Privacy Policy
This User Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "this Privacy Policy") is jointly concluded by the user (hereinafter also referred to as "you") and Aphotoi (hereinafter referred to as "Aphotoi", "Company" or "we").
If you are a minor, you need to read this Privacy Policy in the company of your guardian. Please read it carefully with your guardian. Please use the products and services we provide after obtaining your guardian's consent to all the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We absolutely respect the privacy and information of users and will strictly protect your privacy and information. When you use this product and service, we may collect and use your relevant personal information. We hope to explain to you through this Privacy Policy the corresponding processing rules and other related matters when we collect and use your personal information, so as to better protect your rights and interests. Hereby, we would like to make the following explanations and explanations to you:
I. Explanation of terms
Unless otherwise agreed, the terms used in this Privacy Policy usually have the following definitions only. If not specifically stated in this Privacy Policy, the meanings of the relevant terms are consistent with the User Agreement:
1. Personal information: refers to various information recorded electronically or otherwise that can identify the identity of a specific natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information.
2. Personal sensitive information: refers to personal information that, once leaked, illegally provided or abused, may endanger personal and property safety, easily lead to damage to personal reputation, physical and mental health or discriminatory treatment. Such as your personal property information, personal identity information, personal biometric information, address book information, friend list, group list, precise positioning information, children's personal information, etc. The types of personal sensitive information we actually collect are subject to the description of this privacy policy.
3. Device: refers to a device that can be used to access or use this product and service, such as a computer, tablet or smartphone.
4. Unique device identifier: refers to a string of characters encoded into the device by the device manufacturer, which can be used to uniquely identify the corresponding device (such as IMEI/android ID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID/SIM card/IMSI information, etc.).
5. IP address: Each device that accesses the Internet is assigned a number called an Internet Protocol (IP) address. These numbers are usually assigned based on geographic regions.
6. Cookies: Cookies are small files containing strings that are sent and stored in your computer, mobile device or other device (usually encrypted) when you log in and use a website or other network content. Cookie-like technologies are other technologies that can be used for similar purposes as cookies, such as: Web Beacon, Proxy, embedded scripts, etc.
7. Account: Also known as "user account", it refers to the account that the user successfully registers in accordance with the user agreement and relevant laws and regulations to use this product and service.
2. How we collect and use personal information
In accordance with laws and regulations and in accordance with the principles of legitimacy, legality and necessity, we collect and use personal information that you actively provide during the use of the service or that is generated due to the needs of the product and/or service. If we want to use your personal information for other purposes not stated in this privacy policy, or use the collected information for other purposes based on specific purposes, we will promptly inform you in a reasonable manner and obtain your consent again before use.
There are two types of your personal information that we collect and use:
The first type: information required for the core business functions of our products or services: This type of information is necessary for the normal operation of the product and/or service, and you must authorize us to collect it. If you refuse to provide, you will not be able to use our products and/or services normally;
Second: Information that may need to be collected for additional business functions: This information is required for non-core business functions, and you can choose whether to authorize us to collect it. If you refuse to provide, the additional business functions will not be realized or will not achieve the effects we intend to achieve, but it will not affect your normal use of core business functions.
You understand and agree that we hope to provide you with perfect products and services, so we will continue to improve our products and services, including technology, which means that we may frequently launch new business functions, and may need to collect new personal information or change the purpose or method of using personal information. If a function or product/service that requires the collection of your personal information is not explained in this privacy policy, we will explain the purpose, content, use and scope of the information collection to you separately by updating this policy, page prompts, pop-ups, website announcements, etc., and provide you with a way to choose consent on your own, and collect it after obtaining your explicit consent. In this process, if you have any questions about related matters, you can contact us through the methods provided in Article 9 of this Privacy Policy, and we will answer you as soon as possible.
During your use of this product and service, we will usually collect and use your personal information in the following scenarios:
1. Account registration
(1) When you register and log in to a user account or use this product and service, you need to complete a series of registration procedures in accordance with our instructions. During this process, you need to provide us with the following information: account nickname, user avatar, etc. The above information is collected to mark and identify you as a user and save your login information. The above information is necessary for you to register and log in to a user account or to use the core business of this product and service. If you choose not to provide it, you may not be able to use this product and service.
(2) Our products and services support you to log in using an account on a third-party platform. If you log in using an account on a third-party platform, we will obtain relevant information under the third-party account based on your authorization (including: third-party account, user name, nickname, avatar and other information authorized by you, which shall be subject to the authorization page of the third-party account). The above information is collected to provide you with account login services and to protect your account security and prevent security risks. If you refuse to authorize such information, you will not be able to log in to our platform using the account of the third-party platform, but it will not affect the normal use of other products and services we provide.
2. During the use of this product and service:
(1) Log information, including login log, item log, purchase log, activity log, upgrade log, chat log, in-product friendship record, and other log information generated by users during the use of this product and service. We collect the above information for operation statistics analysis, customer service complaint handling and other service experience optimization analysis, and to facilitate you to view your history in the product client; if you refuse to provide the above permissions, you may not be able to use our related products and services.
(2) Interaction information. When you interact with other users in the product through text, pictures, voice and other means, we may collect and save the above information you send to filter out pornographic, violent, political, insulting, malicious advertising and other inappropriate content, so as to purify the network space and maintain a healthy online environment. If you want to interact with other users through voice or take, upload and save pictures, we will access your microphone, camera, album, and read/write device external storage permissions after your authorization. If you refuse to provide the aforementioned permissions, you may not be able to use our related products and services, but it will not affect your normal use of other functions of this product and service (unless otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy). You can also turn off the aforementioned permissions in the system settings at any time.
(3) Application information, device information (unique device identification code, device serial number, device manufacturer, device name, device type and version, device model, device style, device MAC address), network identification information (IP address), operating system and process information, network environment information and service crash records. We collect the above information to verify account information and protect your account security. We may use your IP address to identify the location of the device when it is connected to the Internet for the purpose of implementing specific activity content.
(4) Transaction information, including recharge records, consumption records and other necessary information related to transactions. When you use the consumption function in a product, we will collect the above information so that you can query your transaction records, and at the same time protect your transaction security to the greatest extent possible. When there is a dispute in the transaction, provide information to customer service personnel to support the handling of dispute claims. Recharge records and consumption records are personal sensitive information. Collecting the above information is necessary to realize the consumption function of the service, otherwise the transaction cannot be completed.
(5) Facial feature information. Provide you with video synthesis function or service. The video synthesis function is one of the functions of our Aphotoi. To realize this function, we may collect and use the following information or permissions:
① Information you actively provide, including uploaded photos and videos;
② We will collect the head portrait photos you choose to upload or take voluntarily. After obtaining your authorization, we will analyze the facial feature data, identify the position and shape of the five senses in the photo, process the photo, and feedback the effect map to you. Such effect map will not contain any personal identity information. It is used to provide you with the service of modifying or editing short videos on the platform using technology. If you do not use the above services provided by us, we will not collect your head portrait photos.
③ We will collect your head portrait information to verify that the photo you uploaded is you and protect your portrait rights from being misused. We will not store your personal facial feature information.
⑤④ We will neither store nor share/process your personal facial information with any third party. The purpose of collecting such information is only for the facial recognition function of the video synthesis function (including but not limited to face fusion effect, AI face-changing effect, filter effect, and beauty effect). Your personal facial information is saved by the carrier (such as a mobile phone or other smart handheld terminal device) and its system when you upload the head portrait photo, and we will not save your personal facial information.
Refusing to provide the above information may prevent you from using the relevant functions, but will not affect the normal use of other functions and services of our Aphotoi.
3. Customer Service
When you file a complaint, appeal, or make an inquiry or apply for cancellation, for the security of your account and system, we may need you to provide account information in advance and match it with the personal information you previously provided to verify your user identity. At the same time, in order to facilitate contact with you or help you solve problems or send gifts, we may also need you to provide your name, mobile phone number, email and other contact information and personal information. In addition, we will also collect your communication information with us (including text/picture/audio/video/call records) and other necessary information related to your needs. The above information is personal sensitive information. We collect the above information to investigate the facts and help you solve the problem. If you refuse to provide the above information, we may not be able to provide you with timely feedback on complaints, appeals or consultation results.
In order to better understand customer needs and optimize services, our customer service staff may contact you by email to understand the use of products, ask for your opinions on use or conduct return visits for certain activities. You need to be free to receive and understand the content of the email in time.
4. Cookies and similar technologies
In order to improve related services, cookies and similar technologies may be used to store and track user-related information at certain times. The above use is limited to commercial, market analysis or academic purposes such as estimating traffic volume and counting user preferences. Cookies and similar technologies can be used by third parties. For example, advertising services require identifiable data and information as evaluation indicators and data. These data are only used for analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising and other promotional and promotional activities in our products or services and to improve them.
5. According to relevant laws and regulations, we may collect and use your relevant personal information without seeking your authorization and consent in the following circumstances:
(1) related to our performance of obligations stipulated by laws and regulations;
(2) directly related to national interests such as national security and national defense security;
(3) directly related to major public interests such as public safety, public health, and public awareness;
(4) directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and execution of judgments;
(5) for the purpose of safeguarding your or other individuals' major legitimate rights and interests such as life, property, and reputation, but it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned;
(6) the personal information collected is provided by you to the public on your own initiative Public;
(7) Collecting personal information from legally disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels;
(8) Necessary for signing and performing contracts according to your requirements;
(9) Necessary for maintaining the safe and stable operation of the products or services provided, such as discovering and handling product or service failures;
(10) Necessary for conducting legal news reports;
(11) Necessary for conducting statistical or academic research for the public interest, and when providing the results of academic research or descriptions to the outside, the personal information contained in the results is de-identified;
(12) Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.
Please understand that the functions and services we provide to you are constantly updated and developed. If a function or service is not included in the above description and collects your information, we will explain the content, scope and purpose of information collection to you through page prompts, interactive processes, website announcements, etc., in order to obtain your consent.
III. How we share, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information
1. Sharing
We attach great importance to the protection of your personal information. Your personal information is an important basis and component for us to provide you with this product and/or service. We will only collect and use your personal information within the purpose and scope described in this Privacy Policy or in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, and keep it strictly confidential. Generally, we will not share your personal information with any company, organization or individual, except in the following circumstances:
(1) We have obtained your explicit authorization or consent in advance;
(2) We need to share your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, legal procedures, government mandatory orders or judicial decisions;
(3) To the extent required or permitted by law, it is necessary to provide your personal information to a third party in order to protect the interests, property or safety of its users or the public from damage;
(4) Your personal information may be shared among our affiliates. We will only share necessary personal information, and such sharing is also subject to the purpose of this Privacy Policy. If an affiliate wants to change the purpose of processing personal information, it will seek your authorization and consent again;
(5) In order to provide you with more complete and high-quality products and services, some of our services will be provided by authorized partners. We may share some of your personal information with our partners to provide better customer service and user experience. We will only share your personal information for legitimate, legal, necessary, specific and clear purposes, and will only share personal information necessary to provide services. At the same time, we will require our partners to follow our instructions, this Privacy Policy and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures to process your personal information. Our partners have no right to use the shared personal information for any other purpose. If you refuse our partners to collect personal information necessary for providing services, you may not be able to use the third-party service on our platform.
Our partners' collection and processing of information is subject to their own privacy policies or relevant statements, and are not subject to this Privacy Policy. In order to maximize the security of your information, we recommend that you review the privacy policy of any third-party service before using it. To protect your legitimate rights and interests, if you find that there are risks in the relevant third-party service, it is recommended that you immediately terminate the relevant operation and contact us in a timely manner.
2. Transfer
We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization or individual, except in the following circumstances:
(1) Transfer with explicit consent: We will transfer your personal information to other parties after obtaining your explicit consent;
(2) Provide in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, legal procedures, mandatory administrative or judicial requirements;
(3) In the event of mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers, bankruptcy liquidation or similar transactions, if personal information is transferred, we will require the new company or organization holding your personal information to continue to be bound by this Privacy Policy, otherwise we will require the company or organization to re-ask for your authorization and consent.
3. Public Disclosure
We will only publicly disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:
(1) After obtaining your explicit consent;
(2) Disclosure based on law: We may publicly disclose your personal information when required by law, legal procedures, litigation or government authorities.
4. Situations where your prior consent is not required
According to relevant laws, regulations and national standards, we may share, transfer and publicly disclose personal information without obtaining your prior authorization and consent in the following circumstances:
(1) Related to our performance of obligations prescribed by laws and regulations;
(2) Directly related to national security and national defense security;
(3) Directly related to public safety, public health and major public interests;
(4) Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments;
(5) For the purpose of safeguarding the major legitimate rights and interests of the subject of personal information or other individuals, such as life and property, but it is difficult to obtain the consent of the subject;
(6) Personal information disclosed to the public by the subject of personal information on its own initiative;
(7) Collecting personal information from legally disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels.
According to legal provisions, sharing, transferring and publicly disclosing personal information that has been de-identified and ensuring that the data recipient cannot restore and re-identify the subject of the information does not constitute external sharing, transfer and public disclosure of personal information, and the storage and processing of such data will not require separate notification to you and your consent.
IV. How we store and protect your personal information
1. Information storage
(1) Storage location: In accordance with laws and regulations, we will only store the personal information we collect about you within the territory of the People's Republic of China. At present, we do not have any scenario where we store your personal information across borders or provide personal information to foreign countries. If it is necessary to transfer data across borders, we will inform you clearly (including the purpose of data export, recipient, method and scope of use, content of use, security measures, security risks, etc.) and obtain your authorization and consent. We will ensure that the data recipient has sufficient data protection capabilities to protect your personal information.
(2) Storage period: We retain your personal information for the shortest period necessary to provide you with products and services. For example, when you use our registration and membership functions, we need to collect your mobile phone number, and after you provide it and during your use of the function, we need to continue to save your mobile phone number in order to provide you with the function normally and ensure the security of your account and system. In addition, we may store your relevant information for the necessary period prescribed by relevant laws.
(3) After the above storage period, we will delete or anonymize (de-identify) your personal information.
2. Information Protection
(1) The security of your personal information is of vital importance to us. We will strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations and take reasonable and feasible measures recognized by the industry to protect your personal information. We will prevent information from being accessed, disclosed, used, modified, or damaged or lost without authorization.
(2) When requiring users to provide information related to their personal identity, we shall disclose our privacy policy to users in a clear and obvious manner in advance and take necessary measures to protect user information.
(3) Except as expressly provided in this Privacy Policy, personal identity information such as name, valid personal identification number, contact information, home address, etc. in the user's registration information shall not be provided, disclosed or shared with any third party without the user's permission, except in the following circumstances: when authorized by the user or the user's guardian; when required to be disclosed by relevant laws, regulations or mandatory provisions; when required to be provided by judicial or administrative organs based on legal procedures; when a lawsuit or arbitration is filed against a user to protect its own legitimate rights and interests; when the user's personal identity information is provided at the legitimate request of the user's guardian.
3. User account use and storage
To ensure the security of user accounts, we have the right to review whether the identity information provided by users during registration is true and valid, and we should actively take reasonable measures such as technology and management to ensure the security and validity of user accounts; users are obliged to properly keep their accounts and passwords, and use their accounts and passwords correctly and safely. Any party that fails to fulfill the above obligations and causes loss of account passwords, account theft, etc., which damages the civil rights of users and others, shall bear legal liability.
V. Your right to manage personal information
We understand your concern about personal information, and do our best to ensure your right to query, correct, delete and withdraw authorization for your personal information, so that you have sufficient ability to protect your privacy and security. Your rights include:
1. You have the right to query your personal information
You can query the relevant personal information you have provided to us according to the relevant instructions (or settings) of the products and services we provide. Including:
(1) Account information: You can log in to your personal profile page at any time through the relevant page to access your personal profile information in the product, including: avatar, nickname, etc.;
(2) Other information: If you encounter operational problems during the access process and need to obtain other personal information that cannot be obtained as mentioned above, you can contact us through the methods provided in this Privacy Policy.
2. You have the right to correct your personal information
When you find that the personal information you provided to us is registered incorrectly, incomplete or updated, you can contact us through the methods provided in this Privacy Policy and submit a correction application.
(1) For some of your personal information such as avatar, nickname, etc., we provide you with operation settings on the relevant function pages of the product, and you can directly correct/modify them.
(2) For difficulties you encounter in exercising the above rights, or other online self-correction/modification services that may not be provided to you at present, you can contact us through the methods provided in this Privacy Policy and ask us to correct or modify your data. After verifying your identity, if the correction/modification does not affect the objectivity and accuracy of the information, we can make corrections or modifications to the erroneous or incomplete information, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations.
3. You have the right to delete your personal information
(1) For some of your personal information, you can contact us through the methods provided in this Privacy Policy to apply for deletion. Once the application for deletion of personal information is reviewed and approved, we will delete or anonymize such information, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations.
(2) When the following circumstances occur, you can directly ask us to delete your personal information, except where it has been anonymized or otherwise provided by laws and regulations:
① When our handling of personal information violates laws and regulations;
② When we collect and use your personal information without your consent;
③ When our handling of personal information violates the agreement with you;
④ When you cancel your user account;
⑤ When we terminate the service and operation.
4. You have the right to withdraw your authorization for personal information
As mentioned above, some of the functions of the products and services we provide require the relevant permissions of your device (including: photo album, camera, microphone, etc., subject to the actual functions obtained by the product). You can withdraw (or stop) the continued authorization of this permission at any time after authorization. For example, you can turn off your authorization for mobile photo albums through "Settings-Privacy-Photos" in your iOS device. You can also withdraw your consent to this privacy policy through the corresponding function page in the product, or permanently withdraw all authorizations for us to continue to collect your personal information by canceling your account. You need to understand that after you withdraw your authorization, we will no longer be able to provide you with the specific functions and/or services corresponding to the withdrawal of authorization. However, your decision to withdraw authorization will not affect the personal information processing previously carried out based on your authorization.
5. You have the right to cancel your account
You can contact us through the methods provided in this privacy policy to apply for cancellation of your account. After you cancel your account, you will no longer be able to log in and use this product and service with that account; and all rights and interests of the account that have been generated but not consumed during the use of this product and service and future overdue interests will be cleared; the content, information, data, records, etc. under the account will be deleted or anonymized (except where otherwise provided by laws and regulations or otherwise required by regulatory authorities; after the user account is cancelled, it cannot be restored.
VI. Protection of Minors
1. We attach great importance to the information security and information protection of minors. We encourage parents or other guardians (hereinafter referred to as "guardians") to guide minors in using our services. If you are a minor, please inform your guardian to read and submit your personal information to us.
2. For the personal information of minors collected with the consent of the guardian, we will only use or disclose this information when permitted by law, with the explicit consent of the guardian or necessary to protect the minor.
3. If you are the legal guardian of a minor, please pay attention to whether the minor you are protecting uses this product and service after obtaining your authorization. If the guardian explicitly refuses us to provide services to minors in the above manner, we will promptly delete the relevant personal information of minors collected, stored and used by us in accordance with the law, and stop providing services to the minor.
VII. Suspension and termination of service
1. Users have published illegal information, seriously violated social morality, and other violations of the law
2. If a user engages in improper behavior while receiving services, we have the right to terminate the provision of services to the user immediately.
VIII. Updates and access to this privacy policy
1. In order to provide you with better services, we will update the terms of this privacy policy based on product updates and relevant requirements of laws and regulations. Such updates constitute part of this privacy policy. Without your explicit consent, we will not reduce the rights you should enjoy under this privacy policy. If such updates result in a substantial reduction or major change in your rights under this privacy policy, we will notify you by posting a prompt in a prominent position or sending you a push message or otherwise. If you continue to use our services, it means that you have fully read, understood and agreed to be subject to the The revised Privacy Policy shall apply.
2. Major changes include but are not limited to:
(1) Major changes in our service model. Such as the purpose of processing personal information, the type of personal information processed, the way personal information is used, etc.
(2) Major changes in our ownership structure, organizational structure, etc. Such as changes in owners caused by business adjustments, bankruptcy and mergers and acquisitions, etc.
(3) Changes in the main objects of personal information sharing, transfer or public disclosure;
(4) Major changes in your rights to participate in the processing of personal information and the way in which they are exercised;
(5) Changes in the contact information and complaint channels of our personnel responsible for handling personal information security;
(6) When the personal information security impact assessment report indicates a high risk.
3. You can access the content of this Privacy Policy through the relevant function pages of this product and the official website. If you have any questions about the aforementioned access function, you can contact us through the methods provided in this Privacy Policy.
IX. Contact Us
1. If you have any questions about the content of this User Privacy Policy or any matters related to personal information protection encountered when using our services, or have any inquiries or complaints, you can contact us.
