Terms of Service

This Website (as defined in Clause 1 below) is an electronic publication of and a service provided by Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (hereinafter referred to as “Publisher”).

Any and all access to and use of this Website are subject to, and constitute each Visitor’s (as defined in Clause 1 below) acknowledgment and acceptance of, the following terms (“Terms of Use”).Each Visitor also agrees to accept and comply with any and all other guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions pertaining to the access and use of this Website, as well as any amendments to the aforementioned, issued by Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (as defined in Clause 1 below)) and posted in this Website, from time to time.If any Visitor does not accept these Terms of Use (and such guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions), the Visitor must stop accessing and using this Website. Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (as defined in Clause 1 below), as the case may be) may amend or update these Terms of Use (and other guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions) at any time and Publisher may post the amended or updated version thereof on this Website.Such amended or updated version shall automatically be effective upon its posting on this Website and Visitors are deemed to be aware of and bound by any changes to these Terms of Use upon posting on this Website.The right of Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (as defined in Clause 1 below), as the case may be) to amend or update these Terms of Use (and such guidelines, notices, operating rules, policies and instructions) in the manner aforesaid may be exercised without the consent of the Visitor or any other person or entity.If any Visitor does not accept any such amendments or updates, the Visitor must stop accessing and using this Website.

1. Definitions and interpretation

a. Definitions: In these Terms of Use, the following words and expressions shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:- “Affected Provision” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 19 below.

“Force Majeure Event” in relation to a person or entity, shall mean an event or a failure which is beyond that person's or entity's reasonable control, including but not limited to: acts of God; fire; flood; explosion; storm; hurricane; typhoon; tsunami; earthquake; natural or other disasters; vandalism; power surge or outage; cable cut; disruptions or failures in telecommunication systems or equipment or electrical power or supply; server crashes; back-up failures; disruptions to or failure of Internet access or connectivity; serious accidents; disease outbreaks, epidemics or quarantine or travel restrictions; any law, order, regulation, direction, action or request of any government (including state and local governments) or any civil or military authority, or of any dependent agency, commission, court, bureau, corporation or other instrumentality thereof; allocation regulations or orders affecting materials and/or the supply thereof; national emergencies, insurrections, riots, civil commotion, war or warlike operations; acts of terrorism; strikes, lockouts, work stoppages or labour disputes, troubles or difficulties; delays in transportation; supplier failures, shortages, breaches or delays; or inability after due and timely diligence to procure materials, accessories, equipment or parts.

“Jiagle.com Content” shall mean this Website, and all content, information, applications, programmes, texts, images, links, sounds, graphics, videos, software and other materials displayed or made available on this Website, and all files within and attachments transmitted through this Website and all data within such files and attachments, but excluding Third Party Content. “Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo” shall mean Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo International Exhibition Co Ltd., a Shanghai corporation, and its subsidiaries (including Publisher) from time to time.

“Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees” shall mean Publisher and other members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, and any directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, service providers and/or assigns thereof.

“Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean all copyright, patents, utility innovations, trade marks and service marks, geographical indications, domain names, layout design rights, registered designs, design rights, database rights, trade or business names, rights protecting trade secrets and confidential information, rights protecting goodwill and reputation, and all other similar or corresponding proprietary rights and all applications for the same, whether presently existing or created in the future, anywhere in the world, whether registered or not, and all benefits, privileges, rights to sue, recover damages and obtain relief or other remedies for any past, current or future infringement, misappropriation or violation of any of the foregoing rights.

“Liabilities” shall mean claims, demands, damages, losses, liabilities, settlement sums, suits, actions, proceedings, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs and expenses (including but not limited to legal costs and expenses on a full indemnity basis.

“Overall Content” shall mean the Jiagle.com Content and the Third Party Content, collectively.

“Password” shall refer to the valid password that is used in conjunction with the Username to access and use password-protected and/or secure areas of this Website that are restricted to authorized users only.

“Publisher” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the first paragraph of the opening section above.

“Relevant Activity” in relation to any product appearing in this Website and/or any of the Overall Content, shall mean any one or more of the following (as the context requires): the import, export, storage, transportation, transit, customs clearance, delivery, use, advertising, display, reproduction, offer, sale, supply, purchase, provision or re-sale of such product or any transaction, activity or dealing in respect of any such product.

“Specific Services” shall mean those services, provided by relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo in or through this Website.

“Specific Terms” shall mean the respective terms and conditions applicable to Specific Services, including those prescribed or imposed by relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo in relation to such Specific Services, or those contained in respective agreements entered into between Visitors and relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo in relation to such Specific Services.

“Terms of Use” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the second paragraph of the opening section above.

“Third Party Content” shall mean those content, information, applications, programs, texts, images, links, sounds, graphics, videos, software and other materials displayed in or made available in or through, included in, posted through, or linked through, this Website (including all files within and attachments transmitted through this Website and all data within such files and attachments), which are submitted by, originate from, are provided by, are obtained from or pertain to third party websites or other third parties, and in or to which the Intellectual Property Rights are not owned by members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo.

“Third Party Licensors” shall mean the respective owners (not being members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo) of the titles, rights and interests in or to the Third Party Content.

“Trade Marks” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Clause 3 below.

“Username” shall refer to the unique login identification name or code which identifies a Visitor who registers with this Website.

“Visitor” shall mean the individual or entity who, or the individual or entity whose agent or representative, accesses and/or uses this Website, or the services, features and functionalities provided in or through this Website, or any of the Overall Content.

“Website” shall mean the website on the Internet owned and/or operated by Publisher and the homepage of which is presently located at www.jiagle.com.

b. Interpretation: Any reference in these Terms of Use to any provision of a statute shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time.Any references herein to “Clauses” are references to the clauses of these Terms of Use.In these Terms of Use, whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.Clause headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms of Use.

2. Application of other terms and conditions

These Terms of Use shall apply to each Specific Service, in addition to any and all other Specific Terms applicable to such Specific Service; provided however that:- a. in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of the Specific Terms and any provision of these Terms of Use, such conflict or inconsistency shall (except as otherwise expressly provided or agreed) be resolved in a manner favorable to Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo; and

b. only to the extent that such conflict or inconsistency cannot be so resolved, the provisions of the Specific Terms shall prevail.

3. Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights Unless otherwise expressly stated:-

a. all titles, rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) in respect of the Jiagle.com Content are owned by, licensed to or controlled by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, and nothing herein confers on Visitors any title, right or interest in respect thereof; and

b. all titles, rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) in respect of the Third Party Content are owned by, licensed to or controlled by the relevant Third Party Licensors, and nothing herein confers on Visitors any title, right or interest in respect thereof.

The trade marks, service marks, trade names and logos used and displayed on this Website (collectively the “Trade Marks”) are registered and unregistered trade marks of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo and/or other third parties.No right or licence is given to Visitors to download, reproduce or use such Trade Marks.Nothing on this Website shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any Trade Marks, without the written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo and/or other third parties.The names of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo may not be used in any way without the prior written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo.Any other names of third party companies, products, programs, applications, systems and solutions mentioned or referred to in this Website are or may be the trade marks of the respective owners/licensors or licensees, and in such cases, Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo are not and should not be deemed to be connected or associated or affiliated in any way with such other owners/licensors or licensees.

4. Restricted use of Overall Content

Visitors may use, download, reproduce and/or distribute internally non-substantial portions of the Jiagle.com Content, on an occasional ad-hoc basis, solely and exclusively for personal or internal and non-commercial purposes, PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT:-

a. such use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such Jiagle.com Content (either in hard copy or electronic form) is not done in any manner which might be competitive with or prejudicial to Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo and/or their businesses, and/or their use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such Jiagle.com Content or other content similar thereto;

b. such Jiagle.com Content is used, downloaded, reproduced and/or distributed, without modification, and with retention or inclusion of the appropriate notices, including copyright notices and other applicable proprietary notices, indicating Publisher (and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, as the case may be) as the source of such Jiagle.com Content and prohibiting any further use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of such Jiagle.com Content; and

c. such use, downloading, reproduction and/or distribution of any Jiagle.com Content do not and shall not be deemed to transfer any title, right or interest in or to such Jiagle.com Content, and such Jiagle.com Content may be used, downloaded, reproduced and/or distributed only in accordance with Clauses 3, 4 and 5.

Except as expressly permitted in this Clause 4, Visitors may not use, download, copy, reproduce, modify, alter, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, separate, sell, transfer, rent, license, publish, republish, display, broadcast, hyperlink, mirror, frame, transmit, store, install, distribute, disseminate in any form or in any manner or by any means, or otherwise allow access to or in any other fashion re-use, all or any part or parts of this Website, the Jiagle.com Content and/or the Third Party Content, without the prior written permission of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo and/or the relevant third party owners/licensors or licensees of the relevant Intellectual Property Rights, as the case may be.

5. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

Visitors acknowledge that this Website and the Jiagle.com Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be) were prepared by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (or the Third Party Licensors, as the case may be) through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort and money.

Visitors agree to protect all rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (or the Third Party Licensors, as the case may be) in or to this Website and the Jiagle.com Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be).

In addition, Visitors shall honour and comply with reasonable written requests made by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (or, as the case may be, the Third Party Licensors) in connection with the protection, enforcement or exercise of Publisher’s and/or other relevant members’ of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo (or, as the case may be, the Third Party Licensors') contractual and other legal (whether statutory or common law) or equitable rights and remedies in respect of this Website and the Jiagle.com Content (or the Third Party Content, as the case may be).

6. Updates

All updates to or addition of Jiagle.com Content and Third Party Content, and all new versions of this Website shall be subject to these Terms of Use as if each such update, addition and/or new version were the original Jiagle.com Content, Third Party Content or Website (as the case may be) referred to herein.

7. Modifications

Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo reserve the right to control the look and feel of this Website and shall be entitled to publish any notices or disclaimers on this Website in the manner and to the extent deemed necessary by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo at their sole discretion.

Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo reserve the right to update, suspend, discontinue, alter or modify this Website or any information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content provided in or through this Website, including portions thereof, from time to time and without giving any reason or prior notice.Such updates, suspensions, discontinuations, alterations or modifications may include, without limitation, changes to, additions of or withdrawals of information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content.Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall not be liable if any such updates, suspensions, discontinuations, alterations or modifications prevent or disrupt Visitors from accessing this Website or associated information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content.

Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo reserve the right (but shall not be obliged) to:

a. monitor, screen or otherwise control any activity, content or material on or accessible through this Website, or investigate any violation of these Terms of Use and take any action they deem appropriate;

b. prevent, suspend or restrict any Visitor’s access to (i) any password-protected or secure areas of this Website and/or (ii) any particular service, functionality or feature provided in or through this Website; and/or

c. report any activity it suspects to be in violation of any applicable law, statute or regulation to the appropriate authorities and to co-operate with such authorities.

8. No endorsement of third parties a. Without prejudice to Clause 9, Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo do not endorse or make any representation or warranty whatsoever (whether express, implied or statutory), and shall not be responsible or liable under any circumstances whatsoever, in respect of :-

i. monitor, screen or otherwise control any activity, content or material on or accessible through this Website, or investigate any violation of these Terms of Use and take any action they deem appropriate;

ii.prevent, suspend or restrict any Visitor’s access to (i) any password-protected or secure areas of this Website and/or (ii) any particular service, functionality or feature provided in or through this Website; and/or

iii. report any activity it suspects to be in violation of any applicable law, statute or regulation to the appropriate authorities and to co-operate with such authorities.

Such third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content are the sole responsibility of independent third parties and are not under the control of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, and as against Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, Visitors’ access and/or use thereof and/or reliance thereon is solely at such Visitors’ own risk (and Visitors are advised not to act and/or rely thereon without first independently verifying the same).

Visitors’ rights and remedies in respect thereof are governed solely by other applicable agreements or terms (if any) between the relevant Visitor and the relevant third party.For the avoidance of doubt, the agreements or terms pertaining to the foregoing are agreements or terms entered into directly and only between the relevant Visitor and the relevant third party.In no event shall Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo establish or be required to establish any such agreement or terms with such Visitor.

b. Without prejudice to the generality of Clause 8.a above:-

i. a description or reference to a product or service in this Website (including any description or reference via hyperlink) does not imply endorsement by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo of that product or service;

ii.Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo do not make any representation or warranty as to the quality, accuracy, reliability, currency, suitability or lack of defects or deficiencies of any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content;

iii. Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall not be liable or responsible for any defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions or inaccuracies or any delays, defamation, libel, slander, misrepresentation, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, or any other objectionable, offensive, indecent or illegal material contained in any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content; and

iv.any third parties submitting or providing Third Party Content:

1. are solely responsible for such Third Party Content;

2. without prejudice to Clause 12, warrant and represent that they have the right and authority to submit or provide such Third Party Content and that such Third Party Content do not infringe the rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any third party; and

3. hereby grant to Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable licence and right to host, transmit, distribute or use (which will include the right to copy, reproduce and/or publish) such Third Party Content in connection with the operation of this Website and for the purposes such third parties have instructed or requested.

9. Exclusion of representations and warranties

Information displayed on this Website may be from a variety of sources.All data and/or information (including Overall Content) contained in this Website is provided for informational purposes only.

This Website and the Overall Content are made available "as is" and “as available”, without any representation or warranty of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, given by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo in conjunction with this Website and the Overall Content, including but not limited to:

a. a description or reference to a product or service in this Website (including any description or reference via hyperlink) does not imply endorsement by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo of that product or service;

b. Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo do not make any representation or warranty as to the quality, accuracy, reliability, currency, suitability or lack of defects or deficiencies of any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content;

c. Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall not be liable or responsible for any defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions or inaccuracies or any delays, defamation, libel, slander, misrepresentation, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, or any other objectionable, offensive, indecent or illegal material contained in any third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website) and Third Party Content; and

d. any representation or warranty that this Website and/or any of the Overall Content will be provided uninterrupted, secure or free from errors, omissions, computer viruses or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, agent, program or macros, or that any identified defect will be corrected;

e. any representation or warranty of the security of any Overall Content transmitted by or to Visitors through this Website;

f. any representation or warranty that the Overall Content transmitted or received through this Website by Visitors will not be accessed by unauthorised third parties and/or disclosed by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo or their directors, officers, employees, representatives or agents to third parties purporting to be such Visitors or purporting to act under such Visitors’ authority (and Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo neither endorse nor assume any responsibility for the contents of such Visitors’ transmissions or communications through this Website and such Visitors are solely responsible therefor); and

g. all representations and/or warranties, to the extent capable of being excluded under applicable law, are hereby expressly excluded by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers and employees, and all third parties (if any) involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website and/or any of the Overall Content. In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers and employees, and all third parties (if any) involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website and/or the Overall Content, make no representations or warranties as to (and Visitors assume the entire risk as to):-

a. anything contained in, the performance of, or the results that may be obtained by using, this Website or any of the Overall Content;

b. the consequences in connection with the downloading, installing or using of any of the Overall Content transmitted through this Website;

c. the quality, accuracy, reliability or suitability for any purpose whatsoever of this Website or any of the Overall Content; and

d. the standing, credit or otherwise of any person or entity mentioned in this Website or in any of the Overall Content.

10.Exclusion of liability

In no event nor for any reason whatsoever shall Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers or employees, or any third party involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website or any of the Overall Content be liable, even if foreseeable or if the foregoing parties may have been advised of, or otherwise might have anticipated, the possibility or likelihood of such loss, damages or expenses, for any loss, damages or expenses (including direct, indirect, special, incidental, secondary, consequential, punitive or exemplary damage, or economic or financial loss, or any claims for loss of profits, loss of data, loss of business information, loss of use, loss of anticipated revenue, profits or benefits or business interruption or delay), whatsoever or howsoever caused (regardless of the form of action, including tort or strict liability), arising directly or indirectly from or in connection with:-

a. any access, use, misuse or inability to access or use, or any information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content obtained or downloaded from or through, this Website, other website or webpage linked to this Website or any other party referred by this Website, or reliance on any of the Overall Content, whether based upon contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise;

b. any consequences or damages arising in connection with the downloading, installing or using, or the inability to download, install or use, of any Overall Content transmitted through this Website by Visitors or other third parties;

c. any failure, delay, disruption or interruption in, of or to this Website, howsoever caused or arising;

d. any failure, delay, disruption or interruption in, of or to the use, availability transmission or reception of any Overall Content through this Website, howsoever caused or arising;

e. any defect, deficiency, breakdown or failure of any software or any equipment or system (whether or not maintained or operated by Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo or any other person), or any system, server or connection failure, error, omission, interruption, delay in transmission, computer virus or other malicious, destructive or corrupting code, agent, program or macros, howsoever caused or arising;

f. any loss, corruption, deletion or damage of or to any Overall Content (whether belonging to, provided by or stored by the Visitor or otherwise) which is transmitted to or stored in any system or equipment (whether or not maintained or operated by Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, the Visitor or other third parties), howsoever caused or arising;

g. any error, interruption, breach or failure or delay in performance of its obligations under these Terms of Use or in this Website’s operation, or for any inaccuracy, unreliability or unsuitability of this Website or any of the Overall Content, which is due, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly to a Force Majeure Event; and

h. any defects, deficiencies, errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this Website, any of the Overall Content or any of the third party websites, third party information, data, instructions, functionalities, features, services, products or other content (whether provided or offered in or through such third party websites or in or through this Website).

11.Limitation of liability

Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms of Use, the maximum cumulative liability of all of Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo and their licensors, dealers, distributors, representatives, agents, directors, officers or employees, or third parties (if any) involved in the creation, production or delivery of this Website or any of the Overall Content, in respect of all Liabilities under, arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use and the provision of this Website and the Overall Content, shall in no event exceed in the aggregate the sum of one United States Dollar (US$1.00) only, whether in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise, or for any loss, damage or liability whatsoever.

12.Infringement of rights and/or violation of laws or regulations

a. Each Visitor agrees and undertakes that the Visitor shall not use this Website or any of the Overall Content in any manner that infringes or violates, or might potentially infringe or violate, any rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any person or entity, or any applicable law or regulation.

Without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, each Visitor agrees and undertakes that the Visitor shall not use this Website or any of the Overall Content to acquire or seek to acquire any product or undertake or seek to undertake any activity, or to send any inquiries to, to communicate with, or to otherwise contact, any person or entity with a view to or in connection with acquiring any product or undertaking any transaction or activity, that would or might actually or potentially infringe or violate, or involve any actual or potential infringement or violation of, any rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any person or entity, or any applicable law or regulation.

b. Without prejudice to Clause 13, each Visitor who acquires or wishes to acquire any product from, or who enters or wishes to enter into any transaction or activity with, or who sends or wishes to send any inquiry to, communicates or wishes to communicate with or otherwise contacts or wishes to contact, or who receives or wishes to receive any communication from, any person or entity, or who undertakes or wishes to undertake any Relevant Activity in relation to any product appearing in this Websites or any of the Overall Content, whether directly or indirectly as a result of or in connection with the use of this Website and/or any of the Overall Content shall:-

i. bear solely and exclusively all responsibility and risks for such product, acquisition, transaction, activity, inquiry, communication, contact or Relevant Activity, and for verifying and/or ensuring that the same do not and will not infringe or violate any rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any person or entity, or any applicable law or regulation (and none of the members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo makes any representation or warranty whatsoever (whether express, implied or statutory) that the same do not and will not infringe or violate any rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any person or entity, or any applicable law or regulation); and

ii.fully indemnify, defend and/or hold harmless, as the case may be, the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees in respect of any and all Liabilities that may be suffered, sustained or incurred, directly or indirectly, by any of the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees, as a result of, or arising from or in connection with, any such product, acquisition, transaction, activity, inquiry, communication, contact or Relevant Activity infringing or violating (or being alleged to infringe or violate) the rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any person or entity, or any applicable law or regulation (and none of the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees assumes or shall bear any liability, obligation, responsibility or risk whatsoever for or in respect of any such product, acquisition, transaction, activity, inquiry, communication, contact or Relevant Activity).

c. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions of Clause 12.

b, each Visitor who acquires or wishes to acquire any product appearing in this Website is advised to conduct, and shall in any event be solely and exclusively responsible for conducting, its own due diligence enquiries, checks and investigations, including (without limitation) consulting the relevant government or regulatory authorities, and seeking its own independent legal advice, as may be necessary and appropriate, so as to satisfy itself and ensure that such product and the Relevant Activities in relation to such product do not and will not infringe any rights and interests (including without limitation Intellectual Property Rights) of any person or entity and are and will be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Each Visitor acknowledges and agrees that Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall not be, or be deemed to be, a party to, or otherwise involved in, any transaction(s) or activity(ies) that may be entered into between any Visitor and any person or entity directly or indirectly as a result of or in connection with the use by any Visitor of this Website.

13.Indemnity

Visitors shall indemnify the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees against any Liabilities that may be suffered, sustained or incurred, directly or indirectly, by the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees as a result of, or arising from or in connection with:-

a. the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees having made available this Website or having entered into these Terms of Use with such Visitors; or b. the enforcement of the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees’ rights under these Terms of Use; or

c. any action taken by the Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo Indemnitees in reliance upon any instructions which such Visitors may give in relation to this Website or their access thereto or use thereof ; or

d. any misrepresentation, negligence, fraud and/or misconduct, and/or any breach of these Terms of Use, by or on the part of such Visitors.

14.Use and operation of this Website

a. Use of information relating to or collected at this Website: Visitors agree that all information and/or particulars sent or submitted by such Visitors in relation to any access and/or use of the Website or which have been collected from such Visitors’ access and/or use of this Website is non-confidential and non-proprietary unless otherwise expressly indicated by such Visitors and may be used by Publisher and/or the relevant member of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo in accordance with this Website’s Privacy Policy (accessible through the “Privacy Policy” link in the footer of this Website).

b. Contents of transmissions or communications: With respect to all contents of transmissions or communications Visitors make or submit through this Website, Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, host, publish, transmit and distribute all such contents of transmissions or communications or any part thereof to others without limitations, and Visitors hereby grant to Publisher and/or the relevant member of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free, irrevocable licence and right to do the same.

c. Restricted use: Visitors agree and undertake not to:

i. use any software or material that contains a virus or damaging component which may corrupt this Website’s data or detrimentally interfere with this Website or the operation of this Website;

ii.transmit any materials or information through this Website which are or may be objectionable, offensive, indecent, defamatory, libellous, slanderous, false, obscene, pornographic or which may not be lawfully disseminated under applicable laws or which such Visitors know or have reason to suspect contains any viruses or damaging components which may corrupt this Website’s data detrimentally interfere with this Website or the operation of this Website; or iii. use this Website other than in conformance with the acceptable use policies of any connected computer networks and any applicable Internet standards.

d. Access to this Website: Visitors shall be responsible for obtaining and using the necessary software and/or device, telecommunications services, hardware and/or equipment necessary to obtain access to this Website at their own risk and expense.In particular, Visitors agree and acknowledge that Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo are not providing them any Internet access or other telecommunication services and that any Internet access or telecommunications services that they may require to access and/or use this Website or the Overall Content will be their sole responsibility and that they will separately obtain such access and/or services, at their own cost, from an appropriate Internet access service provider.

e. At Visitors’ own risk: Any risk of misunderstanding, error, loss, damage or expense resulting from the use of this Website is entirely at the Visitors’ own risk and Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall not be liable therefor.

f. Members only: Access to and use of password-protected and/or secure areas of this Website are restricted to authorized users only.Visitors agree and undertake not to obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorized access to such parts of this Website, or to any other protected information, through any means not intentionally made available by Publisher for the specific use of such Visitors.

g. Username/Password: A Username and Password may either be: (i) determined by and issued to a Visitor who registers with this Website by Publisher; or (ii) provided by a Visitor who registered with this Website and accepted by Publisher in its sole and absolute discretion in connection with the use of and/or access to this Website.Publisher may at any time in its sole and absolute discretion forthwith invalidate the Username and/or Password without giving any reason or prior notice and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage suffered by or caused by such Visitor or arising out of or in connection with or by reason of such invalidation.Each Visitor who registers with this Website hereby agrees to change his Password from time to time and to keep the Username and Password confidential and shall be responsible for the security of his account and liable for any disclosure or use (whether such use is authorised or not) of the Username and/or Password.Each Visitor who registers with this Website shall notify Publisher immediately if he has knowledge that or has reason for suspecting that the confidentiality of the Username and/or Password has been compromised or if there has been any unauthorised use of the Username and/or Password.

h. Purported access and/or use of this Website: Each Visitor who registers with this Website agrees and acknowledges that any use or purported use of or access to or purported access to this Website and any information, data, instructions or communications referable to the Username and Password shall be deemed to be, as the case may be: (i) use of or access to this Website by such Member; and/or (ii) information, data, instructions or communications carried out, transmitted or validly issued by such Visitor.Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall be entitled (but not obliged) to act upon, rely on and/or hold such Visitor solely responsible and liable in respect thereof as if the same were carried out, transmitted or validly issued by such Visitor.Each Visitor who registers with this Website further agrees and acknowledge that such Visitor shall be bound by any access or use of this Website (whether such access or use is authorised by such Visitor or not) and/or information, data, instructions or communications referable to such Visitor’s Username and Password.

i. Binding and conclusive: Each Visitor agrees and acknowledges that any records maintained by Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo relating to or in connection with this Website shall be binding and conclusive on such Visitor for all purposes whatsoever and shall be conclusive evidence of any information and/or data transmitted between Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo and such Visitor.Each Visitor hereby agrees that all such records are admissible in evidence and that he shall not challenge or dispute the admissibility, reliability, accuracy or the authenticity of such records merely on the basis that such records are in electronic form or are the output of a computer system, and he hereby waives any of his rights, if any, to so object.

15.Termination of access

Visitors agree that Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo may, at its sole discretion, deny or suspend such Visitors’ access to password-protected or secure areas of this Website, or any of the services, features or functionalities provided in or through this Website, for any reason, including without limitation, if Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo believes that such Visitors have violated or acted inconsistently with any terms or conditions set out herein, or if in Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo’s opinion, it is not suitable to continue providing such areas, services, features or functionalities.

16.Delegation

Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo may delegate or outsource the performance of any of their functions in connection with this Website and reserve the right to use any agents, delegates or contractors on such terms as they deem appropriate.

17.Entire agreement

These Terms of Use, together with any other Specific Terms relating to Specific Services (if applicable), constitute the entire agreement between the Visitor and Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede any and all prior written and/or oral representations, understandings, agreements or communications between such parties regarding the subject matter hereof and thereof.

18.Waivers

Failure or delay of either party to insist at any time upon strict compliance with any provision herein, to exercise any right or remedy contained in these Terms of Use or to seek remedy of any breach shall not constitute or be construed as a waiver of such provision or breach, or of any other rights or remedies, or a bar to the exercise or enforcement at any subsequent time or times.

No waiver of any right under or any provision of these Terms of Use shall be valid or effective unless in writing signed by the party granting such waiver.

Any waiver of any right under or any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any other right(s) under or any other provision(s) of these Terms of Use or of the same right or provision on another occasion.

19.Illegality

If any provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable ("Affected Provision"), then, to the maximum extent possible, such Affected Provision shall be modified and/or replaced by an equivalent legal, valid and enforceable provision in a manner which accords with or which gives effect to, as closely as possible, the original intent of the Affected Provision.If, however, such modification or replacement is not possible, then (if and to the extent permissible) the Affected Provision shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms of Use.The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of, or the modification, replacement or severance of, the Affected Provision shall not in any way affect or impair the legality, validity or enforceability of the other provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.

20.Relationship of parties

The relationship of the Visitors and Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo established by these Terms of Use shall be solely that of independent contractors.Nothing contained in these Terms of Use shall constitute or be construed as creating any fiduciary, partnership, joint venture, agency or sales representative relationship between the Visitors and Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, and neither of the Visitors nor Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo shall have any right whatsoever to incur any obligations or liabilities on behalf of or binding on the other party.

21.Rights of third parties

Save for other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo, a person or entity who is not a party to these Terms of Use shall have no right under the law of China or any similar legislation in any jurisdiction to enforce any term of these Terms of Use, regardless of whether such person or entity has been identified by name, as a member of a class or as answering a particular description.For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Clause 21 shall affect the rights of any permitted assignee or transferee of these Terms of Use.

22.Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of China.The Visitor hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of China and/or such other courts of competent jurisdiction as Publisher and/or other relevant members of Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo may in its absolute discretion deem fit.

Introduction and who we are

The Privacy Policy is issued on behalf by Shanghai SinoExpo Informa Markets International Exhibitions Company Limited, a joint-venture company between Informa Markets Asia Group Limited and Shanghai Sinoexpo International Co. Ltd.  In this Privacy Policy where “the organisers”, "we", "us" or "our" appears, it refers to Shanghai SinoExpo Informa Markets International Exhibitions Company Limited. This Policy is written in both Chinese and English, and both languages have the same effect. If there is any inconsistency between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

We take the matters related to personal information seriously and are committed to handling the personal information of all those we engage with, whether customers, visitor, suppliers, colleagues, exhibitor or any other groups, responsibly and in a way that meets the legal requirements of China.

As part of using our products and services, browsing our websites and WeChat mini-programs, and contacting the business, data and information is collected. This Privacy Policy sets out our approach to safeguarding and maintaining that personal information, and explains what data is collected, how it is used, the legal basis for its use, and the rights individuals have over that data.

What we collect 

This section tells you what personal information we may collect when you use our products and services, and what other personal information we may receive from other sources. 

In this Privacy Policy, the term ‘personal information’ refers to the types of personal information that may be collected and used, including:

• Contact details, such as name, email address, postal address and telephone number

• Educational, nationality and professional information

• Demographic information such as gender and birth date

• Usernames and passwords

• Payment information, such as a credit or debit card number or bank account details

• Device information related to the security of orders and other necessary information required by anti-money laundering regulations;

• Comments, feedback, ratings, posts and other content submitted, including survey information

• Interests and communication preferences including marketing permissions where appropriate

• Rough location information such as provided through website or WeChat mini-programs

• Images, including photographs and video footage, for example via CCTV or cameras in our mobile apps, or where we require a photograph on an event badge for security purposes

• Identity verifying information such as passport details to comply with legal obligations in certain countries and to provide visa invitation letters where requested 

• IP address, Website, WeChat mini-programs and communication usage information, such as correspondence and details of your use of our website and services obtained through cookies or other tracking technologies.

• Name of hotel when attending one of our events.

This personal information relates to the following categories of people:

• Prospects, customer contacts, subscribers and users in respect of our services and products;

• Visitors, sponsors, exhibitors and speakers at our events;

• Contacts of our service providers and business partners

We may collect this information directly from you when you register for an event or engage with our services and/or platforms. We may also collect this information from third party partners and public sources to the extent permitted by applicable data protection law in China. In some cases, the data we collect from third parties is provided in a de-identified form and we are only able to connect it to you, if, and when you enter your mobile phone number on one of our sites.

Sensitive personal information

Sensitive personal information refers to personal information that, if leaked or used illegally, may easily lead to an infringement upon the human dignity of a natural person or endangerment of the safety of his/her body or property, including biometric, religious beliefs, specific identity, medical and health care, financial accounts, whereabouts and other information, as well as the personal information of minors under 14 years of age.

If collecting or storing sensitive personal information, such as information relating to health and financial details, we will typically ask for your explicit and separate consent. However, there are some limited situations where this will not occur such as if you have an accident. If this does occur, we will ensure your privacy rights are protected.

During in-person events in Mainland China, we may collect your Personal identity numbers and scanned copy of the identity documents, to fulfil legal obligations such as epidemic prevention and public security management. We may retain this information for the time necessary and within the retention period stipulated by laws and administrative regulations. We may also share that information with government authorities

If you are registering as a merchant or other roles which required additional identity authentication, on our websites and WeChat mini-program, we may collect financial accounts information, such as data necessary for processing payments and fraud prevention, including credit/debit card numbers, security code numbers and other related billing information.

If you are registering for any of our in-person events as a visitor via online registration site or WeChat mini-program, we may collect your precise location to Identify or authenticate users and for access control purposes.

Children’s personal information
Our services and products are directed at business professionals. They are not intended for children under the age of sixteen. We do not knowingly collect personal information from users in this age group and reserve the right to delete such information if we become aware of having collected it. 

How and why personal information is used 

This section explains how and why we use personal information.

In product enquiries, sales and administration

If you have made an enquiry about us or our products or services, either online or over the phone, your personal information will be used to respond to the enquiry or to take other steps at your request, prior to you entering into a contract with us.

If you have purchased or registered for one of our products or services, including on a trial basis, we will use your personal information, including bank or card details, to provide you with the product or service, communicate with you about it, handle payments and recover any debts.

In call monitoring for training and quality monitoring purposes

Where one of our sales representatives speaks to you over the phone, the calls may be recorded for training and monitoring purposes.

For event and exhibition management

If you participate in one of our events as a speaker, sponsor, exhibitor or attendee, your personal information will be used in connection with the running of the event, to handle payments and recover debts, and to carry out logistic, and analytics activities, to ensure our events run smoothly and so that we can offer an improved experience for our customers.

We will also use your personal information to maintain databases that allow us to assess your qualities as a speaker or sponsor/exhibitor, promote events and encourage further engagement at our events. 

Where we have your consent to do so, we may share your personal information with exhibitors at the event you are going to attend, so that they can contact you in advance and arrange to meet with you during the event.

In addition, photos and videos are taken at our events, which may feature attendees, speakers, sponsors or exhibitors. Where we have taken photos and videos at our events that feature you as an attendee, sponsor or exhibitor, to the extent permitted by applicable data protection laws, those photos and videos may be used for promotional purposes. Third parties may also take photographs at our events, for example to maintain a record of stands or exhibitors they have visited. We are not responsible for the collection or use of images taken by third parties.

Where events and exhibitions use badge scanning technology your personal information will be used to identify you at certain access points, such as to VIP areas, seminars, entry and exit and other areas of the event. This will provide certain location information. Badges or visitor registration QR code cannot be read remotely.

The personal information obtained from badge scanning will be used for access control, security and analysing visitor traffic with a view to improving the event experience for visitors and others. 

You can also allow your badge or visitor registration QR code to be scanned by event exhibitors. When you do so your contact details will be shared with the relevant exhibitor and used in accordance with applicable data protection laws, the exhibitor’s privacy policy and any other notices or consents you are provided with or given at the event.

Where we are hosting and managing a virtual exhibition or event the organisers (and any third party platform provider acting on our behalf) will use your personal information provided during the registration process to host and manage this digital event and for analysing visitor interactions and traffic with a view to improving the event experience for visitors and provide you with a personalized experience.

When you entering a virtual spaces, zone or room such as an exhibition booth your personal information may be shared with the sponsor and exhibitor to allow them to engage with you subject to the privacy notice and visitor rules and regulations you may have been provided during the registration and login process.

For marketing 

The relevant service providers we engaged may use your personal information to send you newsletters, offers or other marketing emails that keep you up to date with our news, events and products that may be of interest. Depending on the nature of your interaction with us and applicable data protection laws, you may have actively given us your consent (i.e. opted in) or we may be entitled to rely on your consent to this Privacy Policy to market to you. The opportunity to opt out of future marketing will always be provided and you have the right to amend your marketing preferences at any time (see Your Rights section). 

In some circumstances, where we have a lawful basis and you have provided your mobile telephone number, we may send marketing SMS/text messages or call you for marketing purposes, in accordance with applicable local laws. We may also send postal mailings with information on new products and events, where we have a lawful basis to do so and you have provided us with your postal address.

Some of our events, products and marketing services are co-branded or sponsored by third party exhibitors or sponsors. We may share your details with these third-party partners. Where this happens, a clear notice will be provided that gives the opportunity to opt out or opt-in to such sharing as required by applicable data protection laws. The third-party partner’s use of your details will be in accordance with the notice provided and its Privacy Policy and is not covered by this Privacy Policy.

For customer and prospects management (including analytics and product management)

We will combine the personal information that they collect from you, including much of the information in the “what we collect” section above, with personal data collected from certain trusted third party sources and use this information to create profiles in order to determine your/your company’s commercial interests.

For example, we will collate the information you provide as part of your registration for events, information you generate in connection with your attendance at events, information obtained by us using first party cookies and tracking technology on our websites and WeChat Mini-program and certain information we obtain from third parties (such as data providers) to analyse, segment and determine which marketing segments you fall within.

This information can then be used by, or for the benefit of, our clients in different ways as part of our marketing service offering to enable these clients to undertake tailored and targeted advertising campaigns. Our clients can present individuals with information about products and services that our clients think will be of interest to them via various channels based on the marketing segments we have developed and allocated individuals to. In many cases these advertising campaigns are run by us on behalf of clients without us ever sharing any personal data with the relevant clients (including via marketing emails, and social media channels and our advertising partners who facilitate advertising on third party sites). In other cases, we may provide to clients information that the client is unable to use to identify you in order for them to instigate their own marketing campaigns. In all cases, our activities are undertaken to the extent permitted by applicable law. These activities are undertaken based on individuals’ marketing consents. Therefore, if you have exercised your rights to opt out of email marketing, you will not be marketed to in connection with the marketing services we provide to clients via any channel.

The activities that we, and our third party partners, undertake may entail analysing or predicting behaviours and preferences (e.g. interests in certain content, services and/or at events). The analytics will identify companies and individuals with similar characteristics to companies and individuals that we know are interested in certain services, generating a similarity report for those clients. We will then enrich the information we hold about companies and individuals and send advertising to prospects based on this analysis.

In social media

We may use your personal information to undertake advertising campaigns on social media platforms such as WeChat, Weibo and Baidu in order to provide information about upcoming events or new products and to ensure you only receive relevant advertising about our products and services. We may share your personal information with social media platforms so that you see advertising about our, or our partners’, products and services that we think you will be interested in when you interact with the relevant social media platform. We may also share your personal information with social media platforms to help us present relevant advertising to individuals who the social media platforms determine are likely to have similar interests to you.

We maintain presences on social media platforms, through our company and brand pages. We collect personal information when you interact with us on social media. Please note that these social media platforms may set cookies and other tracking technologies on your device when you visit their pages and when you navigate from their pages.

The output of such information may be provided to us (usually for statistical purposes to see how users interact with our content on social media platforms). The social media platforms are responsible for how they handle your personal information and information about how these social media platforms collect and use your personal information (and how they use cookies and other technologies, including instructions on how you can disable these) can usually be found in their respective privacy policies and cookies policies on their respective websites. For customer and prospects management (including analytics and product management)

For website analytics

We may combine visitor session information or other information collected through tracking technologies, whether you are logged in or not, with personally identifiable information to understand and analyse your online experiences and determine which events, products and services are likely to be of interest to you.

Our marketing related emails contain a single, campaign-unique “web beacon pixel” to tell us whether emails are opened, and combined with other technology, to verify any clicks through to links within the email. We may use this information for purposes including determining which emails are of more interest to you and to query whether users who do not open our emails wish to continue receiving them. The pixel will be deleted when you delete the email. 

Where you subscribe to an online service, the accompanying emails similarly include a pixel. We track interaction with these emails and our online services to validate attendance for accreditation purposes, to help determine which information is of interest to you and to customise the advertisements seen on our sites.

If you do not wish the pixel to be downloaded to your device, you should choose not to click links that we send or to opt out of email marketing or online events. This information may be connected to your personal identity.

While we strive to offer choice when using our website and WeChat Mini-program, we do not promise that we will be able to receive or honour web browser Do Not Track signals.

Within online membership communities, bulletin boards and chat areas (including WeChat groups)

You may choose to participate in WeChat groups organized by our Enterprise WeChat account and online membership communities on our sites that allow you to create and publish a profile and other personal information. These communities may provide privacy controls that allow choice in how much of your profile and other information to make public or to share with others within the community.

Privacy controls are usually found on the page on which you edit your profile, and each individual is responsible for understanding how those controls work, including default settings, and choosing how the information provided is shared and protected. By participating in these WeChat groups and online membership communities you may be contacted by other participants using the information provided.

When you disclose personal information on any public community boards, WeChat groups or chat areas of this website, your personal information can be collected and used by anyone who views that board, WeChat group or area. This may result in unsolicited messages from other participants or other parties, which are outside of our control or responsibility. In addition, the information you disclose may include your or others' personal information or even sensitive personal information. Please exercise extra caution when sharing or disclosing relevant information when using our services.

Where you engage with us in customer enquiry chat areas or WeChat groups, we will use any information provided to help recommend products and/or assist with confirming any order you wish to place.

For enquiries and complaints

Any personal information provided on the Contact Us page will be used only to provide a response or to service the request or enquiry made. The information provided will not be added to the marketing or customer prospect databases of our operating divisions.

For fulfilling legal obligations including anti-fraud measures and screening

If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified or suspected, details may be passed to fraud prevention agencies and may be recorded by us or by them.

To ensure we comply with international trade sanction laws and regulations, where appropriate customers, vendors and suppliers are screened against applicable sanctions lists.

We may also collect categories of personal information required by local law in order to obtain an event licence or to respond to queries or requests made by China law enforcement

How we protect personal information 

We recognise the importance of protecting and managing personal information. Any personal information provided will be treated with the utmost care and security. This section sets out some of the security measures in place.  

We use a variety of physical and technical measures to keep personal information safe and prevent unauthorised access to, or use or disclosure of it.  Electronic data and databases are stored on secure computer systems with control over access to information using both physical and electronic means. Our colleagues receive data protection training and there is a set of detailed security and data protection policies which colleagues are required to follow when handling personal information.

While we take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal information will be kept secure from unauthorised access, we cannot guarantee it will be secure during transmission by you to a website or other services, as we do not control that transmission.  We make use of HTTPS (HTTP Secure) whereby the communication protocol is encrypted via Transport Layer Security (TLS) for secure communication over a computer network. The website is loaded via HTTPS, represented by the lock icon in your web browser ensuring the transmission is secured with a certificate issued by an official security certificate authority to the service provider operating it. 

When using our website, platform or WeChat mini-program for transactions, you will may disclose your personal information to potential trading parties, please properly protect your personal information and provide it to others only when it’s necessary.

Cross-border transfer of personal information

In principle, your personal information will be processed within China. However, as a global company, your Personal Information may be provided to Informa affiliates (including companies established outside of China) for global management and business planning purposes.

For example:

• Informa Group Limited, located in 5 Howick Place, London, United Kingdom

For such cross-border transfers, we will obtain your separate consent and meet the requirements and procedures in accordance with applicable Chinese law.

In some cases, we may also use service providers outside of China to assist us in processing your Personal Information. We will take necessary measures in accordance with the law, including but not limited to obtaining your separate consent, entering into standard contractual clauses with overseas recipients to stipulate the rights and obligations of both parties, and ensuring adequate protection for your Personal Information.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or complaints about the cross-border processing of personal information described above, you can contact us or contact overseas recipients through the contact details listed in this Policy.

Cookies 

A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identifier that is automatically placed on a user’s computer or other device when the user visits a website. For more information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Third-party links

This website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites and do not accept any liability in connection with their content. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of each third-party site linked from our website to determine its use of your personal information.

Sharing personal information

To provide you with our services and products, your information may be shared for specific reasons. This section explains how and why personal data is shared.

We will only share your personal information if we have obtained your separate consent as required by China data protection law and regulations or in circumstances where your consent is not required according to laws and regulations.

Sharing with Informa Group companies

As part of the Informa Group, we share your personal information with affiliates within the Group.

If we are sharing personal information with affiliates outside of China, we will also ensure compliance with the requirements and procedures set forth in the "Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information" section. We only share personal information when it is necessary, and within the purposes stated in this policy. If we share your sensitive personal information, we will seek your authorization and consent again.

We will take all reasonable controls to ensure the security of your personal information transmission and processing when it is shared with others as permitted by this Privacy Policy.

Sharing with Service Providers

We may share your personal information with third parties who assist in providing our products and services and administering our business. These include IT and marketing technology host suppliers, web and data hosting providers, mailing houses, ad servers, logistics and general services contractors, debt collection agencies, onsite health and safety partners, event registration partners, sales platform providers, communication tool providers, stand designers/builders/fitters, suppliers of sponsorship/marketing/PR collateral and other event collaboration partners. Personal information will only be shared with third parties if and to the extent it is necessary for them to provide our products and services to you.

We use web chat services including WeChat and WeCom that allow us to connect with you and answer sales and customer services questions quickly and directly. We ensure these service providers protect your data but these chats are intended to provide quick answers to basic service questions only, and you should not provide any sensitive information, such as bank or credit card details in these chats.

In particular, in order to improve the strength and stability of our WeChat (including WeCom) mini-programs, we might embed application program interfaces (APIs) and software tool development kits (SDKs) of authorized partners (including WeChat companies, online banking or third-party payment platforms, etc.). We will conduct security testing on the APIs and SDKs from authorized partners to obtain relevant information and establish data protection agreements which require authorized partners to process personal information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as this Policy and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures, unless authorized partners obtain your consent separately.

The following table lists the relevant third-party SDKs:

These personal information processors are bound to compliance through contracts in place that protects the personal information you have shared with us.

Sharing with other Personal Information Processors

We may share your personal information with trusted partner organisations for their marketing purposes in accordance with applicable data protection laws and where required, with your permissions. We will inform you of the name of the recipient, contact information, processing purpose, processing method and type of personal information shared. If such sharing is based on consent, we will also obtain your separate consent in accordance with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations.

If you use one of our virtual products, such as a virtual exhibition, directory site or webinar, or choose to allow your badge or your visitor registration QR code to be scanned at an event, we may pass the information you provide to third parties. Generally, this will be via a process whereby you, as the user, visit or interact with a third party such as by visiting a stand at an online exhibition, having your badge or your visitor registration QR code scanned or clicking an asset branded and provided by a third party. In some instances, for example, a product listing site, you may reach out directly to a supplier or exhibitor, who may contact you in return. In other instances, our virtual products are sponsored and, in these cases, the data provided will be given to the sponsor. Generally, we will let you know at the time of collection if a product is sponsored.

We may also share your personal information or business information, if we determine that you have violated laws and regulations or seriously violated the relevant agreements and rules of the platforms you signed up to, to protect the personal and property safety of other users from infringement.

To reorganise or make changes to our business

In the event that we are subject to negotiations for the sale of all or a part of our business to a third party, are sold to a third party or undergo a re-organisation, we may need to transfer some or all of your personal information to the relevant third party or its advisors as part of any due diligence process. We will put reasonable controls on your personal information by signing confidentiality agreements with relevant third-parties.

Any information that is transferred to that re-organised entity or third party and will be used for the same purposes as set out in this policy, or for the purpose of analysing any proposed sale or re-organisation. If the third party changes the original processing purpose and processing method, your consent may be obtained again when it’s necessary.

In connection with legal or regulatory obligations

We may process your personal information to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements or to respond to regulators where applicable. This may include disclosing your personal information to third parties, the court service and/or regulators or law enforcement agencies in connection with enquiries, proceedings or investigations by such parties anywhere in the world or where compelled to do so.

In some circumstances, we may be legally required to disclose your personal information because a court, the police, another judicial or law enforcement body or government entity has asked us for it.

How long information is kept 

We will only retain personal information for as long as is necessary and as permitted by applicable laws. 

We will retain personal information while we are using it, as described in the section above.  We may continue to retain it after we have ceased such uses for certain legitimate business purposes.  For example, if you have opted out of marketing communications from us, we will retain limited details about you to ensure we can honour your opt-out request. We may also continue to retain your personal information to meet our legal requirements or to defend or exercise our legal rights. 

The length of time for which we will retain your personal information will depend on the purposes for which we need to retain it and whether we can achieve these purposes by other means, as well as the volume, nature and sensitivity of the personal information, the risks that may arise from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information and applicable legal requirements. After the expiration of the retention period, we will delete or anonymize your relevant personal information unless we obtain your explicit consent.

Your rights 

If you have any questions in relation to our use of your personal information, contact us. Under certain conditions, you (or in limited circumstances, your next of kin) may have the right to require us to:

• Provide you with further details on the use we make of your information

• Provide you with a copy of information that you have provided to us

• Correct or update any inaccuracies in the personal information we hold if the correction does not affect the objectivity and accuracy of the information

• Delete any personal information that we no longer have a lawful ground to use, or if the collection or use of the personal information violates applicable law or our agreement with you

• Change the scope of your consent to our processing of your personal information or withdraw your consent

• Request the transfer of your personal information to another personal information processor

• Cancel your registered account at any time

Please contact us if you would like to exercise any of the above rights. You may find our contact information at the end of this policy.

For security reasons, we may verify your identity before processing your request. After verifying your identity, we will respond to your request in a timely manner and give a reply and reasonable explanation within the time limit stipulated by applicable laws and regulations or inform you of external ways to resolve disputes.

However, we may not be able to respond to your request in some circumstances, such as those in connection with:

   -   Our performance of our obligations under laws and regulations;

   -   National security, national defence and security;

   -   Public safety, public health, or major public interests;

   -   Criminal investigations, prosecutions and trials;

   -   Evidence of malice or abuse of rights;

   -   Protection of the life, property and other major legal rights and interests of you or other individuals;

   -   Issues where responding to your request will cause serious damage to the legitimate rights and interests of you or other individuals or organizations;

   -   Trade secrets.

In connection with requests for deletion of personal information, due to applicable legal and security technical restrictions, we may not be able to immediately delete the corresponding information from backup systems.  In such cases, we will securely store your personal information and restrict any further processing of it until the backup can be erased or anonymized.

After canceling your account, we will stop providing you with products or services and delete your personal information, except as otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations.

If you want to exercise any of these rights, please send an email to databi-hk@informa.com. We will check your entitlement and respond in most cases within 15 working days.

Updating your information and marketing preferences 

We want to ensure you remain in control of your personal information. We try to ensure the personal information held about you is accurate and up-to-date. We will always provide the opportunity to unsubscribe or opt out of future marketing communications.

Information on how to unsubscribe or opt out will be provided on every marketing email we send you.  However, if at any stage you would like to update and/or correct such personal information, or opt-out of future marketing communications, request this by sending an email to databi-hk@informa.com

Contacting us  

For any questions about this Privacy Policy contact:

Personal Information Protection Coordinator 

E-mail: databi-hk@informa.com

We hope we will be able to resolve any privacy concerns you may have. However, you always have the right to complain to the competent court at the registered address of Shanghai SinoExpo Informa Markets International Exhibitions Company Limited or any supervisory authority for data protection law and regulations.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

To keep up with changing legislation, best practice and changes in how we process personal information, we may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a revised version on this website. In the event of any material change to this Privacy Policy, we will provide notice via email or our website or by other means. To stay up to date on any changes, check back periodically. You acknowledge that your continued use of our products or services after we publish or send a notice about our changes to this Privacy Policy means that the collection, use and sharing of your personal data is subject to the updated Privacy Policy, as of its effective date.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on December 26, 2023.