Privacy Policy Statement

The European Association for Chinese Studies prioritizes the privacy of its visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by the European Association for Chinese Studies and how we use it.

Who we are

The European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) is an international scholarly association registered in Paris, France:

Collège de France
52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine
75005 Paris

Our website address is: https://chinesestudies.eu

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information. The European Association for Chinese Studies legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

  • The European Association for Chinese Studies needs to perform a contract with you
  • You have given The European Association for Chinese Studies permission to do so
  • Processing your personal information is in The European Association for Chinese Studies legitimate interests
  • The European Association for Chinese Studies needs to comply with the law

The European Association for Chinese Studies will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you
  • The right of rectification
  • The right to object
  • The right of restriction
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to withdraw consent

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Log Files

The European Association for Chinese Studies uses a widely-used software called “WP Statistics” which follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. You can read more about the privacy policy of our web-tool “WP Statistics” here: https://wp-statistics.com/privacy-and-policy/.

Cookies

Like any other website, European Association for Chinese Studies uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

If you submit a message via our contact form on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. Visitors can opt out of the usage of cookies by clicking “manage consent” on the bottom right.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Children’s Information

The European Association for Chinese Studies does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide children’s online activity.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Online Privacy Policy Only

Our Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regard to the information that they shared and/or collect in European Association for Chinese Studies. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.