Personal Information Collection Statement for IGNITE18

Last updated: 18 June 2026

FutureGen Youth Foundation Limited (the Foundation, we or us) is a non-profit charitable organisation which, among other things, organises the careers and life planning exploration series known as IGNITE18: Jumpstart Your Career (“IGNITE18”). IGNITE18 aims to inspire and support secondary school students on their career and life planning journey, and provides opportunities for students, parents and teachers to gain latest industry trends and career opportunities insights to support students’ secondary school transition to future career (the “Mission”).

We respect your privacy and personal data when you participate in our careers and life planning exploration events (“Careers Explo”). This statement explains how we process your personal data, including how we collect, use, retain, disclose and transfer it, when you use our website, our platform, or any other forms of our communication channels (the “Platform”).

For the purpose of this Personal Information Collection Statement, the term “child” means a person who is under the age of 18. If you are a parent or legal guardian, this statement concerns your child's personal data, and we may need some of your personal data, such as your email address, name, country, telephone number, and relationship with your child which may be required for the purpose of enabling your child to participate in the Careers Explo events.

What personal data do we process?

Personal data is any information that can identify you or your child, either directly or indirectly.

We may process the following types of information which alone constitutes, or together with other information, constitute personal data, depending on the context and purpose of our interaction with you:

• name
• gender
• age or date of birth
• nationality
• contact details (e.g. e-mail address, postal and residential address, telephone number)
• education and background details
• interests and hobbies
• log files / online activities
• tracking data about how you use our website
• name of parents and/or guardians and their relationship with the child participants and their contact details (e.g. e-mail address, postal and residential address, telephone number etc)
• emergency contact details
• images, photographs, videos, or audio recordings taken at Careers Explo events
• records of correspondence between you and us

How do we collect and use your personal data?

Depending on how you interact with the Platform, your attendance / participation at our Careers Explo events and what you choose to share with us, we collect and use different types of personal data about you, such as:

• sign up information: This is the information you voluntarily provide when you sign up for Careers Explo events organized by us.
• general inquiry: This is the information you voluntarily provide when you fill out an inquiry form on our website.
• survey information: This is the information you voluntarily provide when you take part in a survey on our website or any online or physical survey form.
• usage information: This is the information we collect through cookies and other similar technologies that track your activity on our website.
• technical information: This is the information your device automatically sends us when you connect to our website.

Personal data may be collected and processed by us, the service providers engaged by us, our partnering/supporting organizations or sponsors, the media and other attendees who may be invited to attend our Careers Explo events.

Why do we collect and use your personal data?

We collect and use your personal data for the following purposes:

• to register you as a user of our Platform and to maintain your personal data and/or information across multiple pages within or across one or more sessions when using our Platform;
• to inform you about Careers Explo events that you or your child may be interested in, and how to sign up and participate in them;
• to process the registration and participation of you or your child in the Careers Explo events;
• to communicate with you or your child about the details, arrangements and updates of the Careers Explo events;
• to track your or your child’s participation in Careers Explo events;
• to improve Careers Explo events organized by us;
• to seek your or your child's feedback, including through surveys, in relation to our Careers Explo events to access and manage your account information and preferences (including, but not limited to, changing your password, updating your personal information, subscribing/unsubscribing from direct marketing);
• to communicate with you when you contact us, or when we need to send you important information about our Platform, such as security alerts, password changes, or task reminders. You cannot opt out of these communications, as they are essential for our Platform to function properly;
• to comply with our policies and to deter, detect, investigate and/or prevent activities that may violate, or may be suspected to violate, our policies or may be abusive, illegal, and/or criminal;
• to administer, report or system maintenance purposes;
• to run our Platform and any applicable platform in a safe and lawful manner;
• to publish your or your child's photos and videos/audio recordings taken at our Careers Explo events in our publications, materials, brochures, newsletters, social media and website, etc. for promoting us ;
• to comply with any applicable laws, regulations, codes of practice or guidelines issued by any legal or regulatory bodies; and
• to fulfil any other purposes ancillary or related to the above that are related to and incidental or conducive to the attainment of our Mission.

If you participate in the FutureGen Young Women Leaders Award (the "Award"), personal data collected in connection with IGNITE18 may be shared with the Award program. We may combine your profiles across the Award and IGNITE18 initiatives for program administration purposes. For example, your participation in IGNITE18 events may be counted toward the accumulation of points under the Award. Please refer to the Personal Information Collection Statement for the Award .

Who else might use your information?

We may share your personal data with following parties for the purposes mentioned above and only to the extent that is related to and incidental or conducive to the attainment of our Mission:

• Your school;
• Co-organizers and supporting organizations of Careers Explo events;
• Third party service providers, supporting partners, and advisors (including overseas parties) who help us improve our services or assist in Careers Explo events;
• Volunteers at our Careers Explo events;
• Platform that enable you to sign up to Careers Explo events;
• Government or regulatory authorities, courts, or professional advisers (including overseas parties);
• any other persons or entities who have a legitimate reason or your consent to receive your personal

(together, the Data Recipients)

Your personal data may be stored or transferred within or outside Hong Kong, depending on where we or the parties we share your data with are located. However, we take all reasonable measures to ensure that your personal data is stored and processed securely, regardless of the country or place., and we expect the same from the parties we share your data with.

We may share aggregated or anonymized information with third parties in a form that does not directly identify you or your child (e.g. we may share statistical data on participant demographics of IGNITE18 with the Foundation sponsors, funders, donors for funding purposes).

Are you obliged to provide your personal data?

The provision of personal data by you or your child is voluntary. You can choose whether to provide this information or not by using the consent forms or privacy settings that we offer you when you fill out or submit your application forms or supporting documents on our Platform. If you do not provide this information, it may affect your eligibility or suitability in accessing certain parts of the Platform, some of the Careers Explo events .

What happens if you do not give us your personal information or if it is not correct?

If you give us personal information that is not correct, you may miss out on Careers Explo events that are relevant and suitable for you, or you may receive suggestions that are less appropriate or interesting for you.

Direct Marketing

With your consent, we may use your personal data to send you news, information and marketing messages that are relevant and helpful for achieving our Mission.

Our Mission includes promoting and advancing the education, development and well-being of young generation in Hong Kong and elsewhere. The types of information, events and charitable initiatives that we may market to you are those that are related and helpful for achieving our Mission. They include the following (together, the Marketing Subjects):

• Information and events that support our Mission;
• mentoring, research, education and personal enhancement initiatives that support our Mission, such as talks, lectures, courses, programs, competitions, debates, discussions, meetings, seminars, conferences;
• interactive display and exchange of knowledge that support our Mission, such as publication, distribution and sale of papers, periodicals, books, magazines, journals, brochures, posters, leaflets or other publications;
• other subjects that are related and helpful for achieving the above or any of our Mission.

We will never sell your personal information or any other information you give us to anyone.

You can choose whether to consent to direct marketing or not. You can also opt out of direct marketing at any time for free, by emailing

How long do we keep your personal data?

We only keep your personal data for as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, or as required or permitted by law. When your data is no longer needed, we erase, destroy or anonymize it.

The type and duration of data we keep depends on what it is and why we have it. For example, we may keep your Profile for as long as you have an account with us. Sometimes we may keep your data longer if we have to comply with legal obligations or defend ourselves from legal claims. We always delete or destroy your data securely when we no longer need it.

How is your personal data secured?

We will take all practicable steps to protect your personal data from unauthorized or accidental access, processing, erasure, loss or use. We protect this information by using encryption, pseudonymization, or anonymization techniques, and by limiting the access and processing of this information to only those staff or third parties who need it for the specific purpose of evaluating your applications.

We will only transfer your personal data to the transferees who have agreed to comply with our data protection policies and standards.

What are your rights?

You have the right to request access to and correction of your personal data held by us in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486, Laws of Hong Kong) (the Ordinance). We may charge a reasonable fee for processing such requests. You may also request us to cease using your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time without charge.

You may exercise your rights by contacting us at the following contact details:

info@futuregenyouth.org

We will respond to your requests as soon as practicable and in accordance with the Ordinance.

Alternatively, you or your parent/legal guardian can correct or update your personal data at any time by writing to us.

How to contact us?

We hope this statement clarifies how and why we use your personal information. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests about this statement or our processing of your personal information, please contact us at

If you are under 18, you should consult your parent or legal guardian first, and copy them into any emails you send us. This way, they can support you and make sure you understand your options.

Changes to this statement

We may update this statement from time to time to reflect changes in our policy or in the laws and regulations on personal data protection. If there are significant changes, we will notify you by email if you have subscribed to our updates, or you can check our site for the latest version. You need to accept the changes and give your consent if required or applicable, otherwise we may not be able to provide you with information, activities, or events that are related to our Mission and goals. Please review this statement regularly for any updates.

Language

The English version shall prevail in case of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the English version and its Chinese translation.