1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE

1.1 The Agreement. The content herein sets forth the terms and conditions of the Taiwantrade Online Membership Agreement (“Agreement”) between a member of the Taiwantrade platform (“Member”) and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (“TAITRA”). This Agreement shall govern any and all of the Member’s access and use of the website of Taiwantrade (URL:www.taiwantrade.com) ( the “Site”) hold by TAITRA.

1.2 Services of the Site. The Site provides an online platform for companies and organizations to use the services concerning business-to-business e-commerce trades, as well as other services, provided via the Site, including but not limited to services provided for enabling the listing and purchasing of the products or services for Members, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein (“Services”). The Services regarding listing, ordering and purchasing of the products or services provided by TAITRA are currently free of charge. TAITRA reserves the right to charge for any and all of the Services at any time.

1.3 Amendment. TAITRA may, at its sole discretion, amend this Agreement at any time by posting the latest Agreement on the Site, without any specific notice to Member. It is the responsibility of Member to review the most recently published Agreement. No amendment or alteration shall be made to this Agreement without TAITRA’s prior consent.

2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

2.1 The Member agrees to the terms and conditions outlined in this Agreement. By applying for membership with TAITRA, the Member accepts and agrees to be bound by this Agreement regardless of whether the Member has actually read and/or reviewed this Agreement or not. Further, by logging onto the Site with the member account and/or using or continuing using the Services provided on the Site, the Member accepts and agrees to be bound by the most updated version of this Agreement, if any. In the event the Member does not agree to any of the terms and conditions set forth in the most updated version of this Agreement, the Member shall cease from using the Services provided via the Site immediately.

2.2 This Agreement, together with the Site’s Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Product Listing Policy, Liability Disclaimer, Intellectual Property Right Infringement Policy, Notice of Personal Information Protection, and the other terms and conditions provided from time to time by TAITRA for the Member to follow which are incorporated by reference herein, constitute the entire agreement between the Member and TAITRA, and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, undertakings or warranties with respect to the Site, the content, product or services provided by or through the Site and the subject matter of this Agreement.

3. MEMBERSHIP

3.1 Application of Membership. The Member shall be a legal entity or an individual having legal capacity to form legally binding contracts. Applicant wishing to use the services of the Site shall provide all information and documents requested by TAITRA, including but not limited to the information specified in the membership application form provided by TAITRA online. After the applicant enters the foregoing required information and agrees to and accepts the terms and conditions provided herein, TAITRA may then, at its sole discretion, permit request for membership.

3.2 Rejection and Suspension of Application. TAITRA may reject an application for the following reasons:

(The information provided by the applicant in the membership application form, or any other information provided by the applicant to TAITRA and/or on the Site, is false, untrue, inaccurate or incomplete;

The applicant requests for service through the Site in the name of a third party;

The application is of an illegal nature or unreasonable; and/or

Any other reason that TAITRA deems appropriate.

TAITRA may suspend the application and notify, through e-mail or by other way TAITRA deems appropriate, such applicant of pending its submission of additionally requested information and materials in order to determine whether application for membership may be accepted.

3.3 Membership Application Accepted. TAITRA may issue a Member ID and assign a password to the applicant whose application is permitted to access the Services through such Member’s account.

The Member shall be responsible for maintaining confidentiality of the Member ID, password and account information, and no Member shall share or permit the use of its Member ID, password or account information with any third party. The Member acknowledges and agrees that sharing of its Member ID, password or account information with other persons will cause irreparable harm to TAITRA and the Member shall indemnify TAITRA against any losses or damages suffered by TAITRA as a result of such sharing or multiple use of the account.

3.4 Alternation and Cancellation of Membership. TAITRA may, at its sole discretion (which may be based on including but not limited to suspension of business, company dissolution and/or other reason TAITRA deems appropriate ), cancel, modify, upgrade, alter, suspend or terminate the membership or application of the Member at any time without prior notice.

3.5 Information provided. The Member shall provide true, accurate, current and complete information in connection with its application of membership and use of the Site, and maintain and promptly amend all information to keep such information updated, true, accurate, current and complete.

4. PROVISION OF SERVICE

4.1 Content of the Service and Alteration thereof. TAITRA shall have the rights to determine the content and the way the Services provided. The Member confirms that TAITRA may, at its sole discretion, remove, modify, upgrade, suspend, cancel or terminate any and all of the Services at any time without prior notice to Member. In the event Member fails to provide any material necessary to the Services or to use the Services within the time period prescribed by TAITRA, Member shall not be capable of enjoying the Services and shall have no right to request for any damages resulting therefrom.

4.2 Limitation of Services. TAITRA shall have the right to limit the Member’s use of any and all of the Services, including but not limited to modifying or removing any contents posted on the Site by the Member, or review the contents provided by the Member before posting, for any reason, without giving any prior notice to the Member. TAITRA reserves the right in it sole discretion to remove any material it reasonably believes that is unlawful, could subject TAITRA to liability, violates this Agreement or is otherwise found inappropriate in TAITRA’s opinion. The Member acknowledges and agrees that TAITRA shall not be liable to any party for any limitation of the Services set by TAITRA to the Member.

4.3 Service Provided by Third Party. The Member acknowledges and agrees that the services offered via or relating to the Site may be provided by third parties (including but not limited to the services provided by PayPal, HiTRUST, the issuing bank(s), payment or amount transfer service provider(s), logistics service provider(s), certification service provider(s), and other product or service provider(s)), and TAITRA shall have no liability for such service(s) of the third party(ies). The Member shall follow the terms and conditions set forth by such third party provider (including but not limited to the restriction set forth by the third party in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations regarding foreign exchange control or others as the case may be). TAITRA is entitled to, at its sole discretion, remove, modify, upgrade, suspend, cancel or terminate any and all of such third party services at any time without prior notice to the Member. TAITRA shall not be liable for any of the foregoing measures.

5. PROHIBITED USES

5.1 Not for End User. The products or services listed on the Site shall be only for the purposes of business to business trades. No Member shall purchase any product or service as an end user or provide any end user with any product or service via the Site. The Member shall indemnify and hold TAITRA harmless from and against any and all damages and lost arising therefrom.

5.2 Security Violation. The Member is prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site including, without limitation, accessing data not intended for them or logging into a server or account which they are not authorized to access, attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or attempting to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, attempting to interfere with service to any Member, host or network or sending unsolicited e-mail. Violation of the system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.

5.3 Violation of Law. The Member shall not use the Site (1) for transmitting, distributing or storing material in violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (2) in any manner that will infringe the patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy or publicity or other personal rights of others; (3) in any manner that is libelous, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful; or (4) in any manner against any applicable laws.

5.4 No Legal Capacity. The Member shall not use the Site if it does not have legal capacity to form legally binding contracts.

5.5 False Advertising. The Member shall not post any false, inaccurate, misleading or libelous content on the Site. Also, the advertisement shall not be fraudulent or involve sale of counterfeit goods.

5.6 Spam. The Member shall not engage in spamming, including but not limited to any form of emailing that is unsolicited.

5.7 Prohibition Contractual in Nature. The Member understands that the limitations set forth in this Section 5 and, as the case may be, otherwise provided in this Agreement are contractual in nature and may not be limited as a technical matter in the Site.

6. CONTENT LICENSE

By posting content on the Site or providing TAITRA with any content in any other manner, the Member unconditionally grants TAITRA a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free right (including but not limited to, the copyright and any other rights in the content owned by the Member) to use the content in order that TAITRA can host and display the content, compile statistics, conduct any analysis, use and make public the content related to business of TAITRA, promote the Site, and carry out the purposes set out in the Privacy Policy and/or any other matters related to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the license set forth in this Section 6 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

7. TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE MEMBERS

7.1 Independence of Site Provider. The Member acknowledges and agrees that TAITRA is not a party of, nor is it involved in, any transaction related to the Site as any buyer, supplier or trading counterparty, and TAITRA does not represent the supplier or the buyer either.

7.2 Assumption of Transaction Risks and Liabilities. The Member assumes full responsibility for all risks and liabilities in connection with the purchase or sale of products and services on the Site and acknowledges and agrees that TAITRA shall not be responsible or liable for any damages, liabilities, costs, inconveniences, business disruption or expenditures of any nature that may arise as a result of or relating to any transaction risks or liabilities (including without limitation, the lawfulness of the products or services offered for sale on the Site, the ability of the suppliers to complete a sale (including but not limited to stock and logistics affairs) or the buyers to complete a purchase, misrepresentation, quality, quantity, safety, mislabeling, defective of the products or services, insolvency or overdue payment, fraudulent schemes, breach of warranties and delivery mishap). The Member shall be fully responsible for the aforementioned transaction risks and liabilities.

7.3 Terms and Conditions of Transactions. The Member shall be fully responsible for all the terms and conditions in connection with any transaction conducted on or through the Site, including but not limited to, payment terms, return policy, warranties, shipping method, fees, taxes, storage, delivery and insurance.

7.4 Dispute resolution of Transactions. The Member acknowledges and agrees that, if any dispute arising out of or in connection with any transaction conducted on or through the Site relates to any services provided by PayPal, such dispute shall be resolved under the mechanism of dispute resolution provided by PayPal; if the dispute relates to any services provided by HiTRUST and/or the issuing bank(s), Member shall reach HiTRUST and/or the issuing bank(s) for resolution; if the dispute relates to other institution(s) or product or service provider(s), Member shall reach the corresponding institution(s) or product or service provider(s) for resolution. Any dispute or matter arising out of or in connection with any transaction conducted on or through the Site shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of China, without reference to conflict of laws principles.

7.5 Indemnification. In the event any Member has a dispute with any trading counterparty, such Member agrees to indemnify and hold TAITRA harmless from any and all damages (including actual, direct, indirect, consequential and special damages) or expenses (including but not limited to those for claims, requests, actions, or demands (including court expenses and attorney fees) ) suffered or incurred by TAITRA therefor.

8. MEMBER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

8.1 The Member hereby represents, warrants and agrees to (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about itself and its business references as may be required by TAITRA and (ii) maintain and promptly amend all information to keep it true, accurate, complete and updated.

8.2 The Member hereby represents, warrants and agrees that its use of the Service and the Site shall be free from the following circumstances:

ontaining fraudulent information or making fraudulent offers of items or involve the sale or attempted sale of counterfeit or stolen items or items whose sales and/or marketing is prohibited by applicable laws, or otherwise promote other illegal activities;

infringing or otherwise encouraging the infringement or violation of any third party's copyright, patent, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary rights, privacy or other legitimate rights;

violating any applicable laws, statutes or regulations, including without limitation those governing import/export control, unfair competition, foreign exchange control, anti-discrimination or false advertising;

providing or promoting any information, content or material that is obscene;

promoting discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;

containing information that is defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;

involving attempts to copy, reproduce, exploit or expropriate TAITRA’s various proprietary directories, databases, listings and information;

involving any scheme to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or networks used by TAITRA and/or any user of the Services, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks;

involving any computer viruses or other destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering with, intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or personal data;

containing any material that constitutes unauthorized advertising or harassment (including but not limited to spamming), invades anyone's privacy or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or regulation;

linking directly or indirectly to or including descriptions of goods or services or other materials that are prohibited under any laws and regulations or this Agreement;

being part of a scheme to defraud other Members or other users of the Site or for any other unlawful purpose; or

directly or indirectly violating any applicable laws.

8.3 The Member acknowledges and agrees that TAITRA shall have no obligation to actively monitor or exercise any editorial control whatsoever over the content of any message or other material or information created, obtained or accessible through the Services (although it reserves the right to do so). TAITRA does not endorse, verify or otherwise certify the contents of any comments or other material or information made by any Member. Each Member is solely responsible for the contents of their communications. The Member shall be held legally liable or accountable for the content of their comments or other material or information.

8.4 The Member represents, warrants and agrees that it has obtained all necessary third party licenses and permissions and shall be solely responsible for ensuring that any material or information it posts on the Site or provides to TAITRA or authorizes TAITRA to display does not violate the copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrets or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party or is posted with the permission of the owner(s) of such rights. The Member further represents, warrants and agrees that it has the right and authority to make offers to purchase, offer to sell, sell, purchase, make payment for, distribute or license the products or services described in the material or information it posts on the Site or provides to TAITRA or authorizes TAITRA to display.

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The text, images, layout, database, graphics, pictures, sounds or audio formats, software, brands and all other materials on the Site are the intellectual properties of TAITRA or other right holders, as the case may be, which are protected by the applicable laws related to copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and may not be downloaded or otherwise duplicated without the express written permission of TAITRA or the right holders. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the Services shall remain with TAITRA. Use of any of the foregoing without obtainment of consent from TAITRA is strictly prohibited and TAITRA reserves all rights therein.

10. DISCLAIMER AND IMITATION OF LIABILITY

10.1 No Liability from Information Posted by the Member. TAITRA is not responsible, and shall have no liability to it or anyone else for any material posted by such Member or third parties, including fraudulent, untrue, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damage from such material rests entirely with each Member. TAITRA shall have no obligation to review any of the contents posted by Member on the Site.

10.2 No Liability from Site Services, Error or Interruption. TAITRA shall not in any way be liable to Members or any third parties for any loss, injury, claim, liability or damage of any kind resulting from (i) any errors or inaccuracies in or omissions from the Site or any Services or products obtainable therefrom; (ii) the unavailability or interruption of the Site or any features and applications thereof; (iii) Member’s use of the Site; (iv) the Service provided or the content contained on the Site; (v) any delay or failure in performance due to the use of or inability to use the Services; and/or (vi) the cancellation, termination or alternation of Services, in whole or in part, attributed to Member (including but not limited to fail to pay membership fee on time, renew the agreement on time and any other nonperformance of Member obligation).

10.3 Disclaimer of Provision of Services. The Site, the Services and/or the products, information and documents provided through the Site are provided on an “as-is” basis and TAITRA hereby expressly disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties of title, quality, condition, performance, accuracy, reliability, merchantability or non-infringement. To the maximum extent permitted by law, all such warranties, representations, conditions and terms are hereby excluded. The Members assume full responsibility and risk for use of the Services on or through the Site.

10.4 No Representation of Accuracy or Ability. Although TAITRA will endeavor to ensure maximum integrity and accuracy of the Site, to the maximum extent permitted by law, TAITRA makes no representations or warranties about the validity, legality, accuracy, quality, reliability, stability or completeness of any information or products provided on or through the Site, the ability of any supplier to sell the items, the ability of any buyer to purchase the products, or that any transaction will be completed.

10.5 Own Risk. Any materials downloaded or obtained otherwise through the use of the Services is done at each Member’s sole discretion and risk, and each Member is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system or loss of data that results from the download or use of any such material.

10.6 No Implied Warranty. TAITRA does not provide any warranties about the Content other than those expressly stated in this Agreement.

10.7 Links to Other Sites. The Site may contain links to third party web sites. These are provided solely as a convenience to Members and not in any way as an endorsement by TAITRA of the contents on such third-party web sites. If any Member accesses any linked third party web sites, such Member(s) does so entirely at its own risk.

10.8 Cooperate with Government Authorities. TAITRA reserves the right to cooperate fully with government(s), court(s), prosecution or investigation agency(ies), law enforcement body(ies), private investigator(s), and/or injured third party(ies) in the investigation of any suspected criminal, civil or administrative illegal conduct(s). TAITRA may disclose the Member's identity, contact and any other information, if requested by government(s), court(s), prosecution or investigation agency(ies), law enforcement body(ies), private investigator(s) or injured third party(ies), or as a result of a subpoena or other legal action, and TAITRA shall not be liable for damages or results thereof. The Member agrees not to bring any action, request or claim (including litigation) against TAITRA for such disclosure.

10.9 No Consequential Damages. In no event shall TAITRA be liable for any damages including, without limitation: special, direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including but not limited to damages from loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, business interruption, whether or not TAITRA has been advised of the possibility of such damages, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site; inability to use by any party, or in connection with any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, system failure or unauthorized access by third parties to data or private information of any Member.

10.10 Aggregate Liability. Without prejudice to the above and subject to applicable laws, the aggregate liability of TAITRA, its employees, agents, directors, officers, affiliates, representatives, assigns, third party suppliers of information or documents or anyone acting on its behalf with respect to each Member for all claims relating to the use of the Services, the Site or the information, products and documents provided on the Site shall be limited to NT$20,000; such amount shall be in lieu of all other remedies which the Member may have against TAITRA and shall not preclude the requirement by the Member to prove actual damages.

11. PRIVACY POLICY

The Privacy Policy of the Site shall be considered a part of this Agreement. The Site’s current Privacy Policy practices are accessible through the “Privacy Policy” link located near the bottom of most pages on the Site. You may also click here to review TAITRA Privacy Policy. As a result of the World Wide Web evolving constantly, security features and privacy policies may change from time to time. TAITRA reserves the right to amend or modify its Privacy Policy at any time. Members should review the Privacy Policy on a regular basis so they can be apprised of any changes.

12. TERMINATION

12.1 Termination by TAITRA. TAITRA may terminate this Agreement and any Member’s access to or use of the Site or any portion thereof, immediately, in its sole discretion without cause. Termination of this Agreement under this Section12.1 shall be in addition to, and not a waiver of, any remedy at law available to TAITRA.

12.2 Termination by the Member. The Member may terminate this Agreement by issuing a notification specifying its intention to terminate this Agreement to TAITRA. This Agreement shall be terminated upon TAITRA’s consent to such Member’s notification.

12.3 Upon termination of this Agreement, TAITRA shall have the rights, among other things, to remove, cancel or take down any and all information, materials, services and/or products posted by the Member. TAITRA may further notify any other Member of the Site (including but not limited to a Member involving in any proposed transaction regarding the services or products posted by such Member on the Site) or any other person of such termination to the extent that TAITRA deems appropriate.

13. MEMBER INDEMNIFICATION

Each Member agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless TAITRA, its employees, agents, directors, officers, affiliates, representatives, assigns, third party suppliers of information or documents or anyone acting on its behalf from any damages (including but not limited to any court expenses and attorney fees) related to such Member’s violation of this Agreement (including but not limited to the representatives and warranties provided by the Member herein) or the materials incorporated by reference herein, use of the Service through the Site, or alleged or actual infringement or violation of the rights of others, including but not limited to the infringement of patent, trademark, copyright or any other intellectual property rights in connection to the products, services or materials provided by Member on the Site. TAITRA reserves the right to assume the sole and exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by the Members, which shall not excuse the Members’ indemnity obligations.

14. NOTICES

Except as explicitly provided herein or otherwise, the Member’s legal notices to TAITRA in connection with this Agreement shall be served by e-mail to e-member@taiwantrade.com or by registered mail to the address to 7 Fl., 333 Keelung Rd., Section 1, Taipei 11012, Taiwan ROC. TAITRA may deliver legal notices to the Member by e-mail or registered mail in accordance with the contact information provided by the Member in its application. Notice by e-mail shall be deemed given 24 hours after e-mail is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. Notice by registered mail shall be deemed given three (3) days after the date of mailing.

15. MISCELLANEOUS

15.1 Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of China, without reference to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be referred to the jurisdiction of the Taipei District Court in Taipei, the Republic of China for the first instance.

15.2 No Agency. This Agreement shall in no way create, or intend any agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or franchise relationship to be created, between Members and TAITRA.

15.3 Severability. If any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be deemed unenforceable or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision or portion shall be struck out and other provisions or portions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Any such unenforceable or invalid provision or portion thereof shall be changed so as to best accomplish the objectives of such provision or portion within the limits of applicable law(s).

15.4 Headings. Headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.

15.5 No Waiver. No waiver or failure by TAITRA to enforce any right or act with respect to any breach by a Member under this Agreement shall be deemed to waive TAITRA’s right to act with respect to any subsequent breaches.

15.6 Assignment. TAITRA shall have the right to assign this Agreement to any person or entity. Members may not assign this Agreement to any person or entity unless otherwise agreed by TAITRA.

15.7 Language. In case of any discrepancy between the English version of this Agreement and any of its translation, the English version shall prevail

Welcome to our web site. The Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) set forth herein is entered into between you (“User” or “you”) and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (“TAITRA”, “we” or “us”). This Terms of Use shall govern any and all of your access and use of the websites of Taiwantrade (URL: www.taiwantrade.com) (the “Site”) hold by TAITRA. By accessing and/or using the Site, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by this Terms of Use. Please review the following terms and conditions carefully. If you do not agree to these and conditions, you should not use the Site.

1. GENERAL

1.1 Content of the Site. The Site provides an online platform for companies and organizations to access or use of the information, materials, documents, text, images, video clips, directories, files, databases, listings, service, and/or mechanisms provided via the Site and/or use the services concerning business-to-business e-commerce trades, as well as other services, provided via the Site for engaging in e-commerce trades (“Content”).

1.2 Amendment. TAITRA may, at its sole discretion, amend this Terms of Use at any time by posting the latest Terms of Use on the Site, without any specific notice to User. It is the responsibility of User to review the most recently published Terms of Use. No amendment or alteration shall be made to this Terms of Use without TAITRA’s prior consent.

2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF USE

2.1 User hereby agrees to the terms and conditions outlined in this Terms of Use. By accessing and/or using the Site, User accepts and agrees to be bound by this Terms of Use regardless of whether User has actually read and/or reviewed this Terms of Use or not. Further, by accessing, using, continuing accessing and/or using the Site, User accepts and agrees to be bound by the most updated version of this Terms of Use, if any. In the event User does not agree any of the terms and conditions set forth in the most updated version of this Terms of Use, User shall cease from accessing and/or using the Site immediately.

2.2 This Terms of Use, together with the Site’s Privacy Policy, Intellectual Property Right Infringement Policy, Product Listing Policy, Liability Disclaimer, Notice of Personal Information Protection and other terms and conditions provided from time to time by TAITRA for User to follow (together with, if User is the Member of the Site, the applicable Membership Agreement) which are incorporated by reference herein, constitute the entire agreement between User and TAITRA, and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, undertakings or warranties with respect to the Site, the information, product or service provided by or through the Site and the subject matter of this Terms of Use.

3. CONTENT PROVISION

3.1 Content Provided. TAITRA shall have the rights to determine the Content and the way the Content provided to User. User confirms that TAITRA may, at its sole discretion, remove, modify, upgrade, suspend , cancel or terminate any and all of the Content at any time without prior notice to User. In the event User fails to provide any material necessary to the services of the Site or to use the services of the Site within the time period prescribed by TAITRA, User shall not be capable of enjoying the services of the Site and shall have no right to request for any damages resulting therefrom.

3.2 Limitation of Use. TAITRA shall have the right to limit User’s use of any and all of the Content, including but not limited to modifying or removing any information posted on the Site by User, or review the information provided by User before posting, for any reason, without giving any prior notice to User. TAITRA reserves the right in it sole discretion to remove any material it reasonably believes that is unlawful, could subject TAITRA to liability, violates this Terms of Use or is otherwise found inappropriate in TAITRA’s opinion. User acknowledges and agrees that TAITRA shall not be liable to any party for any limitation of the use of the Content set by TAITRA to User.

3.3 Content Provided by Third Party. User acknowledges and agrees that certain content offered via the Site may be provided by a third party (“Third Party Content”), including but not limited to the Third Party Content provided by a registered user of the Site (“Member”), PayPal, HiTRUST, the issuing bank(s), payment or amount transfer service provider(s), logistics service provider(s), certification service provider(s), eBay, and/or other trading platforms, and TAITRA shall have no liability for such Third Party Content. The Member shall follow the terms and conditions set forth by such third party provider (including but not limited to the restriction set forth by the third party in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations regarding foreign exchange control or others as the case may be). TAITRA is entitled to, at its sole discretion, remove, modify, upgrade, suspend, cancel or terminate any and all such Third Party Content at any time without prior notice to User, and TAITRA shall not be liable for any of the foregoing measures.

4. PROHIBITED USES

4.1 No Reselling. User’s access, use and/or viewing of the Site shall be limited to its own personal or internal purposes. Any use of the Content for any purpose not expressly permitted in this Terms of Use is prohibited. User agrees that it shall not copy, reproduce, download and/or systematic retrieve any Content of the Site for the purpose of distributing, selling, or otherwise commercially exploiting the Content without prior written consent from TAITRA.

4.2 Not for End Consumer. The products or services listed on the Site shall be only for the purposes of business to business e-commerce trades. No User shall purchase any product or service as an end consumer or provide any end consumer with any product or service via the Site. User shall indemnify and hold TAITRA harmless from and against any and all damages and lost arising therefrom.

4.3 Security Violation. User is prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site including, without limitation, accessing data not intended for them or logging into a server or account which they are not authorized to access, attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or attempting to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization, attempting to interfere with service to any User, host or network or sending unsolicited e-mail. Violation of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability.

4.4 Violation of Law. User shall not use the Site (1) for transmitting, distributing or storing material in violation of any applicable law or regulation; or (2) in any manner that will infringe the patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy or publicity or other personal rights of others; (3) in any manner that is libelous, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful; or (4) in any manner against any applicable laws.

4.5 No Legal Capacity. User shall not use the Site if it does not have legal capacity to form legally binding contracts.

4.6 False Advertising. User shall not post any false, inaccurate, misleading or libelous content on the Site. Also, the advertisement shall not be fraudulent or involve sale of counterfeit goods.

4.7 Spam. User shall not engage in spamming, including but not limited to any form of emailing that is unsolicited.

4.8 Prohibition Contractual in Nature. User understands that the limitations set forth in this Section 4 and, as the case may be, otherwise provided in this Terms of Use are contractual in nature and may not be limited as a technical matter in the Site.

4.9 User shall not:

1. contain fraudulent information or make fraudulent offers of items or involve the sale or attempted sale of counterfeit or stolen items or items whose sales and/or marketing is prohibited by applicable laws, or otherwise promote other illegal activities;

infringe or otherwise encourage the infringement or violation of any third party's copyright, patent, trademarks, trade secrets or other proprietary right or rights of publicity and privacy or other legitimate rights;

1. violate any applicable law, statute or regulation (including without limitation those governing import/export control, unfair competition, foreign exchange control, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
2. provide or promote information, content or materials that is obscene;
3. promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
4. contain information that is defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;
5. involve attempts to copy, reproduce, exploit or expropriate TAITRA’s various proprietary directories, databases, listings and information;
6. involve any scheme to undermine the integrity of the computer systems or networks used by TAITRA and/or any user of the Content, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to such computer systems or networks;
7. use or provide any computer viruses or other destructive devices and codes that have the effect of damaging, interfering with, intercepting or expropriating any software or hardware system, data or personal data;
8. contain any material that constitutes unauthorized advertising or harassment (including but not limited to spamming), invades anyone's privacy or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law or regulation;
9. link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods, services, Content or other materials that violate any law or regulation or are prohibited under this Terms of Use;
10. be part of a scheme to defraud other Users or other users of the Site or for any other unlawful purpose; and/or
11. directly or indirectly violate any applicable laws.

5. TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS

5.1 Independence of Site Provider. User acknowledges and agrees that TAITRA is not a party of, nor is it involved in, any transaction related to the Site as any buyer, supplier or trading counterparty, and TAITRA does not represent the supplier or the buyer either.

5.2 Assumption of Transaction Risks and Liabilities. User assumes full responsibility for all risks and liabilities in connection with the purchase or sale of products and Content on the Site and acknowledges and agrees that TAITRA shall not be responsible or liable for any damages, liabilities, costs, inconveniences, business disruption or expenditures of any nature that may arise as a result of or relating to any transaction risks or liabilities (including without limitation: the lawfulness of the products or Content offered for sale on the Site, the ability of the suppliers to complete a sale (including but not limited to stock and logistics affairs) or the buyers to complete a purchase, misrepresentation. quality, quantity, safety, mislabeling, defective of the products or Content, insolvency or overdue payment, fraudulent schemes, breach of warranties and delivery mishap). The Member shall be fully responsible for the aforementioned transaction risks and liabilities.

5.3 Indemnification. In the event any User has a dispute with any trading counterparty, such User agrees to indemnify and hold TAITRA harmless from any and all damages (including actual, direct, indirect, consequential and special damages) or expenses (including but not limited to those for claims, requests, actions, or demands (including court expenses and attorney fees)) suffered or incurred by TAITRA therefor.

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Content of the Site are the intellectual properties of TAITRA or other right holders, as the case may be, which are protected by the applicable laws related to copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights and may not be downloaded or otherwise duplicated without the express written permission of TAITRA or the right holders. All title, ownership and intellectual property rights in the Content shall remain with TAITRA. Use of any of the foregoing without obtainment of consent from TAITRA is strictly prohibited and TAITRA reserves all rights therein.

7. DISCLAIMER AND IMITATION OF LIABILITY

7.1 No Liability from User’s Activities. TAITRA is not responsible for the conduct of any User's activities on the Site, and shall not be liable to any person in connection with any damage suffered by any person as a result of such User's conduct.

7.2 No Liability from Information Posted by User. TAITRA is not responsible, and shall have no liability to it or anyone else for any material posted by such User or third parties, including fraudulent, untrue, misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, offensive or illicit material and that the risk of damage from such material rests entirely with each User or third party. TAITRA shall have no obligation to review any of the contents posted by User on the Site.

7.3 No Liability from Service, Site Error or Interruption. TAITRA shall not in any way be liable to Users or any third parties for any loss, injury, claim, liability or damage of any kind resulting from (i) any errors or inaccuracies in or omissions from the Site or any Content or products obtainable therefrom; (ii) the unavailability or interruption of the Site or any features and applications thereof; (iii) User’s use of the Site; (iv) the service provided or the Content contained on the Site; (v) any delay or failure in performance due to the use of or inability to use the Site; and/or (vi) the cancellation, termination or alternation of the services of the Site, in whole or in part, attributed to User (including but not limited to fail to pay membership fee on time, renew the agreement on time and any other nonperformance of User obligation).

7.4 Disclaimer of Provision of Content. The Site and/or the Content provided through the Site are provided on an “as-is” basis and TAITRA hereby expressly disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties of title, quality, condition, performance, accuracy, reliability, merchantability or non-infringement. To the maximum extent permitted by law, all such warranties, representations, conditions and terms are hereby excluded. Users assume full responsibility and risk for use of the Content on or through the Site.

7.5 No Representation of Accuracy or Ability. Although TAITRA will endeavor to ensure maximum integrity and accuracy of the Site, to the maximum extent permitted by law, TAITRA makes no representations, warranties about the validity, legality, accuracy, quality, reliability, stability or completeness of any information or products provided on or through the Site, the ability of any supplier to sell the items, the ability of any buyer to purchase the products, or that any transaction will be completed.

7.6 Own Risk. Any materials downloaded or obtained otherwise through the use of the Content is done at each User’s sole discretion and risk and each User is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system or loss of data that results from the download or use of any such material.

7.7 No Implied Warranty. TAITRA does not provide any warranties about the Service other than those expressly stated in this Terms of Use.

7.8 Links to Other Sites. The Site may contain links to third party web sites. These are provided solely as a convenience to Users and not in any way as an endorsement by TAITRA of the contents on such third-party web sites. If any User accesses any linked third party web sites, such User(s) does so entirely at its own risk.

7.9 Cooperate with Government Authorities. TAITRA reserves the right to cooperate fully with government(s), court(s), prosecution or investigation agency(ies), law enforcement body(ies), private investigator(s), and/or injured third party(ies) in the investigation of any suspected criminal, civil or administrative illegal conduct(s). TAITRA may disclose the User's identity, contact and any other information, if requested by government(s), court(s), prosecution or investigation agency(ies), law enforcement body(ies), private investigator(s) or injured third party(ies), or as a result of a subpoena or other legal action, and TAITRA shall not be liable for damages or results thereof and User agrees not to bring any action or claim against TAITRA for such disclosure.

7.10 No Consequential Damages. In no event shall TAITRA be liable for any damages including, without limitation: special, direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including but not limited to damages from loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, business interruption, whether or not TAITRA has been advised of the possibility of such damages, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site; inability to use by any party, or in connection with any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, system failure or unauthorized access by third parties to data or private information of any User.

7.11 Aggregate Liability. Without prejudice to the above and subject to applicable laws, the aggregate liability of TAITRA, its employees, agents, directors, officers, affiliates, representatives, assigns, third party suppliers of information or documents or anyone acting on its behalf with respect to each User for all claims relating to the use of the Content, the Site or the information, products and documents provided on the Site shall be limited to NT$20,000; such amount shall be in lieu of all other remedies which User may have against TAITRA and shall not preclude the requirement by the User to prove actual damages.

8. PRIVACY POLICY

The Privacy Policy of the Site shall be considered a part of this Terms of Use. The Site’s current Privacy Policy practices are accessible through the “Privacy Policy” link located near the bottom of most pages on the Site. You may also click here to review TAITRA Privacy Policy. As a result of the World Wide Web evolving constantly, security features and privacy policies may change from time to time. TAITRA reserves the right to amend or modify its Privacy Policy at any time. Users should review the Privacy Policy on a regular basis so they can be apprised of any changes.

9. USER INDEMNIFICATION

Each User agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless TAITRA, its employees, agents, directors, officers, affiliates, representatives, assigns, third party suppliers of information or documents or anyone acting on its behalf from any liability, demand, claim, loss, expense (including but not limited to court expenses and attorney fees) and damages related to such User’s violation of this Terms of Use (including but not limited to the representatives and warranties provided by User herein) and the materials incorporated by reference herein, use of the Service through the Site, or alleged or actual infringement or violation of the rights of others, including but not limited to the infringement of patent, copyright, trademark or any other intellectual property rights in connection to the products, Content or materials provided by User on the Site. TAITRA reserves the right to assume the sole and exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by Users, which shall not excuse Users’ indemnity obligations.

10. NOTICES

Except as explicitly provided herein or otherwise, legal notices to TAITRA in connection with this Terms of Use shall be served by e-mail to e-member@taiwantrade.comor by registered mail to the address to 7 Fl., 333 Keelung Rd., Section 1, Taipei 11012, Taiwan ROC. TAITRA may deliver legal notice to User by e-mail or registered mail in accordance with the contact information provided by User in its application. Notice by e-mail shall be deemed given 24 hours after e-mail is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. Notice by registered mail shall be deemed given three (3) days after the date of mailing.

11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.1 Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the Republic of China, without reference to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute arising out of this Terms of Use shall be referred to the jurisdiction of the Taipei District Court in Taipei, the Republic of China for the first instance.

11.2 No Agency. This Terms of Use shall in no way create, or intend any agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or franchise relationship to be created, between Users and TAITRA.

11.3 Severability. If any provision or portion of this Terms of Use shall be deemed unenforceable or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision or portion shall be struck out and other provisions or portion of this Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. Any such unenforceable or invalid provision or portion thereof shall be changed so as to best accomplish the objectives of such provision or portion within the limits of applicable law(s).

11.4 Headings. Headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.

11.5 No Waiver. No waiver or failure by TAITRA to enforce any right or act with respect to any breach by a User under this Terms of Use shall be deemed to waive TAITRA’s right to act with respect to any subsequent breaches.

11.6 Assignment. TAITRA shall have the right to assign this Terms of Use to any person or entity. Users may not assign this Terms of Use to any person or entity unless otherwise agreed by TAITRA.

How Does TAITRA Protect Your Data?

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The websites of Taiwantrade (URL: www.taiwantrade.com)(the “Site”) hold by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (“TAITRA”, “we”or “us”) provide user(s) ("User") with an online platform forcompanies and organizations to use the services concerning business-to-businesse-commerce trades, as well as other services, provided via the Site forengaging in e-commerce business. We respect the intellectual property rights ofothers and expect the User of the Site to do the same. We contractuallyprohibit our User from using the service to provide products and/or servicesthat infringe third party copyright, trademark, patent and/or any otherintellectual property rights, and any such unauthorized use of other User’ orthird parties’ materials is strictly prohibited on the Site.
Our contact window for the matters specified herein is as follows:
Taiwan External Trade Development Council
Attention: Digital Commerce Department
Address: 7 Fl., 333 Keelung Rd., Section 1, Taipei 11012, Taiwan ROC
Tel: 0800-506-088 (local call)
Tel: +886-800-506-088 (international call)
Fax:+886 (2) 2757-6245
Email:e-member@taiwantrade.com
This Infringement Policy is made in traditional Chinese. In case of any discrepancy between the traditional Chinese version and any of its translation, the traditional Chinese version shall prevail.

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   1. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site, with sufficient detail that we may find it on the Site (in most circumstances, we will need as least a URL);
   2. Identification of the IP right alleged to have been infringed, including (i) a complete description or explanation of the nature of the IP right; (ii) evidence of ownership to the IP right in the relevant jurisdiction, including copies of relevant patents or trademarks registrations, certifications or other documentary evidence of your ownership; and (iii) a showing sufficient for TAITRA to determine without unreasonable effort that the IP right has been infringed; 
   3. A statement that it is believed in good faith that the disputed use is not authorized by the right owner, its agent, or the law;
   4. A statement that all of the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the IP right owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the IP right owner.
      Information sufficient to permit TAITRA to contact you or your authorized agent, including a name, address, telephone number and an email address; andYour physical signature, or a physical signature of a person authorized to act on your behalf.

The Product Listing Policy (the "Policy") describes the products or services restricted or prohibited from being listed on the websites of Taiwantrade (URL: www.taiwantrade.com) (the “Site”). Please read the Policy carefully and confirm that your products or services are permitted to be posted on the Site prior to posting any products or services.

General

The posting or sale of any products or services against any applicable laws, including but not limited to the laws of the R.O.C. and applicable laws of any other jurisdictions, is strictly prohibited on the Site. Please note that the Site is a multi-national online platform for e-commerce trades. The products or services provided by you shall comply with the laws and regulations in both the import country and export country, including the country’s import/export laws and regulations and relevant local requirements. Please verify and confirm that the products or services comply with any applicable laws and regulations prior to posting the products or services on the Site. The Site is entitled to prohibit any products or services in violation of said requirements.

The products or services prohibited or restricted under the Policy are non-exhaustive. The Site reserves the right to amend the Policy from time to time without notice.

The Policy is made in traditional Chinese. In case of any discrepancy between the traditional Chinese version and any of its translation, the traditional Chinese version shall prevail.

Contents of obscenity, pornography and violence;

Classification

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of texts, pictures, voices, images and attachments thereto or any other product with obscene contents and it prohibits publications (publications/books containing text or descriptive drawings and audio products), videotapes (video tapes/films displaying systematic voice and image on TV receivers or similar machines via electronic scanning), and game software (software integrating texts, sound, light, music, pictures, images, or animation etc. provided to users via electrical devices for gaming purposes) etc. not classified under the “Regulations for Classification of Publications and Videotapes” and “Regulations for Classification of Game Software.”

Please note that prior to display or sale of any content, you shall classify such content pursuant to the relevant regulations, including but not limited to the “Regulations for Classification of Publications and Videotapes” and “Regulations for Classification of Game Software.”

Drugs, related raw materials, products, and tools for manufacturing or abuse of drugs

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any addictive or abusive narcotic drugs or narcotic drugs harmful to society and the products thereof, as well as psychotropic drugs and the products thereof, including: (1) Heroin, Morphine, Opium, Cocaine and other similar products; (2) Opium poppy, Coca, marijuana, Amphetamine, Pethidine, Pentazocine and other similar products; (3) Secobarbital, Amobarbital, Nalorphine and other similar products; (4) Allobarbital, Alprazolam and other similar products, and related raw materials (flowers, leaves, roots, stems, seeds) or products (drinks, foods, cosmetics and beauty care products) and tools for manufacturing or abuse of drugs.

Controlled imported/exported goods

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of controlled or smuggled goods identified in the “Statute for Punishment of Smuggling,” “Statute of the Customs Anti-smuggling Act,” “Regulations Governing Permission of Trade between Taiwan and China,” “Regulations for Management of Export and Import of High-tech Commodities,” “Optical Disk Management Act,” “Management Regulations for Export of Goods” and the relevant decrees and orders, and the imported or exported goods controlled by Ministry of Economic Affairs under the relevant trading laws and regulations. The goods include, but are not limited to: Guns; bullets; explosives; toxic gases and other weapons (including spare parts and accessories); forged or counterfeit currency, coins and notes; marketable securities; stamps; duty stamps and other tax receipts/certificates; and Opium; marijuana; Cocaine; chemical synthesis narcotic drugs and the various agents; containers and seeds for said goods; unlicensed reproduced books (other than those for personal use) and the originals of the reproduced books (including the originals of compositions and photographs); unlicensed reproduced music records (other than those for personal use); master tapes of the reproduced music records (the original of the music records) and labels and covers of the reproduced music records; unlicensed reproduced voice recordings and videotapes (other than those for personal use).

Please note that prior to display of any products or services, you shall read the relevant regulations for import and export of goods provided by Bureau of Foreign Trade and also view the import/export regulations site of the Bureau of Foreign Tradefor the relevant import/export requirements about your products or services to confirm that your products or services comply with the requirements.

Tobacco products

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of cigarettes, cut tobacco, cigars and other products entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco or its substitute as raw materials which are manufactured to be used for smoking, chewing, sucking, snuffing or other methods of consuming. Merchandise with brand names or trademarks identical or similar to tobacco products, and candies, snacks, toys or any other objects in form of tobacco products are prohibited.

Wines

The Site strictly prohibits the sale of alcohol, including beverages having alcohol content by volume of more than 0.5 percent, undenatured ethyl alcohol and other ethyl products that can be used for the production or preparation of the above-mentioned beverages. When posting wine advertisement, your company shall comply with any and all laws and regulations, as well as the rules issues by the authorities (including but not limited to Article 37 of the Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act, Articles 11 and 12 of the Enforcement Rules of the Tobacco and Alcohol Administration Act).

Medicines and medical devices

The Site prohibits sale of drugs. For sale of medical devices, it shall be subject to the applicable laws and regulations (e.g. the Classification and Registration Requirements of Mail-Order Purchase for Medical devices). Your company’s advertisement of drugs or medical devices shall comply with the applicable laws and regulations, together with the rules issued by the authorities (e.g. the Laws and Examination Guidelines for Drug Advertisement and the Laws and Examination Guidelines for Medical Devices Advertisement issued by Ministry of Health and Welfare). The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of counterfeit drugs, prohibited drugs, misbranded drugs or defective medical devices. Please note that medicines and medical devices shall be manufactured, dispensed, imported, exported, sold or displayed strictly in accordance with the “Pharmaceutical Affairs Act” and the relevant decrees and orders. You shall ensure that your medicines and/or medical devices comply with the relevant laws and the competent authority’s requirements.

Cosmetics

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any cosmetics (including the advertisement) which are pending the competent authority’s permit. Prior to display of said goods, please ensure the compliance with the relevant laws and competent authority’s requirements.

Foods

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any foods, food additives, food cleansers, food utensils, food containers or food packaging which are pending the competent authority’s permit. Prior to display of said goods, please ensure that such goods comply with the relevant laws and competent authority’s requirements.

Guns, Canons, Ammunitions and Knives

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any guns and canons (e.g. canons, shoulder-launched assault weapons, machine guns, sub-machine guns, carbines, automatic rifles, rifles, horse pistols, pistols, pistol fountain pens, gas soft guns, tranquilizer dart guns, hunting rifles, air guns, spear guns, and any other lethal weapons capable of launching metal or bullets), ammunition (cannonballs and bullets used in said guns and any other lethal or destructive bombs or explosives), and knives (e.g. Samurai swords, stick knives, double knives, brass knuckles, steel (iron) whips, thrusters, daggers, and any other lethal knives prohibited in a public notice by the competent central authority).

Live specimens of protected wildlife or the products thereof

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of live specimens, carcasses, parts, products and processed goods of the protected wildlife.

Agro-pesticides

The Site strictly prohibits the sale of any agro-pesticides, including formulated agro-pesticides and technical grade agro-pesticide (all active ingredients or raw materials required for the manufacturing of formulated agro-pesticides). Your company’s agro-pesticides advertisement shall comply with the applicable laws and regulations, together with the rules issued by the authorities (including but not limited to the Regulations Governing the Advertising of Pesticides).

Firecrackers and fireworks

The Site prohibits the display or sale of unpermitted fireworks with powder inside which will appear to sparkle, spin, move, float, levitate or produce boom sounds or smoke after being discharged.

Public Hazardous Substances & Flammable Pressurized Gases

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any public hazardous substances and flammable pressurized gases (e.g. LPG).

Lotteries

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any lotteries, e.g. Public Welfare Lottery, Scratch, Mini Lotto, Traditional Lottery and Four-Star Lotto, etc...

Stolen property

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any stolen property, e.g. property stolen from another person.

Property of the police and public officials

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of the dresses (e.g. uniforms, clothes and trousers and hats), badges or police equipment (e.g. police baton, police hand cuff, electric police baton/stick, electric shock machine, and assault prevention net) of public officials.

Products or services constituting infringement upon another person’s patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or any other intellectual property rights.

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any products or services constituting infringement upon another person’s patents, trademarks, copyrights or any other intellectual property rights, including but not limited to, any counterfeits of name brand handbags, dresses, watches, jewelries and shoes; pirated games, software, CDs, VCDs, DVDs, books and other publications; speech recordings, music records, films or other works produced without the right holder’s prior approval; academic free software and OEM software; and products or services constituting infringement upon another person’s patents or trade secrets.

Currencies and marketable securities

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any currencies in circulation (including the currencies issued by the domestic government or foreign governments) and marketable securities (including stocks, bonds, corporate bonds and any exercisable certificates of creditor’s right).

Human body organs and tissues

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any human body organs or tissues, including sperm, ovum, kidneys, blood, bone and visceral organs, corpses and any other parts. Notwithstanding, wigs made of real hair are excluded.

ID, certificate, license, warrant and certificate of right holder

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any IDs, certificates or licenses issued by the R.O.C. Government or any other state governments, e.g. national ID cards, passports, driving licenses, health insurance cards, credit cards, ATM cards, invoices, shipping notes and receipts, etc…

Real estate

Generally, real estate transactions will involve some restrictions under laws and regulations. You shall ensure that the display or sale by you complies with any applicable laws.

Display not for provision of products or services

The Site strictly prohibits any display other than that for the purpose of providing products or services, including but not limited to, HR recruitment, people searches, or collection of name lists of customers or marketing information.

Pending the required competent authority’s approval

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any products or services pending the required competent authority’s approval, permission or license for production, sale, possession or transportation.

Products or services against public order or good morals, or prohibited from sale under laws, or the Site considers inappropriate to be listed

The Site strictly prohibits the display or sale of any products or services against the public order or good morals, or prohibited from sale under laws, or the Site considers inappropriate to be listed, including but not limited to, products contributing to crimes or violations of laws, contents containing racial or sexual discrimination and any products, services or displays against the purpose of the Site.

Taiwan External Trade Development Council (including its affiliated enterprises of legal persons or organizations such as the Taiwan Trade Center, with details on its official website, hereinafter referred to as “TAITRA” or “we” or “us”) respects and aims to protect your privacy and personal information, and maintains the “Taiwantrade Privacy Policy” as well. We hereby inform you of the follows in accordance with Article 8 of the Taiwan Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”).

1. Purposes of Collection

assistance in enterprises' development of the external trade of Taiwan, relevant practices of other public sectors (including administrative legal entities, government foundation, and other public legal entities); trade promotion and management; Internet shopping and other e-commerce services; client management and services; assistance in medium and small size enterprise and other industries; policy advocacy; education and training administration; book and publication administration; advertisement or commercial activity management; marketing; contract, quasi-contract or other legal relationship affairs; commercial and technical information; information/communication services; information/communication and data base management; information/communication security and management; investigation, statistics and research analysis; and non government agency's collection, processing and use of personal information for fulfilling legal obligations etc.

2. Personal Information Categories

identification; social situation, and/or other kinds of personal information necessitated by the purposes of their collection.

3. Time Period, Area, Target, Way of Use and Processing of Personal Information

(1) Time period: the term during which the purposes of the personal information collection remains, the retention period for the information under the relevant laws and agreements, or the term necessary for TAITRA to perform its duties (if it is longer than the term set forth by the laws and agreements); or the time period otherwise you agree longer than the aforementioned.

(2) Area: the Republic of China, the regions where TAITRA's branches locate and the countries for which the branches are in charge, the regions where the information receivers located which are not prohibited by the government authorities for international transmission, the regions where the targets of the use of personal information locate, and the regions where the institutes having business relationship with TAITRA locate.

(3) Target: Your information may be provided to TAITRA’s agents, contractors, service provider and partners, which may provide online payment verification or other related services (such as PayPal, HiTRUST, issuing banks, payment or amount transfer service provider(s), logistics service provider(s), certification service provider(s), eBay, and other trading platforms cooperated with TAITRA), other institutes having business relationship with TAITRA, the receivers who are not prohibited by the government authorities for international transmission, the courts, and/or the government authorities.

(4) Way: the collection, processing, use and international transmission may be performed in automatic or non-automatic manners.

4. Rights under the PIPL; Way to Exercise

With regard to your own personal information, subject to the applicable laws, you are entitled to (i) make inquiries or request for a review, and request for duplications; TAITRA may request for necessary cost incurred therefrom; (ii) request for supplements or corrections, but you should provide appropriate explanation according to the laws; (iii) request for discontinuation of collection, processing or use of your own personal information, and request for deleting the same, but TAITRA may not follow your request in accordance with the laws in case that is necessary for TAITRA to perform its duties or conduct its business; and (iv) if your personal information is being used for marketing purposes, you may indicate refusal to such usage. If you wish to exercise the aforementioned rights, you may email toe-member@taiwantrade.com, or contact us by telephone at the toll-free number 0800-506-088.

5. Consequences for Non-provision of Information

In the event you do not provide the information, you will not be able to enjoy the services we provided or apply for the event.

6. You have confirmed that the personal information provided is true and correct

if any changes are to be made in the future, the relevant supporting documents shall be submitted to us for correction.

Contact Information

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  • Taiwan External Trade Development Council
  • Email: e-member@taitra.org.tw
  • Website: www.taiwantrade.com
  • Telephone: +886-800-506-088
  • TAITRA Global Offices