Terms and Conditions of Use ver Jan 2019.pdf

Terms and Conditions of Use

1.  The information provided by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region  ("the  Government")  on  the  shapefile  of boundary  of  Existing Villages  and/or
Market Towns, only shows the boundaries for the Rural Representative Election (or its
by-election) but has no other digital data such as the map base, topographic map database
and digital land boundary database.    The information is for general reference only and is
not  intended  to  be  relied  upon.    No  statement,  representation  or  warranty,  express  or
implied, is given by the Government as to its accuracy, completeness or appropriateness
for use in any particular circumstances.    The Government shall not be liable for any errors,
omissions,  misstatements  or  misrepresentations  (express  or  implied),  concerning  any
Information,  and  shall  not  have  or  accept  any  liability,  obligation  or  responsibility
whatsoever for any loss, destruction or damage (including without limitation consequential
loss,  destruction  or  damage)  howsoever  arising  from  or  in  respect  of  using,  misusing,
inability to use, or relying on the Information.

2.  The Government does not warrant or represent that the shapefile of boundary of Existing
Villages and/or Market Towns or, any Information or any electronic data or information
transmitted  from  the  Government  to  users  through  shapefile  of  boundary  of  Existing
Villages and/or Market Towns is free of computer viruses.    You are advised to perform
virus scanning before using the Information.    The Government shall not be liable for any
loss, destruction or damage arising out of or in relation to any transmission from users to
the Government or vice versa over the internet.

3.  The Government shall not be responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever arising out of
or in connection with the Information.    The Government reserves the right to revise, omit,
suspend or edit the Information at any time in its absolute discretion without giving any
reason or prior notice to users.    Before acting upon the Information, users are:

(i)
responsible for making their own assessment of the Information;

(ii)
advised  to  verify  the  Information  by  making  reference,  for  example,  to  original
publications, other relevant documentation and site situation; and

(iii)
advised to obtain independent advice from relevant professionals.

4.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing on or provided via the shapefile
of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns shall constitute, give rise to or
otherwise imply any endorsement, approval or recommendation on the Government's part
of any third party, be it a provider of goods or services or otherwise.
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5.  The Government does not undertake to provide any updated version of the Information and
reserves the right to suspend the provision of the Information at any time.    No warranty,
condition,  undertaking  or  term  expressed  or  implied  is  given  or  assumed  by  the
Government.

6.  The Government shall not be responsible to install the Data or provide any training in the
use  of  Data  and  gives  no  warranty  that  the  data  can  be  processed  on  the  Computer
Configuration.

7.  The  Government  reserves  all  rights  that  are  not  expressly  granted  in  this  Terms  and
Conditions.

Use of Information on the shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market
Towns

8.
(a)  You are permitted for academic research and/or analysis/ study purpose

to  use, copy  and print in their original format  any  Information  on the
shapefile  of  boundary  of  Existing  Villages  and/or  Market  Towns,
provided that:

(i)  the  user  agrees  not  to  make  any  change  to  or  deletion  of  author
attribution, trademark, legend, intellectual property rights notice or
terms  and  conditions  of  use  and  give  proper  attribution  to  the
Government and the shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages
and/or Market Towns; and

(ii)  the  user  shall  identify  clearly  the  source  of  the  Information  and
acknowledge  the  Government  ownership  of  the  intellectual
property rights in the Information in all copies thereof including but
not  limited  to  paper  copies,  digital  copies  and  copies  placed  on
websites.

(b)  Organizations  or  institutions  who  wish  to  use  any  Information  on  the
shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns for
academic research and/or analysis/ study purpose must comply with the
requirements  set  out  in  paragraph  8(a)(i)  and  (ii)  above  and  provide
relevant valid information before copying or printing any Information
on  the  shapefile  of  boundary  of  Existing  Villages  and/or  Market
Towns.
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(c)  The prior written consent of the Government ("Permission") is required
before the use of the Information in any way other than the permitted
use  for  academic  research  and/or  analysis/  study  purpose  and  such
Permission  may  be  subject  to  additional  terms  and  conditions  which
may include the requirements set out in paragraph 8(a)(i) and (ii) above
and may be subject to additional fee.

9.  The Information of the shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns
shall all be destroyed after the completion of the academic research and/or analysis/ study
project.

10.  Should there be any infringement of property right of the Information of the shapefile of
boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market Towns, the user is liable to compensate
the Government for any loss and damage.

Intellectual Property Rights

11.  Unless otherwise indicated, the Government is the owner of the intellectual property rights
in all contents available on the shapefile of boundary of Existing Villages and/or Market
Towns, including but not limited to all Information.

12.  The  Government  reserves  all  rights  that  are  not  expressly  granted  in  the  Terms  and
Conditions  of  Use.    For  the  avoidance  of  doubt,  the  permission  given  in  paragraph  8
above does not extend to any Information that are contributed by a third party as identified
and  acknowledged  in  the  shapefile  of  boundary  of  Existing  Villages  and/or  Market
Towns.    If  you intend to  reproduce, distribute or otherwise use any  Information that  is
contributed by a third party, you shall obtain all necessary authorization or permission from
such third party.

13.  The Government remains the owner of the Data at all times.    The user shall not copy or
otherwise infringe any intellectual property rights the Government may have in the data,
whether in whole or in part.

14.  Prior written consent must be obtained from the Government before the user is permitted
to incorporate the Data (or any part thereof, whether on hard copy in digital form or in any
other form) in any product (in whatever media) for distribution to any third party, with or
without charges.

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Governing Law

15.  The Terms of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. You also agree to
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.

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#    The information collected will be used for the purpose of processing the request only.    For
enquiries,  please  give  a  call  to  Rural  Representative  Election  Hotline  of  Home  Affairs
Department at 2152 1521.

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