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Legal Notice
Before using the online services, websites, or any electronic communications and / or electronic applications offered by YF Life Insurance International Ltd. (a company incorporated in Hong Kong) through its branch in the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI”) ("YF Life") (collectively called "the Electronic System"), please read the following terms and conditions and the Personal Data Privacy Policy.
This is a legally binding agreement between you and YF Life governing the terms and conditions under which the Electronic System may be used or accessed. Use or access of the Electronic System implies that you accept all the terms and conditions stated hereunder.
If you do not accept any of the terms and conditions hereunder, please do not use or access the Electronic System.
Company Details
YF Life is the BVI branch office of YF Life Insurance International Ltd, which is incorporated in and under the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with limited liability, and is registered as a foreign company under the International Business Companies Act on 4 December 1995 and was voluntarily re-registered under the BVI Business Companies Act (Revised Edition 2020) (the “BCA”) on 1 January 2005.
Principal office of YF Life Insurance International Ltd is situated at 27/F, YF Life Tower, 33 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
The BVI branch office is situated at Belmont Chambers, Tropic Isle Building, Nibbs Street, Road Town, Tortola VG1110, British Virgin Islands.
YF Life is supervised, regulated and monitored in the BVI under the Insurance Act (Revied Edition 2020) (the “IA”), the Insurance Regulations (Revised Edition 2020) together with other subsidiary legislation, rules and regulatory guidance by The BVI Financial Services Commission (the “FSC”). Under the IA, YF Life holds a Category B insurance license (the “License”). The License allows YF Life to carry on insurance business (as defined in the IA) in the BVI, including domestic business (as defined in the IA).
Jurisdiction and Restrictions
YF Life controls and maintains the Electronic System from its principal office in Hong Kong. The material and information contained in the Electronic System refers to the personal details of the customers collected or controlled by YF Life. YF Life do not offer or sell any product, service, promotional or publicity activities in any places in which such offering or sale of the product or service are illegal under the laws of such place. YF Life makes no representation that the material and information contained in the Electronic System is appropriate or available for use in other jurisdictions. All the terms and conditions relating to the Electronic System are governed by the laws of BVI and any dispute shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of BVI.
By accessing Electronic System and / or using the services offered through Electronic System, you shall be deemed to agree that the laws of BVI shall govern such access and the provision of such services; and you shall be deemed to agree to submit irrevocably to the jurisdiction of the courts of BVI.
The distribution of the Electronic System's material (in part or in whole) may be prohibited / restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. It is your responsibility to ensure those prohibitions / restrictions are observed.
Online Security
Security is a top priority for YF Life. YF Life tries to protect your personal data against unauthorized or accidental access or processing. We do this by:
Implementing appropriate physical, electronic and internal processes to safeguard and secure your personal data.
Protecting web servers behind "firewalls" and systems are monitored to try to prevent any unauthorized access taking all practical steps to ensure that personal data will not be kept longer than necessary and comply with all laws and regulations in the BVI concerning the retention of personal data.
Disclaimer
YF Life makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory regarding the Electronic System or the material and information contained or referred to on each page in the Electronic System. All material and information contained in the Electronic System are provided for general information only and should not be used as a basis for making any business decision. Any information received via the Electronic System should not be regarded as specific professional advice. Unless there is fraud, gross negligent and / or deliberate false representation contained in any information of this Electronic System, YF Life does not take any responsibility for any loss arising directly or indirectly from the use of, or any action taken in reliance on, any information appearing in this Electronic System. You are recommended to obtain such professional advice as you deem fit. The Electronic System is not intended to be used in the European Union. YF Life reserves the right to change any information of this Electronic System without prior notice.
The information contained in this Electronic System shall not in any event constitute an offer. It can only be seen as an invitation for you to make an offer to YF Life, whereby you are offering to purchase the insurance products and services as provided by YF Life. YF Life reserves the final right to decide whether or not to accept your offer.
In viewing and / or printing any information available to you in this Electronic System, and / or in using any of the services provided by our system, you are solely responsible for bearing the relevant liabilities and risks.
YF Life does not warrant the safety and accuracy of this Electronic System; nor does it warrant that this Electronic System is free from any errors, defects, viruses and / or other malicious programs or macros.
Owing to unpredictable traffic congestion, openness and public nature of the Internet and other reasons, the Internet may not be a reliable medium of communication and that such unreliability is beyond the control of YF Life. This may subject transactions to delays in transmission, incorrect data transmission, delays in execution or execution of instructions at prices different from those prevailing at the time instructions were given, misunderstanding and errors in any communication between YF Life and you, transmission blackouts, interruptions and so on.
YF Life accepts no liability and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly (including special, incidental or consequential loss or damage) from your use / access to the Electronic System, howsoever arising, including any loss, damage or expense arising from, but not limited to, any defect, error, imperfection, fault, mistake or inaccuracy of or in connection with the Electronic System, its contents or associated services, or due to any unavailability of the Electronic System or any part thereof or any contents or associated services.
For data security reasons, you are strongly recommended not to use a public computer or wireless network available to the public to access the Electronic System. Before accessing the Electronic System, please ensure that you have installed an up-to-date anti-virus software and anti-spyware software on your computer to protect it from viruses and malicious programs' attack.
Please note that any software downloaded from the Electronic System is at your own risk, and YF Life neither assumes nor accepts liability for any loss or damage (whether direct or indirect), howsoever caused, as a result of any computer viruses, trojan horses, worms, software bombs or similar items or processes arising from your use of the Electronic System.
All communications, instructions and applications given to YF Life and / or its subsidiaries through the Electronic System with your user ID and login password shall be deemed to be given by you or with your valid authorization, unless and until YF Life receives your written notification that the security of your user ID and login password has been compromised. Before receiving the said written notification from you, YF Life is authorized by you to rely upon and act in accordance with any such communications, instructions and applications without liability. In any event, YF Life may refuse to accept any communications, instructions and applications given through the Electronic System upon such grounds as YF Life deems fit.
YF Life takes prudent security measures to ensure personal data collected through the Electronic System are stored and transmitted under protection.
However, all data collected through the Electronic System is subject to risks of exposing the data to unauthorized access and use.
Personal Data Privacy Policy and Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice explains how YF Life may collect, use, disclose, transfer and otherwise process “personal data” and / or “sensitive personal data” (each as defined in the Data Protection Act, 2021 which came into force in the British Virgin Islands on July 9, 2021 (the "DPA") and collectively, the “Personal Data”) you provide in connection with the services which we provide to you ("Users"). It provides a high-level outline of the legal bases for the processing of Personal Data and also summarizes certain key rights of individual data subjects under the DPA.
By using this website, you acknowledge and consent to the collection, use, and processing of your Personal Data in accordance with the DPA and our Privacy Notice. Where YF Life processes your Personal Data with your consent, you may at any time withdraw that consent. The withdrawal of consent by the data subject shall not however affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Personal Data may be transferred outside the BVI only where adequate safeguards are in place or with your explicit consent.
YF Life will, in addition to the DPA, observe the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Laws of Hong Kong) ("PDPO") in the collection, maintenance and use of your Personal Data collected by YF Life. You have the right to ascertain YF Life’s policies in relation to personal data and be informed of the kind and / or purpose of Personal Data held by YF Life; and you have the right to request access and / or correction of your Personal Data.
For further details, please refer to our full Privacy Notice.
If you wish to make a complaint regarding our services or handling of your personal data, please refer to our Complaints Handling Procedure or contact our BVI branch office.
All content on this website is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any insurance or financial product or service. YF Life complies with the BVI Financial Services Commission Insurance Code of Conduct, including transparency in advertising and confidentiality of customer information.
Use of Cookies and Third Party Links
YF Life and its subsidiaries’ (including YFT) website may include hyperlinks to third party websites. YF Life has no control over the content, accuracy, opinion expressed, and other links provided at these third party websites or how these third party websites deal with your Personal Data. You should visit these third party websites for details of their privacy policies in relation to their handling of your Personal Data.
The Company may use "cookies" to improve your internet experience. Cookies are small data files that are automatically stored on your web browser in your computer that can be retrieved by YF Life’s website. Your visit to YF Life website may be recorded for general analysis for website enhancement and optimization. Anonymous information may be gathered through the use of cookies. These cookies include retargeting cookies and are placed by YF Life or by advertising networks that YF Life work with. The information collected by cookies is anonymous visitor’s personalized settings information and contains no name or address information or any information that will enable anyone to contact you via telephone, e-mail or any other means. No customer Dersonal Data is stored in cookies. However, you can disable cookies by changing the settings of your web browser.
Indemnity
You hereby agree to fully indemnify and to keep YF Life harmless against any action, liability, cost, claim, loss, damage, proceeding or expense (including legal fees, administrative costs and expenses on a full indemnity basis) suffered or incurred by YF Life and/or its subsidiaries arising from or which is directly or indirectly related to:
(a) your access to and /or use of the Electronic System and / or any other person's or entity's access to or use of the Electronic System where such person or entity was able to access and use the Electronic System using your user ID and / or login password except where you have fully complied with any guidelines, procedures or instructions relating to the proper use of the Electronic System from time to time notified to you by YF Life whether on the Electronic System or otherwise, including but not limited to your responsibility to exercise due care to keep your user ID and / or login password confidential to prevent fraud and your duty to inform YF as soon as you are aware that the security of your user ID and / or login password may have been compromised and the use of the Electronic System or any of its services is unauthorized; or
(b) any breach or non-observance of any of the above terms and conditions by you or by any other person or entity where such person or entity was able to access and / or use the Electronic System by using your user ID and / or login password.
Trademark and Copyright Notices
YF Life is the copyright owner of all text and graphic images contained on this web site, unless otherwise indicated. Trademarks (service marks), including the marketing designation (fleet name) and logo, may only be used with the prior written permission of and a license agreement from the trademark owner, and may only be used if displayed in the correct form, are used in compliance with YF Life's corporate standards, and are used in keeping with practices that protect our trademarks and copyrighted material. You may make a request for permission by contacting the responsible staff of YF Life using the "Contact Us" column of the home page. Your requests must include the URL of your site and an explanation of the reason for making the request for permission.
If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.