78 Research Circle and its affiliated websites (hereinafter referred to as “this site”, “we”, and “our”) are fully aware of the importance of privacy to you and will respect your privacy. Please read and understand this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as “this Policy”) before submitting personal information to this site. This Policy applies to our websites, products, and services that display this Privacy Policy or link to this Privacy Policy. Specifically, this website is operated by 78 Research Circle, which is the personal information processor of the personal information collected by this website.
This policy outlines how our website handles your personal information, but it may not cover all potential data processing scenarios. Information regarding the collection of product- or service-specific data may be elaborated by our website in dedicated privacy notices or supplementary statements issued for specific products or services.
The purpose of formulating this policy is to help you understand the following:
How we collect and use your personal information
How do we use cookies and similar technologies
How do we disclose your personal information
How do we protect your personal information
Third-party providers and their services
How is this policy updated
How to contact us
- How do we collect and use your personal information
1.1 How do we collect your personal information
You are not required to provide personal information to Huawei, but in certain situations, if you choose not to provide it, we may be unable to offer you relevant products or services, nor can we respond to or resolve the issues you encounter. We will only collect and use your personal information for the purposes stated in this statement. The personal information we may collect includes:
1.1.1 Information you provide to us
(1) Account registration information. When registering an account, we will ask you to provide corresponding personal information, including your name, account, password, email, contact phone number, etc.
(2) Personal contact information. When you contact us, provide us with feedback, suggestions, or inquiries, participate in our online or offline activities, or subscribe to marketing materials, you can leave your contact information, including your name, company name, position, email, phone number, etc.
1.1.2 Information obtained during your interaction with us or use of our products and services
(1) Device and network information. We collect relevant information about your device when you use our products and services, such as device type, device name or model, device identifier, operating system type and version, browser type and version, IP address, network service provider, and other technical information that varies depending on the product.
(2) Interactive record information. This type of information will be directly submitted to us by you when you use our website, products, or services, and interact with us. For example, the information requests you provide to us, including the query information you enter or the questions or information you provide to obtain customer service support. Your communication records online or through phone, email, or participation in online and offline activities.
1.1.3 Third-party source information and public information
Where legally permitted, we also obtain relevant data from public and commercial third parties or open sources. For example, we support our services by purchasing statistical data from other companies.
We may also collect and use non-identifiable data. Non-identifiable data refers to data that cannot be used to determine an individual’s identity. For example, we collect aggregated statistical data, such as website traffic. The purpose of collecting this data is to understand how users use our website, products, and services. This allows us to improve our services and better meet user needs. We may decide on our own to collect, use, process, transfer, or disclose non-identifiable data for other purposes. We will strive to separate your personal information from non-identifiable data and use them separately. If personal information is mixed with non-identifiable data, it will still be treated as personal information.
1.2 How do we use your personal information
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
Contact you to send you important notifications, etc.
We recommend relevant content, products, or services to you. With your consent, we will send you information about products and services that may interest you; invite you to participate in 78 research circle activities (including initial code activities), market surveys, or satisfaction surveys;
- How do we use cookies and similar technologies
To ensure the normal operation of the website, we sometimes store small data files called cookies on computers or mobile devices. A cookie is a plain text file stored by a web server on a computer or mobile device. The content of a cookie can only be retrieved or read by the server that created it. Each cookie is unique to your web browser or mobile application. Cookies typically contain an identifier, the name of the site, and some numbers and characters. With the help of cookies, websites are able to store data such as user preferences or items in the shopping basket.
The purpose of our use of cookies is the same as that of most websites or internet service providers, which is to improve user experience. With the help of cookies, websites can remember a user’s single visit (using session cookies) or multiple visits (using permanent cookies). With the help of cookies, websites can save settings such as the language, font size, and other browsing preferences of computers or mobile devices. This means that users do not need to reconfigure their preferences every time they visit. If a website does not use cookies, it will treat the user as a new visitor every time the user opens a webpage. For example, if you log in to a website and then go to another webpage, the website will not recognize you and you will be logged out again. We will not use cookies for any purposes other than those stated in this policy. You can manage or delete cookies according to your preferences.
- How do we disclose your personal information
Generally, we do not disclose your personal information to others, except in the following scenarios:
(1) In accordance with applicable legal requirements or in response to legal procedures, we may also disclose your personal information to relevant law enforcement agencies or other government authorities. In certain jurisdictions, if this website is involved in restructuring, merger, bankruptcy, or liquidation proceedings, your personal information may also be disclosed to the counterparty.
(2) We will also disclose your data when there is a legitimate need to do so, such as when we believe that disclosure is necessary and appropriate to prevent physical harm or property damage, or to investigate possible or actual illegal behavior.
- How do we protect and retain your personal information
78 Research Circle places great importance on the security of personal information. We adopt appropriate physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, modification, damage, or loss. For example, we use encryption technology to ensure the confidentiality of data; we employ protection mechanisms to prevent malicious attacks on data; we deploy access control mechanisms to ensure that only authorized personnel can access personal information; and we conduct security and privacy protection training courses to enhance personnel’s understanding of the importance of protecting personal information. We will do our utmost to protect your personal information, but please be aware that no security measures are impenetrable.
We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to achieve the purposes outlined in this policy, unless the retention period needs to be extended as required or permitted by law. Due to different scenarios and varying products and services, the storage period of data may vary. The criteria we use to determine the retention period include: the time required to retain personal information to fulfill the business purpose, including providing products and services, maintaining corresponding transaction and business records, controlling and improving product and service performance and quality, ensuring the security of systems, products, and services, responding to possible user inquiries or complaints, problem identification, etc.; whether the user agrees to a longer retention period; whether there are special requirements for data retention in laws, contracts, etc. As long as your account is necessary for us to provide services, we will retain your registration information. You can also choose to deactivate your account. After you deactivate your account, we will stop providing products and services based on that account, and unless there are special legal requirements, we will delete your corresponding personal information or anonymize it.
- Third-party providers and their services
To ensure a smooth browsing experience, you may receive content or web links provided by third parties external to 78 Research Circle and its partners (hereinafter referred to as “third parties”). We have no control over such third parties. You can choose whether to access links, content, products, and services provided by third parties.
78 Research Circle has no control over the privacy and data protection policies of third parties, and such third parties are not bound by this policy. Before submitting personal information to third parties, please refer to the privacy protection policies of these third parties.
- How this policy is updated
78 Research Circle reserves the right to update or modify this policy from time to time. If our privacy policy changes, we will post the latest version of the privacy policy here. If we make significant changes to the privacy policy, we may also send you notification of the changes through different channels, such as posting a notice on our website or sending you a separate notification.
- How to contact the 78 Research Circle
If you have any privacy complaints or questions to contact the data protection officer of 78 Research Circle, please click here. Generally, we will respond within 3 working days. If you are dissatisfied with our response, especially if our personal information processing behavior has harmed your legitimate rights and interests, you can also lodge a complaint or report to the relevant regulatory authorities.