The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“the HKSAR Government”) is concerned to ensure that all personal data submitted through this website are handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap486).
The HKSAR Government will record visits to this website without collecting any personal identifiable information of users. Such general statistics are collected for the compilation of statistical reports and the diagnosis of problems with or concerning computer systems to help the HKSAR Government improve this website.
For different purposes and at different times you may be invited to provide personal data to the HKSAR Government through this website on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, telephone number, mailing address or e-mail address. The HKSAR Government will specify the collection purpose and intended usage of your data when it invites you to provide such information and advise you how you may request access to or correction of the personal data provided.
Unless permitted or required by law, the HKSAR Government will not disclose your personal data to any third party without your prior consent.
This website uses SSL protocol to encrypt data during network transmission to protect your personal data. All personal data you provide to the HKSAR Government via this website are secured, and access to them is restricted to authorised personnel only.
Search service in this website is provided by Yahoo! Hong Kong Limited (“Yahoo!”). We are advised by Yahoo! that it does not collect personal identifiable information while serving search results through this website. Yahoo! will share the anonymous data it collects through the search service with the HKSAR Government for compiling traffic analysis on the HKSAR Government websites. The HKSAR Government will not match the data obtained from any such search activity with any personal data possibly held by the HKSAR Government.
This Privacy Policy has been translated into Chinese. If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.