Privacy Policy - MacauHeritage.Net

        The Macao Special Administrative Region Cultural Heritage Network (hereafter referred to as MacauHeritage.Net) highly values its users' right to privacy. Elaborated below is the current MacauHeritage.Net Privacy Policy, which is based on the Law on Protection of Personal Data. This website commits itself to including all registered personal data within the scope of protection of the present policy and pledges to supply a safe and trustworthy platform on the Internet.

1. Scope of Application
           The current privacy policy is applicable to the Macao Special Administrative Region Cultural Heritage Network http://www.macauheritage.net.

2. Gathering of Personal Data
           In the event that the user visits our page for the general browsing of available information only, it will not be necessary to supply any personal data. Only when using the services itemised below will several items of basic personal data be required. N.B: This website will never demand your ID number.

1. Registering as Cultural Heritage Friend
   When a user registers as Cultural Heritage Friend on this website and subscribes to receive the service’s newsletters and information on activities and cultural heritage, it will be necessary to submit personal data such as name, gender, age, residence, profession, email address, telephone/mobile phone number and postal address.

2. Commenting on Issues
   Should a user wish to comment on the work or activities of MacauHeritage.Net, the user will be required to submit his or her name, email address and telephone or fax number.

3. Downloading Electronic Books
   This service is currently furnished only to users registered as Cultural Heritage Friends.

4. Downloading Programme Files (if applicable)
   This service is currently furnished only to users registered as Cultural Heritage Friends.

5. ‘Interesting Games’
   This service is currently furnished only to users registered as Cultural Heritage Friends.
    
   The purpose of gathering users’ personal data is to register members and provide them with desired services and updated information on activities. In the event a user does not wish to supply the necessary data, this website will be unable to process his or her request.
    
   Users must guarantee that the data they supply is truthful and complete. If there is any doubt of the veracity of a user's data, the right is reserved to cancel that user's registration and suspend without warning his or her capacity as a member.

3. Confidentiality Measures in Processing Personal Data
   All personal data registered on MacauHeritage.Net will be protected by this website’s security system. Only authorised personnel will have access to such data.

4. Data Utilisation
   When a user first registers in order to access the services of MacauHeritage.Net, and each subsequent time the user accesses this website, he or she agrees to be subject to the restrictions of the current privacy policy, accepting that MacauHeritage.Net may use, reveal or convey, within a reasonable scope, all registered data. Likewise, the user must also read the independent usage agreements or the indicated conditions of use of certain services provided by this website and be aware of the eventual use of his or her personal data. The personal data collected by this website will be used mainly to:

1. Make available to users more updated information on activities and services;

2. Disseminate to users – according to their indicated preference as a member of the Cultural Heritage Friends – irregular communication about MacauHeritage.Net information and services and/or regular Communication for Members; (In the event users wish to change their preferences or cancel their communications subscription, they can do so by filling in their email address in the field marked Alteration/Cancellation of Subscribed Newsletter Contents on the webpage titled Register as a Cultural Heritage Friend. This page will alter or abort the dissemination of communication to the user to at the earliest convenient opportunity.)

3. Verify the identity and registration of users in order to maintain an accurate contact list;

4. Respond to users’ demands (opinions and suggestions);

5. Increase the quality and widen the scope of MacauHeritage.Net services;

6. Serve as statistical data;

7. Conduct opinion polls or market studies relating to existing or future services.

5. Revelation of data

   1. Users’ personal data will not be ceded, commercialised or freely revealed to third parties without the authorisation of the user, except under the following circumstances as stipulated by law:

      • Pursuant to legal preparations;

      • When required by any judiciary organ or other competent authority pursuant to legal preparations;

      • To guarantee the property, rights and interests of MacauHeritage.Net and related web pages;

      • In the case of an emergency, to guarantee the personal security or public interest of MacauHeritage.Net service users.

   2. Apart from personal data, questions, opinions and suggestions conveyed or published on this page will be considered non-confidential information, non-exclusive and voluntarily submitted. This web page has the right to reproduce, reveal, convey, publish and promote such information.

   3. For the development or promotion of diverse services, this webpage may grant its legal collaborators access to relevant information.

6. Revision of Privacy Policy
   MacauHeritage.Net may at any time review its current Privacy Policy, substituting a revised version for the purpose of elucidation. In the event there is a substantial alteration regarding the use of personal data, a warning informing users of such will be posted on the main webpage.
    
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