Sevencat Privacy Policy

Sevencat (hereinafter referred to as "we") attaches great importance to protecting the personal information of users (hereinafter referred to as "you"). When you use Sevencat's services, we will collect and use your personal information in accordance with the Sevencat Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "this article"). You should use our services after carefully reading and fully understanding this article (especially the content in bold black). When you select and click [Agree] in the startup pop-up window, it means that you have understood this article and agree that we will collect and use your information in the manner specified in this article. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the content of this article, you can contact us through various methods provided by the Sevencat platform.

This article will help you understand the following:

I. How do we collect and use your information?

II. How do we use cookies and similar technologies?

III. How we use your personal information

. How do we protect your personal information?

IV. How to access, correct, or delete your personal information

V. Protection of Minors’ Information

VI. Updates to the Privacy Policy

VII. Contact Us

I. How do we collect your personal information?

Personal commonly used device information (including hardware serial number, device MAC address, software list, device unique identification information (IMEI/MEID/Android ID/Open UDID/IMSI/IDFA/IDFV/OAID/ICCID/MAC address and other device identifiers formed by comprehensive device parameters and system information); personal location information (such as movement trajectory, precise positioning information, etc.); other information.

During your use of Sevencat Services, we will collect and use the information you provide or generate when using the Services in the following ways to provide you with and optimize our Services and to protect the security of your account:

1.2 Works display and browsing function

When you use the work display and browsing function (referring to works in the form of novels and text works, the same below), we need to collect your device model and manufacturer, device screen information, device unique identifier, browser type and settings, language settings, operating system and application version, login IP address, network access method, network status, operator type, product version number, log information (such as operation logs, service logs), and work browsing related information. We collect this information to provide you with our most core work display and browsing, information display services.

1.3 Search Function

When you use the search function, we need to collect the search terms and user ID information you use. We collect this information to provide you with the content and services you need, and also to improve the services we provide to you.

1.4 Advertising Function

1.4.1 When you use the advertising function, we need to collect information about your device ID, browsing content, the number of times you browse ads, and the number of times you interact with them.

1.4.2 When you use the innovative interactive advertising feature of "Shake the Splash Screen Ad", we will use the accelerometer of your device to identify and determine the status of your device.

1.4.3 Personalized advertising is one of the advertising display technologies that provides more relevant advertising content based on user behavior or interest data. We only provide docking technology and will not obtain your behavior or personality data in other applications.

1.5 Crash reporting function

Motherboard information, CPU instruction set information, display parameters, supported ABIS, hardware identification code, phone manufacturer, revision list, compilation type, hardware serial number, build date, setup parameters, version, system customizer, device DPI, memory size, SD storage size.

1.6 App operation monitoring and abnormal reporting

Device identifier, battery level, machine time, remaining memory space, disk space/remaining disk space, device model, mobile phone status during runtime (memory occupied by processes, virtual memory, etc.), region code, operating system kernel version, application version number, application memory, Build information, and IP address.

1.7 Anti-fraud and security risk control

In order to determine whether the device is currently in a normal and safe state, for risk control and anti-fraud, and to ensure the security of accounts and transactions, we will collect your information (WiFi router MAC address, WiFi name, WiFi signal strength) and surrounding WiFi information (Android system only: surrounding WiFi router MAC address, surrounding WiFi name, surrounding WiFi signal strength).

1.8 Other information collected with your consent.

II. How do we use cookies and similar technologies?

2.1 To ensure the normal operation of the website, we will store small data files called cookies on your computer or mobile device. Cookies usually contain identifiers, site names, and some numbers and characters. The main function of cookies is to facilitate your use of website products and services, and to help the website count the number of independent visitors. Using Cookie technology, we can allow you to set your specific service options.

2.2 When you use our services, we may use cookies or similar technologies to collect some of your personal information, such as your website visit habits, your login information, etc. Cookies and similar technologies collect such information for the purpose of your use of our services, simplifying the steps of your repeated operations (such as registration, login), facilitating you to view your usage history (such as browsing history), protecting your information and account security, and improving our products and services. We promise to use cookies and similar technologies only within the scope of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

2.3 If your browser allows, you can manage or (partially/completely) reject cookies or similar technologies through your browser settings; or delete cookies or similar technology files that have been stored on your computer, mobile device or other device, so that we cannot track your personal information in whole or in part. If you need to know more about how to change browser settings, please refer to the relevant settings page of the browser you use.

III. How we use your personal information

3.1 Sharing

Your personal information is an important basis and component of our services to you. We will only collect and use your personal information within the purpose and scope described herein or in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, and will keep it strictly confidential. We will not share your personal information with any third party unless one or more of the following circumstances exist:

3.1.1 Obtain your explicit authorization and consent in advance;

3.1.2 Requests made by you;

3.1.3 In accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations, the needs of litigation dispute resolution, or the requirements of administrative and judicial authorities in accordance with laws and regulations;

3.1.4 Share your personal information with Sevencat's affiliates. However, Sevencat will only share necessary personal information and is subject to this document. If Sevencat's affiliates want to change the purpose of processing personal information, they will ask for your authorization and consent again.

3.1.5 Sharing with third parties in order to protect the rights and property safety of you, Sevencat, other users or the public interest from being harmed;

3.1.6 Necessary sharing with some business partners: You understand and know that in order to smoothly carry out necessary and reasonable business and fulfill our obligations in the relevant user agreements or this Privacy Policy, we may access the software development kit (SDK), application program interface (API), application plug-in and other codes provided by the partner or share your information with the partner through other cooperation methods (see Article 9 on "Third-party Information Sharing Disclosure" for details). However, we will only share your personal information for legal, legitimate, necessary, specific and clear purposes, and will only share personal information necessary to provide services. Our partners have no right to use the shared personal information for any other purpose. For companies, organizations and individuals with whom we share personal information, we will require them to abide by confidentiality agreements and require them to handle personal information in accordance with Sevencat's instructions, this document and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures.

3.1.7 Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations, or required by judicial or administrative authorities.

3.2 Transfer

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

3.2.1 Obtain your explicit authorization or consent in advance;

3.2.2 To meet the requirements of laws, regulations, procedures or mandatory government requirements or judicial decisions;

3.2.3 If we or our affiliates are involved in mergers, divisions, liquidations, acquisitions or sales of assets or businesses, your personal information may be transferred as part of such transactions. We will ensure the confidentiality of such information during the transfer process and do our utmost to ensure that the new company or organization holding your personal information continues to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Otherwise, we will require the company or organization to re-solicit your authorization and consent.

3.3 Public Disclosure

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

3.3.1 Obtain your explicit consent;

3.3.2 Based on laws, regulations, procedures, litigation or mandatory requirements of government authorities.

3.4 Exceptions

In the following circumstances, sharing, transferring, and publicly disclosing your personal information does not require your prior authorization and consent:

3.4.1 Directly related to national security and national defense security;

3.4.2 Directly related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;

3.4.3 Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgment;

3.4.4 For the purpose of protecting your or other individuals’ life, property and other major legal rights and interests, but it is difficult to obtain their consent;

3.4.5 Personal information that you disclose to the public on your own initiative;

3.4.6 Personal information collected from legally disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels;

3.4.7 Necessary according to the relevant agreements or other written documents signed and performed with you;

3.4.8 The collected personal information has been anonymized or de-identified;

3.4.9 Necessary for legitimate news reporting;

3.4.10 For academic research purposes, such as when necessary for scientific research institutions to conduct statistical or academic research

3.4.11 Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

IV. How do we protect your personal information?

4.1 To ensure the security of your personal information, we strive to take various reasonable physical, electronic and management security measures to protect your personal information so that your information will not be leaked, damaged or lost, including but not limited to SSL, information encryption storage, data center access control, etc.

4.2 We only allow employees who need to know your personal information to know your personal information, and have set up strict access control and monitoring mechanisms for this purpose. We also take strict management measures for employees or outsourced personnel who may have access to your personal information, including but not limited to taking different access control measures according to different positions, signing confidentiality agreements with them, monitoring their operations, etc. We have established a complete information security management system and internal security incident handling mechanism, and we will regularly conduct information security management training for responsible personnel and employees. We will take appropriate security measures and technical means that meet industry standards to store and protect your personal information to prevent your information from being lost, unauthorized access, public disclosure, use, modification, damage, loss or leakage.

4.3 We will provide corresponding security measures according to existing technologies to protect your information and provide reasonable security protection. We will try our best to prevent your personal information from being leaked, damaged or lost. If a personal information security incident unfortunately occurs, we will promptly inform you of the basic situation of the security incident and the possible impact, the disposal measures we have taken or will take, the suggestions for you to prevent and reduce risks on your own, and the remedial measures for you in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations. We will promptly inform you of the relevant situation of the incident by email, letter, telephone, push notification, etc. When it is difficult to inform the subject of personal information one by one, we will take reasonable and effective means to issue an announcement. At the same time, we will also proactively report the disposal of personal information security incidents in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory authorities.

V. Protection of Minors’ Information

6.1 Sevencat advises parents or guardians to guide minors under the age of 18 to use the services provided by Sevencat. If you are a minor, you should ask your parents or guardians to read this document carefully, and you should seek the consent and guidance of your parents or guardians before submitting your personal information.

6.2 We will protect the personal information of minors in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations. If at any time the guardian has reason to believe that we have collected the personal information of minors without the guardian's consent, please contact us and we will take measures to delete the relevant information as soon as possible.

VI. Updates to the Privacy Policy

7.1 We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy each time you use our Services.

7.2 You understand and agree that in order to better provide you with services, we need to revise and update this privacy policy in a timely manner based on the development of Sevencat platform products and services. We will publish the updated privacy policy in a prominent place on the Sevencat platform and notify you by prompting you in a prominent place or sending you a push message or otherwise notifying you. If you do not agree with the updated privacy policy, you should not use or Immediately stop using Sevencat platform services.

VII. Contact us

When you have other complaints, suggestions, or issues related to minors' personal information, please send your questions to [email protected]. We will review the issues involved as soon as possible and respond after verifying your user identity.

Update date: September 10, 2024

Effective date: August 6, 2016