Welcome to ShortNow’ Privacy Policy, including its various iterations and subsequent versions, including the ShortNow APP version (collectively referred to herein as “ShortNow,” “we,” “us,” “our” or “our”). This Privacy Policy is an integral part of and governed by our User Terms of Service. In this Privacy Policy ("Policy"), our products and services are referred to as "Services."
The main purpose of collecting personal information is to provide you and other users with a more efficient and enjoyable experience when using our products and services. We strive to create a safe and engaging online environment for all users, and the collection of information helps us achieve this goal. When using the Services, we may collect and process details that may be directly or indirectly associated with your personal identity. In either case, such details may be considered personal data under this policy.
1.Information not directly related to your personal identity: For example, we may collect and process information about the user's source route, access sequence, etc., such as tracking each user's source route and browser software.
1.Information you share with other users through this service and information you save when using this service.
We may use your information (such as interests, personalized tags, browsing and search history, device information, usage habits, location information, order information, etc.) and combine it to extract your browsing, search preferences, behavior patterns and location Information is modeled through recommendation algorithms, programming, advertising models, user behavior analysis, and user portraits. This enables us to provide page display and personalized content recommendations that are better suited to your needs.
Enhancing Our Services
You acknowledge and agree that we may request certain access permissions on your device to gather and utilize information related to specific features and services. For instance:
1. With your consent, we can access your storage space, enabling you to cache, download, and save content.
2. With your consent, we can access your device information, using it as your device's unique identifier to provide you with more personalized recommendations, understand product applicability, identify irregularities, and ensure network and service security.
According to relevant laws and regulations, your authorization is not required to collect your information in the following situations:
1. Related to the fulfillment of obligations under applicable laws and regulations;
2. Pertaining to public safety, public health, and significant public interests;
3. Related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and execution of judgments;
4. When it is challenging to obtain your consent to protect the life, property, and other major legitimate rights and interests of you or other individuals;
5. When the information collected is publicly disclosed by you;
6. Information collected from legally disclosed sources, such as legal news, government information disclosure, and other channels;
7. Necessary for signing a contract as per your request;
8. Required to maintain the safe and stable operation of the service, such as detecting and handling product or service failures;
9. Necessary for lawful news reporting;
10. If an academic research institution uses the information for statistical or academic research in the public interest and de-identifies the information contained in the results;
1. Sharing
We will not share your information with any third party outside of ShortNow without your consent, except in the following situations:
To provide you with our services. We may share your information with our partners and third parties to achieve essential functions or provide the services you need, such as payment services, data services. To maintain and enhance our services. We may share your information with our partners and third parties to help us offer you more targeted and improved services.
To achieve the purposes described in Section 2 "How we collect and use personal information."
To fulfill our obligations and exercise our rights under this Policy or other agreements between you and us.
Sharing with third parties, including partners who entrust us with marketing, but we will only provide information related to the reach and effectiveness of the promotion and will not provide any information that can identify you.
To comply with applicable laws and regulations, protect us and our affiliates or partners, you, other users, or public interests, property, or safety from harm, such as preventing fraud and other illegal activities and reducing credit risk.
To assist you in resolving disputes or conflicts with others as per your legal requirements.
To provide your information at your and/or your guardian's lawful request.
To provide your information based on academic research.
To provide your information in compliance with social and public interests as per applicable laws and regulations.
We will only share your information for lawful, legitimate, necessary, specific, and clear purposes. For companies, organizations, and individuals with whom we share information, we will sign strict Non-Disclosure Agreements and require them to handle information in accordance with our instructions, this policy, and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures.
2. Disclosure
We will only disclose your information in the following circumstances, complying with industry-standard security measures:
Disclose your designated information with your affirmative consent according to your needs; In cases where it is necessary to provide your information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, mandatory administrative enforcement, or judicial requirements, we may disclose your information according to the type of information requested and the manner of disclosure. We will require the recipient to produce corresponding legal documents, such as subpoenas or investigation letters, and ensure that the information requested is as transparent as possible, legally valid, and limited to data obtained by law enforcement agencies for specific legal purposes.
1. Directly related to public safety, public health, or major public interests;
2.Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and execution of judgments;
3.When it is difficult to obtain your consent to safeguard the life, property, and other major legitimate rights and interests of you or other individuals;
4.The collected information is disclosed to the public by you;
5.Information collected from legally disclosed sources, such as legal coverage, government information disclosure, and other channels;
6.Fulfilling obligations stipulated by applicable laws and regulations;
7.Other circumstances prescribed by laws and regulations.
We retain your information only for the period required for the purposes described in this Policy and as required by applicable laws and regulations. If we terminate the service, we will stop collecting your personal information in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. After the service is terminated, we will delete or anonymize your personal information unless otherwise stipulated by laws or regulatory agencies.
You agree to authorize us to store and transfer your personal information/data across borders through this Policy. We ensure that your personal information is adequately protected in accordance with this Policy and relevant applicable laws and regulations. We will take measures to protect your information, including:
1. Technical Measures for Data Security: We will adopt security protection measures in line with industry standards, including establishing reasonable system specifications and security technologies to prevent unauthorized access, modification, and loss or damage to your information.
2. Other Security Measures: We manage and standardize the storage and use of information by establishing data security rules and conducting comprehensive data security control and awareness through monitoring and audit mechanisms.
3. Employee and Partner Access: We only allow employees and partners who need to know your information to access it, and we have set up strict access control and monitoring mechanisms for this purpose.
4. Reasonable Precautions: We will take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that irrelevant information is not collected.
5. Internet Environment: We will do our best to ensure the security of any information you send to us, but please be aware that the Internet environment is not 100% secure.
6. Handling of Security Incidents: We have formulated systems to clarify the classification and grading standards of security incidents and the corresponding procedures, and we have established a special security incident emergency response team.
We may modify the terms of this Policy at our discretion. Major changes will be notified prominently, and your continued use of the Service implies agreement with the revised Policy.