SiyouPay Privacy Policy

Summary

As the operator of SiyouPay, SIYOU TECHNOLOGY is well aware of the importance of personal information to you. We will protect your personal information and privacy security in accordance with laws and regulations. We have formulated this "Privacy Policy" and specifically remind you that you should carefully read and understand this policy before using SiyouPay and related services in order to make appropriate choices.

We respect the privacy and personal information protection of users. The SiyouPay Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "the Policy") is applicable to SiyouPay and related products and services (hereinafter referred to as "SiyouPay") provided by [SIYOU TECHNOLOGY] (hereinafter referred to as "us") in EU and England.

We fully understand the importance of personal information to you and will do our best to protect the security and reliability of your personal information.

We are committed to maintaining your trust in us and adhering to the following principles to protect your personal information: the principle of consistent rights and responsibilities, the principle of clear purpose, the principle of consent, the principle of minimum sufficiency, the principle of ensuring security, the principle of subject participation, the principle of openness and transparency, etc. At the same time, we promise to take corresponding security measures to protect your personal information in accordance with mature industry security standards.

The client software of SiyouPay in this policy may provide different application versions, and users must choose the software version that matches the installed phone. The functions and services provided by different versions of SiyouPay may vary.

This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our service:

  • What data do we collect
  • How do we collect and use your data
  • How do we use cookies, SDKs, and other similar technologies
  • How do we share, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information
  • Your rights
  • How do we handle the personal information
  • Third party liability statement
  • Revision and notification of privacy policies
  • Our contact information

What data do we collect

We will collect the following data and use your information in accordance with our privacy policy, but we will not use mandatory bundling to collect personal information solely because you agree to this policy.

When you use or enable relevant functions or services, we will collect and use relevant information necessary for the implementation of the functions and services. Unless it is necessary information to achieve basic business functions or in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, you may refuse to provide it without affecting other functions or services. We will explain each item of necessary information in our privacy policy.

If you are not logged in to the account, we will ensure the basic function of information push through the identifier information corresponding to the device. If you log in to your account, we will push information based on the account information.

Address book, precise geographic location, microphone, and album permissions will not be enabled by default. They will only be used for specific functions or services with your explicit authorization, and you can also revoke your authorization. It should be noted that even with your authorization, we have obtained these sensitive permissions and will not collect your information when the relevant functions or services are not needed.

This policy applies to your access and use of our products and services through the SiyouPay application.

Permission application and usage description:

1. Type of personal information

In order to provide you with better products and services, when you use SiyouPay, we may collect the following types of personal information (hereinafter referred to as "personal information"):

  1. Device information: refers to attribute information related to your device, including device hardware model, operating system name, operating system version, device configuration, device unique identifier, device MAC address, advertising identifier GAID, operator information, device resolution, system language, and current language region. This information can help us provide you with better information display or product services;
  2. Location information: refers to the information we may collect about your location when you enable the device positioning function and use our location-based services, including location information obtained by us using IP addresses, GPS, and other technologies that can provide location information. You can disable the authorization of the positioning function through system settings to stop us from collecting your geographic location information, but this may result in you being unable to use SiyouPay related services or functions, or unable to achieve the expected usage effect of related services;
  3. Registration information: You can log in to SiyouPay using your phone number, and at this time, you will authorize SiyouPay to collect your phone number information;
  4. Optional information: In order to use some functions of SiyouPay, you can choose to fill in some personal information, such as user profile, nickname, gender, age, personality tags, etc. Once filled out, you will authorize SiyouPay to collect, display, and use this information;
  5. Log information: When you use SiyouPay services, the system may automatically record your log information and store it in the server log, including user habits and behavior statistics (such as click data statistics of various page buttons, application usage statistics), device event information (such as crash information statistics, system activity, etc.), the version and update information of SiyouPay you are currently using, etc;
  6. Publishing information: When you use SiyouPay's information publishing function, you will authorize SiyouPay to collect and display the information you have published;
  7. Read Calendar: When you use SiyouPay's check-in function, you will authorize SiyouPay to collect your calendar and provide users with continuous check-in reminders;
  8. Address book information: When you use SiyouPay's services, you will authorize SiyouPay to collect your address book contact information for matching contacts and friend recommendations;
  9. Third party information about you: When you use SiyouPay to communicate with other software or hardware, SiyouPay may collect information transmitted, generated, or shared during the communication. For example, when you share content or activities from SiyouPay to Meta, you will authorize SiyouPay to collect your Meta avatar and nickname;
  10. Other: Other types of information collected with your consent.

Some services of SiyouPay may require you to provide specific personal sensitive information to achieve specific functions. For example, when you use the withdrawal function of SiyouPay to withdraw your change through Paypal or Alipay, SiyouPay will collect the public information of Paypal or Alipay third-party platforms you provide. If you choose not to provide such information, you may not be able to use specific functions in the service normally.

2. Source of personal information

The main sources of personal information that our company may collect include:

  1. After your consent, we will automatically collect personal information and provide personal information directly by you;
  2. We receive personal and other information about you from affiliated companies and third-party authorized partners in accordance with laws and regulations or based on your authorization. Please note that according to relevant laws, regulations, and national standards (such as (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation))

How do we collect and use personal information

Personal information refers to various types of information recorded electronically or in combination with other information that can identify the identity of a specific natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person. During your use of SiyouPay and its services, we will collect information in accordance with the principles of legality, legitimacy, and necessity.

You understand and agree that the information we collect from you will be used for:

  1. Ensure the normal basic operation of the product;
  2. Implement various functions and services;
  3. Optimize and improve products and services;
  4. Ensure the safety of products, services, and user use;
  5. Comply with laws, regulations, and national standards.

The company only collects and uses your personal information for the above purposes, and the specific information we collect and use includes:

(1) Operations and Safety Assurance

  1. In order to ensure the safe operation, operation quality and efficiency of software and services, including: statistics of online users, retention rate, software crash rate and software performance, with your authorization, we will collect the following basic information: your device's hardware model, operating system version number, International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) International mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) Media Access Control Address (MAC address) Android system device unique identifier (Android ID) Device serial number, IP address, software version number, network access method and type, and operation log. We collect this information for your version adaptation to ensure the normal startup and operation of the software.
  2. In order to provide stable and secure services, protect the personal and property security of you and other users, better prevent security risks such as phishing websites, fraud, network vulnerabilities, computer virus, network attacks, and network intrusion, and more accurately identify violations of laws and regulations or rules related to the SiyouPay platform.

    We will collect the following basic information: your device's hardware model, operating system version number, International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), International mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), media access control address (MAC address), Android system device unique identifier (Android ID) device serial number, sensor data, IP address, software version number, network access method and type, operation log, application list We collect information about the running process to comprehensively assess the risks of your account and transactions, detect and prevent security incidents, and take necessary recording, auditing, analysis, and disposal measures in accordance with the law. For example, we will comprehensively analyze abnormal user account activity, multi end login, abnormal browsing behavior, fake advertising click, etc. to protect the browsing security of you and other users.
  3. You understand and agree that you need to authorize our "phone" permission to allow us to obtain the aforementioned "hardware model of the device" and "International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)" information, and we will not call other permissions under the "phone" permission. You can choose to refuse authorization or turn off the permission. After you refuse authorization or turn off the "phone" permission, you can still use our services, but it may affect your user experience.
  4. At the same time, in order to timely synchronize your interactive feedback information (including other users' likes, rewards, comments and replies to you), content updates (current news, urgent news, and the content updates of the authors you follow), software version updates and synchronization, we will periodically collect your International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), unique identification of Android system devices (Android ID), network access methods and types Operating system version and software version number.

(2) Personal registration, login, and related services

  1. When you register and log in to SiyouPay and related services, you can create an account through your phone number, and you can improve the relevant network identification information (avatar, nickname, password). Collecting this information is to help you complete your registration. You can also choose to fill in gender, birthday, region, and personal introduction according to your own needs to improve your information, and choose the display range after filling it out.
  2. When you use a third-party account (Paypal or Alipay) in SiyouPay, you will authorize us to obtain the public information (avatar, nickname and other information authorized by you).
  3. Based on our cooperation with communication operators, when you use the "login by phone number" function of SiyouPay, with your explicit consent, we can provide you with fast login services. Mobile phone numbers belong to personal sensitive information. If you refuse to provide them, you will not be able to use the "login by phone number" method to register and log in to SiyouPay. However, this does not affect your ability to register and log in through other methods, nor does it affect the normal use of other functions.
  4. When you need to use the identity authentication function or related services, according to relevant laws and regulations, you may need to provide your real identity information (real name, ID card number, phone number) to complete the real name verification. Some of the information belongs to personal sensitive information, and you can refuse to provide it. If you refuse to provide it, you may not be able to pass KYC or obtain relevant services.
  5. When you choose to set or replace a user's avatar using the "take a photo" method, we will request that you authorize camera permissions. If you refuse to provide authorization, you will not be able to set or replace the avatar using the "take a photo" method; When you choose to set or replace user avatars through the "Get from Album" method, we will request you to grant album permissions. If you refuse authorization, you will not be able to set or replace user avatars through the "Get from Album" method.

(3) Provide relative services to achieve functionality

To ensure the quality of recommended content and recommend videos and related information that may interest you, SiyouPay may collect necessary log information:

  1. The behavior information you use: click, follow, bookmark, search, browse, share
  2. Geographic location information: including accurate geographic location information obtained through GPS information, WLAN access points, Bluetooth, base station and other sensor information, as well as approximate geographic location information obtained through network location information (such as base station, IP, and WLAN).
    • Accurate geographic location information is personal sensitive information. If you refuse to provide it, we will not recommend information to you based on accurate geographic location information and will not affect the normal use of other functions of SiyouPay.
    • We will display and recommend local relevant information of your region (city, district, etc.) based on the approximate geographical location information corresponding to the city and/or district/county.
  3. We will combine the above information with information from other services within SiyouPay and your device information, conduct comprehensive statistics, and conduct feature and preference analysis through algorithms to show you the specific information that you may be interested in, or the specific features or services that are more suitable for you:
    • Show or recommend information that is more relevant to you;
    • Recommend advertisements that are more relevant to you and of interest to you.

Please understand that individual device information and your operational behavior information are information that cannot identify a specific natural person. The above information we have collected and used has been identified, and the data analysis only corresponds to specific codes that cannot be directly associated with the user's identity, and cannot and will never be associated with your true identity. When we combine this type of information with other information to identify a specific natural person or use it in conjunction with personal information, during the combined use period, this type of information will be considered personal information and we will use and protect it in accordance with this privacy policy.

Your rights

1. Choices related to communication and marketing

You may at any time object to the marketing if you have received marketing from us. You can change your notification settings in your SiyouPay Account/Profile or by contacting us at info@siyoutechnology.com with clear instruction that you don't want to receive marketing communication from us anymore.

Please note that we may continue sending you communication that is required or necessary, including providing such notifications that include important information and other communication that you request from us.

2. Your data protection related rights

SiyouPay assists your rights under data protection law:

  • You have the right to know how we handle your personal data. We do this in this Privacy Policy.
  • You have the right to connect with us at anytime if you have any questions.
  • You have the right to ask us to delete your data if your data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, and we have no legal ground for processing the data. Please understand that we will let you know if we cannot delete your personal data due to legal reasons or regulatory responsibilities.
  • You have the right to ask how we transfer the information.
  • If you are authorized to set the SiyouPay Account up, or give us instructions about the account (for example, you are Merchant's Representative or the Merchant, if sole trader), you can contact us via the dashboard when you are logged into your SiyouPay Account/profile (if you have one).

Updates and notifications

Please refer to the "Last Updated" legend at the top of this page to determine when this Privacy Policy was last revised.

Any changes are effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services. We advise you to review this page regularly to stay informed and to make sure that you understand any changes. If applicable law requires that we provide notice in a specified manner prior to making any changes to this Privacy Policy applicable to you, we will provide such required notice.

Contact

You may contact us with your data protection queries at:

Email: info@siyoutechnology.com
Location: Siyou technology Srl, Via Metalino 12, 20090, Cologno Monzese MI, Italy

Language

The English language version of this Privacy Policy shall be binding. Any translation or other language version of this Privacy Policy shall be provided for convenience only. In the event of a conflict between the English version and any translation or other language version of this Privacy Policy, the English-language version shall prevail.