SweetyMe Privacy Policy
Updated: June 13, 2023
Effective date: June 13, 2023
In order to better protect your personal information, we recommend that you read the updated User Privacy Policy
carefully, especially the terms in black bold. If you have any objections or questions about the terms of this
Privacy Policy, you may contact us through the contact information posted in Article 11, "How to Contact Us" of
this Policy.
This User Privacy Policy will help you understand the following:
I. Introduction
II. About us
III. Glossary of Terms
IV. How we collect and use your personal information
V. How we share, transfer, and publicly disclose personal information
VI. About how we use cookies and similar technologies
VII. How we protect the security of personal information
VIII. How you manage your personal information
IX. How we handle personal information of minors
X. How to store personal information
XI. How to contact us
I. Introduction
1. This User Privacy Policy ("Policy") applies to all SweetyMe products, including SweetyMe versions (SweetyMe
Android application, SweetyMeios application, SweetyMe website (hereinafter collectively referred to as
"SweetyMe
family of products and services").
Special Note: Because SweetyMe has many products and services and the content of the products and services
offered
to you varies, this Privacy Policy is the general terms of SweetyMe's uniformly applied privacy policy. For some
specific products/services of SweetyMe, SweetyMe will also establish a specific privacy policy, and you should
read and agree to the entire content of the specific privacy policy before using that specific product/service.
2. Please read and understand this policy in its entirety before using SweetyMe products and services, and by
using SweetyMe products and services, you agree to our use and processing of your relevant information in
accordance with this policy.
3. We may revise this Policy from time to time in accordance with laws, regulations or business adjustments.
When
there are significant changes to this Policy, we will show you the changes by prominently indicating or pushing
notices or messages after the version update. Significant changes to this policy include, but are not limited
to:
significant changes in our service model, such as the purpose of processing personal information, the type of
personal information processed, and the way personal information is used; significant changes in our control,
such
as changes in ownership due to mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, etc.; changes in the primary recipients
of
personal information sharing, transfer, or public disclosure; significant changes in your participation in the
processing of personal information If there is a significant change in your right to participate in the handling
of personal information and the way you exercise it; if there is a change in the department responsible for
handling personal information security, contact information and complaint channels, etc.
4.You need to understand that we will collect, use, process and store your personal information according to the
changed privacy policy only if you confirm and agree to the changed privacy policy; you have the right to refuse
to agree to the changed privacy policy, but please know that if you refuse to agree to the changed privacy
policy,
you may not be able to use or continue to use SweetyMe products and services completely, or not be able to
achieve
the intended results of the services.
II. About us
1.SweetyMe is operated and serviced by NUCLEUS COMMUNICATIONS PTE. LTD (registered office at "73 Upper Paya
Lebar
Road #06-01C Centro Bianco Singapore 534818", hereinafter referred to as "we" or "SweetyMe") and related parties
to provide product operations and services.
2.Related party refers to NUCLEUS COMMUNICATIONS PTE.LTD. Control means the ability, directly or indirectly, to
influence the management/operation of the controlled party through ownership, voting shares, contracts, actual
operating relationships or other means as determined by law.
III. Explanation of Terms
Unless otherwise agreed, the terms used in this policy shall normally have only the following definitions:
1. Personal information (from the Personal Information Protection Law): personal information is all kinds of
information related to an identified or identifiable natural person recorded by electronic or other means,
excluding information after anonymization processing. Personal information covered by this Privacy Policy
includes
basic information of natural persons (including name, birthday, gender, address, telephone number, e-mail
address), personal biometric information (facial features), network identification information (including system
account, IP address, e-mail address, and passwords, passwords, password protection answers related to the
foregoing), personal property information (consumption records, virtual currency), and Personal common device
information (including hardware serial number, hardware model, device MAC address, operating system type,
software
list, unique device identifier), personal location information (including approximate geographic location,
precise
location information). The actual types of personal information we collect are as described in this policy.
2. Sensitive personal information (from the Personal Information Protection Law): Sensitive personal information
is personal information that, if leaked or used illegally, could easily lead to the violation of a natural
person's human dignity or endanger the safety of his or her person or property, including biometric, religious
beliefs, specific identity, medical and health care, financial accounts, whereabouts and trajectories, as well
as
personal information of minors under the age of 18. The personal sensitive information involved in this privacy
policy includes your personal property information, personal biometric information, network identification
information, rough location information, and the actual specific types of personal sensitive information we
collect is subject to the description of this policy.
3. Device: This refers to a device that can be used to access our products and services, such as a desktop
computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone.
4. Unique Device Identifier (Unique ID or UUID): is a string of characters programmed into a device by the
device
manufacturer that can be used to identify the corresponding device in a unique way (e.g. IMEI/android
ID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID/SIM card IMSI information, etc.). Unique Device Identifiers can be used for a variety of
purposes, including providing advertising when cookies cannot be used (e.g. in mobile applications).
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 areas. IP addresses can often be used to
identify
where a device is located when it connects to the Internet.
6. SSL: SSL (Secure Socket Layer), also known as Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol implemented over
the
Transport Communications Protocol (TCP/IP). SSL supports various types of networks while providing three basic
security services, all through the use of public key and symmetric key technology to achieve information
confidentiality.
7.Cookies: Cookies are small files containing strings that are sent to and stored on your computer, mobile
device
or other device (usually encrypted) when you log in and use a website or other web content.
8. Account: When you register for an account and provide us with some personal information, you can make better
use of our services. When you visit SweetyMe, the system will use this account information to authenticate you
to
prevent unauthorized persons from accessing your account.
9. Anonymization: This refers to the process of technically processing personal information so that the subject
of
the personal information cannot be identified or associated with it, and the processed information cannot be
recovered.
10. De-identification: It is the process of making it impossible to identify or associate the subject of
personal
information without the help of additional information through technical processing of personal information.
11. Server logs: In general, our servers automatically record the web requests you make when you visit the Site.
These "server logs" typically include your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser
language,
date and time of the request, and one or more cookies that uniquely identify your browser.
IV. How we collect and use your personal information
1. We collect and use personal information that you provide on your own initiative or as a result of our
products
and services in accordance with laws and regulations and the following principles: the principle of uniformity
of
rights and responsibilities, the principle of clarity of purpose, the principle of choice of consent, the
principle of minimum necessary, the principle of ensuring security, the principle of subject participation, the
principle of openness and transparency, etc. If we want to use your personal information for other purposes not
stated in this policy, or use the collected information for other purposes based on specific purposes, we will
inform you in a timely and reasonable manner and obtain your consent again before using it.
2. The types of personal information and permissions we collect and use about you include:
2.1 Information necessary for the core business functions of our products and services: such information is
necessary for the proper functioning of the products and services and you must authorize us to collect and use
it.
If you refuse to authorize and provide it, you will not be able to use our products and services properly;
2.2 Information that may be required for additional business functions: This information is required for
non-core
business functions, and you may choose whether to authorize us to collect and use it. If you refuse to authorize
and provide it, it will result in the additional business features not being implemented or not achieving the
intended effect of the product, but will not affect your normal use of the core business features.
2.3 In order to ensure the normal operation of the product and to achieve better product functionality for you,
we
will apply for permissions such as address book, geolocation, camera, etc. when you use specific features or
services. These permissions will not be turned on by default, and will only be used to achieve specific features
or services with your express authorization, which can also be withdrawn by you. In particular, even if we
obtain
these sensitive permissions with your authorization, we will not collect your information when it is not needed
for the relevant function or service. (SweetyMe permission request and use fact sheet)
3. We need to remind you that you understand and agree that we want to provide you with products and services
that
are perfect, so we will continue to improve our products and services, so we may introduce new business features
from time to time, and then we may need to collect new personal information or change the purpose or way of
using
personal information, and we will inform you of this information separately by updating this policy, page tips,
pop-ups, website announcements We will separately explain to you the purpose, content, use and scope of such
information collection through updates to this policy, page prompts, pop-ups, website announcements, etc., and
collect it with your express consent.
4. In general, we will collect and use your personal information in the following situations:
4.1 Account registration, login, authentication
4.1.1. Account registration, login
When you register and login to your SweetyMe account, to help you complete the registration and login, we
provide
three login methods:
4.1.1.1 When you choose "Login by cell phone number", you need to provide us with the cell phone number and the
SMS verification code you received for the purpose of verifying the registration and login to your SweetyMe
account. You need to understand that the matching result of mobile phone number and verification code is your
personal sensitive information, and we collect this type of information based on the requirements of laws and
regulations. If you refuse to provide such information, you may not be able to register your account and use the
relevant products or services; please notice that when using your cell phone number and verification code for
login (including one-click login), we may need to write and read the information necessary for login (such as
the
verification code information) in the clipboard. This information is only used for login-related purposes and
does
not collect your private information.
4.1.1.2 When you choose to log in with a third party account (e.g. Google login, Apple account login, etc.), you
authorize us, with your express consent, to obtain public information (e.g. avatar, nickname, gender and other
information authorized by you) about the third party account you use to log in and to bind that account to your
SweetyMe product account and cell phone number.
4.1.2. Profile Improvement
After you complete the registration of your product account, you can decide by yourself whether you need to
improve your gender, age, nickname, education, avatar, birthday, height, location, school, occupation, hometown,
personality tag, dating voice and other online identification information. Among them, gender, age and avatar
are
information necessary to use the basic functions of SweetyMe products (we will provide gender matching service
based on gender; we will refuse to provide service to minors based on age), and if you refuse to provide them,
you
will not be able to use our products and functions. For other information, if you complete the information, it
will help us to provide you with better service and experience (for example, to get better matching
recommendations), but if you do not provide the above information, it will not affect the use of the basic
functions of the products.
4.1.3.Authentication
When you use the function of real person authentication or related specific services required, according to the
relevant laws and regulations, facial characteristics information to verify your identity and complete the real
name authentication service. Such information is sensitive personal information, you may refuse to provide, if
you
refuse to provide you may not be able to access the relevant services, but does not affect the normal use of
other
products and services;
4.1.4.Account Upgrade Service
In order to provide you with a consistent service experience in SweetyMe series products and enable you to
experience the special service functions of the associated versions conveniently and quickly. We provide you
with
an account upgrade service, so that you can browse the content posted by users in other related versions,
communicate with other users and share your posted content across platforms through your upgraded account.
Please
note that the account upgrade service is a value-added service for you, and we will ask for your consent. If you
choose to use and agree to the License Agreement, we will use relevant technology to synchronize your account
information and content on the SweetyMe platform to the associated version of the platform, which may include:
nickname, avatar, region, gender, age and other account information that you have set as public profile;
synchronize the content you have posted using your SweetyMe account; synchronize other information authorized by
you (please refer to the License Agreement"). If you refuse, you will not be able to use the account upgrade
service at that time, but it will not affect your normal use of other products and services;
4.2 Personalized Recommendations
4.2.1 Types of information collecte
In order to better recommend to you users of the opposite sex, square information, we will collect and use the
following information:
4.2.1.1 Public information that you fill out and publish on your own initiative (e.g., the conditions for
soliciting friends, age, education, gender, occupation, income, etc.)
4.2.1.2 Geographic location information after obtaining your express consent.
Geographic location information: including precise geographic location information obtained through GPS
information, Bluetooth, etc. and approximate geographic location information obtained through network location
information (such as base station, IP and WLAN). The precise geographic location information is personal
sensitive
information, if you refuse to provide it, we will not recommend you information based on the precise geographic
location information, and it will not affect the normal use of other functions of the product. However, we will
display and recommend local information of your area (province and city) on the home page (recommendation page
before refusal) and the square page based on the province and city corresponding to the approximate geographic
location information.
4.2.2 Usage Scenarios
We will combine the above information with information from our other services, and do feature and preference
analysis through algorithms to personalize, display or push specific users, graphics, audio and video
information
that may be of interest to you, or to push specific features or services that are more suitable for you:
4.2.2.1 Show and recommend users of the opposite sex near you on the SweetyMe recommendation page.
4.2.2.2 Recommending information dynamics to you on the Square page by hotness and date of publication;
4.2.2.3 Recommending friends who are more relevant to you in the friend footprint.
We collect and use the above information in a de-identified way, and the data analysis only corresponds to
specific codes that cannot be directly associated with the user's identity and cannot be linked to your real
identity. If you do not agree to authorize or refuse us to obtain the above information, you can turn off the
personalized recommendation in "My-Settings-Privacy Settings-Personalized Recommendation", after which you will
not be able to get the personalized recommendation information, but it will not affect your normal use of other
functions of the product.
4.3 Uploading dynamic, avatar and photo
When you upload avatar or photo and post news, including text, picture, voice and short video, you need to open
camera, recording, album and storage permission accordingly. At the same time, you can also turn on/off the
permission at any time through the relevant function settings of your device. When you cancel this permission,
we
can no longer provide you with the corresponding services mentioned above. The dynamic photos, texts, videos,
comments and likes you upload will be stored on our servers, as storage is necessary to enable this function. We
store this information in an encrypted form and you can delete it at any time. We will not make such dynamic
information available to the public or use it for any purpose other than for this function, unless you choose to
do so or comply with the requirements of the relevant laws and regulations.
4.3.1 Special Note: The information you post publicly may involve personal information or even sensitive
personal
information of you or others. If you choose to upload pictures containing sensitive personal information when
posting your updates, please consider carefully whether to share or even publicly share the relevant information
when using our services. We recommend that you do not upload photos or other personal information of minors or
other minors in your household.
4.4 Follow Friends and Friend Management Features
4.4.1 You may choose to establish a following (buddy) relationship with someone you are interested in or share
information with other third parties through the functional components we provide. We will collect service log
information including your following relationship and sharing history for the above mentioned functions. If you
refuse to provide it, you will not be able to use this feature, but it will not affect your normal use of other
features of the Products and Services;
4.4.2 You can add or remove friends from our products. To help you do this, we will create a friends list. The
buddy list is the necessary information to establish and manage your buddy relationship.
4.5 Your personal information collected indirectly from third parties
4.5.1 ou need to understand and be aware that we do not have access to the personal information you provide to
external third parties (except SweetyMe affiliates) or your personal information collected by external third
parties, and we do not use unconventional methods (e.g. malicious interference with each other's series APP
data)
to obtain your personal information by software programs without your permission. We may need to collect your
personal information indirectly (such as sharing, etc.) from third parties for business development, and if we
provide products or services to you directly or jointly, we (or the third party) will make clear to you the
source, type, purpose of use, manner and business function of the shared personal information, and the scope of
authorized consent before collection (if the manner and scope of use exceeds the scope of your original
authorization in the (if the use is beyond the scope of your original authorization in the third party, we will
ask for your authorized consent again);
4.5.2 Where some of our products or services are provided by or jointly with third party business partners, some
of the information we may collect about you indirectly from some of those business partners, information about
you
provided by others when they use our products and services, may be necessary and reasonable to conduct our
business.
4.5.3 We will enhance the security of such personal information (including sensitive information reporting,
encrypted storage of sensitive information, access rights control, etc.). We will protect indirectly acquired
personal information using means and measures no less protective than those we use for our own users' personal
information.
4.6 Provide you with security features to ensure safer use of products/services
In order to provide you with a safer and more reliable product and usage environment, to protect your personal
and
property safety or that of other users or the public from security risks such as attacks/intrusions, fraud,
phishing websites, website vulnerabilities, computer viruses, etc.,to better prevent and identify violations of
laws and regulations and SweetyMe platform rules, and to provide quality and reliable services and information,
we
will collect information about your We will collect information about the products or services you use and how
you
use them, and correlate or integrate such information, including:
4.6.1 Device information:we will receive and record the device model, operating system version, device
identification code (including IMEI/Android ID/Device_ID/IDFV/OAID/SN ID/MEID, SIM card phone number, IMSI),
network device hardware address, MAC and other hardware and software characteristics information you use
according
to the specific permissions you grant in the installation and use of the software. The information includes
hardware and software characteristics such as IMEI/Android ID/Device_ID/IDFV/OAID/SN ID/MEID, SIM card phone
number, IMSI, network device hardware address, MAC, device application installation list, information about the
location of the device (such as IP address, WLAN access point, Bluetooth, base station, geographical location
information). You should be aware that this information is the basic information we collect to provide our
services and ensure the normal operation of our products;
Please know that in order to help us carry out bug analysis, anti-hacking and other security protection work,
guarantee your normal use of this product and service, improve and optimize our product experience, and
guarantee
your account security, we will collect your device information when you switch this product to background or in
silent state (including androidId, wifiMac, wifi address wifi name, mac, meid, imei or oaid, brand, system
version, latitude and longitude information).
4.6.2 Log information: When you use our website or the products or services provided by our client, we will
automatically collect the details of your use of our products or services and keep them as relevant web logs.
(e.g. the content of your search queries, IP address, type of browser, telecommunications carrier, etc.);
4.6.3 You should notice that individual device information, log information, etc. is information that does not
identify a specific natural person, so individual device information and log information is not "personal
information" within the meaning of this policy. If we combine such non-personal information with other
information
to identify a specific natural person or use it in combination with personal information, such non-personal
information will be treated as personal information for the duration of the combined use, and we will anonymize
and de-identify such personal information unless we obtain your authorization or unless otherwise required by
law
or regulation;
4.6.4 Other Information: In order to prevent malicious programs and necessary for safe operation, we may collect
information about installed applications or running processes, the overall operation, usage and frequency of
applications, overall installation and usage, performance data, application sources, and may use or integrate
your
user information, transaction information, device information, and relevant web log information to make a
comprehensive determination of your account We may use or integrate your user information, transaction
information, device information, and relevant network log information to make a comprehensive judgment of your
account and transaction risks, conduct identity verification, detect and prevent security incidents, and take
necessary recording, auditing, analysis, and disposal measures in accordance with the law.
4.7 Message Notification
You should know and agree that we may send one or more types of notifications to one or more of the contact
information (e.g. contact phone number) you provide in the course of using our products and services for the
purposes of user message notification, identity verification, security verification, user experience research,
etc. In addition, we may also send SMS or telephone messages to the cell phone numbers collected in the
aforementioned process to provide you with information about your possible use of our products and services. In
addition, we may also provide you with commercial information about services, features or activities that may be
of interest to you by means of SMS or telephone, but please be assured that if you do not wish to receive such
information, you may unsubscribe through the unsubscribe method provided in the SMS or contact us directly to
unsubscribe.
4.8 Personal information collected and used without consent in accordance with the law
You should be reminded that your consent is not required for the collection and use of your personal information
in the following cases:
4.8.1 in connection with the performance of obligations imposed by laws and regulations by the controller of
personal information;
4.8.2 directly related to national security or national defense security;
4.8.3 directly related to public safety, public health, or significant public interest;
4.8.4 directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgment;
4.8.5 For the purpose of safeguarding the life, property and other significant legitimate rights and interests
of
the subject of personal information or other individuals but where it is difficult to obtain the consent of the
individual;
4.8.6 where the personal information collected is disclosed by you to the public at your own discretion;
4.8.7 where your personal information is collected from information that is lawfully and publicly disclosed,
such
as lawful news reports, government information disclosure and other channels;
4.8.8 that is necessary to enter into and perform a contract at your request;
4.8.9 necessary for maintaining the safe and stable operation of the products and services provided, such as
detecting and disposing of product and service failures;
4.8.10 necessary to conduct statistical or academic research in the public interest and to de-identify the
personal information contained in the results when the results of the academic research or description are made
available to the public;
4.8.11 Where necessary for legitimate journalistic purposes;
4.8.12 In other cases specified by law or regulation.
Ⅴ.How we share, transfer and publicly disclose personal information
1. Sharing
We attach great importance to the protection of your personal information, which is an important basis and part
of
the products and services we provide to you. For your personal information, we will only collect and use it for
the purposes and scope described in this policy or as required by laws and regulations, and keep it strictly
confidential. In general, we will not share your personal information with any company, organization or
individual, except in the following circumstances:
1.1 With your prior express authorization or consent;
1.2 Where the sharing of your personal information is required by applicable law or regulation, legal process,
compulsory governmental order or judicial decision;
1.3 it is necessary to provide your personal information to a third party to the extent required or permitted by
law to protect the interests, property or safety of SweetyMe, its users or the public from harm;
1.4 Your personal information may be shared between our affiliates in the future: we may share your personal
information with our affiliates in order to provide you with a consistent service and to facilitate uniform
management by you. However, we will only share personal information that is necessary (e.g., we may share your
account information within our affiliates to facilitate your use of your SweetyMe account to log in and use
other
products or services of our affiliates, to identify account anomalies, or to protect the personal and property
of
SweetyMe affiliates or other users or the public from harm), and if we share your personally sensitive
information
or If we share your sensitive personal information or if an Affiliate changes the purpose of use of personal
information, we will again seek your authorized consent.
1.5 We may share de-identified or anonymized data with research institutes, universities and other institutions
in
order to enhance scientific research capabilities in related fields and to promote the level of scientific and
technological development, provided that we ensure the security of the data and that the purpose is
legitimate;
1.6 In order to provide you with better and higher quality products and services, some of our services will be
provided by authorized partners. We may share certain of your personal information with our partners to provide
better customer service and user experience. We will only share your personal information for lawful,
legitimate,
necessary, specific and explicit purposes, and only as much personal information as is necessary to provide the
services. We also have strict confidentiality agreements with our partners that require them to handle your
personal information in accordance with our instructions, this Privacy Policy, and any other relevant
confidentiality and security measures. Our partners are not authorized to use the personal information shared
for
any other purpose. If you refuse to allow our partners to collect the personal information necessary to provide
their services, it may result in your inability to use that third party service in our platform.Typically our
partners are of the following types:
1.6.1 Service providers that provide functional support for our products and services: for example, payment
institutions that provide payment services where we share information for the sole purpose of enabling the
functionality of our products and services;
1.6.2 Third-party SDK-type service providers: our products may include third-party SDKs or other similar
applications, and if you use such services provided by third parties on our platform, you agree that your
information will be collected and processed directly by them (e.g. in the form of embedded code, plug-ins,
etc.);
at this time, the third-party SDK service provider will obtain certain personal information about you in order
to
provide better customer service and user experience. For more details, please refer to the "SDK Technical
Description Document". your refusal to provide information to the third-party organization will only prevent you
from using the features carried by the technology provided by the third-party organization, but will not affect
your use of other features of our products and services;
1.6.3 You acknowledge that we have the right to share indirect user profiles, de-identified or anonymized
analytical/statistical information that we have formed using your relevant information set with partners who
entrust us with information promotion and advertising, to help them make advertising or decision-making
recommendations, improve effective advertising reach, and further understand user needs; we may share analytical
de-identified equipment with service providers, suppliers and other partners of our business We may share
analytics de-identified device information or statistical information with service providers, vendors and other
partners of our business that is difficult or impossible to correlate with your true identity. This information
will help us analyze and measure the effectiveness of our advertising and related services. We promise that we
will not share personal information that identifies you without your consent;
1.6.4 When you choose to participate in relevant marketing activities organized by us and our affiliates or
third
parties,you may be required to provide your name, mailing address, contact information, and bank account
information. This information is personally sensitive and refusal to provide it may affect your participation in
the relevant activity, but will not affect other features of our products and services. We will only share this
information with affiliates or third parties with your consent in order to guarantee you a consistent experience
in joint activities or to entrust third parties to redeem rewards to you in a timely manner.
1.6.5 Sharing with Affiliates: In order to provide you with a consistent service experience across the SweetyMe
family of products and to make it easy and fast for you to experience the special service features of the
Affiliate version. We have provided you with an account upgrade service. With your consent, your personal
information may be shared with our affiliated companies (including: Tianjin Youyou Network Technology Co., Ltd.)
or their designated service providers (see the License Agreement for details). We will only share necessary
personal information and are bound by this Privacy Policy and the License Agreement to which you have consented.
If we share your sensitive personal information or if our affiliates change the purposes for which the personal
information is used and processed, we will again seek your consent to do so. If you refuse, you will not be able
to use the account upgrade service at that time, but it will not affect your normal use of other products and
services;
2. Transfer
We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization or individual except for the
following:
2.1 Transfer with express consent: we will transfer your personal information to other parties after obtaining
your express consent;
2.2 As our business continues to grow, we will likely engage in mergers, acquisitions, and asset transfers, and
your personal information may be transferred. In the event of such a change, we will require the successor party
to protect your personal information in accordance with laws and regulations and security standards no less
stringent than those set forth in this Privacy Policy, or we will require the successor party to obtain your
authorized consent again.
3. Public Disclosure
3.1 Public disclosure is the act of releasing information to the public or to an unspecified group of people.We
will not publicly disclose your personal information, except for necessary disclosures for the purpose of
announcing penalties for account violations, fraudulent acts, desensitization of information when announcing the
winners of prizes/winners, etc., and other necessary matters, as well as content that you publicly post. We will
also inform you of the content of the sensitive information involved if it involves your sensitive personal
information), and will disclose it publicly after obtaining your authorized consent, except as otherwise
provided
by laws and regulations or as otherwise agreed in this Policy;
3.2 For the public disclosure of your personal information, we will review its justification, reasonableness
and
legality at the first time and carefully after receiving the application for public disclosure, and take the
strictest personal information security protection measures and means to protect it at the time of public
disclosure and after public disclosure.
4. Exceptions to the sharing, transfer and public disclosure of your personal information
Please be aware that, in accordance with the laws and regulations, the sharing, transfer and public disclosure
of
your personal information do not require your prior authorized consent in the following cases:
4.1 Directly related to national security or national defense security;
4.2 Directly related to public safety, public health, or significant public interest;
4.3 Directly related to crime investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments; or as required by
laws
and regulations, administrative organs or public prosecutors and other competent authorities;
4.4 For the purpose of safeguarding your or other individuals' life, property and other significant legitimate
rights and interests but for which it is difficult to obtain your consent;
4.5 Personal information that you disclose to society on your own or that is collected from legally disclosed
channels (such as legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels);
4.6 That is necessary for the conclusion and performance of the relevant agreement or other written document
with
you
4.7 Other circumstances as stipulated by laws and regulations, etc.
Ⅴ. About how to use cookies and similar technologies
1.When you use our products or services, we may use cookies and similar technologies to collect some of your
personal information, including: your website visiting habits, your browsing information, your login
information,
cookies and similar technologies to collect such information It is necessary for you to use our products and
services, to simplify your repeated operations (such as registration, login), to facilitate you to view usage
history, to provide you with service content that is more suitable for your personal needs and that you may be
more interested content, protect your information and account security, improve our products and services, etc.
2.If you refuse our use of cookies and similar technologies to collect and use information about you, you may
delete the cookies and similar technologies already stored on your computer, mobile device or other device so
that
we cannot track all or part of your personal information. You should understand and know that our
products/services can only be achieved through the use of cookies or similar technologies. If you refuse to use
or
delete them, you may not be able to use our relevant products and services normally or get the best service
experience through our products and services, and it may also affect your information protection and account
security.
Ⅵ.How we protect the security of personal information
1.Information Storage
1.1. Storage Location: We will only store the personal information we collect about you in the People's Republic
of China in accordance with the laws and regulations. At present, we do not have any scenarios of storing your
personal information across the border or providing personal information to foreign countries. If there is a
need
for cross-border data transfer, we will clearly inform you separately (including the purpose of data exit,
recipient, usage and scope, content of use, security measures, security risks, etc.) and obtain your authorized
consent, and we will ensure that the data recipient has sufficient data protection capacity to protect your
personal information.
1.2. Storage period: We retain your personal information for the minimum period necessary to provide you with
the
products and services to meet the purpose, for example, when you use our registration and membership functions,
we
need to collect your cell phone number, and after you provide and during your use of the function, we need to
continuously store your cell phone number in order to provide you with the function normally, to protect your
account and system security. We may also keep your mobile phone number for the duration of your use. In
addition,
we may store your information for as long as necessary to comply with applicable law.
1.3. We will delete or anonymize your personal information after the above storage period.
2. Information Protection
2.1 The security of your personal information is of paramount importance to us. We will strictly comply with
relevant laws and regulations and take reasonable and feasible measures recognized by the industry to protect
your
personal information. We will prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, use and modification of information, and
avoid damage or loss of information.
2.2 We use security measures that meet industry standards to protect the personal information you provide and to
prevent unauthorized access, public disclosure, use, or modification of the data and to prevent damage to or
loss
of the data. We will take all reasonably practicable steps to protect your personal information. We have
established access control mechanisms to ensure that only authorized personnel have access to personal
information; from time to time, we hold training courses on security and privacy protection to enhance our
employees' awareness of the importance of protecting personal information.
2.3 In order to prevent security incidents, we have established a special data security department and developed
a
proper early warning mechanism and contingency plan. In the event of a personal information security incident,
we
will, in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, promptly inform you of: the basic situation
and
possible impact of the security incident, the disposal measures we have taken or will take, the suggestions you
can independently prevent and reduce the risk and remedial measures for you, and immediately start the emergency
plan in an effort to minimize the damage. We will promptly inform you of the situation related to the incident
by
telephone, push notification, etc.
2.4 Although we have taken reasonable and effective measures as described above and have complied with the
standards required by the relevant legal provisions, please understand that due to technical limitations and the
possibility of various malicious means, in the Internet industry, even with all efforts to strengthen security
measures, it is not always possible to guarantee 100% security of information, and we will do our best to ensure
the security of the personal information you provide to us.
2.5 You acknowledge and understand that the systems and communication networks you use to access our Services
may
experience problems due to factors beyond our control. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you take proactive
measures to protect the security of your personal information, including but not limited to not disclosing your
account password and related personal information to others. If you discover that your personal information,
especially your account or password, has been compromised, please contact SweetyMe Customer Service immediately
so
that we can take appropriate measures upon your request.
3.We will establish special security department, security management system and data security process to protect
the security of your personal information. We adopt a strict data use and access system to ensure that only
authorized personnel have access to your personal information, and conduct security audits on data and
technology
from time to time.
Ⅶ.How you manage your personal information
We attach great importance to the management of your personal information and make every effort to protect your
rights related to the inquiry, access, modification, deletion, withdrawal of consent authorization, account
cancellation, and complaint reporting of your personal information so that you have the ability to protect your
privacy and information security.
1.Access to your personal information
You have the right to access your personal information unless otherwise required by laws and regulations or
judicial or administrative authorities. You can access your personal information by yourself in the following
ways:
1.1 Account information: If you wish to access or edit your personal identification information, cell phone
binding, payment information, security information, etc. in your account, you may do so through the "My" page
after logging into your account;
1.2 Usage information: You can check your usage information through our product-related pages, including:
dynamic
posting content, history, transaction information, etc;
1.3 Other information: If you encounter operational problems during your visit and need to obtain other personal
information that cannot be accessed as described above, you can contact us at any time through SweetyMe Customer
Service. We will review the issue as soon as possible and reply promptly after someone verifies your user
identity.
2. Correction or addition of your personal information
If you find that the information you have provided to us is incorrect, incomplete, or updated, you may submit a
request for correction or supplementation in the manner specified in "1. Access to Your Personal Information" in
this Article. We will respond to your request in a timely manner after review.
3. Deletion of your personal information
You may delete your personal information in the manner described in "1. Access to your personal information" in
this Article.
You may make a request to us to delete your personal information in the following cases:
3.1 If our handling of personal information violates laws and regulations;
3.2 If we collect and use your personal information without your consent;
3.3 If our handling of personal information is in serious breach of the agreement with you;
3.4 If you no longer use our products or services, or if you voluntarily cancel your account;
3.5 If we permanently cease to provide products or services to
If we decide to respond to your request for deletion, we will also notify the subjects from whom we have
obtained
your personal information, to the extent possible, and ask them to delete it promptly, unless otherwise required
by law or regulation, or unless these subjects have your independent authorization. Please also be aware that if
your public information on SweetyMe is crawled, cached, stored or copied by other users or independent third
parties who are not cooperating or affiliated with us or under our control, or uploaded or saved on other
websites
through other users, the relevant information will not be under our control.
When you delete your personal information from our products or services, we may not immediately delete the
corresponding information from the backup system as required by laws and regulations, but will delete such
information when the backup is updated.
4.Changing the scope of your authorized consent
4.1 You can change the scope of your consent or withdraw your authorization by turning off the Geolocation,
Contacts, Camera, Microphone, Photo Album permissions in the device's own operating system. Withdrawal of
consent
will result in us no longer collecting information related to these permissions;
4.2 Specific business functions and services will require your information in order to be completed, and when
you
withdraw your consent or authorization, we will not be able to continue to provide you with the functions and
services corresponding to the withdrawal of consent or authorization, and will no longer process your
corresponding personal information. However, your decision to withdraw your consent or authorization will not
affect the processing of personal information that we have previously performed based on your authorization.
5. Cancellation of account
You can cancel your account through "Maine-Set up-About us-Account-cancellation". Before you cancel your
account,
we will verify your personal identity, security status, device information, etc. Please refer to the
instructions
on the logout page for the logout process and content. Please refer to the instructions on the logout page for
the
logout process and content. You are aware and understand that the act of canceling your account is irreversible,
after you cancel your account, you will not be able to log in and use our products with that account, and all
the
content and rights generated under SweetyMe, unconsumed rights and future overdue benefits will be erased; all
information under that account will be deleted or anonymized. If you have any questions during the cancellation
process, you can contact SweetyMe customer service in time to resolve them.
6. Complaints and Reports
You can make a complaint or report in accordance with our published system. If you think your personal
information
rights may be violated, or find clues to violate personal information rights, you can enter the relevant
interface
in “Mine”- “Feedback”to contact us, you may need to provide some materials to prove your identity according to
our
requirements. We will feedback your complaint and report within 15 days after verification. We may reject
certain
requests that are unwarranted and repetitive, pose risks to the legal rights of others, or are very impractical.
7. In the following cases, we will not be able to respond to your request in accordance with the requirements of
laws and regulations:
7.1 Related to national security or national defense security;
7.2 Related to public safety, public health, or significant public interest;
7.3 Related to crime investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments, etc;
7.4 Where there is sufficient evidence of subjective malice or abuse of rights by the subject of personal
information;
7.5 Where responding to your request would result in serious damage to the legitimate rights and interests of
you
or other individuals or organizations
7.6 Where commercial secrets are involved.
Ⅷ. How we handle personal information of minors
Our products and services are intended for adults only and any minors under the age of 18 should not create
their
own personal accounts or use our products and services. If we discover that we have collected personal
information
from minors, we will attempt to delete the relevant data as soon as possible.
Ⅸ.How to store personal information
1. We store your personal information collected and generated in the course of our operations in the People's
Republic of China in accordance with the laws and regulations. At present, we will not transfer the above
information outside of China. In the event of cross-border transfer of personal information in the future, we
will
strictly comply with the relevant provisions of the laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China and
obtain your explicit authorization, except for your personal initiative such as cross-border posting of news via
the Internet.
2. In general, we will retain your personal information only for the shortest period of time necessary to
achieve
the purpose, and personal information beyond the corresponding period will be deleted or anonymized for
processing. However, we may change the duration of storage of personal information due to the need to comply
with
legal requirements in the following cases:
2.1 In order to comply with the relevant provisions of applicable laws, regulations or normative documents such
as policies;
2.2 In order to comply with the provisions of decisions, etc. of administrative organs or similar authorized
organizations, judgments or rulings of judicial organs, awards of arbitration organs or other legal
proceedings;
2.3 In order to comply with the relevant provisions of laws, regulations, etc., which we are reasonably
satisfied
are required;
2.4 For purposes reasonably necessary to enforce the relevant service agreement or this policy, to safeguard
the
public interest, to protect the personal and property safety or other legitimate rights and interests of third
parties such as our customers, our or our affiliates, other users or employees;
2.5 In the event that SweetyMe ceases operation, we will notify you in the form of push notifications, website
or
in-program announcements, and delete or anonymize your personal information within a reasonable period of time.
X.How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, complaints or suggestions regarding the content of this policy or the use of our
products and services, you may contact us in any of the following ways:
1. You can submit feedback through our customer service in the product features page;
2. You can contact us by email: joeone2209@outlook.com.
We will review the issues involved as soon as possible and respond within fifteen business days after verifying
your user identity.