Newsofchina.com shares your concern about the protection of your personal information online. We have recently revised our policy regarding the privacy of information collected on our web site. Where examples are used, it should be noted that they are illustrative only and should not be considered to be an exhaustive inventory of our information collection system, use and sharing practices. We will comply with all applicable state and federal laws that may restrict the types of information we may disclose about you or require us to provide you with additional notices.
INFORMATION GATHERED AND TRACKED BY NEWSOFCHINA.COM
Newsofchina.com gathers two types of data about users: (a) personal information, which individual users provide when registering for eAlerts or during a contest or survey and (b) internal tracking information, which is automatically collected about all visitors to our site.
CONTESTS
We sometimes offer contests in which certain personal information is required for registration, for purposes of verifying the entrant's identities and notifying the winners. TRACKING INFORMATION
Tracking data consists of both individual and group tracking information and is automatically gathered using cookies.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a small data file containing information, such as a user's login name, that is written to the user's hard drive by a web server and used to track the pages visited. Cookies used by Newsofchina.com are encoded and contain a unique digital signature to prevent tampering. They do not contain user passwords. The individual information gathered in this manner is used for internal purposes only. We use information to track the readership of our stories and usage of our products, to analyze patterns on our site and to provide anonymous reporting of usage for clients.
You can control your browser's settings regarding cookies by selecting "Internet Options" or "Preferences" in the menu bar of your browser. This will allow you to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, have your browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or disable cookies altogether. However, because cookies allow you to easily navigate our web site without having to constantly log in using your User Name and Password, we recommend that you leave them turned on.
USE OF THE INFORMATION
Newsofchina.com uses personal information obtained from its users as stated in this Privacy Policy, and to enhance users' experiences on our site.
DISCLOSURES PERMITTED BY LAW
Newsofchina.com does not sell or disclose personal information about you to other people or non-affiliated companies except to provide you with products or services when we have your permission or except as follows:
1. We provide the information on a confidential basis to non-affiliated companies we engage as contractors or agents to perform service such as maintaining software or direct mail; also to non-affiliated companies such as broker/dealers, where lists contain some personal information of viewers. Information is shared only to the extent necessary to perform services on our behalf and pursuant to confidentiality obligations.
2. Response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, from law enforcement agencies or state and federal regulators.
3. If we sell or otherwise transfer substantially all of our assets related to any web site that we own or operate and any product or service that we offer, we will require such third party to honor our Privacy Policy, until the third party provides you with notice of changes to our Privacy Policy and permits you to exercise any rights you may have under applicable law to limit disclosures of information about you.
DISCLOSURES FOR JOINT MARKETING AND SERVICING
Newsofchina.com may disclose all the information we collect as described above to our partner sites or to other companies such as direct marketers to perform marketing services on our behalf or to financial institutions, such as banks, insurance companies and securities broker-dealers, with whom we have joint marketing agreements. FREE E-MAILS AND NEWSLETTERS
If you have registered for eAlerts at Newsofchina.com, we may use your e-mail address to send you free e-mails and offer other services as appropriate. SPECIAL OFFERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS
We may from time to time send you special offers and advertisements for products and/ or services offered by us or our partner sites.
CORRECTING AND UPDATING THE INFORMATION Should you wish to update us with correct or new personal information, simply e-mail us with the updated information. SECURITY
Newsofchina.com limits access to personal information about you to those employees whom we determine need access to that information to provide products and services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your personal information. However no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our servers, nor can we guarantee that information that users supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet.
YOUR INDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COMPANIES
Please note that this Privacy Policy will not apply to your independent relationships with other companies that from time to time may offer you products and services on Newsofchina.com's web site. Further, in our system, we provide many links to articles hosted on other sites. When following such a link, the user should realize that they are no longer covered by this Privacy Policy. Those companies' Privacy Policies will govern how they collect, use and disclose personal information that you provide to them.
Please e-mail us regarding any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy. Newsofchina.com reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy.