Terms of use
HKKPI maintains this website (the "Website")
for informational purposes only. Please read this agreement carefully before
using the Website. Access to this Website is subject to the terms and
conditions set out below. Your use of the Website signifies your acceptance of
this agreement. If you do not agree to comply with this agreement, please do
not use the Website.
Trademarks and Copyrights
HKKPI
(unless otherwise indicated) either owns the intellectual property rights in
the underlying HTML, text, images, audio/video clips, and other content that is
made available to you on this Website (the "Materials"), or has
obtained the permission of the owner of the intellectual property to use the
Materials on this Website.
HKKPI
grants you a limited licence to display on your computer, print, download, and
use the Materials for non-commercial, personal, or educational purposes only,
provided that:
· you agree that HKKPI is not liable for any liability you
incur as a result of using of this limited licence;
· you do not modify any of the Materials;
· you include with and display on each copy the associated
copyright notice and this limited licence.
No other
use is permitted without the express written permission of HKKPI. Nothing in
this notice confers any right in any copyright of the HKKPI or other copyright
owner's content provided on this Website.
Cookies
HKKPI
currently uses "cookies" on this Website to monitor traffic patterns
and improve our Website. Our cookies do not collect or disclose any personal
information about the person using the browser. They are only used to detect
the fact that a given visitor has been to our site before in the past. In other
words, these cookies help us to differentiate between first time and repeated
visitors.
You
can control the cookies used by our Website by modifying the settings in your
browser. Please refer to the help and support area on your Internet browser for
instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available on www.ico.org.uk and www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that by
deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access
certain areas or features of our Website.
Disclaimer
Materials
provided on this Website are provided "as is" without warranty of any
kind, either expressed or implied, including without limitation warranties of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. HKKPI
specifically does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy
or completeness of any such Materials. HKKPI periodically adds, deletes,
changes, improves, or updates the Materials on this Website without notice.
Under no circumstances shall the HKICPA be liable for any loss, damage,
liability or expense incurred or suffered which is claimed to have resulted
from the use of this Website, including without limitation, any fault, error,
omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. Use of this Website is at
your sole risk. Under no circumstances including, but not limited to,
negligence, shall HKKPI be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special
or consequential damages, even if the HKKPI has been advised of the possibility
of such damages.
You
specifically acknowledge and agree that HKKPI is not liable for any conduct of
any user of the Website.
As a
condition of use of this Website, you agree to indemnify the HKKPI from and
against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses
arising out of your use of this Website, including without limitation any
claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by you of this
agreement. If you are dissatisfied with any material on this Website or with
any part of this agreement, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue
using this Website.
Some
of the links on this Website may lead to resources outside of HKKPI. The linked
sites are not under the control of HKKPI and HKKPI has not reviewed or
investigated in any way the information at such linked sites. HKKPI makes no
representation or warranty as to the contents of any linked site or any link
contained in a linked site. HKKPI is providing these links only as a
convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement,
representation or warranty by HKKPI.
This
Website may contain advertisements by third parties. Unless otherwise
specifically stated on this Website, HKKPI does not endorse or make any
representation regarding the liability, quality or accuracy of any products or
services featured in, or linked to any advertisement that appears on this
Website.
You
should not assume that the Materials are complete or up-to-date or that the
affairs of HKKPI and its programmes have not changed since the date that the
Materials are posted. HKKPI does not oblige itself to periodically or otherwise
update this information, however regular reviews of the Materials for content
and relevance will be conducted.
Communications
made through the electronic mail and/or messaging capabilities of this Website
shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal notice to or from HKKPI, or
representatives, with respect to any application or existing or potential claim
or cause of action against HKKPI or representatives.
Discussion Forum Disclaimer and Policy Statement
Discussion
contents reflect the views and opinions of individual participants only and not
necessarily those of HKKPI. The contents of messages will not be changed or
altered by HKKPI in any way. However, HKKPI reserves the right to delete any
messages it believes are unsuitable in content. HKKPI bears no responsibility
for accuracy of comments of any participants and will bear no legal liability
for discussion results. Participants must maintain a high level of professional
courtesy.
The
following rules govern the discussion forums presented in this Website. Please
read carefully before participating. Your use of the discussion forum in this
Website will constitute your agreement to comply with these rules:
1. If you participate in a discussion, you are responsible
for ensuring that any material you post to this Website does not violate or
infringe upon the copyright, patent, trademark or any other personal or
proprietary rights of any third party, and is posted with the permission of the
owner of such rights.
2. You agree not to use any obscene or offensive language or
to place on this Website any material that is libellous, abusive, or hateful,
constitutes junk mail or unauthorized advertising, invades anyone's privacy, or
encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil
liability, or otherwise violate any local, or international law or regulation.
You agree to use the discussion forum in this Website only for lawful purposes.
3. You must not send any information or material to this
Website which is indecent, unethical, obscene or contains pornography.
4. You must not use any device, software or routine to
interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website.
5. All discussion forum messages must contain the accurate
name and electronic mail address of the participant.
6. Discussion material in this Website is for your personal
use only. You may not in any way make commercial or other unauthorized use, by
publication, re-transmission, distribution, or otherwise, of material obtained
through or in this Website.
7. HKKPI does not monitor the messages on the forum in this
Website on regular basis. Those who wish to contact HKKPI should use the e-mail
links contained elsewhere in this Website.
8. The HKKPI may use cookies to retain your I.D. or other
personal information about you when using the forums in this Website.
Amendments
HKKPI
may revise this agreement and/or introduce additional terms and conditions at
any time and from time to time. HKKPI reserves its exclusive right in its sole
discretion to alter, limit or discontinue this Website or any of the Material
in any respect.
No Waiver of the HKKPI's Rights
No
act, delay or omission by the HKKPI shall affect its right, powers and remedies
under this agreement or any further or other exercise of such rights, powers or
remedies. The rights and remedies under this agreement are cumulative and not
exclusive of the rights and remedies provided by law.
Severance
If
any provision of this agreement is not or ceases to be legally binding and
enforceable, it will not affect the legality, binding effect or enforceability
of any other provision.
Access to the Website
HKKPI
reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this
Website or any portion thereof without notice.
Communication over internet
Communications
over the Internet may be subject to interruption, transmission blackout,
delayed transmission or incorrect data transmission due to the public nature of
the Internet or otherwise.
Security
measures
We
do not represent or confirm the following (or any of them):
1. There will be no delay, failure, error or omission or
loss of information in transmission;
2. No viruses or other contaminating or destructive or
otherwise inappropriate properties will be transmitted;
3. No damage will occur to your computer system.
You
are solely responsible for the following:
1. Adequate protection and back up of data and equipment;
2. Undertaking reasonable and appropriate precautions to
scan for computer viruses and other contaminating or destructive or otherwise
inappropriate properties;
3. Keeping your personal information, which we use to
identify you for conducting certain transactions available in this Site,
secured from unauthorized use;
4. We do not represent or confirm the accuracy, functionality
and performance of any third party software that may be used in connection with
this Site.
System
Failure
Under
no circumstances shall the Institute be liable for any failure of performance,
system, server or connection failure, error, omission, interruption, breach of
security, computer virus, malicious code, corruption, delay in operation or
transmission, transmission error or unavailability of access in connection with
your accessing this website and/or using the online services even if the Institute
had been advised as to the possibility.
Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
This
agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Privacy Policy Statement
HKKPI
has firm commitment to the privacy of any personal data we hold and the
principles and obligations set out in the relevant law.
Please
refer to our Privacy Policy Statement for detail.
Contacting Us
If
you have any questions about this agreement, our Privacy Policy Statement, the
practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, please
contact https://www.hkkpi.com/.