Sheldon Anthony IO

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their Personally Identifiable Information is being used online. Please read the privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how Sheldon Anthony IO collects, uses, protects, or otherwise handles your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with the website and mobile applications. 

Sheldon Anthony IO is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Personal information refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Sheldon Anthony IO collects, uses, discloses, transfers, and stores your personal information when you use their websites, mobile applications, or services.

In this Privacy Policy, Sheldon Anthony IO will explain to you the purposes, methods, and scope of the collection and use of your personal information by Sheldon Anthony IO, your rights to your personal information, and the security measures Sheldon Anthony IO takes to protect your information.

Before using Sheldon Anthony IO products (or services) and submitting your personal information, please read this Privacy Policy carefully to learn about privacy practices.

This policy will help you understand the following:

  1. How Sheldon Anthony IO Collects And Uses Your Personal Information
    Sheldon Anthony IO collects personal information for a more efficient operation and to provide you with the best user experience. The channels for collecting personal information include (1) information directly provided by you to Sheldon Anthony IO; (2) relevant information obtained by Sheldon Anthony IO during your use of Sheldon Anthony IO products; and/or (3) personal information about you obtained from third parties.

    The information Sheldon Anthony IO collects depends on the actual products (or services) from Sheldon Anthony IO you are using, the environment in which you interact with Sheldon Anthony IO, the choices you make,  including your privacy settings, and the products and features you use. My products and functions include core businesses and value-added businesses. In collecting information, you are not necessarily required to provide Shgeldon Anthony IO with your personal information. For core businesses, if you choose not to provide it, Sheldon Anthony IO may be unable to provide you with relevant products and respond to or solve any problems that you encounter. For value-added businesses to be unavailable, it will not compromise your use of our core businesses. 

    Personal information that Sheldon Anthony IO collects
    1. Some services Sheldon Anthony IO offers require that you submit information to Sheldon Anthony IO directly, for example:
      • You are asked to complete your personal information when contacting Sheldon Anthony IO through my website. In these services, Sheldon Anthony IO may ask you to provide your name, surname, contact number, identity number, mobile number, etc.
      • If you order products, apply for a return or refund, or use paid services from Sheldon Anthony IO, Sheldon Anthony IO may collect delivery details, bank account number, credit card details, billing address, information for credit checks, and other financial information, contact, and communication records, etc, in order to process your order. You may not be able to order products, apply for a return or refund, or use paid services from me if you do not provide such information.
      • Some of Sheldon Anthony IO services allow you to communicate and share content with other people. As required by the technology adopted in these services, such communications and shared content may be transmitted through the system and stored in the system.
      • Face Recognition and Fingerprint Unlock enable rapid unlocking of your device with pre-recorded facial or fingerprint information. To this end, you will need to provide your facial features information from different angles or your fingerprint information.
      • When you use voice command control services or other voice services, Sheldon Anthony IO records your voice and may store it on my servers.
      • When providing after-sales service and customer support to you, Sheldon Anthony IO may ask you to provide and collect your personal information, such as IMEI and device information, your name, mobile number, email address, address, etc, and I may record the call between you and Sheldon Anthony IO.
      • Sheldon Anthony IO may ask you to provide and collect your personal information under other circumstances, such as when you participate in promotions and competitions, participate in promotional marketing activities organized by partners or us, fill out questionnaires, or participate in user forums or blogs sponsored by business partners.
      • Depending on the characteristics of certain Sheldon Anthony IO products or services, Sheldon Anthony IO may also ask you to provide and collect your personal information in other scenarios. In these cases, Sheldon Anthony IO will inform you of the separate privacy policy of the relevant products.
    2. Sheldon Anthony IO obtains relevant information during your use of our products¨C25CWhen you use Sheldon Anthony IO products or services, Sheldon Anthony IO collects your device information and the information on your interaction with Sheldon Anthony IO products and services, including:
      • Device Information – Such as device name, model, region and language settings, device identification code, device hardware information and status, use habits, IP address, Mac address, operating system version, and the configuration of the device used to access the services.
      • Your log information – Such as the GPS signal of the device, information related to the nearby Wi-Fi access points and cell towers, device location ID, and ID of the network service provider. Sheldon Anthony IO will ask you which applications you want to enable location-based services for. You can modify the location settings of your device from the device settings to change the location information you provide to Sheldon Anthony IO; for example, you can change or disable methods and servers used by location-based services, or modify the accuracy of location information.
      • Album Information – Such as, to provide you with a function to display photo locations as well as to classify your photos and videos, Sheldon Anthony IO needs to collect the latitude and longitude information of your photos and video files; when you search for certain photos, Sheldon Anthony IO will collect the terms you entered and the number of photos identified locally.
      • Camera – To ensure that the apps with camera functions work normally, Sheldon Anthony IO collects the operational data (e.g how many times you use the app), information about your device, parameter information about the photos taken (like photosensitivity and number of faces captured), and information about the available space left on your phone.
      • Depending on the characteristics of certain Sheldon Anthony IO products’ services, Sheldon Anthony IO may also ask you to provide and collect your personal information in other scenarios. In these cases, Sheldon Anthony IO will inform you of the separate privacy policy of relevant products.
        **Please note that Sheldon Anthony IO may work with third-party service providers to implement the service functions mentioned above. For example, Sheldon Anthony IO may engage a third-party service provider to provide voice-to-text conversion on my behalf. Hence, the provider may receive and store certain personal information. Such third parties will not use this information for any other purposes.
    3. Information obtained from third parties¨Based on the characteristics of some Sheldon Anthony IO products or services, to the extent permitted by law, Sheldon Anthony IO may obtain your data from public or commercial sources and may combine that information with other information received from or related to you. If you choose to sign in and use my services via the account (HeyTap, QQ, WeChat, Alipay, Weibo, Facebook, etc.) of our affiliates or partners, Sheldon Anthony IO may obtain your information, such as your username and avatar, from these services.
  2. Your Rights To Your Personal Information
    Below is a list of your legal rights, as well as the measures that I take to protect these rights. Please note that for security reasons, Sheldon Anthony IO may verify your identity before processing your request. In principle, Sheldon Anthony IO does not charge any fees if your request is reasonable. However, dependent on the actual situation, Sheldon Anthony IO may impose a certain fee to cover my costs for repeated requests or requests that extend beyond reasonable limits. Sheldon Anthony IO may reject unreasonably repetitive requests, require disproportionate technical effort( for example, developing a new system or fundamentally changing an existing practice), may be detrimental to the legal rights and interests of others, or are very impractical. In addition, Sheldon Anthony IO may not be able to respond to your request if your request is directly related to matters involving national security, national defense, public health, criminal investigations, and other matters of public interest, or if the request may severely impair your legitimate rights and interests or those of other individuals and organizations.
    • Right to be informed:
      Sheldon Anthony IO publishes this Privacy Policy to inform you of how Sheldon Anthony IO processes your personal information. Sheldon Anthony IO is committed to being open and transparent about how Sheldon Anthony IO uses your personal information.
    • Right to access:
      You may at any time request access to your personal information that is in my possession by emailing me at info@sheldonanthonyio.com.
    • Right to correct:
      If you find that the personal information Sheldon Anthony IO processed about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to have me rectify or amend it. For some parts of your personal information, you can directly correct and modify it on the relevant function page of the product or service. For personal information that has not been made available for your modification, you can request correction or supplementation by contacting me at info@sheldonanthonyio.com.
    • Right to delete:
      If you find that Sheldon Anthony IO collects or uses your personal information in violation of relevant laws, administrative regulations, or the privacy policy, you have the right to delete relevant personal information. You may ask Sheldon Anthony IO to delete the personal data submitted by you or make it anonymous by contacting me via email: info@sheldonanthonyio.com.
    • Right to withdraw consent: ¨To function properly, each service requires some basic personal information (please refer to the Section “How Sheldon Anthony IO collects and uses your personal information” of this Privacy Policy). For the collection and use of additional personal information, you can grant or withdraw your authorization and consent at any time. If you withdraw your authorization or consent, Sheldon Anthony IO will no longer be able to provide you with the corresponding service for which you have withdrawn your authorization or consent. Once you withdraw your consent, Sheldon Anthony IO will no longer process your personal information. However, the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. You can change the scope of information Sheldon Anthony IO is authorized to collect by taking actions such as deleting your information, turning off relevant information collection functions, or simply withdrawing your authorization.
    • Right to complain: You have the right to register a service complaint by contacting me via email at info@sheldonanthonyio.com. Sheldon Anthony IO will respond within 15 days from the date of receipt of your complaint. If you are dissatisfied with my response, especially if my handling of personal information damages your legal rights, you can also register a complaint or report to the regulatory authorities, such as the Cyberspace Administration Department, public security organ, administration for market regulation, or take legal action in court with jurisdiction.
  3. How Sheldon Anthony IO Processes Personal Information Of Children
    1. Sheldon Anthony IO products, websites, and services are mainly for adults. Children (Sheldon Anthony IO regards anyone under the age of 14 as a child) may not use my products without the consent of a parent or guardian. For personal information of children collected with parental consent, Sheldon Anthony IO will only disclose this information to the extent permitted by law, or with the express consent of the parents or guardians, or when it is necessary to do so to protect the children concerned. 
    2. If Sheldon Anthony IO discovers that Sheldon Anthony IO has collected the personal information of a child without having obtained express and verifiable parental consent, Sheldon Anthony IO will take steps to delete the relevant data as soon as possible.
  4. Third-Party Service Providers And Their Services
    1. Sheldon Anthony IO websites, products, applications, and services may contain links to third-party websites, products, and services. You can choose whether to visit or accept websites, products, and services offered by third parties. For example, the “follow me” feature on my official website will guide you to my official social media accounts, where you can find marketing or promotional information posted by Sheldon Anthony IO.
    2. Sheldon Anthony IO has no control over third-party privacy and data protection policies, as third parties are not bound by this Policy. Before you submit personal information to third parties, please read and understand their privacy protection policies.
  5. How Your Personal Information Is Transferred Across Borders
    By developing and implementing globally operating services or applications, my products and services can reside anywhere in the world. You understand that different data protection laws involve risks. In such cases, Sheldon Anthony IO will take measures to ensure that the data Sheldon Anthony IO collects is processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws and that your personal information is equally protected as in the country/region where you use the product or service. For example, Sheldon Anthony IO will ask your permission to transfer your personal information across borders and implement security measures such as encryption, de-identification, and sign necessary data transmission/sharing agreements with data recipients before cross-border data transfer.
  6. How This Privacy Policy Is Updated
    Sheldon Anthony IO reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. Sheldon Anthony IO will send you notifications of updates through different channels. For major changes to the Privacy Policy, if you have provided us with an email address, Sheldon Anthony IO will notify you via email before the changes take effect; otherwise will post a notice on my website or send push notifications to you through my devices. This Privacy Policy is subject to amendments. However, without your express consent, Sheldon Anthony IO will not diminish your rights under this Privacy Policy.

Mobile Application Advertising

While respecting and protecting your privacy, third-party partners and Sheldon Anthony IO will serve targeted ads to you through my advertising platform based on your preferences and interests during your use of my products.

  1. How Sheldon Anthony IO Collects Your Personal Information
    During your use of our products, Sheldon Anthony IO may provide an advertising service for you based on the device information Sheldon Anthony IO obtains and your interaction with our products or services, such information includes:
    • Device Information, including the device name, device model, operating system, and device ID.
    • Log Information and operation records, such as your screen tap records and app use records.
    • Location information, including GPS and network positioning. 
    • Other information, for example, network environments.
  2. How Sheldon Anthony IO Uses Your Personal Information¨Sheldon Anthony IO may display ads in my mobile applications. To better protect your privacy, Sheldon Anthony IO displays ads based on your device id. Specifically, Sheldon Anthony IO generates a unique device ID for each device, and you can choose to reset the device ID at any time. The device ID allows me to associate personal information that I have collected on a specific device so that I can provide you with a more relevant, customized, and targeted advertising experience.In order to provide a better ad experience, Sheldon Anthony IO may create different user segments, which are groups of people who share similar characteristics, and accordingly display targeted ads.Sensitive personal information that you have authorized me to collect, such as biometric and health information, is not accessible on our advertising platform and will not be used for advertising purposes or shared with any third-party partner. Sheldon Anthony IO will obtain your consent if sensitive information is used for such purposes.
  3. How Sheldon Anthony IO Discloses Your Personal Information¨In order to display ads to you, Sheldon Anthony IO will share your device ID and the personal information associated with the device ID (such as profiles) with my third-party partners. Third-party partners may display targeted ads that you may be interested in based on your device ID and measure the effectiveness of the ads displayed by them.
  4. How To Manage Targeted Advertising
    1. Limit Ad Tracking If you do not wish to receive targeted advertising based on your preferences and interests, you can choose to opt out of receiving targeted ads from Sheldon Anthony IO and my third-party partners by turning on Limit Ad Tracking.You can turn on Limit Ad Tracking in “Settings – Security – Device ID & Ads. After you turn this setting on, it will be synced to my advertising platform and third-party partners. Sheldon Anthony IO will respect your preferences and cease to push device ID-based ads to you. After you have turned on Limit Ad Tracking, you may still receive ads, but the ads may be less relevant to you.
    2. Resetting Your Device ID¨After you select “Reset device ID, your original device ID will be reset, and all data associated with your original device ID will be cleared. To do this, go to “Settings – Security – Device ID & Ads“.
    3. Turning on Ad Tracking Again ¨If you turn on Limit Ad Tracking and later choose to turn it off, a new device ID will be generated for your device so that I can display targeted advertising to you. To turn the feature on, go to “Settings – Security – Device ID & Ads“.¨

The products and services of Sheldon Anthony IO referenced herein are subject to changes depending on the phone and system versions you use or the requirements of local laws and regulations. The final products and services shall be the products and services in the phone or systems you use.

Sheldon Anthony IO needs certain personal information to provide my services. If you do not agree to the above Privacy Policy, Sheldon Anthony IO will not be able to collect and use the information necessary to provide my services. 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy or practices, please contact Sheldon Anthony IO via email: info@sheldonanthonyio.com