IP China (including APPs that can run on IOS and Android systems: Intellectual Property China, etc., hereinafter referred to as the “Website” or “IP China”) knows the importance of personal information to you, so we attach great importance to protecting your privacy and personal information, and we also treat and process the contents of this IP China Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) with a high degree of diligence and prudence. This Policy is closely related to the IP China’s services you use. When you use the services, we will process and protect your personal information according to the provisions of the Policy. Therefore, we hope that you can have a careful reading and full understanding of the full text of this Policy, and if necessary, make your choice you deem fit as guided by the Policy. We try our best to explain to you the technical terms involved in this Policy in a concise way for better understanding.
IP China specially draws the attention of minors under the age of 18 and their guardians that we have clearly established a specific chapter on the protection of minors, please read it carefully.
Please carefully read and fully understand this Policy before using/continuing to use IP China’s services, and make appropriate choices according to the guidelines of this Policy when necessary. Your disagreement with the content of this Policy may lead to mis-operation of the service, or inability to achieve the service effect we intend to achieve, in which case you shall immediately stop using IP China’s service. Your use or continuance of the services provided by us means that you fully understand and agree to all the contents of the IP China Privacy Policy.
The operator of IP China website and APP is the Company and its affiliates, including but not limited to Suzhou Cloud Gourd Information Technology Co.,Ltd., Zhonghe International Intellectual Property Co., Ltd., Suzhou Zhonghe Intellectual Property Agency (general partnership), Nanjing Cloud Gourd Data Co., Ltd., Beijing Cloud Gourd Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Nanchang Clound Gourd Information Technology Co., Ltd., etc.
I. How do we collect and use your personal information
II. How do we share, transfer and disclose your personal information
III. How do you manage your personal information
IV. How do we protect your personal information
V. How do we process minors information
VI. How to update this IP China Privacy Policy
VII. How to contact us
VIII. Miscellaneous
We will follow the principles of legitimacy, legality and necessity, and collect and use the personal information that you provide voluntarily during the use of IP China services or that is generated from the use of IP China services for the following purposes stated in this Policy. If we want to use your personal information for other purposes not specified herein, or use any specific information collected for other purposes, we will inform you in a reasonable way and obtain your consent again before use:
1. Account Registration and Login
1.1 When you register as an IP China user, we will ask you to set your user name and password for personal identification, and set your mailbox to retrieve your password, so that you can confirm your identity if you lose your password. You may only use the account through the password you set. If you disclose the password, you may lose your personally identifiable information, which may lead to adverse consequences for you, in which case you shall contact IP China immediately, and we will not assume any liability before IP China takes action.
1.2 When you complete the account registration or activation process, you are requested to provide correct personal information registration in order to provide you with new services and opportunities more efficiently,
2 . Rendering of Services to You
2.1 In order to contact you in time, you understand and agree that IP China and its affiliates or other IP ChinaAPP and IP China systems you use will send you notices and other commercial electronic information to your email address.
2.2 In order to ensure the safety of your use of the services and continuously improve the service quality, IP China will record and save the relevant information on your login and use of IP China services.
2.3 Cookie is a small file containing strings, which are sent to and stored in your computer, mobile device or other devices (usually encrypted) when you log in and use websites or other network contents. Similar technologies are other technologies that can be used for similar purposes to cookies, such as Web Beacon, Proxy, embedded script and so on. At present, we mainly use Cookie to collect your personal information. You know and agree that with the development of technology and the further improvement of our products and services, we may also use cookie and similar technologies. In order to provide better service to you, IP China may automatically collect and store your software information, hardware information, information that you upload to IP China server voluntarily and your usage preference information, including but not limited to your mobile phone IMEI number, login name, operating system information, your IP address, Cookie information, location service usage such as GPS, and the page you visit.
3. Exceptions with Consent
IP China warrants to keep your data confidential, not to disclose your data to third parties, and not to authorize third parties to use your data unless:
a. they shall be provided as required by laws and regulations;
b. they shall be provided by IP China as required by the administrative and judicial authorities;
c. such data is directly related to public safety, public health and major public interests;
d. such data is directly related to national security and national defense security;
e. such data is directly related to crime investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution;
f. it is difficult to obtain your consent for the purpose of safeguarding your life, property and other important legitimate rights and interests;
g. the personal information collected is disclosed to the public by yourself;
h. such data is necessary for maintaining the safe and stable operation of our products and/or services, such as discovering and handling the faults of products or services.
1. Sharing
We attach great importance to the protection of your personal information, which is an important basis and part of our products and/or services for you. For your personal information, we only collect and use it for the purpose and within the scope stated in this Policy or in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, and keep it strictly confidential. We will not share it with any company, organization or individual unless one or more of the following situations exist:
a. you make your own request;
b. your authorization has been obtained;
C. necessary sharing with business partners: You understand and know that in order to provide you with more perfect and high-quality products and services, we will authorize our business partners to provide you with some services. In this case, we may share some of your personal information with our partners to provide better customer service and user experience. Please note that IP China will only share personal information with third parties for the purpose of providing or improving IP China's products, services and advertising, and will not share any personal information with third parties for marketing purposes, and will not sell personal information.
2. Assignment
Assignment refers to assigning the control right over your personal information obtained to other companies, organizations or individuals. We will not assign your personal information to any company, organization or individual unless we obtain your explicit consent. However, the following cases shall be excepted:
a. your consent has been obtained in advance;
b. you make your own request;
c. in case of merger, acquisition or bankruptcy liquidation of the company, which may involve the transfer of personal information, we may request the new company and organization holding your personal information to continue to be bound by this Policy. Otherwise, we will ask it to obtain your express consent again;
d. Other situations as prescribed by laws and regulations.
3. Public Disclosure
Public disclosure refers to the act of publishing information to the society or unspecified people. In principle, we will not disclose your personal information to the public. However, the following cases shall be excepted:
a. display necessary relevant desensitized information when announcing any winning and penalty notice;
b. your express consent has been obtained.
We attach great importance to and do our best to protect your rights related to your personal information. Your rights include: accessing, correcting/modifying, deleting your personal information, or withdrawing your previous consent to your personal information. If you have any doubts or difficulties in the operation process, you can consult with our staff at any time.
In addition, this system contains links to other websites, so please click carefully. IP China is not responsible for any privacy protection measures taken by other websites. We may add business partners or shared brand websites whenever necessary.
We have always attached great importance to protecting users' personal information security, so we have adopted multi-level protection measures to minimize the risk of your information being leaked, damaged, misused, assessed, disclosed or altered without authorization. These measures include backing up data to other servers and encrypting user passwords. However, despite these protection measures, IP China will not guarantee the absolute security of such information.
Minors (especially children under the age of 14) are requested to read the following terms carefully accompanied by guardians, who will make a decision on whether to accept or reject this privacy policy after full understanding.
1. If a user is a minor under the age of 18, he shall read this Agreement and use IP China’s services under the guardianship, guidance and consent of the guardian.
2. We attach importance to the protection of minors' personal information. When filling in personal information, minor users shall strengthen their awareness of personal protection and be cautious. Please use IP China related services correctly under the guidance of guardians.
We reserve the right to update or revise this Policy from time to time. Such updates and revisions will form part of this Policy and have the same effect as this Policy. Without your explicit consent, we will not reduce your rights under the current Policy.
If you have any questions about our personal information protection, you may contact us in the following ways:
1. Customer service: Under normal circumstances, we will appoint a service representative to contact you, and if you have any questions, you can directly contact him/her.
2. Email: cloudgourd@163.com;
3 . Tel: + 400-636-7868
We will sign strict confidentiality agreements with companies, organizations and individuals with whom we share personal information. For SDK directories of third parties such as our partners, please see here
The interpretation of this IP China Privacy Policy and the resolution of disputes shall be governed by the laws of the People’s Republic of China. Any dispute in connection with this Policy shall be settled amicably by both parties through consultation; If no settlement can be reached through negotiation, you agree to submit the dispute to Suzhou Industrial Park People's Court for litigation.
The title of this Policy is for convenience and reading only, and does not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.