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The Privacy Policy was updated on [19/3/2021]

Introduction

Welcome to VidAvatar (the “App”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We take your privacy seriously and will use your personal information to provide the services only after obtaining your consent to the collection and processing of your personal data. By downloading, using, accessing this App, you agree to this privacy policy, and you agree us to obtain your consent to collect and process your personal information on the terms specified below.

This policy explains our practices concerning the personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this App after we revise this policy means you accept those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. If you do not agree with this policy, you should not use the APP.

1. Information we collect

1.1 The App does not require registration. Therefore You are not required to provide any personal information in order to use the App. The types of information we collect or provided by You are as follows when You download, install, access, or use the App.

  • a. Photos. We may collect the photos when you upload from your mobile devices while using the App. Those photos will be deleted automatically once the new video generated.
  • b. Usage Details. When you access and use the App, we may automatically collect certain details of your access to and use of the App, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on or through the App.
  • c. Device Information. We may collect information about your mobile device and internet connection, including the device's unique device identifier, operating system, browser type, and mobile network information.

1.2 You may share content you create using the App, including photos and other images (“User Content”) for publication or display on social media networks and other websites you access from the App. Your User Content is posted and transmitted to others at your own risk.

1.3 Additionally, we cannot control the actions of third parties with whom you may choose to share your User Content. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Content will not be viewed by unauthorized persons, and we have no control or liability with regard to how your User Content may be used by others once you have posted or otherwise transmitted it.

2. How We Use Your Information

2.1 We do not use your photos for any reason other than to provide you with the related functionality of the App. In no way will we use your photos for face recognition, as we do not introduce the face recognition technologies or other technical means for the processing of biometric data for the unique identification or authentication of a user.

2.2 We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to:

  • a. Provide you with the App and its contents, and any other information, products or services that you request from us.
  • b. Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • c. Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
  • d. Notify you when App updates are available, and of changes to any products or services we offer or provide though it.

2.3 The usage and device information we collect helps us to improve our App and to deliver a better and more personalized experience by enabling us to:

  • a. Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • b. Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our App according to your individual interests.
  • c. Speed up your searches.
  • d. Recognize you when you use the App.

3. How We Collect It

When You download, access, and use the App, we may obtain the collection of information with different kinds. Please note, the technologies for collection is entirely from the third parties and the technologies they use for automatic information collection may include:

  • a. Cookies (and similar technologies). Like most online services and mobile applications, we may use cookies — tiny pieces of code that remain in your device after you have visited any websites and online services. When you use that website or application for the next time these pieces enable their owner to provide you with information customized for your needs.
  • b. Web Beacons. Pages of the App may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related App statistics.

4. Third-Party Information Collection

When You use the App, certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about You or Your device. Third parties that we use to collect data regarding App users include:

  • a. umeng ( https://umeng.com ), which collects App user behavior information.
  • b. Firebase Crashlytics ( https://firebase.google.com ), which helps track, prioritize, and fix App stability issues.
  • c. Google admob( https://admob.google.com/ ),which may use cookies or web beacons to deliver targeted advertising towards users based on preference information it collects.

These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about You when using this App.

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

5. Data Retention and Transfer

The generated videos will be stored for 24 hours. The retention makes it convenient for You to quickly access to the generated video if You are offline during the processing and reopen the app after a while.

The App is maintained in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”), and you understand that data stored in the HKSAR may be subject to lawful requests by the local courts or law enforcement authorities. Any information you provide via the App may be stored, processed, transferred between, and accessed from the HKSAR and other districts or countries, which may not guarantee the same level of protection as the one in which you reside. You explicitly consent and agree to such transfer, storing and/or processing of your information outside the district or country in which you reside.

6. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual or device, without restriction.  

In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:

  • a. To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
  • b. To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
  • c. To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our App users is among the assets transferred.
  • d. To fulfil the purpose for which you provide it.
  • e. For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • f. With your consent.
  • g. To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • h. To enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
  • i. If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our customers or others.

7. How You Can Manage Your Information

7.1 We protect your right access to the personal information we collect or you provide to us. This section describes mechanisms we provide for you to control certain uses and disclosures of your information.

7.2 Please note, we do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.

7.3 Withdraw your consent. You can withdraw your consent for the collection and processing of your personal data by us at any time by contacting us, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. After we receive such withdrawal request from you, we will process it in a timely manner and we will no longer process your personal data, unless otherwise is set by law.

8. European Privacy Rights

8.1 If you are a resident of the European Union, you have certain additional rights with respect to your information under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the “GDPR”), including the following:

  • a. The right of access to your information.
  • b. The right to rectify your information if it is incorrect or incomplete.
  • c. The right to have your information erased (“right to be forgotten”) if certain grounds are met.
  • d. The right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your information at any time (if our processing is based on consent).
  • e. The right to object to our processing of your information (if processing is based on legitimate interests).
  • f. The right to object to our processing of your information for direct marketing purposes.
  • g. The right to receive your information from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and the right to transmit your information to another controller without hindrance from us (data portability).

8.2 You may contact us at feedback@vidavatar.ai to exercise any of the above rights. We may request specific information from you to confirm your identity, and in some circumstances, we may charge a reasonable fee for access to your information.

 8.3 If you believe that our processing of your information is inconsistent with your data protection rights under the GDPR and we have not adequately addressed your concerns, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority of your country.

9. Children’s Policy

9.1 General age limitation. The App is not intended for children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13(in certain cases this age might be different due to local regulatory requirements). If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at feedback@vidavatar.ai.

9.2 Age limitation for EU residents. Due to requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation you shall be at least 16 years old in order to use our Services. To the extent prohibited by applicable law, we do not allow use of the Service by the EU residents younger than 16 years old, unless with the parent’s/guardian’s permission.

10. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet and mobile platforms is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through our App. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.

11. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page.

The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.

12. How to Contact Us

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: feedback@vidavatar.ai.