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This
SONY Privacy Statement relates solely to personal information supplied
by you or collected from you as a result of your access to or use of
the Site.
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Your
personal information may be supplied by you or collected from you as a
result of your access to or use of the Site at the following points:
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when you browse, use, participate in any activity or service on the Site or post any notice on the Site;
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when you respond to other online surveys, polls, contests, lucky draws, promotions and purchases;
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Sony
respects the privacy of your personal information. Any personal
information supplied by you or collected from you as a result of your
access to or use of the Site will be used for the following purposes
only:
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because it is necessary to enable you to access or use a service on the Site;
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to identify you when you access and use the Site in order for you to enjoy a customised and personalised experience;
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to update and enhance our records and to advise you of other products or services which may be of interest to you;
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to improve the design and marketing of our range of products and services for your use;
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The
personal information supplied by you or collected from you as a result
of your access to or use of the Site may be transferred within the Sony
group of companies in different jurisdictions. Please note also that
Sony may use overseas facilities to process or back up its information.
As a result, we transfer and store your personal information to our,
our service providers’ or our data processors’ overseas facilities. By
using this Site you consent to such transfers.
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Your
personal information will not be disclosed by us to any third party,
unless we have your permission or we are under a legal obligation or
duty to do so, except for disclosure to the following individuals or
entities which you agree to:
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other companies in the Sony group of companies;
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government authorities or regulators;
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our professional advisers, including without limitation our lawyers, accountants and auditors;
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our
third party service providers (including those who provide payment,
administrative or other services to us in connection with the operation
of the Site and/or of our business) or data processors;
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any agent acting on our behalf; and
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our business alliance partners.
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In
order to improve our services to you, we also use automated tracking
devices such as a "cookie". A cookie is a small amount of data that our
Web server sends to your Web browser when you visit certain parts of
our Site and the use of which is intended to assist our understanding
of your interest in our Site. However, you can always choose to disable
cookies from being stored on your computer by changing your browser
settings. Disabling cookies, however, may result in a limited
experience of our functionality and services and in some cases may mean
that we are unable to provide you with the services, or parts of the
services, that you have requested. Some of our business partners whose
content is incorporated into or linked to from the Site may also use
cookies. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
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The
use of your personal information will be kept to the minimum required
in order for us to continually monitor and improve our services to our
customers and keeping you informed about our products, services and
other opportunities within Sony.
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In
particular, we do not rent or sell your personal information to any
third party (unless as part of the sale of our entire assets or sale of
our business as a going concern).
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We
wish to assure you that your personal information will be treated with
high standards of security. Sony will endeavour to take all reasonable
steps to keep secure any information which we hold about you. Your
personal information is stored on secure servers. Unfortunately,
despite the aforementioned technology and security features, no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so
we cannot give an absolute assurance that the information you provide
to us will be secure at all times, and we cannot be responsible for
event arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.
Sony will not be held responsible for events arising from third parties
gaining unauthorized access to your personal information.
However, it is your responsibility to maintain the secrecy of your
membership user ID and password.
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Personal
information supplied by you or collected from you as a result of your
access to or use of the Site is retained by Sony for as long as the
purpose for which the data was collected continues. The personal
information will subsequently be destroyed or de-identified from you
unless its retention is required to satisfy legal, regulatory or
accounting requirements or to protect our interests. As a general rule
the maximum retention period is seven (7) years from the date of
receipt or collection by us from you.
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Depending
on where you are situated, you may have the right to request access to
and correction of personal information about you held by us. If you
have that right and you wish to access or have the right to ask for
correct or deletion of any of your personal data held by us, or if you
have any questions concerning this SONY Privacy Statement, please
contact our: Personal Information Management Officer
Email: enquiry.sg@ap.sony.com
Tel: (65) 6544 8600
Fax: (65) 6544 8616
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We will only withhold your access to your personal information in extremely limited circumstances, such as:
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where it might be dangerous if you were to have it;
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where it might prejudice an investigation currently underway;
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where it relates to court proceedings and may be subject to the discovery process;
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where it may relate to a commercially sensitive decision-making process; or
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where other individuals’ personal information is contained in the same record.
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Sony
cannot distinguish the age of persons who access the Site. Hence, if
you are under 13 years old, please obtain consent from your parent or
guardian before you access the Site and submit any personal information
to us. Should a parent or guardian have reason to believe that a minor
has provided Sony with personal information without their prior
consent, please contact us to ensure that the information is removed
and unsubscribe them from any promotional contact opportunities.
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Sony
will also not be aware if you become resident in another country
outside the Republic of Singapore and may therefore be subject to the
rules and regulations of countries outside the Republic of Singapore in
relation to the collection, processing, use and storage of personal
information. Hence, if you are no longer resident of the Republic of
Singapore, please inform Sony promptly by e-mailing us at enquiry.sg@ap.sony.com or writing to us at Customer Contact Center, 2 International Business Park, #01-10 Tower One, The Strategy, Singapore 609930.
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Please
note that you are given the option with respect to whether you agree to
the foregoing collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal
information by us by choosing whether to submit the personal
information or not. If you submit the personal information to us, we
shall deem that as your consent and agreement to this SONY Privacy
Statement.
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Naturally,
we offer you the ability to opt out of receiving information of our
products and services at the point of collection or by e-mailing us at enquiry.sg@ap.sony.com or writing to us at Customer Contact Center, 2 International Business
Park, #01-10 Tower One, The Strategy, Singapore 609930. Please allow 14
days for this request to be processed in the case of e-mail, and 14
days in the case of a written request.
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If
you do not want us to use your personal information or to share your
personal information with third parties, please e-mail us at enquiry.sg@ap.sony.com or please write to us at Customer Contact Center, 2 International
Business Park, #01-10 Tower One, The Strategy, Singapore 609930.
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If
you decide that you do not want Sony to use your personal information
or to share your personal information with third parties, you
understand that this may in some cases impact on the availability of
services (such as the e-warranty) and the quality of services that Sony
may provide to you and may mean that the services provided to you (if
possible at all) by Sony may not be customised for your use, may be
less user- friendly and less efficient.
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The
Site may contain links to other web sites (the "Linked Sites"). The
Linked Sites are not under the control of Sony and Sony is not
responsible for any Linked Sites. You should note that any personal
information that you provide to the Linked Sites are not subject to the
SONY Privacy Statement, and we strongly recommend that you be aware of
their privacy and security policies.
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This
SONY Privacy Statement is not intended to, nor does it, create any
contractual rights whatsoever or any other legal rights, nor does it
create any obligations on us in respect of any other party or on behalf
of any party.
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Sony
reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to modify
without prior warning or notice these SONY Privacy Statement. You agree
that your continued use of the Site after such modification shall
constitute an affirmative acknowledgement by you of the modifications
and agreement by you to abide and be bound by such modifications. As
such, Sony recommends and advises you to visit this web page to review
the prevailing SONY Privacy Statement on the Site. |
