MIC is committed to protecting the privacy of MIC website users, and our privacy protection practices strictly adhere to the Republic of China's Computer Processed Personal Data Protection Law. Personal information and usage statistics are not sold to or shared with any third parties, unless required to by law. Any such information collected is used for technical district of the website as well as administration and enhancement of services. Users from which we may collect information include subscription service clients, purchasers of research available for individual sale, users who register with the MIC site, and users who send inquiries or comments through the Contact Us section of the website.

We record your IP address and monitor how you use our Web sites including search terms you enter, pages visited and printed, duration of website browsing, documents viewed, and files downloaded. If you are a client or registered user, this information is stored with your registration information. Aggregated forms of this data may also be used in order to help us understand areas for future research and to identify future features and functions to develop for the web site. This data may also be used by MIC, in the aggregate form, to identify appropriate product offerings and subscription plans.

A cookie is a small piece of computer code that enables Web servers to "identify" visitors. Each time you initiate a session on the MIC website, a cookie is set in order to identify you and determine your access privileges. Cookies do not store any of the information that you have provided to the site. They are simply identifiers.

You have the ability to delete cookie files from your hard drive at any time. However, you should know that cookies may be necessary to provide you with access to much of the content and many of the features of the MIC web site. We use cookie technology to enable registered users to move quickly and securely through access-controlled areas of the sites. Cookie technology also enables registered users to take advantage of certain useful features on the sites, including "remember my password."

In order to use certain features of the MIC web site, you may be asked to complete a registration form. During registration, you are required to provide contact information which is used to notify you of web site or service changes. If your personal information changes, you may update it at any time. To correct or update personal information, or unsubscribe to e-mail notifications, go to your personal account settings area.

When you place an order we may request additional information such as credit card number and expiration date. This information is used by a third party credit-card processor. MIC does not retain records of credit card numbers. Any documentation of customer credit card numbers received via fax, e-mail, or phone is immediately destroyed after processing.

All user data is contained behind a firewall in a secure database and only accessible by a limited number of employees who have special access rights. If you have any questions about the security at our web site, please send an e-mail to csmic@iii.org.tw.

The MIC website may contain links to other Web sites. Please be aware that MIC is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by the MIC web site.

We will notify you about significant changes by sending a notice to the e-mail address specified in your user profile.