Updated on May 21, 2021
[May 21, 2021]
introduction
- This privacy policy is a general privacy clause uniformly applicable to all products and services of Sogou Company (Beijing Sogou Information Service Co., Ltd. and its affiliates, the same below, hereinafter referred to as "Sogou Company" or "us"). If there is any inconsistency between our separate privacy policy for specific products and services and this policy, the separate privacy policy for specific products and services shall prevail.
- Sogou attaches great importance to the protection of users' personal information. When you use Sogou's products and services, Sogou may collect and use your relevant information. We formulate this privacy policy and protect your personal information security in accordance with the Network Security Law of the People's Republic of China, the Personal Information Protection Law and other relevant laws and regulations. Sogou hopes to explain to you through this policy the information that Sogou may collect, the collection method, the collection scope, the purpose of collecting this information, Sogou and how you protect the security of this information. Before using all products and services of Sogou, please read this policy carefully (especially the bold content) and make sure you understand our rules for processing your personal information. If you have any questions about this privacy agreement, you can contact us for consultation. If you do not agree to any terms in this privacy policy, you should immediately stop using Sogou's products and services.
1、 Personal information that Sogou may collect
(1) What is personal information and personal sensitive information
Personal information refers to various information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify the identity of a specific natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person, either alone or in combination with other information. Personal information includes 1) name, date of birth, address, telephone, e-mail and other basic personal information; 2) Personal identity information such as ID card, passport, driver's license, work permit, social security card and residence permit; 3) Personal biometric information such as genes, fingerprints, voiceprints, palmprint, facial recognition features, etc; 4) Personal information account, IP address, personal digital certificate and other network identity identification information; 4) Personal health physiological information; 5) Personal education information such as occupation, position, work unit, education background, work experience, transcript, etc; 6) Bank account number, password, deposit information, real estate information, credit information, credit information, transaction and consumption records, daily records, virtual property and other personal property information; 7) Communication records and contents, SMS, MMS, email and other personal communication information; 8) Contact information such as address book, friends list, group list, email address list, etc; 9) Internet browsing records, software use records, click records, collection lists and other personal Internet operation records; 10) Hardware serial number, software list, equipment MAC address, unique equipment identification code and other equipment information; 11) Personal location information such as location information, track, accommodation information, longitude and latitude; 12) Marriage history, religious belief, sexual orientation, undisclosed criminal record and other information.
Personal sensitive information refers to personal information that, once disclosed, illegally provided or abused, may endanger personal and property safety, and may easily lead to damage to personal reputation, physical and mental health or discriminatory treatment. Personal sensitive information mainly includes personal property information, personal health and physiological information, personal biometric information, personal identity information, communication information, contact information, track, precise positioning information, accommodation information, network browsing records, personal information of children under 14 years old (including 14 years old), etc.
The content of personal information and personal sensitive information in this policy comes from the provisions of GB/T35273 Personal Information Security Specification of Information Security Technology, and the definition is consistent with the definition of GB/T35273 Personal Information Security Specification of Information Security Technology. yes Personal Sensitive Information , we use Bold Italic I hope you will pay special attention to it when reading.
(2) Personal information that Sogou may collect
The main sources of personal information collected by Sogou include: information provided by you to Sogou, information obtained by Sogou during your use of Sogou products or services, and your information shared by third parties. In general, Sogou will collect and use your personal information for the purpose of the following product functions. If you do not provide relevant information or do not agree with us to collect relevant information, you may not be able to enjoy some of our services or achieve good service results.
Please note that the basic functional services provided by different products of Sogou are different. In order to realize this basic functional service, we will collect the necessary personal information corresponding to this basic functional service required under the Provisions on the Scope of Necessary Personal Information for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications. For details, please refer to the separate privacy policy of this product or service.
1. Information you provide voluntarily
1.1 In order to provide you with account registration, login functions and services, you may need to provide the following account registration information:
One touch login: When you choose to use the one touch login method of mobile phone number, we will get your Mobile phone number and the operator information of the number 。 If you do not use the one button login function, you can log in through other methods in this policy.
SMS verification login: if you choose this method to login, you need to enter Mobile phone number and corresponding verification code , you can log in only after passing the verification. We will collect your information phone number , used for account management and login verification.
Sogou account login: you need to enter your user name, email or mobile phone number and password to verify your identity before login. If you do not have a Sogou account, you can use the Mobile phone number and creation password To register an account. When you register with your mobile phone number, we will send a SMS verification code to your mobile phone number. You need to provide us with a SMS verification code to verify your identity before you can successfully register.
Third party jump login: you can use a third party account to login, mainly including QQ, WeChat, Weibo, mobile phone manufacturer account , when you authorize to log in with the above-mentioned third-party account, we will collect the information shared from the third-party account The avatar, nickname and other information you agree to grant on the third-party authorization login interface 。
The purpose of collecting the above account information is to (1) better provide you with services through account management. By logging in to the account, you can view some information about your use of our products or services, such as your vocabulary, font, skin, expression, and points, and synchronize relevant information; After you change the device, you can continue to view and use the information you have synchronized by logging in the account, and the data will not be lost due to the change of the device. (2) If you provide a real and valid mobile phone number, QQ number, microblog number, WeChat or other third-party account for binding, when you encounter the problem of losing your registered account or forgetting your password, you can easily retrieve your account and password. (3) In order to meet the real name registration requirements of relevant laws and regulations, we need you to pass the real name authentication of your mobile phone number or ID card number before using some services (mainly including comments, information release, game services).
1.2 The information you upload when using our products and services or the information you provide to us when participating in our activities.
It mainly includes: when you use Sogou products to purchase goods, in order to send goods to you, you provide us with contacts Contact address Contact information; In order to prevent cheating, you need to provide Identity information Check; You submitted the Text, image and voice to be translated ; Other information you upload when using our products and services shall be subject to the privacy policy of specific products or services. The purpose of the above information collection is to realize the corresponding specific functions. If you do not provide relevant information, the corresponding functions may not be realized.
1.3 Information submitted by you through our customer service.
You can give us feedback, complaints, appeals or consult about products or services through the feedback channels within our specific products or services or through the way provided in Article 9 of this policy. For your account and system security, we may need you to provide Account number at the time of registration/login To verify your user identity. During the verification process, you may also need to provide us with the corresponding Reference materials, your contact information So that we can contact you and help you solve the problem, or record the solution and results of related problems. In addition, the system may record the communication records between you and customer service, so as to better help you solve the problems you asked and improve the quality of customer service. If you do not provide the above information, we may not be able to timely feedback the consultation results to you, but it will not affect your normal use of our products or services.
Some specific functions of some of our products and services may require you to provide specific personal sensitive information. Before collecting personal sensitive information, we will notify and obtain your consent in a significant way. If you choose not to provide such information, you may not be able to use the corresponding functions normally, but it will not affect your use of other functions in the service. If you provide your personal sensitive information on your own initiative, you agree that we will handle your personal sensitive information according to the purposes and methods described in this policy.
2. Information we get when you use the service
2.1 Equipment information
Device information refers to the information about the device you use when using Sogou products or services. In order to make necessary adaptation between Sogou products and services and equipment and provide security services, when you use Sogou products or services, Sogou may collect information about your use of Sogou products or services Device name, device model, device ID (mainly including Android ID, IDFA, open ID), MAC address, operating system and application version, language setting, resolution, service provider network ID (PLMN) Relevant information. This information is collected to help us conduct bug analysis, ensure your normal use of Sogou products and services, improve and optimize our product experience, and ensure the security of your account. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in this policy, Sogou will not provide your device information to any third party. However, Sogou cannot guarantee that other third parties will not get your device information through other channels and identify your personal identity by combining the device information with other information. If any loss is caused to you, you should recover from the third party. The above device information is collected for the purpose of providing services. If you do not want the device information to be collected by Sogou, we may not be able to provide you with normal services.
2.2 Location information
Location information refers to the information about your location collected when you turn on the device location function and use the relevant location-based services provided by Sogou, mainly including:
(1) When you turn on the device positioning function and use our map navigation service, weather service, geographic location thesaurus synchronization service and other services related to location information, Sogou may use GPS, WiFi or other technical methods to collect and process information about your location. Tracking track, accurate positioning information As personal sensitive information, our products or services will not collect such personal sensitive information except for the specific product or service functions related to map navigation and positioning.
(2) Real time information provided by you or other users containing your geographical location. Include displays uploaded by you or others Shared information about your current or past geographical location , photos shared by you or others contain Geographic marker information 。
(3) If you do not want to be accessed, you can choose to turn off relevant functions in the device or product/service, but this may affect Sogou's provision of relevant services to you.
2.3 Log information
For the sake of service security, when you use Sogou products and services, the system may automatically collect some information through cookies or other methods and store it in the server log. Such information may include:
(1) The detailed use of Sogou's products and services, such information may include the web search words you use, click records, page addresses you visit, and your browsing records when using Sogou's services; The user habit statistics, such as the setting item information and the use times of some keys when using Sogou products, are anonymous. Sogou cannot locate specific users based on the above data.
(2) In addition to the device information described in 2.1, we may collect the version number and browser type of the software you use. To ensure the security of your operating environment or provide services, we will collect information about the mobile applications and other software you use.
(3) Equipment event information, including crash, system activity information and other relevant information.
(4) IP address 。
2.4 Other information collected with your consent
3. Information shared or collected by other third parties
It mainly includes two situations:
3.1 Information published by other users may include your information.
3.2 In order to provide you with more convenient life services, our products or services may have access to some third-party services. The information generated or shared by you when using third-party services may mainly involve the following scenarios. The information shared or collected by a third party in a specific product or service is subject to the privacy policy of the specific product or service.
(1) Authorized login of third-party account
When you use microblog, QQ, WeChat account and other third-party accounts to log in to our products or services, we need to verify your identity or bind your account information, and associate relevant accounts to our products or services with your authorization. Such information includes your avatar, nickname and other information you agree to grant on the third-party authorized login interface when you register with a third-party account (mainly including regional and gender information, which is subject to your consent and the actual provision of such third-party SDKs to the software). When you log in with the mobile phone number of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, we will obtain your mobile phone number and the operator information of the number from the mobile operator (China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom). If you do not want the above third-party account information to be collected, please do not use the third-party account login function.
(2) Sharing function
When you use the sharing function in our products or services, you need to use a third-party SDK (mainly including microblog, WeChat, QQ, and QQ space) to share information. The third party will verify your account information in the third party to achieve the sharing function. If you do not want a third party to obtain your relevant information, please do not use the sharing function.
(3) Payment function
When you use our payment products or services, you need to pay through a third-party payment platform (mainly including Alipay, WeChat payment SDK), and the relevant services and responsibilities will be borne by the third party. The third party will collect your billing information. If you do not want the third party to obtain your aforementioned information, please do not use the payment function.
(4) Weather service
The weather service is provided by a third party cooperated by Sogou. To ensure the normal use of this service, we need to collect your "location" information and provide it to the third party. If you do not want the location information to be provided to the third party, you can choose to turn off the location permission, which may affect your use of the weather service.
(5) Information push service
We need to provide you with information push services through third-party channels (mainly including Youmeng, Xiaomi SDK or other push type SDKs). The third-party channels need to obtain your device information in advance to push. If you do not want to use the push service, you can turn off the corresponding notification function through the notification bar message management in settings. When we cooperate with a third party to provide you with information services, the third party may provide us with information collected with your consent, such as oaid, to provide you with better information push or optimize the effect of advertising display. We will not use the information shared by the third party for other purposes.
4. Device permission call
In the process of providing services, in order to ensure that you can use the product or service functions normally, we will apply to the system for some of your device permissions. You can choose to allow or prohibit the application of relevant permissions. You can also cancel authorization in system settings at any time , your cancellation of authorization will cause you to be unable to use relevant business functions, but will not cause you to be unable to use other functions.
The system permissions that our products or services may require your authorization mainly involve the following categories, which are subject to the privacy policy of each product or service:
Device permissions |
Business function |
Whether authorization can be closed |
storage |
Save bookmarks, browse search history, download files |
yes |
Read device information |
Necessary adaptation with equipment to ensure the safety of products or services |
yes |
position |
Positioning navigation, weather service, geographical thesaurus synchronization |
yes |
camera |
"Scan", photo search, photo translation, AR translation |
yes |
Microphone |
Voice input, dialogue translation |
yes |
2、 The purpose and use rules of personal information collected by Sogou
(1) Sogou mainly uses the collected information for the following purposes:
1. Security: When Sogou provides products and services, it is used for authentication, customer service, security, archiving and backup purposes to ensure the security of products and services provided to you by Sogou.
2. Ensure the normal realization of search, input, page browsing, translation and other specific product or service functions provided for you.
3. Improve Sogou's existing products and services to meet your personalized needs and enhance user experience.
(1) In order to realize your personalized service, we need to know how you access and use Sogou's products and services, so as to respond to your personalized needs. Sogou may collect your account information, log information, device information, network environment information and the content information you provide when using our products or services, extract your preferences Conduct feature analysis and user portraits on behavior related information to provide you with customized services more suitable for you.
The specific scene of personalized display is to show or recommend information, advertisements, more relevant search results or promotion information that you may be more interested in, and show you material content of appropriate size according to your screen resolution. We may combine your portrait information with the information of other parties authorized by you to better meet your needs. Sogou may also use your information to send you marketing information through Sogou's services, e-mail or other ways to provide or promote goods and services of Sogou or a third party. Personalized display may have an impact on you: it can help you save time and quickly reach the content you may be interested in, but it may cause some data traffic consumption.
If you do not want Sogou to use your personal information as the aforementioned personal push or personalized advertising display, you can turn off the personalization function by setting the personalized push or personalized advertising switch in specific products or services. You can also use the relevant complaint feedback channels provided by specific products or services, Ask Sogou to stop using your relevant information for the above purposes.
(2) Sogou may obtain other information about you for the purpose of providing services or based on reasonable needs to improve service quality, including the relevant information you provided when you contacted customer service, the questionnaire reply information you sent to Sogou when you participated in the questionnaire survey, and the relevant information Sogou obtained when you interacted with Sogou.
(3) For the information collected from your various devices, Sogou may associate them to provide you with consistent services on these devices.
4. On the premise of compliance with relevant laws and regulations, Sogou may use the personal information or analyzed user portraits collected through a product or service for other products and services of Sogou, so as to improve the quality of products or services provided to you in general, better provide personalized services, and help Sogou design new products and services, Or analyze and commercialize the user database without revealing your personal information, including but not limited to display advertisements, indirect crowd portraits based on feature tags, and provide personalized services. In providing certain products or services, Sogou may invite users to participate in the "User Experience Improvement Plan". For users who join the User Experience Improvement Plan, Sogou will make statistics on the use of various functions of products and services as needed, so that the quality of products and services can be improved by analyzing statistical data, Launch innovative products and services that are helpful to users. If you do not want to participate in the program, you can choose to turn off the function through the settings in specific products or services or give us feedback through the feedback channels provided by Sogou's related products or services.
5. Software certification or management software upgrade.
6. Collect and use your relevant information under the following circumstances according to laws and regulations, in which case your authorization is not required:
(1) Related to national security and national defense security;
(2) Related to public safety, public health and major public interests;
(3) Related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution;
(4) It is difficult to obtain my consent for the purpose of protecting the life, property and other major legitimate rights and interests of the personal information subject or other individuals;
(5) It is necessary for maintaining the safe and stable operation of the products and/or services provided, including finding and handling the failures of products and/or services;
(6) Necessary for legal news reporting;
(7) When an academic research institution is necessary to carry out statistics or academic research based on the public interest and provides the results of academic research or description to the public, it de identifies the personal information contained in the results;
(8) Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.
7. Other uses agreed by you.
(2) Rules used for your personal information
1. Sogou will use the collected information in accordance with this privacy policy and in order to realize the product and/or service functions of Sogou.
2. After collecting your personal information, Sogou will de identify the data by technical means, and the de identified information will not identify the subject. Please understand and agree that Sogou has the right to use the de identified information in this case, and has the right to analyze and commercialize the user database without disclosing your personal information.
3. Please note that all personal information provided by you when using Sogou's products and/or services will continue to be authorized to Sogou during your use of Sogou's products and/or services unless you delete or refuse to collect it through system settings. When you log off your account, Sogou will stop using and delete your personal information.
4. Sogou will make statistics on the use of Sogou's products and/or services, and may share these statistics with the public or third parties to show the overall use trend of Sogou's products and/or services. However, these statistics do not contain any identification information of you.
5. When Sogou displays your personal information, Sogou will desensitize your information by including content replacement and anonymous processing to protect your information security.
6. When Sogou wants to use your personal information for other purposes not specified in this policy, or when the information collected for a specific purpose is used for other purposes, it will ask for your consent before using it.
(3) Information we may send you
1. Information push
When you use our service, we may send you email, SMS, information or push notifications. You can choose to unsubscribe on the device according to our relevant prompts.
2. Service related announcements
We may issue announcements related to products or services to you when necessary (including when a service is suspended due to system maintenance). You may not be able to cancel these service related announcements that are not advertising in nature.
3、 Sharing, transfer and disclosure of personal information
(1) Information sharing
1. We will not share your personal information with any third party company, organization or individual unless one or more of the following circumstances exist:
(1) Based on your own requirements or your express authorization or consent in advance;
(2) Related to our performance of our obligations under laws and regulations;
(3) Directly related to national security and national defense security;
(4) Directly related to public safety, public health and major public interests;
(5) Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution;
(6) In order to protect your or other personal life, property and other major legitimate rights and interests, but it is difficult to obtain my consent;
(7) Your personal information disclosed to the public by yourself;
(8) Personal information is collected from legally disclosed information, such as through legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels.
2. In order to facilitate us to jointly provide services to you based on associated accounts, recommend content you may be interested in, protect the personal and property safety of other users or the public from infringement, and improve our overall product service quality, Sogou may share your personal information with Sogou's affiliates. However, Sogou will only share necessary personal information and be bound by this privacy policy. If Sogou's related parties want to change the purpose of personal information processing, they will ask for your authorization again.
3. Only for the purpose stated in this policy, some of our services will be jointly provided by us and third-party partners through data interface cooperation. We may share some of your information with partners to provide better customer service and user experience. We will only share your personal information for legal, legitimate, necessary, specific and clear purposes, and only share the personal information necessary for providing services. Our partners have no right to use the shared personal information for other purposes unrelated to products or services. At present, Such third-party partners mainly include: software service providers, intelligent device providers and system service providers, and partners related to product functions, including:
(1) Network service partners, intelligent device providers, and system service providers: When these partners need to work with us to provide services for you, we will share the information necessary for business with them to provide services to you. If this product is connected to the network service provided by the partner, the partner may obtain your device and network status information through this software, so as to provide you with currently available network information.
(2) Service partners related to product functions. The usage scenarios mainly include: third-party account login, weather service, information push service, sharing service, and payment service. For specific third-party information, corresponding functions and collected information, see the specific description in Article 1 "Information shared or collected by other third parties" of this agreement.
(3) Data analysis, information promotion and advertising service partners. We will share your device information or encrypted label information with such partners to monitor the advertising situation, provide users with more responsive analysis results, achieve effective access to promotion or advertising information, and optimize the advertising effect.
4. Achieve participation in joint activities. When you choose to participate in the marketing activities held by us and our related parties or third parties, you may need to provide your name, address, contact information and other personal information, and we may share the above information with the related parties or third parties to ensure that you get consistent experience in our joint activities with third parties.
5. Exchange information with other companies and organizations in order to comply with laws, implement or apply the conditions of use and other agreements of Sogou, or to protect the rights, properties or security of Sogou, you or other Sogou customers, such as to prevent illegal activities such as fraud and reduce credit risk. However, this does not include personal information sold, leased, shared or otherwise disclosed for profit in violation of the commitments made in this privacy policy.
6. For companies, organizations and individuals with whom Sogou shares personal information, Sogou will require them to abide by confidentiality agreements, and require them to handle personal information in accordance with Sogou's instructions, this privacy policy and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures.
(2) Transfer of information
Sogou will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization or individual, except for the following circumstances:
1. Obtain your explicit consent or authorization in advance;
2. Provide according to applicable laws and regulations, requirements of legal procedures, mandatory administrative or judicial requirements;
3. Comply with relevant agreements signed with you (including electronic agreements signed online and corresponding platform rules) or other legal documents;
4. In the case of merger, acquisition, asset transfer or similar transactions, if personal information transfer is involved, Sogou will require the new companies and organizations holding your personal information to continue to be bound by this privacy policy, otherwise, Sogou will require the companies and organizations to seek your authorization and consent again.
(3) Disclosure of information
Sogou will only publicly disclose your personal information under the following circumstances and on the premise of taking security measures that comply with industry standards:
1. You agree or authorize Sogou to disclose;
2. You use shared functions;
3. If your personal information must be provided according to the requirements of laws and regulations, mandatory administrative law enforcement or judicial requirements, Sogou may publicly disclose your personal information according to the required type of personal information and disclosure method. On the premise of compliance with laws and regulations, when Sogou Company receives the above request for information disclosure, Sogou Company will require it to issue corresponding legal documents. Sogou will carefully review all requests to ensure that they have legal basis, and only the data that law enforcement departments have the legal right to obtain for specific investigation purposes;
4. In case of emergency, in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests or public safety and interests of you, Sogou and other users;
5. Comply with the provisions of the user agreement or other similar agreements of Sogou related products and services.
4、 Cookies and similar technologies
1. What are cookies
Cookies are a neutral technology that allows website servers to store data on or read data from clients. Cookie file is a file that stores some information about the user visiting the website, and the format is. tex. Cookie content is usually encrypted, and secure cookie technology will provide users with more convenient services when surfing the Internet.
2. Purpose of Cookies
Cookies are very important to improve users' network experience. We use cookies for the following purposes:
(1) Authentication: Cookies can notify us when you access our services, so that we can verify your identity information and ensure the security of your account.
(2) Preferences: Cookies can help us provide services for you according to the personalized settings of the service style and appearance you want. Cookies record the font size, resolution and other values you set before, so that they can be automatically adjusted to the previous settings when you visit again.
(3) Security: Cookies can help us to ensure the security of data and services, and investigate cheating, hacking, fraud and other acts against our products and services.
(4) Improve efficiency: Cookies can avoid unnecessary server load, improve service efficiency and save resources.
(5) Analysis and research: Cookies can help us understand and improve our products and services, and provide reference data for the research and development of new functions or products.
(6) Advertising optimization: Cookies can improve the attractiveness of advertising to users and enhance the value of advertising services to advertisers and publishers. Cookies can help us show you advertisements that you may be interested in on the Sogou website or software. Our partners may also use cookies to determine whether we have displayed advertisements.
3. How to manage cookies
Most devices (such as mobile applications) and browsers (such as web applications and pages) allow you to change Cookie set up. These settings are usually located in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of the browser, and you can manage the settings. You can also use the Help option in your browser for more details. However, please note that if you disable cookies, you may not enjoy the best service experience, and some services may not work properly.
5、 Information Security Protection of Sogou Company
1. Data security technical measures: Sogou will adopt security protection measures that comply with industry standards, including establishing reasonable system specifications and security technologies to prevent your personal information from unauthorized access, use, modification, and data damage or loss; Sogou will use security technology and procedures to monitor and record network operation status and network security events, and take necessary technical measures to ensure network security, to prevent information loss, improper use, unauthorized reading or disclosure. In some services, Sogou will use encryption technology, anonymous processing and other means to protect the personal information you provide. However, please understand that due to technical restrictions and possible malicious means, in the Internet industry, even if we try our best to strengthen security measures, it is impossible to always ensure 100% security of information. You need to understand that the system and communication network you use to access Sogou's products and services may have problems due to factors beyond Sogou's control.
2. Sogou only allows employees and partners who need to know these information to access personal information, and has set up a strict access control and monitoring mechanism for this purpose. Sogou also requires all personnel who may have access to your personal information to perform corresponding confidentiality obligations. If you fail to fulfill these obligations, you may be prosecuted for legal responsibility or suspended from cooperating with Sogou.
3. Sogou will take all reasonable and feasible measures to ensure that irrelevant personal information is not collected. Sogou will only retain your personal information for the period required to achieve the purpose described in this policy, unless the retention period needs to be extended or permitted by law.
4. The content and information you provide, upload or publish when using Sogou's products and services may disclose your personal information. You need to carefully consider whether to disclose relevant personal information when using Sogou's products and services. In some cases, you can control the range of users who have the right to browse your shared information through the privacy settings of some products and services of Sogou.
5. The Internet is not an absolutely secure environment, and the way of communication with other users such as email, instant messaging, social software, etc. cannot be determined whether it is fully encrypted. Sogou recommends that you use complex passwords when using such tools, and pay attention to protecting your personal information security. You shall bear the responsibilities and losses arising from the disclosure, loss, theft or tampering of any personal data due to your informing others of the user password, sharing the registered account with others, or other improper personal custody.
6. Security incident handling: In order to deal with the possible risks such as personal information leakage, damage and loss, Sogou has established a special emergency response team. According to the requirements of the company's relevant security incident handling specifications, Sogou launches security plans for different security incidents, stops losses, analyzes, develops remedial measures, and works with relevant departments to trace and strike. At the same time, Sogou will, in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, promptly inform you of the basic situation and possible impact of the security incident, the disposal measures that Sogou has taken or will take, suggestions that you can independently prevent and reduce risks, and remedial measures for you. At the same time, Sogou will inform you of the event in a timely manner by mail, letter, telephone, push notice, etc. When it is difficult to inform the personal information subject one by one, Sogou will take a reasonable and effective way to publish an announcement. At the same time, Sogou will also actively report the disposal of personal information security incidents according to the requirements of the regulatory authorities.
6、 Your management of personal information
1. You have the right to access, modify and delete your personal information; However, the deletion or modification of relevant information may affect your use of relevant products or services or result in the failure of some functions. The specific path for access, correction and deletion is generally: after entering the specific product, click "I", and then you can access, view, modify or delete the information in your account after login. The scope and method of your access, modification and deletion of personal information will mainly depend on the specific products and services you use.
2. You have the right to change the scope of your authorization or withdraw your authorization; You can change the scope of your authorization to Sogou to continue collecting personal information or revoke your authorization by 1) deleting information, 2) turning off device functions, 3) setting privacy settings in the website or software "settings" of a specific product. You can also revoke Sogou's authorization to continue collecting your personal information by canceling your account. Please understand that each business function requires some basic personal information to complete. When you withdraw your consent or authorization, Sogou cannot continue to provide you with the services corresponding to the withdrawal of your consent or authorization. However, your decision to withdraw your consent or authorization will not affect the previous personal information processing based on your authorization.
3. Account cancellation: You can apply for cancellation of relevant product accounts through the cancellation method published in the specific product or service setting interface or through the contact information listed in Article 9. We will judge whether the cancellation conditions are met according to your account security status and product line information. After you cancel your account, Sogou will stop providing you with products or services related to your account, and will delete or anonymize your personal information, unless otherwise stipulated by laws and regulations or required by you.
4. Sogou will take appropriate technical means to ensure that you can query, supplement, correct or delete your personal data, or apply for Sogou to supplement, correct or delete relevant information through the feedback or complaint channels issued by Sogou's relevant products or services; After receiving your application, Sogou will process it according to the process (for example, Sogou may require you to provide relevant proof to confirm your identity). Please understand that due to technical limitations, legal or regulatory requirements, we may not be able to meet all your requirements, and we will respond to your request within a reasonable period of time.
5. If you are unable to access, correct or delete your personal information, or you need to access, correct or delete other personal information generated when you use Sogou's products and/or services, or you think Sogou has any violation of laws and regulations or any agreement with you on the collection or use of personal information, you can contact us through the methods listed in Article 9.
six Contact information of person in charge of personal information protection Dataprivacy@tencent.com 。 If you have any questions about the protection of personal information, you can contact us through the above email address, and we will deal with the feedback in a timely manner within the scope of legal provisions.
7、 Information protection for minors
1. We protect the personal information security of minors according to the requirements of Chinese laws and regulations. If you are: (1) a child (please refer to the definition of keywords for details) user, your guardian must read and agree to all the contents of this agreement and Sogou Children's Privacy Protection Guidelines Then we will provide you with Sogou products or services; (2) Minor users who have reached the age of 14 must be accompanied by your guardian to read all the contents of this agreement, and we will not provide you with Sogou products or services until your guardian or you agree to all the contents of this agreement. If we have evidence to prove that you have violated the above agreement, we have the right to stop providing our products or services.
2. In the case of collecting personal information of minors with the consent of guardians, we will only use or publicly disclose such information when it is permitted by law, expressly agreed by guardians or necessary to protect minors. If we find that we have collected the personal information of minors under their guardianship without the prior consent of their guardians, we will delete the relevant information as soon as possible.
8、 Personal information storage location and duration
1. Personal information storage location:
We will store the user's personal information collected in China in the People's Republic of China in accordance with laws and regulations.
2. Personal information storage period:
Sogou will only keep your personal information during the period necessary for the purposes described in this policy and the time limit required by laws and regulations. The specific period is detailed in the separate privacy policy for each product and service. If the specific product and service are not specifically listed, in general, unless otherwise required by laws and regulations, the storage period is consistent with the validity period of your account. If you belong to an unregistered account, the storage period is generally 6 months. After the above storage period expires, we will delete it or conduct unrecoverable anonymization.
However, under the following circumstances, we may change the storage time of personal information to meet legal requirements:
To comply with applicable laws and regulations; To comply with the provisions of court judgments, rulings or other legal procedures; In order to comply with the requirements of relevant government agencies or legally authorized organizations; We have reason to believe that we need to comply with laws and regulations; The purpose is reasonably necessary to implement the relevant service agreement or this policy, safeguard the social and public interests, and protect the personal and property safety or other legitimate rights and interests of our customers, our or our affiliates, other users or employees.
When our products or services cease to operate, we will notify you in the form of push notifications, announcements, etc., and delete or anonymize your personal information within a reasonable period of time.
9、 Scope of application of this policy
1. This policy applies to all products and services of Sogou. The specific privacy policy for certain specific products and services will be specified in the use agreement or separate privacy agreement of relevant products and services. The privacy terms of such specific products and services form part of this policy. If the privacy terms of a specific product or service are inconsistent with this policy, the privacy terms of that specific product or service apply.
2. This policy only applies to the information collected by Sogou, and does not apply to the products and services provided by any third party or the rules for the use of third-party information. This policy does not apply to the information collected from third-party products and services (including any third-party website) that you receive through Sogou's products and services. You can claim compensation from the third party for the losses caused by the products and services of the third party.
3. If you have any questions about this privacy policy when using Sogou's products and services, you can contact our specific product or service team through the official feedback channel published by our relevant products or services and the contact information of the person in charge of personal information protection. You can also send questions to the email Dataprivacy@tencent.com Or send relevant documents to the registered address of Beijing Sogou Information Service Co., Ltd. (Floor 3, Building 9, West Area, Yard 10, Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing).
10、 Revision of this policy and application of law
1. Sogou may amend the terms of this policy from time to time, and such amendments form part of this policy. Sogou will release the revised policy in time. If you continue to use Sogou's products and services, you agree to be bound by the revised privacy policy.
2. The interpretation of this policy and the settlement of disputes shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China. Any dispute related to this policy shall be settled by both parties through friendly negotiation; If no settlement can be reached through consultation, you hereby agree to submit the dispute to the People's Court of Haidian District, Beijing. If any court with jurisdiction decides or judges that any clause of this policy is invalid, that clause will be removed from this policy. The invalidity of this clause will not affect the validity of the remaining clauses of this policy. The remaining provisions of this policy will continue to be implemented.
3. The title of this policy is designed for convenience only, and does not affect the meaning or interpretation of any clause of this policy.
11、 Keyword definition
1. User or you: refers to the user who uses the products and/or services of Sogou.
2. Minors: refer to minors under the age of 18.
3. Children: refer to minors under the age of 14.
4. De identification: refers to the process of making personal information unable to identify you without the help of additional information through technical processing of personal information.
5. Anonymization: refers to the process of making you unrecognized through the technical processing of personal information, and the processed information cannot be recovered.
6. Equipment: refers to devices that can be used to access Sogou products or services.
7. Affiliated company: refers to an enterprise that now or in the future forms a relationship with Beijing Sogou Information Service Co., Ltd. that "one party has the ability to directly or indirectly control, jointly control or exert significant influence on the other party, and two or more parties are under the control, joint control or significant influence of one party".
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