Terms & Conditions of Use and Privacy Policies

Praisage.com (hereinafter referred to as the "Praisage"). is powered by Appreciation Paragon Limited (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"). By using Praisage users acknowledge and agree that the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Privacy Statement set out below are binding upon them. If user does not accept either or both of the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Privacy Statement, please do not use Praisage. The Company may revise the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and the Privacy Statement at any time without prior notice. Once posted on Praisage, the amended Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Privacy Statement shall apply to all users. Users are advised to visit this page periodically to review the latest Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and the Privacy Statement.

The terms "you" and "user" as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities accessing the website of Praisage for any reason or any purpose. The terms “we”, “us” and “our” mean either Praisage.com or Appreciation Paragon Ltd., as appropriate.

The Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and the Privacy Statement were written in English. To the extent any translated versions of the above statements conflict with the English version, the English version controls.

Statement of Rights and Responsibilities

This Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (Statement) derives from the Praisage Principles, and governs our relationship with users and others who interact with Praisage. By using or accessing Praisage, you agree to this Statement.

1. Privacy
   Your privacy is very important to us. We designed our Privacy Policy to make important disclosures about how you can use Praisage to share with others and how we collect and can use your content and information. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use it to help make informed decisions.
   
   
2. Intellectual Property Rights
   All the text, images, layout, database, graphics, pictures, sounds or audio formats, software, brands and all other materials on the Sites are the intellectual properties of the Company or the users (as the case may be) which are protected by copyright and trademark laws and may not be downloaded or otherwise duplicated without the express written permission of the Company. Re-use of any of the foregoing is strictly prohibited and the Company reserves all rights.
   
   
3. Content License
   By posting content on Praisage, you unconditionally grants the Company a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free right to exercise the copyright, publicity and database rights you have in the content in order that the Company can host, display, promote, copy, download, forward, distribute, reproduce, sell and re-use the content in any form, and carry out the purposes set out in the Privacy Statement and herein.
   
   
4. Content Responsibilities
   The Company provides an online platform for individuals, companies and organizations to post messages of praise and corresponding feedback, which serves to recognize the appreciative services in regarding industries or brands, and provide relevant information to users of the Praisage. As for such purposes,
   The Company reserves the right to pre-screen or approve any content posted on and sent through Praisage to ensure that it aligns with the principles of Praisage. However, the Company takes no responsibility for the content on Praisage or any content sent through Praisage, or for any content lost and does not make any representations or warranties regarding the content or accuracy of any materials on Praisage. 
Any materials or details posted on Praisage by the user may be viewed by users of other websites linked to Praisage and the Company is not responsible for any improper use by any user or third party from linked third party websites of any data or materials posted on Praisage. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for the form, content and accuracy of any information contained therein posted by you.
   
   
5. Protecting Other People's Rights
   We respect other people's rights, and expect you to do the same. By using Praisage, you agree with us that:
   1. You will not post content or take any action on Praisage that infringes or violates someone else's rights or otherwise violates the law.
   2. You will not post any materials on Praisage which contains any false, inaccurate, misleading or libelous content or contains any computer virus.
   3. You will not use Praisage (a) for transmitting, distributing or storing material in violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (b) in any manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy or publicity or other personal rights of others; or (c) in any manner that is libelous, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.
   4. You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including but not limited to Praisage, the Logos, the Icons, the Slogan and the Praisage Bottle), or any confusingly similar marks, patterns and design without our written permission.
   5. You will not violate or attempt to violate the security of Praisage including, without limitation, accessing data not intended for you or logging into a server or account which you are not authorized to access, attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or attempting to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network or sending unsolicited e-mail. Violation of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.
   6. You will not engage in spamming, including but not limited to any form of emailing that is unsolicited.
   7. You will not use Praisage if you do not have legal capacity to form legally binding contracts.
   8. We can disable your account or remove any content or information you post on Praisage if we believe that it violates this Statement. If you believe we execute that by mistake, we will provide you with an opportunity to appeal.
      
      
6. Own Risk
   WHILST ENDEAVOURING TO PROVIDE A QUALITY SERVICE TO USERS, THE COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT PRAISAGE WILL OPERATE ERROR-FREE OR ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL MECHANISMS. IF USE OF PRAISAGE OR THEIR CONTENTS RESULT IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA BY ANY USER, THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS. THE SITES AND THEIR CONTENTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, ANY IN RESPECT OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ABOUT THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENTS, SERVICES, TEXT, GRAPHICS AND LINKS OF PRAISAGE.
   
   YOU WILL USE PRAISAGE AND ANY OTHER WEBSITES ACCESSED THROUGH IT, AT ENTIRELY YOUR OWN RISK. You are responsible for the consequences of you postings. The Company does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any message, advertisement or materials posted by other users, advertisers or Appreciation Merchant or endorse any opinions expressed by them. Any reliance on such materials posted will be at your own risk.
   Praisage may contain links to third party web sites. These are provided solely as a convenience to you and not in any way as an endorsement by the Company of the contents on such third-party web sites. The Company is not responsible for the content of any third party web sites linked to Praisage and does not make any representations or warranties regarding the contents or accuracy of materials on such third-party websites. If you access any linked third party web sites, you do so entirely on your own risk.
   
   
7. Security Measures
   1. Use of data
      The Company will use its reasonable endeavors to ensure that its officers, creators, directors, employees, agents and/or contractors will exercise their prudence and due diligence in handling the personal data submitted by the users, and the access to and processing of the personal data according to the Privacy Statement. The Company will seek to protect the personal data against any unauthorized or accidental access, processing or erasure of the personal data. We do our best to keep Praisage safe, but we cannot guarantee it. We need your help to do that, which includes the following commitments:
      1. You will not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access Praisage, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without our permission.
      2. You will not solicit login information or access an account belonging to someone else.
      3. You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.
      4. You will not use Praisage to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.
      5. You will not do anything that could disable, overburden, or impair the proper working of Praisage, such as a denial of service attack.
         
         
   2. Registration and Account Security
      Praisage users provide their real identity and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:
      1. You will not provide any false personal information on Praisage, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
      2. You will not create more than one personal profile.
      3. If we disable your account, you will not create another one without our permission.
      4. You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain (such as selling your status update to an advertiser).
      5. You will keep your personal information accurate and up-to-date.
      6. You will not share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.
      7. You will not transfer your account to anyone without first getting our written permission.
      8. If you select a username for your account we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe appropriate (such as when a trademark owner complains about a username that does not closely relate to a user's actual name).
         
         
8. Special Provisions Applicable to Praisage Brand
   If you join as the Praisage Brand in Praisage, the following additional terms apply to you:
   1. You will not use, display, share, or transfer a user’s data in a manner inconsistent with your privacy policy.
   2. You will delete all data you acquire from the users if the user asks you to do so, and will provide a mechanism for users to make such a request.
   3. You will not give us information that you independently collect from a user or a user's content without that user's consent.
   4. You will not show third party ads or web search boxes on your Page.
   5. You will not misrepresent your relationship with Praisage to others.
   6. We can use your Page and related content and information for marketing or promotional purposes.
   7. You give us the right to link to or frame your Page, and place content, including ads, around your Page.
   8. You give us the right to analyze your Page and related content and data for any purpose, including commercial (such as for targeting the delivery of advertisements and indexing content for search).
   9. To ensure your page complies with this Statement, we can audit its content, information and material in it and reserve the right to edit or remove the material if we find that violate this Statement.
      
      
9. Special Provisions Applicable to Advertisers
   You can reach our users and audience by placing ads in Praisage. The following additional terms apply to you if you place ads on Praisage:
   1. When you place an advertising order, you will contact us and specify the type of advertising you want to buy and the amount you want to spend. If we accept your order, we will deliver your ads as per mutual agreement.
   2. We do not guarantee the activity that your ads will receive, such as the number of clicks you will get.
   3. We cannot control how people interact with your ads, and are not responsible for click fraud or other improper actions that affect the cost of running ads.
   4. We can use your ads and related content and information for marketing or promotional purposes.
   5. You will not issue any press release or make public statements about your relationship with Praisage without written permission.
   6. We may reject any advertising order for any reason.
   7. If you are placing ads on someone else's behalf, we need to make sure you have permission to place those ads, including the following:
      1. You warrant that you have the legal authority to bind the advertiser to this Statement.
      2. You agree that if the advertiser you represent violates this Statement, we may hold you responsible for that violation.
         
         
10. Feedback and Suggestions
    We always appreciate your feedback or other suggestions about Praisage, and you are encouraged to provide that through our email or other specified channels. However, you understand that we have no commitment to fulfill that and in case we use them, we have no obligation to compensate you for them (just as you have no obligation to offer them).
    
    
11. Limitation of the Services
    The Company will have the right to limit the use of the services, including the period of time that contents will be posted on the Praisage, the size of the contents, email messages or any other contents which are transmitted by the Services. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or remove any contents or materials posted on Praisage, for any reason, without giving any prior notice or reason to users. You acknowledge that the Company will not be liable to any party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
    
    
12. Termination of the Services
    If you violate the terms or spirit of this Statement, or otherwise create risk or possible legal exposure for us, the Company can stop providing all or part of the services of Praisage to you. The Company will have the right to delete or deactivate any account, or block the email or IP address of any user, or terminate the access of users to the services, and remove any content within the services immediately without prior notice. You may also delete your account or disable your application at any time.
    The Company shall have no obligation to deliver any material or content posted on Praisage to you at any time, both before or after cessation of the Services or upon removal of the related contents from Praisage.
    
    
13. Indemnity
    All users agree to indemnify, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, actions, demands, losses or damages arising from or resulting from their use of the Praisage or their breach of the terms of this Agreement. The Company will provide prompt notice of any such claim, suit or proceedings to the relevant user.
    
    
14. Disclaimer
    The Company does not have control over and does not guarantee the truth or accuracy of listings of any advertisement or materials on Praisage. IN ANY EVENT, THE COMPANY, ITS OFFICERS, CREATORS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE IN ANY EVENT FOR ANY LOSSES, CLAIMS OR DAMAGES SUFFERED BY ANY USER WHATSOEVER AND HOWSOEVER ARISING OR RESULTING FROM HIS/HER USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITES AND THEIR CONTENTS, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND DISPUTES BETWEEN ANY PARTIES.
    
    
15. Limitation of Liability
    Without prejudice to the above and subject to the applicable laws, the aggregate liability by the Company to any user for all claims arising from their use of the services of Praisage shall be limited to the amount of HK$1,000.
    
    
16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
    The Statement as set out herein and any dispute or matter arising from or incidental to the use of Praisage shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China ("Hong Kong"). Both users and the Company shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.
    
    
17. Special Provisions Applicable to Users Outside Hong Kong
    We strive to create a global community with consistent standards for everyone, but we also strive to respect local laws. By using Praisage, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in Hong Kong.
    
    

Privacy Statement

Praisage respects the privacy of your personal data. Our policies and practices regarding the collection, use, retention, disclosure, transfer, security and access of the information will be in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong including the personal data (privacy) ordinance and are as set out herein in the privacy policy statement:

1. Confidentiality
   The Company maintains a strict confidentiality policy on all personal data submitted by you via Praisage and the Company will not release such information to anyone without your prior consent, unless specified in the necessary conditions in point 2 and 3 below.
   
   
2. Purpose For Collection of Personal Data
   As a user of the Praisage, it may be necessary for you to provide us with your personal information at the time of registration and at various times when using Praisage. You hereby agree that the information you provide to Praisage is provided voluntarily, and is accurate, true, current and complete. If the information you provide to us is incomplete or incorrect, Praisage may not be able to provide or continue to provide the services to you or may discontinue your access to Praisage. You understand and agree that any and all information you provide to Praisage will be collected and may be used for the purposes of:
   
   1. collecting data for identity ratification and records;
   2. maintaining contact lists for correspondence;
   3. enabling the daily operation of your account;
   4. compiling aggregate statistics on the websites usage;
   5. analyzing and comparing your information with that of others for services customization and/or marketing (direct or otherwise) purposes;
   6. performing procedures for comparing the user's data with other information supplied by the user (for whatever purpose);
   7. enabling Praisage to comply with its obligations to internet, interconnect or other industry practices;
   8. sending you information about our news, products and services;
   9. forwarding publicity and/or marketing materials or other information to users from charitable organizations or any other types of organizations selected by Praisage from time to time;
   10. carrying out the user's instructions, responding to enquiries by that user or made on his/her behalf and providing users with an effective and efficient service; and/or
   11. assisting any person who is acquiring or participating in any contractual arrangements between Praisage and the user to evaluate the transaction for such acquisition or participation;
   12. meeting any legal, governmental or regulatory requirements in Hong Kong or any other applicable jurisdiction, including disclosure or notification requirements;
   13. assisting any bona fide third party in its investigation into any offence and/or tortious act, where such bona fide third party has reasonable grounds for believing that such offence/tortious act is being or has been committed by you in the course of your use of Praisage.
       
       
3. Usage, Access and Transfer of Personal Data
   To enable Praisage to provide you with customizable and personalized services, we may use cookie files or other methods to store and track information about you when you visit Praisage and this is done without you being aware that it is occurring. You are aware, agree and authorize that all information supplied by you will be retained by and stored in one or more databases of the Company and will be provided to, disclosed to, accessed by and transferred to:
   
   1. any person or bodies corporate or division within the Company, including any country in which the Company or its affiliates operate,
   2. any person or bodies corporate under a duty of confidentiality to Praisage;
   3. any contractors, agents, other persons or bodies corporate engaged by the Company for or in relation to any of the purposes listed above or any third party service providers who provides administrative, telecommunications, computer, payment, securities clearing, insurance, professional or other services to the Company;
   4. any nominee, trustee, co-trustee, centralized securities depository or registrar, custodian, insurance company, estate agent, solicitor or other person who is involved with the provision of the Company services or products to that user; or
   5. any person by whom the Company is required by applicable legal, governmental or regulatory requirements to make disclosure;
   6. any other person reasonably requiring the same in order for the Company to carry out the purposes set out herein. you agree that the Company may release your information when such release is reasonably necessary to:
      1. comply with applicable law,
      2. enforce or apply the terms of any of user agreements,
      3. protect the rights, property or interest of the Company or its users or
   7. any bona fide third party who has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence and/or tortious act is being or has been committed by you in the course of your use of the websites and has made a reasonable request for the release of your information by the Company.
      
      
4. Right of Enquiry, Access and Correction of Personal Data
   We attempts our best to protect your rights under the personal data (privacy) ordinance, including the right:
   
   1. to check whether we hold any of your information,
   2. to access to your information held by Praisage,
   3. to request correction of your information,
   4. to ascertain our policies and practices (from time to time) in relation to the information and the types of information held by us,
   5. to disallow access or use of your information by Praisage,
   6. to be informed of action taken in response to any such request and/or request that there be attached to your information a statement which you can supply to Praisage relating to the fact that you have requested a correction. You agree to pay to Praisage the reasonable charges requested by Praisage in relation to the time and attendance involved in complying with your request in this regard.
      
      
   We retain your information for so long as you are a registered user. Once you have given us your personally identifiable information, you may receive information containing our products and services news from time to time. If you do not want to receive them, please email to us. You may also review and update your information by visiting Praisage.
   
   Access or correction requests can be made by sending email to us.
   
   We shall take all practicable steps to ensure that any information collected by Praisage via the websites is safe and secure from third party interference. However, please be aware that Praisage’s advertisers or other web sites that have links on Praisage may collect personal data about you. Given the nature of the internet, Praisage cannot guarantee that the transmission of data is 100% secure.