People's Online Privacy Policy

This policy is only applicable to the "People's Network" website and related services.

Release date of this version: April 13, 2022

Updated on: April 13, 2022


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Welcome to use the "People's Network" website and related services.

People's Daily Online Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "us") understands the importance of personal information to you, and we will respect and protect your privacy. Through this policy, we will explain to you how the "People's Network" website and related services will collect, store, protect, use and provide your information externally, and explain your rights, and how we will provide you with services to access, update and manage your information.

We suggest that you read this policy carefully according to the following index to further understand the specific provisions of this policy:

This privacy policy will help you understand the following:

1. How we collect and use your personal information

2. How do we use cookies and similar technologies

3. How do we share, transfer and publicly disclose your personal information

4. How do we store your personal information

5. How do we protect the security of your personal information

6. Your Rights

7. How we deal with children's personal information

8. Revision of privacy policy

9. How to contact us

1、 How we collect and use your personal information

According to the Information Security Technology Personal Information Security Specification (GB/T 35273-2020), personal information refers to various information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify your identity or reflect your activities independently or in combination with other information.

According to the principle of legality, legitimacy and necessity, we only collect the information necessary to realize the product function.

The business functions of "People's Network" website include providing news, video and other content services, interactive service functions such as "leaders' message board", "powerful country forum", "rights protection", and services provided by third parties.

Your personal information needs to be collected and used by the functions of the People's Network website and related services.

Personal information directly provided by you and automatically collected by us:

(1) Personal information involved in registering and logging on the "People's Network" website and related services

1. Account registration information

(1) Registered account

According to relevant national laws and regulations, you do not need to register and log in when you use the "People's Network" website to browse and read content, but you need to register and log in to the "People's Network Passport" account when you use the interactive function. When you register your "People's Network Passport" account, we will collect your mobile phone number, SMS verification code and nickname to help you complete the registration and ensure the security of your account. If you do not provide such information, you may not be able to log in to your "People's Network Passport" account and use all our services normally.

(2) Account login

When you log in with your mobile phone number, in order to improve the success rate of this function, we need to send you a short message and collect the verification code. Refusing to provide this information will only affect your use of this function, but will not affect your use of our other functions.

2. Contact information of participating in operation activities

People's Network website will launch operation activities from time to time. If you participate in relevant operation activities, we will collect your personal information through the operation activity interface in order to get in touch with you. If you do not participate in relevant operational activities, you do not need to provide the above information.

(2) Personal information involved in using various business functions of the People's Daily Online website

1. When you use the search service provided by People's Daily Online, we will collect your query keywords, device information, etc. In order to provide an efficient search service, some of these information will be temporarily stored in your local storage device. Here, you should note that your keyword information can not identify your personal identity alone, and it does not belong to your personal information, so we have the right to use it for other purposes; Only when your search keyword information is connected with your other information and can identify your personal identity, we will treat your search keyword information as your personal information during the combined use, together with your search history, to process and protect it according to this policy.

2. When you participate in the relevant marketing activities of People's Daily Online, we will collect your name, school name, mailing address, contact information, bank account and other information. These information are the basis for you to receive transfers or gifts. If you refuse to provide these information, we will not be able to transfer or distribute gifts to you.

In case of special circumstances involving national security and interests, social and public interests, related activities related to criminal investigation, and the safety of your or others' lives and property, if you can't obtain your timely authorization, People's Daily may collect your personal information from other legally open channels and other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations without your consent or authorization. If you obtain your personal information outside the above scenarios, you will obtain your express consent again, and fully explain the application scenarios and the content and scope of obtaining your relevant information to you before obtaining your express consent.

2、 How we use cookies Web beacons and similar technologies

The main function of cookies is to facilitate your use of websites and services, and help websites count the number of independent visitors. With cookie technology, we can provide you with better service and allow you to set your specific service options. We promise that the research on cookie information is only for the purpose of improving service/product quality and optimizing user experience. At the same time, if you do not want your personal information to be kept in cookies, you can configure your browser: select "Reject cookies" or "Notify you when the website sends cookies". You know that since the services of People's Network are implemented by supporting cookies, after the operation of closing cookies, your access to People's Network may be affected or you may not be able to fully access all services of People's Network. When you do not disable cookies, you may be prompted whether to retain user information the next time you enter this website in order to simplify the login procedures (such as one click login). We use Web beacons and other similar technologies in the same way and for the same purpose as cookies.

3、 How do we share, transfer and publicly disclose your personal information

(1) Share

We will not share or transfer your personal information to a third party without your prior authorization and consent, except for those who cannot identify specific individuals and cannot be recovered after processing.

1. Personal information that we may share with your authorization and consent under the following circumstances:

(1) Service platform or service provider. When you use the third-party services accessed by the "People's Network" website, we will provide the information necessary for the service to the third party with your authorization and consent.

(2) Advertising and consulting service providers/advertisers. Without your authorization, we will not share your personal information with advertising and consulting service providers. However, we may share with advertising or consulting service providers or advertisers the information that cannot identify you after processing and cannot be recovered by the receiver, such as personal information after anonymous processing, to help them improve the effective access rate of advertising and analyze the use of our products and services without identifying you personally.

2. For companies, organizations and individuals with whom we share personal information, we will investigate their data security environment, sign strict confidentiality agreements with them, and require them to handle personal information in accordance with our instructions, this privacy policy and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures.

3. Information you actively share with others.

The "People's Network" website provides services that can link to social media or other service platforms (including websites or other service forms) provided by third parties, including:

(1) You can use the "Share" button to share our information content to WeChat friends circle, Sina Weibo QQ space or other social platforms. These functions may collect your information (including your log information), and may set cookies on your computer to run the above functions normally;

(2) Our friendship links will provide you with third-party services, enabling you to access third-party websites, social media or other services, which are operated by the relevant third party. Your use of such third party websites, social media or other services (including any information you provide to such third parties) must be subject to the third party's own terms of service and information protection statement (not this People's Network Privacy Policy), and you need to carefully read its terms. This Privacy Policy of People's Daily Online is only applicable to any information collected by us, and does not apply to the services provided by any third party or the information use rules of any third party. If you find that there are risks in these third-party websites, social media or other services, you are recommended to terminate relevant operations to protect your legitimate rights and interests, We are not responsible for any third party's use of the information provided by you.

(2) Assignment

We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization or individual other than affiliated companies, except for the following circumstances:

1. Obtain your explicit authorization or consent in advance;

2. Meet the requirements of laws and regulations, legal procedures or mandatory government requirements or judicial rulings;

3. If we or our affiliates are involved in merger, division, liquidation, acquisition or sale of assets or business and your personal information may be transferred as part of such transactions, we will inform you of the recipient's name or contact information, processing purpose, processing method and type of personal information, We will ensure the confidentiality of such information when it is transferred, and try our best to ensure that the new company and organization holding your personal information continue to be bound by this personal information protection policy, otherwise we will ask the company and organization to ask for your authorization and consent again.

(3) Public disclosure

We will only publicly disclose your personal information under the following circumstances:

1. After obtaining your explicit consent;

2. Law based disclosure: we will publicly disclose your personal information in the case of mandatory requirements of laws, legal procedures, lawsuits or government authorities.

(4) Exceptions to obtaining prior authorization for sharing, transferring and publicly disclosing personal information

In the following cases, the sharing, transfer and public disclosure of personal information do not require the prior authorization and consent of the personal information subject:

1. Directly related to national security and national defense security;

2. Directly related to public safety, public health and major public interests;

3. Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution;

4. Necessary for performing legal duties or obligations;

5. Implement news reporting, public opinion supervision and other behaviors for the public interest, and process personal information within a reasonable range;

6. Necessary for responding to public health emergencies or protecting the life, health and property safety of natural persons in emergencies;

7. Personal information disclosed to the public by the subject of personal information;

8. Collect personal information from legally disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels;

9. Necessary for signing and performing the contract according to your requirements;

10. Other circumstances stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

4、 How we store your personal information

(1) Storage location

In accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, personal information collected and generated in the People's Republic of China will be stored in the People's Republic of China. If we transmit personal information abroad, we will follow the relevant national regulations, explain the purpose of personal information going abroad and the type of personal information involved, and ask for your consent.

Such jurisdictions may have different data protection laws or even no relevant laws. In such cases, we will ensure that your personal information is adequately and equally protected in the People's Republic of China. For example, we will ask for your consent to cross-border transfer of personal information, or implement security measures such as data de identification before cross-border data transfer.

(2) Storage life

We will only save your personal information for the period necessary for the purpose of providing you with the People's Network website and related services. We will keep the relevant information during the period when you have not deleted or cancelled your account. After the necessary period, we will delete or anonymize your personal information, unless otherwise specified by laws and regulations.

5、 How we protect your personal information

(1) We attach great importance to your personal information security and strive to take reasonable security measures (including technical and management aspects) to protect your personal information. We have used security measures that comply with industry standards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, public disclosure, use, modification, damage or loss. We will use encryption technology to ensure the confidentiality of data; We will use a trusted protection mechanism to prevent data from being attacked maliciously; We will deploy an access control mechanism to ensure that only authorized personnel can access personal information, and conduct security audits on data and technology in due course; We will establish a security management system and data security process to ensure your personal information security; And we will hold security and privacy protection training courses to enhance employees' awareness of the importance of protecting personal information.

(2) We have built a security system in accordance with the three-level standard of network security level protection of the Ministry of Public Security, and have established a good coordination and communication mechanism with the regulatory authorities to timely resist and deal with various network security threats, so as to provide full protection for your network security.

(3) The Internet is not an absolutely secure environment, and the communication mode of e-mail and instant messaging is not encrypted. We strongly recommend that you do not send personal information through this mode. Please use a complex password to help us ensure the security of your account.

(4) The Internet environment is not 100% secure. We will try our best to ensure or guarantee the security of any information you send us. If our physical, technical or management protection facilities are damaged, resulting in unauthorized access, public disclosure, tampering or destruction of information, resulting in damage to your legitimate rights and interests, we will bear the corresponding legal responsibility.

(5) We will develop an emergency response plan and immediately launch the emergency plan when user information security incidents occur, so as to prevent the impact and consequences of these security incidents from expanding. In the event of a user information security incident (leakage, loss), we will promptly inform you of the basic situation and possible impact of the security incident, the disposal measures we have taken or will take, the suggestions you can independently prevent and reduce risks, and the remedial measures for you in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations. We will inform you of the event in a timely manner by mail, letter, telephone, push notification, etc. When it is difficult to inform the personal information subject one by one, we will take a reasonable and effective way to publish the announcement.

At the same time, we will actively report the disposal of personal information security incidents according to the requirements of the regulatory authorities.

6、 Your rights

In accordance with the relevant laws, regulations and standards of China, as well as the prevailing practices of other countries and regions, we guarantee that you can exercise the following rights on your personal information:

(1) Access and change your personal information

When you want to access your personal information, you can send an email to the customer service mailbox of People's Daily Online( kefu@people.cn )Feed back your question. After your identity is verified, we will deal with your question as soon as possible.

When you find that our personal information about you is wrong, you have the right to correct the wrong or incomplete information. You can send an email to the customer service mailbox of People's Daily Online( kefu@people.cn )Feed back your question. After your identity is verified, we will deal with your question as soon as possible.

(2) Inform the right to stop the operation of products and services in advance

"People's Network" website is willing to accompany you all the time. If the "People's Network" website and services are forced to stop operating due to special reasons, we will notify you on the main page of the website or services or other appropriate ways to reach you, and will stop collecting your personal information. At the same time, we will delete or anonymize your personal information held in accordance with legal provisions.

For your reasonable request, we do not charge a fee in principle, but for repeated requests that exceed reasonable limits, we will charge a certain cost as the case may be. We may reject those requests that are unreasonable and repetitive, require too many technical means (for example, need to develop new systems or fundamentally change existing practices), bring risks to the legitimate rights and interests of others, or are very impractical.

Under the following circumstances, we will not be able to respond to your request for correction, deletion and cancellation of information according to laws and regulations:

1. Directly related to national security and national defense security;

2. Directly related to public safety, public health and major public interests;

3. Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments;

4. We have sufficient evidence to show that you have subjective malice or abuse of rights (such as your request will endanger public security and the legitimate rights and interests of others, or your request is beyond the scope of general technical means and commercial costs);

5. Responding to the request of the personal information subject will cause serious damage to the legitimate rights and interests of you or other individuals and organizations;

6. Those involving trade secrets.

(3) How you access and manage your information

During your use of the service, in order to facilitate your access to and management of your information, and protect your right to log off your account, we have provided you with corresponding operation settings on the website. You can refer to the following guidelines for operation.

1. You can cancel your account through the following path: enter the "People's Network Passport"( https://sso.people.com.cn )”-Binding information - delete the current account and log off.

2. When you cancel the "People's Network Passport" account, all the information in your account will be cleared, and we will not collect, use or provide personal information related to the account, but the information provided or generated by you during the use of the service will still be saved according to the time required by the regulatory requirements, and we will cooperate with the competent authorities to inquire within the time of saving according to law.

3. If you find that we collect and use your personal information in violation of laws and regulations or the agreement with you, you can send an email to the customer service mailbox of People's Daily Online( kefu@people.cn ), ask to delete the corresponding information.

7、 How we deal with children's personal information

People's website and related services are mainly for adults. Without the consent of parents or guardians, children are not allowed to create their own user accounts.

In the case of collecting children's personal information with the consent of parents, we will only use or publicly disclose this information when it is permitted by law, explicitly agreed by parents or guardians, or necessary to protect children and in compliance with laws and administrative regulations.

Although local laws and customs have different definitions of children, we regard anyone under the age of 14 as a child.

If we find that we have collected children's personal information without the prior consent of verifiable parents, we will try to delete relevant data as soon as possible.

8、 Revision of privacy policy

Our privacy policy may change.

Without your explicit consent, we will not reduce your rights under this policy. We will post any changes to this policy on this page. If you do not agree with such changes, you can stop using the People's Daily website and related services. If you continue to use our products or services, you agree to be bound by the revised privacy policy.

For major changes, we will also provide more significant notices. Major changes referred to in this policy include but are not limited to:

1. Our service model has changed significantly. For example, the purpose of processing personal information, the type of personal information processed, and the use mode of personal information;

2. Significant changes have taken place in our ownership structure and organizational structure. Such as business adjustment, bankruptcy M&A, etc;

3. The main objects of personal information sharing, transfer or public disclosure have changed;

4. Your right to participate in personal information processing and the way you exercise it have changed significantly;

5. When the responsible department, contact information and complaint channel for handling personal information security change;

6. When the personal information security impact assessment report indicates that there is a high risk.

We will also archive the old version of this policy for your reference.

9、 How to contact us

We have set up relevant departments and staffed with special personnel in charge of personal information protection. If you have any questions about this policy, or have any complaints or opinions about your personal information processing, you can send an email to the customer service mailbox of People's Daily Online( kefu@people.cn )Give feedback, and finally leave your contact information. The management personnel will respond to your feedback and suggestions. Generally, we will reply within 15 working days after verifying your user identity to fully protect your privacy and security issues. Our contact address: New Media Building, People's Daily, No. 2, Jintai West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100733.