Terms of Service

Dear User:
Please read and fully understand the Service Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement” or “this Agreement”) before using the services provided by DNAChron, and use the services after you have agreed to the contents of the Agreement and are willing to comply with it. Please be sure to read and fully understand the content of each clause, especially the clauses that exclude or limit the liability of DNAChron, the clauses that limit the rights of users, the clauses that agree on dispute resolution and jurisdiction, etc. Restrictions, exclusions, or other terms and conditions involving your significant rights and interests may be bolded or underlined to draw your attention to them.
Also, you must be at least 18 years old, otherwise, you must obtain your guardian’s consent, which includes consent to use the Services, as well as consent to this Agreement.
Unless you have fully read, understood, and accepted all of the terms of this Agreement, you are not authorized to use the DNAChron Services. By using the DNAChron Services, you acknowledge that you have read and agreed to sign this Agreement, and this Agreement shall have the force and effect of law between you and DNAChron and shall be a binding legal document for both parties.

Part I Definition

“DNAChron”: refers to Tianjin Shangyuan Gene Technology Co., LTD, hereinafter referred to as “we”.
“DNAChron Services” means the DNAChron website, Y Haplogroup Tree, gene sequencing data analysis, and other services and presentations provided by us, including but not limited to text, graphics, images, videos, and other materials and information.
“User”: or “You” as used in this Agreement, means the user of the DNAChron Services, including:

  1. the user who accesses the DNAChron Website;
  2. the user who provides DNAChron with their genetic sequencing data.

“Agreement”: means this Service Agreement. When you use one of DNAChron’s services, there may be separate agreements, rules, etc. for that service (collectively, the “Separate Agreements”), which upon posting shall be an integral part of this Agreement and you shall abide by the same. Your acceptance of any of the foregoing Separate Agreements shall be deemed to be your acceptance of this Agreement in its entirety.
“Personal Information”: means information recorded electronically or otherwise that, alone or in combination with other information, can identify a specific natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person. Based on the User’s use, DNAChron may collect and store the following personal information about the User:

  1. “Registration Information” is information about yourself (e.g., cell phone number, email address, etc.) that you provide during registration.
  2. “Genetic Information” means information about your genotype (e.g., A, T, C, G at an SNP locus), which DNAChron may obtain by analyzing your imported gene sequencing data or through other forms of provision by you.
  3. “Individual Information” means information that you fill in or modify for yourself or an authorized person when creating a new Individual and profile settings (e.g., origin, ethnicity, personal genetic history, etc.).
  4. “Analysis Results Information” means the results of an overall analysis or evaluation (e.g., sequencing coverage, SNPs shared with other Individuals, etc.), or “ancestry analysis”, resulting from the analysis of DNAChron after you have imported your own or someone else’s genetic sequencing that you have been authorized into DNAChron.
  5. “Web Behavior Information” means web log information, cookie identification, and other information (e.g., cell phone model, browser version, domain name, page view path, etc.) generated by your use of the DNAChron Services.
Part II. Risks, Restrictions, and Service Prerequisites

Regarding the data analysis service provided by DNAChron, there are the following contents that you should be fully aware of before using the service:

  1. By using DNAChron’s analysis services, this means that you agree to and abide by the following:
    • You acknowledge that the information provided by DNAChron’s analysis results can only be used for research and understanding and not for financial, medical, or educational decisions; DNAChron’s services are limited by the progress of scientific research and the state of the art, and that you do not expect or require DNAChron to provide you with any information that you need.
    • You are responsible for ensuring that the genetic sequencing data you provide to DNAChron are genetic sequencing data of yourself or someone else who has authorized to consent to import into DNAChron.
    • You understand that by providing DNAChron with Individual information, genetic information, genetic sequencing data, analysis result information, etc., you will not acquire any rights to any of DNAChron’s research results or commercial products, nor do you receive any compensation for doing so.
    • You are responsible for any consequences that may result from sharing your analysis results, phenotype information, etc., with third parties, and you should be cautious about such sharing and you should understand that it may have an impact on your daily life and other matters.
  2. Availability of analysis results. Users’ analysis results will be presented in the form of online reports only, which can be viewed by users by logging in to the DNAChron website. Please note that if the data you upload does not meet our quality control requirements, it will not be available on the tree, i.e. the analysis results will not be generated.
  3. Error cases in the analysis. Due to the limitations of bioanalysis technology, analysis errors may occur during the analysis process; due to the objective reality of the error tolerance rate of current analysis technology, if there is an abnormal situation in the analysis resulting in errors or missing analysis results for the user, the above-mentioned situation will not be considered as a fault or breach of contract by DNAChron during the service process, and the user has no right to request DNAChron to assume liability for breach of contract or tort.
Part III. Account, Security, and Use
  1. To use the DNAChron Data Analysis Service, you need to register your account on the DNAChron website. In the process of account registration and use, you should ensure that:
    1. The email address or cell phone number you provide to DNAChron is genuine, valid, and owned by you. If DNAChron discovers or suspects that the information you have provided is inconsistent with the foregoing, DNAChron reserves the right to suspend or permanently discontinue your use of the DNAChron Services.
    2. If you change your registered email address or cell phone number above, you should promptly change your cell phone number under your account to the latest one. If you fail to update your registered cell phone number promptly, you will be responsible for the consequences of any disclosure of your privacy information.
    3. You are responsible for the safekeeping of your account and password and for all activities that occur under your account. If your account or password is stolen, or you allow a third party to use your account to access the DNAChron website due to misuse of your account, you will be solely responsible for all consequences arising therefrom. DNAChron reserves the right to seek full compensation from you for any damage caused to DNAChron as a result.
  2. Prohibited behavior of users
    To provide users with a better service experience, DNAChron is constantly trying to improve its services, so please be aware of it. However, you, as a user, should also abide by the rules of use of the DNAChron service, among which the following must be observed:
    1. You may not provide your account with DNAChron to a third party.
    2. You shall not use the DNAChron Services to produce, copy, publish, disseminate, or facilitate the creation, copying, publication, dissemination of information containing or engaging in conduct related to:
      • Post or share any unlawful, threatening, harmful, abusive, or other objectionable content, including contents or communications that are degrading, defamatory, vulgar, hateful, libelous, fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, explicit, sexist, racist, or invasive of another’s privacy.
      • Stalking, harassing, threatening, or verbally attacking any user or DNAChron employee, or misusing DNAChron resources, such as misusing DNAChron employees’ time.
      • Posting any information or communication that you know to be untrue or misleading, including impersonating any person, falsifying your affiliation with any person or entity, falsely stating an endorsement, or falsely representing yourself as an employee or representative of DNAChron.
      • Posting or sharing content that involves personal, proprietary, or confidential information about any person without the permission of another person or the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian.
      • Posting or sharing content that does not belong to you or is protected by copyright or trademark, unless you have obtained permission from the copyright or trademark owner for such content.
      • Posting or providing any advertisement, promotional material, junk mail, chain letters, or any other form of solicitation.
      • Content that is prohibited by relevant laws and regulations or this Agreement, related agreements, rules, etc.
    3. You may not make an overall mirroring, display, distribution, etc., of our ytree.
    4. You may not systematically download data from the DNAChron database to make or populate another database for any other purpose.
    5. You may not resell DNAChron services in any form. If DNAChron discovers that you are reselling, DNAChron shall have the right to void any services previously provided to you without liability for breach of contract.
  3. Users who post content on DNAChron’s website (i.e., registration information, information about Individuals) shall comply with the relevant posting specifications, and DNAChron shall have the right (but not the obligation) to screen, review, reject, or delete: 1) User Content that violates this Agreement; or 2) User Content that DNAChron deems to be inappropriate. Also, DNAChron cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or authenticity of User Content posted by the User, and DNAChron shall not be liable for any Content not posted by DNAChron, including, without limitation, for errors, omissions, or falsities in such Content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of such Content.
  4. Users shall be aware that by using the DNAChron Services, you shall provide your equipment (e.g., computers, cell phones, other mobile terminals and other devices related to network access) in connection with the Services and bear the costs thereof (e.g., telephone charges, Internet access charges, etc.).
  5. The rights acquired by the User following the terms of this Agreement are not transferable. If the User violates this Agreement in using the Services, DNAChron shall have the right to request the User to correct or directly take all necessary measures (including but not limited to changing or deleting the content posted by the User and suspending the User’s use of the Services) to mitigate the effects of the User’s misconduct, and the User shall directly bear all adverse consequences and compensate for all losses caused by the User. The user shall be directly responsible for all adverse consequences and compensate for all losses caused. At the same time, DNAChron shall have the right to terminate the services of the defaulting user.
Part IV. Privacy Protection
  1. DNAChron will collect, use and store your personal information following this agreement. If this Agreement does not expressly provide for the relevant content, the content of the Privacy Policy shall prevail. DNAChron’s Privacy Policy applies to the DNAChron Services, and its terms are incorporated herein by reference into this Agreement.
  2. DNAChron will not disclose your personal information to third parties unless:
    1. Prior consent or authorization is obtained from the user.
    2. Required by relevant laws and regulations or judicial or administrative authorities.
    3. Transferred to complete a merger, demerger, acquisition, or transfer of assets.
    4. Necessary for the provision of services to you.
    5. Circumstances that can be transferred or disclosed to any third party following the Privacy Policy or other relevant agreement rules.
Part V. User Data Storage and Processing

We store your genetic data in our data centers located in the Republic of Singapore.

We store your registration information, Individual information, and analysis results in our data centers located in both the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Singapore based on the need to operate efficiently, improve performance, and create redundancy to protect data in the event of an outage or other problem. Depending on your privacy settings, it will be displayed on both the DNAChron China website (www.danchron.cn) and the DNAChron International website (www.dnachron.com). Your Personal DNAChron will be displayed on DNAChron International website only. Your registration information, Individual information, analysis result information, and genetic information data will be stored separately on the cloud and protected by reasonable and feasible security measures including technology, hardware, and management processes. We will take appropriate measures to store and process users’ data in accordance with the provisions of this statement and the requirements of applicable laws.

Part VI. Intellectual Property Rights
  1. The content of the DNAChron Services, including but not limited to text, images, photographs, sounds, music, trademarks, logos, interfaces, data, technology, software, code, and any derivatives thereof (“Materials”), are owned, controlled or licensed by DNAChron and are protected by laws and regulations (including but not limited to the copyright, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights and anti-competitive laws).
  2. We authorize any non-commercial and non-malicious scientific research, secondary creation, etc. You are only required to indicate the source of the material appropriately. However, no mirroring, display, or distribution of our ytree as a whole is allowed. For commercial use, please send an email to [email protected] to apply for our authorization. None of the above material may be used for commercial purposes for direct or indirect distribution, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed for broadcast or distribution purposes in any medium, or used for any other commercial purpose, without the consent of DNAChron. The above materials, or any part thereof, may be stored in a terminal only for non-commercial, private use. DNAChron will not be liable to the user or any third party in any way for any delay, inaccuracy, error, or omission in the transmission or delivery of all or part of the above materials or any damages arising therefrom.
  3. All rights in any software (including, but not limited to, any images, photographs, animations, videos, sound recordings, music, text and additional programs, and accompanying help materials) used by DNAChron to provide the Services belong to the copyright owner of such software. Users may not reverse engineer, reverse compile, or otherwise discover the original code of the Software, or perform any act suspected of infringing copyright, without the permission of the copyright owner of the Software.
  4. No person shall use any third-party software, plug-in, add-on, system, etc. to view or obtain any information or data related to DNAChron or the user contained in the DNAChron service without authorization from DNAChron. At the same time, they should strictly abide by the rules of the Robots Agreement and other related agreements issued by DNAChron.
Part VII. Changes to the Agreement
  1. DNAChron reserves the right to amend or modify this Agreement from time to time following changes in relevant laws, regulations, and governing documents, and the needs of the Site and DNAChron’s operations (hereinafter referred to as “Updates”). The updated Agreement shall become effective upon posting and shall replace the previous version of the Agreement, the terms of which you may review on this page.
  2. Users are obliged to pay attention to and read the updated Agreement promptly. If you do not agree to the updated Agreement, you have the right and should stop using the DNAChron Services; if you continue to use the DNAChron Services, you are deemed to have agreed to and accepted the updated Agreement.
Part VIII. Termination of Service
  1. DNAChron reserves the right to interrupt or terminate the services provided to you without notice if any of the following circumstances occur:

    1. The user violates the provisions of relevant laws and regulations or the agreement of this Agreement.
    2. Following the provisions of the law or the requirements of the competent authorities.
    3. For security reasons or other necessary circumstances.

    The User acknowledges and agrees that DNAChron shall not be liable to the User or any third party for any suspension or termination of the Service due to the foregoing circumstances.

  2. It is the responsibility of the User to back up the data or content obtained by storing it in the DNAChron Service. After termination of the Service, DNAChron is not obligated to provide the aforementioned information to the User.

  3. For any personal reason, if you wish to cancel your account with DNAChron or delete a non-shared Individual, please inform us in writing by email and submit the appropriate statement and explanation of your request. We will close the account or delete the Individuals after confirming with you. Customer service email: [email protected]

Part IX. Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
  1. You understand and agree that the DNAChron Services are provided on an “as is” basis using current technology and conditions. DNAChron will use its best efforts to ensure the continuity and security of the Services. However, DNAChron cannot guarantee and protect against legal, technical, and other risks at any time, including but not limited to force majeure, governmental actions or changes in laws and regulations, viruses, Trojan horses, hacker attacks, system instability, third party service defects, etc. DNAChron is not responsible for any interruption of service, suspension of service, loss of data, and other losses and risks caused by the aforementioned circumstances.
  2. DNAChron shall not be liable for any service disruptions caused by errors in the contact information (including but not limited to phone numbers, email addresses) provided by users or changes in personal information that are not changed promptly.
  3. Except where prohibited by law, DNAChron shall not be liable to users for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, or punitive loss/damage (including loss of profits), whether or not such loss/damage is foreseeable.
Part X. Notices

All notices from DNAChron to the User under this Agreement may be given by any of the following means: web announcement, SMS, email, or regular mail transmission. Except for written notices given in the paper form, which shall be deemed to have been served on the fifth (5th) day after posting, notices in other forms shall be deemed to have been served on the day they are given.

Part XI Legal Application and Dispute Resolution

DNAChron shall have the final right to interpret this Agreement.
The laws of the mainland of the People’s Republic of China shall apply to the conclusion, performance, interpretation, and dispute resolution of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid in whole or in part for any reason, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain valid and binding.
In the event of any dispute between the User and DNAChron regarding the content of this Agreement or its implementation, the parties shall endeavor to resolve the dispute amicably; if such negotiation fails, the disputing parties agree to submit the dispute to the jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction in the location of DNAChron.