Privacy Policy

Privacy policy Statement of the website of Ningbo Municipal Economic and Information Technology Bureau, namely http://www.nbeic.gov.cn, hereafter to be referred to as “the Website” is our promise to protect individual privacy. The Website would interact with you directly or indirectly. Hereby we would like to specify our protection policy on collecting and use of your personal information. Please do read the following specifications carefully.

I. Collecting & Sorting out Information
When you browse through the Website and go through or download information from the Website, the Website would automatically collect and sort out your information, including internet domain name, the type of the browser you are using, the operation system of your computer, your visiting time and the pages you visit. The above information are not to be used to sort out who you are.

II. Personal Data
When you register with the Website and apply to participate in activities listed on the Website, we are to ask you to provide your personal information via registration forms and orders. Such information includes:
Personal data: name, gender, age, ID number/ passport number, phone number, mailing address, home address, postal code and email address, etc.
Personal background: profession, education, income status, marriage and family status.
The Website won’t sell your personal information to any one or any company unless that we have your permission and confirmation, or that national laws, local regulations and governmental rules allow us to. But we may share your information with other governmental departments in case we need.

III. Information Security
Your personal information will be technologically well managed and protected from loss, stolen or tampering of your personal information. In order to protect your personal information, our technicians may process your data in some way if necessary, but we will inform you with the process in time and would presume that you agree unless you take the initiative to object the process in our stipulated time for response. After processing, you still have the right to ask for a termination.

IV. Information Effectiveness
We can’t control or promise that information on all other websites linked with the Website are accurate, in time and complete.

V. Users’ Right
You have the following rights to your personal data on the Website:
Queries and requests for access at any time;
Requests to add or correct at any time;
Request to delete at any time;
Requests for process and utilization termination.
You are allowed to ask for the above rights by way of writing us an email to webmaster@nbit.gov.cn and we would act accordingly.

VI. Utilization Limit Principle
The Website is to utilize your personal information beyond normal necessity under the following circumstances:
Having your written permission;
For the protection of you from imminent danger that you encounter in your life, body and property;
For the prevent of other people’s rights from significant harm;
For enhancement of public interest without prejudice to your major interest.

VII. Disclosure of Personal Information
When government agencies require for your personal information on the Website in accordance with legal procedures, we would provide them with your information upon their requests or for the sake of public safety. The Website will not be held responsible for any disclosure of your personal information under such circumstances.

VIII. Online Surveys
We will occasionally ask you to participate in our online surveys for better development of our city and the society. Any information you leave during your participation in our surveys will be public. Therefore, we would like to remind you that whether it is necessary to leave your personal information in such activities.

IX. Minors Privacy Protection
The Website protects minors’ personal information and hereby solemnly declare that any adult under 16 years old has to obtain parental or legal guardian (hereinafter referred to as “guardian”)’s verifiable consent to participate in online activities. 
Guardians should bear the primary responsibility to protect the privacy of minors under the internet environment.
When necessary the Website would collect minors’ information only for the purpose of replying to a question or suggestion put forth by minors and would delete the information right after the reply is done. We promise that we are not to ask minors to provide us with extra personal information in case they are to participate in such online activities.
The Website won’t make use of or sell or transmit minors’ information without guardians’ consent. The only reason we collect names of or other internet communications data from guardians or minors is to meet the requirements of guardians. We would delete such information as long as guardians require us not to at any time.
With consents from guardians, the Website has the right to collect minors’ personal data and provide them with the following:
An opportunity to watch over their children or wards collecting information;
Refusal of further collection and usage of their children or wards’ personal information;
Change or deletion of their children or wards’ personal information.
Guardians have the right to refuse further contact between the Website and their children or wards.

X. Disclaimer
Apart from disclaimer stated in Rule No. 7 in this statement, the Website disclaims any responsibilities under the following circumstances as well:
Personal data leakage because of the fact that you tell others your login password on the Website or share your registered account with others.
Personal data leakage, loss, stolen or tampering caused by hacker attacks, computer virus attacks, governmental regulation and other force majeure. 
Personal data leakage and any relevant legal disputes and consequences because of other websites linked to the Website. 
Ningbo Municipal Economic and Information Technology Bureau has every right to revise and update the privacy policy statement of the Website. Any inquiries, please write to nbeic@nbeic.gov.cn