This privacy statement provides you with general information on the collecting of personal information by KONE Corporation, its employees, partners, subsidiaries and affiliates (“KONE”) by means this website and the ‘KONE.com’ service of KONE Corporation (the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Statement carefully prior to accessing the Site. If you do not agree with this Privacy Statement, you must exit the Site.
As part of the on-going process of development and refining of the Site, KONE may, from time to time, update this Privacy Statement and the linked Data File Description without prior notice to its users. We would advise you to review this Privacy Statement for any amendments at regular intervals.
Protection and Security of Your Data
KONE respects your privacy, and will collect your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988. We use a variety of physical and electronic measures to ensure the security and integrity of this data, so as to prevent - amongst others - its misuse, loss or unauthorised disclosure. The Internet is not a secure medium of communication, and any information you send to us via the Internet, including e-mail addresses, is sent entirely at your own risk. You must also take precautions to protect your own personal information by securing your personal identification codes and any other means of accessing the Site.
When We Collect Personal Information
We will collect personal information from you whenever you are asked on the Site to provide it, and you choose to do so. Once you register on the Site, or have otherwise been assigned a specific identification code to access your accounts, we may request that you provide this personal information. The purpose in collecting this information is to provide customised services and content meeting your specific needs and interests.
What Personal Information We Collect and Why
KONE believes in transparency in the collection of personal information and we request that you review the attached Data File Description [link to file description] to see what specific personal information we collect, and why we collect it.
Generally, we collect this personal information in order to provide you with our goods and services, to allow you access to specific parts of the Site or account information, to respond to your enquiries and to enhance your experience of the Site generally. In addition, KONE will continue to improve the Site, so as to provide a better quality and broader scope of services. KONE’s goal is to produce cost-efficient services recognising your specific needs, without you having to register separately for each of the different services provided by the Site.
Cookies
From time to time KONE’s web server may place information in your computer to allow us to identify you, and to make your use of the Site faster and easier. This information is commonly known as ”cookies”. Cookies give KONE information on how and when you have used the Site, and help us to improve the Site so that we may provide you with a better service. This information is essentially statistical in nature and contains no personal information, such as your e-mail address. Cookies are commonly used by many websites. If you do not wish to receive cookies, or want to be notified of when they are placed, you may set your web browser to do this, if your web browser supports such functions. Please note that restricting the use of cookies may impair the functioning of the Site.
The Collecting of Personal Information is Based on Your Consent
We collect your personal information with your consent, by you providing this data voluntarily. You may revoke your consent at any time. As collecting your personal information is necessary to enable us to provide you with our services and products, revoking your consent may lead to a situation where we cannot provide you with some or all of these services and products. The Site is divided into separate sections, some of which may require us to collect more personal information of you, while some may be used without the need to collect any personal information at all.
Transfers of Personal Information
KONE will not transfer any personal information outside of the KONE Corporation or its partners, subsidiaries and affiliates. Transfer within the KONE Group may involve the transfer of data across national borders, and you will be deemed to have consented to such transfer by providing your personal information. Due to the technical and practical requirements of collection, and the provision of KONE’s services and products, some personal information may be located on the servers of our subcontractors, or be collected by these subcontractors. All of these subcontractors have adopted, and are bound by the privacy and data collection policies of KONE. We may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and other related Site data to reputable third parties, but these statistics will not include any personal information.
Access and Accuracy
You have a right of access to the personal information we hold about you. Note that we may refuse access where, for example, we may be entitled or obliged by law to do so. In such case, we will tell you why access has been refused.
You may also contact KONE at any time to check that the personal information we hold relating to you is accurate. At your request, KONE will take all reasonable steps to rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information.
Contact Us
For more information on any of the above contact KONE via e-mail to
australia@kone.com.
All questions and comments about the activities of KONE as a data controller must be directed to KONE via e-mail to
australia@kone.com.