Terms of service

Please take a moment to read these terms and conditions carefully.

THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY TO YOUR ACCESS AND THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREIN BY ALOES TREE LIMITED. BY ACCESSING ANY PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE AND/OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION.

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE YOUR ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE AND/OR USE OF THE SERVICES.

General

ALOES TREE LIMITED currently provides its customers access to a rich collection of information and materials on the products and services of ALOES TREE LIMITED as is made available only in Hong Kong.

The contents of this website are merely for informational purposes only and are subject to change at the discretion of ALOES TREE LIMITED.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing ALOES TREE LIMITED, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the ALOES TREE LIMITED’s Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user’s details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

Links

Links from or to websites outside this website are meant for convenience only. Such linked websites are owned and operated by third parties and as such are not under the control of the ALOES TREE LIMITED. Therefore, the ALOES TREE LIMITED shall not be responsible and makes no warranties in respect of the contents of those websites, the third parties named therein or their products and services. Furthermore, the links provided in this website shall not be considered an endorsement or verification or approval of such linked websites or the contents therein. Linking to any other site is at your sole risk and the ALOES TREE LIMITED will not be responsible or liable for any damages in connection with linking. It is advisable for you to read the privacy policy statements (if any) of any websites which are linked to this website.

User Comments

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. ALOES TREE LIMITED does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of ALOES TREE LIMITED, its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, ALOES TREE LIMITED shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

ALOES TREE LIMITED reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

• You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
• The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party;
• The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libellous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
• The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
• You hereby grant ALOES TREE LIMITED a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

• Government agencies;
• Search engines;
• News organizations;
• Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
• System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link:

1. is not in any way deceptive;
2. does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and
3. fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

• commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
• com community sites;
• associations or other groups representing charities;
• online directory distributors;
• internet portals;
• accounting, law and consulting firms; and
• educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that:

1. the link would not make us look unfavourably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses;
2. the organization does not have any negative records with us;
3. the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of ALOES TREE LIMITED; and
4. the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link:

1. is not in any way deceptive;
2. does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and
3. fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to hello@aloestreeltd.com. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

• By use of our corporate name; or
• By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
• By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of ALOES TREE LIMITED’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it’s linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Copyright

Copyright in the information contained in this site subsists under the Copyright Act and, through international treaties, the laws of many other countries. It is owned by ALOES TREE LIMITED unless otherwise stated. Customers may download a single copy of a document and, where necessary for its use as a reference, or make a single hard copy. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act or other applicable laws, no part of this publication may be otherwise reproduced, adapted, performed in public or transmitted in any form by any process (graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by storage in an information retrieval system) without the specific written consent of ALOES TREE LIMITED.

Trademarks

All trademarks, service marks, and logos displayed in this website are the property of ALOES TREE LIMITED and/or their respective third-party proprietors as identified in the website.

Unless the prior written consent of ALOES TREE LIMITED or the relevant third party proprietor of any of the trademarks, service marks or logos appearing on the website has been obtained, no license or right is granted to any party accessing this website to use, download, reproduce, copy or modify such trademarks, services marks or logos. Similarly, unless the prior written consent of ALOES TREE LIMITED or the relevant proprietor has been obtained, no such trade mark, service mark or logo may be used as a link or to mark any link to the ALOES TREE LIMITED’s website or any other site.

Exclusion of Liability

ALOES TREE LIMITED AND/OR ITS PARTNERS HEREIN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES HOWSOEVER ARISING WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER BASIS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOSS PROFITS OR SAVINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS OR USE OR THE INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE (OR ANY THIRD PARTY LINK TO OR FROM ALOES TREE LIMITED’S WEBSITE), RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE, ANY TECHNICAL, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE FAILURE OF ANY KIND, THE INTERRUPTION, ERROR, OMISSION, DELAY IN OPERATION, COMPUTER VIRUSES, OR OTHERWISE. THIS EXCLUSION CLAUSE SHALL TAKE EFFECT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Indemnity

You hereby agree to indemnify and keep fully indemnified ALOES TREE LIMITED, its employees, co-branders and affiliates against any action, claim, demand, expenses (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) suffered or incurred by ALOES TREE LIMITED arising from any use or misuse of the Content on this Website and other websites linked to this Website and the services provided therein; breach or non-observance of the Terms; and infringement of rights of any third party in conjunction with your use or access to this Website.

Termination

The ALOES TREE LIMITED reserves the right to terminate and/or suspend your access to this website and/or your use of this website at any time, for any reason. In particular, and without limitation, the ALOES TREE LIMITED may terminate and/or suspend your access should you violate any of these terms and conditions, or violate the rights of the ALOES TREE LIMITED, of any other user, or of any third party.

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong.

By accessing this Website and/or using the services offered through this Website, you hereby consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Hong Kong.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to ALOES TREE LTD. Please read through the following before providing us with any of your personal data. Your continued use of our website constitutes your acknowledgement and understanding of, and agreement with, our Terms of Services and this Privacy Policy.

Your privacy is important to us. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of how ALOES TREE LTD (collectively referred to as “Aloes Tree”, “us”, “we” or “our”) collect, use and process your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (“ PDPO”), the associated regulations and guidelines as may from time to time be issued by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong and (where applicable) the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) of the European Union.

For the purpose of the GDPR, ALOES TREE LIMITED, whose address is at 13F, Wing Sing Commercial Centre, Wing Lok ST, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, are the controllers who determine the purposes and means of processing of your personal data collected through websites owned and/or operated by us or on our behalf or other channels described in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, disclose and/or process the personal data you have provided to us, as well as to help you to make an informed decision before providing us with your personal data.

Introduction

We intend to collect, use, process and disclose your personal data in the manner set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Data

The types of personal data we collect from you include:

• your name;
• mailing address(es);
• telephone number(s);
• email address(es);
• date of birth;
• gender;
• nationality;
• marketing preferences;
• answers you provide to security questions (e.g. mother’s maiden name, pet’s name);
• payment information and transaction details;
• aggregated site statistics data;
• any other information you choose to provide to us, or that we may collect about you through your interactions with our website.

Your personal data is collected when you:

• visit our website with a cookies-enabled browser or if applicable, register a user account with our website;
• request services from us such as subscribing to our newsletter or mailing lists for post or phone updates;
• fill in any forms on our website;
• submit a CV, job application, or any comment, question or feedback to us, or contact or correspond with us in any way; and
• make purchases of goods or services through our website.

Your personal data will be used for the following purposes:

• To facilitate your access to our website or if applicable, the creation of your user account with our website;
• To evaluate your website preferences and for the maintenance of the website;
• To evaluate and manage your online job application (if applicable);
• To send you updates via email, post or telephone where appropriate;
• To answer your queries, respond to your comments and feedback, or provide you with assistance in any other way;
• To facilitate online purchases of goods and services; and

Your personal data may be transferred out of Hong Kong from time to time. Such transfers will be carried out in accordance with the PDPA. Third parties, with the exception of Government bodies and other public agencies, are subject to data protection obligations and may only use your personal data to perform the necessary functions.

• To identify the causes of problems arising at web servers and to resolve these problems;
• To improve the contents of the website;
• To customize the content of the website and our emails to suit your individual interests or purposes and selectively display best-matched pages to you;
• To utilize your browsing history on the website for demographic research; and
• To obtain static data of web visitors and aggregated website visitation statistics which are anonymous in nature. You may reject our use of cookies by configuring your browser to disable the use of cookies. However, you may no longer be able to receive services or personalized features of the website which rely on the use of cookies.

We do not sell or trade your personal data to external parties. However, in order to provide the above services to you, we may share, including transfer out of Hong Kong, your personal data with the following entities:

• Our related entities, including subsidiaries;
• Third-party service providers (such as subcontractors, agents or network operators) who are employed to perform business and administrative functions;
• Third party businesses with whom we collaborate;
• Government bodies; and

We may also disclose or transfer personal data as otherwise permitted or required by law, including for compliance with regulations on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. All provision of personal data is voluntary. However, where you choose not provide us with your personal data, this may affect our ability to provide services to you or otherwise affect your use of our website.

Website Cookies

When you visit our website, we may assign your web browser one or more website cookies. Cookies are small text files used to enhance your shopping experience, including, but not limited to, maintaining current login, and providing a unique identifier for website statistics.

We may use cookies and web-beacons on the website for the following purposes:

Links To Third Party Websites

The website may contain links to other third party websites and microsites, whose privacy practices may differ from those of ours. If you submit personal data to any of those sites, your personal data is not subject to this Privacy Policy.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any website you visit. By clicking on or activating such links and leaving our website, we can no longer exercise control over any personal data which you give to any other entity after leaving our website. Any access to such other third party websites is therefore entirely at your own risk.

Opting-out / Withdrawal Of Consent / Retention Of Data

If you would like to unsubscribe from our newsletter, detailed instructions are provided at the bottom of all emails sent out. If you would like to unsubscribe from any of our other mailing lists, or to withdraw your consent to our use of your personal data, please write to our Data Protection Officer at hello@aloestreeltd.com.

Your personal data will be retained for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it is collected or for business or legal purposes, or in accordance with applicable laws. Your personal data may also continue to be retained on our databases to the extent permitted by law.

Accessing And Correcting Your Personal Data

You may review and correct your personal data by signing into your user account and selecting ‘Update Profile’ or equivalent, or by contacting our Data Protection Officer at hello@aloestreeltd.com. We will only disclose personal data to the individual who registered his/her personal data with our website, and only after confirming the identity of the registered party.

Please allow twenty one (21) working days for your request to be processed.

Your personal data will be retained for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it is collected or for business or legal purposes, or in accordance with applicable laws. Your personal data may also continue to be retained on our databases to the extent permitted by law.

Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information and process it securely. Such measures include, but are not limited to passwords, firewalls, and other standardized industry practices. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or electronic storage, is 100% secure and we cannot be held liable for any loss you may suffer for unauthorized access or loss of any data provided to our website. Nevertheless, we strive to protect the security of your information, and are constantly reviewing and enhancing our information security measures. We may, but are not obliged to, post a notice on our website if a security breach occurs, or send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances.

Amendments

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. The Effective Date stated below indicates the last time this Privacy Policy was materially revised. Any changes we may make to this Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on our website. You are encouraged to review this page periodically to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

Conflicts

In the event of any conflict between this English language Privacy Policy and its corresponding any other language Privacy Policy, the terms in this English language Privacy Policy shall prevail.

Contact Us

All other questions on our use of your personal data should be addressed to our Data Protection Officer, whom you may contact at hello@aloestreeltd.com.