Please note that your participation in the NikonClub Site is at your own risk and Nikon neither assumes nor accepts any liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental or other loss or damage whatsoever arising out of your access to or use of any part of the Site. Nikon assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable, for any damage your computer equipment or other property, or for any loss or corruption of data arising from your access to, use of, uploading or downloading of any Content to or from the Site, howsoever caused, whether by reason of software and/or hardware issues, including but not limited to viruses, Trojan horses, worms, software bombs or similar items or processes.
2. Member's Responsibilities
You shall be solely responsible for the set-up, configuration or compatibility of your hardware, equipment and software for access to the Site and you shall provide at your own expense all facilities or resources necessary for such proper access. You are solely responsible for the use of the Services, and for any Content posted, uploaded or transmitted through the Site, under your Membership ID. You will be solely and fully responsible for any and all aspects of the Content submitted, including but not limited to its legality, appropriateness, and non-infringement of third party intellectual property rights.
3. Eligibility
3.1 Membership is only open to owners of the following Nikon manufactured items:
3.1.1 Film SLR camera;
3.1.2 DSLR camera;
3.1.3 Nikon 1 camera;
3.1.4 COOLPIX camera.
3.2 Membership is strictly country and area specific and the Site is intended for users residing in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region. If, at any time, you are no longer residing in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region, please inform Nikon promptly by e-mailing us at support@nikonclub.com.hk. Nikon will reply to you with details of how your Membership may be affected or terminated by Nikon.
3.3 Members must be aged thirteen (13) years old or older. In the event that you are younger than thirteen (13), you must obtain the consent of your parents/guardians, in respect of your use of the Site.
3.4 Members must be individual persons and not corporate entities.
3.5 One Membership is allowed per person.
3.6 Membership is only effective when your online registration is accepted and communicated to you via email acknowledging the new Membership.
4. Illegal Use of Contents
You must not use or allow any part of the Services to be used:
4.1 to post, upload or transmit any Content which violates any terms, rules or Policies which are applicable or made available or communicated to you in any manner;
4.2 to post, upload or transmit any Content that may be illegal, harassing, libelous, defamatory, abusive, threatening, disruptive, harmful, hateful, vulgar, obscene, profane, threatening, racially or ethnically offensive or otherwise as determined by Nikon in its sole discretion to be objectionable.
4.3 to post, upload or transmit any Content which is objectionable on the grounds of public interest, public morality, public order, public security, or is otherwise prohibited by applicable laws;
4.4 to post, upload or transmit any Content which may violate the rights of any person;
4.5 to post, upload or transmit any Content protected by any intellectual property right or other proprietary rights of any party without obtaining permission from the relevant intellectual property right or rights owner.
4.6 to post, upload or transmit any Content containing viruses, worms, trojan horses, time bombs, cancelbots or any other harmful, damaging or disruptive programs;
4.7 to engage in abusive behaviour. Such abusive behaviour includes but is not limited to obscene, racist, and other offensive language, harassment of other Members, or purposefully disrupting the Site through means such as scrolling and impersonating another Member;
4.8 to use an obscene or offensive handle or name;
4.9 to engage in actions designed to disrupt or otherwise reduce other Members' enjoyment of the Site;
4.10 to interfere with or disrupt the service, servers, or networks connected to the service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the service;
4.11 to create any other circumstances whereby other Members are affected in their access to, and use of, the Site;
4.12 to post, upload or transmit any Content containing or relating to personal data / information in a manner which contravenes the Personal Data Protection Act (or its regulations) and/or advisory guidelines issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission.
5. Provision of Information
You are required to provide information about yourself for registration or otherwise which is complete and accurate. You may update the information online from time to time under "My Account"
6. Privacy Policy
All areas and portions of the Site are considered public and, as such, there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality. Nikon reserves the right to maintain, and make use of chat logs, and any other means that it deems in its sole and absolute discretion necessary and/or appropriate, to ensure that users of the Site are complying with the Terms of Use and/or any applicable Site Policies.