Privacy Policy

QINGDAO(nese) operates several websites including Qingdaonese.com. It is QINGDAO(nese)’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, QINGDAO(nese) collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. QINGDAO(nese)’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how QINGDAO(nese)’s visitors use its website. From time to time, QINGDAO(nese) may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

QINGDAO(nese) also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. QINGDAO(nese) does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to QINGDAO(nese)’s websites choose to interact with QINGDAO(nese) in ways that require QINGDAO(nese) to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that QINGDAO(nese) gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, QINGDAO(nese) collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with QINGDAO(nese). QINGDAO(nese) does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

QINGDAO(nese) may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. QINGDAO(nese) may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, QINGDAO(nese) does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

QINGDAO(nese) discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on QINGDAO(nese)’s behalf or to provide services available at QINGDAO(nese)’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using QINGDAO(nese)’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. QINGDAO(nese) will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, QINGDAO(nese) discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when QINGDAO(nese) believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of QINGDAO(nese), third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an QINGDAO(nese) website and have supplied your email address, QINGDAO(nese) may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with QINGDAO(nese) and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. QINGDAO(nese) takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. QINGDAO(nese) uses cookies to help QINGDAO(nese) identify and track visitors, their usage of QINGDAO(nese) website, and their website access preferences. QINGDAO(nese) visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using QINGDAO(nese)’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of QINGDAO(nese)’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by QINGDAO(nese) and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, QINGDAO(nese) may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in QINGDAO(nese)’s sole discretion. QINGDAO(nese) encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.