Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Taiwanted.com is owned and managed by the Forumosa Partners Group (‘FPG/Forumosa’). At Taiwanted we are very serious about protecting your privacy. Your trust is our most important asset. This privacy policy explains how Taiwanted may collect information from you via our website and how that information may then be used. If you have any questions about this privacy policy please contact us at admin@forumosa.com.By browsing and using our website you agree to this policy governing your use of Taiwanted. If you do not accept this policy, you must not use our website.
This policy applies only to this website and not to other websites to which we link. We also enter into agreements with commercial partners whose websites may be co-branded or framed by us and which you may visit directly through our website. These websites are not subject to our privacy policy. You are advised to read the privacy policy of such other websites.
We may change our privacy policy from time to time without notification, so you should regularly review this policy when you visit our site.
Collection of information
In order to provide the services you want, and to allow you to experience a more personalised service when you revisit us, we need to know your interests. We find these out by asking you, by reading your comments and by looking at which are the most popular areas of our sites.
Collection of personal information
We will only collect personal information from you (such as name, address, telephone number, email address etc) which you have provided voluntarily to us either by completing the registration (on Forumosa.com), using enquiry forms or sending emails to us. Please do not submit your personal data to us if you do not wish us to collect it.
When you place an ad on Taiwanted we may ask for the following details:
- Your e-mail address
- Your password
- Your title
- Your name
- Your postal code
- Your home or work telephone numbers
- Your mobile telephone number
- Your street or apartment number
- The region of Taiwan in which you live
- Your date of birth
- Your occupation
Further examples of where we may collect your personal information include (without limitation):
Collection of other information
In addition to asking you to submit personal information, we may collect information about you automatically when you visit the site. The collection of information may involve the use of cookies and web beacons. A web beacon is a small graphic image placed on a web page that is designed to allow us to monitor visitors to our site. A cookie is small text file that is placed on your computer's hard drive by your web browser when you first visit our site. The cookie allows us to identify your computer and find out details about your last visit. Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer. If you choose not to receive our cookies, we cannot guarantee that your experience with our website will be as quick or responsive as if you do receive cookies.The information collected by cookies and web beacons is not personally identifiable, it includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to the internet e.g. operating system and platforms, IP address, your browsing patterns and timings of browsing on our website and your geographical location.
Use of your information
You agree that we may obtain, hold, correlate, merge and use your information (including personal information) for the purpose of providing you with our services and ancillary services and for our internal business purposes. These include (without limitation):- informing you if you have been successful in any of the competitions or promotions;
- compiling customer reviews;
- for market research purposes;
- to prevent you from posting illegal, offensive or objectionable comments on our sites;
- to enable third parties to carry out statistical analysis, technical, logistical or other functions on our behalf including determining behavioural preferences to manage online advertising;
- for strategic development;
- for any purpose required by law or regulation; and
- for accounting purposes.
Sharing Information
We may disclose your information to any company with other FPG properties by means of a centralised database to which all properties have access or by means of a direct transfer of data from one office to another. Such properties include Forumosa.com and Taiwanease magazine. We may provide third parties, at our discretion, with certain aggregate statistical data about your use of our websites, which data may include demographic data such as age range and/or geographic location of groups of user. It will not include information that could personally identify you. With your consent, we may supply personal information to third parties.We reserve the right to access and to disclose personal information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests or requests by applicable regulatory bodies, to operate our systems properly or to protect either ourselves or our other users.
We may transfer, sell or assign any of the information described in this policy to third parties as a result of a sale, merger, consolidation, change of control, transfer of assets or reorganisation of Taiwanted.
You consent to the transfer of your personal information outside of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the event that the processing of your information involves such a transfer
Monitoring emails
We may monitor and keep records of email communications which you send to us and other communications with you in accordance with this policy and our other business interests.
Safeguards and Security
No data transmission over the internet can be entirely secure, and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and/or use of our sites. However we use our reasonable endeavours to protect the security of your personal information from unauthorised access or use by using Secure Sockets Layer 128-bit encryption.
Credit Card
Taiwanted takes great care to ensure your credit card information is safe. We use a secure connection (Secure transaction (https)) and once your transaction is completed, Taiwanted does not keep a record of your credit card number. The only record Taiwanted may keep is the authorisation number received from the bank. This is to ensure against the use of stolen cards.
Email Alert
Email Alert messages contain IDs that are unique to each user. Please do not divulge your password or forward any notification emails onto others as they could access your personal details stored in Taiwanted. The information should, where necessary, be kept up to date and not retained for longer than is necessary. Please help us to keep your personal information accurate by updating your registration details on the website.
Changing or accessing your information
You can inspect your personal details at any time and modify them via Taiwanted and on Forumosa.com in the Member Center section. Should you no longer wish to receive newsletters or services you have signed up for, or if you wish to review or receive copies of the personal information we hold about you, or have any other queries please email admin@forumosa.com including full details of your request.We may charge a small administration fee in relation to fulfilling a request for access to personal information.