Updated: July, 2023
This website/digital works is owned and operated by United Prime Educational Publishing (HK) Limited, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliated entities (collectively, “UPEP”, “we”, “us” or “our”).
Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”)
These Terms apply to your use of this website/digital works (e.g. APP), its features and contents (the “Site”). Please read these Terms carefully before using and/or registering on the Site. If you continue to browse and use the Site, you agree to comply with and to be bound by these Terms.
We reserve the right to make changes to these Terms at any time. Any change we may make to these Terms will be posted on this page and the date on which the amendments were made will be stated on the top of this page. Where appropriate, we may notify you of the change by email. Your continued use of the Site after any such change whether or not you received an email from us in respect of such change, constitutes your acceptance of the new terms and conditions.
We reserve the right, at our sole and absolute discretion, to make changes to the Site and levels of service offered and to terminate access to the same at any time. Please note that the usage and purchase terms and privacy policies of our products and services within this Site or linked to this Site may be subject to more specific terms and policies. Please review those terms and policies frequently to determine the terms applicable to such products and services. The more specific terms and conditions shall prevail over these Terms if any conflict or inconsistency arises.
Intellectual Property Rights
All materials on this Site are the copyright of UPEP or are reproduced with permission from other copyright owners (the “Licensors”). All rights are expressly reserved.
Users are permitted to view, print and download the materials for personal, non-commercial, non-profit and educational purposes only but in so doing are not permitted to amend or modify the materials without the prior written permission of UPEP and/or the Licensors.
Users are not entitled to modify the content of this Site or reproduce, republish, or distribute it on any other website without the prior written permission of UPEP and/or the Licensors. All other rights reserved. “United Prime Educational Publishing (HK) Limited 聯合培進教育出版（香港）有限公司”, “United Prime 聯合培進”, “United Prime Educational Publishing 聯合培進教育出版” , “United Prime 培進”, “Prime 培進”, and/or any other names of our products or services and referred to on this Site are either trademarks of UPEP or other companies in our group.
Purchase Terms (the “Purchase T&C”)
Please refer to the Purchase T&C which are the terms and conditions applicable to your purchase of any of our products, subscriptions or services. By making your order of our products or services through the Site or other third-party platforms, you agree to be bound by and accept the Purchase T&C which shall be subject to change from time to time in our sole discretion. Please read it carefully each time before you make a purchase.
Members’ Data and Account Security
When you register as a member of the Site, you are asked to provide personal information as set out in the registration form. You must provide accurate personal information and update the same as necessary so as to maintain their accuracy. You must keep your username and password confidential and you agree not to make available your username and/or password to anyone.
If there has been a disclosure of your username and/or password, or unauthorised use of your personal information and/or account, you agree to notify us immediately of such incident. We will not be liable for any losses arising out of any unauthorised use of your personal information and/or account and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless UPEP for any unauthorised uses of your account.
Privacy
Any personal information or other information you provide to us as part of our registration process will be treated as confidential and in accordance with privacy policy. By using the Site, you consent to have your personal data transferred to and processed by us in accordance with our privacy policy which forms part of these Terms.
User Conduct
The Site and all its features, whether or not requiring registration, are available for your personal and non-commercial use only. You represent that no materials of any kind submitted to the Site or otherwise posted, transmitted or shared by you will violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights or contain libellous, defamatory, unlawful, obscene or otherwise harmful materials. You agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations and are solely responsible for all your acts or omissions and for all those that occur under your account.
Portions of the Site may allow you to post and share your own materials. By submitting any material to us you agree to abide by the following rules. We reserve the right to review, edit or remove materials or information which is posted on any part of the Site, any bulletin boards, discussion forums or any tools available on the Site allowing you to post comments, material, views, reviews on materials posted by you, us or others or to interact with others or materials in any way (the “Interactive Areas”) and on any part of the Site requiring registration or subscription allowing you to do any of the above.
Materials posted by users are not the statements and opinions of UPEP and do not reflect the view of UPEP. UPEP expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for materials posted and shared by users through the Site.
By posting your comments or materials on the Interactive Areas, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, make available, distribute, include in other works, sub-license and display any content you submit to us in any format now known or later developed.
If you do not want to grant us these rights, please do not submit your comments or materials to us.
Please be reminded that we will identify you with content you submitted and may release that information to a court or other official if we are so ordered.
We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to grant you a username that impersonates someone else, is or may infringe upon the intellectual property rights of third parties, is vulgar, offensive or otherwise inappropriate.
Disclaimers
UPEP makes no warranties or representations of any kind concerning the accuracy and completeness of the information contained on the Site for any purpose and all such information is provided on an “as is” basis.
We do not limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or liability for fraud, or any other liability that we cannot exclude by law.
The exclusions of liabilities set out in these Terms only apply to the extent permitted by laws.
UPEP disclaims any responsibility for the content on any website linked to the Site. The links to other websites are provided “as is” with no warranty, whether express or implied, for the information provided within them.
In addition, the links to other websites are provided for information only and UPEP does not endorse such websites. UPEP has no control over the nature, content and availability of those websites, and expressly disclaims liabilities in connection therewith.
Indemnity
You agree to hold harmless, indemnify, and at our request defend, the UPEP group and its owners, officers, managers, agents and employees from and against any third party claim arising from or otherwise in connection with your material, your use of, conduct on the Site, including but not limited to any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs, expenses and legal fees, for every kind and nature. In such a case, we will notify you by way of written notice of such claim, suit or action to the address you registered with us.
Termination
If it appears to UPEP that any of your actions has breached any of these Terms or violated any laws and/or are detrimental other users, UPEP reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Site without notice.
If you breach any of these Terms, our inaction shall not be deemed to be waiver of any of our rights and all our rights are reserved.
We reserve the right to deactivate user accounts and user names that have been inactive for more than 180 consecutive calendar days.
Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. The courts of Hong Kong have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute between you and us, irrespective of whether or not you are a registered user/subscriber and irrespective of the type of dispute.
Entire Agreement
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and UPEP. UPEP shall be entitled to enforce these Terms on its own behalf and for and on behalf of the benefit of its affiliated entities.
Rights of Third Parties
Apart from UPEP’s affiliated entities who shall be entitled to enforce these Terms, nothing in these Terms shall confer on any third party any right or benefit under the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance (Chapter 623 of the laws of Hong Kong).