Privacy Policy

Release Date: September 19, 2022
Effective Date: September 19, 2022

Thank you for using the official website of Hongtu AI(hereinafter referred to as "Hongtu Official Website"), which is operated by Texeljoy Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. Nanjing, China. (Hereinafter referred to as "Hongtu" or "We").

Texeljoy Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. Nanjing, China and its related parties (hereinafter referred to as "Hongtu" or "we") are well aware of the importance of personal information to Hongtu customers (hereinafter referred to as "customers") and end individual users (hereinafter referred as "users" or "you").We will do our best to protect users' personal information.We will protect your personal information in accordance with the requirements of national laws and regulations, abide by the principles of consistency of power and responsibility, clear purpose, choice and consent, minimum adequacy, openness and transparency, ensuring security and subject participation. In order to provide you with more personalized user experience and services, we may collect and use your relevant information when you visit the official website of Hongtu or use our products or services.

Through this Privacy Statement, we would like to explain to you how we collect, use, store and disclose your information when using Hongtu related applications, products, services, events, experiences and visiting Hongtu's official website (collectively, the "Service" or "Hongtu Offerings"), and how we provide you with access to, update, control and protect this information. This privacy statement is closely related to the Hongtu official website, Hongtu products and services you use. Please read it carefully.

When you visit the official website of Hongtu or use our products or services, it means that you accept and fully understand all the contents of this statement, and have agreed to our collection, use, storage and disclosure of your relevant information in accordance with this privacy statement, as well as the control and protection measures provided to you.

This statement will help you understand the following:

I. Scope of application of the declaration
II. Scope of Information Collection
III. How to collect information
IV. Use of Information
V. Information Disclosure
VI. Information Storage
VII. Information Security
VIII. Access and Control
IX. Handling of Personal Information of Minors
X. Alteration
XI. Contact Us
XII. Entry into force of the declaration

I. Scope of application of the declaration

"Information" in this privacy statement refers specifically to the information collected in Article 2. This privacy statement applies to the services we provide to you.We may establish protective policies, statements, notices, or other agreements relating to the foregoing ( "Other Policies") with respect to other online and offline services or products.To the extent specifically provided for in other policies, such other policies shall prevail; in the absence of such other policies or where not covered, this Privacy Statement shall prevail.

It should be noted that this policy does not apply to services provided to you by other third parties (including but not limited to Hongtu cooperative agents).For example, if you link to a third-party service or website through the official website of Hongtu, you understand that these services are provided to you by a third party independently, and the third party will be solely responsible for the processing of your information in accordance with its policies or user agreements.

II. Scope of Information Collection

2.1 In order to complete the registration, management, real-name authentication and other necessary activities of Hongtu Secret Key Account, you need to submit true, legal and valid information, including but not limited to name, contact person, e-mail, contact telephone, contact address, bank account information, industrial and commercial registration information, etc.Please note that this process is one of the prerequisites for using some of the services of Hongtu. If you refuse to provide this information, you will not be able to use these services normally.

2.2 In order to provide continuous service and guarantee the quality of service, we will record and save the information of your login and use of the service during your use of the service, including but not limited to IP address, browser type, language used, access date and time, software and hardware characteristics information, user identifier and web browsing records.

2.3 If you need to use some optional functions or services provided by Hongtu, such as Hongtu · Portrait Human SDK, you should also provide the necessary information for using the functions or services, such as mobile phone model, app package name, application name, etc.Please note that such information is one of the prerequisites for using this part of Hongtu services. When you use this part of services, we will obtain this part of information to verify the authority of the services you use. If you refuse to provide such information, you will not be able to use such services.

2.4 If you need to apply for offline delivery or product testing online, you shall provide the contact person, contact information, address and other necessary information for the performance of the contract.

III. How to collect information

3.1 We will collect the user information that you voluntarily provide when using the official website and related services in the following scenarios and business activities, and we will collect the user information generated in the process of using the official website and related services through automated means, including but not limited to the personal information provided by users to the platform.
In particular, you are reminded that if the information cannot identify your personal identity alone or in combination with other information and has nothing to do with you, it does not belong to your personal information in the legal sense;When your information can be personally identified or related to you, either alone or in combination with other information, or when we combine data that cannot be linked to any particular personal information with other personal information about you, that information will be treated and protected as your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy for the duration of the combined use.It should be clarified that personal information does not include information that has been anonymized.

3.2 When you use products such as Hongtu · Portrait Human SDK, the SDK will automatically collect and use your information internally, including APP package name, application name, etc.

3.3 When you use products such as Hongtu Portrait SDK and HTEffect, your face data information will not be collected, stored and shared internally.

IV. Use of Information

In order to provide you with more high-quality, convenient and safe services, we may use the collected information for the following purposes on the premise of complying with relevant laws and regulations:

• To provide services to you.

• Meet your individual needs.Such as personalized help services and instructions, or other responses to you and other users.

• Service optimization and development.For example, we will optimize our services based on the information generated by the Rainbow related services in response to your needs.

• Protect the Rainbow and its partners.For example, we may use your information for authentication, permission verification, and other purposes.For example, when you use our Hongtu Portrait Human Body SDK, verify whether you have the permission to use the SDK.

• Other relevant scenarios that may require the use of the collected information. If the use scenario is not reasonably related to the initial scenario, we will re-obtain your consent before using the information.

V. Information Disclosure

We will not share your information with any unrelated third parties without your consent, except in the following cases:

5.1 We may share your information with our affiliates, third party service providers, contractors and agents only for the following purposes:

• Necessary to provide the corresponding functions or services in "II. Scope of Information Collection"and necessary for the purposes described in"IV. Use of Information".

• Fulfill our obligations and exercise our rights under our cooperation agreement or this statement or other policies.

If we share your information with any of these third parties, we will make every effort to ensure that the third party uses your information in accordance with this statement and other appropriate confidentiality and security measures that we require it to comply with.

5.2 As our business continues to develop, we and our affiliates may enter into mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers or similar transactions, and your information may be transferred as part of such transactions.We will comply with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations, notify you before the transfer, ensure the confidentiality of the information at the time of transfer, and continue to perform the corresponding responsibilities and obligations after the change.

5.3 We may also disclose your information for the following reasons:

• Comply with applicable laws and regulations.

• Directly related to national interests such as national security and national defense security; directly related to major public interests such as public security, public health and public access to information.

• Comply with the provisions of a court judgment, ruling or other legal procedure; or are directly related to the investigation, prosecution, trial and enforcement of a sentence.

• Comply with the requirements of the relevant government authorities or other competent authorities.

• We have reason to believe that we need to comply with laws and regulations.

• reasonably necessary for the implementation of the relevant service agreement or this privacy statement, the maintenance of social and public interests, the handling of complaints/disputes, and the protection of the personal and property safety or legitimate rights and interests of our customers, us or our affiliates, other users or employees.

• The user information collected is disclosed to the public by you.

• Collect user information from legally publicly disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels.

• Necessary for the conclusion and performance of the contract at your request.

• In order to safeguard your or other individuals' life, property, reputation and other important legitimate rights and interests, but it is difficult to get my consent.

• Necessary to maintain the safe and stable operation of the product or service provided, such as detecting and dealing with the failure of the product or service.

• Necessary for conducting legitimate journalism.

• It is necessary to carry out statistical or academic research for the public interest, and when it provides the results of academic research or description to the outside world, the user information contained in the results is de-identified.

• When you have legally authorized it.

If we disclose your information for the above reasons, we will inform you in a timely manner on the basis of compliance with the relevant provisions of laws and regulations and this statement.

VI. Information Storage

6.1 Personal information that we collect and generate in the People's Republic of China will be stored in the People's Republic of China.

6.2 In general, we retain your information only for the duration of our services to you, and for no longer than is necessary to satisfy the purpose for which it is used.

However, we may need to retain your information or parts of it for a longer period of time in the following circumstances and only for the purposes related to the following circumstances:

• Comply with applicable laws and regulations.

• Comply with the requirements of a court judgment, ruling, or other legal process.

• Comply with the requirements of the relevant government authorities or other competent authorities.

• We have reason to believe that we need to comply with laws and regulations.

• reasonably necessary for the implementation of the relevant service agreement or this privacy statement, the maintenance of social and public interests, the handling of complaints/disputes, and the protection of the personal and property safety or legitimate rights and interests of our customers, us or our affiliates, other users or employees.

VII. Information Security

7.1 If you have other accounts and secret keys such as Hongtu Platform, your personal information in this part may or may be associated with other account information you have in Hongtu and its affiliated companies in the future under certain scenarios.

7.2 We strive to protect information from loss, improper use, unauthorized access, or disclosure.

• We use a variety of security technologies to keep our information secure.For example, we will prevent information leakage, damage and loss through security measures such as server backup and password encryption.

• We have established strict management systems and processes to ensure the security of information.For example, we strictly limit the scope of people who can access information and conduct audits that require them to comply with confidentiality obligations.

However, please understand that due to the limitations of technology and the various malicious means that may exist, in the Internet environment, even if we do our best to strengthen security measures, it is impossible to always guarantee 100% security of information.You should be aware that the systems and communication networks you use to access our services may experience problems due to factors beyond our control.

In case of security incidents such as personal information leakage, we will initiate emergency plans to prevent the expansion of security incidents, report them in a timely manner in accordance with the relevant provisions of the National Emergency Plan for Network Security Incidents, and inform you of the relevant situation by sending emails, push notifications, announcements and other forms, and give you security advice.

7.3 In order to protect your information security more effectively, we also hope that you can strengthen your awareness of self-protection.We are only responsible for the disclosure of your personal information directly caused by this service. Therefore, please keep your account, password and other information properly to avoid the disclosure of your personal information.Do not provide personal information such as your account number and password to any third party unless you determine that it is necessary.

VIII. Access and Control

8.1 You can access, modify and delete your information in the course of using our services.The way you access, modify and delete information will depend on the specific service you use.However, you should be aware that the modification and deletion of personal information may affect the use of the relevant services involved in the information or cause the service to be unavailable.

8.2 If you find that we collect or use your information in violation of laws and regulations or the agreement between the two parties, you can ask us to delete it.If you find that your information collected and stored by us is wrong and cannot be corrected by yourself, you can also ask us to correct it.

8.3 We may require you to authenticate when accessing, modifying, and deleting information to keep your account secure.Please understand that some of your requests may not be able to be responded to due to technical limitations and legal and regulatory requirements.

8.4 Some of your information may not be accessible, modified or deleted for legitimate reasons such as legal and regulatory requirements and information security.

8.5 You can choose to withdraw your consent to the processing of your information for some non-basic functions or services, and choose to cancel the Hongtu account by contacting the customer service.

8.6 If you have any questions about the realization of the above rights, you can contact us according to the relevant contact information in "XI. Contact Us".

IX. Handling of Personal Information of Minors

9.1 Our products, websites and services are primarily for adults.Minors are not allowed to use our products and services without the consent of their guardians.Minors should use our products and services with the consent, guidance and supervision of their parents or guardians.

9.2 We will only use, share or disclose the personal information of minors, especially children, collected with the consent of parents or guardians, as permitted by laws and regulations, as expressly agreed by parents or guardians, or as necessary for the protection of minors.

9.3 If you are the guardian of a minor, when you have any questions about the personal information of the minor under your guardianship, please contact us in the way described in this statement.

X. Alteration

We may revise the terms of this Privacy Statement from time to time, and such revisions form a part of this Privacy Statement.If there is any change in the important rules that may cause your rights under this Privacy Statement to be substantially reduced or the scope of information collected and used to be expanded, we will notify you by sending you an e-mail or other means in a prominent position on the homepage before the amendment comes into effect, or directly change this statement. You can also check the latest Privacy Statement on the official website of Hongtu at any time.In that case, by continuing to use our services, you agree to be bound by this revised Privacy Statement.

XI. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this privacy statement, or find that your personal information has been leaked, you can contact us through customer service E-mail: business@texeljoy.com

XII. Entry into force of the declaration

12.1 This statement shall be effective as of the date of issue.

12.2 The effectiveness, performance, interpretation and dispute resolution of this Policy shall be governed by the laws of the mainland of the People's Republic of China (excluding conflict of laws).You agree to bring a lawsuit to the People's Court of Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, in case of any dispute or controversy with us that cannot be resolved through consultation.
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