隐私政策

Italian Coffee Club is committed to ensuring that the personal information of individuals is handled responsibly and in accordance with Hong Kong privacy laws. This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. If you have any concerns regarding privacy, please contact us via email: info@italiancoffeeclub.com.

Online Purchasing Customers’ personal Credit Card information, gathered whilst in the process of conducting an online purchase, will be used only for Credit Card authorisation purposes. This information will be shared with our Payment Processing Authority, only in the context of purchasing Merchandise &/or Products.

The Italian Coffee Club does not store any credit card information. All credit card processing is securely conducted via Secure Checkout (provided by Shopify), using the financial industry’s Secure Socket Layer (SSL) standards. We also offer Paypal for your convenience. Paypal utilises the same SSL protocols with an encryption key length of 168-bits (the highest level commercially available).

Customers’ other personal information, gathered by The Italian Coffee Club whilst in the process of conducting an online purchase, may also be used to inform the customer of additional products, special offers and services, which The Italian Coffee Club believes will be of interest to them. All marketing materials sent to the customer will include an option for the customer to request removal from mailing or contact lists for any future marketing.

Personal information will not be shared, sold, exchanged, leased or given to any third party not connected to the business of supplying products and services from The Italian Coffee Club

Disclosure

Nespresso®️ brand is owned by Societé Des Products Nestlè S.A.® The production of the capsules on our website is autonomous by the various artisans, and is not connected directly or indirectly to Societé Des Products Nestlè S.A.® The compatibility of the capsules is functional for use on coffee machines Nespresso®️

What Does Other Personal Information Mean?

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.

Credit Card Security

We accept MasterCard, American Express and Visa. All online credit card transactions are conducted directly by Secure Checkout using secure encryption software. We also offer Paypal for your convenience. Paypal utilises the same SSL protocols with an encryption key length of 168-bits (the highest level commercially available).

Email Submissions

All email addresses submitted to the web site The Italian Coffee Club, will not be shared, sold, exchanged, leased, or given to any third party, not connected to the business of supplying products and services from The Coffee Company.

Email communications between the sender and the recipient are sent with an expectation of privacy between the two parties. This privacy is compromised if either the sender or the recipient, share personal information or private email content with third parties, without the other’s written consent.

Rates And Reviews

Once you provide a review or rating of feedback for The Italian Coffee Club or one of its products or services, you agree that we may publish part or all of your review or rating together with your first name and suburb.

Cookies & Google Adwords

This site uses a feature called ‘cookies’ to improve the quality of the web site for all our customers and to provide certain features to The Italian Coffee Club Members and customers. The majority

of web browsers automatically accept cookies. However most allow you to instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. You can modify your personal settings for ‘cookies’ in the Pop-up when entering our website.

This site also uses Google Analytics and Google Adwords re-marketing services to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to show you ads based on your past visits to The Italian Coffee Club’s website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.

You can set your preferences for Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here https:// tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Our store is hosted on WordPress. They together with WooCommerce plugin provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data is stored through WooCommerce’s data storage, databases and the general WooCommerce application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Do We Disclose Your Personal Information To Anyone?

The Italian Coffee Club may disclose your personal information in certain circumstances. Where authorised by law, we may disclose your personal information to a court or to the Hong Kong SAR Taxation Office, following a direction issued under taxation laws. Your consent to the disclosure of your personal information may be given explicitly, such as in writing, or verbally.

We rely on the personal information we hold about you to effectively conduct our business. For this reason, it is important that the information collected is accurate, complete and up to date. You can contact us at any time to update your personal information or visit the Italian Club Member’s area.

Is Personal Information Secure?

Personal information is held in secure electronic databases in Hong Kong SAR. Reasonable precautions to safeguard your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure are taken. We understand you may have concerns about the security of personal information collected about you from email inquiries.

Where no longer required, your personal information is deleted from our systems. Third-Party Providers

The third-party providers used by The Italian Coffee Club will only collect, use and disclose your personal information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

We require these third-party providers to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information and also seek to ensure that they adhere to the Hong Kong SAR Privacy Principles. These service providers are not permitted to use your personal information for their own marketing purposes.

These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies. We recommend that you read their privacy policies so you understand the manner in which these providers will handle your personal information. Once you leave our store’s website, or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Can I Have Access To The Personal Information The Coffee Company Holds About Me?

The Italian Coffee Club is not always required to provide you with access. We may refuse access to personal information in a number of circumstances, where the information may relate to existing or anticipated legal proceedings with you, where denying access is required or authorised by law, or where the request is regarded as vexatious or frivolous.