Disclaimer

These Disclaimer and Terms of Use govern your use of (a) this website (https://meltingpot.org.hk) owned, operated and/or controlled by The Melting Pot Foundation (collectively, “MPF”, “we”, “us” and “our”) and (b) our official page(s) on social media platforms, from time to time (each a “Website”).

By accessing to the Website, regardless of the means of access, you accept and agree to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Statement as applied to your use of the Website. If you do not accept any of them, you must refrain from using and accessing the Website.

These Terms and the Privacy Statement may be updated, revised, varied and amended from time to time as we deem necessary and the most current version will be the one available on our website https://meltingpot.org.hk

If you are under the age of 18, you should obtain consent from your parent or guardian before you provide us with your personal data.1. All information, data, text, software, music, sound, images, user interfaces, visual interface, audio, trade makes, logos, video media, artwork, designs, pdf documents, articles, lesson plans, teaching resources, forms, photographs, graphics, video, messages, services, webcast, live streaming or digital meeting or other materials contained in, displayed on, or available through the Website (“Content”) is provided for reference only. All Content contained in the Website may be subject to change without notice.

2. The Website may from time to time contain linkages to other websites (“Third Party Websites”). These links are provided for your information only. These Third Party Websites are independent from the Website(s) of MPF. MPF has no control or management over the advertising, content, products, services, or any other materials (“Materials”) of the Third Party Websites or their privacy policies or compliance with the law. You should be fully aware that the provisions of such links do not constitute an endorsement, approval, or any form of association by or with MPF. Access to and use of the Third Party Websites and the Materials and any of your dealings with the operators of any of these Third Party Websites are at your own risk.

3. We make no guarantee as to the accuracy, adequacy, reliability or completeness of any Content contained in the Website or any Materials contained in the Third Party Websites or to their appropriateness for use in any particular circumstances.

4. When you visit MPF’s website(s), the servers of MPF will collect only data relating to your visits to/use of such website(s), including but not limited to your IP address, domain name, browser type and access time (“Log Files”) but will not collect your personal data. However, if you register on our website and log in to your account, we may combine your Log Files with other personal data we collect from you, in which case such Log Files shall be considered your personal data for the purposes of, and will be used in accordance with, the Privacy Statement set out at https://meltingpot.org.hk

5. By accessing and using the Website, you acknowledge and accept that the use of the Website is solely at your own risk. MPF accepts no liability (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) and is not responsible for any loss or damage whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of or reliance on any Content contained in this Website or any Materials contained in the Third Party Websites or any of your dealings with any operators of the Third Party Websites.

6. The Content is intellectual property owned by us our licensors or other third parties which is protected by copyright laws and/or other intellectual property laws. Except otherwise permitted under these Terms of Use, copying, extracting, publishing, reproducing, transmitting, or storing content from this Website, whether on any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system, for commercial or non-commercial purposes is prohibited without the expressed prior written permission from MPF and/or the supplier of the content.

7. You acknowledge and agree that the materials contained in the Website are made available for your personal non-commercial use only and that you may download, copy or print such materials solely for your personal non-commercial use, provided you will not delete or change the copyright, trademark and any other proprietary notices or legends contained in such materials and that it is downloaded, copied or printed in its entirety, with full acknowledgement of source. We accept no liability in relation to its use.

8. You undertake that, except for your personal non-commercial use, you shall not, and shall not procure, assist or facilitate any third party to, copy, reproduce, transmit, publish, distribute, display, remove, delete, add to, modify, commercially exploit or create derivative works from, or sell or participate in any sale of the materials contained in the Website in whole or in part.

9. You agree that MPF is free to use, disclose, adopt, and modify all and any ideas, concepts, know-how, proposals, suggestions, comments, and other communications and information provided by you to MPF, either through email at info@meltingpot.org.hk or through other means such as surveys and questionnaires (“Feedback”), in connection with the Website, without any compensation to you. You hereby agree to waive any and all rights and claims for any consideration, fees, royalties, charges, and/or other payments in relation to our use, disclosure, adoption, and/or modification of any or all Feedback.

10. Except to the extent precluded by applicable law, we and our respective officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors and other representatives, exclude all liability arising under, in connection with or related to these Terms and your use of the Website.

11. We will not be liable for any failure, delay or default in carrying out our obligations or duties hereunder directly or indirectly caused by or resulted from acts of God, fire, flood, accident, riot, war, terrorist attack, government intervention, embargoes, strikes, labour disputes, equipment failures (including but not limited to Internet system failure) or any other causes beyond our reasonable control.

12. To the extent that our liability cannot be excluded and we are able to limit our liability, then our maximum aggregate liability for all claims arising from, in connection with or related to the Website itself shall be limited to the amount of HK$100.

13. You irrevocably and unconditionally agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless us and each of our respective members, officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors and other representatives from and against all claims, actions, demands, liabilities, expenses, losses, damages and other costs whatsoever (including but not limited to any claims made against us by any third party) arising from, in connection with or related to your use of the Website or your breach of these Terms.

14. MPF reserves the right to disable and/or terminate any user from the Website, and remove any and all content materials posted by you on the Website, without notice and compensation of any kind, if such user has breached or violated, or we believe that such user has breached or violated or attempts to breach or violate, any provision of these Terms or the applicable laws or regulations.

15. The provisions contained in each clause of these Terms shall be enforceable independently of each of the others and its validity shall not be affected if any of the others is invalid.

16. These terms together with our Privacy Statement are governed by and are to be construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong.

17. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts.

18. If there is any inconsistency or conflict between the English and Chinese version of this Privacy Statement, the English version shall prevail.

Privacy Statement

The Melting Pot Foundation (“MPF”, “we”, “us” and “our”) recognizes and understands that you and website visitors are concerned about the privacy of personal data. MPF pledges to comply with the requirements of all applicable data protection laws and regulations in relation to personal data protection.

The terms of this Privacy Statement may be updated, revised, varied and amended from time to time as we deem necessary and the most current version will be the one available on our website https://meltingpot.org.hk (“Website”). We will obtain your consent for changes to the terms of this Privacy Statement if such consent is required by applicable law.

Unless your express consent is required by the applicable laws and regulations in relation to personal data protection, by providing your personal data to us, you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Statement and consenting MPF to collect, retain, disclose, transfer and use your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Statement, as amended from time to time. Further, we will only use and transfer your data for direct marketing purposes as specified in this Privacy Statement.

If you are under the age of 18, you should obtain consent from your parent or guardian before you provide MPF with your personal data.

1. We may collect your personal data on MPF’s Website, or through other media on a voluntary basis for different purposes at different times.

2. We may collect from you and your child aged under 18 the following information which may contain personal data as defined under the applicable data protection laws and regulations:

a. name, contact information (telephone, fax, mobile, postal and email addresses); and

b. records of correspondence between you and us.

3. We collect, retain and use your personal data for the specific purpose which will be given at the time or for any of the following purposes:

a. provision of services, donations, sponsorships, events, programmes, volunteers, courses, activities, workshops, benefits and products to be provided alone by MPF or jointly with other partner(s) or organisation(s) (“our Events”);

b. provision of direct marketing and promotional materials relating to us and/or any services, donations, sponsorships, events, programmes, volunteer opportunities, courses, activities, workshops, benefits and products to be provided alone by MPF or other partner(s) or organisation(s), or jointly by MPF with other partner(s) or organisation(s);

c. administration, management and communication, including but not limited to response to your service requests, enquiries and complaints;

d. conducting surveys, research and analysis, for improvement of our Events and the Website, and for marketing purposes; and

e. making such disclosures as required by law.

Please take note that you can object to the use of your persona data for direct marketing purposes as described in sub-paragraphs 3(a) and (b) above. If you do not want us to retain your personal data for this purpose, you should do so by choosing the “opt-out” option in the relevant submission form, or by sending an email to us at info@meltingpot.org.hk below specifying that you wish to “opt-out”.
4. We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data to or with third parties, but may disclose and/or transfer your personal data to:

a. third parties (within or outside Hong Kong) engaged by us, for or in connection with the purposes specified in paragraph 3 above, including any agent, contractor, or third party service provider who provides administrative, legal, telecommunications, computer, payment, data processing or other services to MPF; and

b. any competent court of law, law enforcement agencies and/or regulators and government departments for compliance with applicable laws and regulations and protection of our legal rights.

MPF excludes all liability for disclosure of your personal data in this manner.

5. When you browse the website(s) of MPF, cookies will be stored in your computers, mobile phones or other devices for internal navigation and programming only. We may use cookies and other tracking mechanisms described below to track information about your use of MPF’s website(s) (“Tracking Data”). We may combine this Tracking Data with other personal data we collect from you, in which case such Tracking Data shall be considered your personal data for the purpose of, and will be used in accordance with, this Privacy Statement.

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computers, mobile phones or other devices through your web browser for record-keeping purposes. Some cookies allow us to make it easier for you to navigate MPF’s website(s), while others are used to enable a faster log-in process, or to allow us to store and track information about your interests and preferences at MPF’s website(s).

We may also engage third parties to track and analyse non-personally identifiable data from the website(s). We use the data collected by such third parties to help us administer and improve the quality of MPF’s website(s) and to analyse usage of the same. This is unrelated to and separate from your personal data. Such third parties may combine the non-personally identifiable data that we provide about you with other information that they have collected. You can edit your browser settings to disable cookies but to do so you may not be able to utilize certain functionality of the website(s) of MPF.

If you interact with MPF on social media platforms, MPF can interact with you and send you messages via these platforms. MPF will interact with you in accordance with the social media platform’s rules but we are not responsible for how the platform operators collect and handle your personal data. We are not responsible for what third parties post on our social media accounts.

6. MPF will retain your personal data for a period no longer than necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which they are or are to be used.

7. MPF will endeavour to ensure that your personal data is kept secure from unauthorized disclosure or access. Only authorized personnel of MPF (who are bound by a duty of confidentiality) will have access to these records, or we will procure by contract or use our reasonable endeavours to ensure that those who we share your personal data with act in accordance with this Privacy Statement. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data transmitted over the internet or any telecommunications networks.

8. You are entitled to request access to, make a copy of, and request us to make correction of, or demand the cessation of the continued collection, processing and use, or to delete your personal data stored in our records at any time by addressing such requests in writing to us at info@meltingpot.org.hk. All such requests will be handled promptly in accordance with the requirements of the applicable laws and regulations in relation to personal data protection. MPF may charge a reasonable fee for processing your data access request.

9. If there is any inconsistency or conflict between the English and Chinese versions of this Privacy Statement, the English version shall prevail.