Privacy

How we handle personal data

We are a Hong Kong solicitors' firm and we advise clients on data protection, so we hold ourselves to the standard we advise. This statement explains what personal data we collect through this website, why, and your rights under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486).

Who we are

Patricia Ho & Associates 何珮芝律師行 is a firm of solicitors at Unit 9-10, 3/F Dominion Centre, 43-59 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. For anything in this statement, write to info@patriciahoassociates.com or call (852) 2114 1616.

What we collect, and why

The enquiry form. When you contact us through this website we receive the details you choose to give: your name, email address, phone number, what your enquiry concerns, and anything you write about your situation, which may include sensitive matters. We use this to respond to you, to check for conflicts of interest, and, if you instruct us, to provide legal services. Please share only what is needed for us to understand your enquiry; we will ask for more when we speak.

Security data. To protect the form from automated abuse, each submission records the sender's IP address, browser identification and how long the form was open. We use this only to distinguish genuine enquiries from spam.

Other contact. If you email, call or WhatsApp us, we hold the correspondence and contact details you provide, for the same purposes.

Cookies and tracking

This website sets no cookies and runs no analytics or advertising trackers. Two third-party services are used to display the site: Google Fonts (which serves the typefaces and, in doing so, receives your IP address) and, on the Contact page, an embedded Google Map, which is delivered by Google and may set its own cookies within the map frame. Neither is used by us to track you.

Who else touches the data

We do not sell or share personal data for marketing. Three service providers process data on our behalf so this website works: Vercel (which hosts the site and passes your form submission to us), Resend (which delivers the form's emails), and Google Workspace (where our email is held). Their servers may be located outside Hong Kong, including in the United States and Japan. Beyond that, we disclose personal data only where the law requires or permits it, or with your consent.

How long we keep it

Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement are kept only as long as needed for the purposes above, including our professional conflict-checking obligations. Where you become a client, your data is kept in accordance with our professional record-keeping duties and applicable limitation periods, and no longer than necessary.

Security

The site is served over an encrypted connection, form submissions travel encrypted, and access to enquiry correspondence is limited to the people who need it to deal with your matter.

Your rights

Under the Ordinance you may request access to personal data we hold about you and ask us to correct it. Write to info@patriciahoassociates.com marked "Data access request". We respond within the time the Ordinance allows and may charge a reasonable fee for access requests where the Ordinance permits.

One thing this statement is not

Sending us an enquiry does not make you a client and does not create a solicitor and client relationship. We nevertheless treat what you send us as confidential.

This statement was last updated on 26 July 2026. If we change it, the current version will always be at this address.

Questions about your data?

Write to info@patriciahoassociates.com, or call the office on (852) 2114 1616 during office hours.

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