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Privacy Policy 私隱政策


- Last updated on Nov 11, 2005 -
1. Preamble
It is always our principle to value the privacy of our customers. We pledge to take every measure to safeguard and protect the private and personal information of our customers.

2. Scope of the Policy
This policy covers how "Uncle Ming's Gallery" treats personal information that we collects and receives, including information related to your past use of our products and services. Private or personal information is information about any legal entity that is identifiable like name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Uncle Ming's Gallery does not own or control, or to people that we does not employ or manage.

3. Collection of Information
3.1 At our shops, web sites or FTP sites, you can order products, downloading files or otherwise express an opinion, subscribe to one of our services. The types of private or personally identifiable information that may be collected include but not limited to: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services.
3.2 At our shop, web sites or FTP sites, you can submit information about other people or organisations. For example, you might submit a person's name and e-mail address to send an electronic greeting card and, if you order an item, whether at our premises or online, and want it sent directly to the recipient, you might submit the recipient's name and address. The types of private or personally identifiable information that may be collected about other people or organisations include: recipient's name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number, or password for the access to the specified internet servers in the provision of web-building services.
3.3 Only persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information will be able to order  products, programs and services, or otherwise participate in the activities and offerings we organize.
3.4 Our CCTV or telephone surveillance system may record all the business activities that take place at our premises or on the phone. We also collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our Web pages such as the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider.
3.5 We do not ask a child under age 13 for personal information more than necessary as a condition of participation or purchasing,.
3.6 We will not contact children under age 13 about special offers or for marketing purposes without a parent's permission.
3.7 Our server may automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Uncle Ming's Gallery cookie information, and the page you request.

4. Use of Information
4.1 Uncle Ming's Gallery uses information you provide to customize the advertising and content you see, to fulfill your requests for products and services, to improve our services, to contact you, to conduct research, and to provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
4.2 We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve our products and. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyze the market situation, as well as to offer you products or services.

5. Information Sharing and Disclosure
5.1 We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
5.2 We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena.
5.3 We may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency's request or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
5.4 We transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another company.
5.5 We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Uncle Ming's Gallery under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Uncle Ming's Gallery communicate with you about offers from Uncle Ming's Gallery and our marketing partners. However, these companies are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy
5.6 We must have a parent's permission to share the information if the user is a child under age 13. Parents have the option of allowing Uncle Ming's Gallery to collect and use their child's information without consenting to Uncle Ming's Gallery sharing of this information with people and companies who may use this information for their own purposes.
5.7 Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

6. Cookies
6.1 Uncle Ming's Gallery may set and access Uncle Ming's Gallery cookies on your computer.
6.2 Uncle Ming's Gallery uses web beacons to access Uncle Ming's Gallery cookies inside and outside our network of web sites and in connection with Uncle Ming's Gallery products and services.

7 Confidentiality and Security
7.1 We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
7.2 We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with relevant regulations to protect personal information about you.

8. Disclaimer
Uncle Ming's Gallery is not liable to the disclosure of information due to Force Majeure For example, in the case of all natural disasters, theft, unlawful break-in, hacking, or virus attack when all our physical, electronic, and procedural protective measures fail to defend.

9 Information Update
9.1 If you need to update the information of your personal profile with us, please send an email to support@um-gallery.com
9.2 To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
Uncle Ming's Gallery may update this policy.

11. Questions and Suggestions
If you have questions or suggestions about this privacy policy, please contact us by clicking mail to us or mail to

    Uncle Ming's Gallery
    Customer Support - Privacy Policy Issues
     97-97A, 1/F, Hunghom Square
    37-39 Matauwai Road, Hunghom,
    Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
    (Tel: 852-23659900)   



Arts without Boundary

More than twenty thousands of original photos or images created by our colleagues are now released to the pubic free of charge under our "UM Free Image License". These are only part of our portfolio but it does take us a lot of time to convert the conventional film to digital format. We've  estimated that more than ten thousand images are kept in our studio and we believe they are not just  some kind of artwork but may serve as documentation of the development of our world in the last 40 years. Just click and view.
我們已把為數二萬多張自有原創圖片以 "UM Free Image License" 自由圖像授權協定方式發佈, 我們將繼續把庫存軟片圖庫數碼化, 並增添新作以回饋公眾.

March, 2008