Thank you for visiting www.essence-edu.com. This site is owned and operated by Essence Educational Company Ltd. based in Hong Kong. For purposes of policies, references to “we” “our” “us” mean Essence Educational Company Ltd.

Essence Educational Company Ltd. recognizes its website as a key strategic resource for information provision, communication, publicity and administration. Our company will ensure the proper use of the website and the technologies in fulfillment of its missions.

Essence Educational Company Ltd. website is the property of our company. Our company will not tolerate any acts of misuse of the website, infringement of laws, or any attempts to abuse its network and systems to tamper with its normal operation. Our company reserves the right to take appropriate legal action against any person who performs, directly or indirectly, such acts. Such persons will also be liable for any loss or damage caused by the prohibited acts.

The Essence Educational Company Ltd. website is intended for the following uses:

1. Public access to Essence Educational Company Ltd. information - to provide the most up-to-date information about the work, services and program information of our company.

2. Publicity and promotion - to provide a channel for our company to promote our program, services or events.

3. Public and staff communication - to serve as a gateway for information dissemination, collection of feedback and enquiry, from the public as well as full-time and part-time staff.

4. Administration and learning support services such as on-line application, registration, fee payment and e-learning services etc.

5. Collection of statistics on web usage and users' opinion - to understand their needs for better services.

Information published on our company's website is deemed to be the official information about Essence Educational Company Ltd.

Pages introducing the background of staff members are intended to provide their contact information, research/academic interests, and other relevant information.

1. While every effort is made to ensure the timeliness and accuracy, no express or implied warranty is given by our company accuracy of the information published, or the proper transmission or display of the information on the intended receivers due to variations in information technology and data transmission standards.

2. Our company does not accept any responsibilities for any loss or damage arising from any cause of use in connection with our website. It is also not liable for any malcontent of weblinks and webpages in Essence Educational Company Ltd. website.

Essence Educational Company Ltd. respects personal data and is committed to full implementation and compliance with the data protection principles and all relevant provisions of the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance. In doing so, we will ensure that staff involved in handling personal data comply with the strictest standards of security and confidentially.

The personal data we collect will be used for processing applications for admission and registration, academic and administrative communication, student management and contacts, research, statistical purposes, marketing (including direct marketing) as allowed by the law from time to time. Examples are necessary student records, academic communications, student communication and other incidental activities etc.  Your data will solely be handled by Essence Educational Company Ltd. staff but may be transferred to and used by other companies under contractual activities with our company for the above mentioned purposes. 

Essence Educational Company Ltd. will divulge personal information only if required by law or with your prior consent.  However, data may also be used in aggregate form for research and statistical purposes and in such circumstances individual data will not be divulged. 

The personal data that you supply (including, without limitation to, your name, contact details and other information collected in your profile such as the program(s) you enrolled, your exams scores etc.) may be used for communication, student contacts and the promotion on the availability of the programmesand courses, seminars and events, discounts and offers and other services as well as the company events, privileges, networking opportunities and through various communication channels such as direct-mail, email and mobile phone.  You always have the right to make subsequent changes on your choice of receiving further marketing materials by sending a written unsubscribe request to our company.

Under the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, individuals have the right to request access to and correction of their personal data. Should you wish to access or correct your personal information held by us, please send your enquiry or request to our company by post or by email.

This website uses cookies, which are small text files that store non-personally identifiable information about you, either temporarily in connection with your Internet Protocol (IP) address(Known as a temporary or session cookie, and deleted once you close your browser window) or more permanently on the hard drive of your computer(known as a permanent or persistent cookie). This site uses session cookies so that you do not have to fill in the same information from page to page within www.essence-edu.com. If you elect not to receive cookies, you may be able to view some, but not all, of the content on this website.

Our company will take into account the following legal considerations when publishing any materials on its website.

Privacy policy

Normally no personally identifiable information will be collected from visitors to our company’s website. However, where personal information is collected, our company will ensure the Personal Data Privacy Ordinance is complied. Please see our Privacy Policy Statement for details on personal data protection, access and correction issues.

Copyright

Our company will seek prior permission from the rightful owner when placing any copyrighted works, including  weblinks, texts, Logos, graphics, photographs, sound and video recordings on our company's website.

By the same token, our company's website is protected by copyright and any attempts to reproduce, link, publish, distribute or exploit materials in them, in whole or in part without prior written permission of Essence Educational Company Ltd, will be deemed to have infringed our company's copyright.

The Essence Educational Company Ltd. Data Privacy Policy Statement may be updated from time to time so please check this statement periodically. In case of inconsistency between the English and Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.