Updated: Aug 29, 2023
Effective Date: Aug 29, 2023
This policy applies only to after-sales service of ZTE Corporation’s terminal products (and all third-party applications or services accessed by them). We respect your privacy rights and value your trust. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, receive, use, store, share, transfer, and process your personal information, as well as your rights in determining what we do with the information that we collect or hold about you. If a third-party application or service has a separate privacy policy, the privacy policy of the application or service is applied preferentially. For the contents that are not covered by the application or service privacy policy, refer to this privacy policy.
This Privacy Policy is available in other languages. If there is any inconsistency, the English version shall prevail.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact us through the following means:
E-mail: [email protected]
Company Name: ZTE Corporation
Registered Address: ZTE Building, No. 55, Hi-Tech Road South, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, P.R. China
ZTE understands the importance of personal information to you, and will make every effort to ensure the security and reliability of your personal information. We are committed to maintaining your trust in us and abiding by the following principles to protect your personal information: consistency of authority and responsibility, clear purpose, selection of consent, minimum sufficiency, security, subject participation, openness and transparency. Meanwhile, ZTE promises to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in accordance with well-established security standards in the industry.
Please read and understand this Privacy Policy carefully before using our products or services.
This policy helps you understand the following:
I. How we collect and use your personal information
II. How we use cookies and similar technologies
III. How we share, transfer, and disclose your personal information
IV. How we protect your personal information
V. Your rights
VI. How we process the personal information of children
VII. How to transfer your personal information around the world
VIII. GDPR-Specific Provisions
IX. Notice to California Consumers
X. How to update this policy
XI. Contact us
I. How we collect and use your personal information
Personal information refers to the information that is recorded electronically or in other ways and that can be used independently or in conjunction with other information to identify a specific natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person. ZTE will collect and use your personal information only for the following purposes described in this policy:
1. Provide you with maintenance services
When you test the product in our service centers, we will collect your test time, equipment model, equipment IMEI number, fault description information, and test results in order to determine the cause of the fault and provide you with further testing services. Due to the diversity of fault causes, if more information needs to be collected from you during the service process, we will explain the reason to you and collect it after obtaining your consent.
When you repair a product through our service centers, we will collect your repair time, equipment model, equipment IMEI number, fault description information, equipment purchase time, and test results in order to determine the cause of the fault and provide you with further repair services. Due to the diversity of fault causes, if more information needs to be collected from you during the service process, we will explain the reason to you and collect it after obtaining your consent.
When you need to mail your products for repairing, we will collect your repair time, equipment model, equipment IMEI number, fault description information, equipment purchase time, test results, your shipping address, recipient’s name, and recipient’s phone number.
When providing the above detection and repair services, we may use the self-developed detection tool software. This software will collect the following information:
Equipment identifier and hardware information: IMEI (MEID), machine model, wifi address, Bluetooth address, touch screen model, LCD model, flash model, camera model;
Operating system information: Wireless network status (Wifi), Bluetooth status, internal/external version number, Mai Fei version number, kernel version number, and Android version number.
Usage records: First power-on time, battery life, power consumption curve, battery voltage, battery temperature, and temperature higher than 45 degrees, software restart, hardware restart, Android alarm information, data switch on status, and detection results
The above information is used for fault analysis and diagnosis and troubleshooting. It will be collected by the maintenance agents in each country and uploaded to the server for storage. The user data in the EU is stored on the German server, and the data in other areas is stored on the Singapore server. To meet the needs of agent management, improve the service quality of agents, and provide important reference for subsequent product improvement, we will remotely access or export data from China. If you agree to this privacy policy, you will also agree to the cross-border data transmission. If cross-border transmission is required to be conducted outside China, we will obtain your separate authorization. Due to the diversity of fault causes, if we need to collect more information during the service process, we will explain the reason to you and collect more information after obtaining your permission.
When you need to check the spare parts price through the service center, we will collect your equipment model, fault description information, equipment purchase time.
Equipment model, equipment IMEI number, equipment purchase time, repair time, fault description information and test results are necessary contents for maintenance service. If you do not provide this information, we cannot provide you with maintenance services; if you need mail services, we will collect your shipping address, recipient’s name, and recipient’s phone number. The above information you provide will continue to be authorized to us to use while providing you with services.
If you are located in mainland China, the service will be provided by service centers in mainland China and the above information will be stored in China and will not be transferred to other countries or regions. If cross-border transmission is required, we will obtain your authorization separately.
If you are located outside mainland China, the above information will be stored in the country where the user is located. As the only way to distinguish ;the authenticity of the product, IMEI number will be transferred to China. As an important reference for subsequent product improvement, the fault information will be transferred to China. If you agree to this privacy policy, you will be deemed to have agreed to the cross-border transmission of this data. In case of further cross-border transmission outside China, we will obtain your authorization separately.
Personal information storage period: All information will be retained for 5 years from the date of collection in order to provide you with continuous and convenient services when you use our products and to avoid providing your information again when you consult again. Upon expiration, we will delete your information.
2. Provide you with hotline advisory services
When you call our after-sales hotline, we will collect the necessary information to provide you with after-sales service. You can provide us with corresponding information according to the required service items, such as:
When you feedback the problems that happened in the use of the product through the hotline, we will collect your caller number, call time, your country/city, equipment model, equipment purchase place, purchase date, equipment IMEI number and fault description information, in order to provide you with further services. Due to the diversity of fault causes, if more information needs to be collected from you during the service process, we will explain to you and collect it after obtaining your consent.
When we need to mail products for you, we will collect your shipping address, recipient’s name, and recipient’s phone number.
When we need to query service centers for you, we will collect your geographic location.
When we need to check the out-of-warranty maintenance fee for you, we will collect your equipment model.
When we need to handle your complaints, we will collect your last service time and service content.
When we need to conduct a return visit to you, we will collect your phone number.
In addition, for purposes of backtracking, query, and Quality of Service evaluation, we will record your call and the conversation with you.
Your caller number, call time, your country/city, equipment model, equipment IMEI number, equipment purchase time, repair time, fault description information and test results are necessary contents for hotline consulting services. If you do not provide this information, we cannot provide you with hotline consulting services. The information of your shipping address, recipient’s name, recipient’s phone number, geographic location, time and content of the last service are not necessary to be collected, and will be collected according to your service requirements. The above information you provide will continue to be authorized to us to use while providing you with services.
If you are located in mainland China, the service will be provided by the China hotline and the above information will be stored in China and will not be transferred to other countries or regions. If cross-border transmission is required, we will obtain your authorization separately.
If you are located in Japan, South Korea, Spain, Germany or Brazil, your hotline service is provided by Japan, South Korea, Spain, Germany, Brazil hotline and the above information will be stored in your local country and will not be transferred to other countries or regions. If cross-border transmission is required, we will obtain your authorization separately.
If you are located in Russian, your hotline service is provided by Russian hotline and the above information will first be stored in your local country. As the only way to distinguish the authenticity of the product, IMEI will be transferred to China. If you agree to this privacy policy, you will be deemed to have agreed to the cross-border transmission of this data. For cross-border transmission outside Russia and China, we will obtain your authorization separately.
If you are located in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, your hotline service is provided by India hotline and the above information will be stored in China, but not to other countries or regions. If you agree to this privacy policy, you will be deemed to have agreed to the cross-border storage of this data. For cross-border transmission outside China, we will obtain your authorization separately.
Personal information storage period: All information will be retained for 5 years from the date of collection in order to provide you with continuous and convenient services when you use our products and to avoid providing your information again when you consult again. Upon expiration, we will delete your information.
3. Provide you with email consulting services
When you send an email to our after-sales service mailbox to consult us, we will collect the necessary information to provide you with after-sales service. You can provide us with corresponding information according to the required service items, such as:
When you feedback the problems that happened in the use of the product through email, we will collect your email, email time, your country/city, device model, device purchase place, purchase date, device IMEI number and fault description information, so as to provide further services for you. Due to the diversity of fault causes, if more information needs to be collected from you during the service process, we will explain the reason to you and collect it after obtaining your consent.
When we need to mail products for you, we will collect your receiving address, recipient name, and recipient phone number.
When we need to query service centers for you, we will collect your geographic location.
When we need to check the out-of-warranty maintenance fee for you, we will collect your equipment model.
When we need to handle your complaints, we will collect your last service time, equipment model, equipment IMEI number, and fault description information.
When we need to conduct a return visit to you, we will collect your phone number.
Your email address, time of the letter, your country/city, equipment model, equipment IMEI number, equipment purchase time, repair time, fault description information and test results are necessary contents for email consultation services. If you do not provide this information, we cannot provide you with email consulting services. Your shipping address, recipient’s name, recipient’s phone number, geographic location, time and content of the last service are not necessarily collected content, and will be collected according to your service requirements. The above information you provide will continue to be authorized to us to use while providing you with services.
If you are located in mainland China, your email service is provided by ZTE's global service mailbox, and the above information will be stored in China. If you agree to this privacy policy, you will be deemed to have agreed to the cross-border storage of this data. If cross-border transmission is required, we will obtain your authorization separately.
If you are located in Japan, South Korea, Spain, Germany and Brazil, your mailbox service is provided by the local service mailboxes in Japan, South Korea, Spain, Germany and Brazil. The above information will be stored in your country and will not be transferred to other countries or regions. If cross-border transmission is required, we will obtain your authorization separately.
If you are located in Russia, your mailbox service is provided by the Russian local mailbox, and the above information will firstly be stored in your country. As the only way to distinguish the authenticity of the product, IMEI will be transferred to China. If you agree to this privacy policy, you also agree to the cross-border transmission of this data. For cross-border transmission outside Russia and China, we will obtain your authorization separately.
Personal information storage period: All information will be retained for 5 years from the date of collection in order to provide you with continuous and convenient services when you use our products and to avoid providing your information again when you consult again. Upon expiration, we will delete your information.
4. Provide you with network consulting services
When you use online channels to consult us, we will collect the necessary information to provide you with after-sales service. You can provide us with corresponding information according to the required service items, such as:
When you feedback the problems that happened in the use of the product through ZTE online channels (including but not limited to ZTE Customer Service APP, ZTE Community, ZTE Mall, ZTE Share Forum) and third-party network channels (including but not limited to WeChat official account, Weibo, Butler WeChat, QQ, online sales Platforms, forums) , we will collect your network account, consulting time, device IMEI number, device model, version number, fault description information, in order to determine the cause of the fault, and provide you with further information consultation service. Due to the diversity of fault causes, if more information needs to be collected from you during the service process, we will explain the reason to you and collect it after obtaining your consent.
When we need to mail products for you, we will collect your shipping address, recipient’s name, and recipient’s phone number.
When we need to query service centers for you, we will collect your geographic location.
When we need to check the out-of-warranty maintenance fee for you, we will collect your equipment model.
When we need to handle your complaints, we will collect your last service time, equipment model, equipment IMEI number, and fault description information.
When we need to conduct a return visit to you, we will collect your phone number.
Network account number, consultation time, equipment IMEI number, equipment model, version number, and fault description information are all necessary contents for the development of network consulting services. If you do not provide this information, we cannot provide you with network consulting services. The information of your shipping address, recipient’s name, recipient’s phone number, geographic location, time and content of the last service is not necessary to collect, which will be collected according to your service requirements. The above information you provide will continue to be authorized to us to use while providing you with services.
The above information will be stored in servers deployed in different network channels. For deployment on servers of third-party network channels, please check the third-party’s separate privacy instructions. The servers of ZTE Networks channels are deployed in China and will not be transferred to other countries or regions. If cross-border transmission is required, we will obtain your authorization separately.
Personal information storage period: All information will be retained for 5 years from the date of collection in order to provide you with continuous and convenient services when you use our products and to avoid providing your information again when you consult again. Upon expiration, we will delete your information.
If we want to use the information for other purposes not specified in this policy, we will seek your approval in advance. If we want to use the information collected for specific purposes for other purposes, we will seek your approval in advance.
II. How we use Cookies and similar technologies
When we provide you with after-sales service through online channels, our online platform may use cookies and similar technologies. For how such technologies collect and use your information, please read the Cookie Policy of the network platform for detailed information.
III. How we share, transfer and disclose your personal information
To ensure the security of your personal information, we shall follow the minimization principle and share, transfer, or disclose your personal information in accordance with applicable laws and requirements.
For the companies, organizations, and individuals that share personal information with us, we will take organizational and technical measures in accordance with the local laws and regulations, and require them to process personal information in accordance with our security standards, this policy, and related confidentiality and security measures.
1. Sharing
We will not share your personal information with any company, organization, or individuals other than ZTE Corporation, except in the following cases:
(1) After obtaining your explicit consent, we will share your personal information with other parties.
(2) We may share your personal information in accordance with laws and regulations or mandatory requirements of government authorities.
(3) Share with authorized partners: Our maintenance, hotline, email and network services will be provided by authorized partners in various countries only for the purposes stated in this policy. We may share some of your personal information with our partners to provide better customer services and user experience.
Currently , our authorized partners include the following four types:
1) After-sales service partner. Our "maintenance service" will be provided by ZTE's after-sales service partners in various countries around the world. ZTE will share all the information listed in this service with our authorized after-sales service partners. The after-sales agent will collect and process your personal information only for this purpose.
2) Hotline service partner. Our "hotline consulting service" will be provided by ZTE's hotline service partners in different countries around the world. ZTE will share all the information listed in this service with our authorized hotline service partner. The hotline service partner will collect and process your personal information only for this purpose.
3) Network platform provider. Our "online consulting services" may be provided through third-party network channels, and the data collected by the service will be stored on the servers of the third-party network channels. Such network platform providers provide the network platform for us to use, and collect and store all the information corresponding to the service provided on the platform. In addition, it does not involve additional data collection or other processing actions on the data.
4) Logistics service provider. In all of our services, if we need to deliver goods to you, the corresponding logistics services will be provided by ZTE logistics service providers in different countries around the world. ZTE will share the personal information required for logistics services with our authorized logistics service providers, including your receiving address, recipient name, and recipient phone number.
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.
We will sign strict confidentiality agreements with companies, organizations, and individuals with which we share personal information, and require them to process personal information in accordance with our instructions, this privacy policy, and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures.
2. Transfer
We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization or individual except in the following cases:
(1) Transfer with express consent: After obtaining your express consent, we will transfer your personal information to other parties.
(2) If personal information transfer is involved in case of merger, division, dissolution, acquisition, or bankruptcy liquidation, we will inform you of the name and contact information of the recipient, and require the new company or organization that holds your personal information to be subject to this privacy policy. Otherwise, we will request the company or organization to re-request authorization from you.
3. Public Disclosure
We will disclose your personal information only in the following cases:
(1) With your express consent.
(2) Disclosure based on law: We may disclose your personal information in case of law, legal procedure, litigation, or mandatory requirements of government authorities.
IV. How we protect your personal information
1. We have taken the security protection measures that comply with industry standards to protect the personal information provided by you against unauthorized access, public disclosure, use, modification, damage or loss. We will take all reasonable and feasible measures to protect your personal information.
We use encryption technologies to ensure data confidentiality. We use trusted protection mechanisms to prevent data from being maliciously attacked. We will deploy access control mechanisms to ensure that only authorized personnel can access personal information. In addition, we will hold the training course on security and privacy protection to enhance employees' awareness of the importance of personal information protection, and regularly check to ensure that all authorized partners strictly abide by our work specifications.
2. We have obtained the following certifications:
ZTE and some of its subsidiaries have passed the ISO 27001 :2013 information security certification. The MyOS system of ZTE terminal and some of its applications have passed the authentication of the ISO/IEC 27701 :2019 privacy information management system. We can effectively ensure your information is secure and private, and improve your privacy experience.
3. Our data security capabilities:
We have been committed to protecting your personal information security.
We have taken various security measures, such as access control system, monitoring system, encryption, pseudonymization, employee training and so forth, to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, damage or loss and other forms of illegal processing.
We have developed a business continuity plan to ensure that services can be provided continuously. Our information security policies and procedures are designed in strict accordance with international standards, and reviewed and updated regularly, and the effectiveness of the security management architecture and measures is ensured through regular third party security audits. ZTE Corporation and some of its subsidiaries have passed the ISO 27001 information security certification, and can effectively protect your personal information. In case of personal information leakage, we will initiate an emergency plan, take effective measures to prevent the situation from getting worse, and notify the relevant supervisory authority and you in a timely manner.
4. We will take all reasonable and feasible measures to ensure that irrelevant personal information is not collected. We will retain your personal information only for the period required to achieve the objectives specified in this policy, unless the retention period needs to be extended or is permitted by law.
5. We shall regularly update and publicize the contents related to reporting such as security risks, personal information security impact assessments and so forth . If we affect your personal information rights in security assessment reports, we will actively disclose security risks. You can obtain detailed report contents in the following way:
E-mail: [email protected]
6. The Internet environment is not 100 percent secure. We will do our best to ensure or guarantee the security of any information you send us. If our physical, technical or management protection facilities are damaged, which results in unauthorized access, public disclosure, tampering or damage that affects your legal rights and interests, we shall assume the corresponding legal responsibilities.
7. When personal information security incident occurs, we will inform you of the basic situation and possible impact of the security incident in a timely manner, the measures we have taken or will take, suggestions for voluntarily preventing and reducing risks, and remedial measures for you. We will inform you of the incident by email, letter, telephone or pushing notification in a timely manner. If it is difficult to inform the subjects of personal information one by one, we will release the notice in a reasonable and effective manner.
In addition, we will actively report the handling of personal information security incidents in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory department.
V. Your rights
In accordance with personal information protection laws, regulations, standards, and common practices in other countries and regions, we guarantee that you have the following rights over your personal information:
1. Access to your personal information
You have the right to access your personal information, except for exceptions as required by laws and regulations. If you want to exercise data access rights, you can access the data by yourself in the following ways:
You can query your personal information by consulting service personnel at service centers, calling the after-sales hotline, sending e-mails to the after-sales service mailbox, or consulting customer service personnel through various network channels.
You can also send an e-mail to [email protected], or submit the request by login the data subject right response system: pdsr.zte.com.cn. As long as we do not need to make too many efforts, we will provide you with other personal information generated when you use our products or services.
2. Correct your personal information
When you find that your personal information processed by us is incorrect, you have the right to request us to correct it. You can apply for a correction through the methods listed in "(1) Access to your personal information". If you cannot correct this personal information through the above links, you can email [email protected] or submit the request by login the data subject right response system: pdsr.zte.com.cn at any time.
3. Delete your personal information
You can submit a request for deleting personal information in the following cases:
(1) we violated laws and regulations.
(2) we did not obtain your consent.
(3) we violated an agreement with you.
(4) you will not use our products or services any longer, or your account is canceled.
(5) we do not provide products or services for you.
We cannot provide you with a way to delete your personal information. You can contact us for help.
If we decide to respond to your deletion request, we will also notify the entities that obtain your personal information from us and require them to delete your personal information in a timely manner, unless required by other laws and regulations, or these entities obtain your independent authorization. After you delete information, we may not immediately delete the corresponding information in the backup system, but we will delete the information during the backup update.
4. Change the scope of your authorization
Each business function can be implemented only after some basic personal information (refer to the first part in this policy) is obtained. You may grant or withdraw your authorization at any time for the collection and use of additional personal information.
You can send an e-mail to [email protected], or submit the request by login the data subject right response system: pdsr.zte.com.cn.
After you withdraw your consent, we will not process the corresponding personal information. However, your decision to withdraw your consent will not affect the previous processing of personal information based on your authorization.
5. Personal information subjects cancel accounts
You may need to register an account when using the network consulting service. You can cancel the account in accordance with the instructions of the network platform. You can also contact us for help.
After you cancel your account, you may not be able to obtain network consulting services. For how the network platform processes your personal information, refer to the privacy policy of the network platform.
6. Personal information subjects obtain copies of personal information
You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal information. We cannot provide you with a way to copy or transfer your personal information. You can contact us for help.
Under the prerequisite that the technology is feasible, for example, data interface matching, we can transmit the copy of your personal information directly to the third party specified by you.
7. Restrain Automatic decision-making of the information system
In some business functions, we may make decisions only based on non-manual automatic decision-making mechanisms such as information systems and algorithms. If these decisions have a significant impact on your legal rights and interests, you have the right to ask us for an explanation, and we will provide appropriate relief methods.
8. Respond to your above requests
To ensure security, you may need to provide a written request or prove your identity in other ways. We may ask you to verify your identity before processing your request.
We will make every effort to ensure that a response is made within one month since we received your request. Considering the complexity and quantity of the request, this period may be extended by another two months if necessary. In the case of postponed respond, we will notify you of the relevant circumstances and the reason for the delay. If the time limit set in this paragraph conflicts with local laws and regulations, the local laws and regulations shall prevail.
In principle, we do not charge for your reasonable requests, but we will charge for repeated requests that exceed a reasonable limit. We may reject requests that repeat unreasonably, require excessive technical means (for example, development of a new system or a fundamental change of current practice), and bring risks to other people's legitimate rights and interests or that are extremely impractical (for example, involving information stored on the backup tape).
We will not be able to respond to your request in accordance with laws and regulations if:
(1) The case is directly related to national security and national defense security.
(2) The case is directly related to public safety, public health, and major public interests.
(3) The case is directly related to any criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and execution of a judgment .
(4) There is sufficient evidence that you have subjective malice or abuse of rights.
(5) Responding to your request will cause serious damage to the legal rights and interests of yours or other individuals' and organizations'.
(6) Business secrets are involved.
VI. How we process the personal information of children
Our services are mainly for adults. Without the consent of parents or guardians, we will not provide services for children’s own consultation.
If the personal information of children is collected with the consent of their parents, we will only use or disclose this information with the permit of law, the express consent of parents or guardians or the necessary protection of children.
Although local laws and customs define children differently, we regard anyone under 16 as a child.
If we find that we have collected personal information of children without obtaining confirmed parental consent, we will try to delete the information as soon as possible.
VII. How to transfer your personal information around the world
Your personal information will be stored as listed in "1. How we collect and use your personal information" , and will not be transferred to other countries or regions. If there is a need to transfer, we will inform you in advance and obtain your consent.
We will take steps designed to comply with all applicable local laws when Processing personal information, including any local law conditions and restrictions on the transfer of personal information. We may also protect your data through other legally valid methods, including international data transfer agreements.
Persons located within the European Economic Area (“the EEA”):
We take steps to ensure that appropriate technical and organizational security measures and safeguards are applied when transferring personal information outside of the EEA and that privacy rights outlined in this Policy are preserved. We have established Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission as providing an adequate level of protection to the personal information we Process globally. We ensure that all transfers of Personal Information are subject to appropriate safeguards as defined by the regulation.
VIII. GDPR-Specific Provisions
The following provisions only apply to you if you live in Europe.
1.Legal Bases for the Processing of Personal Data
Our processing of your personal data as described in the Section "How We Collect and Use Your Personal Data" is based on the following legal grounds:
1.1 Consent: We may process your personal data with your consent. In particular, we may ask for your consent to participate in promotional activities, such as to send you promotional messages or enable you to participate in the User Experience Program and certain Services, including services through which we collect location information. You have the right not to provide consent, or to withdraw it at any time. The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of our use of your personal data before your withdrawal. If you have granted us consent to use your personal data, we will use it only for the purposes specified in the consent declaration. Please note that to the extent our processing is based on your consent and you deny your consent or withdraw it, we may not be able to provide the service relating thereto. Besides from that, neither the initial denial nor a withdrawal will have any negative consequences for you.
1.2 Perform or enter into a contract with you:
We rely on this legal basis in particular in the following cases:
• to provide you with ZTE's Services, process your orders or fulfil the contract between you and ZTE;
• to activate Services you have purchased, your warranty service and specific software licenses and
provide notifications for software updates;
• to allow and manage your participation in prize draws, contests or similar promotional activities held by us; and
• to diagnose product issues, repair customer equipment and provide other customer care and support Services.
1.3 Compliance with a legal obligation: ZTE may be obliged to process personal data to comply with our legal obligations, for example where ZTE is required to retain data for tax law or commercial purposes.
1.4 Legitimate interests: The processing of your personal data may also be necessary for ZTE's legitimate interests. In particular, such cases may include the following:
• to conduct customer surveys to enhance your user experience;
• to analyse the customer market on the basis of the country where you use our Services, including the number of users for product marketing and promotion;
• to analyse the efficiency of our business operations;
• to analyse error logs to improve phone quality and app functions;
• to provide you with personalised Services and to recommend and display content and advertisements tailored to you through our Services;
• to communicate with you and reply to your questions or comments submitted to us by any means;
• to ensure the functionality and safety of our Services;
• to verify your identity;
• to conduct internal auditing and to prevent and investigate fraud, cybersecurity threats or other improper use;
• to enhance and develop our Services, including relevant security features, so as to improve the product usage experience, user-friendliness, operational performance, functions and design;
• to pursue or defend against legal claims.
Your personal data will only be processed on the above grounds after we have appropriately assessed and balanced our interests against your right to privacy.
2.Additional Information on Your Rights Regarding Personal Data
Subject to the legal requirements under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
The right to access: You may request access to the personal data we hold about you.
The right to rectification: If you find that the personal data we process about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you are entitled to ask us to make rectifications without undue delay and to request the completion of your personal data where appropriate.
The right to erasure: You can submit a request to us to delete personal data, and we shall have the obligation to erase it without undue delay in some circumstances – for example, if we do not have a legal reason to continue to process the personal data to the extent required by applicable laws and regulations. Please note in so far as you delete all the data that is contained in your device, this does not mean that you have deleted all data that ZTE collects and processes about you. Therefore, we encourage you to contact us (please refer to the section "Contact Us" ) to request that your personal data is deleted.
The right to restriction of processing: You have the right, in certain circumstances, to request ZTE to temporarily restrict the processing of your personal data, such as where the accuracy of that personal data is contested by you, while we verify the accuracy of that personal data. We will keep just enough data, or process such data as is necessary to ensure that we comply with your restriction request in the future.
THE RIGHT TO OBJECT: You have the right to object to any processing justified by legitimate interests based on grounds relating to your particular situation at any time. Should you decide to object to the processing of your personal data, we will stop processing personal data that concerns you, unless we can demonstrate compelling reasons for continuing to process your personal data that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or in the case that we establish, exercise or defend our legal claims. You can object to direct marketing activities at any time for any reason whatsoever.
The right to data portability: You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format and transmit such data to another provider or have such data transmitted to another provider under certain circumstances.
The right to withdraw consent: If you have given us your consent to process your personal data but change your mind later, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of our use of your personal data before your withdrawal. If you want to withdraw your consent with regard to receiving promotional communications, you can unsubscribe through the method described in each promotional message. If you withdraw your consent, we may no longer be able to provide you with the corresponding Service.
The right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority about the way we handle or process your personal data, or file a lawsuit in a court with jurisdiction. Information about how to contact your local data protection supervisory authority is available here at https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en.
3.Additional Information on Cross-border transfer
We take steps to ensure that appropriate technical and organizational security measures and safeguards are applied when transferring personal information outside of the EEA and that privacy rights outlined in this Policy are preserved. We have established Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission as providing an adequate level of protection to the personal information we Process globally. We ensure that all transfers of Personal Information are subject to appropriate safeguards as defined by the regulation.
IX. Notice to California Consumers
California consumers have the privacy rights listed below. The rights listed below under the California Consumer Privacy Act and Shine the Light are not the same. To exercise your rights, you will need to follow the directions below that are specific to each law.
California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
Please note that the CCPA provides certain exceptions with respect to the Personal Information that we collect in connection with providing products or services to other businesses. Similarly, it does not apply to information we collect in the context of a person’s role as a job applicant, employee or contractor of ZTE. With respect to the Personal Information collected in connection with the above individuals or circumstances, you may not have any or all of the privacy rights listed below.
Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information in the Past 12 Months
The CCPA requires that we make certain disclosures about our general collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information over the past 12 months. Accordingly, in the past 12 months:
· we collected the categories of Personal Information detailed in the policy of how do we collect and use your personal information above.
· we did not sell Personal Information, as we understand the term “sale” in the CCPA and its implementing regulations.
· we did not disclosed Personal Information to any entities.
You have the right to request to know more specific disclosures about your personal information as detailed under “Request to Know” below.
California Privacy Rights
You have the following privacy rights under the CCPA:
· Request to know. You have the right to request to know the following information about our practices over the past 12 months: (i) the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you; (ii) the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you; (iii) the categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information about you; (iv) the categories of third parties with which we share Personal Information; (v) the categories of your Personal Information that we sold or disclosed and for each category, the categories of third parties to which we sold or disclosed that particular category of Personal Information; and (vi) our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your Personal Information.
You may exercise your right to request to know twice a year, free of charge. If we are unable to fulfill your request to know, we will let you know the reason why. Please note, in response to a request to know, we are prohibited from disclosing your Social Security number, driver’s license number or other government-issued identification number, financial account number, any health insurance or medical identification number, an account password, security questions or answers, unique biometric data generated from measurements or technical analysis of human characteristics.
· Request to delete. You have the right to request that we delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you. We may deny your request under certain circumstances, such as if we need to comply with our legal obligations or complete a transaction for which your Personal Information was collected. If we deny your request to delete, we will let you know the reason why.
· Right to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information. You have the right to opt out of the sale of your Personal Information. While we never exchange personal information for money or other consideration, the CCPA’s definition of “sale” is very broad and may include the use of services to deliver interest-based ads to you. We do not knowingly sell the Personal Information of minors under 13 years old without consent from the minor’s parent or guardian. We do not knowingly sell the Personal Information of minors between 13 and 16 years old without the minor’s own consent. If you do not affirmatively opt out, and you are not a minor, your Personal Information may be sold as disclosed in this privacy policy.
· Right to non-discrimination. If you choose to exercise any of these rights, we will not discriminate against you in any way. If you exercise certain rights, understand that you may be unable to use or access certain features of the app.
To make a request to know or a request to delete, contact us at 001-877-817-1759 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. If you are an authorized agent making a request on behalf of a California resident, contact us at 001-877-817-1759 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
To opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information, contact us at 001-877-817-1759 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. If you are an authorized agent making a request on behalf of a California resident, contact us at 001-877-817-1759 or send an e-mail to [email protected].
We will take steps to verify your identity before processing your request to know or request to delete. We will not fulfill your request unless you have provided sufficient information for us to reasonably verify you are the individual about whom we collected Personal Information. If you have an account with us, we will use our existing account authentication practices to verify your identity. If you do not have an account with us, we may request additional information about you so that we can verify your identity. We will only use the Personal Information you provide to verify your identity and to process your request, unless you initially provided the information for another purpose.
You may use an authorized agent to submit a request to know or a request to delete. When we verify your agent’s request, we may verify both your and your agent’s identity and request a signed document from you that authorizes your agent to make the request on your behalf. To protect your Personal Information, we reserve the right to deny a request from an agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf.
Shine the Light
California consumers may also request information from us once per calendar year about any Personal Information shared with third parties for the third party’s own direct marketing purposes, including the categories of information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we have shared such information. To request this information, please send an e-mail to [email protected] or contact us at 001-877-817-1759. Your inquiry must specify “Shine the Light Request” in the subject line of the email or the first line of the letter, and include your name, street address, city, state and ZIP code.
X. How to update this policy
Our privacy policy may change.
Without your express consent, we will not reduce your rights under this privacy policy.
We will release any changes to this policy on this page. For major changes, we will also provide more noticeable notifications (including notifications for some services, which will be sent via email to describe the specific changes in the privacy policy).
Major changes mentioned in this policy include but are not limited to the following situations:
1. Our service model has significantly changed. For example, the purpose of processing personal information, the type of processed personal information, and the mode of using the personal information.
2. Major changes have taken place in the ownership structure and organizational structure. Such as changes in owners caused by business adjustment or bankruptcy or mergers and acquisitions.
3. The major objects of personal information sharing, transfer, or public disclosure are changed.
4. Your right to participate in the processing of personal information and the way you exercise it have changed significantly.
5. Our responsible department for personal information security, contact method, or complaint channel have changed.
6. The personal information security impact assessment report indicates a high risk.
We will also archive the old version of this policy for your reference.
XI. Contact us
We have established a special personal information protection department – Data Protection Compliance Dept.. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions on this privacy policy, please feel free to contact us at Privacy @zte.com.cn, which will be replied within the appropriate time frame.
In addition, you can send letters to the Data Protection Compliance Dept. of ZTE headquarters.
To: Data Protection Compliance Dept. of ZTE Corporation
Address: 26/F, R&D Building, No. 55, Hi-Tech Road South, Shenzhen, China (Post Code: 518057)
If you are unsatisfied with our response, especially when our personal information processing activities have damaged your legal rights and interests, you can seek solutions through the local data protection agency.
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
For contact information about personal information supervisory authority in other areas, you can consult the local government. For the contact information of the European Union data protection agency, please refer to: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm