Thank you for your interest in Shenzhen Hohem Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hohem”, “we” or “us”) and in the various hardware, firmware, software, websites, applications, and service provided by us and on which a link to this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) is displayed (each, a “Product” or “Service” and, collectively, the “Hohem Products and Services)
Our Privacy Policy came into effect on October 28, 2019. This Policy can provide privacy details about how we manage your personal information when using Hohem Products and Services. Please take a moment to familiarize with our privacy practices, and if you have any questions, please let us know.
This Privacy Policy sets out how Hohem Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hohem") collect, use, disclose, process and protect any information that you give us when you use Hohem Products and Services, you consent to the privacy practices described in this Policy. This Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the Terms of Use for the Hohem Products and Services you use.
The Privacy Policy is designed with you in mind, and it is important that you have a comprehensive understanding of our personal information collection and usage practices, as well as full confidence that ultimately, you have control of any personal information provided to Hohem.
In this Privacy Policy, "personal information" means information that can be used to identify an individual, either from that information alone or from that information combined with other information Hohem has access about that individual. Such personal information may include but not limit to the information you provide to us, including your name, email address, mailing address, mobile phone number, and payment information (if you use Hohem Products and Services to engage in purchases or financial transactions).
By using Hohem Products and Services, you are deemed to have read, acknowledged and accepted all the provisions stated here in the Privacy Policy, including any changes we may make from time to time. In order to comply with applicable laws, including local data protection legislation (e.g. General Data Protection Regulation in Europe Union), we will specifically seek prior explicit consent to the particular processing (e.g. automated individual decision-making) of special categories of personal data. We are committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of your personal information by complying with applicable laws, including your local data protection legislation. We are equally committed to ensuring that all our employees and agents uphold these obligations.
In order to provide our services to you, we will ask you to provide personal information that is necessary to provide those services to you. If you do not provide your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our products or services.
We will only collect the information that is necessary for its specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes. We may collect the following types of information (which may or may not be personal information):
We may collect the personal information you provide to us, including your name, email address, mailing address, mobile phone number, and payment information (if you use Hohem Products and Services to engage in purchases or financial transactions), and any other information you provide us for register and login. For example, you provide us with information when you register for a Hohem account, use Hohem Products and Services, submit credentials or other information for account verification, upload or share photos or videos on or through Hohem Products and Services, or send us customer service-related requests using Hohem Products and Services or other means of communication.
Information related to your device. For example, software version number, client type (Android/IOS), device model, device firmware version number, so that you can use the latest software functions.
Information related to your use, for example, your crash information. So that we can know your software problem and fix it.
We will get the region and language settings, from your mobile phone, so that we can know which server your data is suitable for storing, and which app language you may need.
We get your equipment usage time for providing you better service.
When you use the Gallery features, we will collect your offered images and videos captured by Hohem Products and Services, so you can use the software to view and delete. Those images and videos will be only on the local for your access.
We use information we collect through Hohem Products and Services in a variety of ways in providing the Hohem Products and Services and operating our business. We will ensure that the use of information is generally required under the user agreements we have with you, or is in our legitimate interest as part of the Hohem Products and Services we provide, or is with your consent (which are in the communications, social media, technology and cloud businesses), Third Party Service Providers (defined below) for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. The use of information that we collect includes the following:
Providing, processing, maintaining, improving and developing Hohem Products and Services, including after-sales and customer support and for services on your device or through our websites
Communicating with you about your device, service or any general queries, such as updates, customer inquiry support, information about our events, notices
Storing and maintaining your information for our business operations or legal obligations
Providing local services without communicating with our servers.
Here are more details on how we use your information (which may include personal information)
Information you provide to us will be used to log in or create account for Hohem Products and Services, help you connect device, provide personalized services and after-sales service, and accurately push specific messages (such as offline activity notification, etc.).
Your device information will be used to provide you with device related service and support, such as directly push firmware version, improve software problems, provide after-sales service, etc.
In the course of using Hohem Products and Services, your Wi-Fi or Bluetooth information will be used to search the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth nearby and to connect the device you need.
Your device information, device usage time and log information will be used for optimizing hardware or software, so that you can have a better product experience.
Storing images and videos taken by Hohem Products and Services on your local phone, so you can view, download and delete them as you choose.
We may use your email address, Hohem account ID to provide marketing materials to you relating to Hohem Products and Services and our business partners which offer network, mobile applications and cloud products and services. We will only so use your personal data after we obtain your prior explicit consent and involve a clear affirmative action or indication of no objection in accordance with local data protection laws, which may require separate explicit consent. You have the right to opt out of our proposed use of your personal data for direct marketing.
We will not disclose your information that we collect through Hohem Products and Services to Third Parties except as described in this Policy or as we disclose to you at the same time the information is collected. We may disclose your personal information to Third Parties (as described below) in order to provide the products or services that you have requested.
Disclosure may be made to Third Party Service Providers and affiliated companies listed in this section below. In each case described in this section, you can be assured that Hohem will only share your personal information in accordance with your consent. You should know that when Hohem shares your personal information with a Third Party Service Provider under any circumstance described in this section, Hohem will contractually specify that the third party is subject to practices and obligations to comply with applicable local data protection laws. Hohem will contractually ensure compliance by any Third Party Service Providers with the privacy standards that apply to them in your home jurisdiction.
In order to conduct business operations smoothly in providing you with the full capabilities of our products and services, we may disclose your personal information from time to time to other Hohem affiliated companies, or our third party service providers which are our mailing houses, delivery service providers, telecommunications companies, data centers, data storage facilities, customer service providers, advertising and marketing service providers, and Hohem representatives. Such Third Party Service Providers would be processing your personal information on Hohem’s behalf or for one or more of the purposes listed above. If you no longer wish to allow us to share this information, please contact us at service@hohem.com.
We may share anonymized information and statistics in aggregate form with Third Party for business purposes, for example with advertisers on our website, we may share them trends about the general use of our services, such as the number of customers in certain demographic groups who purchased certain products or who carried out certain transactions.
For the avoidance of doubt, Hohem may collect, use or disclose your personal information without your consent if it is and only to the extent it is allowed explicitly under local data protection laws. Such disclosure may be brought about by the necessity to protect our rights, ensure the safety of you and other people, and comply with the requirements of the local government to facilitate the investigations of illegal activities.
Hohem’s Security Measures
We are committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure or other similar risks, we have put in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect from your using of Hohem Products and Service and on Hohem websites. We will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal information.
For example, when you access your Hohem account, you can choose to use our two-step verification process for better security. When you send or receive data from your Hohem device to our servers, we make sure they are encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer ("SSL") and other algorithms.
All your personal information is stored on secure servers that are protected in controlled facilities. We classify your data based on importance and sensitivity, and ensure that your personal information has the highest security level. We make sure that our employees and Third Party Service Providers who access the information to help provide you with Hohem Products and Service are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet such obligations. We have special access controls for cloud based data storage as well. All in all, we regularly review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against any unauthorized access and use.
We will take all practicable steps to safeguard your personal information. However, you should be aware that the use of the Internet is not entirely secure, and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal information which is transferred from you or to you via the Internet.
You can play your part in safeguarding your personal information by not disclosing your login password or account information to anybody unless such person is duly authorized by you. Whenever you log in as a Hohem account user, particularly on others’ computer or on public Internet terminals, you should always log out at the end of your session.
Hohem cannot be held responsible for lapses in security caused by Third Party accesses to your personal information as a result of your failure to keep your personal information private. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you must notify us immediately if there is any unauthorized use of your account by any other Internet user or any other breach of security.
Your assistance will help us protect the privacy of your personal information.
Personal information will be held for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required or permitted by applicable laws. We shall cease to retain personal information, or remove the means by which the personal information can be associated with particular individuals, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the purpose for which that personal information was collected is no longer being served by retention of the personal information. If further processing is for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes according to the applicable laws, the data can be further retained by Hohem even if the further processing is incompatible with original purposes.
All the person information on device will be erased when you reset your device to factory default settings .To implement this setting, you can do in APP settings. The photos and videos captured by APP are saved in mobile phone, so you need to manually delete.
Our applications may need access to certain features on your device such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth status. This information is used to allow the applications to run on your device and allow you to interact with the applications. At any time you may revoke your permissions by turning these off at the device level or contacting us at service@hohem.com
Hohem recognizes that privacy concerns differ from person to person. Therefore, we provide examples of ways Hohem makes available for you to choose to restrict the collection, use, disclosure or processing of your personal information and control your privacy settings:
Open or close the location
Open or close the read-write storage of the album
Turn on or off the permission of camera and microphone
Log in or out of the Hohem account
You may withdraw your consent for the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information in our possession or control by submitting a request. This may be done by sending an email to us at service@hohem.com. We will process your request within a reasonable time from when the request was made, and thereafter not collect, use or disclose your personal information as per your request.
Please recognize that your withdrawal of consent could result in certain legal consequences. Depending on the extent of your withdrawal of consent for us to process your personal information, it may mean that you will not be able to enjoy Hohem Products and Services.
To the extent that we may need to transfer personal information outside of your jurisdiction, whether to our affiliated companies or Third Party Service Providers, we shall do so in accordance with the applicable laws. In particular, we will ensure that all transfers will be in accordance with requirements under your applicable local data protection laws by putting in place appropriate safeguards. You will have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards taken by Hohem for this transfer of your personal information.
Hohem Products and Services are not directed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16 without obtaining parental consent.
If you have agreed to our applicable User Agreements, in the event of inconsistency between such User Agreements and this Privacy Policy, such User Agreements shall prevail.
We may update this Policy from time to time. If we modify this Policy, we will make it available on or through the Hohem Products and Services, and indicate the date of the latest revision. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you of the change. Limited by applicable laws, your continued use of Hohem Products and Services after the revised Policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood, and agreed to the current version of this Policy.
Our Privacy Policy does not apply to products and services offered by a Third Party. Hohem Products and Services may include third parties' products, services and links to Third Parties' websites. When you use such products or services, they may collect your information too. For this reason, we strongly suggest that you read the Third Party's Privacy Policy as you have taken time to read ours. We are not responsible for and cannot control how third parties use personal information which they collect from you. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to other sites linked from our services.
When you log in with twitter, you will agree to the terms of twitter:https://twitter.com/en/privacy
When you log in with facebook, you will agree to the terms of facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may be able to log in to our website using sign-on services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity, provide you the option to share certain personal information (such as your name and email address) with us, and to pre-populate our sign up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on this website to your profile page to share with others within your network.
If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy or any questions relating to Hohem's collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, please contact us at the address below referencing "Privacy Policy":
Shenzhen Hohem Technology Co., Ltd.
B106, University Creative Park, Xili, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Email: service@hohem.com
If you have any queries or wish to exercise any of your rights under this Policy, then please contact us as set out above. Thank you for taking the time to understand our Privacy Policy!