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Important
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By accessing this website and any of its pages you are agreeing
to the terms set out below and by continuing to use this website
following the posting of any changes to these terms will signify
your consent to the changes made.
General
Products and services referred to in this
website are offered only in jurisdictions where and when they may
be lawfully offered by the Hang Seng Bank Group ("the Bank").The
material on these pages are not intended for use by persons located
in or resident in jurisdictions which restrict the distribution
of this material by us. Persons accessing these pages are required
to inform themselves about and observe any relevant restrictions.
These pages should not be regarded as an
offer or solicitation to sell investments or make deposits in any
jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an
invitation or solicitation in such jurisdictions.
The information contained in these pages is not intended to provide
professional advice and should not be relied upon in that regard.
Persons accessing these pages are advised to obtain appropriate
professional advice where necessary.
Any information, products or services supplied in this website may
be withdrawn or amended at any time without advance notice at the
discretion of the Bank. The eligibility of clients for particular
information, products or services is subject to the final and absolute
discretion of the Bank.
It is your sole responsibility to prevent, safeguard and ensure
that no computer virus enters your system and this website.
Application Forms
Please read the following carefully BEFORE you retrieve, print or complete any of our application forms:
For the avoidance of doubt, in case of any inconsistency, contradiction or difference of whatever kind between our application forms shown or appeared on screen (the "Visual Form") and such application form in printed format (the "Printed Form"), the Visual Form shall prevail.
Upon completing and signing the Printed Form, you shall be deemed to have read and understood the contents of the Visual Form and have agreed to all the provisions contained therein and to have agreed and undertaken not to raise any objection whatsoever in connection with any inconsistency, contradiction or difference of whatever kind between the Visual Form and the Printed Form.
Security Reminder
The Bank maintains strict security standards and procedures to prevent unauthorised access to information about you.
The Bank will never contact you by email or otherwise and ask you to validate personal information such as user ID, account number or password information.
If you receive such a request, you should contact the Bank at 2822 0228.
Also, you are advised to communicate with the Bank through our official website domain address (www.hangseng.com) and not through hyperlinks embedded in e-mails.
Internet Communications
Messages sent over the Internet cannot be
guaranteed to be completely secure. The Bank will not be responsible
for any damages incurred by users as a result of any delay, loss,
diversion, alteration or corruption of any message either sent to
or received from the Bank at the users' request, over the Internet.
The Bank is not responsible in any manner for direct, indirect,
special or consequential damages arising out of the use of this
website.
Communication over the Internet may be subject to interruption,
transmission blackout, delayed transmission due to Internet traffic
or incorrect data transmission due to the public nature of the Internet
or otherwise.
Linked
Websites
Use of hyperlinks to other internet sites
or resources are at users' own risk. The contents, accuracy, opinion
expressed, and other links provided at these sites are not investigated,
verified, monitored, or endorsed by the Bank. The Bank expressly
disclaim any responsibility for the accuracy, contents, availability
or omission of information found on sites that link to or from this
site. Users are solely responsible for making all enquiries and
investigation before proceeding with any online or offline access
or transaction with any of these third parties. The Bank emphasize
that all activities conducted by users via or at this website are
at their own risk. The Bank does not warrant the security of any
information users may forward or be requested to provide to any
third parties. Users are deemed to have irrevocably waived any claims
against the Bank for any loss or damage suffered as a result of
any access to or interaction with any other websites via this site.
The Bank may include hyperlinks to other Hang Seng Bank Group
websites for your convenience. The products and services offered on these websites
may be limited to persons located or residing in only that particular jurisdiction.
In addition, the content on these linked websites may not be intended for persons
located or residing in jurisdictions that restrict the distribution of such content.
The terms and conditions governing the use of the website of each Hang Seng Bank Group
entity may differ and you should consult and carefully read the applicable terms and
conditions before using the website.
Disclaimer
While every care has been taken in preparing
the information and materials contained in this site, such information
and materials are provided to you "as is" without warranty or representation
of any kind, express or implied. In particular, no warranty or representation
regarding non-infringement, security, accuracy, fitness for a particular
purpose or freedom from computer virus, Trojan horses, worms, software
bombs or similar items is given in conjunction with such information
and materials.
Copyright,
Trade Marks
The Bank and other parties own the trade marks,
logos and service marks displayed on this site and users are prohibited
from using them without written permission of the Bank or such other
parties.
All contents on this website including but not limited to the text,
graphics, links and sounds are protected by copyright and no part
of such materials may be modified, reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, transmitted (in any form or by any means), copied, distributed,
reused, reposted, reverse engineered, decompiled, used for creating
derivative works or used in any other way for commercial or public
purposes without the Bank's prior written consent.
Internet Privacy Policy Statement
Our business has been built on the trust and confidence our customers place in us. To preserve the confidentiality of all information you provide to us, we maintain the following privacy principles:
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We only collect your personal information that we believe to be relevant and required to understand your financial needs and to conduct our business. |
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We use your personal information to provide you with better services and products. |
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We may pass your personal information to other HSBC Group companies or agents, as permitted by law. |
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We will not disclose your personal information to any external organisation unless we have your consent or are required by law or have previously informed you. |
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We may be required, from time to time, to disclose your personal information to Governmental or judicial bodies or agencies or our regulators, but we will only do so under proper authority. |
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We aim to keep your personal information on our records accurate and up-to-date. |
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We maintain strict security systems designed to prevent unauthorised access to your personal information by anyone, including our staff. |
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All HSBC Group companies, all our staff and all third parties with permitted access to your personal information are specifically required to observe our confidentiality obligations. |
By maintaining our commitment to these privacy principles, we will ensure that we respect the inherent trust that you place in us.
In addition to our duty of confidentiality to customers, we shall at all times observe the above privacy principles and the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance ("the Ordinance") of the Hong Kong SAR in collecting, maintaining and using the personal data of customers.
The Bank will not collect any personal information
that identifies a visitor to this site unless specified otherwise.
Your visit to this site will record only the Domain Name Server
part of your email address and of the pages visited. Such information
will be used to prepare aggregate information about the number
of visitors to the site and general statistics on usage patterns
of the site.
Some of this information will be gathered through
the use of "cookies". Cookies are small bits of information that
are automatically stored on a person web browser in their computer
that can be retrieved by this site. Such information, for example,
may be a user's password that is stored to avoid having to retype
it during subsequent visits to a site. Should you wish to disable
these cookies you may do so by changing the setting on your browser
itself.
Contact Us
Request for access to personal data or correction
of personal data or for information regarding policies and practices on personal data and
kinds of personal data held should be addressed to:
Data Protection Officer
Hang Seng Bank Limited
83 Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong SAR
Fax : (852) 2868 4042
Notice to Customers and Other Individuals relating to the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
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