Privacy Policy

dailyQi, Qi magazine, and their publisher The Zhou-Li Business Group, Inc. ("Zhou-Li Group"), take your right to privacy seriously, and want you to feel comfortable using this web site. This privacy policy deals with personally-identifiable information (referred to as "data" below) that may be collected by this site. This policy does not apply to other entities that are not owned or controlled by Zhou-Li Group, nor does it apply to persons that are not employees or agents of Zhou-Li Group, or that are not under Zhou-Li Group's control. Please take time to read this site's Terms and Conditions of use.

By using this web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If at any time you choose not to accept this Privacy Policy, you may not use this web site or any of its services.

1. Collection of data

Registration for an account on this site requires only a valid e-mail address and a user name that has not been chosen already. You are not required to provide any other information if you do not want to. Please be aware that the user name you choose, the e-mail address you provide and any other information you enter may render you personally identifiable, and may possibly be displayed on this web site intentionally (depending on choices you make during the registration process, or depending on the way in which the site is configured) or unintentionally (subsequent to a successful act of intrusion by a third party). As on many web sites, Zhou-Li Group may also automatically receive general information that is contained in server log files, such as your IP address, and cookie information. Information about how advertising may be served on this site is set forth below.

2. Use of data

Data may be used to customize and improve your user experience on this site. Efforts will be made to prevent your data being made available to third parties unless

1. provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy;
2. your consent is obtained, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out for the sharing of data;
3. you enter a contest or other promotion offered on this site for which we may, under the rules of the promotion, use your name and certain other information to administer the promotion, such as contacting, announcing and promoting the winners of the promotion;
4. a service provided on our site requires interaction with a third party, or is provided by a third party, such as an application service provider;
5. pursuant to legal action or law enforcement;
6. it is found that your use of this site violates the site's policy, terms of service, or other usage guidelines, or if it is deemed reasonably necessary by Zhou-Li Group to protect Zhou-Li Group's legal rights and/or property; or
7. this site is purchased by a third party, in which case that third party will be able to use the data in the same manner as set forth in this policy.

3. Cookies

Like many web sites, this web site sets and uses cookies to enhance your user experience -- to remember your personal settings, for instance. Advertisements may display on this web site and, if so, may set and access cookies on your computer; such cookies are subject to the privacy policy of the parties providing the advertisement. However, the parties providing the advertising do not have access to this site's cookies. These parties usually use non-personally-identifiable or anonymous codes to obtain information about your visits to this site. You can visit this Wikipedia article about cookies if you want to find out more information about the general practice of using cookies.

Cookies are used on many major web sites. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser either to notify you when you have received a cookie, or to refuse to accept cookies. You should understand that while this site does not require you to use cookies, certain services may not function properly if you set your browser to not accept cookies.

4. Minors

This site might not allow persons who are aged thirteen or younger to become members of this site. For more information, please contact the site administrator.

5. Forums and public posting areas

Please note that any information you include in a message you post to any forum or other public posting area is available to anyone with Internet access. If you don't want people to know your e-mail address, for example, don't include it in any message you post publicly. PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN DISCLOSING ANY INFORMATION IN FORUMS AND OTHER PUBLIC POSTING AREAS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE BY OTHERS OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DISCLOSE IN FORUMS AND OTHER PUBLIC POSTING AREAS.

6. Editing or deleting your account information

You are provided with the ability to edit the information stored for your user account information during registration, by visiting your user account control panel. You can request that your user account be deleted; to do so, please contact the site administrator. Content or other data that you may have provided, and that is not stored within your user account, such as articles published, may continue to remain on the site at Zhou-Li Group's discretion, even after your user account is deleted. Please see the site's Terms and Conditions of use for more information.

7. Changes to this privacy policy

Changes may be made to this policy from time to time. You will be notified of substantial changes to this policy either by through the posting of a prominent announcement on the site, and/or by a mail message sent to the e-mail address you have provided, which is stored within your user settings.

8. NO GUARANTEES

While this privacy policy states standards for maintenance of data, and while efforts will be made to meet the said standards, Zhou-Li Group is not in a position to guarantee compliance with these standards. There may be factors beyond Zhou-Li Group's control that may result in disclosure of data. Consquently, Zhou-Li Group offers no warranties or representations as regards maintenance or non-disclosure of data.

9. Contact information

If you have any questions about this policy or about this web site, please feel free to contact the site administratorat info@dailyqi.com.

Last Updated On: February 13, 2008.