Terms of Use
Effective Date: 10 November 2022
This Website is operated by Canon Hongkong Company Limited. References to “we”, “our” or “us” in the terms and conditions of the terms of use set forth below (these “Terms of Use”) shall be deemed to be references to Canon Hongkong Company Limited.
These Terms of Use will apply when you access this Website or any of our sub-sites, mobile applications, social media platforms and/or any other services (references to this Website hereinafter shall be extended to cover any of our sub-sites, mobile applications, social media platforms and/or any other services unless otherwise specified under the terms and conditions of such sites/sub-sites).
Before proceeding, please read these Terms of Use. Please note that by using this Website or any of our sub-sites, mobile applications, social media platforms and/or any other services, you will be deemed to have read and agreed to these Terms of Use.
- Use of this Website
1.1. You may browse this Website and/or any sub-sites according to these Terms of Use and/or such other terms and conditions of such sites PROVIDED that your access, downloading and/or use of information from this Website and/or any sub-sites is for your own non-commercial use only. You may not distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, repost, or use any information from this Website and/or any sub-sites for any commercial purposes, without our prior written consent.
1.2. You agree not to upload, post, publish, transmit or transfer to this Website (nor include in any message) any software, files or other material which:
- is or is in our opinion (or is likely to be perceived by any recipient as) misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, illegal, obscene, threatening, deceptive, abusive, profane or offensive;
- is in breach of any copyright or other intellectual property right, or damaging to data, software or the performance of our or any other parties’ computer system, or adversely affects the performance or availability of this Website;
- is a breach of any person's rights (including but not limited to, copyright and confidentiality);
- contains a virus, cancelbot, Trojan horse, worm or other harmful components;
- is in breach of any applicable law or regulation;
- contains any unauthorised advertising, promotion or solicitation; or
- materially misrepresents facts which may be damaging to us, our clients or our or their agents.
1.3. Save and except for information covered by our Privacy Policy , any information you share with us via this Website and/or any sub-sites, or by e-mail or otherwise, including but not limited to any questions, comments, feedback, suggestions, will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you share become the property of us and/or our affiliates and may be used for any purpose, including but not limited to reproduction, disclosure, publication, posting and/or broadcast. Additionally, we are free to use, without compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any of your communications with us for any purposes whatsoever including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and/or marketing our products and/or services.
- Intellectual Property Rights
2.1. You acknowledge and agree that the ownership of any and all intellectual property rights (including but not limited to, copyright and trademarks) in this Website belongs to us or our third party licensors. Accordingly, any part of this Website (or its source HTML code) may not be used, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner other than for the purposes of utilizing this Website, meaning that you may only display it on your computer screen and print it out on your printer for the sole purpose of viewing its content in connection with the relevant transaction and in any event for your own non-commercial use only. You must retain and reproduce each and every copyright notice or other proprietary rights notice contained in any information you download. You should assume that everything from this Website is copyrighted unless otherwise specified and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use without our prior written consent. Except as otherwise permitted in this Clause, we neither warrant nor represent that your use of any materials displayed on this Website will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with us. Save and except for the foregoing, no license to or right in any information, or copyright of us or of any other party is granted and/or licensed to you.
2.2. Canon trademarks, logos, trade names and product names found on this Website and/or any subsites including those licensed by Canon Inc. are registered and unregistered marks of us and/or our affiliates. All other trademarks, logos, trade names and product names are property of their respective owners. Any use of trademarks, logos, trade names and product names are prohibited without the prior written consent of us or the respective owners.
2.3. Copyright and all other intellectual property rights subsisting in any database accessible via this Website and each and every piece of information provided through this Website is owned by us or the third party providers of such information. You may use information retrieved from this Website only for the purposes of the transaction posted to this Website.
- External Links
You may not link this Website to any other Website without our prior written consent. Where we provide links to a third party website, we do not take any responsibility for or make any warranties, representations or undertakings about the content of any other website which may be referred to or accessed by hypertext links in, from or with this Website, and we do not endorse or approve the content of such third party websites.
- Security
4.1. We do not warrant that any message sent over the Internet will be completely secure. We will not accept any responsibility for any damages incurred by you if you send a message to us, or if we send a message to you at your request, over the Internet. We shall not be responsible in any manner for direct, indirect, special or consequential losses or damages howsoever arising out of the use of this Website. Communications over the Internet may be subject to interruption, delayed transmission due to Internet traffic or incorrect data transmission due to the public nature of the Internet or otherwise.
4.2. We do not warrant that third parties will not be able to independently gain access to confidential information or data (including but not limited to payment details and details of your personal identity) passing to or via this Website. Accordingly, we do not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever for any loss or damage suffered or incurred by you as a result of any use or mis-use of any such confidential information or data by any such third party and you agree and acknowledge that your use of this Website shall be solely at your own risk.
- Website Updates
5.1. We reserve the right to change the content, presentation, performance, user facilities and availability of any part of this Website at our sole discretion and without notice. It is your responsibility to refer to and update yourself in relation to any changes made. Changes will come into effect immediately upon posting by us. We shall not be responsible for any continuity of connection, transmission over, security of, or results from, the use of any network connection or facilities provided (or omitted to be provided) in connection with the use of this Website.
5.2. We may withdraw your right to use this Website at any time, for any reason and without notice.
5.3. We make no warranty as to the continuous availability of this Website.
- Liability and Indemnity
6.1. You shall irrevocably indemnify us and our affiliates from and against any and all losses, damages and costs incurred by us, or our affiliates of whatsoever nature arising out of or in connection with your use, provision or distribution of information on this Website or otherwise, howsoever arising, in relation to any breach of these Terms of Use by you.
6.2. We use reasonable efforts to ensure that information on this Website and/or any sub-sites is accurate and up-to-date but make no warranty of accuracy, completeness or timeliness of any such information. Information may contain inaccuracies, typographical or system errors. We expressly reserve the right to make any changes, corrections and/or improvements to any information and contents at any time without notice, including but not limited to any descriptions and/or price information relating to any products and/or services. We disclaim any and all liability and responsibility for any errors or omissions in any contents of this Website and/or any sub-sites.
6.3. This Website, including but not limited to, its contents, functionality, performance and features is provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis at your sole risk and without representations or warranties of any kind and all warranties, terms or conditions (express or implied, statutory or otherwise including but not limited to any warranty as to satisfactory quality or any warranty or commitment that access or use will be uninterrupted or error free) are expressly excluded. Accordingly, we shall not be liable for any losses (including direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages) arising out of the use of or inability to access this Website. It shall be your responsibility to make all necessary copies and backups of any information obtained or available from this Website. Accordingly, you agree not to bring a claim of any nature against us in relation to your use of or access to this Website except where such a claim cannot be excluded by law. You acknowledge and agree that we will have the right (subject to the discretion of the Court) to a stay of proceedings if you bring any claim against us in breach of the foregoing.
6.4. The products and/or services displayed on this Website and/or any sub-sites are subject to availability in your particular country or location. The reference to such products and services in this Website and/or any sub-sites does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time in your particular location.
6.5. WEBSITE INFORMATION REGARDING PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES, INCLUDING THEIR AVAILABILITY, APPEARANCE, PRICE AND SPECIFICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGES FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. SUCH INFORMATION WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR OTHER COMMITMENT BY US WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUCT AND/OR SERVICE AND WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY, SUITABILITY FOR ANY PURPOSE OR COMPLETENESS THEREOF.
6.6. Products/Services which are manufactured by and/or supplied to us by third party manufacturers/suppliers (“Third Parties”) may be listed on this site. Third Party Products are subject to the warranties provided, issued and granted by the relevant Third Parties. Except as otherwise provided in these Terms and to the fullest extent permitted by law, you hereby agree that the relevant Third Party’s warranty shall be the sole warranty in respect of any fault, defect, or failure of any Third Party Product and to look solely to such Third Party (and not to us) for any and all claims related to such warranty.
- General
7.1. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms of Use without our prior written consent.
7.2. We will not be liable to you for failure to fulfil obligations caused by events outside our control, including but not limited to, any difficulties experienced by you in accessing this Website.
7.3. Your use of this Website is governed by the laws of the Hong Kong SAR and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the Hong Kong SAR in relation to any dispute arising out of your use of or access to it.
7.4. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between us relating to your use of this Website and shall supersede all other contracts, discussions, letters or communications (whether written or oral) relating to the subject matter.
7.5. These Terms of Use are prepared in English. The Chinese translation is provided for reference only. In case of any inconsistency, the English version shall prevail.