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Privacy Policy
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("the Government") is concerned to ensure that all personal data submitted through GovHK are handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.

The Government will record visits to GovHK without collecting any personal identifiable information of users. Such general statistics are collected for the compilation of statistical reports and the diagnosis of problems with or concerning computer systems to help the Government improve the GovHK.

For different purposes and at different times you may be invited to provide personal data to the Government through GovHK on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, telephone number, mailing address 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.

Unless permitted or required by law, the Government will not disclose your personal data to any third parties without your prior consent.

GovHK uses SSL protocol to encrypt data during network transmission to protect your personal data. All personal data you provide to the Government via GovHK are secured, and access to them is restricted to authorised personnel only.

Search service on GovHK 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 GovHK. 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.

January 2007
Personal Information
The information provided by you will be used for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Rating Ordinance, the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance and the Government Rent (Assessment and Collection) Ordinance; and may be forwarded to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue for the assessment and collection of tax imposed under the Inland Revenue Ordinance.

Apart from the purpose stated above, personal information will not be transferred to any other parties, unless such parties are authorised by law and request the information.

Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, you have a right to request access to and correction of your personal data. Such requests may be made in writing to the Department's Customer Service Officer at 15/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon or by e-mail to .