AI Scanner Privacy Policy

Updated on : October 20 , 2023

Effective Date : October 20 , 2023

iOS developer: Huang Qingfang

AI Scanner ( hereinafter referred to as " the Product " or " we ") is well aware of the importance of personal information to you . Your trust is very important to us. We will protect your personal information and privacy security in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and in accordance with industry best practices . We have formulated the AI Scanner "Privacy Policy" ( hereinafter referred to as "this Policy") and specifically remind you: We hope that you will carefully read and understand this Privacy Policy before using AI Scanner and related services so that you can make appropriate choices. At the same time, it should be noted that this policy does not apply to products or services provided to you by other third parties. If you use products or services provided by a third party, please pay attention to the user agreement of the third-party product or service and the AI Scanner Privacy Policy. Before using our products and services, please be sure to read this policy carefully and fully understand it, and pay attention to the italic bold font. This policy will help you understand the following:

I. How do we collect and use your personal information?

II. How do we use cookies and other similar technologies?

III . How do we share, transfer, and disclose your personal information?

IV . How do we store and protect your personal information?

V. Your Rights

VI. How do we handle personal information of minors?

VII . Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

VIII. How to update this policy

IX . Our Contact Information

I. How do we collect and use your personal information?

1. Image recognition and proofreading

( 1) When you use functions such as counting, area measurement, distance measurement, magnifying glass, level, and picture calibration , we will collect and identify any specific rough indirect image features (such as major categories: landscape, food, portrait , etc. ) and perform image feature analysis through algorithms to help you count and proofread .

( 2) If you use functions such as counting, measuring area, measuring distance, magnifying glass, level, and picture calibration , we will apply for the album permission of your device system to facilitate you to upload pictures through the album. After your authorization and consent, we will collect your picture information, send your pictures to the server, and then make feedback based on your pictures. You can cancel the system authorization for AI Scanner to obtain your album permission at any time and stop our collection of your information. After that, you may not be able to use the above-mentioned related services or functions provided based on the album information, or you may not be able to achieve the effects intended to be achieved by the above-mentioned related services provided based on the album information, but it will not affect your normal use of other business functions of AI Scanner that can be achieved without the above-mentioned permissions.

4. Sharing function

When you share the content in AI Scanner to a third-party platform, we will read your application list information to determine whether the third-party platform exists, thereby achieving the purpose of sharing content.

5. Customer service function

When you use AI Scanner , if you need to file a complaint, make an inquiry or appeal to us, we may need to collect your name, mobile phone number, email and other valid contact information in order to facilitate contacting you or 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 the relevant processing results.

6. Operation and safety operation/guarantee

( 1) To ensure the security of your account, network, operation and system, and to effectively prevent phishing fraud and Trojan virus attacks, we may collect your device information during your use of this product. This device information includes but is not limited to the unchangeable unique device identifier (such as IMEI number, Android ID, SIM card IMSI information), hardware serial number and MAC address.

( 2) In order to maintain the normal operation of our services, protect your account security, troubleshoot product failures, and improve and optimize our services, we will collect your IMEI, device model information, login IP address, and operation log information. This type of information is necessary to provide services and will be de-identified after collection and will not be used to identify any specific user.

( 3) We may also collect your network operator and type, network type, and WIFI name to help you save network traffic during the advertising push process. For example, when we detect that you are in a WIFI environment, we may directly play video advertising content for you; when we detect that you are in an environment with no network or weak mobile network, we will only push advertising content that you have cached locally.

7. Use of your personal information based on other special circumstances

( 1) If you believe that your rights have been infringed, you may file a complaint or report using our publicly available contact information in accordance with our infringement complaint process. During this period, we will require you to provide valid personal identity information to verify the authenticity of the complaint or report.

( 2) Please be aware that the functions and services we provide to you are in a state of continuous updating and development. If we need to use your personal information for other purposes not mentioned in this Policy, or use the collected information for other purposes based on specific purposes, we will inform you of the relevant circumstances through page prompts, interactive processes, website announcements, etc., and obtain your consent again before using your personal information.

8. In the process of providing services, in order to ensure that you can use the product functions normally, we will apply to the system for the following permissions for your device. Before applying, we will follow your consent . If you do not agree to enable this permission, please click "Do not allow". Rejecting the application for this permission will only affect your use of specific product functions. The call of system privacy permissions by various business functions is as follows.

II. How do we use cookies and other similar technologies?

When you use our services, we will store small data files called cookies on your mobile device. Cookies usually contain identifiers, site names, and some numbers and characters. We use this information to determine whether a registered user has logged in, improve services for preference settings, security, analysis and research, and/or product quality, and optimize user experience for preference settings, security, analysis and research, and improve efficiency. If you do not want your personal information to be saved in cookies, you can manage or delete cookies according to your preferences. Most browsers have the function of blocking cookies. Please be aware that if you refuse to use or clear existing tracking technologies, we may not be able to provide you with a better user experience, and some services may not function properly.

III. How do we share, transfer, and disclose your personal information?

1. Sharing

In principle, we will not share your personal information with others, except in the following circumstances:

( 1) Sharing with explicit consent: We will share your personal information with other parties after obtaining your explicit consent.

( 2) Sharing under legal conditions: We may share your personal information with others in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, the needs of litigation dispute resolution, or the mandatory requirements of government departments or judicial organs in accordance with the law.

( 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 AI Scanner , its users or the general public from damage .

( 4) Sharing with authorized partners: Only for the purpose stated in this policy, some of our services, such as promotion services, product analysis services, technical support services, etc., will be provided by authorized partners. In this process, we may share some of your personal information with our partners to ensure that the services provided to you can be carried out smoothly, and to help us optimize customer service and enhance user experience. We will share your personal information only for legal, legitimate, necessary, specific and clear purposes, and the personal information shared will be limited to the part necessary for providing the service. At the same time, for those companies, organizations and individuals who share personal information with us, we will sign strict confidentiality agreements with them and require them to comply with our AI Scanner Privacy Policy and all other relevant confidentiality and security measures to handle such personal information. Our partners have no right to use the shared personal information for any other purpose. Our partners include the following types:

( A ) Advertising service partners. We may introduce partners such as CSJ or Youlianghui. The purpose of introducing these partners is to assist us in statistically analyzing and evaluating the contact effects of online advertising. In this process, we will share some de-identified personal information with them, including: IP address, encrypted device information (such as IMEI, device model, language and time zone). It should be emphasized that we will not share your personal sensitive information with these partners.

( B ) Technical support partners. Partners who provide us with technical support will collect relevant personal information from our users in the course of performing their duties in order to provide the services they support. In addition, partners who provide analytical services will also collect a small amount of personal information from users. This information is de-identified in accordance with their information security rules. The purpose of collection is to assist us in counting the distribution of product users and evaluating the effectiveness of product promotion. Since products may choose to use some third-party partners or change partners at different stages of development, there is a possibility of adjustment to the members of the partner list. The specific content of the relevant information collected by technical support partners is as follows:

We will update this list from time to time to more clearly show how we use third-party features to improve product and/or service experience. Please note that the third-party code may cause certain changes in data processing types due to version upgrades, policy adjustments, etc. Please refer to their official instructions. Please also understand that even if we try to update this list as soon as possible, it may still lag behind the actual use of AI Scanner in certain circumstances.

2. Transfer

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

( 1) We will transfer your personal information to other parties if we have explicitly obtained your consent.

( 2) When a merger, acquisition or bankruptcy liquidation occurs, and there is a transfer of personal information, we will require the new company, organization or other entity that holds your personal information to continue to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If there are any changes to the collection, processing and purpose of personal information as stipulated in this Policy, we will require the company, organization or other entity to re-ask for your authorization and consent.

3. Public Information

We may only disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

(1) with your explicit separate consent in advance or based on your active choice.

( 2) In response to public safety, public health or other major public interest-related events, we may disclose your personal information within the scope permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

(3) In the event that we must provide your personal information in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, mandatory administrative enforcement or judicial requirements, we may disclose your personal information based on the requested type of personal information and disclosure method. When we receive the above-mentioned request for disclosure of information, we will request the production of corresponding legal documents, such as subpoenas or investigation letters.

4. Exceptions

In accordance with relevant laws and regulations, we may collect, share, transfer or disclose your personal information without your authorization or consent in the following circumstances.

( 1) Directly related to national security, national defense security and other national interests;

( 2) directly related to major public interests such as public safety, public health, and public knowledge;

( 3) Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgment;

( 4) For the purpose of protecting your or other individuals’ life, property, reputation and other major legitimate rights and interests, but it is difficult to obtain the consent of the individual;

( 5) Necessary for signing and performing a contract according to your request;

( 6) Necessary for maintaining the safe and stable operation of the products or services provided, such as discovering and handling product or service failures;

( 7) When it is necessary to conduct statistical or academic research in the public interest, and when the results of academic research or descriptions are provided to the outside, the personal information contained in the results is de-identified;

( 8) Personal information collected from legally disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure, etc.;

(9) Other circumstances prescribed by laws and regulations.

IV. How do we store and protect your personal information?

1. Where the information is stored

( 1) We will store user personal information collected within the territory of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “China”) in China in accordance with laws and regulations.

(2) Since we provide products or services to users through resources and servers around the world, this means that, after obtaining your authorization and consent, your personal information may be transferred to jurisdictions outside the country/region where you use the products or services, or be accessed from these jurisdictions.

( 3) Such jurisdictions may have different data protection laws or even no relevant laws. In such cases, we will ensure that your personal information is adequately protected as it is within the territory of the People's Republic of China. For example, we will ask for your consent to the cross-border transfer of personal information, or implement security measures such as data de-identification before cross-border data transfer.

2. Period of storage of information

Generally speaking, we only retain your personal information for the period necessary to achieve the purpose and within the retention period prescribed by laws and administrative regulations. When you cancel your account or actively delete your personal information, we will delete the corresponding information or anonymize it in accordance with the law, except for the following circumstances:

(1) Comply with the requirements of laws and regulations on information retention;

(2) Reasonable extension of the period is required for financial, auditing, dispute resolution and other purposes.

When our products or services cease to operate, we will notify you through push notifications, announcements, etc., and delete your personal information or anonymize it within a reasonable period of time.

3. Protection of Information

(1) We have used security measures that meet industry standards to protect the personal information you provide to prevent unauthorized access, public disclosure, use, modification, damage or loss of data. We will do our best to take all reasonable and feasible measures to ensure the security of your personal information. Specifically, when your browser exchanges data with our "Services", the process is protected by SSL encryption. For the Web services equipped with our products, we provide HTTPS secure access. At the same time, we use encryption technology to ensure the confidentiality of data and use trusted protection mechanisms to prevent data from malicious attacks. In addition, we have deployed access control mechanisms to ensure that only authorized personnel can access personal information. In addition, we will also conduct security and privacy protection training courses to strengthen employees' awareness of the importance of protecting personal information.

(2) The Internet environment is not absolutely secure. Emails, instant messaging, and communication with other users are not encrypted. In view of this, we strongly recommend that you avoid sending personal information through these methods. At the same time, please use a complex password to help us protect the security of your account.

(3) After a personal information security incident unfortunately occurs, we will promptly inform you of the following content in accordance with the relevant requirements of laws and regulations: the basic situation of the security incident and its possible impact, the disposal measures we have taken or will take, suggestions that you can use to prevent and reduce risks, and remedial measures for you, etc. We will promptly inform you of the relevant circumstances of the incident through various means such as email, letter, phone, push notification, etc. If it is difficult to inform the personal information subject one by one, we will take reasonable and effective measures to issue an announcement. At the same time, we will also proactively report the disposal of the personal information security incident in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory authorities.

V. Your Rights

We attach great importance to your rights as the subject of personal information and do our best to protect your control over your personal information.

1. Deletion of Personal Information

We hereby solemnly promise that your personal information will not be stored locally. If you wish to delete your personal information, you can do so by uninstalling this app.

2. Change / withdraw your authorization information

You can adjust the authorization related to personal information. If you want to limit our processing of your personal information, you can contact us through "Settings"-"Feedback" or send an email ( fang949392@163.com ) and request to delete your relevant personal information. We will confirm the issue as soon as possible, and respond and handle it in a timely manner after a dedicated person verifies your user identity. Please understand that specific business functions and services will require your information to be completed. When you withdraw your consent or authorization, we will no longer be able 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 consent or authorization will not affect the processing of personal information previously carried out based on your authorization.

3. Cancel your account

You can contact us through "Settings" - "Feedback" or send an email (fang949392@163.com) to apply for account cancellation. Before you cancel your account, we will verify your personal identity, security status and device information. You should know and understand that account cancellation is an irreversible operation. Once you complete the account cancellation, we will stop providing you with the corresponding services.

4. Informing you of your rights when we stop operating

If we cease operations, we will immediately stop collecting your personal information and send you a notice of cessation of operations by sending you a notification or publishing an announcement. In addition, we will delete or anonymize your personal information.

5. Refuse to receive push and marketing information

You can unsubscribe from our push notifications or marketing information sent to you through "Mobile System Settings" - "App Permissions" - "Turn off Push Notifications" .

6. Response to your above request

To ensure the security of your account, we will first verify your identity. We will require you to submit sufficient and valid identity information before processing your request. In principle, we do not charge any fees for your reasonable requests. However, for repeated requests that exceed reasonable limits, we will charge a certain cost fee depending on the circumstances. We may reject requests that are contrary to the requirements of laws and regulations, are repeated without reason, require too many technical means (such as the need to develop new systems or fundamentally change current practices), pose risks to the legitimate rights and interests of others, or are extremely impractical.

VI. How do we handle personal information of minors?

1. We regard anyone under the age of 14 as a child. If we find that we have collected personal information of a child without obtaining verifiable parental consent in advance, we will try to delete the relevant data as soon as possible.

2. If you are a minor, it is recommended that you ask your guardian to read these personal information protection rules carefully and use our or services or provide us with information with the consent of your guardian.

3. If your guardian does not agree with your use of our services or provision of information to us in accordance with these rules, please immediately terminate the use of our services and notify us in a timely manner so that we can take appropriate measures.

4. If the guardian finds that we have collected personal information of a minor without the guardian's consent, please contact us by email (fang949392@163.com) and we will try to delete the relevant data as soon as possible.

VII . Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

This AI Scanner Privacy Policy is subject to the laws of mainland China. Any dispute arising from this AI Scanner Privacy Policy shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the court where the defendant resides .

VIII. How to update this policy

1. In order to provide you with better services, we will update the terms of this policy based on the updates of

AI Scanner and the relevant requirements of laws and regulations. Such updates shall constitute part of this policy. Without your explicit consent, we will not restrict your rights under this policy. 2. After this policy is updated, the updated version will be publicly displayed in AI Scanner . For major changes, we will also provide more prominent notices (including pop-up prompts, etc.). Unless otherwise specified, this policy shall take effect from the date of publication after modification. If you continue to use AI Scanner and related services, it shall be deemed that you have understood and accepted the updated policy. Major changes include but are not limited to:

( 1) The purpose of our processing of personal information, the type of personal information we process, the way we use personal information, etc. have changed;

( 2) Your rights to participate in the processing of personal information and the way in which you exercise them have changed;

( 3) When the personal information security impact assessment report indicates the existence of risks.

IX . Our Contact Information

We welcome your comments on this Privacy Policy and our User Agreement. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the content of this Policy , please contact us via the following email : fang949392@163.com.