Terms & Conditions
Please read through these Terms carefully. By accessing the Hong Kong Law web site at hongkonglaw.com (“the Site”) or by otherwise accessing any content found on this web site, you are deemed to have entered into an agreement with Hong Kong Law and to have agreed to be bound by the terms set out below.
The Site is owned and operated by Hong Kong Law.
These terms were last updated on 22 September, 2022.
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Use of Hong Kong Law Content
- Term and Termination
- Changes to the Site
- Registration, Passwords and Responsibilities
- Privacy Policy
- No Warranty, Disclaimer of Liability and Indemnity
- Force Majeure
- Miscellaneous
- Governing Law and Jurisdiction
Intellectual Property Protection
The contents and design of the Site and any material emailed to you or otherwise supplied to you in conjunction with the Site (such contents, design and materials being collectively referred to as the “Hong Kong Law Content”), are copyright of Hong Kong Law and its licensors, except where noted. You may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce any trade marks (such as “Hong Kong Law” name and stylized logo, or other trade names appearing on the Site) for any reason without written permission from Hong Kong Law. The software which operates the Site is proprietary software and you may not use it except as expressly allowed under these Terms. You may not copy, reverse engineer, modify or otherwise deal with the software.
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Use of Hong Kong Law Content
You may retrieve and display Hong Kong Law Content on a computer screen or (if expressly authorised) mobile telephone, print individual pages on paper (but not photocopy them) and store such pages in electronic form on your mobile telephone for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly set out above, you may not reproduce, modify or in any way commercially exploit any of the Content. In particular, but without limiting the general application of the restrictions contained in the preceding sentence, you may not do any of the following without prior written permission from Hong Kong Law:
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reproduce or store in or transmit to any other web site, newsgroup, mailing list, electronic bulletin board, server or other storage device connected to a network or regularly or systematically store in electronic or print form, all or any part of the Hong Kong Law Content, or
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modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit all or any part of the Hong Kong Law Content (including use as part of any library, archive or similar service) without the prior written consent of Hong Kong Law,
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remove the copyright or trade mark notice from any copies of the Hong Kong Law Content made under these Terms.
Any use of the Hong Kong Law Content not specifically permitted above is expressly prohibited. Requests for permission for other uses may be sent to the Webmaster at Hong Kong Law by e-mail to contact@hongkonglaw.com, and may be subject to a fee.
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Term and Termination
Hong Kong Law may, in its discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Site (including any right to access and use Hong Kong Law Content) with or without cause by delivering notice to you. The rights of termination are in addition to all other rights or remedies of Hong Kong Law provided in these Terms or by law.
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Changes to the Site
Hong Kong Law reserves the right, in its discretion, to suspend, change, modify, add or remove portions of Hong Kong Law Content available on the Site at any time and to restrict the use and accessibility of the Site.
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Registration, Passwords and Responsibilities
Certain areas of the Site are only open to you if you are a registered user. You are solely responsible for the confidentiality and use of and access to Hong Kong Law Content and the Site using your user name, sign-on password, and/or I.D. You agree to immediately notify Hong Kong Law if you become aware of any loss or theft of any sign-on password or I.D. or any unauthorised use of a sign-on password, I.D., user name, or of Hong Kong Law Content or the Site. You will, if required, provide Hong Kong Law with accurate, complete registration information (including in particular your e-mail address) and inform Hong Kong Law of any changes to such information. For the purpose of confirming your compliance with the terms of these Terms, Hong Kong Law reserves the right to monitor and record activity on the Site, including access to Hong Kong Law Content.
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Privacy Policy
The information that you provide about yourself to Hong Kong Law will only be used in accordance with Hong Kong Law’s Privacy Policy Statement (see below).
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No Warranty, Disclaimer of Liability and Indemnity
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the high quality and accuracy of the Site, Hong Kong Law makes no warranty, express or implied concerning the Hong Kong Law Content, the Site, software or products or services available through the Site (the “Site Services”), which are provided “as is”. Hong Kong Law expressly disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to warranties of fitness for a particular purpose and warranties of merchantability. In no event will Hong Kong Law, its affiliates or other suppliers be liable for direct, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information or other pecuniary loss) arising directly or indirectly from the use of (or failure to use) or reliance on the Site Services, even if Hong Kong Law has been advised of the possibility that such damages may arise. Hong Kong Law does not guarantee the accuracy, content, or timeliness of the Site Services or that they or related systems are free from viruses or other contaminating or destructive properties.In no event will any liability of Hong Kong Law, its affiliates, agents and licensors to you (and/or any third party) arising out of any kind of legal claim (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) in any way connected with the Site Services or breach of these Terms by Hong Kong Law exceed the amount, if any, paid by you to Hong Kong Law in respect of the particular Site Service to which the claim relates. Upon Hong Kong Law’s request, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Hong Kong Law from any claims and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, related to any breach of these Terms by you or your use of any Site Services.
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Force Majeure
Hong Kong Law, its affiliates and its information providers will not be liable or deemed to be in default for any delay or failure in performance or interruption of the delivery of Hong Kong Law Content resulting directly or indirectly from any cause or circumstance beyond its or their reasonable control, including but not limited to failure of electronic or mechanical equipment or communication lines, telephone or other interconnect problems, computer viruses, unauthorized access, theft, operator errors, severe weather, earthquakes or natural disasters, strikes or other labour problems, wars, or governmental restrictions.
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Miscellaneous
Changes to these Terms Hong Kong Law may, in its discretion, change these Terms (including those relating to your use of Site and/or Hong Kong Law Content). When Terms are changed, Hong Kong Law will notify you by email or by publishing details of those changes by including them in these Terms. If you use the Site after Hong Kong Law has published or notified you of the changes, you are agreeing now to be bound by those changes. If you do not agree to be bound by those changes, you should not use the Site any further after they are published. Access to certain Hong Kong Law Content may be subject to additional terms and conditions.
Third Party Content and other Web Sites Parts of the Site may contain third party content. The providers of other content are responsible for ensuring that such material complies with international and national law. Hong Kong Law is not responsible for any third party content or error, omission or inaccuracy. The Site may contain links to other web sites. Hong Kong Law is not responsible for the availability of these web sites or their contents.
Assignment of Agreement This agreement is personal to you and your rights and obligations under these Terms may not be assigned, sub-licensed or otherwise transferred. This agreement may be assigned to a third party by Hong Kong Law.
Non-Waiver No delay or omission on the part of either party in requiring performance by the other party of its obligations will operate as a waiver of any right.
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Notices
Notices to Hong Kong Law must be given in writing by letter and sent to Hong Kong Law at:
Hong Kong Law
6th Floor, Wings Building
110 Queen's Road Central
Central
Hong Kong
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Severability / Survival / Statute of Limitations
If any provision of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, such will not render all the Terms unenforceable or invalid but rather the Terms will be read and construed as if the invalid or unenforceable provision(s) are not contained therein. Any cause of action of yours with respect to these Terms must be filed in a court of Hong Kong, within one year after the cause of action has arisen, or such cause will be barred, invalid, and void.
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Whole Agreement
Save as expressly referred to herein, any representation, warranty, term or condition not expressly set out in these Terms shall not apply.
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Headings
Headings in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal meaning or effect.
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Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of Hong Kong shall (subject to the paragraph below) have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of, under, or in connection with these Terms or the legal established by them, and for those purposes irrevocably submit all disputes to the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts.
For the exclusive benefit of Hong Kong Law, Hong Kong Law shall retain the right to bring proceedings as to the substance of the matter in the courts of the country of your residence or, where these Terms are entered into in the course of your trade or profession, the country of your principal place of business.
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Privacy Policy
Collection and Use of Personal Details
Personal details of users of hongkonglaw.com and/or ragetree.com will be collected and processed upon registration for the website, either by the end-user or on their behalf by the employees, agents or assignees of Hong Kong Law (“Hong Kong Law”). All personal information is collected, inputted, stored, transmitted or retrieved by and for the sole use of Hong Kong Law, it employees, agents or assignees.
This information is collected for the following purposes:
- to create login accounts and enable the end-user to access the site;
- to notify users of new products, services or other offerings both within Hong Kong Law Innovations and across the Hong Kong Law group of companies and affiliated companies.
User information is retained for in-house research to:
- improve our understanding of user needs and assist in product and service development
- assist in strategic development
Results of such research and analysis will be for the sole use of Hong Kong Law and companies within the Hong Kong Law group.
Security Policy
Hong Kong Law will endeavour to maintain appropriate measures to ensure that users’ personal details are not misused, accidentally destroyed, lost or altered; and that if they are passed outside the Hong Kong Law group of companies for reasons authorized by Hong Kong Law, the assignee will act only upon instruction from Hong Kong Law Limited
In regards to inquires about or privacy and data protection policies, the Hong Kong Law webmaster can be contacted at: ‘privacy’ at hongkonglaw.com or by post at:
Hong Kong Law
6th Floor, Wings Building
110 Queen's Road Central
Central
Hong Kong
Cookies
A cookie is a file which may be placed on the user’s hard drive following a visit to the hongkonglaw.com website. Cookies subsequently allow the user to move quickly and easily around the website by keeping a record of your previous visit(s). They will be used only for identification purposes and the tracking of a user’s sessions. A user may have the cookie linked to their login ID as a way of identifying them. Cookies can be deleted from a computer’s hard drive at any time by the user.