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Terms of Use
Thanks for using the services provided by United Properties Limited ("the Company"). By accessing and using the web site from the Company (the "Web Site"), you are agreeing to be legally bound by these Terms of Service ("TOS").
1. GENERAL ACCEPTANCE OF USE
By using the Web Site, you signify your acceptance of these terms and conditions of service. You may not use the Web Site for any unlawful purpose. From time to time, the Company may modify these terms and conditions. Accordingly, please continue to review these terms and conditions of service whenever accessing or using this Web Site. Your use of the Web Site, or any service on this Web Site, after the posting of modifications to these terms and conditions of service will constitute your acceptance of the terms and conditions of service, as modified. If, at any time, you do not wish to accept the terms and conditions of service, you may not use the Web Site. Any terms and conditions proposed by you which are in addition to or which conflict with these terms and conditions of service are expressly rejected by the Company and shall be of no force or effect.
You understand and agree that the Company may discontinue or change the Web Site at any time, without notice. You also understand and agree that the Company may discontinue or restrict your use of this Web Site for any reason without notice.
2. COPYRIGHT AND LIMITATIONS ON USE
The service provided on the Web Site, including but not limited to text, content, photographs, video, audio, and graphics, (the "Service") is the property of the Company or its licensors, and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. This Web Site and the Service may be used only for your PERSONAL and NON-COMMERCIAL USE. You agree not to copy, reproduce, modify, display, perform, publish, create derivative works from, or store any Service from the Web Site. You also agree not to distribute, transmit, broadcast or circulate any Service from the Web Site to anyone, including but not limited to someone else in the same company or organization, without the express prior written consent of the Company, with this one exception:
You may, on an occasional and irregular basis, reproduce, distribute, display or transmit an insubstantial portion of Service, for a noncommercial purpose and without charge, to a limited number of individuals, provided you include all copyright and other proprietary rights notices with such portion of the Service in the same form in which the notices appear at the Web Site, the original source attribution, and the phrase "Used with permission from www.uplhk.com, a web site from United Properties Limited." However, you may not post any Service from the Web Site to forums, newsgroups, mail lists, electronic bulletin boards, or other web sites, without the prior written consent of the Company
The Web Site includes facts, views, opinions and recommendations of individuals and organizations deemed of interest. The Company do not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of, or otherwise endorse, these views, opinions and recommendations.
3. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
Due to the number of sources from which the Service is obtained, and the inherent hazards of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in such Service and the Web Site. The content and the web site are provided "as is", without any warranties. The Company and its affiliates, agents and licensors cannot and do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currentness, timeliness, noninfringement, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the content available through the web site, or the web site itself, and the Company hereby disclaims any such express or implied warranties.
Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, agents or licensors will be liable to you or anyone else for any loss or injury, other than death or personal injury resulting directly from use of the web site, caused in whole or part by its negligence or contingencies beyond its control in procuring, compiling, interpreting, reporting or delivering the web site and any content at the web site. In no event will the Company, its affiliates, agents or licensors be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you in reliance on such content or the Web Site. The Company and its affiliates, agents and licensors shall not be liable to you or anyone else for any damages (including, without limitation, consequential, special, incidental, indirect, or similar damages), other than direct damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages governed by the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
4. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
This Web Site contains hyperlinks to web sites operated by persons other than those who operate the Company. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only. You agree not to hold the Company responsible for the content or operation of such web sites. A hyperlink from this Web Site to another web site does not imply or mean that the Company endorses the content on that web site or the operator or operations of that site. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any content at any other web sites to which you might link from this Web Site.
If you wish to make purchases from an area of the Web Site or a "co-branded" web site operated by a person other than the Company (a "Co-Branded Site"), you may be asked by the merchant or operator of the Co-Branded Site or other person from whom you are making the purchase to supply certain information, including credit card, debit card, or other payment mechanism information. You agree not to hold the Company liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as a result of any such dealings with any Co-Branded Site or merchant or operator of the Co-Branded Site or other person from whom you are making the purchase. You agree that all information you provide in connection with such purchase will be accurate, complete and current. You agree to pay all charges incurred by users of your credit card, debit card, or other payment mechanism at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You also will pay any applicable taxes, if any, relating to any purchases you make. Each Co-Branded Site will contain a description of the site's privacy policy regarding any personal identifying information you may be required to disclose as part of the purchase.
5. ADDITIONAL LEGAL TERMS
These Terms of Service, your rights and obligations, and all actions contemplated by these Terms of Service will be governed by the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("Hong Kong"), as if these Terms of Service were a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within Hong Kong. If any provision in these Terms of Service is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect, and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision.
All rights not expressly granted herein are hereby reserved. These Terms of Service are the entire and final agreement regarding this Web Site and its Service, and supersede any prior or contemporaneous communications between the Company and you regarding this Web Site and its Service.
6. FORUMS
Certain areas of this Web Site enable you to access online forums where you can post messages and read messages posted by other users (the "Forums"). Some of the Forums topics are selected by the Company and others are created by users. The Company does not endorse, and specifically disclaims any responsibility or liability for, any content posted on the Forums, whether the topic is first selected by The Company or a user. The Forums are a free service provided to users of The Company. By posting a message in the Forums, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions. If you do not want to be bound by these terms, then do not use the Forums.
You agree to be fully responsible for your own postings and agree to access and use the Forums at your own risk on an as-is basis. While The Company has no obligation to monitor the Forums, it may, from time to time, monitor the Forums to determine whether postings comply with these Terms of Service, to guide the discussion on the Forums, or for other reasons. The Company cannot and does not guarantee that it will post or continue to post every message or other content you or other users submit to the Forum. Also, The Company reserves the right to edit or abridge postings for any reason and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in The Company' sole discretion.
You must abide by the following rules in connection with your use of the Forums:
You agree to post only messages that relate to the subject matter of the Forum.
You agree not to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others.
You agree not to impersonate any person or entity, including, for example, the Company employee or officer, a forum leader, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity.
You agree not to post messages that contain material that is inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or indecent. This includes any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party.
You agree to give attribution to others when you quote or paraphrase materials owned by others.
You agree not to upload files, or cause users to upload files, that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may adversely affect the operation of another's computer.
You agree not to advertise or promote any goods or services in the Forums. This includes, among other things, "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", and "pyramid schemes."
You agree not to conduct contests or distribute chain letters through the Forums.
You agree not to violate any applicable local, national or international law in connection with your use of the Forums.
7. REGISTRATION AND ACCOUNT CREATION
As part of the registration and account creation process necessary to obtain access to portions of the Service, you will select a subscriber identification ID and a password. You will also provide the Company with certain registration information. You shall not (i) select a subscriber ID already used by another person; (ii) use a subscriber ID in which another person has rights without such person's authorization; or (iii) use a subscriber ID or password that the Company, in its sole discretion, deems offensive or inappropriate. You shall be solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You shall immediately notify the Company at of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of your account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of your password or credit card information. You are solely responsible for all usage or activity on you’re the Company account, including but not limited to use of the account by any third party authorized by you to use your subscriber ID and password. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of your account, in the Company's sole discretion, and the Company may refer you to appropriate law enforcement agencies. You may terminate your account at any time by sending an e-mail to the Company. Upon termination, you will receive an automated confirmation via e-mail that the request was received, and your account will be terminated within two (2) business days. You are responsible for all charges incurred up to the time the account is terminated.
In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or the Company has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, the Company has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
8. PRIVACY POLICY
GENERAL
This Privacy Policy Statement provides information on the obligations and policies of United Properties Limited., its subsidiaries, affiliates, and associated companies (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) under the Hong Kong SAR Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance - Cap.486 (the “Ordinance”).
This Privacy Policy Statement specifically addresses the Company's obligations in respect of the data privacy laws of the Hong Kong SAR which is one of the most developed data protection regimes worldwide. The Company believes the principles embedded in the Ordinance offer no less protection in personal data privacy than those in other jurisdictions. As such, the Company undertakes to apply, where practicable, those principles and the processes set out herein to its operations globally. Where the Company's operations are subject to privacy legislation other than that of Hong Kong SAR, then this Privacy Policy Statement shall be applied so far as practicable and consistent with such local legislation. For further details on the Company's compliance with the Ordinance and any other privacy legislations, please contact Privacy Compliance Officer at the address listed below. Throughout this Privacy Policy Statement, the meaning of the term “personal data” is as defined in the Ordinance.
We are strongly committed to protecting your privacy online and have taken steps to protect the information you share with us. To help us protect your privacy, you should maintain the secrecy of the logon ID and password you may have set up in connection with your participation in any www.uplhk.com.
The Company does collect certain personal information in order to provide you with customized services, content, and advertisements. Some personal information is gathered when you register to receive certain the Company’s services or products. We may also ask you for personal information at other times, for example when you enter a contest, or other promotion. The better we know you, the better we can tailor our services to meet your needs. We may share the collected data with a sponsor or other third party who is interested in serving you. You may inform us at any time not to share your personal information with third parties by sending us an e-mail message. Further, you always have the right to review the personal information we have collected and request that it be corrected if any inaccuracies exist.
Please read on for details about our privacy policy, what information we may collect and how we use it.
Uses of Registration Information
Basic registration requires you to provide us a login name and password, your legal name, address, current email address and contact number.
For reward redemption programs or promotions occasionally offered on the site, the Company may ask participants for additional personal data necessary to run the programs or notify winners.
Any information you may provide to third parties in the course of purchasing any products and services which may be featured on the Company, is subject to the privacy policies of those organizations. The Company requires companies featured on the Company also request personal data to facilitate purchases of their goods or services, to clearly display their own privacy policies covering the use of that data.
Privacy of Personal Data on the Company
The data you provide us is stored on secure servers. You may occasionally receive from us at your designated e-mail address notifications of the Company’s new features or offers. You may opt out of receiving those notifications at the time you set your personal preferences. Please remember to change your personal preferences for each e-mail address that you may have registered with us., however, reserves the right to disclose personal identifying information when required or permitted by law.
Personal Information Collection Statement
The Company recognizes and respects one’s right to privacy of personal identifiable information such as a person's name, contact number, address, sex, age, occupation, marital status, photo, identity card number, credit information, etc. ("the Personal Data") and pledges to observe and comply with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance with a devotion to protect on-line privacy on Personal Data.
The Company may require visitors of our web site ("the Customers") to provide the Personal Data in the course of their browsing of our web site; or through our web site, inquiring, subscribing and/or submitting applications for any information, services, products, schemes or registration of memberships operated, supplied and provided by the Company. Personal Data may also be collected on-line from our Customers without his or her awareness through the use of various technical operations.
The Personal Data collected or to be collected in future by the Company may be used for the following purposes:
  1. facilitating our provisions of services/products including but not limited to the estate agency, on-line shopping, e-commerce or any other related services/products to the Customers;
  2. sending or e-mailing to the Customers direct marketing and promotional materials of a diverse range of services/products provided/supplied by the Company from time to time. The Customers may write to our Data Protection Officer if they do not wish to receive such materials from the company;
  3. identifying the winners’ or Customers’ identity when collecting the winning prizes or free gifts from the Company;
  4. compiling aggregate statistics about the Customers registering with the Company;
  5. observing and complying with legal and regulatory requirements or orders of competent authorities in HKSAR or other jurisdiction.
The Personal Data collected and held by the Company may be provided to third parties including but not limited to the holding, subsidiaries or associated companies of the Company; the contractors and agents of the Company; the Company’s advertisers; and the parties under a duty of confidentiality to the Company.
While the Company shall use our best endeavors to ensure that the Personal Data collected by the Company will be securely kept in our storage system with only authorized personnel be allowed to gain access to such Personal Data, given the open and global nature of the on-line service, the Company may not be able to protect and secure such Personal Data from any deliberate third party interference. It will be outside the ambit of policy of the Company on privacy of Personal Data while the Customers activate any link and access to web sites operated by other third party.
The Company reserves the right at any time to amend this statement. If there is any inconsistency or conflict between the English and Chinese versions, the English version shall prevail. Request for access and correction of Personal Data or for information in relation to the Company’s policy and practice on privacy of personal data should be addressed in writing to: Data Protection Officer, uplhk.com, Shop A2 & A3, G/F., No.8A Grampian Road, Kowloon
*"Group Companies" shall mean any and/or all of the companies as specified in the website of the Company as group companies.
9. COOKIE POLICY
We use cookie technology to help members move faster through the site. A cookie is a small file sent to your computer by the United Properties Limited site server. The most commonly employed cookies on the Company are those which help us establish (1) whether you are a registered member of the Company; and (2) whether a registered member has opted to use the "auto-login" feature, which eliminates the need for registered members to identify themselves each time they visit. A separate cookie from the company that handles our advertising production and tracking system helps identify which ad you may be clicking on, so that you will be linked to the right site. We may also use cookie technology to track the site's aggregate page views, which helps us determine which features the user base seems to be most or least interested in. Contrary to what you might have heard from other sources, cookies cannot get information from your hard drive against your will, cannot destroy files and cannot send you viruses.
10. RIGHTS RESERVED
All present and future rights in and to trade secrets, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, know-how and other proprietary rights of any type under the laws of any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, including rights in and to all applications and registrations relating to the Service (the "Intellectual Property Rights") shall, as between you and the Company, at all times be and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. All present and future rights in and title to the Service (including the right to exploit the Service and any portions of the Service over any present or future technology) are reserved to the Company for its exclusive use. Except as specifically permitted by the TOS, you may not copy or make any use of the Service or any portion thereof. Except as specifically permitted herein, you shall not use the Company's Intellectual Property Rights or the Service, or the names of any individual participant in, or contributor to, the Service, or any variations or derivatives thereof, for any purpose, without the Company's prior written approval.
(The Company reserves the right at any time to amend this statement. If there is any inconsistency or conflict between the English and Chinese versions, the English version shall prevail.)