Privacy Policy of Compass Offices
Compass Offices respect your privacy and will strive to protect it. We hope that this policy will relieve any doubts you may have about supplying information via the Compass Offices website. By accessing and browsing this website, you are accepting the practices described in this Policy. Please revisit this page from time to time to review any changes that may have been made.

Providing visitors with anonymous access
Initially, please note that you can access our website home pages and browse each of our sites without disclosing your personal data. Also, our website does not enable our visitors to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by other visitors to our website.

Sites covered by this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to all Compass Offices owned websites and domains, including Compass Offices.com.  The Compass Offices Website may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the Compass Offices Website and thus we do not claim responsibility for their privacy practices and we are not responsible for the content of their sites.

Types of information we collect
When browsing the website, you are not required to provide any personal information. If you choose to register with Compass Offices or submit an enquiry, then you will be requested to provide contact information (name, address, telephone number, email address). We use this information to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest. We may also use your contact information to send you information about other Compass Offices products and services as well as promotional material that may be of interest to you. If you do not want to receive these promotional announcements, you may opt-out when you provide us with contact information or at any time after you register by updating our records (see the Opt-Out section below). You also have the option to provide demographic information (such as preferred locations, additional services etc.).  Compass Offices uses this demographic information to understand your needs and interests and to provide you a more structured service. 

Through the Compass Offices Website, you can order products or services, request information, or subscribe to marketing or support materials. In order to purchase a product or service from us, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. You will need to provide contact information (such as name, email and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, billing address, and expiration date). Financial information collected from you is used only to bill you for the products and services that you have purchased.

If you log an enquiry we will respond to you and provide you with the information, services or products you request. We will communicate with you by email or telephone and will make every effort to honor your preference.  Non-personal data is aggregated for reporting about the Compass Offices Website usability, performance and effectiveness. It is used to improve the customer experience, usability and site content. 

Please note that we do not provide your email address to our business partners. You can opt out from receiving email offers from Compass Offices as described below.

Compass Offices contracts with third-party service providers and suppliers to deliver complete products, services and customer solutions. These service providers may change or we may contract with additional service providers to better suit our customers needs. Compass Offices will not share personal information with any other third parties without your permission, unless required by law or when we reasonably believe that such disclosure is necessary to protect our systems, our business or the rights of others or as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.

How we collect information
The Compass Offices Website collects data through a variety of different ways. We collect informstion and preferences through forms that allow users to request information about Compass Offices and its services.  Compass Offices Website may collect non-personal technical information about your session (such as browser type, Internet service provider, platform type, internet protocol (IP) addresses, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp). We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, diagnose problems with our server and administer the Compass Offices Website. 

Your choices and opting-out
Compass Offices gives you the choice of receiving information that complements our products and services. You can subscribe to receive certain product-and service-specific information and Compass Offices-wide marketing communications. Compass Offices-wide communications may include new product information, special offers, or an invitation to participate in market research.  Compass Offices provides you the opportunity to “opt-out” of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes when we ask for this information. 

Access to and accuracy of your information
We will provide you with access to your information, including making reasonable effort to provide you with online access and the opportunity to change your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as a password and user ID, before granting access to your data. We reserve the right to refuse to provide our visitors with a copy of their personal data, but will give reasons for our refusal.

The security of your personal information is important to us; however, no security system is guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, Compass Offices cannot guarantee or warrant the security of our servers nor can we guarantee that information you supply through the Compass Offices Website will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card information) on our registration or order forms, we use a third party to protect your information through secure payment system.

Online Security

The online transaction processing is provided by PayDollar using the highest commercially available encryption technology- Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificate encryption.  All confidential information is automatically encrypted before it is transmitted, to protect it from being read and interpreted. Credit card information is used only for payment processing and fraud prevention. Credit card information and sensitive personal data are not used for any other purpose by Compass Offices and will not be kept longer than necessary, unless you ask us to retain your credit card information for future purchases.  

Business transitions
In the event that Compass Offices goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred.

Changes to this Policy
If there are updates to the terms of this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes and update the revision date in this document, so you will always know what information we collect online, how we use it, and what choices you have. By continuing to use this Compass Offices Website after any changes are posted, you acknowledge your acceptance of such changes.

Terms and Conditions
If you choose to visit our Compass Offices Website, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions, including, but not limited to, disclaimers of warranty, limitations of liability, arbitration of disputes and application of the law of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
These Terms of Use were last updated on 3rd December 2009