INTRODUCTION
This web site is provided by The Property Online Group.
By using this web site you consent to the terms and conditions below.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CUSTOMER AND PROPERTY ONLINE GROUP
This Web site is offered to you, the customer by Property Online Group., a Hong Kong SAR based Corporation. Your use of this web site and/or your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions you are then not authorised to use this Web site. Property Online Group may extend the benefit of the arrangements in this Agreement to its affiliates.
The Information, services and utilities contained on this web site have been provided by various private individuals, professionals, artisans, product and service providers, and related bodies. While we do not doubt its accuracy we have not verified it and make no guarantee, warranty or representation about it. It is your responsibility to independently confirm its accuracy and completeness and any matters related thereto. Neither Property Online Group nor its associates will not accept any responsibility should any details prove to be incomplete or incorrect.
The value of a transaction to you depends on various factors, including legal, tax, accounting and other factors which should be evaluated by your own professional, tax, financial, legal and /or other appropriate advisors. You and your advisors should conduct a careful, independent investigation of the property, products or services to determine to your satisfaction the suitability thereof for your needs.
PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION
This Web site is for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, graphic displays, software, products or services obtained from this Web site.
NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
As a condition of your use of this Web site, you warrant to Property Online Group that you will not use this Web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
This Web site may contain hyperlinks to Web sites operated by parties other than Property Online Group. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. Property Online Group does not control such Web sites and is not responsible for their contents. Property Online Group's inclusion of hyperlinks to such Web sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such Web sites or any association with their operators.
USE OF BULLETIN BOARD, CHAT ROOMS, AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FORUMS
If this Web site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other message or communication facilities (collectively "Forums"), you agree to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Forum, you shall not do any of the following:
(1) Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
(2) Publish, post, distribute, or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful material or information.
(3) Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
(4) Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
(5) Delete any author attributions, legal notices, or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
(6) Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
(7) Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.
(8) Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
You acknowledge that all Forums are public and not private communications. Further, you acknowledge that chats, postings, conferences, and other communications by other users are not endorsed by Property Online Group., and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by Property Online Group. Property Online Group. reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from users, including without limitation bulletin board postings. Property Online Group. reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Web site or any portion thereof without notice.
GENERAL DISCLAIMER
Whilst reasonable care is taken to ensure that the information contained on this web site is accurate, we cannot guarantee its accuracy and we reserve the right to change the information on this web site (including these terms and conditions) at any time without notice. You must check these terms and conditions for changes each time you intend to use this web site.
The Property Online Group provides this web site on an "as is" basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to this web site or the content contained on it (including any text, graphics, advertisements, links or other item) and disclaims all such representations and warranties. In addition, neither we nor any other contributor to this web site make any representation or gives any warranty, condition, undertaking or term either express or implied as to the condition, quality, performance, accuracy, suitability, fitness for purpose, completeness, or freedom from viruses of the content contained on this web site or that such content will be accurate, up to date, uninterrupted or error free.
Nothing on this web site shall be regarded or taken as financial advice. The information contained on this web site is not an invitation to invest in shares of The Property Online Group and may not be relied upon in connection with any investment decision.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
The information, software, products, and services published on this web site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Property online group. Its affiliates and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in this web site at any time. Property online group. And/or its respective suppliers make no representations about the suitability of the information, software, products, and services contained on this web site for any purpose. Property online group. Shall use reasonable care and skill in carrying out the services contained in this web site. Property online group., its affiliates, and/or its respective suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties, terms and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, and services, including all implied warranties, and conditions, of merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and noninfringement. In no event shall property online group., its affiliates and/or its suppliers be liable for any, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this web site or with the delay or inability to use this web site, or for any information, software, products, and services obtained through this web site, or otherwise arising out of the use of this web site, (including, but not limited to loss of use, data, profits, savings or opportunities), whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if property online group., its affiliates, or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. Except in relation to liability for death or personal injury for which no limit applies. Property online group., its affiliates and/or its respective suppliers shall be liable for direct loss arising out of the use of this web site, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, up to a maximum of the total value of the transaction under which the claim arises for any one event or series of connected events. This does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.
NO WARRANTY
All information provided to you on this site are obtained or compiled from sources we believe to be reliable but are subject to change without notice. Property Online Group and its affiliates, management, staff, consultants cannot guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness of any information or data made available to you for any particular purpose, nor do they accept any liability for any direct, indirect, special or consequential loss or damage (including without limitation loss of profit) which may arise from use of or reliance on such information.
Neither Property Online Group, nor its affiliates, management, staff, nor any third-party vendor will be liable or have any responsibility of any kind for any loss or damage that you incur in the event of any failure or interruption of this site, or resulting from the act or omission of any other party involved in making this site or the data contained therein available to you, or from any other cause relating to your access to, inability to access, or use of the site or these materials whether or not the circumstances giving rise to such cause may have been within the control of Property Online Group or of any vendor providing software or services support.
INDEMNITY
You acknowledge that you are solely responsible for the use to which you put this web site and all the results and information you obtain from it and that all warranties, conditions, undertakings, representations and terms whether expressed or implied, statutory or otherwise are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Save in respect of liability for death or personal injury arising out of negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation, we and all contributors to this web site hereby disclaim to the fullest extent permitted by law all liability for any loss or damage including any consequential or indirect loss or damage incurred by you, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, and arising out of or in relation to or in connection with your access to or use of or inability to use this web site.
INTERRUPTIONS AND OMISSIONS IN THIS SERVICE
Whilst we take every care to ensure that the standard of this web site remains high and to maintain the continuity of it, the Internet is not always a stable medium, and errors, omissions, interruptions of service and delays may occur at any time. As a result, we do not accept any ongoing obligation or responsibility to operate this web site (or any particular part of it).
LINKS
This web site contains links to third party web sites over which The Property Online Group has no control. The Property Online Group assumes no responsibility for the content of third party web sites or for any losses which may arise out of use of a third party web site. The presence of a link to a third party does not necessarily mean that The Property Online Group endorses that site or has any association with the proprietor of that web site.
The copyright in this web site belongs to The Property Online Group. You may not make a permanent copy of or reproduce this web site or any part thereof in any form. You may not reproduce or incorporate this web site or any part thereof into any other web site. You may only print, display or download temporary copies of the content to your computer for your own personal non-commercial use. You may not link to this site or frame it without the express consent of The Property Online Group.
The Property Online logo is trade mark registered in the name of The Property Online Group in the Hong Kong SAR and other parts of the world. Reproduction of these trade marks other than in order to view this web site is prohibited. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Any software that is made available to download from this Web site ("Software") is the copyrighted work of Property Online Group, and/or its affiliates and/or suppliers. Your use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). You may not install, copy or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms.
For any Software not accompanied by a License Agreement, Property Online Group. hereby grants to you, the user, a personal, non-transferrable license to use the Software for viewing and otherwise using this Web site in accordance with these terms and conditions and for no other purpose. By installing, copying or otherwise using the Software you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this licence.
Please note that all Software, including without limitation all HTML code, Active X controls and other script contained in this Web site, is owned by Property Online Group and/or its suppliers and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible. You may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by law notwithstanding this limitation.
Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction of the software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited. The software is warranted, if at all, only according to the terms of the license agreement.
You acknowledge that the Software and any accompanying documentation and/or technical information is subject to applicable export control laws and regulations of the Hong Kong SAR. You agree not to export or re-export the Software, directly or indirectly, to any countries that are subject to Hong Kong SAR export restrictions.
THE PROPERTY ONLINE GROUP IS COMMITTED
TO ENSURING THAT YOUR PRIVACY IS PROTECTED
Property Online Group is as concerned as you are about the privacy of any personal information you may provide to us through this site. When you visit this site, you are not required to provide us with any personal information, unless you choose to do so. Our web server will not recognize your domain name or e-mail address. We currently do not use any "cookies" technology on this site to store any personal information about visitors to the site. The Group follows strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of personal information given to us in order to prevent unauthorised access.
Personal Data is held on our contacts and administration database either because of work we have undertaken or are currently engaged in, or because we believe that clients may be interested in receiving material from us about our business and services. To that end we hold client contact details and the history of our client relationship. This allows us to manage our client relationships effectively and target items of interest so that clients do not receive unwanted material through the post.
The Property Online Group does not sell, rent or deal in the personal information we hold. Information may, in the ordinary course of business, move between different companies in the Property Online Group or to our contractors, which may involve the transfer of data outside of the Hong Kong SAR.
This Privacy Policy explains how we use the information we collect about you, how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
When you register with our web site in order to, browse or query properties, products or services, or to create a personal portfolio, we gather this information to allow us to process your request and provide you with the information requested by you.
From time to time we may provide your information to our customer service agencies for research and analysis purposes so that we can monitor and improve the services we provide. We or our agents and sub-contractors may contact you by post, e-mail or telephone to ask you for your feedback and comments on our services.
We and our group companies may also wish to provide you with information about special features of our web site or any other service or products, which we think, may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send a blank e-mail message to remove1@property-online.com.hk
We may also want to provide you with
related information from third parties, which we think, may
be of interest to you.
COOKIES
No personal information is collected by our use of cookies. Cookies are used solely for the purposes of efficient navigation. The Property Online Group website may use cookies and log file information (such as Internet Protocol Address, referring urls, etc.) about your activity at this site in order to understand Web site usage and enhance your experience at this site. No cookie or log file information is linked with any personal information you may have provided at the Web site. You can choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser and/or deleting them from your hard drive but some parts of our website may not be available or may function incorrectly if cookies are refused.
ADVERTISED INSERTIONS
In most cases, when you see an internet ad, Property Online Group has been asked by the advertiser or the website to act as a marketing agent for ad delivery or reporting. The information Property Online Group possesses on such an advertiser or web site's behalf belongs to that advertiser or website and is not further used by Property Online Group or other companies.
Property Online Group does not collect information or develop marketing scores that indicate a user's individual health condition, detailed financial information, sexual orientation or behaviour, information that appears to relate to children under 13, racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical opinions, and trade union membership.
THIRD PARTY AD SERVERS
We may use third party companies to serve advertisements when you visit our web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites, including information gathered by cookies, in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
The Internet is not a secure medium. However we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy.
The Property Online Group takes the security and privacy of its customers' personal information extremely seriously. We have strict internal procedures, which cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.
SALE OF BUSINESS
In the event that this business is sold or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchaser and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business.
UPDATING YOUR DETAILS
If any of the information that you have provided to The Property Online Group changes, for example if you change your e-mail address, name or if you wish to cancel your registration, please let us know the correct details by sending an e-mail to
support@property-online.com
YOUR CONSENT
By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the web site, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. We will also e-mail you should we make any changes so that you may consent to our use of your information in that way. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes. Property Online Group may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer Property-Online.com. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information.
Property Online Group. may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to
(a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Property Online Group. or the site;
(b) protect and defend the rights or property of Property Online Group., the site or the users of, and (c)
act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Property Online Group., the site or the public.
At present, Property Online Group. centralises its records of Personal Information for all Property Online Group operations, including Property Online Group.co.uk, in the United States. As a consequence Property Online Group. may perform some of its data processing of your Personal Information outside of the United Kingdom, for example in the United States. To do this, Property Online Group. may transfer your Personal Information internationally to other countries including the United States. Some of the countries may have laws that protect your Personal Information, some may not. Property Online Group. will protect your Personal Information no matter where we process or store your data by following this privacy statement. By becoming a member of Property Online Group.co.uk you give your consent to this transfer of your Personal Information.
To make sure that your Personal Information for your member registration is correct and current, you may review and update your customer information at any time.
POLICY CHANGES
Property Online Group may change its policy as new products are added or old ones are changed, but Property Online Group treats personal information in a manner consistent with the policy under which it was collected, unless we have your consent to use it differently. If part or all of Property Online Group's businesses are sold or transferred, we will take steps to assure that these same principles apply.
If at any time you believe that Property Online Group. has not adhered to these principles, please notify us by email to administrator@property-onine.com or use this feedback form, and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to determine and correct the problem promptly.
MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (back to top)
Property Online Group reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this Web site is offered.
GENERAL
This agreement is governed by the laws of the Hong Kong SAR. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong SAR courts in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Web site. Use of this Web site is unauthorised in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph.
Property Online Group may, and you may not, assign, convey, subcontract or delegate rights, duties or obligations hereunder.
You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Property Online Group as a result of this agreement or use of this Web site.
Property Online Group's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Property Online Group's right to comply with law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this Web site or information provided to or gathered by Property Online Group with respect to such use.
If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the customer and Property Online Group with respect to this Web site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the customer and Property Online Group with respect to this Web site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters, and/or data mentioned herein are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product, or event.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
HOW TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY ONLINE GROUP
We welcome your views about our web site, terms and conditions of use, and our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an e-mail to
support@property-online.com
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