Welcome
to the ChinaConcept.com Web site, owned and
operated by China Concept
Consulting Ltd. and its
subsidiary, affiliate and associate corporations,
successors and assigns (collectively referred
to as "China Concept", "we",
"our" or "us").
Our products and services are offered through
web pages at or linked to the uniform resource
locator http://www.chinaconcept.com,
(and other Web sites that we may establish from
time to time ("ChinaConcept.com Web
site") and are made available subject
to the terms and conditions set out in this
statement. This statement ("Privacy
Policy") describes the privacy practices
we have adopted with respect to personal data
in operating the ChinaConcept.com Web site.
"Personal data"
means any personally identifying information.
"You" and "Your"
when used in this Privacy Policy include any
person who accesses the ChinaConcept.com Web
site and submits personal data.
Our Commitment to Privacy
Our Privacy Policy was developed
as an extension of our commitment to seek to
combine the highest quality products and services
with the highest level of integrity in dealing
with our clients and partners. The Policy is
designed to assist you in understanding how
we collect, use and safeguard the personal data
you provide to us and to assist you in making
informed decisions when using the ChinaConcept.com
Web site and our products and services. We endeavor
to continuously assess our privacy practices
in light of new technologies, business practices
and our customers' needs. Our Privacy Policy
may therefore be amended from time to time.
You should check our Privacy Policy regularly
to ensure you are aware of our latest policies.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit the ChinaConcept.com
Web site, we may collect two types of information
from you: personal data you knowingly choose
to disclose that is collected on an individual
basis and the ChinaConcept.com Web site use
information collected on an aggregate basis
as you and others browse the ChinaConcept.com
Web site.
1. Personal Information You
Choose to Provide
Inquiries
If you submit an inquiry (http://www.chinaconcept.com/concept/Localizer/en/contact_us/inquiries),
we require that you supply your name, e-mail
address, job position, company, and phone number. Submission of your fax number,
mailing address and a message are optional. Failure to provide such information
may result in our being unable to provide you
with our services. You agree that we may store
and deal with any information you provide as
part of the submission process in accordance
with this Privacy Policy.
China Insider Briefing
Sign-Up
If you sign-up for the China
Insider Briefing monthly e-mail newsletter (http://www.chinaconcept.com/content/publications/china_insider_briefing),
we require that you supply your name, e-mail
address, job position, company, and phone number. Submission of your fax number and
mailing address are optional. Failure to provide such information
may result in our being unable to provide you
with our services.
You agree that we may store and deal with any
information you provide as part of the submission
process in accordance with this Privacy Policy
as well as make public that your company subscribes
to our information services.
Industry Report or Government
Organization Chart Purchase
If you submit a form to purchase
one of our industry reports or government organization
charts (http://www.chinaconcept.com/content/publications/industry_reportsor
http://www.chinaconcept.com/content/publications/government),
we require that you supply your name, e-mail,
job position, company, phone number and mailing
address. Submission
of your fax number and a message are optional. Failure to provide such information
may result in our being unable to provide you
with our services.
You agree that we may store and deal with any
information you provide as part of the submission
process in accordance with this Privacy Policy
as well as advertise that your company uses
our information services.
Resume and Cover Letter
Submission From Careers Page
If you choose to apply for a
job at China Concept Consulting Ltd., we ask
that you e-mail us your resume and cover letter
through the careers page (http://www.chinaconcept.com/content/contact_us/careers). You agree that we may store and
deal with this information you provide as part
of the submission process in accordance with
this Privacy Policy.
2. ChinaConcept.com Web Site
Use Information
Cookies
The ChinaConcept.com Web site
utilizes Web server logs and will use a standard
technology called "cookies" (see explanation
below, "What Are Cookies?") to recognize you
as well as to collect information about how
the ChinaConcept.com Web site is used. Information
gathered by using cookies and Web server logs
may include the date and time of visits, the
pages viewed, time spent at the ChinaConcept.com
Web site, and the web sites you visited immediately
before and after the ChinaConcept.com Web site.
This information is collected on an aggregate
basis. None of this information is associated
with you as an individual.
IP Addresses
We also log IP addresses, or
the location of your computer on the Internet,
for systems administration and troubleshooting
purposes. We do not use IP address logs to track
your session or your behavior on the ChinaConcept.com
Web site.
How Do We Use the Information
That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal
data for purposes of administering our business
activities, providing customer service and making
available other products and services to our
customers and prospective customers. Occasionally,
we may also use the personal data we collect
to notify you about important changes to the
ChinaConcept.com Web site, new services and
special offers we think you will find valuable.
The lists used to send you product and service
offers are developed and managed under our traditional
corporate standards designed to safeguard the
security and privacy of our customers' personal
data. You will be given the opportunity to notify
us of your desire not to receive these offers.
The main purposes for which
personal data may be used by us are:
- Processing your
inquiries, e-mail newsletter sign-up, and
publication orders.
- Incorporation into
our user database
- Provision of contacts
and business details in response to enquiries
and complaints
- Operations
- Service surveys
- Direct marketing
- Processing billing
and payment
- Meeting requirements
to make disclosure under any law applicable
in or outside Hong Kong
- Public notices
- Auditing
- Other related purposes
We may use your personal data
both in and outside Hong Kong.
Disclosure to Third
Parties
Personal data held by us will
be kept confidential but we may provide such
data to:
- Banks and other
financial institutions in connection with
the collection of payments;
- Any personnel, agent,
adviser, auditor, contractor or service provider
who provides services or advice to us in connection
with our operations;
- Any person under
a duty of confidentiality to us;
- Any person to whom
we are required to make disclosure under any
law applicable in or outside Hong Kong; and
- Any actual or proposed
transferee of our business or the ChinaConcept.com
Web site or any part of our business or ChinaConcept.com
Web site or participant in our operations.
You should also note that the
privacy protection as set out in this Privacy
Policy does not apply to personal data that
is passed to third parties, and we are not responsible
for the protection of your personal data or
lack thereof by such third parties.
Except as otherwise provided
in this Privacy Policy, personal data about
you as an individual subscriber will not be
provided to any third party without your consent.
Sharing Information
with China Concept Consulting and Newpower Group
Your personal data may be disclosed
to and used by us or other companies controlled
by, or under common control with, the Newpower
Group (the "Group"), for the purposes of direct
marketing or the provision of customized information
regarding the Group's network of Internet and
other products and services.
Note that Newpower Group is the parent company
of China Concept Consulting Ltd.
What Do We Do with the Information
We Gather?
Statistical Analysis
We may perform statistical analyses
of user behavior in order to measure interest
in the various areas of the ChinaConcept.com
Web site for product development purposes.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are a feature of Web
browser software that allows Web servers to
recognize the computer used to access a Web
site. They are small pieces of data that are
stored by a user's Web browser on the user's
hard drive. Cookies can remember what information
a user accesses on one Web page to simplify
subsequent interactions with that Web site by
the same user or to use the information to streamline
the user's transactions on related Web pages.
This makes it easier for a user to move from
Web page to Web page and to complete commercial
transactions over the Internet. Cookies should
make your online experience easier and more
personalized.
How Do We Use Information We
Collect from Cookies?
We use Web site browser software
tools such as cookies and Web server logs to
gather information about the ChinaConcept.com
Web site users' browsing activities in order
to constantly improve the ChinaConcept.com Web
site and better serve our customers. This information
assists us to design and arrange our Web pages
in the most user-friendly manner and to continually
improve the ChinaConcept.com Web site to better
meet the needs of our customers and prospective
customers.
Cookies help us collect important
business and technical statistics. The information
in the cookies lets us trace the paths followed
by users of our Website as they move from one
page to another. Web server logs allow us to
count how many people visit the ChinaConcept.com
Web site and evaluate the ChinaConcept.com Web
site's visitor capacity. We do not use these
technologies to capture your individual e-mail
address or any personally identifying data about
you.
Notice of New Services and
Changes
Occasionally, we may also use
the information we collect to notify you about
important changes to the ChinaConcept.com Web
site, and new services and special offers we
think you will find valuable. As our client,
you will be given the opportunity to notify
us of your desire not to receive these offers
by sending us an e-mail request at info@chinaconcept.com.
Information Transmissions
Personal data or e-mail that
you send to us may not be secure unless we advise
you that security measures will be in place
prior to your transmitting the information.
How Do We Protect Your Personal
Data?
Evaluation of Information
Protection Practices
Periodically, our operations
and business practices are reviewed for compliance
with corporate policies and procedures governing
the security, confidentiality and quality of
our information. This policy may be updated
from time to time so please check this statement
periodically as it is your responsibility to
make sure you are aware of our latest policies.
Employee Access
Our corporate values, ethical
standards, policies and practices are committed
to the protection of customer information. In
general, our business practices limit employee
access to confidential information, and limit
the use and disclosure of such information to
authorized persons, processes and transactions.
Employees designated to handle personal data
will be instructed to do so only according to
this Privacy Policy.
What Are your Rights Under
the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance?
Under the Personal Data (Privacy)
Ordinance of Hong Kong, you have the right:
- To check whether
we hold data about you and to access such
data;
- To require us to
correct any inaccurate data relating to you;
and
- To be told our policies
and practices in relation to personal data
and the kind of personal data held by us.
We may charge a reasonable fee
for processing any data access request.
How Can You Access and Correct
Your Information?
You may address data
access or correction requests, and questions
or complaints to:
Personal Data Privacy
Office
China Concept Consulting Ltd.
27th Floor, Wyndham Place
44 Wyndham Road
Central
Hong Kong
Use of Personal Data in Legal
Procedures
If it becomes necessary that
we take legal action against you for any reason
whatsoever including copyright infringement,
you expressly agree that the personal data provided
by you can be relied upon in identifying and
taking action against you.
What About Legally Compelled
Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information
when legally compelled to do so, in other words,
when we, in good faith, believe that the law
requires it or for the protection of our legal
rights.
Data Retention
We retain personal data so long
as the data is still required for the purposes
mentioned above.
We reserve the right to retain
copies indefinitely for our archives.
What About Other Web sites
Linked to the ChinaConcept.com Web site?
Please note that the ChinaConcept.com
Web site may contain links to other sites and
occasionally allows other sites to be co-branded
with the ChinaConcept.com name. Please remember
that when you use a link to go from our Website
to another Web site or when you use a co-branded
site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect.
Your browsing and interaction on any other Web
site, including Web sites that have a link to
the ChinaConcept.com Web site, is subject to
that Web site's own rules and policies which
may differ from that of the ChinaConcept.com
Web site.
We are not responsible for the
practices employed by websites linked to or
from our Website nor the information or content
contained therein. Often links to other websites
are provided solely as pointers to information
on topics that may be useful to the users of
our Website.
Your Consent
By using the ChinaConcept.com
Web site you consent to our collection and use
of your personal data as described in this Privacy
Policy. If we change our privacy policies and
procedures, we will post those changes on the
ChinaConcept.com Web site to keep you aware
of what information we collect, how we use it
and under what circumstances we may disclose
it.
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