Privacy Policy

Maxim's Caterers Limited (“Maxim’s”) and The Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd. (“HK Electric”) (collectively referred to as “We” or the “Organizers”) recognize the importance of your privacy. This privacy policy (“this Privacy Policy”) explains how personal data is collected and used by the Organizers.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or utilizing services on www.allyoucancook.com.hk (“this Website”) means that you have accepted the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you are unwilling to be bound by the following terms, please do not use this Website. If you complete any form or make any entry via this Website, once you have completed the form or entry and pressed the button “submit”, it indicates that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agreed to how personal data are collected and used as provided in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change or modify the contents of this Website at any time and unilaterally change this Privacy Policy without notification. You should regularly check whether this Privacy Policy has been modified via this Website, as your continued use of this Website indicates your acceptance of any change to this Privacy Policy (unless we are legally required to ask for your consent prior to any modified use). “You”, “participant” and “user” refer to any person that accesses this Website for any reason or purpose or that his/her Data (as defined in Section 1 below) has been provided to the Organizers via this Website pursuant to this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions of the Competition (as defined in Section 1 below).

1. Collection of Data and its purposes

When you use this Website to submit a form or an entry, participate in any activity or competition and/or otherwise use the services provided on or via this Website, you may have to provide to the Organizers data of yours or any third party, including but not limited to name, gender, age group, school/university /institute, mobile number, contact details and email address (“Data”). You agree to provide to the Organizers such information voluntarily. If it involves Data of a third party, you have legally obtained and obtained the consent of the third party to provide it to the Organizers, and such third party also agrees to this Privacy Policy. You understand that if the Data is not provided, the Organizers may not be able to proceed with your submission or participation or provide related services, or may not allow you to enter or may discontinue your use of this Website. You agree and understand that any and all of the Data you provided to the Organizers will be collected and used as follows:

1. for registration of the submission of entries to the “All You Can Cook!” Culinary Competition (“Competition”);
2. for verification of identity and record;
3. for correspondence and communication with participants regarding the entry submission and selection and otherwise to the extent necessary for administrative matters for the Competition;
4. for uploading and displaying of participants’ information (as a participant of the Competition) to this Website for public viewing and voting;
5. for the announcement of the results of the Competition through media platforms and channels in whatever forms, giving the awards and prizes relating to the Competition, and arrangements for the participation in the relevant events held by the Organizers;
6. for analysis and evaluation (including comparison with the Data of others) in order to develop and enhance the Organisers’ products or services and market promotion programs;
7. for generating survey on user traffic on this Website;
8. for handling your service requests;
9. for daily operation of your account with convenience;
10. for implementing your instruction, processing your submission, responding to your enquiries or those made in your name, and providing efficient and responsive service;
11. for recording your submission records made via this Website; and  
12. for identifying fraudulent activities and transactions, prevent abuse of and investigate and/or prosecute any potential threat to or misuse of our services, and protect your account from unauthorized access.

2. Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance

The Organizers comply with Hong Kong laws including Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (“PDPO”) in their respective  policies and the ways each of them collects, uses, stores, discloses, transfers, protects and accesses Data.

3. Retention, storage and disclosure of Data

You acknowledge, agree and authorize us to retain and store the Data you provided in one or more databases of the Organizers within or outside Hong Kong, and to provide, disclose, allow access and transfer such Data to:

1. any employee of HK Electric, Maxim’s and their respective affiliated companies who is authorized to handle such Data for the purposes for which such Data are collected;
2. any contractor or agent which provides administrative, telecommunication, computer, payment, insurance, professional or other services to the Organizer(s) and is engaged by the Organizer(s) for the purposes for which such Data are collected or relevant to the purposes for which such Data are collected;
3. anyone that the Organizer(s) has to make disclosure to in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws, administrative policies or regulations; and/or
4. anyone who reasonably requires the Organizer(s) to make disclosure in order that the Organizer(s) can achieve the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy.

You agree that the Organizer(s) can disclose your Data in the following reasonable and necessary circumstances:

1. in compliance with relevant laws;
2. to execute or implement any terms of use relating to your use of this Website, or the services provided by the Organizer(s);
3. to protect the rights, properties or interests of the Organizer(s), its affiliated companies, employees, agents, customers and users ; or
4. in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

Maxim’s and HK Electric specifically state herein that they have not and will not sell your Data. The Organizers also will not provide, disclose, allow access and transfer your Data to any third party other than the above.

4. Security of Data

The Organizers will use various security technologies and procedures to protect your Data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. In view of nature of Internet, the Organizers cannot guarantee the security on any transfer of Data. However, the Organizers will take all practical and feasible measures to ensure any Data collected by this Website will not be intercepted by any third party. You must be clear that the any website with links to this Website may collect your Data. You must read the relevant Privacy Policy carefully before you provide your Data to them. Your provision of your Data to any third party has nothing to do with the Organizers and the Organizers will not have any responsibility for such. If the Organizers receives any relevant Data from a third party, it will retain the information in accordance with its strict security and confidential standards.

5. Access, amendment or deletion to Data 

You are aware that according to the PDPO, you have the right to access your personal data held by the Organizers and request amendment or deletion of your personal data. The Organizers will handle the request as stipulated in the PDPO. If you wish to access, amend or delete your personal data held by the Organizers, please send your request by sending email to info@allyoucancook.com.hk. You understand that if your personal data held by the Organizers is deleted, the Organizers will not be able to proceed with your submission or participation in the Competition.

6. Cookie and third-party applications

The Organizers reserve the right to use cookies on this Website. Cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server based on the permissions set by the user’s browser software. Cookie is not designed to be used for or intended to be used for reading any information (except for the information of the cookies itself) of the user’s computer. On the contrary, it is an identifier used by websites that is placed on your hard disk. Cookie contains information that can later be searched by the same Web page server to identify a particular computer and cater for the use of the user and allow monitoring and management of such usages according to the information stored by that server. Therefore, cookie only provides the website the information about the user’s computer and the website can link up such information of the cookies to other information such as personal identifier information. Similarly, the Organizers reserve the right to use third-party applications in this Website. The purpose for this Website in using cookie or third-party applications is to enable automated sign-in and registration of information so that you are linked to the information for online registration when you submit an entry (if any) on this Website, to adjust this Website according to your preferences or to personalize promotion or marketing. In addition, use of cookie or third-party applications may allow the Organizers to track the usage of this Website to determine what content is useful or popular so as to effectively enhance and improve this Website. You can modify your web browser on the use of cookie so that it will send you warnings or you can decline acceptance of cookie. Please note this Website may not function normally or permit your sign-in if you choose to decline acceptance of cookie.

7. Use of Web Beacons

The Organizers may use Web beacons on this Website or other websites and allow third party to place Web beacons on this Website to monitor the effectiveness of promotion or other legal purposes. Web beacons are also called web crawler. It is an object that is embedded in a web page or email which allows a website owner or a third party to check whether a user has viewed the page or email. It is usually invisible to the user as its size is generally very small (1x1 gif) and has the same colour as the web page, document or email. Web beacons are identified as HTML IMG on web pages. Users can click on the information option on the web page to find out whether Web beacons are used on the web page. Web beacons can be linked to personal information. For example, advertising network uses web beacons to add personal information of the web pages visited so as to add a particular kind of advertising bars based on such information to. Web beacons can also be used to independently track the number of people viewing the web site.

8. Links to third parties' websites or applications

Please note that the Organizers provides links to third parties’ websites or applications as a service to users or as an acknowledgement of the applications. The Organizers are not responsible for the contents of such web pages or third-party applications or how the information is collected. The Organizers recommend you to carefully read and understand the privacy measures of any such third parties’ website or applications before you submit any information to them.

9. Minors

The Data of any person who is under the age of 18 (“Minor”) submitted to the Organizers via this Website, including those Data stated in any entry or form, should be provided by the parent(s)/ guardian(s)/school teacher(s) of such Minor. The Minor’s Data submitted to the Organizers via this Website is deemed to be submitted with the consent of the parent(s)/guardian(s) of such Minor. Written consent from the parent(s)/guardian(s) of the Minor may be required to be provided to the Organizers upon their request. The Organizers request parents/guardians to monitor when their child(ren) (i.e. Minor(s)) surf on the web/browse on the application or use this Website.

‍10. Applicable Laws and Interpretation

(a) This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted according to the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“Hong Kong”) and be governed by Hong Kong laws.

(b) In the case of any disputes, the Organizers reserve the right of final decision on all matters, which shall be binding on all the parties concerned.

(c) In case of discrepancies between the English and Chinese versions of this Privacy Policy, the English version shall prevail.