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Privacy Policy & Legal Disclaimer

 

IKEA respects the privacy rights of visitors to this website. No personal information is required to access this site and real names need not be usoned except when signing up online to receive email updates of IKEA promotion and news. IKEA's persal data & privacy policy is formulated in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap.486).

PURPOSE OF COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
If you are visitor to the site, you need not supply any personal data to access or use the site but personal data is collected from you if you request email updates of IKEA promotions, IKEA promotional brochures or materials, or when you would like to contact IKEA various departments. Personal data collected from visitors to the site may also be used by IKEA to:
*ensure continuous provision of services
*contact visitors for marketing purposes
*design services for visitors
*conduct research, such as research to determine which areas are not meeting IKEA customers' needs
*customize pages of this site for individual visitors
*notify visitors of up-dates to this site
*notify visitors of promotions, special offers or new products
*perform statistical analysis of visitors behaviour and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of the site and provide this information to advertisers together with information as to the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their banners

CONFIDENTIALITY
Personal data held by IKEA relating to visitors to the site will be kept confidential but IKEA may provide this information to third parties including but not limited to IKEA's advertisers, associated companies or contractors/agents or other network operators who perform certain tasks for IKEA in connection with the provision of IKEA's services to visitors to this site. Any questions, comments, suggestions or information other than personal data sent or posted to the site, or any part of the site by visitors will be considered voluntarily provided to IKEA on a non-confidential and non-proprietary basis. IKEA reserves the right to use, reproduce, disclose, transmit, publish, broadcast and /or post elsewhere such information freely, including passing it to any associated company, for example, in connection with the development, manufacture and marketing of products and services and to meet customer needs.

SAFETY OF PERSONAL DATA
All reasonable efforts are made to ensure that any personal data held by IKEA on this site is stored in a secure and safe place.

LINK
This site may contain links to other sites and pages. By activating a link, such as for example by clicking on the banner of an advertiser, you leave this site and IKEA does not exercise control over any personal data or any other information you give to any other entity after you have left this site.

 
Legal Notice and Disclaimer

Please read this notice and disclaimer carefully before using the site because by using the site or any part of it you'll signify that you've read this Legal Notice and Disclaimer and that you irrevocably and unconditionally accept and agree to be bound by them.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
This site and any information available on it including, but not limited to, text, graphics, icons, images and trade marks, are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights owned or controlled by IKEA or by third parties. You shall not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, download, post, transmit, store in retrieval system, modify, alter or display in public or distribute in any way the contents or any part of this site for any purpose without IKEA's prior written permission except that you may download materials displayed on the site for non-commercial, home personal use only as long as you keep all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices intact. CONTENT All reasonable efforts are made to ensure that the information provided on this site is correct and up-to-date. However, IKEA disclaims all implied and/or express warranties and makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on the site. IKEA takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for the content of the site or for anything posted on or linked to it, including without limitation any mistake, error, omission, infringement, defamation, falsehood, or other material or omission that might offend or otherwise give rise to any claim or complaint. (See also without limitation the words in capitals below) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY By accessing and using this site you acknowledge and accept that the use of the site is at your own risk. IKEA shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damage or for damages for lost profits or for loss of revenue arising out of any use of, access to, or inability to use the site. Without limiting the foregoing:

THIS SITE AND ALL INFORMATION AND MATERIALS CONTAINED IN IT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR IMPLIED TERMS AS TO TITLE, QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PURPOSE, PRIVACY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IKEA ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW) FOR ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SITE, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, INTERCEPTION OF ONLINE COMMUNICATION, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROBLEMS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF DATA OR COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS), THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR ALTERATION OF THE SITE, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOUR, NEGLIGENCE OR, UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ANY ACCESS OR USE OF THE SITE, OR ANY UPLOADING, DOWNLOADING OR PUBLICATION OF DATA, TEXT, IMAGES OR OTHER MATERIAL OR INFORMATION TO OR FROM THE SITE.

LINK
The site may contain links to other sites and pages which are not maintained or controlled by IKEA and for which IKEA is not responsible. When you activate any of these links or pages you leave the IKEA site and access to such a site or page is at your own risk for which IKEA disclaims all responsibility and liability.

TERRITORY
The materials on this site are directed solely at persons accessing the site from the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. IKEA makes no representation that any product or service referred to on this site is available, or appropriate for use in any other location. CHANGES IKEA reserves the right but undertakes no duty to review, edit or otherwise change this site and any information contained on this site at its sole discretion and without notice.

APPLICABLE LAW
All disputes arising from the use of or references to contents of the website shall be governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Customer and IKEA agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts.

 









 
 

 

 

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