The China Institute endeavors to be as up front as possible about the personal information collected in our site. In an effort to maintain this stance, we provide this privacy statement.

Site Content
This site may contain links to other sites outside our control. The China Institute is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Information Collected

1. THIS SITE USES cookies to store personal data. This practice is in no way an effort to compromise privacy but instead simplifies site administration and site use by recording commonly used data.
2. WE WILL collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. [ please click here for more information - table I ]
3. WE WILL NOT collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.
4. WE WILL NOT disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organizations.

Children's Guidelines
Our Web site meets the guidelines of TRUSTe's Children's program:

1. WE WILL NOT collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent
2. WE WILL NOT collect personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental consent
3. WE WILL NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information without prior parental consent
4. WE WILL NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent

Choice/Opt-Out
This site gives users the following option for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

1. You can send email to info@chinainstitute.com

Correct/Update
This site gives users the following option for changing and modifying information previously provided.

1. You can send email to info@chinainstitute.com

Table I.  TABLE of personal data collected and purposes for which they are used

Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact: