CodeForge Privacy
Thank you for using our products and services! We respect your concerns about privacy and appreciate your trust and confidence in us.
CodeForge ( www.codeforge.com) privacy policy explains the when, how, and why when it comes to processing of your Information in connection with CodeForge, and sets out your choices and rights in relation to that Information. Please read it carefully:
I. User's Non-Personal Information
We will collect non-personalized information through the user's IP address in order to optimize the page displayed on the user's computer screen, we collect such as the nature of the user's browser, the type of operating system, the domain name of the ISP that provides access services to the user, etc. And through this information, we have also carried out passenger flow statistics to facilitate the improvement of website management and services.
II. Personal data
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1.When users register, download, comment and other operations on CodeForge, with the user’s consent and confirmation, we will ask users to provide some personal information through registration forms and other forms. These personal data include:
a)Personal identification information: name, sex, age, birthday, ID number (or passport number), phone number, correspondence address, address, email, etc;
b)Personal background: occupation, education, work status.
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2.We will not overt, edit or disclose the user's registration information and the private content stored in the various services of CodeForge, unless we believes that it is necessary to disclose this information under the premise of good faith in the following situations:
a)Obtain explicit authorization from users in advance;
b)In order to safeguard the interests of the public;
c)In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of CodeForge;
d) User is complained by a third party and verified by CodeForge.
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3.We will not transfer your Personal Information to any other third parties except as specified below, or in circumstances where you consent to such transfer. Only where necessary will we share your information with selected recipients who have a legal basis and valid jurisdiction to request such data. These categories of recipients include:
government, public, regulatory, judicial and law enforcement bodies or authorities:
there are circumstances in which we are legally required to disclose information, including to comply with a legal obligation or processes, such as a court order, subpoena or other legal process, to enforce our terms, address issues relating to security or fraud, or protect our users and provided the requesting entity has valid jurisdiction to obtain your personal information.
- 4. We may use the information collected through certain functions for our other services. For example,
we may perform indirect population portraits based on feature tags and provide more accurate and personalized services and content, etc.
III. Information security
- 1.We attach great importance to the security of your personal information, we will work hard to take reasonable security measures (including technical and management aspects) to protect your personal information and prevent the personal information you provide from being used improperly or accessed without authorization, public disclosure, use, modification, damage, loss or leakage of your personal information.
- 2.We will protect your personal information with reasonable and feasible means such as universal encryption technology and anonymization that are no less than that of industry peers, and use security protection mechanisms to prevent your personal information from malicious attacks.
- 3.We will establish a dedicated security department, security management system, and data security process to ensure the safety of your personal information. We adopt a strict data use and access system to ensure that only authorized personnel have access to your personal information and conduct security audits of data and technology in due course.
- 4.Although the above reasonable and effective measures have been taken and the standards required by relevant laws and regulations have been complied with, please understand, due to technical limitations and various malicious methods that may exist, in the Internet industry, it is impossible to ensure 100% security of information even if we do our best to strengthen security measures. We will try our best to ensure the security of the personal information that you provide us. You know and understand that your access to the systems and communication networks used in our services may be due to factors beyond our control. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you take positive measures to protect your account and personal information safe, including, but not limited to, the use of complex passwords, the regular modification of passwords, and the failure to disclose personal information such as your own account password to others, otherwise we will not bear any responsibility for the risks arising therefrom.
- 5. we will make emergency plan and start it immediately in the event of user information security incident, and try to prevent the impact and consequences of such security incidents from expanding. In the event of a user information security incident (leakage, loss, etc.), we will inform you in time according to the requirements of laws and regulations: the basic situation and possible impact of the security incident, the disposal measures we have taken or will take, the suggestions that you can prevent and reduce the risk independently, the remedies to you, etc. We will promptly inform you about the incident in the form of push notifications, emails, letters, text messages, etc. If it is difficult to inform you one by one, we will take a reasonable and effective way to make announcements. At the same time, we will also report the handling of user information security incidents in accordance with the requirements of relevant regulatory authorities.
IV. Information storage
- 1.We will store your information in accordance with laws and regulations.
- 2. We only keep your personal information for the time necessary to achieve the purpose, for example, the resources you publish, comments, likes and other information, we will keep the relevant information during the period when you have not withdrawn, deleted or cancelled the account. After the necessary period, we will delete or anonymize your personal information, unless otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations.
V.User Rights
- 1. Users have the following rights with respect to their personal data:
a)Enquiries and requests for viewing at any time;
b)Request additions or corrections at any time;
c)Request deletion at any time.
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2.You can execute it at any time, or send email to support@codeforge.com.
VI.Principle of Limitation
- CodeForge can only use the collected personal data beyond the necessary scope when one of the following conditions is met:
1. User's written consent has been obtained;
2. To protect the user from imminent danger to life, body or property;
3. In order to prevent the rights and interests of others;
4. For the promotion of the public interest, and harmless to the vital interests of users;
5. CodeForge may cooperate with third parties to provide users with relevant network services, in which case, if the third party agrees to assume the same responsibility for protecting user privacy as we do, we have the right to provide the user’s registration information to the third party.
VII. Dissemination of Information
- CodeForge provides users with information publishing services. In these areas, any information published by users will become public information. Therefore, we remind and ask users to consider carefully whether it is necessary to disclose personal information in these areas.
VIII. Protection of The Privacy of Minors
- 1.CodeForge will establish and maintain a set of reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality and security of minors' personal data. We solemnly declares: Any minor under the age of 18 participating in online activities should obtain the verifiable consent of the parents or their legal guardians.(hereinafter collectively referred to as 'guardians')
- 2.Guardian shall bear the primary responsibility to protect the privacy of minors in the network environment.
- 3. We collect personal data of minors only for the purpose of responding to specific requests of minors, and will be deleted from the record once the response is completed, and will not retain these data for further use.
- 4.without the consent of the guardian, we will not use the personal data of the minor, and will not disclose or transmit personal data that can identify the minor to any third party. The purpose of collecting guardian or minor's name or other network communication information on CodeForge is only to obtain the guardian's consent. If consent is not obtained after a reasonable period of time, such information will be deleted from the record.
- 5. If the minor's guardian agrees and applies to this website, this website can collect the minor's personal data, and this website will provide the guardian:
a) Review the information collected from their children;
b) Refuse to further collect or use the personal data of their children;
c) Change or delete the personal data of their children or ward.
- 6. Guardians have the right to refuse CodeForge to make further contact with their children.
- 7. CodeForge collect personal data of minors, which are only used to protect the safety of minors when they participate in online activities and have no other purpose. We guarantee that we will not require minors to provide additional personal information as a condition for allowing them to participate in online activities.
IX. Cookies
- 1. Cookies refers to a technology. When you visit this website with a cookie device, the server of this website will automatically send Cookies to your browser and store them on your computer's hard drive. This Cookies is responsible for recording your activities, personal data, browsing habits, consumption habits and even credit records.
- 2. Using Cookies technology, this website can provide you with more thoughtful and personalized services. We will use the content browsing habits of Cookies to visit users, so as to provide users with content that meets their preferences and save users' time. In addition, with the permission of users, we will use Cookies technology to help users store login information.
Ⅹ. Governing Law
- This agreement, your use of the Web Site, and all related matters are governed solely by Laws and regulations of the people's Republic of China, excluding any rules of private international law or the conflict of laws which would lead to the application of any other laws.
ⅩⅠ. Exemption
- Except for the exemption provided in Article 2 and Article 3 of the above [2. Personal Data], we’re not liable for:
1. Any personal information leakage caused by the user telling others of his user password or sharing the registered account with others.
2. Any leakage, loss, theft or tampering of personal data caused by force majeure that affects normal network operations such as hacking, computer virus intrusion or attack, temporary shutdown due to government control, etc.
3. Leakage of personal data caused by other websites linked to this website and any legal disputes and consequences caused thereby.
The right to modify and update the privacy protection statement belongs to CodeForge