Dear Friends,

Thank you for visiting the Investigation Branch World Wide Web. To protect your personal privacy, we have drawn up this Privacy Protection Declaration. To know how the Investigation Branch World Wide Web collect and use information and how we protect the personal information you provide us, please read the following declaration carefully:

Scope of Application - Privacy Protection Declaration

The following Privacy Protection Declaration applies to collection, utilization, and protection of your personal information when you use the services at the Investigation Branch World Wide Web, but are NOT APPLICABLE to other government web links available through our web pages. Each website has its own privacy protection policies and the Investigation Branch World Wide Web is not responsible for liabilities associated with external links. When you connect to these websites, the privacy protection policies of these websites apply to the protections of your personal privacy.

Collection and Utilization of Your Personal Data

For browsing and file download actions at the Investigation Branch World Wide Web, this website does not collect any information regarding personal identity.

When using the public mailbox, complaint mailbox, and online application services provided by the Investigation Branch World Wide Web where personal information is required for case processing or reply, each of the units in charge will request you to provide true and the most recent information such as name, identification card number, contact phone number, e-mail, contact address, and permanent address, as needed.

The website will also record users' IP address, online time, and pages browsed in the website. This information is used by the Investigation Branch World Wide Web for internal website flow and web behavior quantitative analyses, for the purpose of providing you an even better service. Moreover, Investigation Branch World Wide Web only conducts analyses on the total quantitative behaviors of the users as a whole. We do not conduct analyses on individual users.

Information Sharing and Public Release

The Investigation Branch World Wide Web does not in any condition sell, exchange, or lease your personal information to any other organizations, individuals, or private corporations. However, the following conditions are exempted from the above-stated policy:

1. Information may be released to judicial units for legal investigations.
2. Information may be released to relevant authorities for investigations or use.
3. Information may be disclosed if it is deemed, in good faith, required by legal investigations or used for the purpose of maintaining and improving the services of the website.

Amendments to the Privacy Protection Policies

The Investigation Branch World Wide Web Privacy Protection Policies may be amended at any time as needs arise. Amended policies will be publicly announced on the website.

Enquiries Regarding Privacy Protection Policies

If you have any questions regarding the Investigation Branch World Wide Web Privacy Protection Policies, please contact us. We welcome your comments.