TenRead Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy will be effective as of May 1, 2024.

A. Introduction

Your service provider is Xiamen Hongyu Culture Media Co., LTD (Hereinafter referred to as "Platform" or “TenRead”), a company operating under the laws of China. We recognize that your privacy is important and we take it seriously. Your privacy and trust are important to us and we are committed to being transparent about the use of the information we collect.

This Privacy Policy describes the Platform's policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, disclosure and sharing of your personal information or personal data and the choices or services you can make about how we use that information when you visit or use our website, application ("TenRead").

Please note that the Platform's Terms of Service apply to this Privacy Policy. Please read this Policy carefully before using the Platform to ensure that you are aware of and fully understand its contents, in particular the meaning of the bolded content and the corresponding legal consequences. By checking the box or clicking "Agree", you are deemed to have accepted this Policy. By accessing or using the Platform's websites and applications, you agree to accept this Privacy Policy unconditionally. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Platform Services.

This Privacy Policy is important. We hope you will take the time to read it carefully.

B. Age Restrictions

The Platform is not suitable for children. Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to use our websites, applications and/or services for any purpose. The Platform will never knowingly solicit or accept personally identifiable information or other content from Users or Visitors who are known to be under the age of 13. If the Platform becomes aware that a user under the age of 13 has created an account, or that a user or visitor under the age of 13 has posted personally identifiable information or other content to the Services, the Platform will terminate the account and delete the information or other content.

Users between the ages of 13 and 18 (each a "Youth") are not permitted to access or use the Services unless (i) both the Youth and his or her parent or legal guardian have agreed to the TOS; and (ii) the Youth is using an account established by his or her parent or legal guardian under the supervision of and with the permission of such parent or guardian. guardian's permission. If you allow a Youth to use the Services, you hereby agree to the TOS on behalf of yourself and the Youth. You further agree that you are solely responsible for any and all use of the Services by the Youth, whether or not authorized by you.

C. Data Collection

We want you to be aware of the types of information we collect when you use our Services. We use this information to operate, develop and improve our Services - from determining basic information (such as the language you speak) to more complex information (such as which advertisements you find most useful, the online authors who are most important to you, or which stories you might enjoy.

When you interact with our websites, applications and/or services, we collect information that can be used to identify you ("Personal Data"). Some of the information we collect is stored in a way that cannot be linked back to you ("Non-Personal Data").

When you log in, we collect information stored through your account (typically your nickname, email address, and account password), which we treat as Personal Data. This log information may include, but is not limited to, your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query, and cookie data. If you log into the Platform using social networking credentials (e.g., a third-party account), we will request permission to access basic information about that account, such as your name and e-mail address. You can stop sharing this information with us at any time by removing the Platform's access to the account. When you are not logged into our Services, we store the information we collect using a unique identifier associated with the applications and devices you are using. This collection helps us do things like maintain your language preferences during a browsing session.

If you are a paying customer, we collect your payment information. This information is required to complete business transactions on our applications and websites. We use this information to enable and complete your transactions. If you choose to use the services of any third party to complete and pay for your order, you will provide your credit card number directly to the third party. The third party's privacy policy will apply to the information you provide on their site.

If you choose to participate in our surveys, we may ask you to provide certain information (both personal and non-personal data) that will be used to provide personalized help and instructions. '

 

The information we collect and how we use it depends on how you use our services and how your privacy controls are managed.

D. Use of Your Data

The Platform uses your data as necessary to fulfill our contract with you and our legitimate business interests. The purposes for which your data is processed and used are set out below:

·To help us provide and administer our sites, applications and/or services, authenticate users for security purposes, provide personalized user features and access, process transactions, conduct research, develop new features, and improve our functionality, algorithms and usability sites, applications and/or services.

·Communicate with you about your use of our websites, applications or services, product announcements, and software updates, and respond to your requests for assistance, including providing account verification support if you have difficulty accessing your account.

· To send you direct marketing information and special offers about our products and services via inbox messages. If you do not wish to receive any of these messages, please contact us at [email protected] when you create your account or at any time thereafter.

·When you log in to this Platform through a third-party account (e.g., Facebook, Google), you need to authorize us to obtain the public information of the third-party account that you use to log in (e.g., avatar, nickname, gender and other information you authorize to be obtained), and the account is bound to your account on this Platform. If you do not agree to authorize or refuse us to obtain the above information, you will not be able to log in to the Platform through the third-party account, but it will not affect your normal use of other functions of the Platform.

·Display user content associated with your account and ensure that it is available to you when you use our services.

· Calculate aggregated statistics on the number of unique devices using our websites, applications and/or services, and detect and prevent fraud and abuse.

·Analyze what features or actions have been taken on our websites, applications and/or services to improve your experience.

·Verify that parents and guardians have consented to the use of the platform by minors through the payment process.

· To facilitate your purchases on our websites, apps or services and to verify your real name to facilitate the creation of your payment account.

· Use a third-party payment platform to process your payments.

For example, we will learn how many users visit specific pages on the site and which links they click on. We use this aggregated information to better understand and optimize the website.

If you choose to use our services or provide us with your information, your information may be transferred to, processed and maintained on servers or databases located outside of your country or jurisdiction. The laws of these countries or jurisdictions may not be as forward-looking as the laws of the country or jurisdiction in which you reside. If you do not want your information transferred to or processed or maintained outside of your country or jurisdiction, you should not use our websites, applications or services.

E. Cookies

We use cookies to provide, protect and promote our products.

"cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies can remain on your device for different periods of time. Some cookies are "session cookies," which means they exist only while your browser or application is open. They are automatically deleted once you close your browser or application. Other cookies are "persistent cookies," which means they persist after your browser or application is closed. The Service can use cookies to recognize your device when you open and use the Service again.

We use cookies to improve the quality of our services and to better understand how people interact with us. We use cookies to:

· Validate login information.

· Track traffic flow and travel patterns associated with the service.

· Understand the total number of visitors accessing the service on an ongoing basis, as well as device types.

· Monitor the performance of the Service and make continuous improvements.

· Customize and enhance your online experience.

· Provide you with customer service.

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies, but please note that if you choose to reject cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Services.

Most devices (for mobile applications) and browsers (for web applications and pages) are initially set to accept cookies and allow you to change cookie settings. These settings can usually be found in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. You can reset your browser to reject all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is to be sent.

F. Information Sharing

a. Shared information about our websites, applications or services

Any information contained in your publicly visible Platform profile, which may include your profile ID, nickname, photo, and your biography, will be shared on our Sites, Apps, or Services in order to maintain your account in accordance with your instructions or manner of Request.

b. Sharing Your Data Outside of Our Sites, Applications or Services

Certain features associated with the Platform allow you to provide shared information to persons outside of the Platform network. For example, publicly accessible blogs and forums, or certain social media features within the Platform (such as "plug-ins" (which create a direct link between two websites)) allow you to republish and disclose Shared Information. If you use these features to share information, a third party unaffiliated with us may see and use that information.

The information we share with that third party is explained to you when you first use the service or feature, and we require the third party to provide the same or equivalent protection of user data as described in this Policy. You can control which third parties have access to this information in your account. You may withdraw your consent to share this information at any time by following the instructions here. Please note that if you ask us not to share this information with third parties, you may no longer be able to use the service or feature. We are not responsible for the use by any third party of any information you provide to them.

We will not rent or sell your personal information to other companies or individuals unless we have your consent.

In order to ensure the implementation of product-related functions and the safe and stable operation of the application, we may access software development kits (SDKs) provided by third-party service providers to implement the relevant functions. We will conduct strict security monitoring of the software tool development kits (SDKs) that we work with to access information to ensure data security. We carefully evaluate the purposes for which third parties use shared information, thoroughly assess the security capabilities of these partners, and require them to comply with legal agreements for cooperation. At this time, the third party SDK service provider may collect your personal information. The collection and processing of information by the aforementioned service providers are subject to their own privacy terms and conditions, which do not apply to this policy. To maximize the protection of your information, we recommend that you review the privacy policy of any third-party SDK service before using it. To protect your legitimate rights and interests, if you find these SDKs or other similar applications to be risky, we recommend that you terminate the relevant operation immediately and contact us promptly.

For more details, please refer to the "List of Third-Party SDK Collection and Usage Information".

G. Information Security

We take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.

We limit access to your personal information to those employees who need to know that information to operate, develop or improve our services.

H. Updating Your Information

We provide mechanisms to update and correct your personally identifiable and non-personal information for many of our services.

You also have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, how we use it and with whom we share it. You also have the right to correct that information.

You can access and correct your personal information at any time by logging into your account.

In the case of a request for correction, if we agree that the personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, we will endeavor to inform any third parties to whom we have disclosed the relevant personal information so that they may also correct the personal information.

I. Deletion of Your Data

You can request the deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. We will assess such requests on a case-by-case basis. We may retain some of your data for as long as reasonably necessary for our legitimate business interests (including fraud detection and prevention) and to comply with our legal obligations (including tax, legal reporting and auditing obligations). Sometimes, the only way to fulfill your request is to close your account.

You may delete your account and you should be aware that by deleting your account you will lose your right to access or use all or part of the Platform.

J. Changes to This Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your express consent. We will always indicate the date the last change was posted and make an archived version available for your review. If the changes are material, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, an inbox notice of Privacy Policy changes). Such changes will apply to any and all information provided by users accessing, using, or accessing the Services at the time of account creation or at any point thereafter. Please note that by accessing or using the TenRead Platform, you agree to unconditionally accept the updated Privacy Policy.

K. Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Platforms

TenRead allows other companies (called third-party ad servers or ad networks) to serve ads within the TenRead Platform. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to deliver advertisements and links that appear on the Platform directly to you. They automatically receive your IP address when an advertisement occurs. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the content of the advertisements you see.

The Platform does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent, except as part of a specific program or feature that you can opt in or out of.

You should consult the privacy policies of each of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for more information about their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. TenRead's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Any data obtained by a third-party ad server that is subsequently shared with PLATFORM is maintained and processed by PLATFORM in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

L. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, you may email us at the following email address: [email protected].

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