Privacy Policy

Dear User,

Shenzhen Hongling Smart Link Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Hongling Smart Link,” “we,” and ‘our’) understands the importance of privacy to you and will respect your privacy. Please read and understand this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as “this Policy”) before submitting personal information to Hongling Smart Link. This Policy applies to Hongling Smart Link websites, products, and services that display or link to this Privacy Policy. Specifically, this website: https://hlsmart.com/ is operated by Shenzhen Hongling Smart Link Technology Co., Ltd. (registered at 20F, Building 10, Baoneng Science Park, Longgang District, Shenzhen).

This Policy describes how Hongling Smart Link processes your personal information, but it may not cover all possible data processing scenarios. Information regarding the collection of specific data for particular products or services may be provided in dedicated privacy notices or supplemental policies published by Hongling Smart Link for those specific products or services, or in notices provided at the time of data collection.

The purpose of this policy is to help you understand the following:

  1. How Hongling Smart Link collects and uses your personal information
  2. How Hongling Smart Link uses cookies and similar technologies
  3. How Hongling Smart Link Discloses Your Personal Information
  4. Your rights regarding the processing of your personal information
  5. How Hongling Smart Link Protects Your Personal Information
  6. Third-party providers and their services
  7. How this policy is updated
  8. How to contact Hongling Smart Link

1. How Hongling Smart Link Collects and Uses Your Personal Information

1.1 How Hongling Smart Link Collects Your Personal Information

Personal information refers to any information recorded electronically or otherwise that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person, excluding information that has been anonymized. When you use Hongling Smart Link products and services or interact with us, we may collect your personal information. The specific types of data collected will vary depending on the products and services you use and the nature of your interactions with us. You are not required to provide personal information to Hongling Smart Link. However, in certain circumstances, if you choose not to provide it, Hongling Smart Link may be unable to provide you with relevant products or services, or respond to or resolve issues you encounter.

Hongling Smart Link will only collect and use your personal information for the purposes described in this Policy. The personal information we collect includes:

(a) Data you directly submit: To facilitate the use of Hongling Smart Link’s recruitment services, you need to provide your email address and phone number to create a personal account. Additionally, the information you directly submit includes details from your resume and other personal information obtained by Hongling Smart Link for recruitment purposes. Depending on the position you apply for, this information may include your identity data, contact information, educational background, work experience, professional skills, language proficiency, and other data required for specific roles.

(b) Service usage data: This includes device name, system and application versions, region and language settings, device version, and data stored by cookies on your device.

(c) Third-party data: Where permitted by law, we may also obtain relevant personal information about you from public and commercial sources (such as social media and recruitment websites).

(d) Data generated during recruitment activities: This includes job application information, assessment information, hiring information, and background check information.

1.2 How Hongling Smart Link Uses Your Personal Information

We will use your personal information for the following recruitment purposes:

  • Establishing candidate profiles
  • Managing candidate job applications
  • Evaluating candidates and making hiring decisions, processing onboarding
  • Notifying you of other job opportunities at Hongling Smart Link

2. How Hongling Smart Link Uses Cookies and Similar Technologies

2.1 Cookies

To ensure the proper functioning of our website, we may occasionally store small data files called cookies on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are plain text files stored by a web server on your computer or mobile device. The contents of a cookie can only be retrieved or read by the server that created it. Each cookie is unique to your web browser or mobile application. Cookies typically contain an identifier, the site name, and some numbers and characters.

Hongling Smart Link uses cookies for the same purposes as most websites or internet service providers: to enhance user experience. Cookies enable websites to remember a user’s single visit (using session cookies) or multiple visits (using persistent cookies). Cookies allow websites to save settings such as your computer or mobile device’s language, font size, and other browsing preferences. This means you don’t have to reconfigure your preferences each time you visit. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will treat you as a new visitor every time you open a page. For example, if you log in to a website and then navigate to another page, the site won’t recognize you and you’ll be logged out again. Hongling Smart Link will not use cookies for any purpose beyond those described in this policy. You may manage or delete cookies according to your preferences. For details, please visit AboutCookies.org. You can clear all cookies stored on your computer, and most web browsers offer the ability to block cookies. However, if you do so, you will need to manually adjust your user settings each time you visit our website. For detailed instructions on changing browser settings, please visit the following links:

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2.2 Web Beacons and Pixel Tags

In addition to cookies, we also use other similar technologies on our website, such as web beacons and pixel tags. For example, emails sent to you by Hongling Smart Link may contain clickable URLs linking to content on the Hongling Smart Link website. If you click on such a link, Hongling Smart Link will track this click to help us understand your product and service preferences and improve customer service. Web beacons are typically transparent images embedded in websites or emails. Pixel tags in emails allow us to determine whether an email has been opened. If you prefer not to have your activities tracked in this manner, you may unsubscribe from Hongling Smart Link’s mailing list at any time.

Your use of our website constitutes your consent to the use of cookies, web beacons, and pixel tags as described above.

3. How Hongling Smart Link Discloses Your Personal Information

Hongling Smart Link generally does not disclose your personal information externally, except in the following scenarios:

3.1 Disclosure with Explicit Consent: Hongling Smart Link will share your personal information with other parties after obtaining your explicit consent.

3.2 Disclosure to Authorized Partners (hereinafter referred to as “Our Partners”): Certain Hongling Smart Link services are provided by our partners. Hongling Smart Link may share some of your personal data with partners to fulfill related recruitment operations and enhance user experience. We will only process your personal data for specific, explicit, and legitimate purposes, and will only disclose data necessary for service provision. Hongling Smart Link’s subsidiaries or partners are not authorized to use shared personal data for any other purposes.

3.3 Disclosure Based on Legal or Legitimate Grounds: Hongling Smart Link may disclose your personal information when required by applicable law or in response to legal proceedings. In certain jurisdictions, your personal information may also be disclosed to transaction counterparties if Hongling Smart Link is involved in reorganization, merger, spin-off, or bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings. Hongling Smart Link may further disclose your data when reasonably necessary, such as for enforcing terms and conditions or protecting customers.

4. Your Rights Regarding Personal Information Processing

You should ensure all submitted personal information is accurate. Hongling Smart Link will make every effort to maintain the accuracy and completeness of personal information and update such data in a timely manner.

Where required by applicable law, you may have the right to: (1) access and obtain copies of specific personal information we hold about you; (2) request us to update or correct inaccurate personal information; (3) object to or restrict our use of your personal information; (4) Request deletion of your personal information; (5) Request an explanation of our personal information processing rules. To exercise these rights, please click here to submit an online request. For security purposes, you may be required to provide a written request. We will verify your identity in accordance with local legal requirements. We may refuse requests if we have reasonable grounds to believe they are fraudulent, impracticable, or infringe upon others’ privacy rights.

Where required by applicable law, when Hongling Smart Link processes your personal information based on your consent, you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. However, withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness or validity of our processing of your personal information based on your consent prior to withdrawal, nor does it affect our processing of your personal information based on other appropriate legal bases.

5. How Hongling Smart Link Protects and Retains Your Personal Information

Hongling Smart Link places high importance on the security of personal information. We employ appropriate physical, organizational, and technical measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, alteration, damage, or loss. For example:
– We use encryption technology to secure specific personal information.
– We implement protective mechanisms against malicious attacks.
– We deploy access control systems to ensure only authorized personnel can access your personal information. Internally, we conduct data security and privacy protection training to enhance employees’ awareness of the importance of protecting personal information. We retain personal information in accordance with applicable legal or regulatory requirements and for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. In accordance with Hongling Smart Link’s personal information retention policy, we periodically review, archive, and delete personal information unless we have a legal basis to extend the retention period. We strive to protect your personal information, but please note that no security measures can be completely foolproof.

6. Third-Party Providers and Their Services

To ensure a seamless browsing experience, you may receive content or web links provided by third parties outside of Hongling Smart Link and its partners (hereinafter referred to as “Third Parties”). Hongling Smart Link has no control over such Third Parties. You may choose whether to access links, content, products, and services provided by Third Parties.

Hongling Smart Link cannot control the privacy and data protection policies of third parties, and such third parties are not bound by this Policy. Before submitting personal information to any third party, please review their privacy protection policies.

7. Policy Updates

Hongling Smart Link reserves the right to update or modify this policy from time to time. Should our privacy policy change, we will post the latest version here. For significant changes to the privacy policy, we may also notify you through various channels.

8. Contacting Hongling Smart Link

For any privacy-related inquiries, please contact Hongling Smart Link’s Data Protection Officer by clicking here.

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