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1. Ownership of intellectual property rights (IPR)

Services provided by the website contains full copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets and other IPR; all the information associated with the website products, services, contents (including texts, audios, images, videos, graphics, logos, domain names, software, procedures, layouts, column directory and names, content classification) are protected by the Trademark Law, the Intellectual Property Rights Law and other relevant laws. Moreover, the IPR is solely owned by the Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) or by the providers who provide materials to the website. Without a written permission from the CSCSE, nobody shall be permitted to copy any content of the website or mirror it on their servers. Any violators will be punished according to law.

2. Disclaimer

(1). The information published on the website may not contain the latest information related to CSCSE and its business. The CSCSE does not represent or guarantee the veracity and completeness of the information published on the website. Besides, CSCSE shall not be responsible for the quality assurance of any products, information or services purchased or obtained through the advertisements, offered or carried by the website.

(2). CSCSE does not provide any warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied, for the services provided on this website, including but not limited to the merchantability, applicability for a specific purpose and on-infringement of the rights of others as well.

(3). Users should understand and agree that, based on following reasons, including but not limited to profits, credit, applications, data loss or other intangible damages, the CSCSE does not undertake any direct, indirect, incidental, special, derivatives or punitive liability (even if the CSCSE has been told in advance the possibility of such damages).

(I). The services provided on the website are used or unavailable;

(II). Costs incurred in replacing any goods, data, information, services or transactions through the services of the website;

(III). Unauthorized access or tampering of your transmission or data;

(IV). Any third party’s representation or conduct in the services;

(V). Service interruption or obstruction caused by computer virus, hacker’s attack, systematic instability, user’s shutdown and any other network, technology, communication channel, information security management measures;

(VI). Other issues related to the services, except as stipulated in the terms mentioned above;

(4). The views expressed or implied in the articles and materials reprinted by the website do not represent the views of CSCSE.

(5). Information carried on this website shall not be used or shared in a certain region if it violates local laws or regulations

(6). The website follows the principle of mutual benefit for content cooperation. The information reprinted on the website has been approved by the oral or written permission by copyright owners. If there are some omissions, please contact us and provide corresponding evidence.

(7). The website shall not be liable for any personal data disclosure caused by other websites linked our website and any legal disputes and consequences arising from the disclosure.

(8). If the user violates the laws and regulation of the People’s Republic of China due to his/her neglecting of this statement, he/she shall be borne the responsibility.

3. Privacy protection

1. . Users can visit our website and obtain information on the condition of anonymity. The website will explain the purposes to its readers before requesting them to provide relevant information. Some services require reader’s registration before use. Typically, such registrations require only an E-mail address and some basic information such as user's nationality and educational background. Sometimes the website will also ask users to provide more information, in order to better understand the needs of users with more effective services. The information collected on this website includes names, addresses and mobile phone numbers etc. Users have the right to reject any information from us at any time at their discretion.
2. . Registration obligations of users. Users who wish to use the services provided by the website after registration should agree to provide us with true, correct, up-to-date and complete information as indicated in the service registry and to update the registration information at any time to ensure that it is true, correct, up-to-date and complete. If you provide any false, inaccurate, out-of-date or incomplete, or misleading information, or this website has reason to suspect that the foregoing information is incorrect, inaccurate, out-of-date or incomplete, or misleading, this website reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account, and refused you to enjoy all or any part of the services provided by this website.
3. . The website will take reasonable security measures to protect the personal information of the user, and it will not provide any personal information of the user to any unrelated third party (including companies or individuals) without the user's permission, except as required by law or the government.
4. . Users should understand that the website may disclose personal data as required by law, or may be convinced in good faith that such disclosure is necessary for:

1. Comply with the legal notice or the legal procedures applicable to the website;
2. Protect the rights or property of the users of the website;
3. In case of emergency, to protect the personal or public safety of the website and its users;

4. Predictive statements

Information posted on this website may contain certain predictive statements, which are inherently risky and uncertain. The purpose of the predictive statements published on this website about the CSCSE and related businesses is to indicate that they are predictive statements, and the center does not intend to constantly update these predictive statements. Such predictive statements reflect the CSCSE's current view of future events and are not a guarantee of future business performance.