TERMS OF USE

Please read these Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) carefully before using this Website. By using this Website, you (“User”) signify you have read and accepted the Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use, do not use the Website.

1. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS

This Website is owned and operated by MediaMatters Company Limited (“MEDIAMATTERS”). Material and information in this Website, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, videos, program codes, hypertext and other mark-up language codes (“Material”) and MEDIAMATTERS’s trade name, logo and trademarks are the copyright, designs and trademarks respectively of MEDIAMATTERS which retains all right, title and interest in such intellectual property and may not be copied, downloaded, stored, altered, modified, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without the prior written permission of MEDIAMATTERS save and except for the downloading and printing of the Material for personal record-keeping purposes only.

2. NO REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY

No representation is made and no warranty is given (either express or implied) as to the completeness or accuracy of the Material. It is the responsibility of the User to verify the Material and satisfy himself/herself before acting upon it. Any action taken by the User based on the Material is entirely made at the sole discretion and at the own risk of the User.

3. DISCLAIMER

The Material in this Website is provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express or implied, subject to any applicable law. MEDIAMATTERS disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of satisfactory quality, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of intellectual property or proprietary rights or compatibility between the Website and any software or hardware. MEDIAMATTERS does not warrant or represent that your access to the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected or that this Website or this server that makes it available is free of any virus, bugs or other harmful elements. Notwithstanding all efforts made by MEDIAMATTERS to ensure the accuracy of the Website, MEDIAMATTERS does not warrant or make any representations regarding the correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise of the material in this Website, the results of their use, or that the material will not be objectionable or offensive to the user or any other person.

4. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

MEDIAMATTERS shall not be responsible for or liable to the User or any other person for any loss, whatsoever arising, incurred or suffered by any User or any other person whether in tort, contract, statute or otherwise or whether in respect of negligence, breach of contract, defamation, or intellectual property right infringement or otherwise, including but not limited to the following losses:

a) any direct loss;

b) any consequential or indirect loss (including without limitation loss of revenue or profits); or

c) the User’s liability to any other person, which is suffered or incurred by the User or any other person arising under or in any way out of or in relation to the Material or the use thereof or generally of this Website.

5. MODIFICATIONS

MEDIAMATTERS reserves the right to make any changes or modifications to this Website at its sole discretion without prior notice to the User. MEDIAMATTERS reserves the right to deny access to this Website by anyone at any time.

6. SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK

While we are pleased to receive suggestions, comments and feedback from the User of this Website, we want the User to understand that any information or communication the User submits to us through this Website will be considered non-personal, non-confidential, and non-proprietary. If the User transmits any ideas, information, concepts, know-how or techniques, or materials to us through this Website, the User hereby grants MEDIAMATTERS an unrestricted, royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit, disclose and distribute them in any medium, and agree that MEDIAMATTERS is free to use them for any purpose, including developing, manufacturing and/or marketing of goods or services.

7. LINK TO OTHER SITES

This Website may contain links to other websites which are not maintained by MEDIAMATTERS. Any links to other websites are provided solely for the User’s convenience as a user of this Website, and do not imply MEDIAMATTERS’s endorsement of the linked websites or the products or services provided at those website association with their operators. MEDIAMATTERS hereby disclaims all responsibility and liability for the use of linked websites (whether used in conjunction with or independent of MEDIAMATTERS’s Website) which is accessed and used at the User’s own risk or for the collection, use, maintenance, sharing, or disclosure of data and information by such third parties. MEDIAMATTERS is not responsible for the contents of any of these websites and shall not be liable for any damages or injury or losses suffered arising from or in connection with access to those websites.

Similarly, other websites may contain links to this Website. Any third party that wishes to establish links to this Website should notify MEDIAMATTERS in writing of their intention prior to doing so. MEDIAMATTERS reserves the right to deny permission for any such links to this Website. If, however, MEDIAMATTERS gives its permission for any such links, MEDIAMATTERS is not under any obligation to establish reciprocal links with the third party and the disclaimer in the above paragraph applies.

8. GOVERNING LAWS

The Terms of Use are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong SAR.  You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong SAR.

9. SEVERABILITY

In the event of any provision of the Terms of Use being found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the other provisions of the Terms of Use.  All provisions not affected by such invalidity or unenforceability shall remain in full force and effect.

10. LANGUAGE

Where this Terms of Use is available in any other language, the English version shall prevail whenever there is a discrepancy or conflict between the two versions.