Welcome to the event site of European Satellite Navigation Competition 2012 in Taiwan (hereinafter called the “ESNC Taiwan Website".). The following will detail the website’s policies and principles concerning the collection, use, and protection of user data provided by visitors to this website and extended service sites. Please read it carefully.

The following privacy policies apply when you are browsing the ESNC Taiwan Website (any page with the domain name galileo.itri.org.tw). These policies concern the collection, use, and protection of personal data. The said policies shall not apply to any activity you might initiate by virtue of passing to a different website as the result of a search on any web page of the ESNC Taiwan Website or by other means, however. Protection of your personal data while browsing other web pages depends on the individual privacy policies of the websites involved.

Depending on the service being provided, all or part of the following user data may be collected from visitors: Newsletter Registration: When you subscribe the newsletter, you will be asked to provide email address.



Events Registration: When you participate in an event, you may be asked to provide your name, company/organization, department, title, address, cell phone number, and e-mail address.



Additionally, if you click on a banner ad or link on the ESNC Taiwan Website, other websites or organizations have their own privacy policies concerning personal data you provide in order to participate in a prize draw, competition or promotional event sponsored by the said third party organizations or websites. The handling of such data is not covered by the privacy policies relating to the ESNC Taiwan Website, and the ESNC Taiwan Website cannot be responsible for any consequences.



General Browsing: While you are browsing the ESNC Taiwan Website, the server will automatically produce a log file. This file includes your IP address, duration of visit, browser version used, and record of your browsing behavior. Information about pages viewed and time spent on-site is used to improve the quality of the ESNC Taiwan Website content and service.

Under no circumstances will the ESNC Taiwan Website sell, exchange, or rent any of your personal data to any organization or individual. Based on the principles of its Privacy Policy, however, the ESNC Taiwan Website will make use of your personal data only under the following circumstances:

Provision of Additional Services or Special Offers: In order to provide you with additional services or special offers, it may be necessary to provide your personal data to third party providers of the said services or offers. The ESNC Taiwan Website will provide a complete explanation during the period of the event or offer, and notify you before data are collected so that you may freely choose whether or not to accept the service or offer in question.



Statistics and Analysis: The ESNC Taiwan Website uses its user registration data, marketing activities, and server logs to conduct internal analysis regarding the number of users, their interests, and on-line behavior. These studies are based on overall user data and involve statistical procedures. Results are used as a reference to improve the quality of services, and no analysis will be performed on individual user data, nor will specific individual data be used as the basis for statistical analysis.



For reasons of public security, if a judicial body requests the ESNC Taiwan Website to provide information on a specific user, the ESNC Taiwan Website will follow formal legal procedures and cooperate as necessary in consideration of the collective security of all users of the ESNC Taiwan Website.

In order to provide personalized service, the ESNC Taiwan Website uses cookies to store and, in some circumstances, track user data. A cookie is a small file sent from a website to the user’s web browser, and is stored on the user's hard drive. Users can select or adjust their cookie settings using the "Tools - Advanced" menu in Netscape, or the "Internet Settings - Security" menu in Internet Explorer. Users may choose to accept all cookies, to be notified when a server sends a cookie, or to reject all cookies. If a user chooses to reject all cookies, it might not be possible for that user to access certain personalized services or to participate in certain activities on the ESNC Taiwan Website.

Please safeguard your username and personal data. If you share a device with another user, or use our services on a public computer (such as in a public library, school computer lab), Please remember to close the browser to prevent other users from reading your personal information and e-mail.

Please safeguard your username and personal data. If you share a device with another user, or use our services on a public computer (such as in a public library, school computer lab), Please remember to close the browser to prevent other users from reading your personal information and e-mail.

The ESNC Taiwan Website will update its privacy policies from time to time in response to changes in privacy regulations. In the event of any major revision to the site's privacy policy, the ESNC Taiwan Website will post a notice on the site to inform users regarding details of the revision.