Date: 11 Jun 2023
Thank you for browsing the website of AK IN KK – Nature Field Recording HK (“AK IN KK”), we care about your privacy so much and we assure the privacy of our website visitors and service users to be secured, and also obey Cap. 486 Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in Hong Kong. As a data controller who is aware of the concerns of personal data of our website visitors and service users, we explain our privacy practices and applies in this privacy policy.
1. About the Site
1.1 Akinkk.com (“Our website”) is owned and operated by AK IN KK Production Limited T/A AK IN KK – Nature Field Recording HK.
1.2 We are registered in Hong Kong and our registered office is at FT1402, 14/F, BLK A, Profit Industrial Building, 1-15 Kwai Fung Crescent, Kwai Chung, NT, Hong Kong
1.3 You can contact us at akinkk.sound@gmail.com
2. Introduction
2.1 By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
2.2 Our website opt-in and opt-out controls which affect how we will handle your personal data. By using these controls, you can specify whether you would like to receive direct marketing communications and limit the use of your information. You can access opt-in and opt-out controls via My account on akinkk.com and via AK IN KK email marketing communications.
2.3 In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to AK IN KK. For more information about us, see Section 1.
3. How we use your personal data
3.1 We may collect the data about your use of our website and services (“usage data”). The usage data may include your geographical location, IP address, device type, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is Google Analytics and Monsterinsight. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analyzing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
3.2 We may process your account data (“account data”). The account data may include your name, email address, billing address, and shipping address. The source of the account data is you. The account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.
3.3 We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services (“service data”). The service data may include your IP address. The service data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.
3.4 We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website (“transaction data”). The transaction data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely our interest in the proper administration of our website and business.
3.5 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (“notification data”). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is consent.
3.6 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“correspondence data”). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users.
3.7 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.
3.8 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.
3.9 In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section3, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
3.9.1 Please do not supply any other person’s personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.
4. Providing your personal data to others
4.1 Financial transactions relating to our website and services are OR may be handled by our payment services providers, Woocommerce, Stripe and PayPal. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers’ privacy policies and practices at
https://automattic.com/privacy/
https://stripe.com/us/legal
https://stripe.com/privacy-shield-policy
https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
4.2 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
5. Retaining personal data
5.1 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
5.2 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
6. Amendments
6.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
6.2 We may notify you of changes to this policy by email.
7. Your rights
7.1 You may instruct us to provide, rectify, delete, or limit any personal information we hold about you; subject to verification of your identity. You may do this in the account section of our website.
7.2 We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
7.3 You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
8. About cookies
8.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
8.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
8.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
9. Cookies that we use
9.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website. Cookies used for this purpose are Google Analytics, and AK IN KK;
(b) status – we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website. Cookies used for this purpose are hosted by AK IN KK;
(c) advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you. Cookies used for this purpose are Google;
(d) analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services. Cookies used for this purpose are Google Analytics.
10. Cookies used by our service providers
10.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
10.2 We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
10.3 We use Mailchimp and Woocommerce to manage our email list and to analyze sales. Woocommerce gathers email addresses and sales information when a purchase is made. The information gathered is used to send marketing email and create reports about our sales data. You may opt-out from any direct marketing from the unsubscribe link within each email. You can view the privacy policy of these service providers at
https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
https://automattic.com/privacy/
11. Managing cookies
11.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) Chrome;
(b) Firefox;
(c) Safari;
11.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
11.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
12. Data protection information
12.1 For data protection inquiries, please email akinkk.sound@gmail.com