The “HCINFONEWS” website (hereinafter referred to as “this website”, and “we”) takes your privacy very seriously. That’s why we have a Privacy Policy covering how your information is collected, used, disclosed, transferred, and stored.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact a specific individual.
You may be asked to provide personal information at any time when you associate with this website or a third-party service associated with this website. This website and associated third-party services may share this personal information and use it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This website and associated third-party services may also combine this information with other information to provide and improve the services, content, and advertising of this website. You are not required to provide the personal information we request, but in many cases, if you choose not to, we will not be able to provide you with our personalized products or services or respond to any questions you may have.
The following provides some examples of the types of personal information this website may collect and how we use such information:
What personal information do we collect
We may collect various information, including your device information, IP address, rough location information, and profile information ( in the case of contact via social media).
How we use your personal information
When this website needs to perform legal obligations in order to protect your vital interests, or when we deem it necessary to protect the legitimate interests of this website, or when this website needs to disclose information to a third party, we will obtain your consent under the premise of, Your personal information is processed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about the relevant legal basis, you can contact us via the email provided at the bottom of this website.
Using the personal information we collect, we can serve you personalized advertising. If you do not want us to collect your information, please stop visiting this website immediately.
We also use personal information for the following purposes:
We also use personal information for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to improve the services of this website.
Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information
We also collect data that by itself cannot be directly linked to any particular individual. We may collect, use, transfer and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. Below are some examples of the non-personal information we may collect and how we use it.
We collect information such as interest categories, language, device type, referring URL, location, etc. so that we can better understand customer behavior and improve our services and advertising.
We may collect and store detailed information about how you use our Services, including search queries. Such information may be used to improve the results provided by our services and make them more relevant. This type of information usually does not refer to your IP address, with the following exceptions: We need to ensure the quality of the services provided over the Internet.
Cookies and other technologies
This website and its associated third-party services may use “cookies” and other technologies, such as pixel tags and web beacons. These technologies help us better understand user behavior, tell us which parts of our site people visit, and measure and improve the effectiveness of advertising and web searches. We treat information collected through cookies and other technologies as non-personal information. However, if local law treats Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or similar identifiers as personal information, we also treat those identifiers as personal information. Likewise, where non-personal information is combined with personal information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy, we treat the combined information as personal information.
If you wish to disable cookies, please contact your provider to learn how to disable cookies. However, please note that certain features of this website or associated third-party services will not be available when cookies are disabled.
Like most Internet services, we automatically collect certain information and store it in log files. Such information includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type and language, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit websites and applications, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information to understand and analyze trends, administer the site, understand user behavior on the site, improve our products and services, and gather overall demographic information about our user base. This website may use this information for our marketing and advertising services.
Disclosure to Third Parties
From time to time, this website may provide certain personal information to third parties in order to provide or improve our products and services. When we do this, we require these third parties to do so in accordance with relevant laws. This website does not sell personal information and personal information is never disclosed to third parties for marketing purposes.
Other
It may be necessary for this website to disclose your personal information in accordance with laws, legal processes, litigation, and/or requests from public agencies and government departments in and outside your country of residence. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that disclosure is necessary or appropriate with respect to national security, law enforcement, or other matters of public importance. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that the disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our terms and conditions or to protect our operations or users, but only on the basis of a lawful basis. This may include providing information to the public or government agencies. In addition, in the event of a reorganization, merger, or sale, we may transfer any personal information we collect to the relevant third party.
Protection of Personal Information
This website takes the security of your personal information very seriously. This website uses encryption technologies such as Transport Layer Security (TLS) to protect your personal information during transmission.
When you post on social networking services, the personal information and content you share can be seen by other users, who may read, collect or use your personal information. You are solely responsible for the personal information you decide to share or submit in the above situations. For example, if you post your name and email address in a forum, that information is public. Please be careful when using such functions.
Presence of automated decision-making (including demographic analysis)
This website does not make decisions regarding the use of algorithms or demographic analysis that will materially affect you.
Integrity and Retention of Personal Information
This website provides some convenient ways for you to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and in the specific service privacy summary. When evaluating the above-mentioned length of time, we will prudently verify whether it is necessary for us to collect personal information. If we believe that it is indeed necessary to collect personal information, we will keep the information for the shortest period of time required to achieve the relevant purpose. , unless required by law to keep it longer.
Your Privacy
We reserve the right to refuse to process insubstantial/entanglement requests, requests that compromise the privacy rights of others, requests that are extremely unrealistic, and requests that do not require access to information under local law. We may also refuse requests to delete data or access data in certain aspects that we believe may prevent us from using the data lawfully for the aforementioned anti-fraud and security purposes.
Location Service
In order to provide you with personalized services, this website and associated third-party services may collect, use and share coarse location data. When available, location-based services use your IP address, along with crowdsourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations, and other technologies to determine the approximate location of your device. With your consent, we collect such location data in an anonymous, non-personally identifiable form for this website and associated third-party services to provide and improve location-based products and services. For example, when you choose to use an app provider’s location services, your device may share your geographic location with that provider.
Third-Party Websites and Services
This website may contain links to third-party websites and services. Our Services may also use or provide services from third parties.
Information collected by third parties that may contain location data or contact information, etc., is subject to the third party’s privacy regulations. We hope you are aware of the privacy practices of these third parties.
Private issues
If you have any questions or concerns about this site’s privacy policy or data processing or would like to file a complaint about a possible violation of local privacy laws, please contact us via email at the bottom of this site.
When we receive a privacy issue or personal information issue for an access/download request, we have someone to sort out the contacts to resolve your issue. If your question itself involves a more substantial matter, we may ask you for more information. Where possible, these contacts with more serious questions will receive a response within seven (7) days – answering the question asked, requesting more information if necessary, or indicating that additional time is required to respond. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can submit a complaint to the relevant regulatory authority in your jurisdiction at any time. If you consult us, we will provide information on the relevant complaint avenues that may be applicable based on your actual situation.
If your complaint shows that we can improve our handling of privacy issues, we will take steps to update it at the next reasonable opportunity. If privacy concerns negatively affect you or others, we will take steps to resolve them with you or others.
This website may update its privacy policy at any time. If we make material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will post a notice and the updated Privacy Policy on this website.
latest update:
October 30, 2022