使用条款

1. DEFINITIONS

'HKDC' and 'we' as used herein refer to Hong Kong Design Centre Limited. HKDC operates and administers the website “www.designdistrict.hk” (the 'Websites') through which certain services are delivered (the 'Services'). 'You' and 'User' as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing the Services for any reason or any purpose. 'Contents' is used herein to refer to all or any of, as the case may be, information, data, content, analysis, news, reports, programmes, photographs, pictures, graphics, video, audio, software and other materials and services, communications, transmissions and other items, tangible or intangible.

2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

HKDC provides the Services to you, subject to the following Terms of Use which we may, in our sole discretion and at any time, without prior notice to you amend from time to time. You accept and agree to be bound by the Terms of Use upon your using any Services or otherwise accessing the Websites or using any information found therein. If you do not accept the Terms of Use, you may not and should not access the Websites or use the services or information provided thereunder. If you have any questions about the Terms of Use, or about accessing and using the Websites, please contact us at [email protected].

3. THE SERVICE

All Services are subject to the Terms of Use and HKDC assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure of the provision of any Services. HKDC shall not be liable for any failure of any Services in whole or in part or for your inability to gain access in whole or in part to such Services due to the delay or failure of any communication networks or any party providing such access.

4. REGISTRATION

4.1 You may be required to complete in our registration or application forms before certain Services become available to you. In filling in those forms, you undertake to:

a) provide true, accurate, current and complete personal information about yourself/your company;

b) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about any Contents you posted or provided by you on the Websites; and

c) inform us immediately of any changes to the information in paragraphs (a) and (b) above as required.

4.2 HKDC may suspend or terminate your membership or refuse access by you to the websites without prior notice if we suspend any information or any Contents provided by you is not true, accurate, current and complete.

4.3 HKDC has the absolute discretion to refuse registration of any users and to terminate the services/membership for any reason whatsoever.

5. PASSWORDS AND ACCOUNT SECURITY

You may receive a password and/or user name upon completing our on-line registration form.

You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of passwords associated with any account you use to access the Services. In this regard, you agree that you will be solely responsible to HKDC for all activities that occur under your account. If you become aware of any unauthorised use of your password or your account, you agree to notify HKDC immediately at [email protected].

6. HKDC PRIVACY POLICY

For details of our Privacy Policy Statement, please visit here

7. USER CONDUCT

7.1 By your conduct in using any Services or otherwise accessing the Websites or using any information found therein, you undertake not to use the Services in the following manners:

a) trespass, break into, access, use or attempt to trespass, break into, access or use any other parts of our servers, and/or any data areas for which you have not been authorized by us;

b) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Websites;

c) post or transmit any unlawful, fraudulent, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, threatening, abusive, hateful, offensive, or otherwise objectionable or unreasonable Information of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that may constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or foreign law;

d) post or transmit any advertisements, solicitations, chain letters, pyramid schemes, investment opportunities or schemes or other unsolicited commercial communication, or engage in spamming or flooding;

e) post or transmit any Information or software which contains any virus, trojan horse, worm or other harmful component;

f) post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit any Information obtained through the Websites for commercial purposes; or

g) upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, Information obtained through the Websites which is protected by copyright, or other proprietary right, or create derivative works with respect thereto, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner or right-holder.

8. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION

The Contents on the Websites contain information provided by our service providers registered with us for the purpose of providing information on the Websites (“Service Providers”). Such information provided by the Service Providers is, in no circumstances, considered to be recommendation or endorsement by HKDC for any purpose with respect to any person, product or service.

HKDC is not responsible if any such Information is not true, accurate, current or complete and does not verify such Information. Accordingly we do not accept any responsibility whatsoever in respect of such Information. Any use of and reliance on such Information is at your own risk.

9. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

You agree that all information provided by you voluntarily make available in the public area are not to be regarded as being collected by HKDC.

10. INDEMNITY

10.1 You agree to indemnify and hold HKDC, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees harmless from and against all claims, proceedings, damages, injuries, liabilities from:

a) your acts or inaction in breach of these Terms of Use;

b) your use of any Services; or

c) the Contents, information you provide on the Websites or personally identifiable information you submit, post to or transmit through the Services.

11. NO RESALE OF SERVICES

You undertake not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or otherwise exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Services, use of the Services, or access to the Services.

12. LINKS

12.1 The links on the Websites may take you to other external websites that are not operated by the HKDC, and you acknowledge and agree that HKDC have no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of any Information provided by linked websites.

12.2 Links to other websites do not constitute an endorsement by HKDC of such websites or the Information, products, advertising or other materials available on those websites.

13. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

13.1 You expressly understand and agree that:

a) Your use of the services is at your own risk. To the extent permitted by law, HKDC expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.

b) HKDC makes no warranty that:

I) The services will meet your requirements;

II) The services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free;

III) The results that may be obtained from the use of the services will be accurate or reliable;

IV) The quality of any contents or merchandise purchased or obtained by you through the services will meet your expectations; and

V) Any errors in any software will be corrected.

13.2 Any contents downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the services are obtained at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system and/or mobile telecommunication devices or loss of data that results from the download of any such contents.

13.3 No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from HKDC or through or from the services shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the Terms of use.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

14.1 You expressly understand and agree that, to the extent permitted by law, HKDC shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, resulting from:

a) The use or the inability to use the services;

b)The cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any contents, other information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the services;

c) Unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions or personally identifiable information;

d) Statements or conduct of any third party in connection with any services; or

e) Any other matter relating to the services.

14.2 HKDC's liability, if it is so held liable despite the provisions herein, to the user in relation to the services shall be limited to the amount of the relevant transaction or the direct damages sustained, whichever is less.

15. COPYRIGHT AND TRADE MARK POLICIES

15.1 All intellectual property rights subsisting in respect of the Websites belong to HKDC or have been lawfully licensed to HKDC for use on the Website. All rights under applicable laws are hereby reserved.

15.2 You agree that we are free to use, disclose, adopt and modify all and any ideas, concepts, knowhow, proposals, suggestions, comments and other communications and information provided by you to us ('Feedback') in connection with the Website and/or Services 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.

15.3 For details of HKDC Copyright Policy, please visit here.

16. MISCELLANEOUS

Failure of HKDC at any time to enforce any provision of the Terms of Use or to require performance by you or any third parties of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity of the Terms of Use or any part hereof or the right of HKDC thereafter to enforce its rights hereunder; nor shall it be taken to constitute a waiver of that default or any other or subsequent default or breach by your or such third parties.

17. GOVERNING LAW

The Terms of Use shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong and you agree irrevocably to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.

18. SEVERABILITY

If any provision of these Terms of Use, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance should, for any reason and to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby, but rather shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

Please note that this Terms of Use may be amended from time to time. Notices regarding amendments will be posted at this website to inform you of the effective dates of the amendments. Amendments will not have retrospective effect.

私隐政策

一 ) 一般政策声明

我们保证完全达到《个人资料（私隐）条例》的规定，或在可能的情况下，更会高于国际认可的个人资料私隐保障标准。为此，我们将确保我们的职员能够遵守最严格的保安及保密标准。

二 ) 资料搜集及用途

本网站访客提供个人资料，全属自愿性质。个人资料可包括姓名、地址、电邮地址等。该等资料只会被我们用作于我们邀请阁下提供资料的相关页面上所陈述之目的。未经阁下事先同意，我们不会利用阁下的个人资料作任何其他用途，除非有关使用为法律所许可或规定。当阁下浏览本网站时，我们只会将阁下的到访记录为一次「点击」，而不会收集关于阁下任何可供辩识本网站访客身分的个人资料。该等「点击」资料可让我们收集一般统计数据，以显示每日浏览本网站的访客数目。当阁下浏览本网站的某些服务时，我们会透过小型文字档案 (cookies) 来收集有关阁下浏览的一般资料。该等资料只会被用作分析阁下对我们提供的服务的喜好。阁下可选择接受或拒绝贮存小型文字档案 (cookies) ，惟若阁下选择拒绝贮存小型文字档案 (cookies) ，阁下将不能使用本网站的某些功能。

三 ) 透露个人资料

我们的一般政策是不会向第三者透露可供识别的个人资料，除非此为法律所规定。为满足上述任何用途之需要，我们可能会将阁下的个人资料转移给合作伙伴或服务承办商。我们只提供可让第三方机构完成合约所列明的服务内容的所需个人资料。我们与第三方机构的合约内将列明有关个人资料的用途，有关个人资料亦会受其私隐政策条例所约束。

四 ) 个人资料的保留

在阁下与我们的往来中，我们会保留阁下网上交易的纪录以作审核之用。我们的一般政策是保留该等资料二十四个月。我们不会提供网上设施供阁下删除由我们所保留的个人资料。

五 ) 个人资料的保安

阁下向我们提供的所有个人资料均受本网站保护，并限定只有获得授权之职员才可接触该等资料。

六 ) 你的同意及权利

通过使用我们的服务、登记或浏览网站，阁下已同意我们对阁下个人资料的收集及使用，以及其他在此声明中包括的活动。

根据香港个人私隐条例，阁下有以下权利：

• 查问我们是否有保存阁下的个人资料，并可查阅这些资料；

• 要求我们更改不正确的资料；

• 查询我们对个人资料的政策及做法，以及我们保留了的个人资料类别。

七 ) 如阁下欲查阅或更改阁下的个人资料，又或对私稳政策有任何问题，请电邮至 [email protected] 或去函至香港九龙塘达之路七十二号创新中心一楼

我们可能会修订私隐政策，我们鼓励阁下不时浏览本私隐政策声明，以确保阁下得悉最新版本。一切修订将不具备可追溯效力。

此私隐政策内容为英文之翻译本。如英文版本和中文版本有任何地方不一致，以英文版本为准。