Privacy Policy
As of May 4th, 2024
1. GENERAL
Hongshin, Inc. (“Hongshin, Inc.” or “we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of everyone (“Sites’ visitor”, “user”, or “you”) that uses our website at https://hongsh.in/ or/and https://hongsh.in/ (And websites associated), as well as. other device or online applications related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Sites”).
The following Hongshin, Inc. Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) is designed to inform you, as a user of the Sites, about the types of personal information that Hongshin, Inc. may gather about or collect from you in connection with your use of the Sites. It also is intended to explain the conditions under which Hongshin, Inc. uses and discloses that personal information, and your rights in relation to that personal information.
The Sites are hosted in the United States and are subject.to U.S. state and federal law. If you are accessing our Sites from other jurisdictions, please be advised that you are transferring your personal information to us in the United States, and by using our Sites, you are agreeing to that transfer and use of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice. You also agree to abide by the applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and.U.S. federal law concerning your use of the Sites and your agreements with us. If your use of the Sites would be unlawful in your jurisdiction, please do not use the Sites.
Company Information
Hongshin, Inc.
3015 HICKORY GROVE CT
Fairfax, VA 22031
Email: support@hongsh.in
Phone: +1 (888)297-0404 (US & Canada Toll-free)
2. HOW WE COLLECT AND USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Hongshin, Inc. gathers personal information from users of the Sites. When you browse our Sites, subscribe to our services, or contact us through various social or web forms you are voluntarily sharing personal information with us. This personal information also includes various data that we collect automatically. This may be the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, browser type, and the locations of the Sites the user views right before arriving at while navigating and immediately after leaving the Sites. It may also include various technical aspects of the user’s computer or browser and users‘ browsing habits that are collected through cookies. Hongshin, Inc. may analyze various mentioned personal information gathered from or about users to help Hongshin, Inc. better understand how the Sites are used and how to make them better. By identifying patterns and trends in usage, Hongshin, Inc. is able to better design the Sites to improve users’ experiences, both in terms of content and ease of use. From time to time, Hongshin, Inc. may also release the anonymized information gathered from the users in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Sites.
When we believe disclosure is appropriate, we may disclose your information to help investigate, prevent or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud, or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Hongshin, Inc., our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements or policies, in response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order. or a request for cooperation from law enforcement or other government agency; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims, or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us. We will notify you if permitted before undertaking-such disclosures.
Hongshin, Inc. reserves the right to transfer all information in its possession to a successor organization in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other sales of all or a portion of Hongshin, Inc.’s assets. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court; the use and disclosure of all the transferred information will be subject to this Privacy Notice, or to a new privacy notice if you are given notice of that new privacy notice and are given an opportunity to affirmatively opt-out of it.
3. DO WE USE COOKIES?
A “Cookie” is a string of information that assigns you a unique identification that a website stores on a user’s computer, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the website. We use cookies on the Sites to keep track of services you have used, to record registration information regarding your login name and password, to record your user preferences, to keep you logged into the Sites, and to facilitate purchase procedures. Hongshin, Inc. also uses Cookies to track the pages that users visit during each of the Sites’ sessions, both to help Hongshin, Inc. improve users’ experiences and to help Hongshin, Inc. understand how the Sites are being used. As with other personal information gathered from users of the Sites, Hongshin, Inc. analyzes and discloses in aggregated form information gathered using Cookies, so as to help Hongshin, Inc., its partners, and others better understand how the. Sites are being used. SITES’ USERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO HAVE COOKIES PLACED ON THEIR COMPUTERS SHOULD SET THEIR BROWSERS TO REFUSE COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITES, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE SITES MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF COOKIES. SITES’ USERS WHO REFUSE COOKIES ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.
4. DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
General Provisions
Hongshin, Inc. contractually prohibits its contractors, affiliates, vendors, and suppliers from disclosing any personal information received from Hongshin, Inc., other than in accordance with this Privacy Notice. These third parties may include advertisers, providers of games, utilities, widgets, and a variety of other third-party applications accessible through the Sites. Hongshin, Inc. neither owns nor controls the third-party websites and applications accessible through the Sites. Thus, this Privacy Notice does not apply to personal information provided to or gathered by the third parties that operate them. Before visiting a third party, or using a third-party application, whether by means of a link on the Sites, directly through the Sites, or otherwise, and before providing any personal information to any such third party, users should inform themselves of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third-party responsible for those Sites or applications, and should take those steps necessary to, at those users’ discretion, protect their privacy.
Third-Party Advertisers
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Sites. These companies may use information about your visits to the Sites that are contained in Cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. Using a.tool created by the Network Advertising Initiative, you can opt out of several third-party ad servers’ and networks’ Cookies simultaneously. If you would like more personal information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this personal information used by these companies, please follow the following links: http://networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, http://preferences-mgr.truste.com/, or http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Analytics
We may use third-party vendors, including Google, who use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past activity on the Sites, including Google Analytics for Display Advertising. The personal information collected may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity. If you do not want any personal information to be collected and used by Google Analytics, you can install an opt-out in your web browser (https://tools.google.com/dipage/gaoptout/) and/or opt-out from Google Analytics for Display Advertising or. the Google Display Network by using Google’s Ads Settings (https://www.google.com/settings/ads).
Social Media
We may provide you the option to connect your account on the Sites to your account on some social networking sites for the purpose of logging in, uploading personal information, or enabling certain features on the Sites. When logging in using your social network credentials, we may collect the personal information you have made publicly available on the social networking site, such as your name, profile picture, cover photo, username, gender, friends network, age range, locale, friend list and any other personal information you have made public. Once connected, other users may also be able to see information about your social networks, such as the size of your network and your friends, including common friends. By connecting your account on the Sites to your account on any social networking site. We will not send any of your account personal information to the connected social networking site without first disclosing that to you. Each social network may further allow you to set privacy controls around your personal information on their system, and our collection of personal information will always follow such controls and permissions. This feature is subject to continuous change and improvement by us and each social networking site involved, and therefore the available features and shared personal information are subject to change. Please visit our Privacy Notice for any updates.
We may use hyperlinks on the Sites which will redirect you to a social network if you click on the respective link. However, when you click on a social plug-in, such as Facebook’s “Like” button or Twitter’s “Tweet” button that particular social network’s plugin will be activated and your browser will directly connect to that provider’s servers. If you do not use these buttons none of your data will be sent to the respective social network’s plugin providers. To illustrate this further, imagine the scenario where you click on Facebook’s “Like” button on the Sites. Facebook will receive your IP address, the browser version and screen resolution, and the operating system of the device you have used to access the Sites. Settings regarding privacy protection can be found on the websites of these social networks and are not within our control.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your personal information, which may include your name and contact information (including email address) with our authorized service providers that perform certain services on our behalf. These services may include fulfilling orders, providing customer service and marketing assistance, performing business and sales analysis, supporting, the Sites’ functionality, and supporting contests, sweepstakes, surveys, and other features offered through the Sites. We may also share your name, contact personal information, and credit card personal information with our authorized service providers who process credit card payments. These service providers may have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but are not permitted to share or use such personal information for any other purpose. You can contact us to receive our current list of providers.
If you have opted in to receiving marketing communication from us then Hongshin, Inc. may provide your personal information to third parties, with your consent, so that those third parties may directly contact you about additional, products and services. To cease having your personal information used for marketing communication purposes, you can:- Optout by clicking on the unsubscribe button found in the footer of our emails
5. MOBILE DEVICE ADDITIONAL TERMS
Mobile Device. If you use a mobile device to access the Sites or download any of our applications, we may collect device personal information (such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer), operating system, version personal information, and IP address.
Geo-Location Personal Information. Unless we have received your prior consent, we do not access or track any location-based personal information from your mobile device at any time while downloading or using our mobile application or our services, except that it may be possible for Hongshin, Inc. to determine from an IP address the geographic location of your point of connectivity, in which case we may gather and use such general location data.
Push Notifications. We send you push notifications if you choose to receive them, letting you know when someone has sent you a message or for other service-related matters. If you wish to opt out of receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device settings.
Mobile Analytics. We use mobile analytics software to allow us to better understand the functionality of our mobile software on your phone. This software may record personal information, such as how often you use the application, the events that occur within the application, aggregated usage, performance data, and where the application was downloaded from. We do not link the personal information we store within the analytics software to any personal information you submit within the mobile application.
6. PRIVACY RIGHTS for EU USERS
If you reside in the European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, Norway, Lichtenstein, or Iceland, you have certain data protection rights under your local laws.
These rights may include:- The right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information
- The right to request edits or erasure of your personal information
- The right to limit the processing of your personal information
- Data portability right (if applicable)
- The right to object to the processing of your personal information
If Hongshin, Inc. relies on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. However, please note that this will not alter the validity of the processing before its withdrawal.
If you wish to exercise any of the mentioned rights please contact us by email at support@hongsh.in, by calling +1 (888)297-0404 (US & Canada Toll-free), or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this Privacy Notice. Hongshin, Inc. has 30 days to respond to your request.
If you are not satisfied with Hongshin, Inc.‘s handling of your privacy concerns please note that you have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority.
List of EU supervisory authorities: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
Switzerland supervisory authority: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
If you have any questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at support@hongsh.in.
7. PRIVACY RIGHTS for CALIFORNIA USERS
Do Not Sell My Personal Information Notice - California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Hongshin, Inc. has not disclosed or sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. Hongshin, Inc. will not sell personal information in the future belonging to Sites’ visitors, users, and other consumers.
If you are under 18 years of age
If you have registered an account with Hongshin, Inc., you have the right to request the removal of unwanted personal information that you publicly. post on our Sites. To request the removal of such information, please contact us using the contact information provided below. Make sure to include your account’s email address and a statement that you reside in California.
“Shine the Light Law”
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, personal information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. If applicable, this personal information would include a list of the categories of the personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to the address listed below.
8. CHILDREN
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) protects the online privacy of children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from anyone under the age of 13, unless or except as permitted by law. Any person who provides personal information through the Sites represents to us that he or she is 13 years of age or older. If we learn that personal information has been collected from a user under 13 years of age on or through the Sites, then we will take the appropriate steps to cause this personal information to be deleted. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under 13 who has become a member of the Sites or has otherwise transferred personal information to the Sites, please contact Hongshin, Inc. using our contact personal information below to have that child’s account terminated and personal information deleted.
9. DO-NOT-TRACK NOTICE
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. Because there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal, the Sites currently do not respond to DNT browser signals or mechanisms.
10. GOVERNING LAW
Disputes over privacy issues contained in this Privacy Notice will be governed by the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia. You also agree to abide by any limitation on damages contained in our Terms of Use or other agreement that we have with you.
11. PRIVACY NOTICE CHANGES
Hongshin, Inc. may, in its sole discretion, change this Privacy Notice from time to time. Any and all changes to Hongshin, Inc.’s Privacy Notice will be reflected on this page and the date of the new version will be stated at the top of this Privacy Notice. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all personal information that we have about you and your account. Users should regularly check this page for any changes to this Privacy Notice. Hongshin, Inc. will always post new versions of the Privacy Notice on the Sites. However, Hongshin, Inc. may, as determined at its discretion, decide to notify users of changes made to this Privacy Notice via email or otherwise. Accordingly, it is important that users always maintain and update their contact personal information.
12. CONTACT
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Notice, please contact us at:
Hongshin, Inc.
3015 HICKORY GROVE CT Fairfax, VA 22031
Email: support@hongsh.in
Phone: +1 (888)297-0404 (US & Canada Toll-free)