Hong Kong Hub Ltd. (hereinafter as “HKBH”, and “us”) provides related services for UK-Hongkongers Entrepreneurs Incubation Programme applicants (hereinafter referred to as “the programme”) in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. When you start the programme application procedures of HKBH, it is to be regarded that you have read, understood and agree to accept all the contents of this clause, and fully accept the current and future derivative service items and contents of this service and the Terms and Conditions of this website.

 

HKBH reserves the right to modify or change the Terms and Conditions at any time. The revised Terms and Conditions will be published on the website and will not notify members individually. Applicants are advised to pay attention to such modifications or changes at any time. When an applicant continues to use this service after any modification or change, it is deemed that the applicant has read, understood, and agreed to accept such modification or change. If you do not agree to any of the above, the applicant should immediately stop using the service. We are not obliged to notify applicants through one-to-one text messages, letters or other means.

 

In the case of any disputes, HKBH reserves the right of final decision.

 

USE AND DISCLOSE OF INFORMATION

• Where the applicant is asked to submit any information, content or material to HKBH (“Information”) for the purposes of enabling HKBH to assess the application, or for inclusion on HKBH’s website, the applicant must ensure that all Information is up-to-date, accurate, legal, honest, decent, truthful and complies with all applicable laws, regulations, standards and codes of practice.

• The applicant must ensure that all Information submitted to HKBH does not infringe copyright, design, privacy, publicity, data protection, trade mark or any other rights of any third party, and is not obscene, abusive, threatening, libellous or defamatory of any person.

• The Information submitted to us will be used primarily for the purpose of creating successful matches between the applicant and investors. [1] Any information received is necessary to provide a level of certainty of intent and to maximise credibility. It is also needed in order to aid with the continual improvement of HKBH services, compile basic demographic data and to generally improve the service offered to you.

• The applicant shall have sole responsibility for the Information which it submits to HKBH and the applicant shall indemnify and shall keep HKBH fully and effectively indemnified on demand from and against all actions, claims, losses, liability, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, loss of business, loss of profits, business interruption and other pecuniary or consequential loss (including legal costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by HKBH and arising directly or indirectly from the Information submitted by the applicant to HKBH being in breach of these terms and conditions.

• The applicant shall be aware that the Information in the application will be checked, vetted and assessed by HKBH employees, the programme’s selection board members and potential investors.

• HKBH will not provide any financial advice to any applicants and investors. The applicants and investors acknowledge and agree that they will take their own independent financial advice with regard to the opportunity for funding or investments.

• HKBH may disclose the information to any person for any purpose directly related to the programme of HKBH.

• The applicant must not use the name of HKBH or any of HKBH’s directors, employees, members, the programme’s selection board members and potential investors, or any adaptation of their names, logo, etc. in any promotional materials, other public announcement, events or disclosure without the prior written consent of HKBH, the company or individual.

 

RIGHT TO REFUSE APPLICATIONS

• HKBH reserves the right to refuse any application at any time without disclosing any reason.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you apply for the programme, it will be necessary for us to obtain certain information from you. The personal data provided to HKBH as required will be used by the HKBH in relation to the following activities:

• Processing and counter-checking of your application and your claim for the mentoring and coaching support of the programme;

• Matching of the personal data provided against other databases as may be required;

• Activities/matters related to the communication or exchange of views with the applicant for the purpose of programme administration; and

• Statistics and research.

 

We will treat this as personal data for the purposes of data protection law. HKBH will collect, hold and process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

 

APPLICATION WITHDRAWAL

• You may withdraw your application by giving HKBH a 14=day written notice.

 

LIABILITY

• HKBH may contain information provided by third parties or sourced by us from business information sources and other references or sources. HKBH is not responsible if any such information is not up-to-date. We do not separately verify the information provided by such a third party or agency and you are cautioned thus to the reliability and accuracy of the Information accordingly. We do not accept any responsibility whatsoever in respect of any such information. Any use of and reliance on such information is at your own risk.

• HKBH shall have no liability to you or to any other third party for any loss of profit, or any special, incidental or consequential damages (however arising, including negligence) arising out of, or in connection with the programme, benefits and/or products supplied by HKBH or any company associated with HKBH.

• The applicant shall not at any time be obliged to act on any information, suggestion, advice or guidance given by HKBH’s employees, the programme’s selection board members and entrepreneurship coaches as part of the incubation programme, but if and to the extent that it does so, it shall do so at its own risk.

• The applicant is advised to take independent financial, legal or other appropriate professionals (if relevant) before acting on any information, suggestion, advice or guidance given by HKBH’s employees, the programme’s selection board members and entrepreneurship coaches.

• HKBH is not liable to the programme’s mentor, professional business coaches, applicants or to any third party for any loss, damage, costs or liabilities suffered as a result of this agreement, the existence of the relationships between the parties, the programme or the act or omissions of the programme’s selection board members, entrepreneurship coaches and applicants.