The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong (GDETO) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is committed to ensuring all personal data are handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
Visits to the GDETO website are recorded without collecting any personal identifiable information of users. The number of visits collected will be used for the purpose of preparing statistics.
If you are invited to provide personal data to the GDETO through this website, the collection purpose and intended use of your data will be made clear. You will also be advised as to how you may request access to or make correction of the personal data provided. Unless permitted or required by law, the GDETO will not disclose your personal data to any third parties without your prior consent. Personal data provided by you and collected through this website is secured and protected by SSL protocol encryption and access to them is restricted to authorised personnel only.
The search service on the GDETO website is provided by an independent contractor of the Government. We are advised by the independent contractor that it does not collect personal identifiable information while serving search results through the GDETO website. The independent contractor will share the anonymous data it collects through the search service with the Government for compiling traffic analysis on government websites. The Government will not match the data obtained from any such search activity with any personal data possibly held by the Government.