Thank you for visiting the "SNQ Safety and Quality" website (hereinafter referred to as "this Website"), which is established and managed by the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (hereinafter referred to as "the Institute"). The Institute attaches great importance to the privacy and security of your personal data and has therefore formulated this Privacy Policy. When you browse or use the services of this Website, make inquiries, or request cooperation, it signifies that you have read, understood, and agreed to the entire content of this Privacy Policy. Please read the following regarding how this Website collects, processes, utilizes, transmits, and protects the personal data you provide:
I. Data Collection and Processing
To provide you with services related to this Website, the Institute may collect your general personal information when you create an account through the interface of this Website, use this Website, participate in activities, contact the Institute, or browse content of interest (such as information on selected teams or items). This includes, but is not limited to: your name, email address, correspondence address, contact phone number, country/region, company name, unit/department, job title, D-U-N-S number, company address, website URL, primary business items, and any other data or information you provide or select on this Website (collectively referred to as "Personal Data").
If you use this Website to fill out information on behalf of your family, members, friends, or any other individual, please ensure that you have informed such family members, friends, or other individual of the relevant content of this Privacy Policy and obtained their consent for the Institute to collect, process, and utilize their personal data accordingly.
The purposes and uses for collecting the aforementioned personal data are limited to reasonable and necessary scopes, such as providing website services, responding to inquiries, processing applications, member management, activity coordination, improving website functions, and maintaining information security. Unless with your consent, required by law, or for other legal reasons, personal data will not be used for purposes clearly inconsistent with the original collection purpose.
The Institute may collect records of your searches, browsing, or interactions on this Website to analyze usage patterns and enhance service quality.
The Institute may use Cookies or other technologies (such as Pixel Tags and web analysis tools) to collect information during your use of this Website, including pages viewed, time spent, device type, referral paths, and operation records, to facilitate website operation, analyze trends, improve content, and strengthen security. The Institute treats such aggregated or statistical data as non-personal data. However, if Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or similar identifiers are considered personal data under law, the Institute will treat them as such. Similarly, if non-personal data is combined with personal data, the combined information will be treated as personal data under this Privacy Policy.
Like most websites, the Institute automatically collects technical information and stores it in log files, including IP addresses, browser type and language, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring and exit pages/applications, operating system, date/time stamps, clickstream data, and general demographic information. The Institute uses this information to understand and analyze trends, manage the website, and learn about user behavior to improve services. This Website may use such information for marketing and advertising purposes.
In the Institute’s email messages, "Click-through URLs" linked to website content may be used. When a customer clicks these URLs, they pass through a separate web server before reaching the destination page on our website. The Institute tracks this click-through data to help determine interest in specific topics and measure the effectiveness of communications. If you do not wish to be tracked this way, please do not click text or image links in emails. Pixel Tags allow the Institute to send emails in a format customers can read and let us know whether an email has been opened. The Institute may use this information to reduce or stop messages sent to customers.
Fields marked as "required" on the data collection forms of this Website are essential for providing the relevant services. If you fail to provide such data, the Institute may be unable to provide all or part of the services.
II. Use of Data
The Personal Data collected by the Institute may be used to provide services, process applications, respond to inquiries, and send service-related notices, activity information, or information you have agreed to receive. You may unsubscribe from non-essential notifications or marketing information at any time via the methods provided by the Institute.
The Institute may also utilize your Personal Data within the necessary scope of the collection purposes for internal management, data analysis, statistical research, service optimization, user experience enhancement, and information security maintenance.
The Institute may use de-identified, anonymized, or aggregated data (such as occupation, language, referring website, location, nationality, and age) to analyze trends and improve services. Such data, which cannot identify a specific individual, is generally not processed as personal data.
Your Personal Data is, in principle, utilized within the territory of the Republic of China (Taiwan). If international transmission is necessary due to the use of third-party services, cloud systems, international activities, or other business needs, the Institute will do so within a legal and necessary scope and adopt appropriate security measures.
III. Data Transmission
This Website may provide specific Personal Data to entrusted vendors or strategic partners who collaborate with or assist the Institute to provide or improve services and advertising. We may also provide your Personal Data to selected enterprises or teams you follow to provide more information of interest. Additionally, non-identifiable information may be shared with partners (such as advertising third parties or linked websites) to illustrate general usage trends of our services.
The Institute will never provide, exchange, rent, or sell any of your Personal Data to other individuals, groups, private enterprises, or public authorities, except where required by law or contractual obligations. Such exceptions include, but are not limited to:
a. Cooperating with legal investigations by judicial authorities.
b. Cooperating with investigations or uses required by competent authorities according to their functions (e.g., audits by the National Audit Office or accountants).
c. Where the Institute, in good faith, believes that disclosure of your Personal Data is required by law.
d. When your behavior on this Website may damage or hinder the rights of the Institute or cause damage to any person, and disclosure is necessary to identify, contact, or take legal action.
e. Fulfilling obligations to provide personal data based on outsourcing contractual relationships. The Institute will fulfill its responsibility for supervision and management when entrusting vendors to assist in collecting, processing, or utilizing your Personal Data.
IV. Information Security
The Institute attaches great importance to the security of your Personal Data and uses SSL encryption technology during data transmission. The Institute uses computer systems with access restrictions located in secure facilities to store your Personal Data. Access is limited to authorized employees and external partners who need to know the information and are bound by strict confidentiality obligations; non-compliance will lead to disciplinary action or contract termination.
If you publicly post information on this Website, other users can read, collect, or use the personal data and content you share. You are responsible for the personal data you choose to share or submit in these instances; please use such features with caution.
V. Your Rights
You should maintain the latest, accurate, and complete Personal Data. After logging into your account, you may query, review, supplement, correct, or modify your basic information and preferences. The Institute will retain your Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and for the duration of the Institute's existence. You may request a copy of your data, for which the Institute may charge a necessary fee; however, in certain circumstances, such as where it may prejudice national security or the performance of public duties, the Institute may be unable to accept your request.
You may also request the Institute to stop collecting, processing, utilizing, or to delete your Personal Data. Please note that once such a request is made, the Institute will be unable to provide relevant services of this Website, and you will not be able to use some or all functions. The Institute shall not be held liable for any damage or loss suffered in connection with any information or activity on this Website that has been established/completed, is being established/in progress, or is about to be established/carried out..
VI. Privacy Questions
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or data processing, please contact the Institute, and we will review and respond as quickly as possible.
VII. Amendments to the Privacy Policy
The Institute has the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Revised provisions will be announced on this Website or notified via email. Please stay updated to protect your rights. Your continued use of this Website after any modifications signifies that you have read, understood, and agreed to the revised content.
