Please read the terms of service (“Terms of Service”) set forth below, as they apply to your access and use of our services, including VOTEE VERSION 1.0 mobile application software (“App”) available on our site (www.votee.com) and hosted at your applicable mobile application store (“App Site”), once you have downloaded or streamed a copy of the App onto your mobile telephone or handheld device (“Device”); and any of the services accessible through the App (the “Services”), that are available on the App Site or other sites of ours (“Services Sites”), and any information, text, graphics, photos or other materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Services (collectively referred to as “Content”). Your access to and use of the Services signifies your acceptance of these Terms of Service and agreement to be bound by them and any and all other applicable terms referenced herein absolutely.

1. Other applicable terms

These Terms of Service refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Services:

  • Our Privacy Policy which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our services, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. You understand that through your use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in the Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this information to other countries for storage, processing and use by VOTEE LIMITED. As part of providing you the Services, we may need to provide you with certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your Votee account, which you may not be able to opt-out from receiving.

2. Information about us

The Services are provided and operated by VOTEE LIMITED (“we“, “Votee” or “us”).  Votee is a limited liability company registered in Hong Kong with registered number 1879522 with registered office at Votee, Room 1405, 14/F, 135 Bonham Strand Trade Centre, 135 Bonham Strand, SHEUNG WAN, Hong Kong.

3. Changes of terms

We may amend the Terms of Service from time to time in our sole discretion without notice or liability to you. By continuing to use the Services following such amendments to the Terms of Service, you agree to be bound by such amendments.

4. Changes to our Services

The Services that we provide are always evolving and the form and nature of the Services that we provide may change from time to time without prior notice to you.  In addition, we may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Services (or any features within the Services) to you or to users generally and not be able to provide you with prior notice.  We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at any time and without prior notice to you.

We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that our Services or any content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

5. Accessing our Services

Our App and the Services are made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our Services, or any content, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our Services is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our Services without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our Services are unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Services.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Services through the App and your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Service and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

6. Your account and password

You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Services and for any activities or actions under your password. We encourage you to use “strong” passwords (passwords that use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols) with your account. You must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. Votee cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above.

We have the right to disable any password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Service.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your password, you must promptly notify us at hello@votee.com.

7. Your license to use the Services

VOTEE LIMITED gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software that is provided to you by us as part of the Services.  This license is for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Services as provided by VOTEE LIMITED, in the manner permitted by these Terms of Service. Terms and conditions of your use of the App are those set out in the EULA.

8. Our Intellectual property rights

All intellectual property rights subsisting in respect of the Services belong to VOTEE LIMITED or have been lawfully licensed to VOTEE LIMITED for use in connection with the Services. All rights under applicable laws are hereby reserved. You are not allowed to upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any component of the website itself or create derivative works with respect thereto, as the website is copyrighted under applicable laws.

You agree that we are free to use, disclose, adopt and modify all and any ideas, concepts, knowhow, proposals, suggestions, comments and other communications and information provided by you to us (“Feedback“) in connection with the Services and/or your use of the Services without any payment to you. You hereby waive and agree to waive all and any rights and claims for any consideration, fees, royalties, charges and/or other payments in relation to our use, disclosure, adoption and/or modification of any or all of your Feedback.

9. Your rights

The Content you submit, helps to us constantly evolve and develop the Services and helps us (and our partners) to develop further products and offerings that we believe will be of interest to you, including products or services which we may develop in the future and for which use of or user access to may be chargeable.You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).

You agree that this license includes the right for Votee to make Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with Votee for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use.

Such additional uses by Votee, or other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with Votee, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the Services.

We may modify or adapt your Content in order to transmit, display or distribute it over computer networks and in various media and/or make changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to any requirements or limitations of any networks, devices, services or media.

You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you provide, and for any consequences thereof, including the use of your Content by other users and our third party partners. You understand that whilst Votee makes every effort to maintain Votee as a private network, Content may be shared beyond Votee (particularly in the event that you allow your Votee questions and Content to be shared on other social media platforms or via email or SMS and/or you invite other non-Votee users to respond to questions (in which case such Content may be broadly and widely disseminated). If you do not have the right to submit Content for such use, it may subject you to liability. VOTEE LIMITED will not be responsible or liable for any use of your Content by Votee in accordance with these Terms. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the rights granted herein to any Content that you submit.

10. Limited liability and warranty

Please read this section carefully since it limits the liability of VOTEE LIMITED and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, partners, and licensors (collectively, the“Votee Entities”). Each of the subsections below only applies up to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law. Some jurisdictions do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties or the limitation of liability in contracts, and as a result the contents of this section may not apply to you. Nothing in this section is intended to limit any rights you may have which may not be lawfully limited. All Information is for your general reference only. We do not accept any responsibility whatsoever in respect of such information.

YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE.” THE SERVICES ARE FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE ONLY AND THE VOTEE ENTITIES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES ON MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF THE VOTEE ENTITIES AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES OR OTHERWISE, IS RE-PERFORMANCE OF DEFECTIVE SERVICES. IN JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF LIABILITY, OUR LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. WE DO NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY MATERIAL, PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERED THROUGH US OR OUR SERVICES. WE ARE NOT AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTY.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE VOTEE ENTITIES EXCEED HK$1,000.

The Votee Entities shall not guarantee or assume any responsibility that:

  1. the information presented in our Services is accurate, adequate, current or reliable, or may be used for any purpose other than for general reference;
  2. the information presented in our Services is free of defect, error, omission, virus or anything which may change, erase, add to or damage your software, data or equipment;
  3. messages sent through the internet including in connection with the services will be free from interception, corruption, error, delay or loss;
  4. access to the Services will be available or be uninterrupted;
  5. use of the Services will achieve any particular result; or
  6. defects in the Services will be corrected.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event will the Votee Entities be liable to you or any other person for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential loss or damages, including any loss of business or profit, arising out of any use, or inability to use, the information or the services, even if any of the Votee Entities has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.

You will exercise and rely solely on your own skill and judgment in your use and interpretation of the information and use of the services. You are responsible to ensure that your use of the information and the Services complies with all applicable legal requirements.

Without prejudice to the foregoing, if your use of the Services does not proceed satisfactorily and/or where applicable you do not receive appropriate responses to such use from Votee as set out in these Terms of Service or otherwise, you are advised to contact us at hello@votee.com. No such lack of response shall be deemed to constitute any acquiescence or waiver.

The limitation of liability contained in these Terms of Service will apply to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.

11. Content on the Services

All Content, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, is the sole responsibility of the person who originated such Content. When you upload content, or make contact with other users of our Services, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy (as appended hereto).

You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty and you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

Any content you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such content for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of our site.

The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values. We do maintain the right to remove any posting you make on our Services if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy (as appended hereto). We do not endorse, support, represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Content or communications posted via the Services or endorse any opinions expressed via the Services. You understand that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabelled or are otherwise deceptive. Under no circumstances will VOTEE LIMITED be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Services or broadcast elsewhere.

We may not monitor or control the Content posted via the Services and, we cannot take responsibility for such Content. Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtained by you through the Services is at your own risk.

12. Content copyright policy

Votee respects the intellectual property rights of others and expects users of the Services to do the same. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law and are properly provided to us. If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us with the following information: (i) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf; (ii) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; (iii) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material; (iv) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email address; (v) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (vi) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

We reserve the right to remove Content alleged to be infringing without prior notice, at our sole discretion, and without liability to you. In appropriate circumstances, Votee will also terminate a user’s account if the user is determined to be a repeat infringer. Our address for notice of alleged copyright infringement appearing on the Services is Votee, Room 1405, 14/F, 135 Bonham Strand Trade Centre, 135 Bonham Strand, SHEUNG WAN, Hong Kong.

13. Use of the Services

Please review the Acceptable Use Policy (as appended hereto) to better understand what is prohibited in connection with the Services. We reserve the right at all times (but will not have an obligation) to remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services, to suspend or terminate users, and to reclaim usernames without liability to you. We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (ii) enforce the Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (iv) respond to user support requests, or (v) protect the rights, property or safety of Votee, the Services, App, its users and the public.

We do not guarantee that our Services will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You may not do any of the following while accessing or using the Services: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the Services, Votee’s computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of Votee’s providers; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwise) other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are provided by Votee(and only pursuant to those terms and conditions), (scraping the Services without the prior consent of Votee is expressly prohibited); (iv) forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any email or posting, or in any way use the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying information; or (v) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the access of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a virus, trojan, worm, logic bombor other material which is malicious or technologically harmful, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting the creation of Content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue burden on the Services.

We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Services will cease immediately.

14. Linking to Us

You may link to our Services provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to ourServices in any website that is not owned by you. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

15. Third party links and resources in our site

The links from the Services may take you to other sites or services and you acknowledge and agree that Votee has no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of any Information provided by third parties services and websites.

The Services may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the Content or information on the Services, queries made through the Services, or other information. The types and extent of advertising by Votee on the Services are subject to change. In consideration for Votee granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Votee and its third party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the Services whether submitted by you or others.

Links to other websites and services do not constitute an endorsement by Voteeof such websites or services, or the Information, products, advertising or other materials available made available by such third parties.

16. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, actions, costs and expenses (including without limitation legal fees), in connection with or arising from your breach of any of theseTerms of Service and/or your use of the website. We may, if necessary, participate in the defence of any claim or action and any negotiations for settlement. No settlement which may adversely affect our rights or obligations shall be made without our prior written approval. We reserve the right, at our own expense and on notice to you, to assume exclusive defence and control of any claim or action.

17. Partial invalidity

The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms of Service under the law of any jurisdiction shall not affect its legality, validity or enforceability under the laws of any other jurisdiction nor the legality, validity or enforceability of any other provision.

18. Several users

If there are two or more persons adhering to these Terms of Service as user, their liability under the Terms of Service is joint and several, and their rights are joint.

19. Policy on cash rewards/non-cash rewards

To obtain any designated cash reward/non-cash reward, you must successfully complete your participation in the survey. Not all surveys provide cash rewards/non-cash rewards. Surveys that provide participants with a cash reward/non-cash reward will be appropriated marked with a dollar symbol. No purchase is necessary.

The cash reward/non-cash reward earned in a survey is specified on the cover of a question set at the bottom left. Participants taking the survey, and receiving the cash reward/non-cash reward is responsible for any taxes or duties that may result. VOTEE LIMITED is not liable or responsible in any manner for any tax consequences or duties that may result from cash reward/non-cash reward obtained. If any disputes arise, VOTEE LIMITED’s determination shall be final.

20. Miscellaneous

No waiver of any breach under these Terms of Service will amount to a waiver of any other breach. The headings in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

21. Termination

The Terms of Service will continue to apply until terminated by either you or us as follows.

You may end your agreement with us at any time for any reason by deactivating your accounts, uninstalling the App and discontinuing your use of the Services and/or the App. You do not need to specifically inform us when you stop using the Services.

We may suspend or terminate your accounts or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms of Service or the Acceptable Use Policy (as appended hereto); (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or the next time you attempt to access your account.

In all such cases, the Terms of Service shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the following sections shall continue to apply: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21.

Nothing in this section shall affect Our rights to change, limit or stop the provision of the Services without prior notice, as provided above in section 4.

22. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Service shall be governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. You agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts

Last updated 29 April 2018

Appendix: Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access our services, including our various websites, APIs, email notifications, applications buttons and widgets (the “Services”). This Acceptable Use Policy applies to all users of our Services.

Your use of our Services means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this Acceptable Use Policy, which supplement our Terms of Service.

The Services are provided and operated by VOTEE LIMITED (“We” or “Votee”).  We are a limited liability company registered in Hong Kong with registered number 1879522 with registered office at Votee, Room 1405, 14/F, 135 Bonham Strand Trade Centre, 135 Bonham Strand, SHEUNG WAN, Hong Kong.

Prohibited Uses

You may use our Services only for lawful purposes.  You may not use our Services:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
  • In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
  • For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm another individual in any way.
  • To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
  • To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
  • To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

  • Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of the App or our Services in contravention of the provisions of our Terms of Service or EULA;
  • Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt;
  • any part of our Services;
  • any equipment or network on which our Services is stored;
  • any software used in the provision of our Services; or
  • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Interactive services

Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical).

We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and notwithstanding that our Services are designed for adult use, in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our Services, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our Services, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether any service is moderated or not.

We do not knowingly permit use of the Services by children under 13. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Children who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.

Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

Content Standards

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our Services (contributions), and to any interactive services associated with it.

You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole.

Contributions must:

  • Be accurate (where they state facts).
  • Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
  • Comply with applicable law in Hong Kong, the country or state in which you reside and in any country or state from which they are posted.

Contributions must not:

  • Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
  • Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
  • Promote sexually explicit material.
  • Promote violence.
  • Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
  • Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
  • Be likely to deceive any person.
  • Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
  • Promote any illegal activity.
  • Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
  • Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
  • Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
  • Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case.
  • Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

Spam and Abuse

You must not:

  • Create serial accounts for disruptive or abusive purposes.  Mass account creation may result in suspension of all related accounts.  Please note that any breach of this Acceptable Use Policy is cause for permanent suspension of all accounts.
  • Engage in username squatting.  In general users are expected to be active members of Votee and the Services.  If an account is found to be overly inactive, the account may be reclaimed by Votee without notice.
  • Buy or sell Votee usernames.
  • Publish or link to malicious content intended to damage or disrupt another user’s browser, computer, or device or to compromise a user’s privacy.
  • Use Votee or the Services for the purposes of spamming anyone.  What constitutes “spamming” will evolve as we respond to new tricks and tactics by spammers. Some of the factors we will take into account when determining what conduct is considered to be spamming are:
    • If you post misleading links;
    • If a large number of people make complaints to us about you;
    • If you post duplicate content over multiple accounts or multiple duplicate updates on one account;
    • If you post multiple unrelated updates to a “trending” or popular topic;
    • If you send large numbers of unsolicited replies or mentions in an attempt to spam a service or link;
    • If you add a large number of unrelated users to lists in an attempt to spam a service or link;
    • If you repeatedly post other users’ posts as your own; and
  • Use obscene or pornographic images in either your profile photo, header photo, or user background.

Suspension and Termination

We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this Acceptable Use Policy through your use of our Services.  When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Failure to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy constitutes a material breach of the Terms of Service upon which you are permitted to use our Services, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

  • Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Services.
  • Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our Services.
  • Issue of a warning to you.
  • Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
  • Further legal action against you.
  • Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this Acceptable Use Policy.  The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Changes to the Acceptable Use Policy

We may revise this Acceptable Use Policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this Acceptable Use Policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our Services.

Acceptable Use and Conduct including Anonymous feature(s)

You are responsible for your conduct when using our Services including asking questions anonymously and you agree that you will use our Services in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. 

Prohibited Conduct. You agree that you will not engage in (or encourage) any Prohibited Conduct in connection with your use of our Services. “Prohibited Conduct” means doing things like:

  • interfering or disrupting, or attempting to interfere or disrupt, any computer or network used to provide or support the Services;
  • restricting or inhibiting any other user from using and enjoying the Services;
  • promoting, encouraging, advocating, or providing instructional information about illegal activities;
  • harassing, bullying or threatening other users;
  • impersonating another person or representing yourself as affiliated with us, our staff or other industry professionals;
  • soliciting passwords, account information or other personal information from other users;
  • except as approved by us in writing, conducting commercial activities and/or promotions or advertisements;
  • subleasing your account or offering access to your account to others;
  • using the Services for fraudulent transactions or for any purpose that violates any applicable local, state, national, or foreign laws, regulations, or treaties; or
  • violating these Terms or creating liability for us.

Prohibited Content. You agree that you will not send any Prohibited Content. “Prohibited Content” means content that:

  • is offensive or promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual;
  • bullies, defames, harasses or advocates stalking of, or intimidates another person;
  • involves the transmission of “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing, or “spamming;”
  • is false or misleading or promotes, endorses or furthers illegal activities or conduct that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous;
  • is threatening, including threats directed at minors, threats against another individual or their family or friends;
  • is shared for sadistic effect or to celebrate or glorify violence;
  • is obscene, pornographic, or explicitly sexual;
  • infringes another person’s content without a license to do so;
  • promotes, copies, performs or distributes an illegal or unauthorised copy of another person’s work, whether it is protected or not, such as, presenting the work of a third party as your own (plagiarism) or providing pirated music, videos, or movies, or links to such content;
  • contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or similar software; or
  • violates these Terms or creates liability for us.

Content You Provide. You are responsible for the content (like the text and images) that you transmit through our Services (your “Content”), including its legality, reliability, and appropriateness. You may not transmit Content that you don’t have the right to publish. Your Content remains your Content. By sharing your Content through our Services, you give us the right and license to use, reproduce, publish, display, distribute, and transmit your Content to provide you with our Services and to make your Content available to other users who you authorise to access and/or view your Content, subject to these Terms.

Enforcement by Us. We have the right (but not the obligation) to review any or all portions of your Content and delete (or modify) any of your Content from our Services for any reason, including if we believe, in our sole judgment, your Content violates these Terms or is Prohibited Content, or that we believe is or promotes Prohibited Conduct or threatens the safety of, or harms any other person, or creates liability for us or any other person. We reserve the right (but have no obligation) to investigate and take appropriate action, including removing your Content from our Services (or modifying it), suspending or terminating your account and/or suspending or terminating the provision of our Services to you, and/or reporting you to law enforcement authorities, if you violate any provision of these Terms. In order to cooperate with governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect our systems, service providers, partners, and other users, or to ensure the integrity and operation of our business and systems, we may access and disclose any information or content we consider necessary or appropriate, including your device ID or IP address, usage history, your Content, and your conduct.

Last updated 24 December 2020

PRIVACY POLICY

VOTEE LIMITED (“we”, “Votee” or the “Company”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, fully implementing and complying with data protection principles and all relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “Ordinance”).

SCOPE OF POLICY

This Privacy Policy (together with the mobile application end-user licence agreement applicable to apps downloaded from your applicable mobile application store (“EULA”) and any additional terms of use incorporated by reference into the EULA, together “Our Terms of Use”) applies to your use of:

  • VOTEE VERSION 1.0 mobile application software (“App”) available on our site (www.votee.com) and hosted at your applicable mobile application store (“App Site”), once you have downloaded or streamed a copy of the App onto your mobile telephone or handheld device (“Device”).
  • Any of the services accessible through the App (“Services”) that are available on the App Site or other sites of ours (“Services Sites”), unless the EULA states that a separate privacy policy applies to a particular Service, in which case that privacy policy only applies.

We collect, use and share your information when you use our Services. When using any of our Services, this Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

BY USING THE SERVICES YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE READ IT.

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Submitted Information: information that you provide by filling in forms on the App Site and the Services Sites (together Our Sites), including the Device’s telephone number. This includes:
    • information provided at the time of registering to use the App or any of the Services, including but not limited to mandatory information we need to provide the Services (your email address and a secure password) together with optional information you may provide at this stage (including your first name and last name, a username, city and country, your age range (for example 20-25) and your gender); and
    • if you subscribe to any of the Services, post material or request further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with any of Our Sites.
  • Additional information:
    • if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence;
    • We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them;
    • details of your visits to any of our Sites including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access; and
    • other information relevant to the effective provision of the Services, including but not limited to:
      • profile information (for example your first name, last name, profile picture, and date of birth). This information allows us to help you and others be “found” and “referenced” through the Services;
      • user content (for example decisions, votes, photos, comments and other materials) that you post to our Services.
  • Device information: We may collect information about the Device or any computer you may use to download or stream a copy of the App onto your Device, including, where available, the Device’s or computer’s unique device identifiers, operating system, browser type and mobile network information as well as the Device’s telephone number, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. We may associate Device information with Submitted Information and will treat the combined information as personal data in accordance with this policy for as long as it is combined.
  • Location information: when you use one of our location-enabled Services, we may collect and process information about your location. Some of these Services require your personal data for the feature to work. If you wish to use the particular feature, you will be asked to consent to your data being used for this purpose at the time of use, for example when you pose a question to your friends. We may rely on third party location and “check in” technology to provide this service and you may be required link to a third party service to facilitate this function in which case you understand that any information that such service may provide to us will be governed by this Privacy Policy.
  • Log information: when you use the Services or view content on Our Sites, we may automatically collect and store certain information in server logs, including but not limited to internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device and application IDs, search terms, internet service provider (ISP), clickstream data,browser type and language, viewed and exit pages and date or time stamps.
  • Unique application numbers: when you install or uninstall a Service containing a unique application number or when such a Service searches for automatic updates, that number and information about your installation, for example, the type of operating system, may be sent to us.

Cookies

Our Sites use cookie technology to distinguish you from other users of Our Sites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use the App or browse our Sites and also allows us to improve the App and our Sites. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer’s or Device’s hard disk. The App and our Sites may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our Services, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our Services, and to customize and improve our Services. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. However, some Services may not function properly if you disable cookies.

Information Collection and Use

Regardless of which country you access the Services from, reside in, or supply information from, you consent to the collection, transfer, manipulation, storage, disclosure and other uses of your information as described in this Privacy Policy and you expressly authorise us to collect, transfer, use and process your information in Hong Kong and any other country in which the Company or our vendors operates. In giving this consent, you understand that the laws on holding, processing, using and transferring personal information in Hong Kong may vary and be less protective of your privacy than laws of your state or country.

Our Services are not directed to children under 13. If you become aware that you child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at hello@votee.com. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account.

Storing Your Personal Data

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of our Sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to Our Sites; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access.

We may collect and store personal data on your Device using application data caches and browser web storage (including HTML 5) and other technology.

Certain Services include social networking or forum features. Ensure when using these features that you do not submit any personal data that you do not want to be seen, collected or used by other users.

Our Services provide a collaborative service which allows you to share information with other users across the world (including but not limited to sharing with friends on other online social media networks). Most of the information you provide us is information you are asking us to make public. This includes not only “real time input”on decisions other users are making and the metadata provided with “real time input”,such as the time when you posed a question, voted or made a suggestion, but also the friends you add and questions on which you collaborate, and many other bits of information that result from your use of the Services. Our default is almost always to make the information you provide visible for as long as you do not delete it from our Sites, but we generally give you settings to make the information more private if you want. While your questions are posed to private networks of friends you select questions and are not ordinarily searchable by search engines, your public information may nevertheless be broadly and instantly disseminated. For instance a question you posed may be searchable by search engines when you pose questions to users of other social networks and/or share information or content like photos, videos, and links with them via the Services. You should always think carefully about what you are making public.

Uses Made of the Information

We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers.

Finding and Adding Friends to Our Services

If you choose, you can invite friends to provide input on a decision you are making. You can do this by searching for other people with Votee accounts through (i) your contacts list, (ii) third-party social media sites, (iii) by sending them an SMS inviting them to vote on a question you have posed directly from their mobile device (whether or not they are a Votee user and pursuant to which we may send them a link inviting them to join Votee); (iii) via email (together with an invitation to join Votee); or (iv)through a search of names and usernames on the App or our Sites.

If you choose to find your friends through your Device’s contacts list, then the App will access your contacts list to determine whether or not someone associated with your contact is using the Services.

If you choose to find your friends through a third-party social media site, then you will be prompted to set up a link to the third-party service and you understand that any information that such service may provide to us will be governed by this Privacy Policy.

If you choose to find your friends through a search of names or usernames on the App or our Sites then simply type a name to search and we will perform a search of our Services.

Note about inviting users: If you choose to invite someone to vote on a decision through the Services, you may select a person directly from the contacts list on your device and send a text or email from your personal account. We collect the names and contact information of friends invited to use the Services in this manner.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties (including but not limited to service providers with whom we work to better provide our Services and who require access to such information to carry out that work on our behalf):

  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets but only after having obtained your consent to do so.
  • If Votee or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case (and pursuant to a customer continuing to be a user of the Services) personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation or request.
  • In order to:
    • enforce or apply the EULA, Our Terms of Use; and
    • protect the rights, property or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Your Rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at hello@votee.com.

Our Services may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates (including, but not limited to, websites on which the Services are advertised). If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites and any services that may be accessible through them have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or for any personal data that may be collected through these websites or services, such as contact and location data. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites or use these services.

Access to Information

The Ordinance gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with that Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of HK$150 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

Changes to Privacy Policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail and/or notifying you of a change when you next start the App or log onto one of the Service Sites. The new terms may be displayed on-screen and you may be required to read and accept them to continue your use the App or the Services.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to hello@votee.com.

Last updated 21 November 2013