Privacy Policy
Updated in Oct.8, 2021
Chuango is authorized to operate the website and the product mobile applications (the "Service"), This means that when you enter our website or buy and use our products your personal data will be collected, stored and used by us. This page will inform you on our privacy policy regarding your personal data and your rights. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
The data controller responsible in accordance with the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection regulations is:
DreamCatcher IoT Technology Ltd.
B508, Qianjiang Zheshang Venture Capital Investment Center, No.527, Xixi Road., Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
EU Representative
Chuango AIoT GmbH
Frisenweg 1, 22763 Hamburg, Germany
What we collect about you
We collect the following personal and device information when visiting any of our Site or using our Products:
Personal & Account Information
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Information required and collected during device setup is your email address and password, etc. You can also
optionally choose to provide a profile picture and account name.
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If you are invited to create an account from the owner of a Chuango product, we will collect your name and
email address from the Chuango user that invited you. Other account details will be obtained directly from you
during the setup process, provided that you accept the invitation.
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Your phone number will be obtained directly from you during the configuration process if you activate the notification feature to receive auto SMS/Phone call from Chuango's device.
Device Information
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Audio and/or video is collected through the device. Audio and video data is stored securely on our servers to
ensure you can access it and playback footage.。
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Environmental data from Chuango’s sensors, such as motion, air quality, humidity, temperature, and ambient
light.
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Device Information, such as model and serial number, physical network information (including IP address),
device activity logs, and historic and current device configuration.
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Information about your mobile device such as your mobile device ID (which is similar to a website IP address),
which is used to define which server it should connect with.
Your personal and account information can be connected with the device information.
What we do with the information we gather
We use your personal data to perform the agreement between us, so you can use the Service:
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We need your information to contact you, to send you the device you ordered or to assist you with any problem
you have.
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During device setup, the Chuango product will ask for your Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and password to connect
to the Internet. It will save this information on the device, along with your IP address, so that you can
access it and control it from your mobile devices, and so that it can communicate with Chuango servers and
download software/firmware updates.
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Some of Chuango alarm devices are designed to help you not miss out on some important device-related
notifications. If you choose to activate this feature, you can choose to provide us with phone number
information, but we only store your phone number on the device, you are automatically notified when the device
status is abnormal.
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Your account allows you to provide certain basic profile information like your nickname and profile photo. You
should only use photos you are willing to make public to other Chuango users.
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We collect data from several sensors built into Chuango device or paired to the alarm panel. For example,
motion detectors can detect movements. These devices can sense whether something is abnormal for security
purposes then notify the panel to sound a siren and/or send you a notification.
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In order to improve your experience over time and help tackle any problem you may encounter with Chuango
products, we record device model and serial number, software version, and technical information such as sensor
status, Wi-Fi connectivity, error logs, battery status, and whether product features are working properly.
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When you enable the streaming features of your Chuango camera products, we may record and process video and/or
audio recordings from the device, subject to your configuration and settings. We may process information from
your camera so that we can send you alerts when something happens. In addition, if you have the recording
feature enabled, we will capture, process and retain video and audio data recordings from your device for the
duration of your subscription period (for example, 3 or 30 days depending on different cloud storage package
you may choose) and you will be able to access those recordings using the Service during that time.
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You may save and may choose to share certain content like screenshots and video clips to other people. We will
collect and store information that will allow us to save or share your content as directed by you.
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Some of the devices have cloud storage subscription plans available, you can purchase such services through
PayPal. We won’t save your payment information, but only your purchased subscription plan and PayPal account
name.
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We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access the
Service by or through a mobile device ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your
computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our
Service that you visited, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device
identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Service by or through a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the
type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile
operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic
data.
- To monitor the usage of our Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we
offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to
receive such information
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Chuango Europe B.V. will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
We need to use your data if it is our legitimate interest:
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We may email you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send. In addition, you may invite friends or family members to share access to your device. We will ask you for the email addresses of any such individuals and automatically send email invitations.
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We may notify you on changes in our Service, allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so, gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service and detect, prevent and address technical issues. For that matter we also monitor the usage of our Service.
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We may also need your data if we need to protect you or ourselves.
What app permissions we need
The following authorizations are required to implement the functions in the app:
iOS
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Location Services
Access to SSID information during the pairing process.
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Camera
QR Code scanner for pairing process, photo function for profile image creation
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Bluetooth Sharing
Pairing with devices
For Products* with video function, it would require more permissions:
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Microphone
Enables the two-way voice control
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Media Sharing
Store photos and videos to your mobile phone from connected devices
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Photos
Store photos and videos to your mobile phone from connected devices
Android
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Camera
QR Code scanner for pairing process, photo function for profile image creation
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Location
Access to SSID information during the pairing process
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Bluetooth Sharing
Pairing with devices
For Products* with video function, it would require more permissions:
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Microphone
Two-way voice control
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Device memory
Store photos and videos to your mobile phone from connected devices
Receiving third parties and processors
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).
We will not store or collect your payment card details. information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. We use a payment processor called PayPal.
PayPal Private Policy:https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/legalhub-full?locale.x=en_DE
https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Some of our products use third-party voice assistance services such as Amazon® Alexa or Google® Assistant. These services collect audio data (voice) to help operate and control enabled products. The data these services collect to help operate our products are governed by the privacy policies of such services.
If you activate and link your Chuango product and DreamCatcher Life account to Amazon Alexa and/or Hey Google, that means you have read and agreed to their respective privacy policies. For more information, please visit:
Amazon Alexa:https://www.amazon.com/Alexa-Privacy-Hub/b?ie=UTF8&node=19149164011
https://safety.google/assistant/
Google Assistant:https://policies.google.com/privacy
Amazon, Alexa, and all associated logos are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Google is a trademark of Google LLC.
As Chuango is part of a larger concern it is possible that under need-to-know circumstances, other entities, which are one of our affiliates may have access to your data. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
On our website you will find social media buttons or links to other websites of interest, for example LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. When you use this button or click on this link, the privacy statement of that particular party applies. We do not have any responsibility regarding the use of social media buttons or links to other websites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question. By using cookies, we also allow third parties to look into your personal data to the extent necessary. We would like you to look at our cookie policy for more information here: http://www.chuango.com/privacypolicy/Privacy_Cookies.html
We will not sell your personal data to third parties, and other than the above we will not transfer or lease your personal data to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
Usage of App SDK
1.Description of the use of SDKs
We use SDKs to provide functional modules. For this purpose, the used code is embedded into the SDKs.
2.Third party libraries used for iOS
- IQKeyboardManager
- Masonry
- MJRefresh
- MQTTClient
- OpenSSL-Universal
- Reachability
- SDWebImage
- TZImagePickerController
- UICKeyChainStore
3.Third party libraries used for Android
- - bouncycastle
- - carrier
- - Cjson
- - FFmpeg
- geocoder
- github.bumptech.glide
- github.donkinglianggithub.kittinunf.fuel
- github.promeggithub.salomonbrys.kotson
- heytap.msp
- io.reactivex.rxjava2
- libphonenumber
- Libuv
- lzy.net
- mosquitto
- neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt
- net.jpountz.lz4
- Nineoldandroids
- Openssl
- org.bouncycastle
- org.jetbrains.kotlin
- prefixmapper
- squareup.picasso
- huawei.agconnect
- huawei.hms:push
- -vivo_pushsdk
- MiPush
The SDK are used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We have a legitimate interest in the technically error-free display and optimization of our app - for this purpose the SDK must be used.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children").
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Storage
We do not store your personal data longer than we believe is necessary for the purposes as set out above. This depends on the following:
- You may delete your account anytime you like
- Your data is deleted after the storage time as set out in the cloud plan that you purchased has ended. Such timeframe may vary from 3 hours to 30 days, or when desired indefinitely when you bookmark the data.
- Please mind that if we receive your information through a webform, we will store such information for 2 years
- Your information may be used for statistical purposes for a longer period but such information will be anonymized as well.
Your privacy rights
You may always change, add or delete your account at Chuango. You also have the right, at all times to request for
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Access and rectification or erasure of your personal data;
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Restriction of processing or to object to processing in general;
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Data portability;
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A withdrawal of your consent, which we at all times will obey;
We have the obligation to fulfill your request within 4 weeks of receipt. If we are not able to meet such period of time we will inform you accordingly. Please understand that we will do the best we can to meet your requests however, this is sometimes not possible. In that case we need to examine if your individual interests prevail our rights and obligations but we will at all times provide you with a solid motivation. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests