Terms & Conditions

Last updated on 1st December, 2018.

References to “you” or “your” means you, the person or entity who is accessing or viewing this website, and references to “we“, “us“, “our“, “Meiyume” or “Meiyume Group Limited” means Meiyume Group Limited and each of its affiliates, subsidiaries and parent companies.

1. Your Undertakings

You agree that you will not use this website or any data, material or information made available on or through this website, in any format whatsoever, including (without limitation) any data files, text, computer software, images, graphics, photos, video clips, sound, audio files, directories or databases (“Website Content“):

1. 1. in any way that breaches any applicable laws, regulations, codes, guidelines or orders;
   2. in any way that contravenes or infringes upon any of our rights or any third party’s rights (including any Intellectual Property Rights, as defined below);
   3. to send, communicate or engage in any harassing, disruptive, offensive, abusive, threatening, indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing behaviour, or behaviour that causes annoyance, inconvenience, needless anxiety or is intended to deceive.
   4. for any purpose not expressly permitted by the terms of this Disclaimer or Privacy Statement.

You agree not to take any action or allow any third party to take any action that would interfere with or disrupt this website, or the servers and networks through which this website is operated, or which would enable you, or any third party, to gain unauthorised access to, or to tamper with or use any of our computer systems or networks.
You agree not to disclose, distribute, use, copy or compile any personal data or contact information made available on this website for any purpose (including, without limitation, to send any marketing materials) not expressly permitted by this website, unless you receive our express prior consent to do so.

2. Warranties and Disclaimers

All information contained on this website is intended for reference only and does not constitute advice or recommendations. Meiyume does not guarantee the truth, accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information, and accepts no liability (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for any loss or damage howsoever arising from or in reliance on the content of this website.

Although this website includes links to other third-party websites, Meiyume has not participated in the development of those other sites and does not monitor or exert any editorial or other control over those websites. Access to and use of such other websites is at the user’s own risk. Meiyume is not responsible for and makes no representations or warranties with regard to such other websites, or any content or information contained in those websites. Links to and from this website do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Meiyume of the third parties or their products/services. Separate terms and conditions may also apply to such websites. Meiyume accepts no responsibility for the content of or your use of any such websites. 

Meiyume does not warrant the security of information which may be provided to any third party and is not responsible for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any access to or interaction with any other websites via this website.

This website is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Meiyume expressly excludes any warranty or representation of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties or implied terms of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or non-infringement. Without prejudice to the foregoing, Meiyume does not warrant that the operation of this website will be uninterrupted, secure or error free or that this website will be free from any viruses, worms or any other anomalies, and accepts no responsibility for any technical problems arising from your use of this website.

Meiyume will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the website is accessible for 24 hours a day but will not be liable if‚ for any reason‚ the website is unavailable for any time or for any period or for any reason.  Meiyume has the right to suspend access to the website (or to any part of it) temporarily or permanently and without notice.

At any time, access to and use of certain parts of the website may be restricted to registered users, to which further terms governing access may apply.  When applicable, such terms shall be drawn to your attention during the registration process. Meiyume may, at its sole discretion, refuse to register a user or to provide access to certain parts of the website to certain users, without providing reasons for doing so. 

Any materials, including Website Content, downloaded or otherwise obtained or accessed through this website is at your sole risk and discretion, and you shall be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or other devices or loss of data that results from such.

3. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Meiyume shall not be liable (whether in contract or tort, including negligence or breach of duty, or otherwise) for any damage, loss or liability sustained or arising out of or in connection with:

• • Your use of the website;
  • Your reliance on or your inability to use the information contained on this Website; or
  • Any failure or performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, worm, Trojan Horse, or system failure, unavailability or suspension to this website,

including, without limitation, loss of profits, loss of income, loss of anticipated savings, loss of revenues, loss of data, loss of goodwill or loss of contracts or business (in each case whether direct or indirect) nor for any indirect, economic, consequential or special loss resulting from whatever cause. 

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Meiyume expressly disclaims all liability howsoever arising whether in contract, tort (or deceit) or otherwise (including, but not limited to, liability for any negligent act or omissions) to any person in respect of any claims or losses of any nature, arising directly or indirectly from: (i) anything done or the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done wholly or partly in reliance upon the whole or any part of the information of this website; and (ii) the use of any data or materials on this website or unauthorised access to this website or otherwise.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Meiyume will not be responsible for any breach of this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control. 

Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude Meiyume’s liability for death or personal injury resulting from Meiyume’s negligence.  You shall be liable for and shall indemnify Meiyume and/or, where applicable, Meiyume’s group companies, officers, directors, agents, licensors, successors and assigns from against any and all claims, actions, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses (including legal expenses) of any kind which arise out of or in connection with, directly or indirectly your breach of this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement.

4. Content Downloads

We may from time to time make content available on the website which you can download via a link on the website.  We reserve the right to charge for such downloadable content and to revise the charges from time to time as we think fit.

Where such downloadable content is made available without charge, it is provided by us without warranty of any kind and, once downloaded by you, the content is non-exchangeable and non-refundable.

Where we charge for such downloadable content, it is provided by us without warranty save as to our rights to sell you such content and subject to your existing statutory rights.  No other warranties are provided by us.

Where you choose to download such content from the website, you represent and warrant to us that your access or receiving device supports the download and that it is compatible with the format of the content requested.  Your use of all downloadable content is subject to the “Intellectual Property Rights” section below.

5. User-generated Content

Where the facility exists, any material that you upload to this website or otherwise provide to us will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and, in uploading material to this website or otherwise providing material to us, you agree to grant Meiyume a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and royalty-free license to use, copy, distribute, edit, translate and reproduce such material, as Meiyume may require, including sub-licensing to other parties.  If you do not wish to grant these rights, please do not submit your contribution.

You warrant that your contribution shall not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other party. Furthermore, you warrant that the content shall not be defamatory, illegal or capable of breaching the laws of any jurisdiction in which it may be displayed. You agree to indemnify Meiyume for any breaches of these warranties.

Meiyume does not assume any responsibility for auditing, moderating or monitoring any user-generated content and Meiyume will not be responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials uploaded by you or any other user of this website.

However, Meiyume reserves the right to remove any user-generated content for any reason or no reason, including because the user-generated content breaches or risks breaching this Disclaimer and Policy Statement.  Meiyume also has the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material submitted by you to this website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

Any complaints about such user-generated content by rights holders or any user or visitor to this website should be directed to Meiyume using the details in the “Contacting Us” section below.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

All Intellectual Property Rights in this website and the Website Content belong to Meiyume. You have no right to use any of our (or our licensors) trade names, trade marks, service marks, logos, copyright, domain names or any other Intellectual Property Rights. Nothing in the website shall confer on any person any licence or right with respect to any of Meiyume’s Intellectual Property Rights. Meiyume’s name may not be used in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of information without our prior written consent.

You may not distribute, modify, transmit, copy or use any Website Content in any manner for public or commercial purposes without prior written permission from Meiyume.

The products, technology or processes described on this website may be the subject of other Intellectual Property Rights owned by Meiyume or by other third parties. No licence is granted to you in respect of those Intellectual Property Rights.

Without prejudice to the rest of this section (“Intellectual Property Rights”), all marks which are identified with the symbol ® or ™ are trade or service marks belonging to and used by Meiyume. Use of such marks is prohibited without the prior written consent of Meiyume.

For the purposes of this Disclaimer and Policy Statement, “Intellectual Property Rights” shall include, without limitation, any copyright, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered), service marks, logos, trade names, corporate names, Internet domain names, patents, registered designs, database rights, rights in designs, topography, know-how, trade secrets or any similar right or proprietary right, whether registered or not, and all applications or rights to apply for the same (where such applications can be made), whether presently existing or created in the future, anywhere in the world, and all benefits, privileges, or rights to sue, recover damages and obtain relief for any past, current or future infringement, misappropriation or violation of any of the foregoing rights.

You agree to indemnify and keep indemnified Meiyume, its officers, directors, agents, licensors, successors and assigns against all liabilities, claims, losses, costs, damage and expenses including legal fees incurred by Meiyume should you breach any of the terms of this section (“Intellectual Property Rights”). 

7. Changes to the Disclaimer and Privacy Statement

We may amend the terms of this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement from time to time in our sole discretion without any notice or liability to you. The latest version of this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement shall be posted on this website, and shall be effective once posted on this website. If you continue to use this website after the amended version has been posted, you agree to be bound by such amendments to this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement. It is your responsibility to regularly check this website to see if there are any changes to the Disclaimer and Privacy Statement.

8. Changes to this Website

We may, in our sole discretion and at any time, without notice to you, add to, amend, remove, alter, suspend or terminate this website or any Website Content, including any references to details of products or services, including pricing.

9. General Privacy Policy

When Meiyume collects information from you, its policy is to comply fully with the requirements of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “PDPO“) which regulates in Hong Kong the treatment of personal data, and any other applicable laws regulating the treatment of personal data. Personal data is any information relating to any living individual from which it is possible to identify that individual. In dealing with personal data, Meiyume will ensure its staff comply with the standards of security and confidentiality prescribed by law.

Sections 9 to 20 of the Disclaimer and Privacy Statement (hereinafter the “Privacy Statement”) shows Meiyume’s commitment to protect your personal data and explains its practice in relation to the collection, retention, storage and sharing of personal data.

This website is not intended for use by children under the age of 16 and we do not knowingly collect or use personal information relating to children.

10. Collection and Use of Personal Data

Meiyume will collect personal data from you for any purpose stated in this Privacy Statement. Such purposes may include fulfillment of your specific requests or applications relating to Meiyume’s services, jobs, etc., the processing of your complaints, enquiries or feedback, or the identification and verification of you as a user. The provision of personal data or any information is voluntary. However, if you do not supply all information requested by Meiyume, this may result in Meiyume being unable to process your application or requests fully or at all.

Without limitation to the rest of the Privacy Statement, Meiyume may collect and process the following data about you (which may include personal data):

• • Information you provide by filling in forms on this website. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our website. 
  • If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
  • We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
  • Details of your visits to our website including but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data.
  • Your name, website ID/login name, company name, telephone number, email address and password. We may need this information in order to provide you with access to this website and to ensure we can identify you.  We reserve the right to request further information from you in order to verify your identity where required.

Meiyume shall make a record of your visit to this website. The record will show the domain name server address and details of the pages visited. Meiyume only collects aggregate information about the number and types of visitors by reference to their domain name server address. This information is used by Meiyume to prepare general statistics on the usage of this website and may also be disclosed by Meiyume to any court or regulatory authority or Meiyume’s legal advisers in the case of any unlawful use of the website.

Without limitation to purposes more specifically expressed elsewhere in the Privacy Statement, information that you or a third party provide to us about you (which may include personal data) will be used only for the following purposes:

• • We may share your personal data between Meiyume and any of its group companies, who may contact you by mail, telephone, email or other electronic messaging service. By providing us with your contact details you consent to being contacted by these methods and to our using your personal information for these purposes. 
  • We may retain and disclose your personal data in order to comply with any statutory, legal or regulatory obligations.
  • We may disclose your personal data to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share such information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement, or other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of Meiyume, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
  • We intend to continue improving the content and function of our website. For this reason, we may monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help us improve the design and layout of our site and provide content of interest to you.
  • We may retain your personal data for up to two years from the date of rejecting your job application, unless you have given express consent for your personal data to be retained for a longer period or there is a subsisting reason that obligates Meiyume to retain the data for a longer period.

11. Security

Where personal data is stored electronically, Meiyume will take reasonable steps to ensure that any information provided as a result of accessing this website is kept secure.  Our Website has security installed to ensure that any personal data entered onto the site is protected against loss, misuse or alteration. Personal data, whether stored in electronic form on computers or in hard-copy form, will be accessible only by authorised officers or employees of Meiyume. Persons designated by Meiyume to handle personal data will comply with this Privacy Statement and/or any other relevant obligations under the PDPO or any other applicable laws, and told how to fulfil Meiyume’s obligations to you.

Any personal data Meiyume receives from you will not be disclosed to any third party except as provided in this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement, as notified to you at the time of collection, or with your prior consent.

While we take appropriate steps to maintain the security of your data; however you should understand that the open nature of the internet is such that data may flow over networks without security measures and may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data is intended.  Whilst we use all reasonable endeavours to protect your security, we advise users that data transmission over the internet and the World Wide Web cannot be guaranteed as 100% secure, and therefore that you use the website at your own risk. 

We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

12. Hyperlinks

This Privacy Statement only applies in relation to the collection of personal data by Meiyume. If you click on a hyperlink taking you from this website to another website, Meiyume shall not be responsible for the privacy and security practices or the content of such website, or any collection of your personal data by the third party operating such website, and you should refer to the privacy policy of each website you enter.

13. Disclosure and Sharing of Personal Information

Your personal data held by Meiyume will be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed or transferred to any third party without your consent. However, Meiyume may provide your personal data to any of the following persons (whether inside or outside Hong Kong), where necessary in order to fulfill one or more of the purposes stated in the “Collection and Use of Personal Data” section above, or for any other purpose consented to by you or as notified to you at the time of collection of your personal data:

1. 1. any personnel who provides services or advice to Meiyume in connection with its operations, or any affiliate or subsidiary of Meiyume, who is subject to a duty of confidentiality;
   2. any person to whom Meiyume is required to make disclosure under any law applicable in or outside Hong Kong.

We may need to share your information with companies who work under contract to us for purposes mentioned in the “Collection and Use of Personal Data” section above. We shall ensure that all of these other companies protect your personal data by applying the same standards of security as us. 

14. Data Retention

Personal information you provide to Meiyume will be retained only for such period as may be necessary for the carrying out of the purposes referred to in this Privacy Statement or as otherwise specified at the time of collection.

15. Cookies

Depending on your browser settings, when you use this website, cookies may be collected and stored on your computer’s system. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your computer’s hard drive and enable us to distinguish you from other users of this website, and to provide you with a customized browsing experience. The cookies also enable us to recognise and count the number of visitors to this website, and to see how visitors use it. You can choose to set your web browser so that it does not accept cookies, however this may affect the functionality of this website.

Our website does use some non-essential cookies.  We do not do this to track individual users or to identify them, but to gain useful knowledge about how the site is used so that we can keep improving it for our users.  Without the knowledge we gain from the systems that use these cookies, we would not be able to provide the service we do.

We use third party suppliers in order to provide some of the functions of our website.  Their tools and functions may use cookies, the details of which are set out below:

If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.  You can access them through some types of browser.  Search in your cookie folders for ‘Cookie Identifier’ to find our cookies if you wish to delete them.

More information about cookies, including how to block them on all sites or delete them, can be found at AboutCookies.org. 

16. Personal Information Access and Correction

You have the right to the following free of charge:

• • request an explanation on our fair processing of information and transparency over how we use your use personal information
  • access to your personal information and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Statement is already designed to address
  • request correction to any mistakes in your information which we hold
  • request erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations
  • receive any personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations
  • object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing
  • object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you
  • object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information
  • otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances

If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us by sending an e-mail to the Data Protection Officer.

17. If you supply information about other people

If you are providing information about someone else, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their personal data and that you have informed them of our identity and the purposes (as set out in this Privacy Statement) for which their personal data will be processed. 

18. Other Information

You should note that if our business (or any part of it) is sold or transferred at any time, the information we hold may form part of the assets transferred although will still only be used in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

19. General

1. 1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
      This Disclaimer and Privacy Statement are governed by the laws of Hong Kong, and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
   2. Severability
      If any of the terms of this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement are found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction, it will be severed and the remaining terms will continue in full force and effect as if this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement had been made without the invalid, illegal or unenforceable terms. Each section and sub-section herein shall be treated as a separate and independent provision, and the unenforceability of any one section or sub-section shall not impair the enforceability of any of the other section or sub-section.
   3. Entire Agreement
      This Disclaimer and Privacy Statement contain the entire agreement between you and us and replaces all previous written or oral agreements in relation to this website and the Website Content.
   4. Waiver
      A failure or delay by us to exercise any right or to act upon a breach in relation to this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement will not be a waiver of that right or breach. Any waiver by us of any of our rights or of a breach of this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement must be in writing, and such waiver is limited to that particular right or breach stated therein.
   5. Assignment
      You may not transfer any of your rights or obligations under the terms of this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement without our written consent. We may transfer our rights or obligations or both to any person or entity, including any of our affiliates, without your consent.
   6. Communications
      Applicable laws may require that certain information or communications be in writing.  When using the website, you accept and agree that communication with Meiyume may be electronic.  Meiyume may contact you by email or provide you with information by posting notices on this website.  For any contractual purposes, you agree to electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that Meiyume provides to you electronically comply with any legal requirements that such communication be in writing.  This provision does not affect your statutory rights. 
   7. Language
      If this Disclaimer and Privacy Statement are translated into any other language, the English language version shall prevail.
   8. Contacting Us
      Questions, comments and requests are welcomed and should be sent to: marketing@meiyume.com