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Terms and Conditions

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This page and any pages it links to explains Hong Kong Aviation Forum's terms of use.

 

By using our website and services offered by the Hong Kong Aviation Forum, you unconditionally agree to the terms of these Terms and Conditions.

 

Interoperation

 

For the purposes of this Terms and Conditions:

 

The Hong Kong Aviation Forum will be referred to as either "the forum", "we", "us" or "our" from now on.

 

"Service" refers to the Website, the Facebook group and all social media pages and accounts managed by the Hong Kong Aviation Forum.

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Using our services

 

You agree to use our services only for lawful purposes. You must also use it in a way that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by anyone else.

 

We update our services all the time. We can change or remove content at any time without notice.

 

Services

 

You can use our website to access information of the forum and join discussions, for example see the latest releases through the Hong Kong Aviation Forum Release Centre.

 

These can be managed by the Hong Kong Aviation Forum or other agency.

 

Some services have their own terms and conditions which also apply - read these before you use the service.

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Linking to the forum

 

We welcome and encourage other websites to link to the forum.

 

You must contact us for permission if you want to either:

  • charge your website's users to click on a link to any page on the forum's website

  • say your website is associated with or endorsed by the forum

 

Linking from the forum

 

Our website links to websites that are managed by other agencies, service providers or other organisations. We do not have any control over the content on these websites.

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We're not responsible for:

  • the protection of any information you give to these websites

  • any loss or damage that may come from your use of these websites, or any other websites they link to

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You agree to release us from any claims or disputes that may come from using these websites.

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You should read all terms and conditions, privacy policies and end user licences that relate to these websites before you use them.

 

Disclaimer

 

While we make every effort to keep our services up to date, we do not provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties that the information will be:

  • current

  • secure

  • accurate

  • complete

  • free from bugs or viruses

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We do not publish advice on the forum. You should get professional or specialist advice before doing anything on the basis of the content.

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We're not liable for any loss or damage that may come from using the forum. This includes:

  • any direct, indirect or consequential losses

  • any loss or damage caused by civil wrongs ('tort', including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise

  • the use of the forum and any websites that are linked to or from it

  • the inability to use the forum and any websites that are linked to or from it

 

This applies if the loss or damage was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you advised us that it might happen.

 

This includes (but is not limited to) the loss of your:

  • income or revenue

  • salary, benefits or other payments

  • business

  • profits or contracts

  • opportunity

  • anticipated savings

  • data

  • goodwill or reputation

  • tangible property

  • intangible property, including loss, corruption or damage to data or any computer system

  • wasted management or office time

  • death or personal injury arising from our negligence

  • fraudulent misrepresentation

  • any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law

 

Requests to remove content

 

You can ask for content to be removed from the forum. We'll remove content:

  • in order to comply with data protection legislation covering the rights and freedoms of individuals

  • if it breaches copyright laws, contains sensitive personal data or material that may be considered obscene or defamatory

 

Contact us to ask for content to be removed. You'll need to send us the web address (URL) of the content and explain why you think it should be removed. We'll reply to let you know whether we'll remove it.

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Information about you and your visits to the forum

 

We collect information about you in accordance with our privacy policy. By using the forum, you agree to us collecting this information and confirm that any data you provide is accurate.

 

Virus protection

 

We make every effort to check and test the forum for viruses at every stage of production. You must make sure that the way you use the forum does not expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which can damage your computer system.

 

We're not responsible for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that might happen when you use the forum.

 

Viruses, hacking and other offences

 

When using the forum, you must not introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material that's malicious or technologically harmful.

 

You must not try to gain unauthorised access to the forum, the server on which it's stored or any server, computer or database connected to it.

 

You must not attack the forum in any way. This includes denial-of-service attacks.

 

We'll report any attacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to the forum to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.

 

Governing law

 

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

 

Any dispute you have which relates to these terms and conditions, or your use of the forum (whether it be contractual or non-contractual), will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Board of Adjudications of the Hong Kong Aviation Forum.

 

General

 

There may be legal notices elsewhere on the forum that relate to how you use the site.

 

We're not liable if we fail to comply with these terms and conditions because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

 

We might decide not to exercise or enforce any right available to us under these terms and conditions. We can always decide to exercise or enforce that right at a later date.

 

Doing this once will not mean we automatically waive the right on any other occasion.

 

If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions will still apply.

 

Prevailing language

 

The Chinese translation of this document is for reference only. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the English text and the Chinese translation of this document, the English text shall prevail.

 

Changes to these terms and conditions

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Please check these terms and conditions regularly. We can update them at any time without notice.

 

You'll agree to any changes if you continue to use our services after the terms and conditions have been updated.

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Last updated 15 October 2021

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