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This web site ("Web Site") is owned,
operated and maintained by or for Sony Computer Entertainment
Hong Kong Limited. ("SCEH").
Please read these terms and conditions of
use ("Terms and Conditions") carefully before accessing and
browsing this Web Site. You can use this Web Site only if you
agree to and accept the Terms and Conditions without limitation
or reservation. The Terms and Conditions will be deemed to have
been accepted by you if and when you use this Web Site.
SCEH may, at its sole and exclusive
discretion, change, alter, modify, add, and/or remove portions
of the Terms and Conditions at any time by updating the contents
of this page. So you are requested to visit this page and check
the then-effective Terms and Conditions periodically.
This Web Site is linked to other web sites,
also operated by SCEH, its parent company Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. (“SCEI”) or its affiliates ("SCEH Site"). In
addition to this Terms and Conditions, use of each SCEH Site
shall also be subject to the terms and conditions particular to
such SCEH Site. In the event that any of the terms, conditions,
and/or notices contained in this Terms and Conditions conflict
with the terms and conditions particular to such SCEH Site, then
the terms and conditions particular to such SCEH Site shall
prevail and govern such SCEH Site.
Limitation of use
All rights (including, but not limited to,
copyright) pertaining to all the materials and information that
are displayed and/or made available from this Web Site (e.g.,
contents made available for download) are managed, owned, or
used with permission by, SCEH.
Except for personal, non-commercial,
internal use, you are prohibited from using (including, without
limitation, coping, modifying, reproducing in whole or in part,
uploading, transmitting, distributing, licensing, selling and
publishing) any of the materials, without obtaining SCEH's prior
written permission. Please also note that some materials or
information may have terms and conditions particular to such
materials or information, in which case, you are required to
accept such terms and conditions when accessing those materials
and information.
Trademark Usage
The marks "PlayStation", "PS(logo)", "PSP(logo)"
and any other product names, service names or logos of SCEH
used, quoted and/or referenced in this Web Site are trademarks
or registered trademarks of SCEH, its parent company SCEI or its
affiliates. "SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT(logo)" is a registered
trademark of Sony Corporation. Other product names, service
names, logos and/or company names used in the Web Site are
trademarked and copyrighted properties of their respective
owners and/or licensors.
Prohibited Conduct
Following acts are not allowed when using
this Web Site:
(1) Infringing the legal rights (including,
but not limited to, the rights of privacy and publicity) of
others
(2) Causing any damages or disadvantage to
others
(3) Disturbing public order
(4) Criminal act
(5) Uploading or distributing any third
parties' private information without obtaining approval from
such third parties
(6) Using this Web Site for any commercial
purpose
(7) Defaming, disgracing or libeling others
(8) Uploading files that contain viruses,
or corrupted files that may damage the operation of others'
computers
(9) Any other activities that are unlawful
or prohibited by any applicable laws
(10) Any other activities that SCEH deems
inappropriate
Links to Non-SCEH Sites
Third parties' web sites (other than SCEH
Sites) linked to or from this Web Site ("Linked Sites") are
independently operated and maintained by such third parties and
are not under the control and/or supervision of SCEH. Use of the
Linked Sites shall be subject to the terms and conditions
stipulated by the operator of each Linked Site. SCEH will not be
responsible for any loss or damage, however caused, in
connection with the use of any Linked Site, and your access to
any of the Linked Sites shall be at your own risk.
Nothing contained in this Web Site shall be
interpreted as a recommendation and/or endorsement by SCEH of
the contents of the Linked Sites and any products and/or
services appearing on and/or provided through such Linked Sites.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a
partnership or the like between the operators of the Linked
Sites and SCEH.
Proposal and Offer
SCEH, SCEI and its affiliates have the
policy not to accept, from third parties, any proposal and/or
offer for products and/or services, including, without
limitation, ideas for new or improved products, technologies,
designs, processes, software, promotions, advertisements and
marketing plans, in order to avoid any possible future confusion
between such proposal and/or offer from the third parties and
products or our own. Therefore, you are requested not to send
any information which may contain your ideas, artwork,
inventions, developments, suggestions or other works ("Idea").
Despite the foregoing request, if you send
your Idea to our attention, then such Idea will be treated upon
the understanding that you agreed to the following terms:
(1) SCEH has no obligation to treat the
Idea as confidential information.
(2) SCEH has no obligation to study,
evaluate or adopt the Idea.
(3) Even if SCEH happens to adopt any idea
identical or similar in whole or in part to the Idea, SCEH shall
have no responsibility and shall not be liable for any
compensation therefor.
Personal Information
SCEH may ask you to provide personal
information, meaning individually identifiable information such
as your name, address, e-mail address etc. through this Web
Site, in order for you to participate in certain activities
("Personal Information"). Personal Information will be used only
for the purposes indicated by SCEH when each Personal
Information had been solicited. If SCEH wishes to use your
Personal Information for purposes that had not been indicated,
SCEH will inform you of such new purpose. SCEH will take great
care in maintaining the security of the Personal Information and
in preventing unauthorized access to it, through the use of
reasonably appropriate technology and internal procedures.
SCEH will not share the Personal
Information with any third party without your approval, except
in the following cases: (This section shall not apply to
anonymous information, such as statistical data, from which an
individual cannot be identified.)
(1) to persons or companies with whom SCEH
engages to carry out or provide support for the operations of
certain activities or business, (In such case, SCEH shall
require such persons or companies to strictly maintain such
Personal Information and not to use it for purpose other than is
necessary), or
(2) as may be required by law or court
order.
If you wish to review, revise or delete
your Personal Information, SCEH will quickly correspond to your
request.
Membership
You may register for free membership at
this Web Site in order to enjoy our member benefits, which may
include, but are not limited to, free e-newsletter and
promotional offers. To become our member, you must be 18 years
old or above. You affirm you are 18 years old or above by
registering for and using our member service. SCEH reserves the
right to deny any registration request at its sole discretion
and for any reason.
You provide your Personal Information to
SCEH in becoming our member. You expressly consent to SCEH to
use your Personal Information collected for the purpose of
communicating with you in relation to member benefits,
promotional offers and any other information of the membership
program in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You authorize
SCEH to share your Personal Information with persons or
companies with whom SCEH engages to carry out operation or
provide support for the abovementioned purposes.
SCEH reserves the right to terminate your
membership at its sole discretion and for any reason. To
terminate your membership, please request in writing to Sony
Computer Entertainment Hong Kong Limited, Room 1410-11, Ocean
Centre, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Disclaimers of Warranties
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY
APPLICABLE LAWS, SCEH AND/OR SCEI AND/OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES
MAKE NO REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS, FITNESS
FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES RIGHTS
AND/OR SAFETY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEB SITE, AND ANY
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING THERETO ARE EXPRESSLY
DISCLAIMED.
EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY
APPLICABLE LAWS, SCEH AND/OR SCEI AND/OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF YOUR
USE OR ACCESS, OR INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS, THE WEB SITE.
SCEH MAY CHANGE AND/OR ALTER THE CONTENTS
OF THIS WEB SITE, OR MAY SUSPEND OR DISCONTINUE THE SERVICES
PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT ANY PRIOR
NOTICE. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, SCEH
OR SCEI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY ALTERATION OR CHANGE OF THE CONTENTS.
Applicable Laws and Jurisdiction
This Terms and Conditions shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China unless
otherwise expressly provided. All controversies and disputes
arising out of or relating to the Web Site and this Terms and
Conditions shall be submitted to the courts of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
This Terms and Conditions is not intended
to limit in any way your rights under the consumer protection
statutes. If any portion of this Terms and Conditions shall be
deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, such
portion shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the
validity and enforceability of any remaining portion.
In the event of discrepancies between the
English and Chinese versions of the Terms and Conditions, the
English version shall prevail.
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