Privacy Policy

This Policy describes how we collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from choubaochina.com (the “Site”).

Data Controller: YI NIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO., LIMITED

(“we”, “us”, or “our”) is the controller of any information processed in connection with this Policy.

 

Information we collect

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information based on your needs, if you contact us for customer support. In this Policy, we refer to any information about an identifiable individual (including the information below) as “personal information”. See the list below for more information about what personal information we collect and why.

  • Device information
    • Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
    • Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using Cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
    • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify.
    • Personal information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
    • Order information
      • Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, arrange after-sales services and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
      • Source of collection:  collected from you.
      • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify.
      • Personal information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbersPayPal), email address, phone number,and the additional information needed in providing products or services.
    • Customer support information
      • Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.
      • Source of collection:  collected from you
      • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify.
      • Personal information collected: the information you give us during the interaction.

       

      Sharing personal information

      Affiliated Companies

      Your personal information may be shared with our affiliated companies. We will only share your information within our affiliated companies for legitimate and explicit purposes, and only share the information necessary to provide the services, and are bound by the purposes stated in this Policy (which means that these companies will use your personal information in the same way as we can under this Policy, including provide part of the functions of the Site, preventing illegal use and supporting users). If the affiliated companies wish to change the purpose of processing, we will state it in the corresponding notice of the specific services.

       

      Service Providers

      We share your personal information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your personal information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

       

      Sharing due to merger, acquisition and similar situations of the transfer of the corporate asset

      Information we collect may also be disclosed or transferred as part of, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale, divestiture, or transfer of all or a portion of the company assets, financing or acquisition or in any other situation where personal information may be transferred as one of the business assets of ours. You will be notified via email and/or a notice of any change in ownership, uses of your personal information, and choices you may have regarding your personal information.

       

      Sharing in response to Legal Obligations And Rights

      We may share your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

       

      Sharing when you give us consent

      From time to time, we may also share personal information with third parties when you give us your consent to do so.

       

      Behavioural Advertising

      We use your personal information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

      • We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
      • We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).
      • We use Shopify Audiences to help us show ads on other websites with our advertising partners to buyers who made purchases with other Shopify merchants and who may also be interested in what we have to offer. We also share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and the email address associated with your purchases with Shopify Audiences, through which other Shopify merchants may make offers you may be interested in.

       

      For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

      You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

      Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: https://optout.aboutads.info/.

       

      Using personal information

      We use your personal information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, processing a refund and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

       

      Lawful basis

      Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

      • Your consent;
      • The performance of the contract between you and the Site;
      • Compliance with our legal obligations;
      • To protect your vital interests;
      • To perform a task carried out in the public interest;
      • For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

         

        Retention

        When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your personal information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. For more information on your right of erasure, please see the ‘Your rights’ section below.

         

        Automatic decision-making

        If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (which includes profiling), when that decision-making has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.

        We DO NOT engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.

        Our processor Shopify uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud in ways that does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on you.

        Services that include elements of automated decision-making include:

        • Temporary blacklist of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions. This blacklist persists for a small number of hours.
        • Temporary blacklist of credit cards associated with blacklisted IP addresses. This blacklist persists for a small number of days.

           

          Your rights

          GDPR

          If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information stated in this Policy . 

          Your personal information will be initially processed in Ireland and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

          We believe you should be able to access and control your personal information no matter where you live. You may have the right to request access to, correct, amend, delete, restrict, or object to certain uses of your personal information. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information stated in this Policy. 

          CCPA

          If you are a resident of California, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you (also known as the ‘Right to Know’), to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us through the contact information above.

          If you are a resident of California, you also have the following extra rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, and you have the right to be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights under the Act:

          You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you and explain how we have collected, used and shared your personal information over the past 12 months.

          You have the right to request that we delete your personal information that we collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.

          We did not sell personal information and therefore did not process requests for opt-out of sale.

          If you would like to designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf, please contact us at the address stated in this  Policy.

          Minimum Age. In the United States, the minimum age for users is 13. We therefore do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 in the United States without parental consent, unless permitted by law. If we learn that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete it in accordance with applicable law.

          California “Shine The Light” Law. For users located in California, we do not share your personal information with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

           

          Cookies

          A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor. In order to verify your identity, choose your preference, ensure the security, function and service, increase the efficiency, and do the research and analysis, etc, we and our third-parties may collect your personal information through cookies.

          We use the following cookies to optimize your experience on our Site and to provide our services.

           

          Cookies Necessary for the Functioning of the Store

          Name

          Function

          Duration

          _ab

          Used in connection with access to admin.

          2y

          _secure_session_id

          Used in connection with navigation through a storefront.

          24h

          _shopify_country

          Used in connection with checkout.

          session

          _shopify_m

          Used for managing customer privacy settings.

          1y

          _shopify_tm

          Used for managing customer privacy settings.

          30min

          _shopify_tw

          Used for managing customer privacy settings.

          2w

          _storefront_u

          Used to facilitate updating customer account information.

          1min

          _tracking_consent

          Tracking preferences.

          1y

          c

          Used in connection with checkout.

          1y

          cart

          Used in connection with shopping cart.

          2w

          cart_currency

          Used in connection with shopping cart.

          2w

          cart_sig

          Used in connection with checkout.

          2w

          cart_ts

          Used in connection with checkout.

          2w

          cart_ver

          Used in connection with shopping cart.

          2w

          checkout

          Used in connection with checkout.

          4w

          checkout_token

          Used in connection with checkout.

          1y

          dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart

          Used in connection with checkout.

          30min

          hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout

          Used in connection with checkout.

          session

          keep_alive

          Used in connection with buyer localization.

          2w

          master_device_id

          Used in connection with merchant login.

          2y

          previous_step

          Used in connection with checkout.

          1y

          remember_me

          Used in connection with checkout.

          1y

          secure_customer_sig

          Used in connection with customer login.

          20y

          shopify_pay

          Used in connection with checkout.

          1y

          shopify_pay_redirect

          Used in connection with checkout.

          30 minutes, 3w or 1y depending on value

          storefront_digest

          Used in connection with customer login.

          2y

          tracked_start_checkout

          Used in connection with checkout.

          1y

          checkout_one_experiment

          Used in connection with checkout.

          session

           

          Reporting and Analytics

          Name

          Function

          Duration

          _landing_page

          Track landing pages.

          2w

          _orig_referrer

          Track landing pages.

          2w

          _s

          Shopify analytics.

          30min

          _shopify_d

          Shopify analytics.

          session

          _shopify_s

          Shopify analytics.

          30min

          _shopify_sa_p

          Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

          30min

          _shopify_sa_t

          Shopify analytics relating to marketing & referrals.

          30min

          _shopify_y

          Shopify analytics.

          1y

          _y

          Shopify analytics.

          1y

          _shopify_evids

          Shopify analytics.

          session

          _shopify_ga

          Shopify and Google Analytics.

          session

           

          The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device.

          You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

          Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.

          Additionally, please note that blocking cookies may not completely prevent how we share information with third parties such as our advertising partners. To exercise your rights or opt-out of certain uses of your information by these parties, please follow the instructions in the “Behavioural Advertising” section above.

           

          Do Not Track

          Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

           

          Changes to this Policy

          We may update this Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We may post the update version on the Site, please regularly visit our site for the latest privacy policy.

           

          Complaints

          As noted above, if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail or by mail using the details provided under “Contact Us”.

          If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge your complaint with the relevant data protection authority.

           

          Contact us

          After reviewing this policy, if you have additional questions, want more information about our privacy practices, or would like  to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at support@choubaochina.com or by mail using the details provided below:

          Rooms 1318-19, Hollywood Plaza, 610 Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, HK.