Privacy Policy

When you browse “this website”, you are bound to accept this privacy policy and any other changes on an unconditional basis.

Macao Orchestra (OM) attaches great importance to the protection of your privacy right. In this respect, OM has formulated a privacy policy, with its legal basis derived from the “Personal Data Protection Act”. OM undertakes to protect all your personal data submitted to OM’s website and thematic websites (hereinafter referred to as “this website”), as stated in this privacy policy. OM will make the greatest effort in providing you a secure and reliable web-based platform.

  1. Collection and processing of non-personal data by this website

If you are merely browsing this website other than using its services or submitting applications, you will not be asked to provide your personal data, such as your full name and address, etc. However, OM’s computer system may automatically take records of the following technical information:

– Your internet domain name and IP address;

– The date and time when you begin to browse this website;

– The webpage(s) you have browsed;

– Should you access this website via the hyperlink(s) contained in other websites, the internet domain names of these other websites will be noted.

Nevertheless, any personally identifiable information will not be collected. The collected information shall only be used for statistical compilations and exploration of issues related to the computer system, so as to facilitate OM to improve this website. Unless the users’ visits are found to be hostile attacks to this website, the information collected will not be used for tracking.

By using this website, the webpage(s) executed may store information about the users’ usage through a “cookie”, which mainly stores personalized settings or contents for the users. If you have set your browser to detect cookies, you may receive a warning message each time a cookie is stored.

When you use this website, the webpage(s) executed may utilize the geolocation data. The data is mainly used for providing Location Based Service, which offers you information based on your actual physical location at a given point in time.

  1. Collection of personal data

Users, when browsing the OM website, do not need to provide their personal data and OM will not collect user data, except in the cases described below (Note: OM does not require, in any of the services available on its website web, the introduction of the users BIR number):

  1. a) Subscription to the newsletter

In order to subscribe to the OM newsletter, users must provide their name and email address.

  1. b) Be a friend of the OM

In order to be a friend of OM, users must provide their name, contact and mobile phone number, e-mail address, with the remaining data (address, gender, age, place of residence and profession) being optional.

  1. c) Be a Young Friend of the OM

In the Be a Young Friend of OM mode, users must provide their name, gender, date of birth, school name, grade, student ID number, student ID validity period, telephone, cell phone, telephone.

OM provides users already registered on the OM website with an electronic book download service.

The personal data collected is intended to register users and provide them with information about the services and the latest OM activities. In case of lack or insufficiency of the necessary data, the OM will not be able to make the aforementioned services available to them.

Users are responsible for the authenticity and integrity of the data provided. OM reserves the right to suspend the provision of services and delete the user from its records, without prior notice, in case of doubts about the data submitted.

  1. Protection of personal data

To ensure your personal data is protected, this website will utilize appropriate information security technology in delivering or archiving the data you input online. Your personal information that is registered at this website shall be treated in strict confidence and only those who are authorized can have access to your information. However, you should understand and acknowledge that there must be risks when transmitting data online. Therefore, when you use the relevant service, you are bound to agree to bear such risks and the losses that may incur. This website shall not be responsible for such risks and losses.

  1. External links

This website contains links to other government or non-government websites. When you click on these links, it means that you have left this website. The privacy policies set forth on those websites can be different from this website, and therefore, IC shall not bear any responsibility for their contents as well as their privacy policies. You are advised to read the privacy policies adopted by those websites when necessary.

  1. Rights of access and correction

According to the “Personal Data Protection Act” of the Macao SAR, the applicants who have filled out their personal information in this website are entitled to the rights of access and correction when necessary. Such applicants can apply to IC for access or correction of their personal information through a normal channel.

 

  1. Changes to this policy

Should there be any updates to this policy, they will be published in a new version replacing the old one and no further notice is required. The date of the revision will be listed in the updated version.

 

1st February 2022