Important Notices
Disclaimer
The information provided by the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children (HKSPC) on HKSPC’s website (“Website”) is for indicative purpose only. While HKSPC shall endeavor but without guarantee that the most current, correct and clearly expressed information will be provided to the public at this Website, HKSPC will not be liable for any errors in, omissions from, or misstatements or misrepresentations (whether express or implied) concerning any such information, and will not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any loss (including without limitation consequential loss, destruction or damage) however arising from or in respect of any use or misuse of the information delivered on this Website.
To facilitate access by users to information provided by other parties, this Website may provide or assist in providing links to external websites. Provision of, or assistance in providing, these links gives rise to no statement, representation or warranty, express or implied, that HKSPC agrees or does not disagree with the contents of any such external sites and HKSPC will not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any loss (including without limitation consequential loss, destruction or damage) however arising from or in respect of any use or misuse of the contents of any such external websites delivered on or via this Website.
By using this Website, you agree to accept unconditionally the terms of this Disclaimer and as they may be revised and/or amended from time to time by HKSPC without prior notice to you. Please check this page regularly for any revisions and/or amendments which may be made.
HKSPC cannot guarantee your access and you acknowledge that we make no representation or warranty that this Website will be available. You are responsible for your own hardware, software and facilities and we cannot guarantee compatibility of this Website with your systems. We shall not be responsible for any loss or damage you may incur as a result of any such suspension, restriction or prohibition.
Copyright Notice
Unless otherwise indicated, HKSPC owns the copyright in all contents published on this Website, including but not limited to all logos, text, graphics, photos, audios, videos, software, programme and compilation of data or other materials.
All intellectual property rights subsisting in respect of this Website belong to HKSPC or have been lawfully licensed to us for use on this Website. Materials on this Website are, for any non-commercial purpose, freely to be browsed, displayed, downloaded, printed or reproduced in their original format provided that proper attribution has been given to HKSPC, and this Copyright Notice should be included in each copy. HKSPC reserves all rights that are granted or not expressly granted in this Notice. Prior written consent should be obtained from HKSPC if any person wishes to use the aforesaid materials in any way other than that permitted above. Such requests should be addressed to our Corporate Communications Department for process.
You agree that HKSPC is free to use, disclose, adopt and modify all and any ideas, concepts, know-how, proposals, suggestions, comments and other communications and information provided by you to HKSPC (“Feedback”) in connection with this Website without any payment to you. You hereby waive and agree to waive all and any rights and claims for any consideration, fees, royalties, charges and/or other payments in relation to our use, disclosure, adoption and/or modification of any or all of your Feedback.
The copyright issues defined in the above paragraph do not extend to any materials on the linked websites or any contents on this Website where the copyright of which belongs to a third party. Permission or authorisation to use such contents would need to be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
If any websites wish to create hyperlinks to this Website, please send your request to our Corporate Communications Department by email.
Privacy Policy
In accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, HKSPC has adopted the following policies to safeguard the Website user’s personal information and is committed to protecting its confidentiality. HKSPC will limit the collection and use of personal information to the purpose directly related to the functions or activities stated during the collection. Without the Website user’s prior consent, HKSPC will not disclose any personal information to third parties.
Basic Statement
HKSPC collects personal information from the Website user on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, title, company, address, phone number, email address, etc. The personal information collected will be used for carrying out the functions or activities stated on the collection webpage only. HKSPC will not sell, rent or transmit personal information to third parties without the Website user’s consent, unless it is:
- required by laws; or
- for the receipt of promotional materials from third parties named on the form as you have agreed
Personal Data of Donor
When making a payment by credit card or through the HKSPC online donation platform, your personal information will be encrypted during transmission. Your credit card information will only be collected by the relevant bank and the credit card company via their payment gateway for the purpose of processing the payment. Transactions of payments will not be produced in the HKSPC’s system and the bank concerned will not disclose any of the credit card information to HKSPC.
Other personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, will be encrypted during transmission to HKSPC for the purpose of recording the donation and sending the official donation receipt to the donor. Subject to your prior consent, you may receive promotional materials and update information about our work from HKSPC. If at any time you do not wish to receive such information, please email or write to HKSPC to cancel the consent.
User Information
When you visit this Website, our service provider makes a record of your visit. This record shows your domain name, server address, IP address, operating system, browser type and the webpages you have visited. Our service provider may also obtain information about your general internet usage to help us improve the Website by using “cookies” which are stored in your computer. Information gathered by using cookies may include the date and time of your visits, the pages viewed, time spent at the Website, and the web sites you visited immediately before and after our Website. The service provider only discloses to HKSPC aggregate information about the visitors. We will only use the information for preparing statistical purposes.
Correct, Update and Delete
If you would like to correct, update or remove your personal information, please contact our Corporation Communications Department.
Storage and Access
All personal information that user of the Website provides to HKSPC will be secured on a server with restricted access. HKSPC reserves the right to appoint agents, who are bound by strict confidentiality requirements to handle the data. Only designated employees or agents who are assigned to carry out legitimate activities / functions are be permitted to handle the data. Employees or agents who violate HKSPC’s privacy requirements are subject to disciplinary or legal actions.
Option not to Receive Further Mailings
If you do not wish to receive further update information, donation appeal or promotion materials by email or mailing from us, please provide your email address and write to us or send an email with subject “unsubscribe” to our Corporate Communications Department.
Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, Corporate Communications Department
Address: 387, Portland Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon
Tel: 3184 6665
Email: ccd@hkspc.org
If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version of this Important Notices, the English version shall prevail.