1. Agree and accept the terms
“Beyondheadlines.hk” is owned by Looop Media Limited. The "Terms of Use" applies to Hong Kong companies or publications of Looop Media Limited (collectively referred to as "the Company" or "we", including but not limited to the companies and publications). When you browse the Company's website or use the Company's mobile application (App) services, it means that you have read and agree to accept these "Terms of Use" and are bound by the following terms and conditions.
2. Changes to terms
The Company reserves the right to modify these "Terms of Use" at any time without notice. After the "Terms of Use" is modified or updated, the Company will update and publish it to this page. It is recommended that, every time a User uses the Company's website or application, the User should first check the latest version of "Terms of Use" of the Company. When you continue to use the Company's website or application, it means that you agree to accept the revised "Terms of Use". If the User does not agree to the relevant changes in these "Terms of Use", he should immediately stop using the Company's website or application services.
The "Terms of Use" are annexed to the license agreement between the User and the app store or publishing platform (including Google Play and App Store). In case of any conflict or discrepancy, the "Terms of Use" shall prevail.
If the Company provides or sells individual services or products on separate terms ("Independent Terms"), Users need to simultaneously accept the relevant Independent Terms when using or purchasing such services or products. If there is a conflict between the Independent Terms and the "Terms of Use", the Independent Terms shall prevail.
3. Publish content
Copyright of content published by Users
You understand and aware that the Company may allow you to post or send, upload, submit, store, transmit or receive content (including information, material, text, data, image, photo, software, music, tag, video, message, recording and/or other material) (hereinafter referred to as "User Content") through our website or application. You agree, when you upload, submit, store, or send User Content to the Company's website or application, it means you agree, without the Company's prior notice to you, to grant the Company free of charge for use and hosting in any way or channel, save, reproduce, modify, reprint, edit, adjust, produce derivative works (such as translating, adapting or changing part or all of the content that you have published), disseminating, publishing, publicly displaying and disseminating such User Content. You agree that if your User Content is selected, the copyright of such content will be owned by the Company. If you do not agree to the above terms, you should immediately stop publishing or posting any User Content on the Company's website or application, and stop using the Company's website or application services.
Rules for publishing content
If you violate, including but not limited to, the following terms, the Company has the absolute discretion to terminate your access, browsing, or terminate your account and other related offers on the Company's website or application without notice to you, and would not assume legal responsibility or recourse of the same to you:
(i) According to Part 4 of the "Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance" (Chapter 371), no one may display or cause to be displayed or, for purpose of display, to publish or distribute any form of tobacco advertisement. At the same time, it is also prohibited to display tobacco advertisements in print publications, public places, movies and the internet etc. Please refer to the Laws of Hong Kong "Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance" (Chapter 371) for details of the "Ordinance".
(ii) According to the "Undesirable Medical Advertisements Ordinance" (Chapter 231), advertising or content that is harmful to public health is prohibited. Please refer to the Laws of Hong Kong (Chapter 231) for details of the "Ordinance".
(iii) According to Chapter 109 of the Laws of Hong Kong, the "Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance 2018", it is not allowed to sell or supply intoxicating alcohol to minors in the course of business, such as through remote means (such as the Internet or the telephone) to sell or supply intoxicating alcohol, then before the alcohol is sold, the prescribed notice must be displayed in an online store in a reasonably readable manner or read out the content of the prescribed notice. Please refer to Chapter 109 of the Laws of Hong Kong, the "Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance 2018", for details of the "Ordinance".
(iv) Prohibit the publication of the " "Trade Descriptions Ordinance" (Chapter 362) and the "General Guidelines on Fair Trading Sections in the Ordinance" issued by the Commissioner of Customs and Excise and the Communications Authority", prohibiting merchants from adopting unfair trade practices against consumers (including but not limited to false trade descriptions, misleading omissions and bait advertising), please refer to the Laws of Hong Kong (Chapter 362) and the above guidelines for details of the "Ordinance".
Hereby declare, that the information published on the message board provided by the Company's website or application does not represent the Company's position and opinions. The Company will not be responsible for the content.
4. Waiver of guarantee
The Company will make every effort to provide the latest and accurate information, but will not make any statement or guarantee on the accuracy, validity or completeness of the information provided.
The Company has not made any statement on the quality or suitability of any products sold through the Company's website or application.
The Company will not be held legally liable for any losses incurred by Users logging in or unable to log in to the Company's website or application, or relying on any information provided in the website or mobile application.
The User shall solely assume and be responsible for any losses incurred in dealing with other Users of the Company's website or application, including advertising and transactions. The communication or transactions between you and other Users and/or advertisers through our website or application, including payment and delivery of relevant products or services and any information, terms, guarantees or declarations related thereto, are purely a matter of yours and other Users and/or between advertisers. The Company will not be responsible for the services and content provided by other third party providers, online merchants or advertisers that link to the Company's website or application, and will not be responsible for the existence or not of the third party providers, online merchants or advertisers that link to the Company's website and application.
The Company does not guarantee or assure that the data or files downloaded from the Company's website or application are free of viruses or other destructive materials. The Company will not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by such destructive materials.
Third party websites and transactions
The Company's website or application uses a third party payment service provider to conduct online transactions, when a User purchases a product or service, it means that the User agrees and accepts its terms and conditions, the User's payment information will be collected, processed and saved by the payment service provider. If any loss is caused during the transaction, the User agrees and accepts that the Company will not be liable for any related loss under any circumstances.
Unless otherwise specified, we will not collect or retain the User's credit card information, if you choose to store credit card information for quick checkout, it means that the User agrees and accepts that the information will be encrypted and retained by the third party payment service provider.
5. Privacy Policy
The Company is committed to protecting and maintaining the security of Users' personal data, and promises to do its best to implement and abide by the rules of the "Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance" to protect your privacy rights. Users must agree to and abide by the terms of the "Privacy Policy". For details, please click here to read the Company's Privacy Policy Statement.
6. Intellectual Property
All Intellectual Property Rights related to the Company and the Company's website or application belong to the Company, or have been authorized to the Company for use on the Company's website and application. The User agrees to abide by all Intellectual Property Laws ("IP Laws") of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ("HKSAR"). The User agrees that it will not engage in any activities that violate IP Laws or infringe on the Intellectual Property Rights and/or other proprietary rights of any information on the Company's website or application, or cause it to be infringed, and will not link any part of the Company's website or application to any website that may carry out the above-mentioned infringing activities.
Such infringement activities include: infringement of any party's copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property or proprietary rights ("Intellectual Property Rights"); violation of any measures to protect Intellectual Property Rights, including falsification of serial numbers or registration numbers, or the use of hackers tools; without the authorization or consent of others, copy, extract or use the content of other people's webpages in any way; provide pirated files or links to such files.
If it is found that the User violates the IP Laws or engages in activities that infringe Intellectual Property Rights, the Company has the right, without issuing notices and without having to bear legal responsibility and recourse to you, to remove any information that it believes is related to infringement of IP Laws and Intellectual Property Rights, or remove posts, content or materials in other way in breach of this "Terms of Use" that are infringing or otherwise violate these "Terms of Use", terminate the User's related registration or account, and consider taking appropriate legal actions.
7. Disclaimer
The User agrees that the Company and its executives, directors, shareholders, employees or representatives will not be liable to the User or anyone because the Company is promoting, combining, interpreting, editing, reporting or distributing any content (regardless of whether the content is or is not inappropriate, defamatory, infringement of others, immoral or contain illegal content) which causes direct or indirect, overall or partial loss or liability. Users please also refer to the Copyright Notice and Disclaimer.
8. Indemnity
You are solely responsible for any claim or request made by a third party for loss or damage suffered by the third party, and such loss or damage is due to the third party's use or trust of the information provided by you through the Company's website or application (including but not limited to news, information, pictures, data, instructions) or caused by transactions with you through the Company's website or application. For the above claims, losses or damages (including but not limited to legal fees), you agree to indemnify the Company and ensure that the Company is not liable for any liability or loss.
9. Legislation and general terms
The "Terms of Use" is governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and in accordance with its interpretation, both the User and the Company agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
10. Severability
If certain terms of the "Terms of Use" are found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court or a tribunal with jurisdiction, those terms shall be severed, and the remaining terms of the "Terms of Use" will continue to be valid and enforceable. The terms in the "Terms of Use" are independent and separate terms.
11. Contact us
If User has any questions about the Company's services or the "Terms of Use", please email to contact@beyondheadlines.hk, or the email provided by individual services to contact us.
beyondheadlines.hk is owned by Looop Media Limited, its parents, subsidiaries and/or associated companies (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Company"). All contents of beyondheadlines.hk are owned and/or controlled by the Company and/or the party credited as the provider of such contents and are protected by worldwide copyright laws. You may not copy or use the contents in any way except for your personal and non-commercial purposes or with the prior written authorization of the Company or the party credited as the provider of such contents.
The contents of beyondheadlines.hk and ownership thereof or any part thereof is governed by the Terms of Use of beyondheadlines.hk and beyond this Copyright Notice must be read in conjunction with such Terms of Use.
