Terms of Service for Macao Cultural and Creative Industries Website

Macao Cultural and Creative Industries Website

July 27, 2011 10:56:59

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1. Recognition and Acceptance of Terms

(a) The Macao Cultural and Creative Industries Website (www.macaucci.gov.mo) is a services platform with technical and administrative support provided by the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region. It is currently independently operated by the government and seeks to promote and publicise Macao’s cultural and creative industries, offering business matching services to participating units. The Cultural and Creative Industries Website provides its services strictly in accordance with the Terms of Service described herein. By visiting the Cultural and Creative Industries Website, you are indicating that you have read, acknowledged and agree to all of the following Terms of Service.

(b) The Cultural and Creative Industries Website reserves the right to amend the terms herein and to replace an outdated version of these Terms with a new version indicating the date of revision, when necessary and without prior notice. The information provided by the Cultural and Creative Industries Website is based on the ‘status quo’, with no commitment or guarantee expressed or implied. The Cultural and Creative Industries Website does not guarantee such information will not be interrupted, error-free or without defect. It does not guarantee this website or the website server is free of viruses or other harmful components. The Cultural and Creative Industries Website does not make any guarantees as to the correctness, accuracy or reliability of the Website’s content, and does not assume any responsibility for the consequences of the use of this website. The Cultural and Creative Industries Website is not liable and will not offer any compensation for loss or damage suffered because of the use of any information on this website.

(c) If you are under the age of 18, apart from agreeing to the above-mentioned conditions, you may only use or continue to use the Cultural and Creative Industries Website after your parents (or guardians) have read, understood and agree to all the policies outlined in our Terms of Service and any subsequent changes or updates made thereto. By using or continuing to use the Cultural and Creative Industries Website, you are indicating that you and your parents or guardians have read, understood and agree to accept the policies outlined in our Terms of Service and any subsequent changes or updates made thereto.

2. Description of Services

(a) We provide services to all people regardless of nationality, sex or age. Our objective is to promote Macao’s cultural and creative industries. Therefore, you expressly understand that the Cultural and Creative Industries Website is a network services website providing information about Macao’s cultural and creative industries.

(b) All the latest news, announcements of activities and other information relating to the entities in our database that is published on our website are provided by the service provider, and the Cultural and Creative Industries Website only serves as a medium for publication. Any dispute arising from use of the information provided on the Cultural and Creative Industries Website is solely a dispute between you and the service provider, and does not involve the Cultural and Creative Industries Website.

3. Cultural and Creative Industries Website Privacy Policy

Personal information and other relevant information displayed on the Cultural and Creative Industries Website is protected and regulated by the conditions of this site’s Privacy Policy.

4. Links to Third-Party Websites

The Cultural and Creative Industries Website provides links to other government departments or websites of other agencies, the content of which are established and maintained by the respective agencies or institutions. Some hyperlinks to other websites and electronic services provided on the Cultural and Creative Industries Website are designed only for your convenience; the Cultural and Creative Industries Website is not responsible for related content and electronic services and does not assume responsibility or liability for any loss or damage caused by use of these sites. When you use these hyperlinks to connect to an external website, it indicates that you have left our website, and shall be governed by the terms of service and privacy policies of these other websites.

5. Information Download

The Cultural and Creative Industries Website does not assume responsibility for the use of our site, or other websites linked to our site by hyperlinks, for the downloading of software or information. Before downloading, you should carefully evaluate the appropriateness, efficacy, accuracy and completeness of such content and whether or not it constitutes an infringement upon the rights of others, in order to prevent any loss or damage that may result such as loss of data or damage to your computer system. You agree to indemnify this website and its affiliates from any such loss resulting from content you have downloaded.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

(a) The Cultural and Creative Industries Website makes no express or implied warranty as to the services provided by this site. We do not guarantee the reliability, security, accuracy or completeness of these services. You expressly understand and agree to assume full responsibility for any risks or losses that may occur as a result of using this site.

(b) The Cultural and Creative Industries Website makes no warranty or guarantee as to the goods, services or performances described or promoted by this site. You acknowledge and accept that the providers of such goods, services or performances assume full liability for them, and the Cultural and Creative Industries Website assumes no responsibility for any flaws or warranties associated with such goods, services and performances.

7. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

You acknowledge that the rights to software and programmes used by the Cultural and Creative Industries Website, as well as to all content on this site – including but not limited to texts, images, files, data compilations, web frames, site graphics and page design – belong to www.macaucci.gov.mo or its content suppliers and are protected by applicable law, including but not limited to law governing trademark, patent, copyright, trade secrets and other proprietary issues. Without express written consent, you may not use, modify, duplicate, broadcast, adapt, disseminate, distribute, publish, restore, decode or disassemble said content.

If you wish to quote, cite or reprint said software, programmes or content, you must first obtain the express written consent of the Cultural and Creative Industries Website or its content suppliers. Respecting intellectual property rights is your duty and responsibility. Should you violate or infringe these rights in any way you will be held responsible for compensating the Cultural and Creative Industries Website for any losses thereby sustained (including but not limited to court costs and legal fees).

8. Proprietary Rights to Content

The services and content of the Cultural and Creative Industries Website include: all texts, software, audio, images, videos, graphics and advertisements published on the Website, as well as any excerpts thereof, and all the content of electronic mail messages and any other information that this service sends to its subscribers. The copyright, trademark, service marks and other proprietary rights of this content are protected by law. Subscribers may only use this content with the authorisation of the Cultural and Creative Industries Website and its content providers and may not duplicate, recreate or create derivative works from this content. The copyright to all articles appearing on this site belongs to the author of the original or to the Cultural and Creative Industries Website. Anyone wishing to reprint articles found on this site must first obtain authorisation from the author or from the Cultural and Creative Industries Website.

9. Validity of Individual Conditions

If any one of the terms herein shall be deemed invalid in part or in whole, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining terms.

10.  These Terms of Service include n original Chinese version, as well as versions translated into Portuguese and English. In the event of any discrepancy, the Chinese version shall prevail.

11. Applicable Law

The interpretation and applicability of these Terms of Service shall be governed by the laws of the Macao Special Administrative Region. Any disputes that may arise shall be settled by the courts of the Macao Special Administrative Region. The Cultural and Creative Industries Website welcomes your suggestions and comments regarding this agreement. If you believe that any aspect of our service violates any of these Terms of Service, please contact us by telephone or email.