Shipping Policy

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION STATEMENT

1.1 Provision of personal data in response to HKP's request is required for provision of the required service. All the posting details including the personal data may be transmitted via electronic data interchange to the destination postal administrations which have a business relationship with Hongkong Post, and destinations or relevant customs authorities. If you do not provide the Personal Data, HKP will be unable to provide the required service. Personal data include without limitation the information such as sender / addressee's name, residential and company address, telephone number and e-mail address. Hongkong Post would not use the personal data for any other purposes without customer prior consent unless such use is permitted or required by law. Except that, Hongkong Post's general policy is to disclose no personal identifiable information to third parties except as required by law.


1.2 You agree that any of your Personal Data collected by HKP through your use of the Online Portal or the Services at any time and from time to time may be used for such purposes and disclosed to such Persons in accordance with HKP's Personal data collection and privacy policies set out in the Privacy Policy Statement published under HKP's website which may be modified from time to time.


1.3 You have the right to request access to and correction of your personal data in accordance with Sections 18 and 22 and Principle 6 in Schedule 1 to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486). Your right of access includes the right to obtain a copy of your personal data as provided in this Address Pack. For access and correction, please complete the "Data Access Request Form" (Pos 736) which is available at any post office.

2. INDEMNITY

2.1 You shall indemnify HKP and keep HKP fully and effectively indemnified from and against all and any liabilities, losses, damage, costs, charges, expenses (including legal fees), demands, claims, proceedings and actions which HKP may sustain or incur or which may be brought or established against HKP by any Person, and which in any case directly or indirectly arises out of or in connection with any of the following:

(a) your negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct;
(b) your breach or non-performance or non-observance of any provisions of this Agreement;
(c) your breach of any representation or warranty given by you; o
(d) any infringement by you, your agent or contractor of the Intellectual Property Rights of HKP.

2.2 This Clause 14 shall survive the termination of the Services and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

3.1 Copyright Statement

3.1.1 You acknowledge and agree that the copyright in the Content is and shall remain at all times the property of HKP.

3.2 Restriction of use of HKP's trademarks and service marks

3.2.1 You acknowledge that HKP's names and logos including "Hongkong Post" and "EC-Ship" are registered trade or service marks of the Government and you agree not to use such names and logos in any circumstances. "hongkongpost.hk", "https://ec-ship.hongkongpost.hk" and certain graphics, logos, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names shown in or used on the Online Portal are trade or service marks of the Government and you agree not to use the same for any purpose unless the prior written consent of the Government/HKP has been obtained.

3.3 Right to Download and Copy the Content

3.3.1 You may download and copy the Content only for the purpose of making enquiries about the Account, updating personal particulars relating to the Account or utilising Online Portal where appropriate. No part of the Content on the Online Portal may be modified, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, copied, distributed or used in any other way for commercial or public purposes without HKP's prior written consent.

3.4 Reservation of Rights

3.4.1 The Government and HKP reserve any and all rights not expressly granted in these Terms and Conditions in respect of the Content of the Online Portal.

3.5 Infringement

3.5.1 Unauthorized copying, distribution, modification and public display of copyrighted works is an infringement of the copyright holders' rights. As a condition of your access to the Online Portal, you agree that you will not access or use or permit the Online Portal to be accessed or used for infringing the intellectual property rights of others. Without prejudice to other accrued rights, HKP reserves the right to terminate the registration of any Account Holder upon notice of any infringement of the copyright or other intellectual property rights of others in connection with the access or use of the Online Portal. HKP will investigate any information it receives in relation to copyright infringement committed by any Account Holder or user of the Online Portal.

4. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

4.1 This Agreement constitutes the whole agreement between HKP and you and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements or understandings between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that it has not relied on any statements, undertakings, warranties, representations given or made save for those expressly set out in this Agreement.


5. WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY
5.1 No failure to exercise or delay in exercising of any right or remedy by HKP in respect of any provisions of this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right or remedy.

5.2 If any provisions of this Agreement shall be found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable (whether in whole or in part) under any laws of any competent jurisdiction, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.

6. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

6.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong. The parties hereto irrevocably agree that the courts of Hong Kong have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any issue in connection with this Agreement.