Privacy Policy
Updated Date: 2025-2-28
Introduction
ReadSeek: Browser App is developed and operated by Kunming Quyue Network Technology Co., Ltd. We attach great importance to protecting the personal information and privacy of users (hereinafter referred to as "you"). When you use ReadSeek, we will collect, use, store, and share your relevant personal information. To present how we handle your personal information, we have formulated the ReadSeek Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Privacy Policy"), and we commit to handling your personal information in strict accordance with this Privacy Policy.
About Us:
- Company Information: Kunming Quyue Network Technology Co., Ltd
- Registered Address: No. 1-91, 33rd Floor, Block B, China Railway Cloud Times Building, No. 179 Wangqi Road, Puji Street Office, Wuhua District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province
- Contact Information: aiyuesou8@outlook.com
This Privacy Policy will help you understand the following:
I. How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
II. How We Store Your Personal Information
III. How We Share, Transfer, and Publicly Disclose Your Personal Information
IV. How Third-Party Products or Services Obtain Your Personal Information
V. How We Protect Your Personal Information
VI. How You Manage Your Personal Information
VII. How We Handle the Personal Information of Minors
I. How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
(I) How We Collect Your Personal Information
During your use of ReadSeek, we will collect your personal information in the following ways:
1. Basic Usage
To ensure the normal operation of ReadSeek, improve and optimize our service experience, we will collect your device model, operating system, unique device identifier (such as the Android ID or Advertising ID on Android devices, and the IDFA identifier on iOS devices), IP address, software version number, network access method, type and status, network quality data, device accelerometer (such as gravity sensing devices), operation logs, service log information (such as records generated when you use ReadSeek synchronization services or interact with the ReadSeek website), and other log information. This type of information is the basic information that must be collected to provide services.
2. Account Registration
When you register a ReadSeek account, we need to collect your username information. We collect this information to help you complete the registration of your ReadSeek cloud synchronization account and protect your account security. If you do not provide this information, we will not be able to create an account for you and provide you with cloud synchronization services.
3. Data Synchronization
When you use cloud services, we need to collect your current bookmarks, favorites, and settings. We collect this information to ensure that you can use our synchronization services normally, share data between different devices, complete data synchronization, and enhance your user experience. If you do not provide this information, you will not be able to use the synchronization service.
4. Opening Links
When ReadSeek receives shared information or you actively choose to paste text, we will access your clipboard locally to extract links or search keywords to open web pages or search text. We will not collect your clipboard information.
(II) Device Permission Requests
During your use of ReadSeek, we need to request device permissions from you within the necessary scope. Please be aware that we will not enable your device permissions by default. ReadSeek will only collect your information if you actively confirm and enable the permissions. The permissions requested by ReadSeek, the purposes for which they are requested, and whether you will be asked before the permissions are requested are shown in the table below:
| Device Permission | Purpose of Permission Request | Will You Be Asked? | Can You Disable Permission? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network Permission | Access Websites | No | Yes |
| Storage Permission | Download and Save Images | Yes | Yes |
| Camera Permission | Authorize Websites to Use the Camera | Yes | Yes |
| Microphone Permission | Authorize Websites to Use the Microphone | Yes | Yes |
| Location Permission | Provide Location Information to Websites | Yes | Yes |
| Tracking Permission | Third-party SDKs (Google Admob) need to use your advertising identifier to provide personalized ads. | Yes | Yes |
(III) How We Use Your Personal Information
We will use the collected personal information in accordance with the provisions of this Policy and for the purpose of providing our services.
Please note that all personal information you provide when using our services will continue to be authorized for our use during your use of our services, unless you delete it or refuse our collection through system settings. When you cancel your account, we will stop using and delete your personal information.
We will conduct statistics on the usage of the services we provide and may share these statistics with the public or third parties for the purposes of product development, service optimization, and security assurance. However, these statistics do not contain any of your personally identifiable information.
When we intend to use your personal information for purposes not specified in this Policy, or use information collected for a specific purpose for other purposes, we will first seek your consent in the form of your active opt-in.
(IV) Other Rules
In accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and national standards, we may collect and use your relevant personal information without seeking your authorization and consent in the following circumstances:
(1) Related to our fulfillment of obligations stipulated by laws and regulations;
(2) Directly related to national security and national defense security;
(3) Directly related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;
(4) Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and judgment enforcement;
(5) Necessary to safeguard the major legitimate rights and interests of the personal information subject or other individuals, but difficult to obtain the subject's authorization and consent;
(6) The personal information involved is publicly disclosed to the public by the personal information subject or guardian;
(7) Necessary for signing and performing a contract as required by the personal information subject;
(8) Collecting personal information from legally disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure, and other channels;
(9) Necessary to maintain the secure and stable operation of the provided products or services, such as discovering and handling product or service failures.
II. How We Store Your Personal Information
We will store your personal information within the shortest retention period required for the purposes specified in this Policy and as required by laws and regulations. After the aforementioned period expires, we will delete or anonymize your personal information.
1. Personal information collected and generated during our operations within China will be stored in: Yunnan Province Data Center or Guangdong Province Data Center in China (for the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "within China" includes Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions of China).
2. All personal information collected and generated during our operations outside China will be stored in the Hong Kong Data Center, except in the following cases:
(1) Clearly stipulated by laws;
(2) With your explicit authorization;
(3) Your active request for overseas services and other personal initiatives.
In the above cases, we will ensure that your personal information is adequately protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and relevant laws and regulations.
III. How We Share, Transfer, and Publicly Disclose Your Personal Information
1. Commissioned Processing
We will commission third-party service providers to process the personal information we collect so that they can provide us with infrastructure technology, data analysis, and other product or technical support. The aforementioned commissioned processing activities are subject to the purposes stated in this Policy.
2. Sharing
(1) With your prior explicit consent or authorization, or if you request us to share your personal information with a third party via email or other means;
(2) In accordance with applicable laws and regulations, or as required by the mandatory requirements of government authorities.
3. Transfer
We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization, or individual, but in the event of a merger, acquisition, asset transfer, or bankruptcy liquidation, if personal information transfer is involved, we will inform you of the situation and require the new company or organization holding your personal information to continue to be bound by this Policy, otherwise we will require the company or organization to re-obtain your authorization and consent.
4. Public Disclosure
Unless otherwise stipulated in this Policy or clearly provided by laws, we will not publicly disclose your personal information.
5. Exceptions
In addition, in accordance with relevant laws and national standards, we may share, transfer, or publicly disclose personal information without prior authorization and consent from you in the following circumstances:
(1) Related to our fulfillment of obligations stipulated by laws and regulations;
(2) Directly related to national security and national defense security;
(3) Directly related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;
(4) Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and judgment enforcement;
(5) Necessary to safeguard the major legitimate rights and interests of the personal information subject or other individuals, but difficult to obtain the subject's authorization and consent;
(6) Personal information publicly disclosed to the public by the personal information subject or guardian;
(7) Collecting personal information from legally disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure, and other channels.
6. Other Instructions
Please note that information you voluntarily share or publicly disclose when using our services may involve your or others' personal information, including sensitive personal information. Please be cautious when sharing or disclosing such information. If the information involves others' personal information, please obtain their consent before sharing or disclosing it.
Please be aware that, according to laws and regulations, if we adopt technical measures and other necessary measures to process personal information, making it impossible for the data recipient to re-identify specific individuals and unable to restore the data, the sharing, transfer, and public disclosure of the processed data are not subject to additional notification to and consent from you.
IV. How Third-Party Products or Services Obtain Your Personal Information
To provide you with richer and more complete functions, we will use the following third-party software development kits (SDKs) to provide you with services. For specific information collection and usage by the SDKs, please refer to the privacy policies or relevant statements of the SDK operators. The third-party SDKs currently integrated into ReadSeek are as follows:
1. Pangolin SDK (ReadSeek for iOS 1.2.1 and above, enabled only in the Chinese mainland)
Entity Name: Pangolin, a global developer growth platform
Purpose of Use: ReadSeek app advertising recommendation services
Platform Link: https://www.csjplatform.com/
Platform Privacy Policy: https://www.csjplatform.com/privacy/
2. Google Admob SDK (ReadSeek for iOS 1.2.9 and above, enabled only outside the Chinese mainland)
Entity Name: Google Admob
Purpose of Use: ReadSeek app advertising recommendation services
Platform Chinese Link: https://admob.google.cn/intl/zh-CN_cn/home/
Platform Chinese Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.cn/privacy?hl=zh-CN
Platform English Link: https://admob.google.com/home/
Platform English Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
V. How We Protect Your Personal Information
We attach great importance to the security of personal information and take all reasonable and feasible measures to protect your personal information:
We have adopted industry-standard data protection technologies and management measures, such as network isolation and data encryption, to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction.
Please be aware that while we will strive to ensure the security of any information you send to us, the internet environment is not 100% secure, and we are not responsible for any risks or losses arising from or related to this.
In the unfortunate event of a personal information security incident, we will inform you in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations: the basic situation of the security incident and its possible impact, the disposal measures we have taken or will take, suggestions for your autonomous prevention and risk reduction, and remedial measures for you. We will promptly inform you of the relevant situation of the incident through application push notifications, emails, text messages, phone calls, and other means. When it is difficult to inform each personal information subject individually, we will adopt reasonable and effective methods to issue a public announcement. At the same time, we will also actively report the handling of personal information security incidents to regulatory authorities as required.
VI. How You Manage Your Personal Information
1. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information
If you wish to access or correct your personal information, you can modify your personal nickname by clicking "[Login] - [Click Avatar]".
2. Deleting Your Personal Information
If you wish to delete your personal information, please refer to Section 4 to cancel your account, or contact us through the methods specified in this Privacy Policy, and we will respond to your request promptly.
3. Changing the Scope of Your Authorization and Consent
You can change the scope of your consent or withdraw your authorization through device permission settings or by contacting us through the methods specified in this Privacy Policy.
Please understand that ReadSeek may need to enable certain permissions and collect necessary personal information to function properly. When you withdraw your consent, we will no longer be able to provide you with the services corresponding to the withdrawn consent, but this will not affect the personal information processing services previously provided based on your authorization.
4. Account Cancellation
If you wish to cancel your account, you can click "[Avatar] - [Login] - [Cancel User]" and follow the on-screen instructions, or contact us through the methods specified in this Privacy Policy, and we will respond to your request promptly.
Your cancellation of the aforementioned account is irreversible. We will stop providing you with products or services, no longer collect your personal information, and delete or anonymize your personal information related to your account upon your request.
5. Responding to Your Requests
If you are unable to exercise your rights in the aforementioned manner, you can contact us through the contact information specified in this Privacy Policy. To ensure security, you may need to provide a written request or prove your identity in other ways. We may first ask you to verify your identity before processing your request.
For your reasonable requests, we generally do not charge fees, but for repeated requests that exceed reasonable limits, we will charge certain costs based on the circumstances. We may refuse requests that are unduly repetitive, require excessive technical means, pose risks to the legitimate rights and interests of others, or are highly impractical.
6. Exceptions to Responding
We will not be able to respond to your request in the following circumstances:
(1) Related to our fulfillment of obligations stipulated by laws and regulations;
(2) Directly related to national security and national defense security;
(3) Directly related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;
(4) Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and judgment enforcement;
(5) We have sufficient evidence that the personal information subject has acted with subjective malice or abused their rights;
(6) Necessary to safeguard the major legitimate rights and interests of the personal information subject or other individuals, but difficult to obtain the subject's authorization and consent;
(7) Responding to the personal information subject's request would cause serious harm to the legitimate rights and interests of the personal information subject or other individuals or organizations;
(8) Involving trade secrets.
VII. How We Handle the Personal Information of Minors
We attach great importance to the protection of the personal information of minors. According to the provisions of relevant laws and regulations, the collection and use of the personal information of minors under the age of 14 requires authorization and consent from their guardians; the collection and use of the personal information of minors aged 14 to 18 may be authorized and consented to by their guardians or themselves.
If you are a minor (especially a minor under the age of 14), we require you to ask your parents or other guardians to carefully read this Privacy Policy and use our services or provide us with information only after obtaining authorization and consent from your guardians.
If you are the guardian of a minor, please pay attention to whether the minor under your guardianship is using our products or services with your authorization and consent. If you have any questions about the personal information of the minor under your guardianship, please contact us through the methods specified in this Privacy Policy.
VIII. How This Privacy Policy is Updated
Our Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time. We will publish any revisions to this Privacy Policy on this page. For major revisions, we will also provide more prominent notifications (we may provide special prompts on the browsing page to explain the specific revisions to the Privacy Policy). Without your explicit consent, we will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy.
Major revisions to this Privacy Policy include, but are not limited to: significant changes in our service model; changes in the main parties to whom personal information is shared, transferred, or publicly disclosed; significant changes in your rights regarding personal information processing and the ways in which you exercise those rights; changes in our contact information and complaint channels; and when a personal information security impact assessment report indicates high risks.
IX. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or personal information protection, you can send your questions, opinions, or suggestions to aiyuesou8@outlook.com. Generally, we will respond within ten working days.