Men's Health - Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance

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

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

For different purposes and at different times you may be invited to provide personal data to the Government through this website on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include name, telephone number, mailing address or e-mail address. The personal data you provide through this website will be used by the Government for the following purposes:

Verification of eligibility;

Surveillance of disease;

Registration and record management;

Compilation of statistics for research or education;

Facilitation of organization of health promotion and community-based activities.

Provision of personal data is totally voluntary. However, failure to provide sufficient data may jeopardize your eligibility in entitling to certain services or activities.

Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, you have the right to request access to, and to request correction of, your personal data. If you wish to exercise these rights, please browse to http://www.hkmenshealth.com/text/eng/register/changeinfo.aspx or email us at menshealth@dh.gov.hk.

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

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

Search service on this website is provided by GOOGLE (HONG KONG) LIMITED ("GoogleHK"). We are advised by GoogleHK that it does not collect personally identifiable information while serving search results through this website. GoogleHK will share the anonymous data it collects through the search service with the Government for compiling traffic analysis on government websites. The Government will not match the data obtained from any such search activity with any personal data possibly held by the Government.

This Privacy Policy has been translated into Chinese. If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.