Notice to PRC residents

If you are a resident of the People's Republic of China (“PRC”), the Sensitive Information collected from you includes information within the categories of data in the table below. The sources of the information is set forth in the section titled “Personal Data We Collect”. For information regarding who we disclose and transfer your Sensitive Information to, see the section titled “Sharing and Transferring Personal Data.” In addition, for PRC residents, we will not provide your personal data in the PRC to any government authorities outside the PRC unless we have obtained the Chinese government’s approval. Where the data recipient outside the PRC is not a government authority, we will only make that transfer if:

  • a proper data cross-border transfer agreement has been entered between us and the third-party, and where applicable, we will use standard contract clauses mandated by the PRC government;
  • we have passed the PRC government-led personal data cross-border transfer security assessment, or
  • we have completed personal data protection certification conducted by an accredited institution.

We do not sell or otherwise unlawfully share or provide your Sensitive Information.

Note that the categories listed below are defined by PRC law. Inclusion of a category in the list below indicates only that, depending on the services and products we provide you, we may collect some information within that category. It does not necessarily mean that we collect all information listed in a particular category from all our consumers. 

 

Category

Purpose of processing

Personal property information (bank account, bank token, account balance and cash flow, real property information, debt information, credit history, transaction history, cryptocurrencies, virtual transactions) 

This data is processed for a number of our operational functions, including responding to inquiries, providing customer service, establishing you/your organization as a client, confirming or processing orders for goods or services than you may make with us (either as customer or supplier), verifying customer information, processing payments, hosting you at our sites / offices and providing hospitality services, managing and administering the user accounts and profiles you have with us, collecting information about how you use them and your preferences and tailoring and improving our services accordingly. If you are an applicant, we use this information to open and administer your file. It is also processed in order to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, for compliance management, data analytics and technological development of our systems. It is also processed for advertising and marketing purposes. 

Personal health information (syndromes, history of hospitalization, history of surgeries, history of medication, history of infectious disease) 

This data is processed when hosting you at our sites / offices and providing hospitality services. It is also used for investigating, evaluating, demonstrating, monitoring, improving and reporting on our compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements (such as anti-money laundering and customer verification checks). 

Personal biometric information (fingerprint, voice print, palmprint, auricle, iris and facial identification characteristics) 

This data is processed when hosting you at our sites / offices and providing hospitality services. It is also used for investigating, evaluating, demonstrating, monitoring, improving and reporting on our compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements (such as anti-money laundering and customer verification checks). Further, this data is processed in connection with a number of our operational functions, including recording sales calls and other calls 

Personal identification information (ID card, passport, driver’s license, social insurance and residence permit) 

This data is processed for a number of our operational functions, including responding to inquiries, providing customer service, establishing you/your organization as a client, confirming or processing orders for goods or services than you may make with us (either as customer or supplier), verifying customer information, processing payments, hosting you at our sites / offices and providing hospitality services, managing and administering the user accounts and profiles you have with us, collecting information about how you use them and your preferences and tailoring and improving our services accordingly. If you are an applicant, we use this information to open and administer your file. It is also processed in order to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, for compliance management, data analytics and technological development of our systems. It is also processed for advertising and marketing purposes. 

Other sensitive information (sex orientation, marital history, religious belief, non-public crime records, correspondence record and contents, contact lists, and browsing history) 

This data is processed when hosting you at our sites / offices and providing hospitality services. It is also used for investigating, evaluating, demonstrating, monitoring, improving and reporting on our compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements (such as anti-money laundering and customer verification checks). This data is also used to help manage and administer the website, gather demographic information, as well as to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, for compliance management, data analytics and technological development of our systems.