Legal & Compliance

Privacy Policy

Shanghai Prospect Development Institute places the utmost importance on personal information protection and data security. Formulated under the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) and the Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China, this policy explains how we collect, store, process, and protect your personal information when you access our official website and use our enquiry services.

Effective Date: 2026-08-20

Compliance Status

Official Published Version

We adhere strictly to the principles of legality, legitimacy, necessity, and good faith. We only collect the minimal personal data required for educational consultation and secure website operation.

Data Controller and Scope of Application

This Privacy Policy applies to all public pages, programme showcases, news updates, and online enquiry services provided on the official website (chinaprospect.cn) of Shanghai Prospect Development Institute (the 'Institute', 'we', or 'us').

The Institute is the personal information processor (data controller) under this policy. Restricted management systems are governed by separate administrative access and security audit procedures.

Personal Information We Collect and Purposes of Use

We collect personal information solely for legitimate and explicitly stated purposes, and will never use your information for unrelated commercial marketing:

Enquiry and Consultation: When you submit messages via our online contact form, we collect your name, organisation, email address, enquiry category, and message content to evaluate needs, answer questions, and facilitate educational programme matchmaking.
System Security and Logging: To maintain website availability and prevent cyberattacks, server logs automatically record IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, and access timestamps in strict compliance with cybersecurity statutory retention obligations.

Data Storage, Protection, and Cross-Border Transfers

Storage Location: All personal information collected within the territory of the PRC is stored securely on servers located within mainland China and is not transferred overseas.

Retention Period: Enquiry data is retained only for the duration necessary to fulfil consultation follow-up, after which it is deleted or anonymised. Technical logs are retained for at least 6 months as legally required.

Security Measures: We employ TLS 1.3 encryption, database access controls, firewalls, and least-privilege security protocols to protect against data leakage or tampering.

Third-Party Sharing and Tracking Prohibition

We do not sell, rent, or disclose personal data to third-party commercial entities. No cross-site advertising, behavioral tracking, or profiling scripts are deployed on this website.

Your Statutory Rights Under PIPL

Under the PIPL, you have the right to access, rectify, delete, restrict processing, and withdraw consent regarding your personal data:

Access and Rectification: You may verify whether we hold your enquiry data and request corrections for inaccurate information.
Deletion and Withdrawal: You may request the prompt deletion of your records once the purpose of enquiry has been fulfilled.
Exercising Rights: Requests can be submitted to our designated official mailbox: contact@chinaprospect.org. We will verify your identity and respond within 15 business days.

Policy Revisions and Contact Details

We may update this policy in accordance with legal developments. Revisions will be published on this page with an updated effective date.

If you have any questions or data protection requests, please contact us at contact@chinaprospect.org.