Our Website Policies
Safeguarding Children and Adults
World Vision China, as a child focused development and humanitarian organization, commits itself to the promotion of child well-being in a safe environment. Safeguarding the children and vulnerable adults we serve is foundational to all our activities and programs. Central to everything we do is our commitment to first do no harm to children and adult beneficiaries, to respect the rights of all beneficiarie, and to uphold the best interests of children as a primary consideration in all actions and decisions.
Click here to read our policy on Safeguarding Children and Adults, which we honor scrupulously in all our work.
Privacy Statement
World Vision China Foundation Limited has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. Please find the following information gathering and dissemination practices for this site: www.wvchina.org.
You do not have to provide any personal information on our website unless you choose to do so. Various locations within our website may invite you to provide certain contact information (e.g., name, address, telephone or fax numbers, e-mail address) and other demographic information (e.g., nationality) if you desire more information about our organization. We may use this contact information to send you information about World Vision and its programs. You may also be contacted when necessary. You may opt-out of receiving future communications by revisiting the form and submitting a request.
You may also provide personal information on our website if you wish to apply for employment or register as a volunteer at World Vision China Foundation Limited or another member entity in the World Vision Partnership.
World Vision China Foundation Limited assures you that the identity of all who contact us through this website is kept confidential: we do not rent, sell, or exchange our mailing lists, or otherwise disclose such information to third parties, except as may be required by law, or through voluntary cooperation with law enforcement authorities if we judge that such cooperation is necessary to avoid potential serious harm. We may also provide your contact information to other member entities in the World Vision Partnership (e.g., the World Vision entity in your home country), which will handle the information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
As with most other Internet sites, our web servers utilize “cookies” to track a user’s activity within our site as well as record the IP address of each visitor to this site. A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your computer. A cookie contains a unique identifying feature that allows our computer to recognize you when you return to the World Vision site. The recorded IP address tells us which domain you visited from (for instance, aol.com), but not your email address or other private and personal information. We use the information we record to help diagnose problems with our servers, to administer this website more effectively, and to gather broad demographic information about what countries and domains our visitors hail from and their behaviors on our site.
We may share aggregate statistical information (e.g., the number of visitors to our website), whether gathered by our Web servers or through submissions from visitors, with third parties. These statistics do not include personal information.
This website may contain links to other sites, including links which frame the content of the other sites within the World Vision name and logo. World Vision China Foundation Limited is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites, even if our name and logo are still on top of the screen.
This privacy statement has been updated and is effective as of January 2014. World Vision China Foundation Limited may make changes to this privacy statement from time to time. The revised statement will be effective immediately upon posting to our website. Please check the effective date of this privacy statement to determine whether changes have been made since the last time you visited this website.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, please Contact Us.
Copyrights
These Terms of Use are applicable to all World Vision China Foundation Limited Websites, whether a sponsored site or a site managed through a third-party vendor or hosted by a third party (referred to hereafter as the "Website"). We reserve all copyright on the materials on this Website, including but not limited to text, photographs, graphic design, audio and video. Please read the terms of use before using any material. By continuing to use this Website, you agree to accept and abide by these terms and the World Vision China Foundation Limited Foundation Limited Privacy Policy Statement.
Conditions of Use
The Website is intended for personal, non-commercial use only. Any use other than for personal purpose including but not limited to altering, downloading, copying or transmitting any material, reproducing or reposting it should obtain prior written permission from World Vision China Foundation Limited. Unauthorized use of all website content is strictly prohibited. For inquiries please contact: pr@wvchi.org. If such permission is granted, the source should be acknowledged appropriately. For enquiry on usage for purposes other than personal and non-commercial, please contact us in advance.
Use of Logos
World Vision’s logo must not be downloaded, copied, transmitted, published, reproduced or used for any purpose without the prior written permission of World Vision China Foundation Limited.
Use of Images, Videos and Text
We encourage you to share the materials (images, videos and text) on this Website to educate yourself and others, to promote World Vision’s work or to fundraise for us. There are some limits:
- The materials are not intended for commercial purposes. If you want to use the materials for commercial purposes or to fundraise for us through your business or other commercial activity, please contact us in advance.
- You need to make sure that you do not modify the material in any way and that you acknowledge us as the owner as follows:
Copyright 852-2394 5613 [year]. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Source: www.wvchina.org
- You will not use our materials to fundraise for anybody else.
- We reserve all rights to restrain the use of our materials at any time at our complete discretion.
Disclaimers
The information provided on this Website is intended for general reference only. While reasonable endeavors have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on this Website, World Vision China Foundation Limited does not give warranty that the information is free from error or omission. World Vision Hong Kong does not assume any liability for direct or indirect loss resulting from the use of or reliance on the information here provided.
Reasonable measures have been taken to prevent the introduction of destructive materials (e.g. viruses) to the Website. World Vision China Foundation Limited however does not give warranty that the Website or any part of the content is free from such destructive materials. Any use or browsing of this Website is at your own discretion and risk. World Vision Hong Kong does not assume any liability for direct or indirect damages caused by such destructive features.
World Vision China Foundation Limited does not give warranty for use of this Website without interruption although reasonable effort will be made to maintain this Website and rectify problems that may cause possible delay, errors, loss of transmitted information, interruption and temporary unavailability. World Vision Hong Kong does not assume any liability for direct or indirect loss resulting from the use of or inability to use this Website.
The Website may contain links to other third-party websites for visitors’ convenience. World Vision China Foundation Limited does not assume any responsibility or liability in respect of the accuracy, completeness or availability of such other websites. Links to other websites or any websites linked to this Website do not constitute an endorsement and recommendation by World Vision China Foundation Limited of such websites or the services, products, advertising or other materials provided on those websites.
