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All site
materials including, without limitation, design, text,
graphics, and the selection and arrangement thereof ("Content")
are either the copyright of The Hong Kong and China Gas
Company Ltd. ("Towngas") with ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
or licensed to Towngas for use on this site ("Site").
Except as provided below, reproduction of any of the Content
is prohibited.
You may download to a local hard disk
and print extracts from this Site only for your personal
use. You may also recopy downloaded extracts to others
for their personal use only. However, none of the contents
of this Site may be copied or otherwise incorporated
into or stored in any other web site, electronic retrieval
system, publication or other work in any form (whether
hard copy, electronic or other).
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Forums and Interactive Areas |
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All forums
and interactive areas in this Site shall be used for non-commercial
purposes only.
By using this service ("Service") you agree
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use our
Service to publish, distribute or transmit any message,
material or information that is unlawful, indecent, defamatory,
obscene, threatening, discriminatory, abusive, pornographic,
invasive of privacy, and/or likely to incite a criminal
offence;
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reverse, engineer any Content, or transmit
software or data to the Site that may cause damage to
the computer equipment or data of any persons including
uploading a programme with a computer virus or any harmful
software publication;
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hack, break
into, access, use or attempt to hack, break into, access
or use any part of the Services, Content and/or any data
areas on our server(s) for which you have not been authorised
by us.;
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invade the privacy of other users of
the service or the internet in general, including sending
unsolicited emails ("spamming") nor to collect
or transfer personal data on individuals without their
consent.
Postings to forums and interactive areas in this Site
are not private. You grant Towngas and its designee the
unrestricted right to use, reproduce, modify, translate,
transmit and distribute any information or material you
supply or communicate to the Service via such postings,
in any medium now in existence or hereafter developed,
for any purposes, including commercial use. However, Towngas
will not identify the individual who posted the information
or material without first obtaining that person's consent.
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All other information and material
you supply or communicate to the Service is governed by
the Data Privacy Statement and Personal Data Collection
Statement below.
Towngas does not necessarily endorse, support, encourage,
verify or agree with the comments, opinions or statements
posted by users in the forums and interactive areas, and
therefore takes no responsibility and assumes no liability
for any content posted by you or any third party, or for
any defamation, slander, falsehood or obscenity encountered
by you.
Towngas reserves the right, but undertakes no duty, to
review, edit, move or delete any material posted by users
in forums and interactive areas in this Site or elsewhere
on the Service, in its sole discretion and without notice.
Towngas shall not be liable for any loss or damage you
sustain by reason of any access to the Service. |
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THE MATERIALS
CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
TEXT AND GRAPHICS, ARE PROVIDED ON AN 'AS IS' BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW, TOWNGAS DISCLAIMS
ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF:
MERCHANTABILITY;
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE;
FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS; AND
NON-INTERRUPTION.
TOWNGAS DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE MATERIALS
IN AND INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE VIA THIS SITE ARE ACCURATE,
COMPLETE OR CURRENT. |
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Modification and Amendments |
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Towngas reserves the right to expand, reduce and/or modify
any part of the Service or Content in this Site, change
the terms, conditions and operations of Service at any
time, and/or amend any operating rules which govern your
use of the Service by posting the details of such amendments
to our Service on the Site.
Towngas may also suspend the Service at any time with
prior notice to carry out system maintenance, upgrading,
testing and/or repairs. |
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Towngas reserves the right, without
notice and in its sole discretion, to terminate your licence
to use this Site, and to block or prevent your future
access to and use of this Site. |
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This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region and the parties shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region in the event of dispute. |
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This circular sets out the obligations
and policies of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd.
(the "Hong Kong and China Gas") under the Personal
Data (Privacy) Ordinance ("Ordinance")
From time to time it is necessary for customers to supply
us with data in order to use the functions on our Site
and other related facilities and services. The Hong Kong
and China Gas has an obligation under the Ordinance, to
preserve the confidentiality, integrity and security of
our customers' personal data, which may include your email
address together with other information that is supplied
to us through our Site.
We may supply such data (in furtherance of the above purposes)
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subsidiaries and associated companies
within the Hong Kong and China Gas group;
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any agent, contractor or third party
service provider who provides services to the Hong Kong
and China Gas group in connection with the operation of
our business;
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the media (in relation to the handling
of customer complaints and enquiries in certain circumstances);
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any person to whom The Hong Kong and China Gas group is under an obligation to make disclosure under any law applicable to The Hong Kong and China Gas group.
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any person who owes a duty of confidentiality
to The Hong Kong and China Gas group. |
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Although the Site is suitable for access
by children, if you are under 18 you should not submit
any personal data to us unless you have the consent of
a parent or guardian.
As a data subject, you have a right under the Ordinance
to check whether the Hong Kong and China Gas holds personal
data on you, as well as its accuracy. Requests for access
to data or correction of data should be in writing and
made to:
Corporate Data Privacy Compliance Officer
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Ltd.
G.P.O. Box 134, Hong Kong
A small fee may be charged towards administrative expenses
in complying with access requests.
If you do not wish to receive any promotional materials
other than those relating to Towngas service, please click
here, so
that we can, at no cost to you, cease using your personal
data for direct marketing purposes.
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Personal Data Collection Statement |
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Any personal data provided will only
be used for purposes directly related to subscription
and distribution of information related to Towngas. Please
supply such data if you wish to receive it. For details
on the Company's policy on Personal Data (Privacy), please
click here.
In case of any inconsistency or conflict between the English
and Chinese versions, the English version shall prevail.
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Kong And China Gas Company Limited |
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