FunFitChinese Privacy Policy

 

 

This Privacy Policy is only applicable to [FunFitChinese] products and/or services owned by Beijing Zhilehuo Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Update Date: Thursday, August 31, 2021

Effective Date: Thursday, September 07, 2021

 

FOREWORD

 

FunFitChinese products and/or services are online reading products and/or services created by Beijing Zhilehuo Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "we") and provided for users (hereinafter referred to as "you"). We attach great importance to the protection and security of your personal data. This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "this Policy") is hereby formulated for protecting your personal information security.

  

This Policy introduces how we collect, use, store, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information during your use of this product; the purpose, method, and scope of our collection of your personal information; and the rights and methods we provide for you to access, update and delete your personal information. Below are our special tips for you to focus on:

 

1. For all key contents, we use the writing style of "bold" as a special reminder.

 

2. For sensitive personal information, we use the writing style of bold and italics as a special reminder and hope you will pay close attention when reading. Before you provide your sensitive personal information for us, you have carefully considered and hereby confirm that you agree to provide it, and you hereby agree that your sensitive personal information may be processed for the purposes and in the manner described in this Policy.

  

3. Your right to personal information includes but is not limited to accessing, correcting or modifying, deleting, revoking consent, deleting your account, obtaining a copy of personal information, refusing directed notification push, and getting a timely response from us, etc. These rights are to ensure that you have control right over your personal information.

 

 4. We will process your personal information in strict accordance with this Policy and your consent. If you disagree with this Policy, you should stop using this product.

 

 


 

CONTENTS

 

1. How do we collect and use your personal information

2. How do we use Cookie

3. How do we share, transfer and publicly disclose your personal information

4. How do we protect and store your personal information

5. How do you manage your personal information

6. How do we update this Policy

7. How to contact us

8. Definition of key terms


 

 1. How do we collect and use your personal information

 

We collect and use your personal information for the purposes stated in this Policy in accordance with the principles of legality, necessity, and transparency. Should we use or collect any of your personal information for other purposes not specified in this Policy, we will inform you in a reasonable manner and seek your consent again before using it.

 

 1.1 Personal information that you provide voluntarily during the use of this product

 

To use the basic functions of this product, certain personal information needs to be collected from you. If you refuse to provide such information, we will not be able to provide you with the appropriate services. Please note: If you provide other individual’s personal information during the use of our product, please make sure that you have obtained the consent of that individual.

 

1.1.1 Register and sign in to your account

 

If you are downloading and opening this product for the first time, you need to read and agree to the User Agreement and Privacy Statement. You can use the features and services provided by this product by reading and agreeing to the User Agreement and Privacy Statement. Otherwise, you will not be able to continue to use the product.

 

Register account

When you choose to use email address for registering an account, you need to provide us with your email address. A verification code will then be sent to your email account to verify your identity. According to the laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China and for the purpose of security, you will not be able to successfully register an account and therefore use product functions if you do not verify your email address, but you can take a Placement test without registration/login.

 

Sign in to your account

The email address and password you use during registration are your product account and password. Every time you insert your account number and password to log in, your account information will be collected to verify your identity.

 

Forget password

If you forget your password, you can reset your password using the "Forget Password" button on the login page. A verification code will be sent to your email account to verify your identity. Once verification is done, you can reset your password. We will collect your new password for identity checking when you attempt to log in to your account using your account number and password.

 

1.1.2 Create and modify account profile

 

Create an account profile

To verify your identity and improve user experience when you are using our product for learning, you need to select or fill in certain personal information for creating a personal profile, including image selection, nickname, age, time zone (once you select a time zone, you will voluntarily provide us with your location information. Your location information is only collected when you are selecting your time zone). If you do not provide such information for creating a personal file, you will not be able to use our picture book reading function and personalized functions, but the use of other functions will not be affected.

 

Modify account profile

If you want to modify your personal information and profile photo, you can click on the profile photo on the "Me" page to modify the relevant information (nickname, age, gender). When you set and change the profile photo, this product will request authorization for accessing your photo album /camera. After authorization, the product will access the photo album/camera every time you attempt to upload your profile photo. If you refuse to authorize such access, you will not be able to use this function, but it will not affect your use of other functions.

 

1.1.3 Record picture books and answer voice questions

 

During your use of this product to record picture books and answer voice questions related to reading comprehension, you need to input voice through microphone. This product will ask for microphone permission and collect your voice information. If you refuse to authorize, you will not be able to use the recording and answer functions of picture book reading, but it will not affect the normal use of other functions of this product.

 

1.1.4 Feedback

 

When you use this product to report your opinion or feedback to us, you need to voluntarily provide your contact information (email address/phone number), a description of your feedback and screenshots to help us solve your problem. When you are uploading screenshots, we will ask for permission of accessing your camera and photo album. If you refuse to provide authorization, you will not be able to use this function, but it will not affect your normal use of other functions of this product.

 

1.2 Personal information that we actively collect during your use of our product and/or services

 

To ensure the security of your account and provide you with better-quality services, we will collect and use the following user behavior information generated during your use of this product:

 

 

1.2.1 Payment information

 

After you purchase the relevant services of this product, we will collect your payment information, including the amount of payment, time of order, order serial number, and payment status. The purpose of collecting the above information is to help you successfully complete the transaction, ensure the security of the payment, provide you with order inquiry services and other customer services.

 

1.2.2 Literacy and reading information

 

During your use of the Placement test function of this product when you log in (or not log in), we will collect your literacy information (characters you recognize and how many characters you recognize) to better recommend picture books suitable for your reading. This information is key to performing the above product function. If you reject to provide it, you are not able to use the core function of this product.

 

If you want to update your literacy information, you can take a 1000-character test in Me - Vocabulary Achievement - Placement test again.

 

You can use the picture book reading function after purchasing the service of this product. During your reading, we will collect your reading account information (name of the picture book, time of reading, the total number of reading characters in the picture book, characters you recognize, how many characters you recognize, page-turning interval). By processing the above information, feature tags will be created, which are mainly used for recommending suitable picture books to you and make statistical analyses. A Growth Chart will also be created, so that you can easily see your literacy and reading improvement. Such information is a key item to provide multiple functions of this product. If you refuse to provide it, you are not able to use the core functions of the product.

 

1.2.3 Equipment information

 

 When you use this product, we will collect your equipment information and the related information (including equipment model, operating system version, equipment settings, unique device identifier, equipment environment, and other hardware and software information). We will correlate the above information so that we can provide consistent services for you.

 

 1.2.4 Log information

 

When you use this product, we will automatically collect the details of your using this product and save them as a weblog. The service log (including browsing, clicking, user language, visiting date, and time) will help our statistical analysis of the product usage and product upgrade, so as to provide you with better services. All the information we collect does not carry any personally identifiable marks.

 

1.3 Personal information obtained from a third party

 

Due to technical needs, third-party software development kits (SDKs) are embedded into this product. We promise to handle your personal information in accordance with this Policy and relevant laws, and you shall read the Privacy Policy of the third parties in detail. If you refuse a third party to collect, use or transfer your personal information during their services, you may be unable to use this product. The embedded third-party SDKs and the information to be collected or shared are as follows:

 

1.3.1 If you use an iOS system, the embedded third-party SDKs which require to collect your certain personal information include:

 

Umeng Statistics SDK: U-App

 

a. purpose/use of collecting your personal information: to provide statistical analysis services, and to calibrate the accuracy of report data using your geographical location information, so as to provide basic anti-cheating functions.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your device Mac address and unique device identification code (IMEI/android ID/OPENUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI)

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Umeng push SDK: Umeng U-Push

a. purpose/use of the collected personal information: to push notifications to target devices, identify push channels through your geographical location information, improve the regional coverage of notifications.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your device identifier (IMEI/MAC/Android ID/OpenUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI) to identify unique device.

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Umeng Link SDK: Umeng U-Link

a. purpose/use of collecting your personal information: identify unique device so as to provide intelligent hyperlink service. Location information is collected for performing anti-cheating functions, eliminating cheating equipment, and improving new customer acquisition.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your device identifier (IMEI/MAC/Android ID/OpenUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI).

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

1.3.2 If you use an Android system, the embedded third-party SDKs which require to collect your certain personal information include:

 

Umeng Statistics SDK: U-App

a. purpose/use of collecting your personal information: to provide statistical analysis services, and to calibrate the accuracy of report data using your geographical location information, so as to provide basic anti-cheating functions.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your unique device identification code (IMEI/MAC/Android ID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI). To perform the statistical analysis function, the following information will be collected according to different statistical dimensions: SDK/API/JS code version, browser, Internet service provider, platform, timestamp, application identifier, application version, application distribution channel, independent device identifier, device model, sensor parameter, terminal manufacturer, terminal device operating system version, session start/stop time, language location, time zone and network status (WiFi, etc.), hard disk, CPU, battery status, etc.

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Umeng push SDK: Umeng U-Push

a. purpose/use of the collected personal information: to push notifications to target devices, identify push channels through your geographical location information, improve the regional coverage of notifications.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your device identifier (IMEI/MAC/Android ID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI) to identify unique device.

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Umeng sharing SDK: Umeng U-Share

a. purpose/use of collecting your personal information: sharing messages with target devices and designated social accounts. Geographical location is collected to identify sharing channels and provide anti-cheating services.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your device identifier (IMEI/MAC/Android ID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI) and public information on social accounts.

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Umeng Link SDK: Umeng U-Link

a. purpose/use of collecting your personal information: identify unique device so as to provide intelligent hyperlink service. Location information is collected for performing anti-cheating functions, eliminating cheating equipment, and improving new customer acquisition.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your unique device identification code (such as IMEI/MAC/Android ID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI).

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Umeng APM SDK: Umeng U-APM

a. purpose/use of collecting your personal information: identify unique device so as to monitor application performance. Location information is collected for performing anti-cheating functions, eliminating cheating equipment, and investigating the cause of application performance crashes.

b. Types of personal information to be collected and permissions to be requested: As an integrated module of our product, Umeng +SDK will collect your device identifier (IMEI/MAC/Android ID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID, SIM card IMSI).

c. Third-party SDK Privacy Policy Link: https://www.umeng.com/page/Policy

d. Provider: Umeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.

 

 

1.4 Exceptions without requesting your consent

 

According to laws and regulations, your personal information is collected without your consent in the following situations:

personal information related to national security and national defense;

personal information related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;

personal information related to the criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution;

personal information collected to safeguard the major legitimate rights and interests, including life and property, of you or other individuals, and your consent can be hardly obtained;

personal information that is publicly disclosed by yourself

Personal information collected from legally publicly disclosed information, such as news reports and government information disclosure;

Personal information necessary for signing and performing your contract;

Personal information necessary to maintain the safe and stable operation of FunFitChinese products and/or services provided, such as finding and handling the malfunctions of this product;

other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

 

2. How do we use Cookie

 

2.1Cookie

 

When you use this product, we will store a small data file called Cookie on your device, which usually contains identifiers, site names, and certain numbers and characters. When you log in to your account, we can identify whether you are one of our users every time you use this product with the help of Cookie. You can also jump directly from one page to another without having to log in again on each page with the help of Cookie.

 

 2.2 How do we use Cookie 

 

We use Cookie technology to understand whether users have logged in, improve service/product quality and optimize user experience. We will not use Cookie for any purposes other than those stated in this Policy.

 

Please acknowledge that if you refuse to use or remove the existing tracking technology, you will need to change the user settings by yourself at every visit, and we may not be able to provide you with a better user experience. Some of the functions may not work properly.

 

3. How do we share, transfer and publicly disclose your personal information

 

3.1 Sharing

 

3.1.1 Principles of sharing

 

Without your consent, we will not share your personal information, unless the shared personal information is the information after de-identification, and the shared third party cannot re-identify the natural person subject of such information. If the purpose of the third party's use of information exceeds the scope of the original authorization, they need to obtain your consent again. The above contents will be incorporated into the agreement we sign with the third party to make sure that the third party observe the rules stipulated in this Privacy Policy.

 

The shared data must be meant for legitimate and reasonable purposes. We will carefully evaluate the purpose of the third party's use of the shared information, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the security capabilities of these parties, and require the third party to follow the signed agreement.

 

3.1.2 We will not share your personal information with any other company, organization, or individual, except for the following circumstances:

 

for the purpose of realizing product function as a service:

Due to technical needs, some of the product functions are provided by our related parties and third parties, i.e. software tool development kits (SDKs). The third party will obtain your relevant information to perform the functions. For details, please refer to "1.3 Personal information obtained from a third party".

 

for the purpose of product operation and safety:

To provide you with safe and reliable products and user environment, high-quality and reliable services and information, we may share your FunFitChinese account information (nickname, profile photo, age, characters you have read, literacy information, reading information, and Growth Chart), equipment information, service log or information that can be legally shared with our related parties and partners on the premise of obtaining your consent. The shared information is used for ensuring account security, detecting and preventing security incidents, ensuring the safe operation of software and services, and improving the quality and efficiency of operations.

for the purpose of academic and scientific research:

To enhance the scientific research ability in related fields and promote scientific and technological development, we may share the unmarked or anonymous data with scientific research institutes, universities, and other institutions on the premise of ensuring data security and proper purpose.

We may share your personal information according to laws and regulations or government departments on their mandatory requirements.

 

3.2 Transfer

 

We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization, or individual, except in the following cases:

transfer with explicit consent: After obtaining your explicit consent, we will transfer your personal information to other parties.

in the case of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy liquidation, if personal information transfer is involved, we will ask the new company or organization holding your personal information to continue to observe this Privacy Policy; otherwise, we will ask the company or organization to ask you for authorization and consent again.

 

3.3 Public disclosure

 

We will only publicly disclose your personal information under the following circumstances:

 

after obtaining your explicit consent.

legally required disclosure: We may publicly disclose your personal information under the mandatory requirements of laws, legal procedures, lawsuits, or government authorities.

 

4. How do we protect and store your personal information

 

4.1 Protection of Personal Information

 

Technical measures to ensure data security

To protect your information security, we strive to make all kinds of reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial security measures to protect your information, including but not limited to SSL, information encryption and storage, and data center access control, so that your information will not be leaked, damaged or lost. We will provide corresponding security measures to protect your information and ensure security, and we will try our best to prevent your information from being leaked, damaged, or lost.

 

Other security measures we take to protect personal information

We will ensure that your information is not lost, abused, or altered by backup to other servers, encryption of user passwords, and other security measures. We also sign an information contact confidentiality agreement, create strict monitoring and auditing mechanisms to comprehensively ensure data security.

 

We take measures to strengthen security awareness. We will also hold training courses on security and privacy protection to enhance employees' awareness of personal information protection. We have also adopted strict management for employees who may have access to your information, including but not limited to controlling access of employees at different positions, signing confidentiality agreements, monitoring their operation, and other measures.

 

We only allow our employees and partners who access personal information in a necessary mandate to access personal information. Strict access control and monitoring mechanisms are created for this purpose. Meanwhile, we require all personnel who may have access to your personal information to fulfill the corresponding confidentiality obligations. If they fail to fulfill these obligations, they may be investigated for legal responsibility or be suspended from the cooperative relationship with Zhilehuo.

 

We will take all reasonable and feasible measures to ensure that irrelevant personal information is not excessively collected. We will only keep your personal information for necessary purposes stated in this Policy unless the retention period needs to be extended or permitted by law.

 

Despite the aforementioned security measures, please understand that there are no "perfect security measures" on the information network. Internet does not provide an absolutely safe environment, and it is impossible to determine whether the information is completely encrypted when communicating with other users through channels such as email, instant messaging, and social software. We suggest that you use complex passwords when using such tools, and be careful about protecting your personal information.

 

Disposal of security incidents

 

Once an unfortunate personal information security incident occurs, we will inform you in time according to the requirements of laws and regulations: the basic situation and possible impact of the security incident, the disposal measures we have taken or will take, the suggestions for you to prevent and reduce risks by yourself, and the remedial measures for you. Meanwhile, we will inform you of the incident in a timely manner by mail, letter, telephone, push notification, etc. When it is difficult to inform the subjects of personal information one by one, we will make an announcement in a reasonable and effective way. At the same time, we will actively report the handling of personal information security incidents as required by the regulatory authorities.

 

If you have any questions about our personal information protection measures, you can report to us through the contact information agreed at the bottom of this Policy. If you find any leak of your personal information, especially your account number and password, please report to us immediately through the contact information agreed [How to Contact Us] at the bottom of this Policy, so that we can take corresponding measures.

 

 4.2 Store your personal information

 

All your personal information will be stored in the territory of the People's Republic of China. If you use the cross-border transaction service and need to transfer your personal information overseas to complete the transaction, we will obtain your authorization and consent separately, and ask the recipient to address the personal information according to our instructions, this Privacy Policy, and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures.

 

We will delete or anonymize your personal information if our service or operation is terminated.

 

 5. How do you manage your personal information

 

You can access and manage your personal information through the following ways:

 

5.1 Personal information inquiry

 

You have the right to access your personal information, except for the special occasions stipulated by laws and regulations. You can access your personal information by yourself through the following ways:

 

If you need to view your basic identity information (nickname, profile photo, birthday, etc.), you can go to the app Homepage→ Me →View Personal Information;

 

If you need to check your reading and literacy information on FunFitChinese, you can go to the app Homepage→ View Growth Chart, or go to Homepage→ Me →View Vocabulary Achievement, Reading Achievement, and Growth Chart;

 

If you need to check your picture book reading record, you can go to Homepage →View Recently Read

 

If you need to search for your recordings and their likes, you can go to Homepage→ Me →View My Work.

 

5.2 Correct personal information

 

When you find our personal information about you is incorrect, you have the right to ask us to make corrections or supplements. If you need to correct your basic identity information, you can also correct or supplement part of the information through the methods listed in "5.1 Personal information inquiry"; If you need to correct other information listed in "5.1 Personal information inquiry", you contact us to delete it (manual processing within 15 working days).

 

5.3 Delete personal information

 

You can delete part of your personal information through the methods listed in "5.1 Personal information inquiry".

 

In the following circumstances, you can make requests to us to delete personal information:

 

If our handling of personal information violates laws and regulations;

If we collect and use your personal information without your explicit consent;

If our handling of personal information seriously violates our agreement with you;

If you no longer use our products or services, or you voluntarily delete your account;

If we permanently close the operation and provision of our products or services.

 

If we decide to respond to your deletion request, we will delete it in time and inform you.

 

5.4 Delete user account

 

If you are an Android user, you can submit an application for deleting your account on the "Account Management" page. If you are an iOS user, you can contact us to delete your account (manual processing within 15 working days).

After you voluntarily delete your account, we will no longer provide you with products or services, and delete your personal information according to the requirements of applicable laws, or make it anonymous.

 

5.5 Personal information portability

 

Right to data portability means that the data subject has the right to obtain the personal data it has provided to the data controller in a structured and universal machine-readable form and has the right to transfer the data to other data controllers without being restricted by the data controller. If you need to transfer the personal information data created by you in FunFitChinese to other data controllers, you can contact us for processing (manual processing within 15 working days).

 

5.6 Respond to your reasonable request

 

To protect your own security, you may make some requests, and we may ask you to verify your identity before processing your request.

We will reply to your reasonable requests within 30 days.

Normally speaking, we do not charge any fees for your reasonable requests, but we will charge a certain fee for repeated requests that exceed reasonable limits as appropriate.

According to the requirements of laws and regulations, we will not be able to respond to your request under the following circumstances:

 

related to national security and national defense;

related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;

related to the criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution;

When there is sufficient evidence showing that the subject of personal information has subjective malice or abuse of rights;

when responding to your request will damage the legitimate rights and interests of you or other individuals and organizations;

related to trade secrets.

 

6. How do we update this Policy

 

6.1 We reserve the right to update or modify this Policy from time to time. We will inform you of any significant and substantial changes to this Policy, and we will also make an announcement so that you can better understand the changes made in this Policy.

 

6.2 Please note that only after obtaining your consent will we collect, use and store your personal information according to the updated statement. If you reject to provide such information, we will no longer collect your personal information. You can view product functions, but may not be able to use them completely. If you have any questions related to the fees, please read the FunFitChinese User Agreement.

 

6.3 For any major and substantial change in this Policy, you will be informed in a significant way according to specific conditions.

 Major and substantial changes include but are not limited to the following situations:

 

Significant changes in our service mode, such as changes in the purpose of processing personal information, the type of personal information processed, and the use of personal information;

 

Significant changes in your right to participate in personal information processing and the method of exercising such right.

 

 7. How to contact us

 

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions on this Policy or any issues related to your personal information, please contact us through the customer service center. You can also email your problems to bd@zhilehuo.com or send mails to the following address: 432-2, Floor 4, Building 6, Yard 1, Shangdi 10th Street, Haidian District, Beijing. We will review your problems as soon as possible and reply within 30 days after verifying your user identity.

 

8. Definition of key terms

 

8.1 Personal information: refers to all kinds of information recorded by electronic or other means, which can identify the identity of a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information or reflect the activities of a specific natural person. Personal information involved in this Policy includes a) basic information (including personal name, birthday, gender, address, personal telephone number, and email address); b) Personal identity information (including ID card, military officer's card, passport, driver's license, etc.); c) network identity information (including system account number, IP address, email address and passwords, pass codes and pass code protection answers related to the above); d) Personal property information (transaction and consumption records, and virtual property information such as balances, coupons, and points); e) address book; personal online records (including website browsing records, software usage records and click records); f) frequently used equipment information (including hardware model, equipment MAC address, operating system type and unique device identification code of software list; g) personal location information;

 

8.2 Sensitive personal information: refers to personal information that may endanger personal and property safety once leaked, illegally provided, or abused, and may easily lead to damage to personal reputation, physical and mental health, or discriminatory treatment. Sensitive personal information involved in this Policy includes a) your property information (including transaction records, points, coupons, and other virtual property information); b) Personal identity information (including ID card, military officer's card, passport, driver's license, and household registration book); c) network identification information (including account name, account nickname, email address, password and password protection questions and answers related to the above); d) Other information (including address book, personal telephone number, mobile phone number, web browsing record and accurate positioning information).

 

8.3 Cookie: refers to a mechanism that supports the server (or script) to store and retrieve information on the client, and expands the web-based client/server application by adding simple and continuous client status. When the server returns an HTTP object to the client, it sends a piece of status information, which is saved by the client. The valid URL range in this state is described in the state information. Thereafter, HTTP requests within this range initiated by the client will return the current value of the status information from the client to the server, and such status information is called cookie.