Statement About Petal Ads and Privacy
Last updated: April 10, 2023

Petal Ads comprises services (hereinafter referred to the "Services") provided by Huawei Software Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huawei", "we", "us", or "our") that display ads to you. We take your personal information and privacy seriously, and are committed to taking appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in accordance with relevant laws and established industry security standards.

Version Change Description

Please carefully read the changes made to the Privacy Statement:

Important Notes
1 How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

We will display ads to you in media apps that have integrated the capabilities of the Services and process related information, in connection with which we will take necessary administrative and technical measures to ensure the security of your personal information.

(1) Ad display services

Information described below may be used to display ads to you:

(2) Location-based Ads

If you have enabled Location-based Ads, your device's approximate location may be used to provide you with ads relevant to your geographic location. We will not store the precise location (GPS information) of your device. We will use GPS information (when available), Bluetooth (when available), and WLAN hotspots to help determine the approximate location of your device. To access the related settings, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System services > Location-based Ads. If this place is not present on your device, the Services will not collect your device location information.

(3) Personalized ads

With your consent, we will display personalized ads to you and process related information. To provide you with personalized ads, we will use personal information you provide to Huawei and its partners to create advertising segments that group users with similar characteristics, and we will match ads that you may be interested in against what advertising segments you are assigned to. To protect your privacy, there will be at least 5,000 users in your segment. Your personal information described below may be used for creating advertising segments:

In addition, to improve the quality of advertising services and provide a better user experience, we will collect your personal information in relation to the operations and use of the device identifier. Such information will not be shared with any third parties.

We will not use information about your health, payments, contacts, call logs, or emails for advertising purposes, and will not provide such information to any of our partners.

2 Entrusted Ad Information Processing

In the ad placement process, we make your personal information available to our partners such as the advertisers and their agencies for the purposes of ad recommendation, attribution, and operational analysis, according to the principle of minimization. We will protect your personal information and prevent our partners from identifying you as an individual by signing pertinent agreements with our partners, requiring our partners to comply with applicable privacy and security laws, take appropriate physical, technical, organizational, and administrative protective measures, and use the data provided by Huawei in compliance with the agreements. For details, see the Details About Entrusted Ad Information Processing.

3 Managing Your Personal Information

We highly respect your concerns regarding personal information, and you are provided with the following data subject rights and options.

3.1 Opt out of seeing personalized ads

The Services will ensure your rights of choice and control concerning personalized ads in accordance with the law. You can disable personalized ads as instructed below:

Please note that after personalized ads are disabled, the Services will not be able to use your information to provide you with personalized ads. In this case, you might not receive fewer ads, while the ads will be less relevant to you.

3.2 Opt out of seeing location-based ads

We do not store or use your precise location information, but only your approximate location (such as a university campus or shopping mall). You can choose not to receive location-based ads by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System services, and disabling Location-based Ads, or by disabling Location Services on your device directly. If the System services or Location-based Ads option is not present on your device, the Services will not collect your location information and you will not receive location-based ads.

3.3 Manage advertising segment information

You can view and manage your advertising segment information from Privacy Center, thus managing your preferences for what ads you may see.

3.4 Delete personal information

If you want to delete your personal information used to serve personalized ads to you, you can go to Privacy Center to delete your advertising segment information. You can also request us to delete or anonymize your personal information by using the contact information provided in Section 6.

If you have any further requests, questions, comments, or suggestions regarding your rights as a data subject, please contact us using the contact information provided under the "Contacting Us" section of this Statement.

4 Protection of Minors

We attach great importance to the protection of minors' personal information. Huawei will provide services and protection for minors in strict accordance with national laws and regulations. If you are a minor, your parents or legal guardians must agree to your use of this app, and agree to the applicable terms and conditions. Parents or legal guardians should also take appropriate precautions to protect minors, including monitoring their use of this app.

In particular, if you are a child (a minor under the age of 14), the Services will not push personalized ads to you.

5 Information Storage Location and Retention Period

The Services are only available on devices sold in the People's Republic of China. The personal information collected and generated under the Services will be stored in the People's Republic of China and will not be transferred outside the borders. Your personal information will be retained for up to two (2) years.

In the event that we discontinue our products or services, we will notify you in the form of a push notification, announcement, or by other means, and delete or anonymize your personal information within a reasonable period of time.

6 Contacting Us

We have appointed the person responsible for personal information protection who you can contact from here. You may also contact us by visiting the Privacy Questions page or calling the customer service hotline (950800). We will reply as soon as possible.

Our registered address: Huawei Software Technologies Co., Ltd., No. 101, Software Avenue, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210012.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, especially if you feel that our processing or handling of your personal information has violated or infringed on your legal rights and/or interests, you may seek external resolution, whether by filing a lawsuit with the people's court in the relevant jurisdiction, submitting a complaint to the industry self-regulation association or relevant government regulatory agencies, or by other means. You may also consult us regarding the available channels for voicing your complaint.

Huawei's collection and use of your personal information is governed by our privacy policy. For more information, please refer to the Huawei Consumer Business Privacy Statement.

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