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Privacy Policy

Effective Date of This Version: January, 2025

International Orthodontics Foundation Limited., the operator of this website (iofglobal.org) (the "Official Website") respect your rights to privacy and personal information. This Privacy Policy informs you how we collect, use, store, share and manage your personal information and how and where you can exercise your rights on the IOF Official Website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before you register as an IOF member. By checking the box and clicking to agree, you shall be bound by this Privacy Policy and voluntarily authorize us to collect, use, store, share, manage and protect your information in line with this Privacy Policy. If you, or your guardians, do not agree to anything in this Privacy Policy, you shall immediately stop using our services. If you have any questions or concerns about the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy or related matters, please contact us by reference to our official contact information.

1. Personal Information We Collect

When providing services to you, we collect the following personal information about you. Sensitive personal information is underlined and bolded to draw your attention to it.

Membership Registration: When you initiating the membership registration, we will collect information about your name,gender,mobile phone number, email address, date of birth, university/college of graduation, time of graduation, educational background (specialist/undergraduate/master/doctoral/post-doctoral/other degree), major, province/city of residence, employer, nature of employer (public/private), clinical department (general practice/implant/orthodontics/restoration/endodontics/periodontics/pediatric dentistry/maxillofacial surgery/other), title (chief physician/associate chief physician/attending physician/practicing physician/assistant physician/other), occupation (medical doctor/nurse/technician/operation manager/other) and number of years of your practicing orthodontic treatment.

Payment for Membership Fees or Other Charges: When you make payment for the membership fees or other charges, we will collect information about your name, nickname, user ID, mobile phone number, province/city of residence, payment bank, account information, transaction time.

Application for IOF Research Grant: When you apply for an IOF research grant, we will collect information about your name, gender, mobile phone number, email address, educational background (specialist/undergraduate/master/doctoral/post-doctoral/other degree), employer, province/city of residence and project name. In addition, IOF may collect diagnostic and clinical data from you in the course of providing you with a research grant, in which case you shall ensure that you have obtained additional consents from the subjects (if involved) for providing us with such diagnostic and clinical data.

Registration for IOF Education Training: When you make registration for any IOF education training, we will collect information about your name, gender, mobile phone number and email address.

Application for IOF Sci-tech Innovation Grant: When you apply for an IOF sci-tech innovation grant, we will collect information about your name, gender, mobile phone number, email address, educational background (specialist/undergraduate/master/doctoral/post-doctoral/other degree), employer, province/city of residence and project name.

Customer Service: When you contact us or communicate with us via info@iofglobal.org, we will collect information about your name and your preferred liaison approach (e.g. by email or telephone) and any information you choose to provide, which may contain your personal information.

2. Data of Juveniles

Protecting the safety and privacy of juveniles is very important to us. We will not knowingly collect or use the personal information of any juvenile under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not submit any personal information without the express consent and participation of your parent or guardian.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, due to technical limitations and in certain cases such as when performing IOF-related services, we are unable to identify the age of each user. If you believe that we have collected the personal information of a juvenile without his/her parent or guardian’s express consent, please contact us via info@iofglobal.org and we will delete such personal information.

3. Information We Collect Through Automation Technology

(1) Cookies

We also collect your IP address and the information about your use of the Official Website through tracking technologies such as cookies and web beacons. Although your website browser can be set to reject all cookies, you can, through cookies, use some basic functions of the Official Website which may not be available if you reject cookies.

“Cookies” are unique digital codes transmitted to your computer to track your interests and preferences, and to recognize you when you visit again. “Web beacons” are transparent graphic images which are placed on/in websites, emails or advertisements and can monitor users’ activities and website traffic. These technologies can help us remember your preferences and will enable us to provide you with the content and features that you may be most interested in according to the “clickstream” data which can show your previous activities on the Official Website.

To learn more about cookies and other tracking technologies (including the methods to disable them), please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Please note that some cookies are extremely important for the normal operation of the Official Website, and deleting or disabling them will weaken the function(s) of the Official Website.

(2) Third-party Code and SDK

In order to provide you with better experience and more comprehensive services, we may collect your personal information through third-party code or SDK. At present, we are docking with the SDK of Vhall, a video cloud platform operated by Beijing Weihou Shidai Technology Co., Ltd., in order to obtain the information about your equipment, IP, etc. Specific information about the SDK of Vhall is given as follows:

Name of the Third-party SDK	Operator	Scenario	Type of Personal Information	Link	Data Outbound
Vhall SAAS Platform	Beijing Weihou Shidai Technology Co., Ltd.	Users’ browsing data will be collected when visiting the live streaming pages.	Information about users’ page visiting	http://e.vhall.com /home/vhallapi /serviceterms	No

(3) System Permissions

In order to provide you with relevant products and services, we may, when you use the IOF Official Website, need your authorization to turn on relevant permissions to collect relevant information. Please note that by turning on these permissions, you authorize us to collect and use such personal information to effect the aforesaid functions. By turning off these permissions, you withdraw your authorization and we will no longer collect or use your personal information, nor we will be able to provide you with the functions requiring such permissions. Your decision to turn off your permissions will not affect the personal information processing previously carried out based on your authorization.

The circumstances under which you may choose to authorize to turn on relevant permissions may include:

· album permissions: when you use functions such as uploading/updating your account avatar, providing feedbacks to us, etc., we will need access to your device’s album permissions and collect information about the image(s) and/or video content(s) you are about to provide; and

· camera access: when you use functions such as shooting, uploading/updating your account avatar, scanning bar/QR codes, etc., we will need access to your device’s camera and collect information about the image(s) and/or video content(s) you are about to provide.

4. How Do We Use Your Personal Information?

(1) Proving Information

We may use your personal information to contact you and send you newsletters and service-related announcements. We may also use your personal information to contact you for the products and services that we think may be of interest to you and to invite you to participate in our surveys or other activities related to the Official Website or other project-related activities in which we are involved.

(2) User Data Analysis

We may use your personal information to understand your preferences and usage habits and conduct data analysis in order to improve our services and recommend information or features of interest to you.

(3) Entrusted Processing

By providing services hereunder, we may entrust third-party service providers (such as the operation service provider of the Official Website, the customer service provider, the security and maintenance service provider of the Official Website, the fraud management service provider, the technical service provider in charge of sending emails and newsletters, the anti-spam and anti-robot service provider(s) and the data analytics service provider(s)) to assist us in providing relevant operation and service supports, and may transmit or grant access to them your personal information.

(4) Sharing with Third Parties

For the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we may share your personal information with the following third parties:

· Payment institutions: In order to fulfill each of your purchase orders, we need to provide your purchase order number and purchase order amount to Paypal for it to confirm your payment instructions and complete your payment;

· Third party video service platforms: We may work with third party video service platforms in order to make arrangements such as online meetings and provide such third party video service platforms with information about your name, user ID, etc.;

· Third party logistics companies: In order to send gifts to you, we will provide your personal communication information to third party logistics companies; and

· To improve our services and recommend activities that may be of interest to you, we may share your personal information with our affiliates, and we undertake that such information will be transmitted within the necessary scope to achieve the aforementioned purposes.

· Government agencies, regulators and law enforcement departments/Other third parties: In order to comply with our legal obligations, we may share personal information with them. We may also disclose your personal information to other third parties as required by laws, legal regulations or legal decisions, or as necessary to protect our rights.

5. Data Outbound

The personal information we collect on and through the IOF Official Website will be stored on a server located in Hong Kong SAR. We may provide your personal information to overseas entities only under the following circumstances and after meeting the relevant requirements of laws and regulations and regulatory authorities, and will strictly require the receiving party to handle your personal information in accordance with the requirements of the applicable laws and regulations and this Private Policy: (1) there are clear provisions in laws and regulations; (2) we have obtained your separate consent; (3) the products and/or services you use are cross-bordered and you take the initiative to provide your personal information outbound.

You are aware and agree that the information you send to us via info@iofglobal.org will be stored on a server located in the United States, and the information you send to us via info@iofglobal.org will only be used to communicate with you about related problems, questions or complaints or send advisory notices to you.

6. Information Security

We maintain appropriate managerial, technical and substantive protection measures to protect your personal information from accidental, illegal or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, exposure or use.

(1) In terms of security management system and security management personnel, we set up an information security team responsible for the construction of information security system, including security management system. We manage and standardize the storage and use of personal information by establishing data classification and grading systems, data security management norms and security development norms:

• We use both the strict data access clearances and the multiple identification authentication technologies to control and protect personal information. By signing strict confidentiality agreements with information receiving parties and by implementing monitoring and auditing mechanisms, we run a comprehensive security control over data to avoid illegal data use;

• We use both the code security check and the scanning technology for system security audit;

• We will also hold security and privacy protection training courses to strengthen our employees’ awareness of the importance of protecting personal information.

(2) We have established relevant security management systems for information collection, storage, transmission, encryption, network security, vulnerability management, security incident handling, etc. We will use such security measures as meeting the industry standards and such security technologies as common in the industry to prevent unauthorized access to and modification of your personal information and prevent leakage, damage or loss of your personal information. These technical measures include: encrypting and storing your personal information with encryption technologies; when using your personal information, such as the display of personal information and calculation associated with personal information, we will use a variety of data desensitization techniques including content replacement and SHA256 to enhance the security of personal information in use.

(3) To address possible risks such as leakage, damage and loss of personal information, we have developed a number of systems to clarify the classification and grading standards for security incidents and security breaches and the corresponding handling processes. We have set up a dedicated emergency response team for security incidents. We will initiate security contingency plans for different security incidents in accordance with the requirements of the security incident handling code in order to stop damage, run analysis and positioning, formulate remedial measures, and collaborate with relevant departments to trace and combat the source of security incidents.

(4) In terms of technical measures:

• We have adopted SSL, HTTP and other technical measures to protect the security and confidentiality of information transmission;

• We have taken technical measures such as intrusion detection system, web application firewall, vulnerability scanning and other technical measures to protect the security and confidentiality of information preservation;

• Our network service adopts encryption technologies such as transport layer security protocol, and provides browsing services through https to ensure the security of your personal information in the transmission process;

• To ensure the security of personal information, we will intensify our network firewall, set up security policies to prevent malicious access, and conduct regular virus scanning to protect your personal information.

As the environment of internet is not 100% secure, we are unable to guarantee that the system and information are 100% secure. If you think there are any security risks or vulnerabilities in our system, please contact us via info@iofglobal.org.

7. Data storage period

IOF will retain your information for the timeframe as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which personal information is processed as described in this Privacy Policy and as long as required by applicable laws or administrative regulations. For example, your transaction information may be retained for at least three years, as required by laws and regulations relating to civil proceedings. After the storage period expires, we will delete or anonymize your personal information unless otherwise stipulated by applicable laws and regulations.

8. Your Rights

In accordance with the prevailing laws and regulations, you have the following rights:

• Right of access, right of rectification, and right to obtain a copy of your personal information

If you need to access or rectify your personal information generated in the course of your use of the IOF Official Website, or to obtain a copy in relation thereto, you may contact us by reference to the contact information below.

• Right to withdraw consent

If you wish to withdraw your consent to other uses of your personal information, you may do so by contacting us in the same manner as set out below. If you withdraw your consent to some use(s) of your personal information, you may not be able to use the relevant products and/or services normally.

• Right to restrict or reject processing

You have the right to restrict or reject the processing of your personal information by others. We will make available a way to you to restrict or reject the processing of your personal information in accordance with the requirements of the applicable laws. You may contact us in the same manner as set out below.

• Right to unsubscribe notifications and messages

If you choose not to receive any notifications or marketing or promotional messages from us, please contact us in the same manner as set out below.

• Right of deletion

You have the right to request that your personal information be deleted if (a) we violate laws or regulations in collecting or using your personal information, (b) we have no lawful basis for collecting your personal information or you have withdrawn your consent, (c) we collect or use your personal information in violation of our agreement with you, (d) you deregister your account, or (e) we no longer provide products or services to you.

• Right of deregistration

If you would like to deregister your account, please contact us in the same manner as set out below and we will take reasonable steps to deregister your account. We will delete your personal information upon your request or as required by laws and regulations. Unless we have to retain certain data due to legal reasons, we will only process such data to the extent required by laws and regulations and will not use the same in our daily business activities.

9. Third Party Platform

The IOF Official Website may contain links to third-party platforms. IOF cannot control these third-party platforms or the companies or individuals who maintain them. We are not responsible for the actions of these third parties, or any of your personal information that you provide to them after you leave the IOF Official Website.

10. Problems, Queries or Complaints

If you have any queries relating to this Privacy Policy, or if you have any questions, concerns or complaints about your personal information (including requesting access to or rectification of your personal information or making a privacy complaint), please contact us via info@iofglobal.org.

We will use our reasonable efforts to respond to your request in a timely manner and will respond to your request within 15 business days after we receive your request and complete the verification of your identity.

We generally do not charge fees for reasonable requests, but for repeated requests that exceed reasonable limits, we will charge certain fees as appropriate. We may refuse requests that are unnecessarily repetitive, require excessive technical means, pose risks to the legitimate rights and interests of others, or are very unreasonable.

11. Changes in This Privacy Policy

IOF reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion. In the event of any changes in the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, IOF will post such changes on the Official Website. Such changes will become effective fifteen (15) business days after the date of update. You may choose not to accept such changes and cancel your membership registration before such changes become effective. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, your continued access to or use of the IOF Official Website after the notice period specified above will be deemed as your full acceptance of and agreement to the changed privacy policy. IOF recommends that you regularly review the information posted on the Official Website to better protect your rights and interests.

12. Disclaimer and Other Information

We shall not be liable for (1) any leakage of your personal information as a result of your sharing your user password with others or sharing your registered account with others or (2) any leakage, loss, theft or alteration of your personal information as a result of force majeure caused by computer problems, hacker attacks, computer virus intrusion or attacks, temporary shutdown due to government regulation affecting normal network operations.

Terms and Conditions of Use

Effective Date of this Version: March, 2023

This website iofglobal.org (the "Official Website") and its news, information or other services on the Official Website are provided by International Orthodontics Foundation Limited ("IOF"). Please read these Terms and Conditions of Use (the "Terms and Conditions") carefully. By accessing or using the news, information or other services on the Official Website, you hereby agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

1. Aim and Purpose of IOF

IOF is an international independent non-profit organization focused on orthodontics and related fields, and aims to improve the oral health of patients by enhancing professional awareness, promoting learning, expanding communication networks and sharing knowledge in orthodontics and related fields. Sponsored by CareCapital Investment Group, IOF works hand in hand with experts in orthodontics and related fields around the world, supporting cutting-edge research and providing high-quality training and education.

Our vision as well as mission is to be a leading international organization for orthodontics and related disciplines. On the premise of improving the quality of life of patients, we provide comprehensive and high-quality training and education, innovative research and clinical research funding and provide an international network of lifelong learning for dental professionals in orthodontics and related fields.

IOF provides various research grants and technological innovation grants, meanwhile providing education and training activities to members and relevant participants. The Official Website will provide you with the most recent news and information on the aforementioned matters.

2. For Personal Use

Any news, information or other services we provide via the Official Website are for your personal use only. Any news, information or other services purchased or received by you from us shall not be sold or reproduced.

3. Intellectual Property and Data

All the contents on the Official Website, including but not limited to trademarks, logos, service marks, texts, graphics, marks, button icons, images, sound clips, data compilations, software and bibliographical compilations (collectively, the "Contents") are properties of IOF and our affiliates, partners and licensors.

Except as provided for in these Terms and Conditions or applicable law, no Contents or any other parts of the Official Website may be used, republished, copied, imitated, sold, resold, accessed, modified or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, for any purpose without our explicit prior written consent.

4. Restrictions on Use of Official Website

Unless permitted by law or with the written consent of IOF, you may not be engaged in the following conducts while using the news, information or other services of the Official Website:

(1) Delete the copyright information on the Official Website and on its copies;

(2) Reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the Official Website, or otherwise attempt to identify the source code of the Official Website;

(3) Use, rent, lend, copy, modify, link, reproduce, compile, issue, publish, create mirror sites, etc. of the Contents to which IOF or our affiliates and partners own the intellectual property rights;

(4) Copy, modify, add to, delete, hook into or create any derivative works of the Official Website, the data released into the memory of any terminal during the operation of the Official Website, the interaction data between the client and the server during the operation of the Official Website or the system data necessary for the operation of the Official Website;

(5) Log in or use the Official Website through third-party software, plug-ins, external hangings or systems, or create, publish and disseminate the aforesaid tools; and

(6) Tamper with the Official Website or its components, modules or data by itself or authorize others or third-party software to do so.

You shall prevent and resist the production, reproduction and publication of offensive information and materials containing the following Contents: those of which the title is seriously exaggerated and the published content is seriously inconsistent with the title; those that have inappropriate comments on natural disasters, major accidents or other disasters; those that incite mass discrimination, regional discrimination, etc.; those that promote vulgar and kitsch content; those that violate social morality; those that violate the legitimate rights and interests of minors; and other information and materials that have a negative impact on the network ecology.

When you access or use any news, information or other services on the Official Website, you shall comply with these Terms and Conditions and the special warnings or instructions for access and use posted on the Official Website. You shall neither make any modifications or alterations to the Official Website or any Contents or services appearing thereon nor in any way undermine the integrity and proper functioning of the Official Website. You shall be liable for losses and damages caused to IOF and/or our affiliates, partners or licensors in the event of your negligent or willful breach of any provision of these Terms and Conditions.

5. Third Party Links

We are not responsible for the content of pages outside the Official Website or other websites linked to the Official Website. You shall carefully read the terms and conditions of use and privacy policies of all pages and other websites that you visit outside of the Official Website.

6. Special Events

The Official Website may provide information on certain special projects, functions and events (such as conferences, research grants, science and innovation funding, educational/training events or other events) which (1) other rules of use, terms, agreements and/or policies other than these Terms and Conditions may apply to and (2) will be provided by us or a third party. If you choose to participate in these activities, we will notify you and you shall accept separate rules of use, terms, agreements and/or policies which apply to your participation.

7. Representations and Warranties; Limitation of Liability

We seek to ensure that the information published is up to date and accurate. News, information or other services on the Official Website do not constitute legal or professional advice from us. Any news or information posted on the Official Website expresses the views of the author of that news or information only and does not necessarily reflect our views. News, information or other services on the Official Website are provided on the "as is" basis. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, whether explicitly or implicitly, regarding the news, information or other services of the Official Website.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, we are not responsible or liable (under contract law, tort law (including negligence) or otherwise) for (1) business interruption, (2) delay in access to the Official Website or interruption of access, (3) interception or unauthorized access, (4) situation where data cannot be transmitted, mis-transmitted, corrupted, damaged or tampered with, (5) any type of loss or damage arising from the processing of off-site links outside the Official Website or the appearance of such off-site links, (6) computer viruses, system failures or malfunctions that may occur when you use the Official Website, including hyperlinks accessing third-party websites, (7) any Contents inaccurate or bearing omissions, and (8) any events beyond our reasonable control. To the maximum extent permitted by laws, we will not be liable for any indirect or consequential damages (including loss of profits) of any kind in connection with the Official Website.

8. Liability for Breach of Contract

You agree to fully indemnify us for and against any direct and indirect loss, damage or expense arising out of any third party’s claim, action or demand regarding your use of the Official Website or your breach of these Terms and Conditions. You also agree to fully indemnify us for and against any direct or consequential loss, damage or expense arising out of your use of software robots, search spiders, crawler searchers or similar data collection and extraction tools, or any other means you take that imposes an unreasonable burden or encumbrance on our information infrastructure.

9. If you have any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact us via info@iofglobal.org.

IOF Membership Service Agreement

Effective Date of this Version: March, 2023

This IOF Membership Service Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by and between you and International Orthodontics Foundation Limited ("IOF", or "we" or "us", as the case may be) in respect of your membership of IOF (the "Membership" or the "IOF Membership") and your enjoyment of the IOF Membership services (the "Services").

Please read this Agreement, the IOF Terms and Conditions and the IOF Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Entire Agreement") carefully. Your enjoyment of the Services (including your clicking to agree to this Agreement and making any payment for the Services) will be deemed that you have read and understood the Entire Agreement, agreed to the Entire Agreement, and accepted to be bound by this Agreement, the IOF Terms and Conditions and the IOF Privacy Policy.

1. Membership Registration

1.1 You can apply for and hold your IOF Membership after submitting your registration information to us via either of the following ways:

Our official website: iofglobal.org

1.2 You shall warrant that you have submitted the true, accurate, legal and valid personal information about you when registering for the IOF Membership. You shall further warrant that other personal information you provide from time to time to us is also true, accurate, legal and valid. If there is any change in your personal information, you shall promptly update your IOF account with your latest personal information.

1.3 You shall be solely responsible for duly taking care of your IOF account, account information and account password. You shall take all the necessary and effective measures to protect your account information and account password. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, IOF shall assume no liability for any leakage of your account information (including your account password) not caused by IOF, and/or any loss caused by your improper use or care of your IOF account.

1.4 All information you set in or input into your Membership account must be compliant with laws, regulations, and public order and customs, and shall not infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of any third party. Otherwise, IOF shall have the right to adjust, restrict or cancel your Membership.

2. Membership Benefits

You can enjoy all the membership benefits associated with your IOF Membership except for the IOF premium benefits that need to be paid for. If you, when holding the IOF Membership, wish to enjoy the IOF premium benefits, you shall pay the fees therefor pursuant to Article 3.3 of this Agreement below. The IOF premium benefits are available only to the persons holding the IOF Membership. You can enjoy the IOF premium benefits only after you have registered with us for the IOF Membership and paid the relevant fees therefor.

3. Membership Fees

3.1 You are aware and agree that the validity of the IOF Membership is long-term effective (the "Term of Membership "), effective on the date of your registration. Your Membership will remain valid throughout the Term of Membership unless and until it is terminated according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

3.2 If you register with us for the IOF Membership, we will not charge you any membership fees therefor. However, if you wish to enjoy the IOF premium benefits, you need to pay relevant fees to IOF.

3.3 When holding your IOF Membership, you can choose to pay the fees for the IOF premium benefits (collectively, the "Premium Benefits Fee") to us via the methods as indicated on our official website(the "Payment Account").

3.4 By paying the Premium Benefits Fee, you are aware and agree that the validity period of your enjoying the IOF premium benefits is one year (the "Term of Premium Benefits"), effective on the date when you pay the Premium Benefits Fee. You can keep enjoying the IOF premium benefits throughout the Term of Premium Benefits unless and until it is terminated according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you wish to continue to enjoy the IOF premium benefits after the expiration of the Term of Premium Benefits (being one year), you shall pay the Premium Benefits Fee to for renewing the Term of Premium Benefits (for the immediately following one year) according to the requirements of Article 3.3 above.

3.5 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, the Premium Benefits Fee shall be non-refundable once paid successfully.

3.6 You shall warrant that you have the right to use your Payment Account to pay the Premium Benefits Fee and such use would not infringe upon the rights of any third party.

3.7 Please note that your IOF Membership and the IOF premium benefits that you may enjoy are non-transferable.

3.8 You can email to info@iofglobal.org at any time to inform us that you wish to cancel your Membership registration or revoke the IOF premium benefits that you are enjoying provided, however, that the Premium Benefits Fee that has been paid shall be non-refundable or refund remaining part deducted reasonable fees therefor.

3.9 IOF shall have the right to adjust at its sole discretion the Term of Membership, the rate of the Premium Benefits Fee and/or the method of payment therefor from time to time, and will announce such adjustment(s) in line with the procedures set out in Article 4.6 below.

3.10 If you register with us for the IOF Membership in 2023, we will grant the IOF premium benefits to you for 2023, free of charge, that is, you can enjoy the IOF premium benefits for free until December 31, 2023.

4. Miscellaneous

4.1 In order to facilitate you to receive relevant information about IOF and the information related to this Agreement in a timely manner, you agree that IOF has the right to notify you through any of the following methods: webpage announcement, page prompt, pop-up window, message notification, and notification via your contact information (such as email, telephone, SMS and contact address). Any of such notifications shall be deemed to have been received by you on the date on which IOF sends it. If multiple notification methods are used at the same time, the time when the notification is served shall be the earliest of all the used methods.

4.2 This Agreement shall be interpreted literally. To the extent permitted by laws and regulations, the principle of exclusion of ambiguity with an interpretation unfavourable to the drafting party shall not be adopted when interpreting this Agreement.

4.3 Both you and IOF agree that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (excluding, however, the conflict of laws rules).

4.4 If there arising any controversy or dispute between you and IOF, it shall be resolved through friendly negotiation first. If such negotiation fails, you agree that such controversy or dispute shall be referred to and resolved by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC).

4.5 4.5If you have any questions in relation to or comments on this Agreement (including inquiries or complaints), please contact us by email to info@iofglobal.org or other contact information provided by us. We will use our commercially reasonable efforts to reply to you as soon as possible after receiving your questions or comments.

4.6 4.6We shall have the right to amend this Agreement from time to time at its sole discretion. Once any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement is amended, we will publicize such amendment on our official website, or notify you of the same by issuing an email to your email address or other means specified in Article 4.1. Such amendment will become effective upon the end of fifteen (15) working days immediately after such amendment is made. Before any amendment becomes effective, you can choose not to accept the amendment and cancel your Membership registration. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, your continued access to or enjoyment of the Services after the notice period of amendment specified above will be deemed as your full acceptance of and agreement to the amended Entire Agreement. We recommend that you regularly check the information published on our official website to better protect your rights and interests.

4.7 If you breach or fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, IOF shall have the right to cancel your Membership or revoke the IOF premium benefits that you are enjoying at its sole discretion, in which case the Premium Benefits Fee you have paid shall be non-refundable.

4.8 Without prejudice to our right to early termination under Article 4.7 hereof above, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, we will cancel your Membership or revoke the IOF premium benefits that you are enjoying upon a prior written notice to you.