email address, credit card information (‘personal information’).

How and when do we collect your personal information?

 

When you provide information to us by:

Registering on the website for an online account or otherwise contact us to obtain information relating to us or our services, communicating with us by phone, email or otherwise, to place an order, complete a questionnaire or competition entry form, interacting with the website (see the section below on "How we use cookies")

Information from other sources

We receive information from third parties we use in providing services to you from time to time (including delivery and address information from our carriers and also service providers we use to process payments).

 

How we use your personal information

We use your personal information for the purpose(s) for which you provide it to us – including, for example, to:

1. Respond to your enquiries
2. Handle orders, deliver items and process payments
3. Communicate with you about orders, product, services and promotional offers
4. Update our records
5. Prevent or detect fraud or abuses of our website
6. Analysis by us to improve the products and services we provide
7. Enable third parties to carry out the logistics and delivery of your items once you have placed an order

 

When do we share your personal information?

We only share your personal information with third parties where necessary for the following purposes:

We engage with regional distributors and employ other companies to perform functions on our behalf including the delivery of orders and packages, sending customer communications, processing credit card payment and providing customer service. They have access to personal information need to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

If you have consented we will send you relevant offers and news about our products and services. If you no longer want to receive such offers, please notify us by email  customerservice@charbonnel.com.hk

 

How do we use cookies?

A cookie is a text-only string of information that website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the ‘lifetime’ of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. When you visit our website we send you a cookie.

Most websites contain cookies; they do not harm your computer or mobile device. Cookies need to be enabled in order to make the most out of our site, or to purchase anything online

We do not store sensitive personal information, but by enabling cookies, it will help you to stay signed in to your account, and allows your to continue shopping, after you have added items to your basket.

You can accept or decline ‘cookies’ by modifying the setting in your browser. Please note that if you disable ‘cookies’ you may not be able to use all the features of our website.

 

How do we keep your information secure?

We employ security measures to prevent unauthorized access to information that we collect online and through POS. We use a secure online order form for all purchases made via the website. All data transmitted via this form (including credit card details) is encrypted so it is transmitted securely.

Please note that email correspondence with us is in free format test and cannot be encrypted. Accordingly, please do not send any sensitive information such as credit card details or passwords via email.

We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, and we enforce physical access controls to our office premises and files to keep this data safe. We only authorize access to employees who need it to carry out their job responsibilities.

We protect the security of your information while it is being transmitted by encrypting it using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

We enforce physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personal data. We may occasionally ask for proof of identity before we share our personal data with you.

 

Revisions to this Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy or any part of it from time to time. Please review the Privacy Policy periodically for changes.

Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Statement applies from time to time to all information that we have about you.

 

Exclusion of liability

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability which we may otherwise have to you as a result of:

1. Any technical, factual, textual or typographical inaccuracies, errors or omissions on or relating to our site or any information on our site
2. The unavailability of our site, products (including Charbonnel products) goods or services
3. Any delay in providing or failure to provide or make available, goods or services, or any negligent provision of merchandise or services

We will not have any liability for:

1. Payment to you for any indirect or consequential loss, damage or expenses, including loss of profits, business or goodwill, arising out of any problem you notify us
2. Payment to you by way of compensation otherwise specified these terms and conditions

None of the above exclusions shall affect any statutory rights. Each of the above exclusions shall be construed as a separate, and severable, provision of these terms and conditions.

 

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us and our authorized distributors, and all of our directors, employees and contractors, and hold us all harmless from any claim, loss, damage, cost, expense (including legal expenses) or other liability which may be incurred by us arising out of any breach of the covenants, warranties, representations and agreements herein.

 

How to Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal information you may contact us by email at customerservice@charbonnel.com.hk. If at any time you decide that you no longer wish us to hold or use any of your personal information or wish to change the use to which your personal information can be put, please let us know by emailing us at  customerservice@charbonnel.com.hk

 

Registered in England :  169938

Correspondence address: 7/F, Eib Centre, 40-44 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

These terms and conditions form the integral part of the General Terms and Conditions.
Last updated on 1st November 2020.