Privacy policy
The website of the Macau Panda of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government, hereinafter referred to as the “Macau Panda website”, highly values the privacy rights of its website users. Therefore we have developed the Macau Panda website’s privacy policy based on the legal rationale of the “Personal Data Protection Act”.
The MSAR Government guarantees that all your personal data given to this website are protected by this policy. We will make our best efforts to provide our users with a safe and reliable web-based platform.
1. When you are only browsing the “Macau Panda website” without using its online services or submitting application forms, you are not required to provide personal data such as your names and addresses. However, our computer system may automatically record the following technical data:
Your domain name and IP address;
The time and date when you start browsing;
The web pages you have browsed;
The domain name of the website from which you enter the Macau Panda website via hyperlink.
We will not collect any information that can identify the user. All records collected will only be used for producing statistics reports and for investigating computer system problems in order to improve Macau Panda website’s services. Unless hostility is identified against our website, such data will not be used for investigating the browsers.
2. When you are using the electronic services of the Macau Panda website or sending e-mails to us, you may need to provide personal data such as: your name, telephone number, ID number, e-mail address and mailing address.
Under circumstances permitted by law, such information may be transferred to the related service providing government departments, in order to provide your required services. With the exception of “online payment service”, we will not disclose your personal data to any non-governmental entity, unless such entity is legally permitted to be authorised to use the data.
3. When you use the Macau Panda website’s online payment service, you agree to allow the Macau Panda website to send your credit card information and other necessary personal data to a third party credit institution or bank using encryption, in order to process your payment order and allow such institutions to use, process or store your personal data.
4. The MSAR Government will use appropriate information security technology for sending and storing online registration data in order to protect the personal data of all users. We will keep confidential all the personal data provided by the users to the Macau Panda website. Such information can only be accessed by the authorised persons. However, you realise and understand that there is a certain degree of risk in sending information online. Therefore, when using the related services, you agree to take the responsibility of such risks and all subsequent losses. The Macau Panda website will not hold any responsibility for such losses.
5. The Macau Panda website contains hyperlinks to other government and non-government websites. Clicking on any one of these hyperlinks means you have left this website. The privacy policy of these websites may be different from ours. We hold no responsibility for the content and privacy policy of such websites. Therefore, you are advised to understand in advance the privacy policy of these websites before visiting.
6. In case of any revision to this statement, we will replace the old version with the updated one, with the date of revision posted on the document. No separate announcement will be made.
2010.06.25