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A. Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

  1. All content included on this Site, including but not limited to all text, images, photos, audios, visuals, graphics, logos, button icons, codes, software and programs and compilations thereof (meaning its collection, arrangement and assembly) and all intellectual property rights thereto produced or licensed for use by Diabetes Hongkong ("DHK") is the property or licenced property of DHK and is protected by Hong Kong and international copyright laws.

    You are solely responsible for complying with all applicable laws and securing all necessary consents in providing and securing the provision of such licence in the absence of which you shall indemnify and keep indemnify DHK for losses resultant from such failure.

    You must not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any content from this Site or create any hyperlink to any part of this Site without our prior written permission.

  2. Unless expressly stated otherwise, no information and materials mentioned above can be copied, modified, reproduced, published, uploaded, transmitted and distributed in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of DHK. If you should become aware of any infringement of DHK's copyright by other individuals or organizations, please contact us immediately.

  3. The trademarks appearing on this DHK's website are protected by the laws of Hong Kong and by international trademark laws.

  4. DHK does not make any warranty that use of the Website will be uninterrupted, virus-free or error-free; or that use of the DHK's website will not affect other software or operating systems used to access DHK's website. Any warranties provided under the general law are expressly excluded to the fullest extent possible. In particular, DHK does not warrant that use of its website will not infringe the rights of any other person or organisation; nor that its website is of reasonable quality or fit for any particular purpose, even if DHK has received notice of an intention to use its website for that purpose.

  5. Unless expressly stated otherwise, opinions given on DHK's websites are those of the individuals making them, and not those of DHK. DHK is not responsible for such opinions or any claims resulting from them.

Links

  1. DHK or third parties may provide links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. As DHK does not have control over these third party sites, you acknowledge and agree that DHK is not responsible for whether you should utilize these sites or resources and does not endorse any of these sites or relevant resources or their contents, advertisements, products or other materials found there. You further acknowledge and agree that DHK shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such contents, products or services available on or through any such website or resource.

B. Disclaimer

  1. You acknowledge and agree that if you decide to browse or utilize the services provided by DHK's website, you do it entirely at your own risk. DHK will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from or in connection with or otherwise associated with browsing or using the DHK's website.

  2. The information and content provided by DHK's website is based on and governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, which means that its information and contents may not be suitable to the needs and norms or the practical circumstances of other jurisdictions.

  3. DHK strives to provide and maintain the accuracy and the completeness of the contents of the DHK's website. It, however, does not assume responsibility for any mistakes or omission, and shall not be held liable for loss and damage in this regard.

  4. DHK may amend, vary or change the terms of services or terminate the services at any time without prior notice.

  5. DHK and their representatives, both individually and collectively, make no representations with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaim any other warranties, including but not limited to implied or express warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular usage, application or purpose

  6. The material provided on the DHK's website is designed for educational purposes only.


  7. The information on the DHK's website is provided with the understanding that DHK is not engaged in rendering medical advice or recommendation. You should not rely on any information in text files, messages, multimedia, or articles on this page to replace consultations with qualified health care professionals to meet your individual medical needs.

  8. Except for the contents that have been expressly stated to be produced by DHK, any other contents, including but not limited to the links contained in the DHK's website, are not within DHK's scope of liability, and therefore DHK is not liable to loss and damages arising from or in connection with accidents (such as infection by computer virus), defamation, infringement of copyrights or intellectual property rights. For the avoidance of doubts, any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the services provided by DHK is done at your own risk and discretion and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or damage or loss of data resulting from the download of any information.

  9. You expressly acknowledge and agree that DHK shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary or punitive damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss or profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (notwithstanding DHK may have been informed of such possibility) , resulting from
the use of or inability to use the service of DHK's website;
products, data, information, services or messages received or purchased directly from or via DHK's website, or the replacement cost of products and services derived from such dealings;
 
unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data;
 
statements or conduct of any third party as a result of service provided by DHK's website or
 
any other matter relating to the service of DHK.


C. Terms and Conditions of Use

We welcome you for accessing or browsing the webpages of and under the Diabetes Hongkong website ( http://www.diabetes-hk.org , hereinafter "DHK"). By accessing or browsing as a member, service, business or other casual visitor of DHK (together, the "Users"), you have agreed to at all times abide by these terms and conditions of use (the "Terms").

1. Intellectual Property Rights

1.1
You agree to comply with all intellectual property laws (the "IP Laws") of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( the "HKSAR" ).
1.2
You agree not to conduct any activity not in compliance with the IP Laws, or infringe or cause to be infringed any intellectual property right and/or other proprietary right of any material on the website of DHK, and you agree not to link any part of the DHK's website to any website which may conduct such infringing activities. Such infringing activities include, for instance:
Infringement of copyrights, trademarks, patents or other intellectual or proprietary rights of any party (the "IP Rights");
Breach of any security measure for protection of IP Rights, including falsifying serial numbers or registration codes or use of hackers' tools;
Copy, reproduce or exploit in any way contents of websites without prior authorization or consent;
Supply pirated files or links to such files.
1.3
If a visitor is found conducting activities infringing IP Rights, we may without liability or recourse to you and may consider taking appropriate legal actions, with or without notice.

2. Others

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DHK reserves the right to amend these Terms without any prior notice.
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For details of DHK's copyright and intellectual property policy and general disclaimer, please refer to the webpage.

 

 
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