Important Notice

Terms of Use

The Hospital Authority (HA) may make any changes to any information on this Hong Kong Cancer Registry website (HKCaRW) including this Notice at any time as it sees fit. Changes to this Notice will be posted on line. By your accessing and/or using HKCaRW, you agree to the terms of this Notice (which may be amended from time to time without prior notice to you). If you do not agree to the terms of this Notice, please do not access and use HKCaRW.

Your accessing and/or using HKCaRW will not create any patient or contractual relationship between you and the HA. The HA is not obliged to follow up or contact you.


Disclaimer

The information on HKCaRW is compiled by the HA for general educational purpose and reference only. Whilst efforts will be made to ensure accuracy, no guarantee can be provided as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or usefulness of the information on HKCaRW or provided through links to third party websites or that information will be the most updated. The HA cannot warrant that the information provided can meet your health or medical requirements. You should consult your doctor or health professional for any medical condition that you may have, rather than relying on the information provided on HKCaRW.

Information on HKCaRW is not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment in general or for any particular individual case or patient and should not be treated as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

To the extent permitted by law, the HA shall not be liable for any error in or omission from or any misstatement or misrepresentation in the information on HKCaRW and the HA expressly disclaims and excludes any obligation, responsibility or liability of whatever nature for any loss, damage, costs or expenses (whether direct, indirect or consequential) arising from or in respect of HKCaRW, any content or service or any compilation, use, misuse or reliance of HKCaRW or the information appearing on it or provided through links to third party websites.

No warranty is given that HKCaRW or the information on it will be available uninterrupted or free from delay, errors, virus or bugs. Furthermore, the HA excludes any liability of whatever nature for failure, interruption or delay in the performance of HKCaRW at any time.

The HA shall not be responsible for information on HKCaRW appearing through links to third party websites. You should be aware that such information on those third party websites has been compiled and issued by those parties. Provision of such links on HKCaRW is solely for your convenience and does not give rise to any statement, representation, endorsement or warranty by the HA with respect to such third party websites or any party websites or any product or service provided by or through such websites.

You should follow all access and security procedures provided by HKCaRW and such policies and terms of use under such third party websites.


Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the contents on HKCaRW including all texts, graphics, videos, audio clips, drawings, diagrams, photographs, compilation of data, layout, and any other materials, belong to the HA.

For non-commercial purpose (including personal use), you may freely browse, copy, display, download and print in their original format any material on HKCaRW provided you acknowledge the source of the material and you do not remove any copyright or intellectual property notice from any copy of such material. The HA reserves all rights that are not expressly granted in this notice. You should obtain the HA's prior written consent if you want to make any other use of the aforesaid materials. Please address such request to the HKCaRW Management team via email at cancereg@ha.org.hk.

The permission in the paragraph above does not extend to any materials on the linked websites or any contents on HKCaRW where the copyright or intellectual property of which belongs to a third party. You should obtain authorization or permission to use such contents from the concerned copyright or intellectual property right holders.


Privacy Notice

The HA normally does not request any personal data via HKCaRW. However, if you do furnish any personal data to the HA (for example when you provide feedback to us), please read the following "Notice" before you provide any personal data to us.

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The Hospital Authority (HA) is a statutory body which manages public hospitals in Hong Kong. Our staff may ask you to provide your Personal Data for purposes related to feedback, news subscription, job application, your case, carrying out of disease prevention projects and/or surveys or the purposes you are invited to provide data.

When you provide your Personal Data, please make sure that the data is accurate and complete. If you fail to provide us with the information required or if the information provided is inaccurate or incomplete, our consideration of your case will be affected.

Please also note that your Personal Data may be made available to appropriate persons:

  • in the HA who require it for matters related to providing feedback to you, news subscription, job application, your case, carrying out of disease prevention projects and/or surveys or the purposes you are invited to provide data; or
  • in any relevant government departments / appropriate authorities when the HA is required to provide it under the relevant legislation for use for the purposes of that legislation.

In addition to the above, the HA will only use, disclose or transfer the Personal Data you provide:

  • for those purposes relating to providing feedback to you, news subscription, surveys or the purposes you are invited to provide data; or
  • where permitted by law

The HA will obtain your consent before using your Personal Data for any other purposes.

If you wish to require access to and/or correction of your Personal Data, you may do so under Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. Please contact the Data Controller, Hospital Authority Head Office during office hours at: Data Protection Unit, Room 529N, 5/F, Hospital Authority Building, 147B, Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

You may also wish to refer to the Statement on HA's Protection Policy and Practice.

The HA will record visits to HKCaRW without collecting any personal identifiable information of users for compiling statistical reports and diagnosing problems with or concerning computer systems to help the HA improve HKCaRW.


Linking Policy

The HA allows you to link to HKCaRW provided that all the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The link and the website on which the link appears must be for non-commercial purpose. For example, the link and the website on which the link appears must not be for sale or for advertising, offering, promoting or soliciting any business, trade, goods and/or services for benefit, gain, profit or reward.
  • You may link only to the homepage of HKCaR, i.e. www3.ha.org.hk/cancereg (English version), or www3.ha.org.hk/cancereg/tc (Chinese version), but not to any sub-pages or any texts, graphics, videos, audio clips, drawings, diagrams, photographs, compilation of data, or any other materials on HKCaRW.
  • No framing is permitted.
  • The link must not suggest, indicate, represent or create confusion (or a likelihood thereof) as to any form of association, approval or endorsement on the part of HKCaR.
  • The link must not appear on or be connected with any website which contains or links to any material which is libellous, defamatory, discriminatory, pornographic, obscene, or is in any way in breach of the laws of Hong Kong SAR or infringes any intellectual property rights, or is otherwise considered by the HA in its sole discretion to be undesirable or contrary to HA's policies.

This permission to link does not extend to any materials on the linked websites or any contents on HKCaRW where the copyright or intellectual property of which belongs to a third party.

The HA may in its sole discretion require the removal of any link to HKCaRW at any time for breach of this Linking Policy or otherwise.

The HA is not responsible for the set-up of any link to HKCaRW or for the contents of any website on which such links appear. This permission to link does not constitute any form of association, approval or endorsement on the part of the HA. The HA disclaims any liability arising from any use of any link to HKCaRW whether in accordance with this Linking Policy or otherwise.


Translation

You may also wish to refer to this Notice in Chinese. If there is any conflict or ambiguity between the English and Chinese versions, the English version shall prevail.