The Living Archive —— Queer Cinema in Chinese Contexts Privacy Policy

This Privacy Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") is jointly signed by [The Living Archive —— Queer Cinema in Chinese Contexts] (hereinafter referred to as "we" or "our party") and you (the website user, hereinafter referred to as "you"). It aims to clarify the relevant rules for us to collect, use, store, protect and disclose your personal information when you use the login and registration services of this website, so as to protect the security and legitimate rights and interests of your personal information. This Agreement applies to all login and registration behaviors and related services you conduct through this website. By completing the registration or login, you are deemed to have fully read, understood and agreed to all the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree to this Agreement, please do not use the login, registration and related services of this website.

 

To complete login and registration, provide basic film information services and ensure account security, we will collect the following personal information you actively provide during the login and registration process. The collection strictly follows the principles of "legality, propriety and necessity", and we will not collect information unrelated to the services:

Account registration information: The user name, password (encrypted storage), email address you actively fill in are used to complete account creation, identity verification and login verification. Among them, the email address is the core verification information, which is used to receive verification codes, retrieve passwords and notify account-related matters;

 

We collect your personal information only for the following legitimate purposes, and will not use it beyond the following scope without your explicit consent:

Complete the registration, login and identity verification of the account to ensure that you can normally use the core services of the website such as browsing, collecting and commenting;

Send you necessary service notifications, such as account security reminders, password retrieval notifications, website service update notifications, etc., and will not send irrelevant marketing information (if marketing information needs to be sent, your explicit consent will be obtained separately).

 

Storage period of personal information: During the existence of your account, we will continuously store your core registration information (user name, encrypted password, email address) to ensure the normal use of the account; Device and login information, voluntary supplementary information will be stored for 180 days from the date you cancel your account, and will be anonymized after the expiration (delete information that can identify personal identity, and only retain statistical data that cannot be associated with individuals).

 

We strictly protect your personal information and will not disclose or share your personal information to any third party without your explicit consent, unless it is in line with the following legal or agreed circumstances:

Requirements of laws and regulations: Disclose your personal information in accordance with the legitimate requirements of judicial organs or regulatory authorities such as courts, procuratorates and public security organs to cooperate with investigation, evidence collection, execution and other related work;

Ensure service security: To prevent illegal and irregular behaviors such as account theft, malicious attacks and fraud, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of you and other users, disclose the account information suspected of irregularities to relevant institutions when necessary (only disclose information related to irregular behaviors);

Third-party service cooperation: If we need to entrust a third party to provide technical support, server storage, security detection and other services, we will sign a strict confidentiality agreement with the third party, clarify the third party's information protection obligations, only provide it with the personal information necessary to complete the service, and the third party shall not use such information for other purposes;

Change of account subject: If we have changes such as merger, division, acquisition and asset transfer, your personal information will be legally transferred to the changed subject, which will continue to perform the information protection obligations agreed in this Agreement. If the subject change leads to changes in information protection rules, we will notify you in advance.

 

We may modify and improve this Agreement according to the update of national laws and regulations, the adjustment of website service functions and the development of information protection technology. The changed Agreement will be published in a prominent position on the website (such as the login and registration page, home page announcement), and will take effect automatically after the publication period expires;

If the agreement change involves your core rights and interests (such as significant adjustments to the scope of personal information collection, use purposes and disclosure rules), we will send you a notification through your registered email address. You can put forward an objection within 7 days after receiving the notification. If you do not put forward an objection, it will be deemed that you agree to the changed Agreement; If you do not agree to the change, you can apply to cancel your account and stop using the website services;

After the change of this Agreement, your continued use of the login, registration and related services of this website shall be deemed as acceptance of the changed Agreement terms.

 

We shall not be liable for the leakage, loss or tampering of your personal information caused by the following circumstances:

You voluntarily disclose personal information to a third party (such as disclosing account password, verification code, etc. to others);

Personal information security problems caused by your own reasons such as equipment failure, network abnormality and operation error;

The third party illegally steals, attacks and tampers with personal information, and we have taken reasonable security protection measures that still cannot be prevented;

Other circumstances exempt from liability as stipulated by laws and regulations.

 

The Chinese and English versions of this Agreement have the same legal effect.

If you have any questions, opinions about this Agreement, or need to exercise rights related to personal information, or complain about illegal handling of personal information, you can contact us in the following ways:

Email: livingarchive@bjqff.com

We will reply within 3 working days after receiving your consultation or complaint, and handle your relevant needs in a timely manner.

The Living Archive —— Queer Cinema in Chinese Contexts

Release Date: [April 1, 2026]

Effective Date: [April 1, 2026]