Privacy Policy
HOME Initiative / Hongkongers’ (Overseas) Movie Election
Last updated: 13 March 2026
The HOME Initiative, also known as Hongkongers’ (Overseas) Movie Election, is a project co-organized by Canadian Hongkonger Incorporated for Motion-picture and Entertainment (CHIME), SHOWALKER STUDIO (UK) LIMITED, and Spiderweb Ponder Entertainment.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, these co-organizers are collectively referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our.” Personal data and information collected through the HOME Initiative are co-owned by these three parties.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect personal information collected through the HOME Initiative website, ballot, forms, communications, and related services.
1. Contact Information
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at contact@hkmovie.ca.
CHIME will act as the main contact point for privacy and data-related inquiries in connection with the HOME Initiative.
2. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through the HOME Initiative website and any related ballot, signup, communication, promotional, or operational process connected to the project.
3. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information including your name, email address, country or region of residence, ballot selections, communications you send to us, subscription preferences, and technical or usage information associated with your use of the website.
Technical and usage information may include browser type, device type, approximate location, IP address, referral source, and website interaction data.
4. How We Collect Information
We collect information directly from you when you submit a ballot, complete a form, subscribe to updates, contact us, or otherwise interact with the HOME Initiative.
We may also collect information automatically through cookies, analytics tools, spam-prevention tools, security tools, and similar technologies used to operate and protect the website.
5. Purposes of Use
We may use your information to administer and operate the HOME Initiative, process and record votes, verify submissions, prevent spam or abuse, communicate with you, improve the website and project operations, comply with legal obligations, and protect our rights and the integrity of the project.
We may also use your information for audience development, outreach, event information, newsletters, and promotional communications related to the HOME Initiative and the co-organizers’ activities.
6. Marketing Communications
If you submit your information through the HOME Initiative, you may receive marketing, promotional, and informational emails from the organizations listed in the website footer.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in the email or by contacting contact@hkmovie.ca.
7. Legal Basis and Consent
Where required by applicable law, we rely on your consent, our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the HOME Initiative, compliance with legal obligations, and other lawful bases permitted under applicable law.
8. Data Ownership and Sharing
Personal data collected through the HOME Initiative is co-owned by CHIME, SHOWALKER STUDIO (UK) LIMITED, and Spiderweb Ponder Entertainment.
We may share personal information among the co-organizers for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy, including project administration, communications, analytics, audience development, outreach, and marketing.
We may also share information with service providers, contractors, or platforms that help us operate the website, manage submissions, prevent spam, send communications, host data, conduct analytics, or otherwise support the HOME Initiative, subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection measures.
9. International Data Transfers
Because the HOME Initiative is co-organized across Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, your information may be accessed, processed, or stored across different jurisdictions, including jurisdictions outside your country of residence.
By using the HOME Initiative and providing your information, you acknowledge that your data may be transferred to and processed in these jurisdictions and in other jurisdictions where our service providers operate, subject to applicable legal requirements.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including project administration, communications, recordkeeping, legal compliance, dispute resolution, anti-abuse monitoring, and enforcement.
Voting records may be retained for audit, verification, reporting, archival, and project history purposes.
11. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, CAPTCHA or spam-prevention technologies, and similar tools to understand website traffic, improve performance, prevent abuse, measure engagement, and support communication and outreach activities.
You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling some cookies may affect website functionality.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to help protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including rights of access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, withdrawal of consent, or other rights recognized by law.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact contact@hkmovie.ca.
14. Third-Party Links and Services
The HOME Initiative website may contain links to third-party websites or services, including film information databases, social media platforms, analytics tools, and other external services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties, and you should review their privacy policies separately.
15. Children
The HOME Initiative is not intended for children unless expressly stated otherwise. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the HOME Initiative after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy, to the extent permitted by law.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal information, please contact contact@hkmovie.ca.