Company: TCOM
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-078429
Chunk: 100

Company: Trip.com Group Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 100
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 the users. We adopt a data encryption system to ensure data storage and transmission security. We establish an authorization mechanism to prevent any unauthorized member of the public or third parties from accessing or using our data in any unauthorized manner and timely remove unnecessary data privileges of the personnel who no longer needs access to our data. We establish supplier data security programs to evaluate and promote the data protection capabilities of suppliers who process our data. We also deploy a variety of detection mechanisms, including machine learning technology and other automated tools that help us independently identify certain misleading information on our platform to remove, suppress, or forward the content for human review. As we continue to develop these tools, content is reviewed by our trained specialists to comply with applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, we implement comprehensive data masking of user data for the purpose of fending off potential hacking or security attacks. 
 
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 We engage legal counsel to advise on our data protection policies and ongoing compliance with applicable laws and regulations. As part of our internal procedure, we engage overseas legal counsel to advise on the applicable licensing and compliance requirements before entering into new markets. 
 For information about laws and regulations relating to user privacy and data security, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Government Regulations—PRC Regulations—Regulations Relating to Internet Information Security and Privacy Protection.” 
 Intellectual Property 
 Our intellectual property rights primarily include trademarks and domain names associated with the names of our travel brands and copyright and other rights associated with our websites, technology platform, booking software, and other aspects of our business. We regard our intellectual property as a critical factor contributing to our success, although we are not dependent on any patents, intellectual property related contracts or licenses other than some commercial software licenses available to the general public. We rely on trademark and copyright law, trade secret protection, and confidentiality agreements with our employees to protect our intellectual property rights. We require our employees to enter into agreements to keep confidential all information relating to our users, methods, business, and trade secrets during and after their employment with us. Our employees are required to acknowledge and recognize that all inventions, trade secrets, works of authorship, developments, and other processes made by them during their employment are our property. 
 As of December 31, 2024, we had over 1,600 patents registered with the PRC Intellectual Property Administration, including over 650 invention patents, and we had over 1,100 pending patent applications in China. 
 As of December 31, 2024, we owned over