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The Environment and Conservation Fund ("the ECF") Committee Secretariat is committed to ensuring that all personal data submitted through ECF website ("our website") are handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.

The ECF Committee Secretariat will record your visit to our website without collecting any personal identifiable information. For different purposes, you may be requested to provide your personal information through our website on a voluntary basis. We will specify the collection purpose and intended usage of your data when we invite you to provide such information and advise you how you may request access to, or correction of, the personal data provided. Unless permitted or required by law, we will not disclose your personal data to any third parties without your prior consent.

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Our website uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to encrypt data during the network transmission. All personal data you provided to the ECF Committee Secretariat via our website are secured, and access to them is restricted to authorized personnel only.

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If you wish to request access to or correction of your personal data provided to the ECF Committee Secretariat, you may complete theData Access Request Form and address to the following:

Secretariat, Environment and Conservation Fund Committee
5/F., Southorn Centre
130 Hennessy Road
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Hong Kong

We are committed to ensuring that our website conforms to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA requirements to the maximum extent possible. However, as this website contains some archive materials that are not frequently used, not all level accessibility features have been incorporated.

For enquiry, please email us at ecf@eeb.gov.hk. We will try our best to provide the information in a format accessible to you.