Midea Home Challenge

Information on the Collection and Processing of your personal data

Care and transparency are the basis for a trusting cooperation with our customers. We therefore inform you about how we process your data and how you can exercise your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Which personal data we process for what purpose depends on the respective contractual relationship.

1. Who is responsible for the processing?

The controller is: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co. Ltd, a company incorporated and existing under the law of P.R. CHINA, with its office at LINGANG ROAD, BEIJIAO, SHUNDE, FOSHAN, GUANGDONG, P.R. CHINA (hereinafter “Midea”); You can contact us at marketing@midea.com

2. Which personal data do we use?

If you have an enquiry, have us prepare an offer or conclude a contract with us, we will process your personal data. In addition, we process your personal data, among other things, to fulfil legal obligations, to protect a legitimate interest or on the basis of a consent given by you. Depending on the legal basis, the categories of personal data are as follows:
- Email Address
- Names

3. From which sources does the data come?

We process personal data that we receive from our customers, service providers and our suppliers.
We also obtain your data from the following sources:
- Credit agency
- Publicly accessible sources: commercial or association registers, debtor registers, land registers

4. For what purposes do we process your data and on what legal basis?

We process your personal data in particular in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

4.1 Data processing on the basis of a consent given by you (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR)
If you have given us your voluntary consent to the collection, processing or transfer of certain personal data, then this consent forms the legal basis for the processing of this data.
In the following cases we process your personal data on the basis of your consent:
- Sending an e-mail newsletter
- Personalized newsletter tracking
- Market research (e.g. customer satisfaction surveys)
- Marketing and advertising of customer profiles
- Publication of a customer reference (name and picture)

4.2 For the performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR)
We use your personal data for the execution of the relevant order/purchase/service/rental contract.
Within this contractual relationship we will process your data in particular to carry out the following activities:
Contract-related contact, contract management, ongoing customer service, service center, warranty claims, receivables management, contract termination management.

4.3 To fulfil legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR)
As a company we are subject to various legal obligations. The processing of personal data may be necessary to fulfil these obligations.
- Tax, control and reporting obligations
- Creditworthiness, age and identity checks
- Prevention of criminal acts

4.4 On the basis of a legitimate interest of the controller (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR)
In certain cases, we process your data to protect our legitimate interests or that of third parties:
- Direct advertising and opinion research
- Central customer data management within the Group
- Measures for building and plant safety
- Video surveillance for the protection of domiciliary rights
- Consultation and data exchange with credit agencies
- To determine creditworthiness and default risks
- Ensuring IT security and operation

5. To whom will your data be passed on?

In order to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations, we will pass on your data to different public and internal places, as well as external service providers.
Companies within the Group:
Midea Group Co. Ltd.
External Service Providers:
Manchester City Football Club Ltd

6. Will your data be transferred to countries outside the European Union (so-called third countries)?

Countries outside the European Union (and the European Economic Area "EEA") handle the protection of personal data differently from countries within the European Union. We also use service providers located in third countries outside the European Union to process your data. There is currently no decision by the EU Commission that these third countries generally offer an adequate level of protection.
We have therefore taken special measures to ensure that your data are processed in third countries as securely as within the European Union. We conclude the standard data protection clauses provided by the Commission of the European Union with service providers in third countries. These clauses provide appropriate guarantees for the protection of your data with service providers in third countries.

7. For how long do we store your data?

We store your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil legal and contractual obligations.
If the storage of your data is no longer necessary to fulfil the legal or contractual obligations, we will delete your data unless the transfer is necessary for one of the following purposes:
- Preservation of evidence within the framework of the statutory limitation provisions.

8. What rights do you have in connection with the processing of your data?

Every data subject has the right of access under Article 15 GDPR, the right to rectification under Article 16 GDPR, the right to erasure under Article 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing under Article 18 GDPR, the right to object under Article 21 GDPR and the right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR.
8.1 Right to object
You can object to the use of your data for advertising using electronic mail at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.

What right do you have in the event of data processing for legitimate or public interest?

What right do you have in the event of data processing for direct marketing?

8.2 Revocation of consent
You can revoke your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. Please note that the revocation is only valid for the future.
8.3 Right to information
You may request information as to whether we have stored personal data about you. If you wish, we will inform you of the data concerned, the purposes for which the data is processed, to whom this data is disclosed, how long the data is stored and what further rights you are entitled to with regard to this data.
8.4 Further rights
In addition, you have the right to have your data corrected or deleted. If there is no reason for further storage, we will delete your data, otherwise we will restrict processing. You may also request that we provide all personal information that you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format either to you or to a person or company of your choice.
In addition, there is a right to lodge a complaint to the responsible data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).
8.5 Assertion of your rights
To exercise your rights, you can contact the controller or the data protection officer using the contact details provided. We will process your enquiries immediately and in accordance with legal requirements and inform you of the measures we have taken.

9. Is there an obligation to provide your personal data?

In order to enter into a business relationship, you must provide us with the personal data that is necessary for the execution of the contractual relationship or that we are required to collect by applicable national law. If you do not provide us with this data, it is not possible for us to carry out and process the contractual relationship.

10. Changes to this information

If the purpose or manner of processing your personal data changes significantly, we will update this information in time and inform you about the changes.

Competition Terms and Conditions

The Midea Home Challenge (the “Competition”) is run by Manchester City Football Club Limited (the “Club”) in conjunction with GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment (“Midea”) (together the “Promoters”). By entering, you fully agree and accept these Competition Terms and Conditions (“Competition T&Cs”).

1. Who Can Enter
The Competition is open to anyone with a personal social media account. Proof of identity and age may be required. Employees of the Club or their families as well as any person professionally connected with the Competition are not eligible to enter. If you are under 18 years of age you must have parental or legal guardian consent before participating in the Competition. The Promoters reserve the right to request that you provide contact details of a parent / legal guardian as part of the submission process and may contact your parent or legal guardian to verify such prior permission. If any prizewinner is under the age of 18, we may require the Competition T&Cs be signed by the prizewinner’s parent or legal guardian before the prize is awarded. Any such prize may at our discretion be awarded to the prizewinner’s parent/legal guardian.

2. How to Enter
The opening date and time for the Competition is: 8:00am on 24 May 2021 and the closing date and time is midnight on 30 June 2021 (the “Competition Period”). Any entries received outside the Competition Period will not be considered for the Competition, even if they appear to be registered. To enter:
- complete the interactive quiz, answering all five (5) questions correctly. Then complete your name, email address and country in order to be in the draw to win a prize - Use the ‘share’ function to increase your chances of winning and include the hashtag #MideaHomeChallenge in your post caption.

3. Other Conditions for Entry
Only one entry is permitted per person for each Competition. The following entries are not valid entries: (i) entries which do not meet any eligibility or entry requirements as set out in these Competition T&Cs (ii) entries submitted using a method or technique designed to unfairly increase chances of winning; (iii) third party or bulk entries; (iv) entries made in breach of these Competition T&Cs; (v) entries with inappropriate, illegal or offensive content; (vi) entries received outside the Competition Period; (vi) dishonest entries. The Promoters may verify the validity of entries, disqualify any entrant and invalidate or recover prizes issued to an entrant following breach of these Competition T&Cs or if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Competition. The Promoters will deal with such prizes at their discretion. No responsibility can be accepted for (i) any incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entries or information caused by an entrant or occurring during transmission or (ii) entries not received for whatever reason, including for entries lost, delayed or corrupted, or due to computer error in transit. The Promoters reserve the right to reject any name or text it considers inappropriate or offensive.

4. Selecting a Winner
The winners will be be randomly selected from all valid entries received within the Competition Period.
The winner(s) will be notified by email by Midea following the closing date. In order to accept the prize, the winner(s) will be required to communicate their acceptance to Midea by direct message within 5 days of being offered the prize. Midea may require the winner(s) to communicate their acceptance to Midea on less notice if reasonably necessary (prior to a matchday). Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winner(s). If the winner(s) cannot be contacted or if the winner(s) fails to communicate their acceptance of the prize to Midea within 5 working days of being contacted by Midea, or is unable to comply with these Competition T&C’s, the Promoters reserve the right to offer the prize to the another eligible entrant.

5. The Prize
No cash alternative to the Prizes will be offered. The Prizes are non-refundable, non-transferable and cannot be offered for sale. The Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any of the Prizes with another of equivalent value without giving notice. In the event of any of the Prizes being unavailable, the Promoters reserve the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value. The Promoters reserve the right in their sole discretion to withhold delivery of the Prizes until proof of eligibility and/or identity requested by the Promoters has been confirmed and if such proof is not produced on request to disqualify the entrant from the Competition. The winner is responsible for ensuring they are able to comply with these Competition T&Cs. In the event they are unable to do so then the Promoters reserve the right to redraw the Prizes. The Promoters are not liable for delayed or non-delivery of prizes for any reason beyond its control, including but not limited to loss or theft in transit or any failure by you to accept delivery of a prize for any reason.
If the winner has a physical or mental impairment which would inhibit their ability to enjoy/make full use of the Prizes then the Promoters ask that the winner makes this clear when he/she claims the Prizes so that the Club can consult with the winner well in advance and seek to make such reasonable adjustments as are practical and within the Promoters control, based on the circumstances to ensure the winner can enjoy the Prizes to the fullest extent. Where this is not possible, the Club will provide the winner with an alternative prize of equal value.
Midea will be responsible for all costs and liabilities associated with the delivery of the Prizes.

6. Publicity
The Promoters reserve the right to publish any or all entries (including parts of entries) and publication does not necessarily mean the entrant has won a prize. The winner(s) agrees to participate in reasonable publicity relating to this Competition, including but not limited to having their name and disclosure of county of residence published with their entry and used for future promotional, marketing and publicity purposes in any media worldwide without notice or without any fee being paid and will co-operate with any other reasonable requests by the Promoters relating to any post-winning publicity. No fees shall be payable to any entrant in relation to their entry in any Competition or any publicity relating to the Competition.

7. Intellectual Property
The Promoters do not claim any rights of ownership in your entry. As such, entrants will retain ownership of the copyright in their submitted entries and, subject to any license granted to the Club, you will also have the right to use your entry however you choose. By submitting your entry to the Promoters you hereby grant to the Promoters, and parties authorised by the Promoters, an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty free, transferrable license (with the right to sub- license) to use, edit, reproduce, play, perform, modify, translate, distribute, prepare derivative works of and/or to display your entry (or part thereof) as the Promoters see fit in any medium or method (whether now or later developed) to be exercised in the Promoters discretion throughout the world. You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any so-called "moral rights of authors" in your entry and such rights under section 77 and section 80 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, or similar rights arising under the laws of any jurisdiction, as you now have or hereafter acquire in relation to your entry.

8. General
Midea and the Club’s decision is final and binding. No correspondence will be entered into. Entry implies acceptance of these terms and conditions. Midea and the Club reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the Competition at any time as it sees fit and if voided, suspended or cancelled the Promoters are under no obligation to deliver any of the Prizes to any Competition entrant. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoters are not liable for any loss, damage, injury or disappointment suffered in connection with the Competition or any delays or failure (in whole or in part) to perform any of its obligations if such delay or failure is caused by something beyond its control. The Promoters will not be held responsible for the winner and/or companion not taking advantage of the Prizes due to health or any other reason. The Competition and these Competition T&Cs will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. The Club’s Customer Services team may be contacted on +44 161 444 1894. The promoter is: Manchester City Football Club Limited (company no. 40946) whose registered office is at Etihad Stadium, Etihad Campus, Manchester M11 3FF. The joint promoter is: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co. Ltd which is a company incorporated in China with registered number 9144060672547107X0 whose registered office is at Lingang Road, Beijiao, Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, P.R. China.

9. Personal Data
All Personal Data will be held and used by Midea in accordance with their privacy policies and in accordance with data protection legislation. By entering a Competition, you agree to the collection, retention, usage and distribution of your personal information in accordance with Midea’s privacy policy. They may also use the information you provide to verify your age and identity.