Legal Statement
Welcome to the official website of www.xintec.hk (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). The operator of the Website is Xintechnology Electronics Limited (hereinafter collectively referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”).
We fully recognize the importance of your privacy and respect and protect it accordingly. Through this Legal Statement, we will explain in detail how we collect, use, and protect your personal information on the Website, as well as the relevant rights you are entitled to. We strongly recommend that you carefully read all provisions of this Legal Statement before browsing our Website, using any pages of the Website, submitting consultation forms, downloading materials, or providing information. By accessing, browsing, or using this Website, you are deemed to have fully read, understood, and unconditionally agreed to be bound by all contents of this Statement. If you do not agree with any provision of this Statement, please immediately stop accessing this Website.
If you do not agree to the contents of this Legal Statement, we will be unable to process your personal information. If you voluntarily tick a checkbox, click to confirm, or otherwise expressly indicate your consent to this Legal Statement, or if you provide your personal information after we separately notify you and obtain your consent, you shall be deemed to have fully and completely read, understood, and agreed to all contents of this Legal Statement. We will process and protect your personal information in accordance with the rules on collection, use, storage, and other matters set forth herein.
I. Scope of Protection under this Legal Statement
This Statement applies to all domain names, sub-pages, information sections, online consultation forms, and material download channels of this Website.
We do not have control over third-party websites or applications other than this Website. Therefore, this Legal Statement does not apply to any third-party websites or applications that may be linked from our Website. Such third-party platforms are governed by their own privacy policies and user agreements, and we shall not be responsible for third-party content or information security.
If any sub-domain or product of this Website has its own separate privacy policy, and such policy conflicts with this Legal Statement, the separate privacy policy shall prevail. If any provision of this Legal Statement conflicts with applicable data protection laws, the provisions of the applicable laws shall prevail.
II. Intellectual Property Rights of the Website
All content on this Website, including but not limited to text, copywriting, product images, design drawings, promotional videos, logos and trademarks, page layouts, icons, data charts, and software program code, as well as the copyrights, trademark rights, design rights, and other intellectual property rights therein, are exclusively owned by us or our lawful licensors and are protected by national copyright laws, trademark laws, and international copyright conventions.
Without our formally issued written authorization, no entity or individual may engage in any of the following acts: copying, reproducing, taking screenshots of, modifying, editing, mirroring, commercially reposting, adapting, commercially publishing, or selling any Website content. It is prohibited to use the Website’s trademarks, product images, or text for advertising, e-commerce, promotional materials, or other commercial purposes.
Users are only permitted to temporarily view Website content and print a single page once for personal, non-commercial browsing purposes. Any copyright notices contained on the printed content shall not be deleted, obscured, or covered. Any use beyond the above scope shall constitute infringement, and we reserve the right to pursue all civil compensation claims, administrative complaints, and judicial remedies against the infringing party.
For original content such as text and images submitted by users to us through consultation forms or message channels, the act of submission shall be deemed as granting us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive right to use such content for official website promotion, product display, and case publicity. Users shall retain the copyright in their own original works.
III. Personal Information and Privacy Protection
(I) Personal Information We Collect and How We Collect It
In accordance with the requirements of applicable laws, and for the purpose of responding to your inquiries, we may collect personal information directly from you. Where applicable, the term “personal information” used in this Legal Statement includes sensitive personal information. Subject to the requirements of applicable laws, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, telephone number, and specific inquiry details with your consent.
We may also collect other information that cannot identify any specific individual, namely information that does not constitute personal information. The purpose of collecting such information is to improve the services we provide to you. We may aggregate such information to help us provide you with more useful information and understand which parts of our Website are of greatest interest to you. For the purposes of this Legal Statement, aggregated data shall be regarded as non-personal information. If we combine non-personal information with personal information, such information shall be treated as personal information for the duration of such combined use.
(II) Purposes and Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information
Subject to applicable laws, this Website may process personal information in the following ways with your consent:
Direct Marketing: After obtaining your consent, we will process the personal information you voluntarily submit to us in order to send you the materials you request or provide information relating to our products and services. If you request product materials, or if you purchase products and services, we may also use your personal information to provide you with information about products and services that we believe may be of interest to you. If you wish to stop receiving such materials, please contact us.
Responding to Inquiries and Improving Browsing Experience: We may use your personal information to answer your inquiries, respond to your requests, or send you the materials you need. In order to provide you with a smoother and easier browsing experience, after obtaining your express consent, we may use browsing data to analyze visitor activity on this Website.
Compliance with Applicable Legal Obligations: We may allow access to any information provided to this Website pursuant to valid legal procedures. Where necessary, we may allow access to such information in special emergency circumstances involving threats to personal safety.
We may also process personal information where necessary for the performance of a contract, or for other purposes permitted by laws and regulations and based on your consent or another lawful basis, in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, we may collect your personal information without obtaining your authorization or consent under the following circumstances:
1. Where it is related to national security or national defense security;
2. Where it is related to public security, public health, or major public interests;
3. Where it is related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, or enforcement of judgments;
4. Where it is necessary to protect the life, property, or other significant lawful rights and interests of the personal information subject or other individuals, but it is difficult to obtain your consent;
5. Where the personal information collected has been disclosed to the public by you on your own initiative;
6. Where the personal information is collected from lawfully and publicly disclosed information, such as lawful news reports or government information disclosure channels;
7. Where it is necessary for entering into or performing a contract at your request;
8. Where it is necessary for maintaining the safe and stable operation of the products or services provided, such as identifying and handling product or service faults;
9. Where it is necessary for lawful news reporting;
10. Where it is necessary for statistical or academic research conducted by academic research institutions in the public interest, provided that the personal information contained in the results is de-identified when such research or descriptive results are disclosed externally;
11. Other circumstances prescribed by laws and regulations.
If we cease operating the Website, products, or services, we will promptly stop collecting your personal information, notify you of such cessation by individual notice or public announcement, and delete or anonymize the personal information we hold.
(III) How We Protect Your Personal Information
1. Information Retention Period
In general, we will retain your personal information only for the period necessary to achieve the purposes of the services, or for the period required by laws, regulations, or regulatory requirements. Upon expiry of the retention period, we will delete or anonymize your personal information.
2. Technical Safeguards
We classify and grade personal information according to its type and sensitivity, and adopt corresponding technical protection measures based on the classification and grading results. Such measures include, but are not limited to, access control, de-identification, irreversible encrypted storage, and isolated storage, in order to ensure the security of your personal information.
3. Organizational Safeguards
We have established a data compliance joint working group, formulated relevant management systems and process specifications, conducted personal information protection impact assessments where required by law, strengthened employees’ awareness of personal information protection, strictly controlled the scope of personnel with access to personal information, and imposed penalties on personnel who violate their obligations in accordance with relevant rules.
4. Handling of Security Incidents
We recommend that you pay close attention to the protection of your personal information, and we will also make every effort to ensure the security of your personal information. In the unfortunate event of a personal information security incident, we will activate an emergency response plan to prevent the expansion of damage caused by the security incident, and will proactively report the handling of the personal information security incident in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements. Where we are required to notify you under applicable laws and regulations, we will inform you of the basic facts of the security incident and the remedial measures we are about to take or have already taken by email, SMS, telephone, or other means. If individual notification is difficult to achieve, we will issue warnings by public announcement or other means.
(IV) Protection of Minors’ Personal Information
We will not knowingly collect personal information of minors for any purpose. Where Chinese law applies, minors refer to individuals under the age of 18. If we proactively discover, or receive feedback from you and confirm, that we have collected personal information of a minor without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian, or if the minor’s parent or guardian lawfully withdraws consent, we will delete or anonymize such information within a reasonable period. If a minor browses or uses our Website with the consent of a parent or guardian, we will collect, store, use, share, or delete the minor’s personal information only where permitted by laws and regulations, expressly consented to by the parent or guardian, or necessary for the protection of the minor.
IV. Website Cookies Policy
To provide you with a smoother and easier browsing experience, we may from time to time place small data files known as Cookies on your computer, mobile communication terminal, or other device. Cookies are small data files stored on your computer, mobile communication terminal, or other device when you visit a website. Cookies assign a unique ID to your device but do not contain any personal information such as your name or email address. They enable us to remember your actions and preferences over a period of time, such as login name, interface language, and settings preferences. As a result, you do not need to repeatedly reset your preferences whenever you return to the browsing page. Please understand that certain services can only be provided through the use of Cookies. Cookies include persistent Cookies and session Cookies. The former are stored by your browser and remain valid until their set expiry date, unless actively deleted by the user, while the latter expire at the end of the session.
We use functional Cookies on the Website to provide services, including language preference settings and security protection, which are strictly necessary for the operation of the Website. We may also use non-functional Cookies to provide other services or help us improve our products and services, including linking to social media websites, controlling audio and video playback settings, and counting visitor numbers and page views.
For necessary Cookies that maintain the basic operation of the Website, security protection, language preferences, and similar functions, your use of our Website indicates that you acknowledge and agree to our use of such Cookies. For non-essential Cookies used for statistical analysis, social media links, audio and video playback control settings, and similar purposes, we will use them only after obtaining your consent. Most browsers automatically accept Cookies, but you may change your browser settings as needed to disable all or part of Cookies.
You have the right, in accordance with law, to request access to, copying, correction, supplementation, or deletion of your personal information, or to withdraw your previously granted consent. You may submit such request through the contact information published on this Website. To safeguard information security, we may require you to verify your identity, and we will respond to your lawful request within 15 working days after confirming your identity, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations, or unless your request is obviously repetitive, lacks reasonable grounds, or exceeds reasonable technical conditions.
Unless otherwise stated in this Legal Statement, with your consent, or as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, we will not share, transfer, or publicly disclose your personal information to any third party. Where it is necessary to entrust a third party to process personal information for Website operation, technical maintenance, customer service, or other purposes, we will require the entrusted party to process personal information in accordance with our instructions, this Legal Statement, and the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, and to take necessary measures to protect the security of your personal information.
V. Disclaimer
The products, solutions, and informational content on the Website are for general reference only and do not constitute professional legal, investment, or technical implementation advice. We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and complete, but we do not warrant that the content is absolutely free from delay, error, or omission. Users shall bear all risks arising from commercial decisions, investments, construction, or operational activities made or carried out based on information from the Website.
We shall not be liable for any direct or indirect economic losses caused by temporary inaccessibility of the Website, page latency, or information loss resulting from factors beyond our control, including network fluctuations, operator failures, server maintenance, system upgrades, hacker attacks, or virus intrusion. We will endeavor to publish maintenance notices in advance where possible.
Links from the Website to external third-party websites are provided solely for user convenience. We make no warranties and assume no joint or several liability for the content, privacy policies, products or services, or information security of such third-party websites. Please independently assess the risks when accessing third-party links.
Where we are unable to normally provide Website services or process user information due to force majeure events such as earthquakes, floods, epidemics, policy adjustments, or judicial controls, we shall not be liable for breach of contract. Services will be resumed after the relevant obstacles are eliminated.
Users shall independently bear all legal liabilities for illegal, infringing, or unlawful content uploaded or posted by themselves through messages or submissions. We reserve the right to delete or block such content directly without notice, and to retain relevant records for inspection by regulatory or judicial authorities.
VI. Prohibited Conduct in Using the Website
During your access to this Website, you are strictly prohibited from engaging in any of the following acts. Upon discovery of any such conduct, we have the right to restrict or block your access and reserve the right to pursue legal liability:
1. Using crawlers, scripts, or malicious programs to scrape Website images, text, data, or customer information in bulk;
2. Maliciously attacking, infiltrating, or cracking Website servers, or implanting viruses or Trojan horses;
3. Forging Website pages or customer service identities in our name to obtain information from other users by fraud;
4. Publishing advertisements, fraudulent information, pornography, violent content, rumors, or illegal or non-compliant statements in message or consultation sections;
5. Misappropriating our trademarks or product materials without authorization for false advertising or malicious competition within the same industry;
6. Other online illegal acts in violation of the Cybersecurity Law, the Public Security Administration Punishments Law, or other applicable laws and regulations.
VII. Updates to this Legal Statement
We reserve the right to update or modify this Legal Statement from time to time. If such modification results in a material reduction of your rights under this Legal Statement, namely a “material change,” we will notify you of the change through various channels, including but not limited to announcement pop-ups, Website notices, private messages, or other means.
After this Legal Statement is updated, your continued use of our Website, applications, or services shall be deemed as your acceptance of the updated Legal Statement. Unless otherwise specified, this Legal Statement and any updated version hereof shall take effect from the date of publication. We will also archive previous versions of this Privacy Policy for your reference.
VIII. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Legal Statement, or if you have any complaints or comments regarding the processing of your personal information, you may contact us through the contact information provided on this Website.
We will handle your matter as soon as possible and respond within 15 working days after confirming your identity. If your request is overly complex and requires an extension of time, we will inform you of the reason for the delay and the expected timeframe. If you are dissatisfied with our response, especially where our processing of your personal information has harmed your lawful rights and interests, you may also file a complaint or report with the consumer rights protection, cyberspace, telecommunications, public security, market supervision, or other regulatory authorities at our domicile, or file a lawsuit with the competent court having jurisdiction over our domicile.
This Legal Statement is provided in both Chinese and English. In the event of any inconsistency between the two versions, the Chinese version shall prevail. The English version is provided for reading convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation or application of the Chinese version.
