Welcome to Website of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM).

The contents of this Web site are developed in accordance with the main provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance 1997 of the Hong Kong Government. The ordinance provides data subjects with rights to ascertain whether the HKAM holds personal data relating to them, to obtain a copy of that data, and to correct any data that is inaccurate.

The HKAM invites its site visitors to freely explore this website largely without having to reveal any personal data. However, fellows can understand that it may be necessary for HKAM to gather some information on you for a specific purpose - we will always inform you when we are collecting such information. It is our intention to respect your request for privacy, and we try our best to provide you with communication channels to facilitate this. We do not try to detect your IP address and we do not send out cookies to your web browser.

Our site uses various types of forms for visitors to request information and to log into special areas and services. We also collect visitor's contact information (such as an e-mail address) to facility running of these services. information from the forms may be displayed at a later date and you will be advised in advance. Users may opt-out of receiving any future mailings.

Data that we collect is used only for the above outlined purposes, and no data is disclosed to any third party for any purpose.

Opt-Out

You can opt-out from any publishing of your submitted data or receiving information from us or delete your information from our records at any time should you wish to do so.

To opt out, select either of the following methods:

1.You can send e-mail to elmer@hkam.org.hk
2.call our secretariat at 2871 8888

Elmer Wan,
General Secretary,
for the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine,
99 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Hong Kong
Tel : 2871 8888 Fax: 2505 5577

2 July, 1999.