App Vault Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy was updated and took effect on November 1, 2024.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices and let us know if you have any questions.
Introduction
App vault is a platform where Xiaomi and its affiliates (hereinafter referred to as "Xiaomi", "we", "our", or "us") provide users with smart feature recommendations for quick and convenient use.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out the principles on which App vault operates, and constitutes an important part of Xiaomi Privacy Policy. In the event of inconsistency between this Privacy Policy and Xiaomi Privacy Policy with respect to App vault, the former shall prevail. For the terms and conditions not stipulated in this Privacy Policy, Xiaomi Privacy Policy shall prevail. Terms and conditions regarding the protection of minors, security measures, and cross-border data transmission can be found in Xiaomi Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is designed with your needs in mind, and it is important that you have a comprehensive understanding of our personal information collection and usage practices, while ensuring that ultimately, you have control of your personal information provided to Xiaomi. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, process and store any information that you give us when you use App vault. Under this Privacy Policy, "personal information" means information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify an individual, either from that information alone or from that information combined with other information about that individual available to Xiaomi. We will use your personal information strictly following this Privacy Policy.
Ultimately, what we want is the best for all our users. Should you have any questions about our data handling practices as summarized in this Privacy Policy, please contact us via https://privacy.mi.com/support to address your specific concerns. We will be happy to hear from you.
1. What information we collect and how we use it
1.1 Personal information that we collect and use with your authorization
The purpose of collecting personal information is to provide you with products and/or services, and to ensure that we comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other regulatory requirements. You have the right to choose whether or not to provide the information we have requested, but in most cases, if you do not provide your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our products or services or respond to your queries.
1.1.1 The following widgets are shown by default in App vault on Xiaomi phones. App vault isn't available on Xiaomi tablets, but widgets can be added from the Widget center. When you use these widgets, we will collect and use the following types of information, which may or may not be personal information, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. If you choose not to use these widgets and their corresponding services, the relevant personal information will not be collected.
1.1.1.1 Shortcuts
Shortcuts aggregates the features you use most in your frequently used apps (for example, the scan features in WeChat or Alipay) to give you direct access to these features. This widget only provides quick access to these features and will not collect your personal information.
1.1.1.2 Suggestions
Suggestions brings together your frequently-used system apps (such as Calculator) to give you direct and convenient access to these features. This widget only provides quick access to these features and will not collect your personal information.
1.1.1.3 Alipay lifestyle services
Alipay provides you with a variety of lifestyle services. Tapping this widget will open Alipay directly. This widget only provides quick access to these features and will not collect your personal information.
1.1.1.4 Sports
Sports provides information about the e-sports, basketball, and football clubs and matches that you subscribe to. To provide these services, we will collect your device identifier (OAID/VAID), device model, system settings (including region, language and time zone), app version information, Android version information, network status, and subscription settings.
1.1.1.5 Stocks
Stocks provides share prices and other information about the stocks you subscribe to. To provide these services, we will collect your device identifier (OAID/VAID), device model, system settings (including region, language and time zone), app version information, Android version information, network status, and subscription settings.
1.1.1.6 Express delivery
Express delivery allows you to track your packages and keep up-to-date on the delivery status of your items. To provide these services, we will collect your device identifier (OAID/VAID), device model, system settings (including region, language, and time zone), app version information, Android version information, network status, the phone number associated with your account, and the corresponding tracking number.
1.1.1.7 Travel assistant
You can add the Travel assistant widget for convenient travel and commute-related services. In order to provide this service, we will collect keywords from travel-related SMS (including train and flight numbers, travel dates, and station information), device identifier (OAID/VAID/Android ID/OPENID), and region, language, and time zone settings.
1.1.2 Xiaomi also provides a widget store, through which you can choose which widgets to display on your Home screen or in App vault. In order to provide a list of compatible widgets, we may collect your device identifier (OAID/VAID) and information about installed apps (including version number, package name, display name, and installation status).
1.2 Personal information you may choose whether to authorize us to collect and use
If you use a Xiaomi mobile device, we will provide the following features:
1.2.1 Card recommendations
For some models, we will select some of the newest and most popular widgets to be displayed in the recommended card area near the bottom of App vault. This feature only displays recommendations and will not collect your personal information.
1.2.2 Personalized recommendations
To offer personalized recommendations for apps and widgets, we will collect relevant data and use algorithms to show you the apps that you are most likely to be interested in or are most likely to be useful to you at a given moment. The most important or urgent widgets may also be displayed at the top of App vault based on widget priority status and user preferences. To provide these services, we will collect information such as your geographic location, device model, and your behavior and use of App vault (including swiping in and out of App vault, time spent in App vault, which cards you choose to tap, and adding and deletion of cards). We may combine data we collect across services and from your different devices to deliver a consistent cross-device experience and to personalize our content, services, and recommendations. You may opt out at any time by turning off recommendations in Settings. For detailed information, refer to "Your rights" below.
1.2.3 Additional features based on device permissions
Features based on access to device storage
In order to allow you to set your Home screen wallpaper as the background of App vault, we will access device storage. If you choose not to grant this permission, a default wallpaper will be displayed instead.
You can restrict the aforementioned permissions and stop using the corresponding features at any time. For detailed information, refer to "Your rights" below. If you restrict these permissions, you may no longer be able to access features based on the permissions, but your use of other app features will not be affected.
1.3 You are fully informed that we may collect and use personal information without your consent if:
1.3.1 The personal information is vital to national security and defense;
1.3.2 The personal information is vital to public safety, public health, and major public interests;
1.3.3 The personal information is related to criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, or execution of judgments;
1.3.4 The personal information is essential for protecting major legitimate rights (including life and property) and interests of the personal information subject or other people, but it is hard to obtain the subject's consent;
1.3.5 The personal information collected is made public by the subject at their own discretion;
1.3.6 The personal information is collected from public sources, such as news reports or government announcements;
1.3.7 The personal information is necessary for us to sign the contract as required by you;
1.3.8 The personal information is necessary to maintain the safe and steady operation of products and/or services provided, such as for discovering and handling faults of products and/or services;
1.3.9 The personal information is required for legal news releases; and
1.3.10 The personal information is de-identified in the results of statistical or academic research based on public interest.
1.4 Non-personally identifiable information
We may also collect other information that cannot identify a specific individual and which may not be defined as personal information. Such information may include statistical data generated when you use a specific service (e.g. device information and daily usage), network monitoring data (e.g. request duration, number of requests, number of error requests, etc.), and app crash events. The purpose of such collection is to improve the services we provide to you. The type and amount of information collected depends on how you use our products and/or services.
We aggregate such information. In this aggregated form, data is not personal information and cannot be used to identify you. However, if we combine non-personally identifiable information with personal information, such combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it remains combined.
2. How we share, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information
2.1 Sharing
We do not sell any personal information to third parties.
We may sometimes share your personal information with third parties (as described below) in order to provide or improve our products or services, including offering products or services based on your requirements. If you no longer wish to allow us to share this information, please contact us at https://privacy.mi.com/support.
2.1.1 Sharing that you actively choose or request
With your explicit consent or at your request, we will share your personal information within the scope of your consent with specific third parties designated by you.
2.1.2 Sharing information with our group
In order to successfully conduct business operations and to provide you with all the features of our products or services, we may share your personal information from time to time with other Xiaomi affiliates.
2.1.3 Sharing your personal information with third-party service providers
Part of the services in App vault are provided by third-party service providers. For this reason, we need to provide some of your personal information to our partners, related parties, and third-party service providers in order to provide the services that you have requested. If we share your personal information with such third parties, we will take appropriate measures to ensure the security of the processing of your personal information, including but not limited to the encryption of your personal information. We will reasonably examine the data security environment of the companies and organizations with which we share personal information and sign data processing agreements with them; we will require third parties to take sufficient measures to protect your information and strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations as well as regulatory requirements.
2.2 Transfer
Xiaomi will not transfer your information to any subject except in the following cases:
Where we have obtained your explicit consent;
If Xiaomi is involved in the merger, acquisition, or sale of all or part of its assets that may affect your personal information, we will notify you of any changes in the ownership and use and any choice you may have regarding your personal information by email and/or by posting a prominent notice on our websites or by other appropriate means;
In the circumstances explained in this Privacy Policy or by otherwise notifying you.
2.3 Public disclosure
Xiaomi may publicly disclose your personal information under the following circumstances:
Where we have obtained your explicit consent, or you have disclosed the information via our services such as on social media pages or public forums; and
Public disclosure based on law or reasonable grounds, including laws and regulations, legal procedures, litigation, or at the request of relevant government departments.
3. Retention policy
We retain personal information for the period necessary for the purpose of the information collection described in this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable laws. We will cease to retain and delete or anonymize personal information once the purpose of collection is fulfilled, or after we confirm your request for erasure, or after we terminate the operation of the corresponding product or service. An exception to this is personal information that we are processing for public interest, scientific, historical research, or statistical purposes. We will continue to retain this type of information for longer than its standard retention period, where permitted based on applicable laws, even if further data processing is not related to the original purpose of collection.
Your information is saved within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
4. Your rights
4.1 Controlling settings
We recognize that privacy concerns differ from person to person. Therefore, we provide examples of ways Xiaomi makes available to you to restrict the collection, use, disclosure, or processing of your personal information and control your privacy settings:
You can remove or edit widgets. When you remove a widget, we will cease to collect personal information related to that widget;
You can manage your permissions in Settings > Home screen > App vault > Privacy > Permissions;
You can choose whether or not to have updated items display at the top of App vault in Settings > Home screen > App vault > Move updated items up. If you turn this feature off, we will cease to collect the personal information necessary to provide this feature;
You can turn recommendations on or off in Settings > Home screen > App vault > Recommendations.
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for the aforementioned purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us on https://privacy.mi.com/support.
4.2 Your rights to your personal information
Depending on applicable laws and regulations, you may have the right to access, rectification, erasure (and certain other rights) in relation to personal information that we hold about you (hereinafter referred to as "the request").
You may also access and update the details relating to the personal information in your Xiaomi Account at https://account.xiaomi.com or by signing in to your account on your device. For additional information, please write to us or contact us via https://privacy.mi.com/support.
The request should meet the requirements of applicable laws and the following conditions:
The request is submitted through Xiaomi's exclusive request channel detailed above and for the protection of your information security, your request should be in writing (unless the local law explicitly recognizes the oral request);
You provide sufficient information to enable Xiaomi to verify your identity and ensure that you are the data subject or legally authorized to act on the data subject's behalf.
Once we obtain sufficient information to confirm that your request can be processed, we shall proceed to respond to your request within any timeframe set out under your applicable data protection laws. In detail:
Based on the requirements of applicable laws, a copy of your personal data collected and processed by us will be provided to you upon your request free of charge. For any extra requests for relevant information, we may charge a reasonable fee based on actual administrative costs according to the applicable laws.
If any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, you are entitled to have your personal information corrected or completed based on the purpose of use.
Based on the requirements of applicable laws, you have the right to request the deletion or removal of your personal information. We shall consider the grounds regarding your erasure request and take reasonable steps, including technical measures. Please note that we may not be able to immediately remove the information from the backup system due to applicable legal restrictions and/or security technology limitations. If this is the case, we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until the backup can be cleared or be made anonymous.
We have the right to refuse to process requests that are not meaningful, manifestly unfounded or excessive, requests that damage others' right to privacy, extremely unrealistic requests, and requests that require disproportionate technical work, as well as requests not required under local law, regarding information that has been made public, and regarding information given under confidential conditions. If we believe that certain aspects of the request to delete or access the information may result in our inability to legally use the information for the aforementioned anti-fraud and security purposes, the request may also be rejected.
4.3 Withdrawal of consent
You can withdraw your consent to our collection, use, and/or disclosure of your personal information that we hold in Settings > App vault > Privacy > Withdrawal of consent. Based on the specific service you are using, you can withdraw your consent by contacting us via https://privacy.mi.com/support. We will process your request within a reasonable time from when the request was made, and thereafter not collect, use and/or disclose your personal information as per your request.
Please note that your withdrawal of consent may result in certain legal consequences. Additionally, you may not be able to continue receiving the full benefit of Xiaomi's products and services, depending on how much authority you grant us to process your information. The withdrawal of your consent or authorization will not affect the validity of our processing carried out on the basis of the consent up until the point of withdrawal.
4.4 Canceling a service or account
You may cancel App vault services in Settings > Home screen > App vault > Privacy > Cancel services. Alternatively, if no requirements are specified, you can contact us to request cancellation on https://privacy.mi.com/support. If you wish to cancel the Xiaomi Account, please note that the cancellation will prevent you from using the full range of Xiaomi products and services. To protect your or others' legitimate rights and interests, we will judge whether or not to support your request for cancellation based on your use of various Xiaomi products and services.
5. Contact us
If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy or any questions relating to Xiaomi's collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, feel free to contact us by visiting https://privacy.mi.com/support. Please include "Privacy Policy" in your contact message. When we receive privacy or personal information requests about accessing or downloading personal information, we have a professional team to solve your problems. If your question itself involves a significant issue, we may ask you for more information. If you are not satisfied with the response you received, you can hand over the complaint to the relevant regulatory authority in your jurisdiction. If you consult us, we will provide information on the relevant complaint channels that may be applicable based on your actual situation.
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