Taikang Group (www.taikang.com) warrants and represents that it will protect user privacy, which is an important right of yours. Sharing your personal information with us represents your confidence and trust in us, and we will hold such information in confidence. Given the unique nature of the Internet, inevitably there will be direct or indirect interaction between you and the website. Therefore, we hereby inform you of our policy concerning the collection, use and protection of user information.
1. ConfidentialityWe will take adequate care and try our best to protect personal information you have provided to us as well as personal information that has already been stored. Unless required by the law or regulatory policies, we will not disclose your personal information to any third party without your prior consent. However, we may need to provide your name and address to a third party if you request us to provide a particular service or deliver certain goods to you.
2. Non-personal information and personal information collection
We will collect non-personal information through your IP address for the purpose of collecting traffic data to improve our website administration and service. When you register, purchase insurance, manage your policy and participate in community and other activities on the website, the website will request you to provide, with your permission and confirmation, some personal information through registration, application and other forms. Such personal information includes:
1) ID information, including name, gender, age, birthdate, ID No. (or passport No.), telephone No., correspondence address, domicile and E-mail address.
2) Personal profile, including occupation, education, income level, marital status and family information. Unless required by the law or regulatory policies, such information will not be used for any other purpose without your prior consent and confirmation.
The website will use appropriate technology to manage and protect your information against loss, theft or change.
Where necessary, the website will appoint technical staff to process such information in order to meet specialization needs.
If such processing notice has been delivered to you and you have not expressed opposition within the given time, you will be deemed to accept such processing.
You have the following rights to your personal information:
1) check and view your information anytime;
2) add or modify your information anytime;
3) delete your information anytime;
4) request to stop computer information processing and utilization.
Should you desire to exercise any one of the aforesaid rights, please send an email to webmaster@taikang.com.
Only when any one of the following conditions is met will the website use personal information outside its business scope:
1) such use has been approved by you in writing;
2) such use is for the purpose of protecting you and your property against immediate risks;
3) such use is for the purpose of preventing serious prejudice to the rights and interests of any other third party;
4) such use is for the public good without prejudicing your rights and interests.
The website of Taikang Group provides services such as chatroom and BBS services. In any of such spaces, any information you disclose will be publicly accessible. For this reason, we advise you to think twice before you disclose your personal information therein.
7. CookiesA cookie is a technology that allows the website’s server to automatically send a small piece of data to your browser and store them in your hard drive when the user visits the website. Cookies can help the website record your activities, personal information, browsing habits, preferences and even credit records on the website. By using cookies, the website can provide more personalized services and track your insurance preferences. This will help us provide information you may find interesting and remember your password, so you will not have to re-enter the password when you re-visit our website.
8. Disclaimer clauseThe website shall not be held legally liable for any of the following conditions:
1) leak of personal information because you have disclosed the user password to or shared your personal account with any other person;
2) leak, loss, theft or falsification of personal information as a result of the dysfunction of the website caused by temporary disruption due to circumstances such as the Year 2000 problem, hacking, virus attack and government regulations;
3) leak of personal information or any legal dispute or consequence caused by any other website linked to this website;
4) and any other consequence caused by force majeure.
1) The website protects and secures the personal information of minors. Any minor who is less than 16 years old must first obtain the verifiable consent of his/her guardian when he/she participates in any cyber activity such as insurance purchase;
2) The guardian shall be primarily responsible for the privacy of the minor in a cyber environment;
3) Personal information collected by the website from a minor is used solely for satisfying the particular needs of the minor and such information will be immediately deleted from the website when such satisfaction has been completed;
4) Without the prior consent of the guardian, the website will not use the minor’s personal information, disclose such information to any third party or transmit such information that may identify the minor;
5) The website may collect the minor’s personal information with the prior consent of the guardian;
6) The personal information collected by the website from the minor is used for the sole purpose of safeguarding the security of the minor’s participation in cyber activities;
7) The website will not request the minor to provide additional personal information as a condition for his/her participation in cyber activities.