Our website may be used without entering personal information. However, different rules may apply to certain services on our site and are explained separately below. We collect personal information from you (e.g., name, address, email address, telephone number, etc.) following the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR). Information is considered personal if it can be associated exclusively with a specific natural person. The provisions below provide information on the manner, extent, and purpose of collecting, using, and processing personal data by the provider.

The responsible body within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws is:
Octanius (HK) Limited
Room 907, Silvercord Tower 2
30 Canton Rd., Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong

COOKIES
Our website uses so-called cookies to recognize repeat use of our website by the same user/internet connection subscriber. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser downloads and stores on your computer. They are used to improve our website and services. These are so-called “session cookies” that are often deleted once you leave our website.

To an extent, however, these cookies also pass along information used to recognize you automatically. Recognition occurs through an IP address saved to the cookies. The information thereby obtained is used to improve our services and to expedite your access to the website.

You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the settings on your browser software accordingly. You should be aware, however, that by doing so, you may not be able to use our website’s functions fully.

SERVER DATA
For technical reasons, data such as the following, which your internet browser transmits to us or to our web space provider (so-called server log files), is collected:

– type and version of the browser you use
– operating system
– websites that linked you to our site (referrer URL)
– websites that you visit
– date and time of your visit
– your Internet Protocol (IP) address.

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal information you may have provided, thereby making it impossible to connect it to any particular person. The data is used for statistical purposes to improve our website and services.

PURPOSE OF REGISTRATION
We offer you the opportunity to sign up for our website. The information entered when signing up, as shown in the registration form Organization’s name, Administrative Contact’s Name, Address, and Email Address, is collected and stored solely for use by our website. When signing up for our website, we also store your IP address and the date and time you registered. This protects us if a third party improperly and without your knowledge makes use of your data to sign up for our site. None of this information is transferred to third parties. Nor is any of this information matched to any information that other components of our website may collect.

DATA PROCESSING FOR ORDER EXECUTION
According to Art. 6 para. One lit. b GDPR, we collect and process personal data when you open a customer account and place an order. Personal data are submitted to our suppliers (e.g., Certificate Authorities) to fulfill the contract. The data collected and passed on can be seen from the respective input forms.

CONTACTING US
Our website offers you the opportunity to contact us by email and using a contact form. In such an event, information the user provides is stored to facilitate communications with the user. No data is transferred to third parties. Nor is any of this information matched to any information that other components of our website may collect.

USE OF MATOMO ANALYTICS
Our website uses Matomo Analytics, a web analysis service. Matomo Analytics employs so-called “cookies “, “text files stored on your computer to facilitate an analysis of your site use.

The information generated by these cookies, such as the time, place, and frequency of your visits to our site, including your IP address, is stored on servers in the European Union. We use Matomo Analytics with an IP anonymization feature on our website. The application abbreviates and thereby anonymizes your IP address before storing it on our servers. We will use this information to evaluate your site usage, compile reports on website activity for us, and provide other services related to website- and internet usage. We may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or to the extent third parties process this data. You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the settings on your browser software accordingly. You should be aware, however, that by doing so, you may not be able to make full use of our website’s functions.

YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Our website embeds videos from the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the expanded data protection mode. The YouTube videos on our website are embedded using a method that does NOT automatically establish a connection to YouTube. A link to YouTube’s servers will be found only after you confirm by clicking the play button result; the YouYouTube’ser will be notified of which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to allocate your browsing patterns to your profile directly. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

A connection to YouTube’s servers will be established as soon as you play a YouTube video on this website. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified which of our paYouTube’save visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to allocate your browsing patterns to your profile directly. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after you have started playing a video, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g., fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about this website’s visitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics to iwebsite’se site’s user-friendliness and prevent attempts to commit fraud.

Under certain circumstances, additional data processing transactions may be triggered after you have started to play a YouTube video, which is beyond our control.

INFORMATION, CANCELLATION, DELETION
Based on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR), you may contact us at no cost if you have questions relating to the collection, processing, or use of your personal information, if you wish to request the correction, blocking or deletion of the same, or if you wish to cancel explicitly granted consent. Please note that you have the right to correct incorrect data or delete personal data, where such a claim is not barred by any legal obligation to retain this data.

EXTERNAL LINKS
External links to other sites outside of the www.homegic.com domain are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by Octanius (HK) Limited of any of the products, services, or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. Octanius (HK) Limited bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.

Last Update: 28/Sep/2023