Privacy Policy

Thanks for visiting the www.shanghai.gov.cn and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is plain and simple. We collect no personal information, like names or addresses, when you visit our website. If you choose to provide that information to us, it's only used to fulfill your request for information.
We do collect some technical information when you visit to make your visit seamless. The section below explains how we handle and collect technical information when you visit our website.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you browse, read pages, or download information on Shanghai.gov, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit. This information never identifies who you are. The information we collect and store about your visit is listed below:

The Internet domain and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the web) from which you access our website;
The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
The date and time you access our site;
The pages you visit; and, If you linked to the Shanghai.gov website from another website, the address of that website.

This information is only used to help us make the site more useful for you. With this data, we learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We never track or record information about individuals and their visits.

Cookies
When you visit some websites, their web servers generate pieces of information known as cookies. Some cookies collect personal information to recognize your computer in the future. This is not the case at Shanghai.gov, where we only use non-persistent cookies or "per-session cookies." These cookies do not collect personal information on users and they are erased as soon as you leave our website.

Per-session cookies serve technical purposes, like providing seamless navigation through Shanghai.gov. These cookies do not permanently record data and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. Shanghai.gov’s cookies are stored in memory and are only available during an active browser session. Again, once you close your browser, the cookie disappears.

Disclaimer of Endorsement
The above services contain information provided by third party providers. Shanghai.gov provides the information for our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an outside website, they are leaving the Shanghai.gov site and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website.
Shanghai.gov do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of such information.
Shanghai.gov does not separately verify such information; therefore we do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for such Information.
Users are responsible for making their own assessment of all the information contained in or in connection with this website and are advised to verify such information and obtain independent advice before acting on it.