Release date:March 6, 2020
Effective date:March 6, 2020

Privacy Policy

SlowMist Inc(hereinafter referred to as "we") is the operator of SlowMist SSO. SlowMist SSO is fully aware of the importance of personal information to you. We will adopt security protection measures to protect your personal information and privacy. Therefore, we have formulated this privacy policy with a special reminder: We hope that you carefully read and understand this privacy policy before using SlowMist SSO and related services, and you can make your appropriate choices according to the guidelines.

We hope to explain to you through this privacy policy that when you use SlowMist SSO-related services, we will collect, use, store, share, transfer (if applicable) and protect your personal information and introduce our processing of your personal information to you. And services such as inquiries, accesses, deletions, corrections, withdrawal of authorization consent we provided and protection method of this information following this privacy policy. Among them, we have reminded you in bold terms about important terms such as your personal information rights, please pay special attention.

This policy will help you understand the following:

  • 1) How we collect and use personal information;
  • 2) How do we use cookies and similar technologies;
  • 3) The protection and storage of personal information;
  • 4) How we share, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information;
  • 5) How do you access and manage your personal information;
  • 6) Special protection for the right of privacy of minors;
  • 7) Revisions and notifications of this policy;
  • 8) Our contact information.

1. How we collect and use your personal information

Personal information refers to various types of information recorded electronically, or otherwise that can identify the identity of a specific natural person or reflect the activity of a specific natural person, either alone or in combination with other information. The personal information involved in this privacy policy includes basic information (including personal name, birthday, gender, address, personal phone number, email address); network identity information (including system account number, IP address, email address; passwords, password protection answers related to the previous; personal property information (transaction and consumption records), and virtual property information such as SlowMist Coin).

Personal sensitive information refers to personal information that, if leaked, illegally provided or abused, may endanger personal and property safety, which can easily lead to damage to personal reputation, physical and mental health, or discriminatory treatment. Personal sensitive information involved in this privacy policy includes: your network identity information (including account name, account nickname, email address; password and password protection questions and answers related to the previous); other information (including address books, personal phone number, mobile phone number, itinerary information, web browsing history, accommodation information, precise positioning information).

We collect and use your personal information in the following situations, and we may also collect your information from third parties who legally store your information in the following situations:

1.1 Realize the functions necessary for website services

You firstly need to register for a SlowMist SSO account. When you register, you need to provide us with at least the account name, password, mobile phone number, and email address (for verifying your email address). We will verify your identity by sending an SMS verification code or email. Your account name is your default email address. You can modify and add your nickname, gender, birthday, and your real-name authentication related information, which belongs to your "Account Information." Your supplementary account information will help us provide you with gift delivery, product redemption, etc., but if you do not provide this supplementary information, it will not affect your basic use of the website.

1.2 Realize the advanced functions of website services

1.3 According to laws and regulations

In the specific circumstances required by relevant laws and regulations, you are required to provide a color scanned copy of your valid ID for our verification and retention; if you do not provide it, we may not be able to register your account or provide you with products or services or both.

1.4 Report, complaint handling

If you are complained/reported by others, or you complain/report others, we will provide your name and ID number, and the relevant content of the complaint/report to relevant departments and regulatory authorities for resolving the complaint/report promptly; however, except the information that it is explicitly prohibited by laws and regulations.

1.5 According to laws and regulations, we may collect and use your personal information in the following situations without obtaining your authorization and consent:

  • 1) Related to national security and national defense security;
  • 2) Related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;
  • 3) Related to crime investigation, litigation, arbitration, court enforcement, etc;
  • 4) The personal information collected is disclosed by the user to the public;
  • 5) Collecting personal information from legally publicly disclosed information (or legal news reports, government information disclosure, etc.);
  • 6) Necessary for maintaining the safety and compliance of products or services or both;
  • 7) Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

2. How we use cookies and similar technologies

2.1 To simplify your repeated login steps, store your preferences, help determine your login status, and account or data security, we may send one or multiple small data files called cookies to your computer or mobile device. The cookie assigned to you is unique and can only be read by web servers in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

2.2 We do not use cookies for any purpose other than the purposes described in this privacy policy. You can close or delete similar data used by browser add-ons by changing the settings of your browser add-ons or by visiting the provider's web page. However, if you do so, you may need to change your user settings every time you visit our website, and the corresponding information you have previously recorded will be deleted, which may have a certain impact on the security of the services you use.

2.3 The methods and purposes of similar technologies, such as Beacon and Proxy, are the same or similar to cookies.

3. The protection and storage of personal information

3.1 Protection technology and measures for personal information

We retain your personal information only for the period necessary for the purposes described in this policy and for as long as required by laws and regulations.

We use encryption technology to encrypt and store personal information of users, and use encryption technology to ensure the security of personal information during transmission.

We use related technologies to restrict other people's access to users' personal information.

The internet is not an absolutely secure environment. We recommend that users personally take active measures to ensure the security of their personal information, such as regularly changing the account password and not disclosing personal information such as their account password to others.

3.2 Storage of personal information

The personal information we collect and generate within the territory of the People's Republic of China will be stored inside the People's Republic of China. For the transmission of relevant personal information collected internally to overseas institutions to handle cross-border business, we will require your authorization and obey laws, administrative regulations and the regulations of relevant regulatory authorities. And through signing agreements, verification, and other effective measures to require the overseas institution to keep the personal information obtained confidential.

Unless otherwise required by laws and regulations, we will keep your personal information for one month after the date of your account cancellation. When the retention of your personal information exceeds the period of time that we are supposed to keep, we will delete or anonymize your personal information.

If we terminate the service or operation, we will try to notify you by mail, announcement, etc. 30 days in advance and delete or anonymize your personal information after termination of the service or operation.

4. How we share, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information

4.1 Sharing

We will not share your personal information with any company, organization or individual other than SlowMist SSO, except in the following cases:

  • 1) Obtained your explicit consent or authorization in advance;
  • 2) Provide in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, legal procedures, mandatory administrative or judicial requirements, where necessary;
  • 3) Only by sharing your information can we achieve the core functions of our products or services or both, or provide the services you need;
  • 4) To handle your disputes or controversy with others at your request;
  • 5) Use based on academic research;
  • 6) It is used in accordance with the social and public interests in compliance with laws and regulations.

4.2 Transfer

We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization, or individual, except in the situations as follows:

  • 1) Obtained your explicit consent or authorization in advance;
  • 2) Provide according to the applicable laws and regulations, legal procedures, mandatory administrative or judicial requirements where necessary;
  • 3) In the case of merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy liquidation, if it involves the transfer of personal information, we will require the new company or organization that holds your personal information continue to be bound by this policy. Otherwise, we will require the company or organization to ask for your authorization again.

4.3 Public disclosure

We will only disclose your personal information publicly in the following circumstance and under the premise of adopting industry-standard security protection measures:

  • 1) According to your demand, disclose the personal information you specified in a disclosure method that you explicitly agree to;
  • 2) Where it is necessary to provide your personal information in accordance with the requirements of laws, regulations, mandatory administrative enforcement, or judicial requirements, we may publicly disclose your personal information in accordance with the type of personal information and the method of disclosure both specifically required by the requirements referred above. All requests are carefully reviewed to ensure that they have a legitimate basis and are limited to data obtained by law enforcement agencies that are for specific investigative purposes and with legitimate rights. To the extent permitted by laws and regulations, the files we disclose are protected by the encryption key.

5. How do you access and manage your personal information

We indeed value your attention to your personal information, and you have the following rights to protect your privacy and security:

5.1 Access and modify your personal information

Except as required by laws and regulations, you can access and modify your personal information at any time, including: 1) your account information; 2) your contact information; 3) your comment information. However, due to security and personal identification considerations or mandatory provisions according to laws and regulations, you may not be able to modify the initial registration information provided during registration.

5.2 Delete your personal information

You can ask us to delete personal information in the following situations: 1) If our processing of personal information violates laws and regulations; 2) If we collect and use your personal information without your consent; 3) If our handling of personal information violates our agreement with you; 4) If you cancel your account; 5) If we terminate our services and operations. If we decide to respond to your deletion request after verifying your identity and credentials after we delete the corresponding information from our service, we may not immediately delete the corresponding information in the system, but we will delete the information when the backup is updated.

6. Special protection for the right of privacy of minors

If you are a minor, please ask your parents or guardian to read this policy and use our products or services or both, and provide us with your information with the consent of your parent or guardian. If your parent or guardian does not agree to your use of our products or services or both, or to provide us with information in accordance with this policy, or both, please immediately terminate your use of our products or services or both, and notify us promptly so that we can take appropriate measures. We will protect the confidentiality and security of the personal information of minors in accordance with the relevant national laws and regulations.

7. Revisions and notices of this policy

7.1 Based on business functions, usage rules, laws and regulations and regulatory requirements, improvement of services, etc., we may revise this policy. Once the content of this policy changes, we will post the revised privacy protection policy directly on the official website. The act of announcement acts as the announcement that we have informed you that we have revised the content, and we can also prompt users to the revised content by other appropriate methods.

7.2 The revised content of this policy will take effect immediately upon publication. If you do not agree with our modification to the relevant provisions of this policy, you should immediately stop accessing SlowMist SSO and stop using our products or services or both in any form. The act of visiting SlowMist SSO or continuing to use our products in any form or services or both, stand for the announcement that you agree to the content of this privacy policy (including updated versions) and agree us to collect, use, store, transfer and share your relevant information in accordance with this privacy policy.

8. Our contact information

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, complaints, reports, etc. about this privacy policy or your personal information related matters, please contact us by sending an email to support@slowmist.com or Weibo, WeChat public account and other methods.