Privacy Statement
Housing Group (www.housing-cn.com) – due to the nature of the internet – will inevitably interact with you directly or indirectly. This Privacy Statement explains how our official website collects, uses, and protects your personal information. Please read it carefully.
1. Non-Personal Information
We collect non-personal information through your IP address, such as your browser type, operating system, and ISP domain name, in order to optimize the display of pages on your computer. This information is also used for traffic statistics, which helps us improve website management and services.
2. Personal Data
When you perform actions such as leaving a message or applying for a position online via our website, we will – with your consent and confirmation – ask you to provide certain personal data through electronic forms. This personal data may include:
• Personal identification information: name, gender, age, date of birth, ID/passport number, phone number, postal address, physical address, email address, etc.
Unless you give your consent and confirmation, Housing Group will not use the data you provide for participation in specific activities on this website for any other purpose, except where required by government or legal authorities as stipulated in Article 6 below.
3. Information Security
Housing Group strictly manages and protects the data you provide. We use appropriate technical measures to prevent your personal data from being lost, misappropriated, or tampered with.
When necessary, we may engage professional technical personnel to process such data electronically, in keeping with the needs of professional specialization. If we send you a notice regarding such electronic processing, and you do not explicitly object within the specified period, we will assume that you have given your consent.
4. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
1. Request access to and review of your data;
2. Request supplementation or correction of your data;
3. Request deletion of your data;
4. Request cessation of electronic processing and use of your data.
5. Limitation on Use
Housing Group will only use collected personal data beyond what is necessary under one or more of the following circumstances:
1. With your written consent;
2. To prevent an urgent threat to your life, physical safety, or property;
3. To prevent serious harm to the rights and interests of others;
4. To promote the public interest, provided such use does not cause material harm to your interests.
6. Disclosure of Personal Data
When government authorities request disclosure of personal data in accordance with legal procedures, Housing China will provide such data as required by law enforcement or for public security purposes. Under such circumstances, Housing China shall not be held liable for any disclosure.
7. Protection of Minors' Privacy
Housing China will establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality and security of personal data of minors.
We declare: any minor under the age of 16 must obtain verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian (hereinafter referred to as "guardian") before participating in any online activities.
Guardians bear the primary responsibility for protecting the privacy rights of minors in the online environment.
If Housing Group collects personal data of a minor, it will be used solely to respond to the minor's specific request. Once the response has been provided, the data will be deleted from our records and will not be retained for further use.
Without a guardian's consent, Housing Group will not use a minor's personal data or disclose or transmit any information that could identify the minor to any third party. If we collect a guardian's or minor's name or other online contact information solely for the purpose of obtaining guardian consent, and such consent is not obtained after a reasonable period of time, we will proactively delete such information from our records.
8. Disclaimer
In addition to the disclosure provisions under Article 6 above, Housing Group assumes no liability in the following circumstances:
• Any disclosure of personal data resulting from you sharing your user information with others or sharing registration credentials with others;
• Any disclosure, loss, misappropriation, or tampering of personal data caused by hacking, computer viruses, temporary shutdowns due to government regulation, or other force majeure events affecting normal operation of the website;
• Any disclosure of personal data caused by other websites linked to Housing Group, as well as any legal disputes or consequences arising therefrom.