2025-09-05 14:15
Note: This Privacy Policy applies to Users outside of Mainland China (registered country/region other than “Mainland China”) who are provided with various products and services through websites, apps, and new forms emerging with technological development by Foodmachtech.com. This Privacy Policy does not apply to Users within Mainland China (registered country/region as “Mainland China”). For Chinese Users, please click here to review our privacy policy for Chinese users.
3. DISCLOSURE OR SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
7. USERS FROM EUROPEAN UNION OR THE UNITED KINGDOM
We at Foodmachtech.com and its national sites (collectively “Foodmachtech.com”, the “Platform” or “we”) recognize the importance of privacy and confidentiality of personal information. Foodmachtech.com is a business to business (“B2B”) platform which connects and facilitates sales and purchases of products and/or services between suppliers (“Sellers”) and buyers (“Buyers”). Collectively, the Sellers and Buyers shall be referred to as the “Users”. The Platform is for B2C transactions
This Foodmachtech.com Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets out how we collect, process and disclose information in connection with the operation of the Platform for visitors (i.e., non-registered Platform Users) and the Users based outside of China (“you”) including personal information about the visitors and, representatives and employees of the Users. This Privacy Policy also applies to your use of the Platform via a mobile device, either through mobile applications or mobile-optimized websites. For the avoidance of doubt, since the national sites of Foodmachtech.com and Foodmachtech.com itself share the same data controllers and engage in the same data processing activities, if you are a user of such national sites, you may also refer to this Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information is processed.
For details of the personal information that we collect when you use or interact with other Foodmachtech services, please refer to the applicable privacy policy for those services.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the extent we process personal information in the role of a processor or service provider on behalf of other companies.
Below you will find an overview of what kind of personal information we process about you and for which purposes we collect this personal information
| Purpose | Data categories |
|---|---|
| Account administration. We use your information to verify your eligibility to register as a Platform user in accordance with our Terms of Use; and set up/administer user accounts, such as providing log-in IDs and developing a Platform profile |
Contact information Account information Business information Social media account information |
| Purchase and delivery of products and services. We use your information to take and handle orders, deliver products and services on the Platform, process payment, provide logistics and warehousing services via the Platform, facilitate customs clearance declarations/applications via the Platform and provide Users with customer service support, such as responding to queries, feedback, and managing claims and/or disputes |
Contact information Account information Business information Transaction information Payment information Communication information User-generated content Device information Online activity information Location information |
| Communicate with you. We use your personal information to facilitate communication between Users and us, and between the Buyers and Sellers via the Platform, for the purpose of processing transactions and settlement between the Buyers and Sellers made over the Platform, assessing fund withdrawal requests from Sellers and improving the services and products of the Platform |
Contact information Account information Transaction information Payment information Device information Location information Communication information Online activity information |
| Provide voice, image and camera services. When you use services that require access to contents stored in and/or functions on your devices (including but not limited to photos, videos, microphone and/or camera), we will use your photos, videos and other personal information to respond to your requests, provide the requested services to you, and improve our services |
Contact information User-generated content Communication information Device information |
| Marketing and advertising. We use your personal information to send and serve you tailored marketing and advertising that we believe will be of interest to you based on the ways in which you use the Platform, your browsing records, and order history. Cookies or other similar technologies may be used to provide you with advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. |
Contact information Business information Transaction information Online activity information Marketing and advertising information Location information |
| Research and development. We use your personal information to perform research or statistical analysis in order to improve the content and layout of the Platform, and use your personal information to improve the product offerings and services on Foodmachtech.com, including, for example, using anonymized data for machine learning purposes |
Contact information Account information Business information Device information Location information Online activity information User-generated content Social media account information |
| Fraud prevention and credit risks. We use personal information to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in order to protect the security of the Platform, our customers and others. We may also use scoring methods to assess and manage credit risks |
Contact information Account information Business information Transaction information Payment information Communication information User-generated content Device information Location information |
| Comply with legal obligations. In certain cases, we collect and use your personal information to comply with laws. For instance, we use your information to verify your identity and conducting security checks, KYC (know-your-customer) and anti-money laundering due diligence in order to set up user accounts |
Contact information Account information Business information Communication information Transaction information Payment information Online activity information |
The categories of personal information described in the table above are detailed below:
Information you provide to us
If you are a representative or employee of any Buyer or Seller or a sole trader Buyer or Seller, subject to your use of the applicable functions and/or services on the Platform, we will ask you to provide:
Information that we collect automatically
If you are a Buyer or Seller or prospective Buyer or Seller, we will automatically collect:
Information that we receive from third parties
3.DISCLOSURE OR SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may disclose (or provide access to) personal information to the following categories of recipients:
We may provide anonymized data to third parties, but when we do so, the information we share is in a de-identified format that does not personally identify you.
We have established relationships with third parties and websites to offer you products and services which we do not offer. We offer you access to these other parties and their websites either through the use of hyperlinks to these sites from our Platform or through offering co-branded sites in which both we and other parties share the same uniform resource locator (URL), domain name or pages within a domain name on the Internet. In some cases, you may be required to submit personal information to register or apply for products or services provided by such third parties or co-branded partners. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these third-party sites or co-branded sites. The privacy policies of those other parties may differ from ours, and we have no control over the information that you submit to those third parties. You should read the relevant privacy policy for those third-party sites and co-branded sites before responding to any offers, products or services advertised by those parties.
The instant messaging service on the platform is provided by our partner DingTalk (data controllers: Dingding Technology Co., Ltd. and DingTalk (China) Information Technology Co., Ltd.). DingTalk will collect your chat information and device information and share a copy of your chat information with us. We will use your chat information based on security, risk control and other compliance requirements based on our platform policies and rules, legal and regulatory requirements, response to requests from regulatory authorities, provision of services (including but not limited to transactions processing and dispute settlement between the Buyers and Sellers, Users complaints handling) and other analytical and service needs.
4.RETENTION
We retain your personal information as long as we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, for example to provide services or products to you, or as required or permitted by applicable laws, such as tax and accounting laws.When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it.
5.COOKIES
To enable our systems to recognize your browser or device and to provide and improve our services, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies, beacons and/or other similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies”).
6.YOUR RIGHTS
As a user of the Platform, you may have the following data protection rights, which you can exercise pursuant to applicable laws at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under section 14. “HOW TO CONTACT US” below:
7.USERS FROM EUROPEAN UNION OR THE UNITED KINGDOM
If you are from European Union or the United Kingdom, below you will find an overview of what kind of personal information we process about you, for which purposes, on which legal basis and where we collect this personal information.
If you need us to provide you with our services or fulfil a contract with you, or because we are required to do so by law, but do not provide us with your personal information, we may be unable to provide our services or fulfil our contractual obligations to you.
| Purpose | Data categories | Legal basis (where applicable) |
|---|---|---|
| Account administration. We use your information to verify your eligibility to register as a Platform user in accordance with our Terms of Use; and set up/administer user accounts, such as providing log-in IDs and developing a Platform profile |
Contact information Account information Business information Social media account information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR - establishment, performance, or termination of the contract with you Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR - our legitimate interest in the security, stability, and usability of our Platform |
| Purchase and delivery of products and services. We use your information to take and handle orders, deliver products and services on the Platform, process payment, provide logistics and warehousing services via the Platform, facilitate customs clearance declarations/applications via the Platform and provide Users with customer service support, such as responding to queries, feedback, and managing claims and/or disputes |
Contact information Account information Business information Transaction information Payment information Communication information User-generated content Device information Online activity information Location information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR - establishment, performance, or termination of the contract with you |
| Communicate with you. We use your personal information to facilitate communication between Users and us, and between the Buyers and Sellers via the Platform, for the purpose of processing transactions and settlement between the Buyers and Sellers made over the Platform, assessing fund withdrawal requests from Sellers and improving the services and products of the Platform |
Contact information Account information Transaction information Payment information Device information Location information Communication information Online activity information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR - establishment, performance, or termination of the contract with you |
| Provide voice, image and camera services. When you use services that require access to contents stored in and/or functions on your devices (including but not limited to photos, videos, microphone and/or camera), we will use your photos, videos and other personal information to respond to your requests, provide the requested services to you, and improve our services |
Contact information User-generated content Communication information Device information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR - establishment, performance, or termination of the contract with you Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR - our legitimate interest in improving our services based on the information obtained Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR - your consent |
| Marketing and advertising. We use your personal information to send and serve you tailored marketing and advertising that we believe will be of interest to you based on the ways in which you use the Platform, your browsing records, and order history. Cookies or other similar technologies may be used to provide you with advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. Please see section 5. “COOKIES” below for more information about how we use cookies |
Contact information Business information Transaction information Online activity information Marketing and advertising information Location information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR - your consent Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR - our legitimate interest in offering recommendations. |
| Research and development. We use your personal information to perform research or statistical analysis in order to improve the content and layout of the Platform, and use your personal information to improve the product offerings and services on Foodmachtech.com, including, for example, using anonymized data for machine learning purposes |
Contact information Account information Business information Device information Location information Online activity information User-generated content Social media account information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR - our legitimate interest in improving the content and layout of the Platform. |
| Fraud prevention and credit risks. We use personal information to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in order to protect the security of the Platform, our customers and others. We may also use scoring methods to assess and manage credit risks |
Contact information Account information Business information Transaction information Payment information Communication information User-generated content Device information Location information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR - our legitimate interest in preventing and detecting fraud and carrying out assessments to evaluate credit risks. |
| Comply with legal obligations. In certain cases, we collect and use your personal information to comply with laws. For instance, we use your information to verify your identity and conducting security checks, KYC (know-your-customer) and anti-money laundering due diligence in order to set up user accounts |
Contact information Account information Business information Communication information Transaction information Payment information Online activity information |
The data processing is based on the following legal bases: Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR – Compliance with legal obligations |
If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to enter into a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time. We will advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). In some instances, you may be required to provide us with personal information for processing as described above, in order for us to be able to provide you all of our services, and for you to use all the features of our Platform.
For processing operations based on our legitimate interests, we have carried out a legitimate interest assessment to ensure that our interests are not prejudiced by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information.
8.MINORS
The Platform is intended for adults. Our Platform is not directed to and we do not intend to, or knowingly, collect, or solicit personal information online from Users under the age of 18 ( “Minors”).
We do not intend to sell any of our products or services to Minors.
9.SECURITY MEASURES
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent unauthorized access to the Platform, to maintain data accuracy and to ensure the correct use of the information we hold.
For registered Users of the Platform, some of your information can be viewed and edited through your account, which is protected by a password. It is your responsibility to keep your password secure and confidential. You must not divulge your password to anyone. Our personnel will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. If you share a computer with others, you should not save your log-in information (e.g., user ID and password) on that shared computer. Remember to sign out of your account and close your browser window when you have finished your session.
No data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. As a result, while we use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the information we hold for you, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
10.CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time including in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to notify you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent if and when we materially change this Privacy Policy in a way that reduces the protection of your personal information collected in the past. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated by us posting an amended Privacy Policy on the Platform. Once posted on the Platform, the new Privacy Policy will be effective immediately. You can see when this Privacy Notice was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Notice.
11.LANGUAGE
If there is any conflict between the English version and another language version of this Privacy Policy, the English version shall prevail.