Cartography and Cadastre Bureau

Collection and use of non-personal data
If you only browse the website of the Cartography and Cadastre Bureau ("our website") instead of submitting an application by executing our website's services for application submission, we will not record any identification data, and will not collect from you any personal particulars such as name and address. When you browse or download information from our website, our computer system may automatically log down the following technical data: your domain name and IP address, your access date and time, the web pages you have browsed, and the referring website addresses if you access our website via hyperlinks from other websites. The purpose of collecting this information is to better facilitate your needs. This information will not be used for tracking down visitors unless it is found that such access is a malicious attack against our website. When using electronic services from our webpage, the software may use "cookies" to record your online experiences in order to customise it for your future revisits. If your browser software's "detecting cookies" feature is activated, you will receive a warning message whenever a cookie is saved.
Collection of personal data
Personal data may be required if you use the electronic services of our website. The information to be provided may vary with the services. When necessary, such information will be transferred with your consent to the related government departments responsible for offering the services. We will not provide your personal data to any non-government department unless such arrangement is authorized by the government, and such transfer of personal data is to be done with your consent. The entire process of use of your personal data by the authorized non-government departments must also conform to the stipulation in Personal Data Protection Act. For your convenience, some of the electronic services may indicate the information you have previously submitted in order to save your time spent on re-entering such information, thus enhance the efficiency of the services. Besides for the convenience of the service applicants, the service systems or the government departments offering such services must also maintain the most update information. As the owner of this website, the Cartography and Cadastre Bureau ("DSCC") guarantees that its staff will observe all related regulations. The handling of such data is subject to the provisions of Personal Data Protection Act. Such information that you offered may be transferred to other authorized entities to fulfill statutory obligations. The data subject, in accordance with the act, can access and correct one's personal data stored in DSCC, When you send e-mails to government departments or choose to apply for services from our website via e-mail, we suggest you to avoid providing any personal data that is not required, especially your ID card number and address, unless such information is required for the services you are applying for. On the open network, you run a certain risk of having the information, including the personal data, seen or used by unauthorized third parties.
External Links
Our website provides links to other websites that belongs to other departments of the Macao SAR government, external government or public sectors, local or foreign private sectors. Clicking these links to other websites means you have already left our website. Since the privacy statement of these websites may differ from ours, we do not take any responsibility for the contents and privacy policies of those websites. You are therefore advised to read and understand in advance the privacy policies of these websites when necessary.
Changes to this statement
Any update to this statement will be made by replacing the old version with a new one indicating the latest revision date. No separate announcement will be made.