Terms of use
1. General
1.1 These terms of use ("Terms") apply to this website, which is operated by Hong Kong Living Foundation Limited 香港生活基金有限公司 ("HKLF").
1.2 Please read these Terms carefully before using this website. By accessing or otherwise using this website, you declare that you have taken note of, and agree to be bound by, these Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, you should not use this website.
1.3 HKLF reserves the right to change these Terms by posting changes online. It is your responsibility to check these Terms regularly. Your continued use of this website after any changes are made to these Terms constitutes an acknowledgement and agreement by you that you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms and any changes made to them.
1.4 If you object to any of these Terms or any subsequent modifications your only recourse is to immediately discontinue your use of this website.
1.5 You are provided with a revocable and non-exclusive right to:
(a) view the materials on this website;
(b) access the materials on this website; and
(c) use this website strictly in accordance with the provisions of these Terms.
1.6 You agree to comply with all laws when accessing and using this website.
1.7 Access to this website may be terminated at any time by HKLF without notice. These Terms will survive any such termination.
1.8 These Terms are governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that jurisdiction.
1.9 If HKLF waives any rights available to it under these Terms on any occasion, this does not means that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion.
1.10 If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining provisions of these Terms shall nevertheless continue in full force.
2. Intellectual Property
2.1 The contents of this website are owned by HKLF. HKLF, the logo of HKLF and all product names and logos appearing on this website are among the trademarks and service marks owned by HKLF or other entities. Unless HKLF agrees otherwise in writing, you are provided with access to this website only for your personal use and are not conferred by implication, estoppel or otherwise any licence to any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property right except as provided in these Terms.
2.2 Except where such use falls within the fair dealing exceptions under the Copyright Ordinance (Chapter 528 of the Laws of Hong Kong), no materials available on this website may be stored or transmitted by any means (including but not limited to electronic, mechanical, scanning, photocopying or recording) without prior written permission of HKLF. The modification, copying or incorporation into any other work of any material available on this website in any form is prohibited save that you may:
(a) print or download extracts of the materials on this website for your non-commercial, informational and personal use (unless such printing or downloading is expressly prohibited); or
(b) copy the materials on this website for the purpose of sending it to individual parties for their personal information provided that you acknowledge HKLF as the source of the materials and that you inform the third party that these Terms apply to them and that they must comply with them.
3. Disclaimer and limitation of liability
3.1 The materials on this website provide general information only. It is not intended as advice and must not be relied upon as such. The materials have not been prepared by taking into account your individual circumstances or requirements. You should make your own inquiries and if necessary take independent advice tailored to your specific circumstances before making any decisions.
3.2 HKLF reserves the right to change, add or remove any material on or from this website without notice.
3.3 In general, HKLF believes that this website's links to publicly accessible third party apps, websites or webpages is legally permissible and consistent with common customary expectations of those who use the internet. If any entity does not wish that this website links with their apps, websites or webpages, then HKLF will remove the link from this website upon their written request. These linked apps, websites or webpages do not form part of this website and are not under the control of HKLF or its related bodies corporate and neither HKLF nor its related bodies corporate have any responsibility for the content of any such hyperlink or linked apps, websites or webpages. If you follow a link to any such app, website or webpage, you leave this website and do so entirely at your own risk.
3.4 To the extent permitted by law, all implied conditions, warranties, guarantees and undertakings are expressly excluded and HKLF is not liable for any losses, costs, expenses, damages, liabilities, payments and penalties ("losses") arising out of or in connection with:
(a) any use of this website or any other app, website or webpage to which this website is linked;
(b) any errors in or omissions from the materials on this website;
(c) any action or decision by you in reliance on the materials on this website;
(d) any use of the information contained on this website infringing any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual property right of any person;
(e) any interruption, delay in operation or transmission, virus, communications failure, internet access difficulties, or malfunction in equipment or software; or
(f) any breach of contract by HKLF or any negligence of HKLF, its employees, volunteers or agents,
and you release HKLF from all claims, demands, actions and proceedings for such losses.
3.5 To the extent permitted by law, if HKLF is liable for a breach of any condition, warranty, guarantee or undertaking the exclusion of which is not permitted by law, then its liability for such breach will be limited, at its option, to any one or more of the following:
(a) in the case of goods: the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods; the repair of the goods; the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods, or the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; and
(b) in the case of services: the supply of the services again, or the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
4. Use of information
4.1 If you upload or otherwise provide any information or content for the purpose of, or in the course of accessing or using this website, you agree that such information or content will be available to HKLF to use in any manner it thinks fit subject to applicable provisions of any legislation including (without limitation) privacy legislation. You should ensure that information or content you provide to HKLF is, at the time of provision, correct and not misleading and notify HKLF as soon as practicable when changes to the information or content are required. You must not upload or otherwise provide any information or content which you know or suspect is incorrect or misleading, or which is fraudulent, defamatory or offensive or which otherwise infringes the intellectual property, proprietary or other rights of others or otherwise violates any law. You agree to grant HKLF a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable right to exercise the copyright you have in any information or content. You also agree to waive, and consent to any acts or omissions which would otherwise constitute an infringement of, any moral rights or similar rights you may have or may acquire in the future in that information or content in HKLF's favour.
4.2 By accessing this website, you consent to HKLF's Privacy Policy Statement contained on this website.
5. Language versions
To the extent of any inconsistency between the English and Chinese versions of these Terms, the English version will prevail.