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ETS 中国隐私政策



隐私和安全

ETS 测评技术(北京)有限公司("ETS 中国")意识到保护您隐私的重要性。本隐私政策描述了我们在个人信息隐私和安全方面的措施。

个人信息是我们任何可以用来识别您的信息(如您的姓名、用户名或身份证号)或联系您的信息(如您的电邮地址或电话号码)。个人信息包括与您的个人信息相关的其他类型的信息(如人口统计数据)。

ETS中国致力于保护您的个人信息,在处理您的个人信息时应遵循以下原则:权利义务一致原则、目的明确合理原则、自愿同意原则、最低必要原则、确保安全的原则、参与性原则、公开透明原则等。我们还承诺按照既定的行业安全标准,实施相应的安全保护措施,保护您的个人信息。

隐私政策

本隐私政策描述了我们对通过“网站”或以其他方式收集个人信息的做法。“网站”一词包括ETS中国所有收集您个人信息的网站、平台和应用程式。

我们已在本隐私政策内,突出显示与您权益密切相关的条款及条件,以提请您注意。在您使用ETS中国网站或以其他方式向我们提供您的个人信息之前,请阅读并完全理解本隐私政策,并确保您完全理解并同意其条款及细则。使用ETS中国网站或以其他方式向我们提供个人信息,即表示您同意我们的隐私条款。您可以在任何时候通过发送电邮至inquiry-china@etsglobal.org 或通过以下联系方式部分中的地址与我们联系。

在本隐私政策内,您会找到以下资料:

当您使用我们的网站时,我们会向您收集以下类型的个人信息。例如当您就任何疑问或查询与我们联系时,我们将收集您的联系信息,如您的姓名、用户名、邮寄地址、电话号码、电邮地址或其他地址,使我们能够回答您的问题和查询,并与您沟通联系。

在任何情况下,我们只会在法律允许的情况下收集和使用这些类型的个人信息,并将其用于ETS中国的合法业务目的。

当您访问并与我们的网站互动时,我们也可能使用cookies和其他数据收集技术收集信息,请参阅下面有关cookies的部分了解更多。本隐私政策规管我们怎样使用 cookies和其他技术收集的信息与您的个人信息相关联。

根据中华人民共和国相关法律、法规和国家标准,在下列情况下收集您的个人信息时,我们无需事先征得您的授权同意:

  1. 为了订立或履行您作为一方当事人的合同,或者按照依法制定的劳动规章制度和依法签订的集体合同实施人力资源管理所必需;

  2. 为履行法定职责或者法定义务所必需收集;

  3. 为应对公共卫生突发事件或在紧急情况下保护自然人的生命、健康或财产安全所必需收集;

  4. 为公共利益实施新闻报道、舆论监督等行为,在合理的范围内收集个人信息;

  5. 由您披露或合法披露的,并且是我们在合理范围内依法收集的个人信息;或

  6. 在任何法律或行政法规所规定的任何其他情况所收集的个人信息。


我们可能会将您的个人信息用于:


我们只会按以下方式披露您的个人信息:

我们也可能使用和披露关于您的非个人身份的信息,例如,我们可能会发布包含汇总和统计数据的报告,这些报告不包含任何个人信息。


我们尊重您合理查阅和修改个人信息的权利,ETS中国遵守所有有关查阅、修改和删除的法律。

在下列情况下,您可以向我们提出取消您的网上帐户的要求:

  1. 如果我们对您的个人信息的处理违反了法律法规;

  2. 如果我们未经您的同意收集和使用您的个人信息;

  3. 如果我们对您个人信息的处理违反了与您的协议;

  4. 或不再需要我们的服务。

ETS中国也尊重您依法获取、修改和要求删除或限制其个人信息的权利。这意味着:

请理解您的上述要求应以书面形式通过电邮发送至inquiry-china@etsglobal.org。在满足上述要求之前,我们还可能要求您提交证明以核实您的身份。此外,为了帮助确保我们数据的准确性,我们可能会在进行更改之前要求提供适当的证据。

我们保留拒绝不合理要求的权利,如不合法的重复要求、要求采用大量技术手段的要求、可能损害他人合法权益的要求、不切实际的要求等。

根据中华人民共和国的有关法律、法规和国家标准,在下列情况下,我们将无法接纳您的请求:

  1. 您的请求与我们履行法律和法规规定的义务有关。

  2. 您的请求涉及到国家安全和国防安全;

  3. 您的请求涉及公共安全、公共卫生和重大公共利益;

  4. 您的请求涉及刑事调查、起诉、审判和判决的执行;

  5. 有足够的证据表明该请求涉及主观恶意或滥用权力;

  6. 为维护您或其他个人的生命、财产及其他重大合法权益,但我们无法及时取得您的授权和同意;

  7. 响应您的请求将对您或其他个人和组织的合法权益造成严重损害;及

  8. 涉及商业秘密。

如果您在上述方面需要帮助,请通过电邮发送至inquiry-china@etsglobal.org联系我们。

如果您认为我们在处理您的个人信息时违反了适用法律,您可以向ETS中国或监督机构提出投诉。


本网站可能包含与其他第三方网站的链接。ETS中国并不控制这些第三方网站的隐私政策或行为。在提供任何信息之前,包括在ETS中国的社交媒体页面上提供信息之前,您应该查看那些政策。ETS中国不对任何第三方网站的内容或行为负责,我们提供这些链接只是为了方便我们的访问者和为其提供信息。


ETS中国所收集的个人信息将保存在中国境内。ETS中国已经建立了保障措施,以防止对您的个人信息的未经授权查阅或滥用。这些保障措施包括物理、技术、组织和行政的管控措施。

如果您在我们网站注册帐户,您将被要求选择一个密码,以帮助保护您的信息。这些密码有助于我们在授权查阅或修改您的任何个人信息之前核实您的身份。您不应该向任何人透露您的密码。ETS中国绝不会在未经请求的电话或电邮中要求您提供密码。如果您认为您的密码或帐户已被泄露,请尽快与我们联系。

ETS中国也有一个既定的记录保留政策。我们会根据上述目的的需要以及于法律规定的任何额外时间保留个人信息。除非被保留的数据与特定的调查有关,否则生物识别模板的保留时间最长为三年。

您可以通过电邮发送至inquiry-china@etsglobal.org联系我们并要求我们删除您的个人信息。除非法律要求或我们有合法利益去保留您的信息,否则我们将在您提出要求后30天内删除您的信息。


ETS中国保留更新本隐私政策的权利,包括为应对新的法律、法规或技术,或出于其他商业原因。如果ETS中国对本隐私政策进行任何修改,ETS中国将在网站上发布最新版本,并通过弹出窗口、推送通知或其他合理方式告知用户,以方便用户及时了解最新版本。如果用户继续使用ETS中国的网站或服务,即表示用户同意更新后的隐私政策。如果这些更改将对我们使用或披露以前收集的个人信息的方式产生重大影响,我们将通过向与您的帐户相关联的主要电邮地址发送通知的方式通知您有关更改。


当我们收集与生物特征识别相关的个人信息及其他敏感个人信息时,我们将征得您的单独书面同意,我们将告知您处理敏感个人信息的必要性以及对您权益的影响。此外,我们保证使用合理设计的组织、技术和物理控制措施来保护敏感个人信息的安全性、保密性和完整性,以防止对于敏感个人信息未经授权的访问或使用。


在大多数情况下,我们不会在知情的情况下从我们网站上向18岁以下的儿童直接收集个人信息。家长和学校可以使用我们的网站为孩子们创建账号。我们鼓励家长和老师花时间与孩子们上网,并监督他们的网上活动。如果您认为孩子独自在我们的网站上创建了帐户,请通过发送电邮至inquiry-china@etsglobal.org联系我们,以关闭该帐户。

对于所收集到的儿童个人信息,除了遵守本隐私政策处理对于处理儿童的个人信息的规定外,我们在存储、使用和披露所收集儿童的个人信息方面也严格遵守其他法律、法规的要求,如《儿童个人信息网络保护规定》,并遵守正当需要、知情同意、明确目的、安全性和合法性的原则,并以最短处理所需的时间保留所收集儿童的个人信息。当不再需要个人信息以实现目的时,我们将删除或匿名化儿童的个人信息。

当您作为父母或监护人为被监护的儿童选择使用我们的产品、内容及/或服务时,我们可能需要向您收集被监护的儿童个人信息,用于向您提供相关产品、内容及/或服务。如果我们需要向您收集受监管的儿童的个人信息,我们会事先取得您的授权和同意,并告知您收集的目的。如果您拒绝提供上述信息,我们可能无法向您提供相关产品、内容及/或服务。您作为监护人应当正确履行监护职责,保护儿童个人信息安全。如果您的孩子本人需要注册或使用我们的产品、内容及/或服务,您应正确引导并予以监护。

对于收集14岁以下儿童的个人信息,我们会事先取得您单独和明确的授权和同意。如果您拒绝提供上述信息,我们可能无法向您提供相关产品、内容及/或服务。

对于收集14至18岁儿童的个人信息,儿童需要在其父母或监护人的监督和指导下,共同阅读并同意本隐私政策。

儿童或其父母、监护人有权查阅、更正和删除儿童的个人信息。

ETS中国已指定一名个人信息保护人员负责儿童个人信息的保护事宜。如果您对与儿童个人信息相关的问题有任何意见、建议、投诉和举报,请通过本隐私政策中列出的联系方式与我们联系。


ETS中国、其网站和ETS服务器均位于中华人民共和国境内。但是,您的个人信息可能会转移到ETS中国的关联公司,包括ETS和ETS全球位于中国领土外的服务器。您的个人信息也可能根据ETS中国的指示转移到向ETS中国提供处理服务的其他国家。

无论您的个人信息被转移到哪里,我们都会单独征得您的同意,并告知您处理您个人信息的相关细节。我们还将遵守中国适用法律的其他要求,包括事先进行个人信息保护影响评估,通过中国网络空间管理局要求的安全评估(如适用),采取必要措施确保外国接收方进行的个人信息处理活动符合适用法律规定的个人信息保护标准。


如果您对本隐私政策或我们的隐私或安全政策有任何疑问或忧虑,您可以通过以下方式与我们联系:
电邮: inquiry-china@etsglobal.org


当您访问我们的网站时,我们通过自动方式收集某些信息,使用的技术包括cookies、像素标签、浏览器分析工具、服务器日志和网络信标。

在许多情况下,我们使用cookies和其他工具收集的信息仅以不可识别和不涉及个人信息的方式使用。例如,我们使用收集到的所有网站用户的信息来优化我们的网站和了解网站流量模式。

在某些情况下,我们确实会将我们使用cookies和其他技术收集的信息与您的个人信息相关联。本隐私政策规定了我们在将该信息与您的个人信息关联时如何使用该信息。

Cookies

当您访问我们的网站时,我们会在您的电脑上放置cookies。Cookies是网站发送至您的电脑或其他互联网连接设备的小型文本文件,用于唯一识别您的浏览器或在您的浏览器中存储信息或设置。我们既使用临时(会话)cookies,也使用持久性cookies,这使我们能够在您返回时识别您。Cookies帮助我们提供定制化的体验,并使我们能够检测某些类型的欺诈行为。在许多情况下,你可以通过调整浏览器的设置来管理cookies的偏好,并选择不使用cookies和其他数据收集技术。所有的浏览器都是不同的,因此请查阅您的浏览器的 “帮助” 部分,以了解cookies偏好和其他可能可用的隐私设置。

Flash Cookies

我们可能会使用Flash cookies (也称为本地存储对象)和类似的技术来个性化和增强您的在线体验。Flash cookies是使用Adobe®Flash技术放置在计算机上的小数据文件。Adobe Flash Player一个允许快速开发动态内容的应用程序,如视频剪辑和动画。

我们使用Flash cookies来个性化和增强您的在线体验,并为Flash播放器提供内容。我们还可能出于安全目的使用Flash cookies,以收集某些网站指标,并帮助记忆设置和偏好。Flash cookies是通过一个与你的网络浏览器所提供的界面不同的界面来管理的。若要管理Flash cookies,请查阅Adobe的网站。如果您停用Flash cookies或其他类似技术,请注意您可能无法查阅某些内容和产品功能。

像素标签和网络信标

像素标签和网络信标是放置在我们网站或电邮中的微小图形图像,使我们能够确定你是否已经执行了特定的操作。当您查阅这些网页或打开或点击电邮时,像素标签和网络信标就会产生一个关于该行动的通知。这些工具使我们能够衡量对我们通信的反应,并改进我们的网页和促销活动。

服务器日志和其他技术Server Logs and Other Technologies

我们从服务器日志和其他技术中收集许多不同类型的信息,例如,我们可能从您用于查阅我们网站的设备、您的操作系统类型、浏览器类型、域和其他系统设置,以及您的系统使用的语言、您的设备所在的国家和时区收集信息。我们的服务器日志还记录了您用于连接到互联网的设备的IP地址。IP地址是一个独特的标识符,设备使用它在互联网上相互识别和通信。我们还可能收集您在访问ETS中国之前访问的网站以及您离开我们网站后访问的网站的信息。


我们与第三方广告公司有合作,在本网站和其他网站投放广告,并对本网站和其他网站执行跟踪和报告功能。当您访问本网站或其他网站时,这些第三方广告公司可能会在您的电脑上放置cookies,以便向您显示有针对性的广告。您可以选择接受或拒绝这些cookies。

这些第三方广告公司在此过程中不会收集个人信息,我们也不会在此过程中向他们提供任何个人信息。然而,本隐私政策并不涵盖这些公司收集信息的方法或使用。


我们的网站可能使您能够通过社交媒体平台与我们及他人进行互动,如新浪微博、微信、微信视频频道、知乎、抖音、哔哩哔哩、优酷。虽然我们尊重每个社交媒体平台的隐私政策,但如果您选择使用这些平台,我们可能会收集关于您和您的朋友/联系人的个人信息。

当您使用社交媒体平台时,我们可能会根据你的兴趣向您显示广告。这些平台允许我们向您展示个性化的广告。我们不会与这些平台共享您的任何个人信息,尽管我们可能会将您的电子邮件地址转换为一个独特的编号,该编号可由平台与其用户相匹配,以便投放广告。虽然我们不向这些平台提供任何个人信息,但他们可能会获得有关对我们提供的广告作出反应的个人的见解。


关于ETS中国的信息

本政策由ETS中国在中华人民共和国发出。

邮寄:中华人民共和国北京市朝阳区东三环北路3号B座1716 (100027)

电邮:inquiry-china@etsglobal.org


处理的目的和法律基础,包括合法利益

隐私政策解释了我们处理您的个人信息的原因。我们只在有法律依据的情况下处理个人信息,例如:


自动决策和分析

ETS中国可能会使用自动化流程,并根据需要提供您所要求的服务及其他类似目的。所有此类决定均需经过人工审查。我们不会对您做出可能对您造成重大影响的自动决定,除非(1)该决定是我们与您签订的合同的一部分所必需的,(2)我们得到您的明确同意,或者(3)法律要求我们使用该技术。


如何联络我们

如果您对我们的隐私政策或本隐私政策有任何问题或意见,请与我们联系。您可以通过电邮inquiry-china@etsglobal.org与我们联系,您也可以通过上述地址与我们联系。



ETS China Privacy Policy

Privacy and Security

ETS Assessments (Beijing) Ltd ("ETS China") recognizes the importance of protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes our practices related to personal information privacy and security.

Personal Information is any information that we can use to identify you (such as your name, username or identification number) or contact you (such as your email address or telephone number). Personal Information includes other types of information (such as demographic data) when that information is associated with your Personal Information.

ETS China is committed to protecting your Personal Information and shall adhere to the following principles when processing your personal information: the principle of consistent rights and responsibilities, the principle of clear and reasonable purpose, the principle of voluntary consent, the principle of minimum necessity, the principle of ensuring safety, the principle of participation, the principle of openness and transparency, etc. We also undertake to implement corresponding security protection measures to protect your Personal Information in accordance with the established industry security standards.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes our practices with respect to Personal Information we collect via "Websites" or other means. The term "Website" includes all ETS China websites, platforms and applications that collect personal information from you.

We have highlighted the terms and conditions in this Privacy Policy that are closely related to your rights and interests to draw your attention. Please read and fully understand this Privacy Policy before you use ETS China Website or otherwise provide us with your Personal Information, and make sure you fully understand and agree to such terms and conditions. By using an ETS China Website or otherwise providing us with Personal Information, you agree to our privacy terms. You can contact us at any time with questions or concerns about privacy by sending an email to inquiry-china@etsglobal.org or by writing to us at the addresses in the Contact section below.

Within this Privacy Policy, you will find information about:


We collect the following types of Personal Information from you when you use our Websites. For example, when you choose to communicate with us for any questions and queries, we will collect your Contact Information such as your name, username, mailing address, telephone numbers, email address or other addresses that allow us to answer your questions and queries and communicate with you.

In each case, we will only collect and use these types of Personal Information as permitted by law and as needed for ETS China's legitimate business purposes.

When you visit and interact with our Website, we may also collect information that uses cookies and other data collection technologies. Please see the section on Cookies below to learn more. This Privacy Policy governs us when we associate the information we collect using cookies and other technology with your Personal Information.

According to relevant laws, regulations and national standards of the People's Republic of China, your authorization or consent is not required for collecting your Personal Information under the following circumstances:

  1. the collection is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract to which you are a contracting party or for conducting human resource management under the labor rules and regulations developed in accordance with the law and a collective contract signed in accordance with the law;

  2. the collection is necessary to fulfill statutory functions or statutory obligations;

  3. the collection is necessary to respond to public health emergencies or protect the life, health or property safety of natural persons under emergency circumstances;

  4. personal information is collected by us within a reasonable scope to conduct news reporting, public opinion-based supervision, or other activities in the public interest;

  5. the personal information that has been disclosed by you or legally disclosed, and is collected by us within a reasonable scope in accordance with the Law; or

  6. under any other circumstance as provided by any law or administrative regulation.


We may use your Personal Information to:


We will only disclose your Personal Information as follows:

  1. the processing is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract to which you are a contracting party or for conducting human resource management under the labor rules and regulations developed in accordance with the law and a collective contract signed in accordance with the law;

  2. the processing is necessary to fulfill statutory functions or statutory obligations;

  3. the processing is necessary to respond to public health emergencies or protect the life, health or property safety of natural persons under emergency circumstances;

  4. personal information is processed by us within a reasonable scope to conduct news reporting, public opinion-based supervision, or other activities in the public interest;

  5. the personal information that has been disclosed by you or legally disclosed, and is processed by us within a reasonable scope in accordance with the Law; or

  6. under any other circumstance as provided by any law or administrative regulation.

Please note that we may also use and disclose information about you that is not personally identifiable. For example, we may publish reports that contain aggregated and statistical data. These reports do not contain any Personal Information.


We respect your right to reasonably access and correct your Personal Information, and ETS China complies with all laws regarding access, correction and deletion.

You can make a request to us to cancel your online account under the following circumstances:

  1. If our handling of your Personal Information violates the laws and regulations;

  2. If we collect and use your Personal Information without your consent;

  3. If our handling of your Personal Information violates the agreement with you; or

  4. Our services are no longer required.

ETS China also respects your rights to access, correct and request erasure or restriction of their personal information as required by law. This means:

Please understand that your above requests shall be made in writing by email to inquiry-china@etsglobal.org. We may also request you to submit proof to verify your identity prior to fulfilling the above requests. Additionally, to help ensure the accuracy of our data, we may require appropriate evidence prior to making a change.

We reserve the right to refuse unreasonable requests, such as illegitimate repeated requests, requests demanding overwhelming technical means, requests that may prejudice the legitimate rights and interests of others, unrealistic requests, etc.

According to the relevant laws, regulations and national standards of the People's Republic of China, we will not be able to respond to your request in case of the following circumstances:

  1. Your request relates to the performance of our obligations under laws and regulations;

  2. Your request relates to national security and national defense security;

  3. Your request relates to public safety, public health and major public interests;

  4. Your request relates to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgment;

  5. There is sufficient evidence that the request involves subjective malice or abuse of power;

  6. For the purpose of safeguarding your or other personal life, property and other major legitimate rights and interests, but we are unable to obtain your authorization and consent in time;

  7. Responding to your request will cause serious damage to the legitimate rights and interests of you or other individuals and organizations; and

  8. Trade secrets are involved.

If you need assistance on the above, please contact us via email at inquiry-china@etsglobal.org.

If you believe that we have processed your Personal Information in violation of applicable law, you may file a complaint with the ETS China or with a supervisory authority.


This Website may contain links to other third-party websites. ETS China does not control the privacy policies or practices of these third-party sites. You should review those policies before providing any information, including on a social media page for ETS China. ETS China is not responsible for the content or practices of any third-party sites, and we provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.


Personal Information collected by ETS China will be stored in China. ETS China has established safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your Personal Information. These safeguards include physical, technical, organizational and administrative controls.

If you register for a Website account, you will be asked to select a password to help protect your information. These passwords help us verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to any of your Personal Information. You should never disclose your password to anyone. ETS China will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or email. If you believe that your password or your account has been compromised, please contact us as soon as possible.

ETS China also has an established records retention program. We retain Personal Information as needed for the purposes listed above and for any additional period of time that may be required by law. Unless the data are being retained in connection with a specific investigation, biometric templates are retained for a maximum of three years.

You may request that we delete your Personal Information by contacting us via email at inquiry-china@etsglobal.org. Unless we are required by law or have a legitimate interest to retain your information, we will delete it within 30 days of your request.


ETS China reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy, including to respond to new laws, regulations, or technology, or for other business reasons. If ETS China makes any changes to this Privacy Policy, ETS China will release the latest version on the website, and inform users by way of pop-up window, push notice or other reasonable means, so as to facilitate users' timely understanding of the latest version. If user continues to use the website or services of ETS China, it means that user agrees with the updated Privacy Policy. If the changes will materially affect the way we use or disclose previously collected Personal Information, we will notify you about the change by sending a notice to the primary email address associated with your account.


When we collect your Personal Information relating to biometric identification or your other sensitive information, we will obtain separate written consent from you. We will inform you of the need to process sensitive personal information and the implications on your rights. In addition, we use organisational, technical and physical controls that are reasonably designed to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of sensitive personal information in order to safeguard from unauthorised access to or use of sensitive personal information.


In most cases, we do not knowingly collect Personal Information directly from children under the age of 18 on our Websites. Parents and schools may use our Websites to create accounts for children. We encourage parents and teachers to spend time online with children and to monitor their online activities. If you believe that a child has created an account on our Website, please contact us to have the account deactivated by sending us an email at inquiry-china@etsglobal.org.

For the Personal Information of children collected, in addition to complying with the provisions of this Privacy Policy in processing the same, we will also store, use and disclose it in strict compliance with the requirements of other laws and regulations such as the Provisions on Online Protection of Children's Personal Information (儿童个人信息网络保护规定), and adhere to the principles of legitimate necessity, informed consent, clear purpose, security and legality, and be retained for the shortest time necessary for fulfilling the purpose of processing. When the Personal Information is no longer necessary for fulfilling the purpose, we will erase or anonymize the children's Personal Information.

When you choose to use our products, content and/or services as a parent or guardian for the supervised children, we may have to collect the Personal Information of the supervised children from you for the purpose of providing the relevant products, content and/or services. We will obtain your authorization and consent in advance, and inform you of the purpose of collection if we have to collect your supervised children's personal information from you. If you refuse to provide the said information, we may not be able to provide the relevant products, content and/or services to you. As a guardian, you should correctly perform your duties and safeguard your supervised children's Personal Information. If your child is to register or use our products, content and/or services, you should duly guide and supervise them.

For collection of personal information of children under the age of 14, we will obtain your separate and express authorization and consent in advance. If you refuse to provide the said information, we may not be able to provide the relevant products, content and/or services to you.

For collection of personal information of children between the age of 14 to 18, joint reading and consent to the Privacy Policy is required under the supervision and direction of the children’s parents or guardians.

Children or their parents and guardians have the right to access, correct and erase the children's personal information.

ETS China has appointed a personal information protection officer to be responsible for the protection of children's Personal Information. If you have any comments, suggestions, complaints and reports on issues related to children's Personal Information, please contact us through the contact information listed in this Privacy Policy.


ETS China, its Website, and its servers are located in the People’s Republic of China. However, your Personal Information may be transferred to ETS China’s affiliates, including ETS and ETS Global with servers located outside the territory of China. Your Personal Information may also be transferred to other countries who provide processing services to ETS China at the direction of ETS China.

Regardless of where your Personal Information is transferred, we will obtain separate consent from you and inform you relevant details on the processing of your Personal Information. We will also comply with other requirements under applicable laws in China, including to conduct prior personal information protection impact assessment, to pass the security evaluation required by the Cyberspace Administration of China (if applicable), carry out necessary measures to ensure that the Personal Information processing activities undertaken by the foreign receiving parties meet the personal information protection standard prescribed under the applicable laws.


If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy or security practices, you may contact us by:
Email: inquiry-china@etsglobal.org


When you visit our Website, we collect certain information by automated means, using technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons.

In many cases, the information we collect using cookies and other tools is only used in a non-identifiable way, without any reference to Personal Information. For example, we use information we collect about all website users to optimize our Websites and to understand website traffic patterns.

In some cases, we do associate the information we collect using cookies and other technology with your Personal Information. This Privacy Policy governs how we use that information when we associate it with your Personal Information.

Cookies

When you visit our Website, we place cookies on your computer. Cookies are small text files that websites send to your computer or other internet-connected devices to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in your browser. We use both temporary (session) cookies and persistent cookies, which allow us to recognize you when you return. Cookies help us provide a customized experience and enable us to detect certain kinds of fraud. In many cases, you can manage cookie preferences and opt-out of having cookies and other data collection technologies used by adjusting the settings on your browser. All browsers are different, so visit the "Help" section of your browser to learn about cookie preferences and other privacy settings that may be available.

Flash Cookies

We may use Flash cookies (also known as Local Stored Objects) and similar technologies to personalize and enhance your online experience. A Flash cookie is a small data file placed on a computer using Adobe® Flash technology The Adobe Flash Player is an application that allows rapid development of dynamic content, such as video clips and animation.

We use Flash cookies to personalize and enhance your online experience and to deliver content for Flash players. We may also use Flash cookies for security purposes, to gather certain website metrics and to help remember settings and preferences. Flash cookies are managed through a different interface than the one provided by your web browser. To manage Flash cookies, please visit Adobe's website. If you disable Flash cookies or other similar technologies, please be aware that you may not have access to certain content and product features.

Pixel Tags and Web Beacons

Pixel tags and web beacons are tiny graphic images placed on our Website(s) or in our emails that allow us to determine whether you have performed a specific action. When you access these pages or open or click an email, the pixel tags and web beacons generate a notice of that action. These tools allow us to measure response to our communications and improve our web pages and promotions.

Server Logs and Other Technologies

We collect many different types of information from server logs and other technologies. For example, we may collect information from the device you use to access our Website, your operating system type, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone where your device is located. Our server logs also record the IP address of the device you use to connect to the internet. An IP address is a unique identifier that devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the internet. We may also collect information about the website you were visiting before you came to ETS China and the website you visit after you leave our site.


We have relationships with third-party advertising companies to place advertisements on this Website and other websites, and to perform tracking and reporting functions for this Website and other websites. These third-party advertising companies may place cookies on your computer when you visit our Website or other websites so that they can display targeted advertisements to you. You may choose to accept or reject the cookies.

These third-party advertising companies do not collect Personal Information in this process, and we do not give any personal information to them as part of this process. However, this Privacy Policy does not cover the collection methods or use of the information collected by these companies.


Our Websites may enable you to interact with us and others via social media platforms, such as Sina Weibo, WeChat, WeChat Video Channel, Zhihu, Douyin, Bilibili, Youku. While we respect each social media platform's privacy policies, we may collect Personal Information about you and your friends/connections if you choose to use these tools.

We may display interest-based ads to you when you are using social media platforms. These platforms allow us to personalize the ads that we display to you. We do not share any of your Personal Information with these platforms, although we may convert your email address into a unique number which can be matched by the platform with its user to allow delivery of the advertising. Although we do not provide any personal information to these platforms, they may gain insights about individuals who respond to the ads we serve.

Information About ETS China

This Policy is being given by ETS China in the People’s Republic of China.

Mail:1716, Tower B, No. 3 East Third Ring North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100027, People’s Republic of China.

Email:inquiry-china@etsglobal.org

The Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing, Including Legitimate Interests

The Privacy Policy explains the reasons why we process your Personal Information. We only process Personal Information when we have a legal basis for the processing, such as:

Automated Decision Making and Profiling

ETS China may use automated processes as necessary to provide the services you request and for other similar purposes. All such decisions are subject to human review. We will not make automated decisions about you that may significantly affect you, unless (1) the decision is necessary as part of a contract that we have with you, (2) we have your explicit consent, or (3) we are required by law to use the technology.

How to Contact Us

Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy. You can always reach us via email at inquiry-china@etsglobal.org