Legal and privacy

1.   Terms and Conditions of Business 

1.1    Your use of this website is also subject to the Forvis Mazars General Terms and Conditions of Business which can be downloaded from the base of this page.

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2.   Copyright Notice

2.1    All the content of this website, including any copyright in the text, layout and any other materials in a blog are owned by Forvis Mazars Group and Forvis Mazars CPA Ltd.. All rights are reserved.  

3.   Privacy Statements 

3.1    Please use the links to the right to access our Privacy Statement. The Privacy Statement may be updated from time to time, so please check them each time you visit our website.

4.   Regulatory Information

4.1    Forvis Mazars CPA Limited is the Hong Kong firm of Forvis Mazars Group (“Forvis Mazars Group”), an international advisory and accountancy organisation, and is a limited liability partnership registered in Hong Kong.

5.   Legal Disclaimer

5.1    All information provided in this website, including that contained in a blog, has been prepared for general information and illustration purposes and does not establish, in any form, a business or professional services relationship between the reader and the author, Forvis Mazars itself, or any wholly-owned companies of Forvis Mazars or Forvis Mazars Group.

5.2    Although we have taken due care in the preparation of all information contained in this website and/or any blog, any reliance on the information is solely at the user’s risk. You should always take professional advice in relation to your circumstances and the information in this website and/or any blog should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or other relevant advisers. Before making any decision or taking any action, you should consult a professional adviser. 

5.3    Forvis Mazars accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of any information obtained from this website and/or any blog, and Forvis Mazars accepts no liability for any loss (whether personal or business) resulting from reliance on any information contained in this website and/or any blog, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

5.4    All information in this website and/or any blog is provided "as is", with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose. Nothing herein shall to any extent substitute for the independent investigations and the sound technical and business judgment of the reader.

5.5    This Forvis Mazars website contains links to other third-party services and websites. Forvis Mazars cannot provide any warranty (implied or otherwise) as to the accuracy or source of information contained in those websites or information you may download. Links from the Forvis Mazars website to third party websites do not constitute any endorsement of these third party organisations or companies. Forvis Mazars does not warrant or offer any assurances that any third party website is compatible with any user's computer equipment or network through which access to the third party website is gained or that the use of the third party website will not lead to viruses or similar destructive software. Users are responsible for ensuring that their own equipment has appropriate security and virus protection features.

5.6    Third parties may submit comments for publication on the website or to any blog. Any such comments are submitted on the basis that Forvis Mazars will review and may edit such comments, and that not all submissions will be published. Publication is entirely at the discretion of Forvis Mazars. Any third-party comments published on the website or via a blog (whether edited or not) are third party information for which Forvis Mazars takes no responsibility and disclaims all liability, and the above disclaimer applies to any such third party comments.

6.   Collection of Personal Data

6.1    Forvis Mazars collects information about you when you use our website(s), forms, and/or other channels and throughout other interactions, communications and services you have with us. 

6.2    We will collect your personal data in accordance with the PDPA. If you are residing in Europe, including the UK, we will process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and similar European and UK data protection and data security laws (the “European and UK Data Protection Laws”).

6.3    Full information on our collection of Personal Data is available by clicking the link to the right to access our Privacy Statement

7.   Protection of Personal Data 

7.1    We do not share personal information with third parties except as necessary to carry out our business, your requests or as required by law or other legal processes. We will never sell your personal information to third parties. 

7.2    It is never our policy to knowingly collect or maintain information on minors, unless they are required for the purposes incidental to the performance of a contract.

8.   Links

8.1    Our website contains links to other websites but this online privacy statement applies only to the personal data collected via this website (https://www.forvismazars.com/hk), which is operated by Forvis Mazars CPA Limited, and to how Forvis Mazars CPA Limited processes personal data.

8.2    We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and would encourage visitors to check the privacy policy of every site they visit.

9.   Direct Marketing

9.1    You may at any time amend or update your personal information or request us to stop using your personal data for direct marketing purposes by contacting us at info.hk@forvismazars.com .

10.  Editor

The editor in chief of this website is the Managing Director of Forvis Mazars CPA Limited

Jimmy Yip
42nd Floor, Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Hong Kong