Statement About Petal Ads and Privacy
Last updated: December 5, 2024

Petal Ads comprises services (hereinafter referred to the "Services") that display ads to you. It is provided by Huawei Software Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huawei", "we", "us", or "our"), which is registered at No. 101, Software Avenue, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, Jiangsu. 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 updates to the Privacy Statement due to service development and optimization:

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

For the purpose of providing you with the corresponding services and features, relevant information as described below may be used to display ads to you:

To ensure that you can use relevant features of the Services, we will process information required for providing the features as described below when you use the ad display services.

(2) Location-based Ads

If you have enabled Location-based Ads during a preparation to display ads to you, your device's approximate location information may, with your consent, be used to provide you with ads relevant to your geographic location. We will not store the precise location information of your device. We will use the precise location information (when available), Bluetooth device list (when available), and WLAN information (Wi-Fi list) to help determine the approximate location of your device. In addition, the Services will not display location-based ads to you if Location Services is not enabled on your device or if the app you are using is not allowed to access your 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:

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 Third-Party SDKs

To provide the ad effectiveness monitoring and attribution services, we have integrated software development kits (hereinafter referred to as "SDKs") or other similar programs of our partners. For details, please refer to the Third-Party SDK List.

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 Managing Your Personal Information

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

5.1 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 (how you can get there and what you can select may vary slightly with the system version):

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.

5.2 Opt out of seeing location-based ads

We will use the precise location information (when available), Bluetooth device list (when available), and WLAN information (Wi-Fi list) to help determine your device's approximate location (such as a university or commercial area). If you choose not to receive location-based ads (which are not yet available in HarmonyOS NEXT or later versions), you can go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Location > System services and turn off Location-based Ads or Ads (how you can get there and what you can select may vary slightly depending on the system version). You can alternatively disable location access for apps concerned or disable Location Services of the device. If such settings are not present on your device, the Services will not collect your location information and you will not receive location-based ads.

5.3 Manage advertising segment information

You can log in to Privacy Center and go to Ads preferences to view and manage your advertising segment information, thus managing your preferences for what ads you may see.

5.4 Delete personal information

If you want to delete your personal information used to serve personalized ads to you, you can log in to Privacy Center and go to Ads preferences to change your advertising segment information. You can also request us to delete or anonymize your personal information by using the contact information provided in Section 7.

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.

6 Information Storage Location and Retention Period
6.1 Storage location

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.

6.2 Retention period

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with legal or regulatory requirements.

We review and determine the necessary retention period for personal information based on the following factors:

(1) Legal or explicit regulatory requirements.

(2) Maintaining corresponding transaction and business records to address your possible inquiries or complaints.

(3) Ensuring the security and quality of the services we provide to you.

(4) Whether you agree to a longer retention period.

The common data retention periods are as follows:

(1) Some data may be retained until you delete your account, disable the services, or actively delete the data. Examples of such data include basic personal information, content you actively upload or submit, virtual goods you purchase, and activity information related to your use of this app.

(2) Some data may be retained until the end of the retention period. Examples of such data include personal information related to personalized recommendations, personalized ads, marketing, feedback, help, complaints and reports, which typically will be retained for up to two (2) years. If product O&M are involved, the related personal information will usually be retained for up to five (5) years.

(3) Some data may be retained until the expiration date specified by laws, regulations, or other management provisions.

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.

7 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. We will reply as soon as possible.

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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