Legal Terms and Conditions of Use

This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you may use the Global China Center website. Please read this page carefully. By using this website, you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions stated here. Therefore, if you cannot accept these Terms and Conditions, please do not use the website. Global China Center may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. Therefore, you should visit this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on you.

Use of Site Material

The contents of this website are protected against unauthorized use in the U.S. and other countries by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Global China Center authorizes you to view and download a single copy of the material on this website solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original material on any copy you make of the site material. You may not sell or modify our site material or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the material in any way for any public or commercial purpose. The names, marks and logos appearing in this website are, unless otherwise noted, trademarks owned by or licensed to Global China Center. The use of these marks, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is prohibited. If you violate any of these terms, your permission to use the site material automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any copies you have made of the material. Global China Center reserves all other rights it may have at law or in equity.

Use of links and logos

You do not need to request permission to create a text link from your website to the Global China Center website. However, if you would like to use a graphic or logo of Global China Center, you must request permission. Please send all requests to Jason Truell at jrtruell@globalchina.org. Global China Center reserves the right to request the removal of any link.

Unsolicited E-mail Policy

The presence of e-mail addresses on this site is not an invitation for unsolicited commercial e-mail. The use of spiders, robots, and other technologies to collect e-mail addresses from this site is prohibited. Senders of e-mail are expected to abide by all applicable state and federal laws.

Liability

Global China Center makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the material on this website or about the results to be obtained from using the website. You use the website and its material at your own risk. Changes are periodically made to the website and may be made at any time. THIS WEBSITE AND ITS MATERIAL ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GLOBAL CHINA CENTER HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, AND THE WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL GLOBAL CHINA CENTER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE OR SITES LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT GLOBAL CHINA CENTER IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

By using this website, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Global China Center, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) which Global China Center may become obligated to pay arising or resulting from your use of the site material or your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

General

Global China Center does not claim that the materials on this website are appropriate or may be used outside of the United States. Access to the website's materials may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the website from outside of the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

These Terms and Conditions are governed by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any action or proceeding arising from or relating to the use of this website shall be brought and maintained only in a state or federal court in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of these courts. If any provision is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in our website, these Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Global China Center with respect to the use of our website. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions must be made in writing, signed by an authorized representative of Global China Center.

Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting the Global China Center website and reviewing our Privacy Policy. By using the Global China Center you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our website. Changes will be posted periodically to this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time to see if any changes have been posted.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should contact Global China Center (office@globalchina.org).

Global China Center values our visitors' private information and understands the need for security and trust surrounding such information. The following policy outlines the ways in which we collect, store, and use personally identifiable information in providing our products and services.

Except for very limited exceptions further described in the remainder of this Privacy Policy, we do not share any personally identifiable information with third parties.

Information Collection & Use

E-mail Entry

If you use referral services to tell a friend/colleague about our site or electronic newsletters, we will send your friend/colleague a one-time e-mail inviting him or her to visit the site. That address will neither be retained nor used for any other purpose.

Log Files

Website visits generate certain information that is automatically stored in log files, including Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.

We use this information, which in itself does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

Cookies

We may use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. Both kinds are stored on the site visitor's hard drive.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site may be limited.

Links

As a convenience to our users, the Global China Center website contain links to sites or services created and maintained by other organizations. Please note that Global China Center does not control, and is not responsible for the accuracy, timeliness, security, or even the continued availability or existence of this outside information. Opinions expressed on other sites are not necessarily those of Global China Center, nor does Global China Center endorse, warrant, or guarantee products or services described or offered on other sites. Neither is Global China Center responsible for the contents of any websites that choose to link to Global China Center websites.

Other companies linked to Global China Center websites may collect information about you when you view or click on these sites. Global China Center cannot control this collection of information. You should contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their use of the information they collect.

Changes in this Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here or by means of a notice on our home page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Global China Center
PMB 201, 977 Seminole Trail
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
USA

p/f: 434.974.1996 | e-mail