Privacy Policy

    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("the Government") is concerned to ensure that all personal data submitted through the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund website ("SIE Fund web") are handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.

     
    Collection of Information
    The Government will record the visits to SIE Fund web by using cookies and page tagging without collecting any personal identifiable information of users.  

     
    Cookies

    A cookie is a small amount of data created in a computer when a person visits a website on the computer. It often includes an anonymous unique identifier. A cookie can be used to identify a computer. It, however, is not used to collect any personal information. In other words, it does not have the function of identifying an individual user of the website.

     

    Cookies are used by the Government to collect users’ preference of the SIE Fund web.
     


    Page tagging

    Javascript is used to collect data on users' usage patterns of SIE Fund web.  No personal or identifiable information about a visitor would be collected.

     

    You may disable JavaScript on your computer. Disabling JavaScript should not affect your access to SIE Fund web, but you will not be able to use some of the SIE Fund web functions, such as displaying animation effect and accessing some parts of the SIE Fund web.
     


    Provision of Personal Data

    For different purposes and at different times you may be invited to provide personal data to the Government through SIE Fund web on a voluntary basis. Personal information may include e-mail address. The Government will specify the collection purpose and intended usage of your data when it invites you to provide such information.

     

    Unless permitted or required by law, the Government will not disclose your personal data to any third parties without your prior consent.
     


    Search Service
    Search service on SIE Fund web does not collect personal identifiable information while serving search results through SIE Fund web. The Government will not match the data obtained from any such search activity with any personal data possibly held by the Government.

    English and Chinese version of this Privacy Policy
    This Privacy Policy has been translated into Chinese. If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.

    November 2025