The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("the Government") takes measures to ensure that all personal data submitted through news.gov.hk is handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.

The Government will record visits to news.gov.hk without collecting any personal identifiable information from users. Such general statistics are collected to compile statistical reports and diagnose problems with, or concerning, computer systems to help improve news.gov.hk.

For different purposes and at different times you may be invited to provide personal data to news.gov.hk on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include your name or e-mail address. The Government will specify the collection purpose and intended usage of your data when it invites you to provide such information and advise you how you may request access to or correction of the personal data provided.

No disclosure without prior consent
Unless permitted or required by law, the Government will not disclose your personal data to any third parties without your prior consent.

All personal data you provide to the Government via news.gov.hk is secured, and access to it is restricted to authorised personnel only.

The search service on news.gov.hk is provided by Yahoo! Hong Kong Limited ("Yahoo!"). We are advised by Yahoo! that it does not collect personal identifiable information while serving search results through news.gov.hk.

Yahoo!s data anonymous
Yahoo! will share the anonymous data it collects through the search service with the Government for compiling traffic analysis on government websites. The Government will not match the data obtained from any such search activity with any personal data possibly held by the Government.

This Privacy Policy has been translated into Chinese. If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.

May 2008