Ifun Privacy Policy

Release Date: October 11, 2023
Effective Date: October 11, 2023
Version: v20241101
This document was updated on November 1, 2024. Please take some time to read it carefully. If you have any questions, please contact us.

The "Ifun Privacy Policy" (hereinafter referred to as "this Policy") applies only to the Ifun products and/or services provided to you by Ninesence (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "we" or "us"). Before using this software, please read this Policy carefully to understand how we handle your personal information. Important content related to personal sensitive information and your personal information rights has been highlighted in bold, please pay special attention. If you are a minor under 14 years old, please read and fully understand this Policy accompanied by your parents or other guardians, and use Ifun products and/or services after obtaining their consent.

Special Reminders:

  1. Your agreement to this Policy only means that you have understood the functions provided by Ifun and the necessary personal information required for these functions to operate.
  2. For personal sensitive information, we will separately obtain your consent through a pop-up window before collection.
  3. The corresponding device permissions will not be enabled by default. When important or sensitive device permissions are involved, we will enable them after obtaining your separate consent through a pop-up window when you use the corresponding business functions. After the permissions are enabled, you can disable them at any time on the "My - Settings - System Permission Settings" page or on the device system permission settings page. If you do not agree to enable the permissions corresponding to a certain business function, it will not affect the normal use of other unrelated business functions.

This Policy will help you understand the following contents:

  1. Definitions and Interpretations
  2. How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
  3. How We Share, Transfer, and Disclose Your Personal Information
  4. How We Protect Your Personal Information
  5. How We Store Your Personal Information
  6. How You Can Exercise Your Personal Information Rights
  7. How We Protect Minors' Personal Information
  8. How Your Personal Information Is Transferred Globally
  9. How We Update This Policy
  10. Integration of Third-Party Application SDK
  11. How to Contact Us
  12. Others

I. Definitions and Interpretations

  1. Ifun Products and/or Services: Including Ifun App (hereinafter referred to as "this Software") and products and/or services provided by the Ifun website https://www.ninesence.com/.
  2. Ifun Service: Refers to the services provided by the operator of Ifun, Ninesence (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred to as "this Service".
  3. Jiuwei Shengtong (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd.: The operator of Xiaoxi Aiwan, specializing in the research of intelligent voice and language technology, software product development, and voice information services. Registered address/regular office address: Room 502, Block A, Tangshang Technology Building, No. 139 Yiyuan Road, Majialong Community, Nantou Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen City. Contact number: 0755-26606617; If you would like to learn more about our company or platform in detail, you can contact us through the contact information provided in Chapter 11 of this policy.
  4. User: Refers to users who register, log in, and use this Software and enable, browse, or upload data to the Ifun service. In this Policy, more often referred to as "you".
  5. Affiliated Company: Refers to any party that directly or indirectly controls us, is controlled by us, or is under common control with us. Here, "control" and "controlled" refer to the right to direct a party's management policies through voting rights, contracts, or other means.
  6. Account: Refers to the user account you own after completing real information registration, which is kept by you; you should be legally responsible for all actions under your account.
  7. Personal Information: Personal information is various information recorded electronically or otherwise that can identify a natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person, excluding information that has been anonymized. For the avoidance of doubt, personal information includes but is not limited to sensitive personal information.
  8. Sensitive Personal Information: Sensitive personal information is personal information that, once leaked or illegally used, may easily lead to infringement of a natural person's personal dignity or endanger personal or property safety, including biometric identification, religious beliefs, specific identity, medical health, financial accounts, tracking information, and personal information of minors under the age of fourteen.
  9. Processing of Personal Information: Processing of personal information includes the collection, storage, use, processing, transmission, provision, disclosure, and deletion of personal information.
  10. Personal Information Processor: A personal information processor refers to an organization or individual that independently determines the purpose and method of processing in personal information processing activities.
  11. Personal Information Subject: The personal information subject refers to the natural person identified or associated with the personal information.
  12. Automated Decision-Making: Automated decision-making refers to activities that use computer programs to automatically analyze and evaluate a person's behavior habits, interests, hobbies, or economic, health, and credit status, and make decisions.
  13. De-identification: De-identification refers to the process of processing personal information so that it cannot identify a specific natural person without the aid of additional information.
  14. Anonymization: Anonymization refers to the process of processing personal information so that it cannot identify a specific natural person and cannot be restored.
  15. Device: Device refers to equipment that can be used to access the Ifun service, such as desktop computers, laptops, tablets, or smartphones.
  16. Unique Device Identifier: A unique device identifier (exclusive ID or UUID) is a string of characters embedded in the device by the device manufacturer and can be used to uniquely identify the corresponding device (IMEI number of mobile devices). Unique device identifiers have multiple uses, including providing advertisements when cookies cannot be used.
  17. IP Address: Each device connected to the internet is assigned a number called an Internet Protocol (IP) address. These numbers are usually assigned according to geographic areas. IP addresses can often be used to identify the location where a device connects to the internet.
  18. SSL: SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a security protocol implemented on the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). SSL supports various types of networks and provides three basic security services, all of which use public key and symmetric key technology to achieve information confidentiality.
  19. Information Collection Technologies: The "automatic collection" described in this Policy includes the following methods:

II. How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

As a personal information processor, we will adhere to the principles of legality, legitimacy, necessity, and integrity, and collect and use your personal information for the purposes described below.

1. Scope of Necessary Personal Information

According to the "Regulations on the Scope of Necessary Personal Information for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications," Ifun belongs to the "Utility Tools" category of apps. The complete functional services of Ifun include account registration/login, connecting earphones, recording, voice-to-text conversion, and contacting customer service. You only need to provide us with the basic necessary personal information corresponding to each function, except as otherwise required by relevant laws, regulations, and normative documents. If you refuse to provide it, we will not be able to provide you with the corresponding functional services. Please note: If you provide personal information that is not your own, please ensure that you have obtained the consent of the relevant subject. The details of Ifun's complete functions and the personal information required are as follows:

1.1 Account Registration/Login:

1.2 Connecting Earphones:

1.3 Recording (After Connecting Earphones):

1.4 Voice-to-Text Conversion (After Connecting Earphones):

1.5 Message Sending:

1.6 Sharing:

1.7 Voice Dialing (After Connecting Earphones):

1.8 Contacting Customer Service:

1.9 Vibration:

1.10 Firmware Grayscale Upgrade:

1.11 Issue Troubleshooting and Security Maintenance:

1.12 Operation Statistics and Analysis

2. We Obtain Your Personal Information from Third Parties

If you use WeChat to log in to your Ifun account, we will collect the account information (nickname, avatar, region, gender, mobile phone number) and Open ID that you authorize to share from the third party. After you agree to this Policy, we will bind your third-party account with the Ifun account. If you need to cancel the binding of the above third-party account, you can contact us according to the method provided in Chapter 11 of this Policy.

3. Personal Information Processing Instructions

System Permission Corresponding Business Function Purpose of Calling Permission When Permission Is Requested
Bluetooth Earphone Connection Function Used to connect earphones and communicate with them When connecting earphones
Storage Permission Earphone Connection, Recording, Customer Service Cache earphone binding code, store call records, upgrade package files When connecting earphones, storing recordings
SD Card Permission Recording Store call records, upgrade package files When storing recordings
Location Permission Earphone Connection, Recording Start ultra-low-power Bluetooth protocol, record location tagging When connecting earphones, recording
Microphone Permission Recording, Voice-to-Text, etc. Obtain voice information When using related functions
Contacts Permission Voice Dialing Function Obtain contact information to accurately identify contacts When voice dialing
Call Records Permission Voice Dialing Function Obtain call records to accurately find target contacts When voice dialing
Message Notification Permission Recording/Message Push Receive push messages After completing a recording
Camera Permission Scan to Log in to Cloud Space, Customer Service Scan QR code to log in to cloud space, take photos When scanning QR code, using customer service
Floating Window Permission Subtitle Floating Window View transcription content outside the app When clicking subtitle floating window

III. How We Share, Transfer, and Disclose Your Personal Information

  1. Entrusted Processing
    To provide you with more complete and higher-quality products and services, we will entrust third parties (including companies, organizations, and individuals) to process some of your personal information. For third parties we entrust to process your personal information, we will sign strict data processing agreements with them, clearly stipulating the purpose, duration, processing methods, types of personal information, protective measures, and rights and obligations of both parties regarding entrusted processing, and supervise the personal information processing activities of third parties. We require third parties to process your personal information only in accordance with our requirements, the provisions of this Policy, and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures, and not to process personal information beyond the agreed processing purpose and method. If you refuse our third parties to collect the necessary personal information for providing services when providing services, it will result in your inability to enjoy the services provided by the third party during your use of Ifun products and/or services.
  2. Sharing
    We will not share your personal information with third parties (including companies, organizations, and individuals), except in the following cases:
  3. Specifically, you can click to read the "Ifun Third-Party Information Sharing List" to understand the details of how we share your personal information.

    For companies, organizations, and individuals with whom we share personal information, we will sign strict confidentiality agreements with them, requiring them to process personal information in accordance with our instructions, this Policy, and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures, not to process personal information beyond the agreed processing purpose and method, and require them not to violate the laws, regulations, national standards, and other normative documents related to personal information protection and data security in the People's Republic of China. In principle, companies, organizations, and individuals with whom we share personal information have no right to use the personal information we share for any other purpose beyond this Policy.

  4. Transfer
    We will not transfer your personal information to any third party (including companies, organizations, and individuals), except in the following cases:
  5. Public Disclosure
    We will only publicly disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:
  6. Exceptions to Prior Authorization and Consent for Entrusted Processing, Sharing, Transfer, and Public Disclosure of Personal Information
    In the following situations, we may entrust processing, share, transfer, or publicly disclose your personal information without your prior authorization and consent:
  7. Please be aware: According to laws and regulations, sharing, transferring, and publicly disclosing personal information that has been de-identified and cannot be restored to identify the personal information subject does not belong to the external sharing, transfer, and public disclosure of personal information, and the storage and processing of such data do not require further notice to you and your consent.

IV. How We Protect Your Personal Information

  1. We highly value the privacy and personal information protection of our users and will take reasonable measures to protect your personal information. Except as required by laws and regulations or otherwise stipulated in this Policy, we will use various security technologies and procedures to establish a sound management system to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Without user permission, we will not publicly disclose or reveal user personal information to third parties. We will use professional encryption storage and transmission methods to ensure the security of user personal information.
  2. You understand and agree that, without disclosing individual user privacy data, we have the right to conduct technical analysis of the entire user database, and only after analyzing and organizing the anonymized user data can we make commercial use of it.
  3. Data Security Measures

V. How We Store Your Personal Information

This product and/or service is only provided to the mainland China region (for the purpose of this Policy, excluding Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan). In principle, personal information we collect and generate within the territory of the People's Republic of China is stored within the territory of the People's Republic of China and will not be transmitted across borders.

1. Location of Stored Information

We comply with laws and regulations, and the information and data collected about you will be stored on our servers in mainland China of the People's Republic of China. Exceptions include:

2. Duration of Stored Information

Generally, we will retain your personal information for the shortest period necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Policy during your use of Ifun products and/or services, unless otherwise stipulated by applicable laws, regulations, or national normative documents. Specific reference regulations include:

After exceeding the above period, or when you actively request the deletion of your personal information or cancel your account, we will delete your personal information as soon as possible in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, unless applicable laws, regulations, or national normative documents require retaining these information for a longer period. However, in the following cases, we may change the storage time of personal information due to the need to comply with legal requirements:

After you terminate the use of Ifun, we will stop collecting and using your information, except as otherwise required by laws and regulations or regulatory authorities.

When Ifun's related services cease operation, we will notify you through notifications and announcements, and delete your personal information stored on the server within the time limit required by laws and regulations.

VI. How You Can Exercise Your Personal Information Rights

1. Your Rights

According to relevant Chinese laws, regulations, and standards, you have several rights in personal information processing activities, including:

2. How to Exercise

We guarantee that you can exercise the above rights over your personal information and provide you with relevant operation paths. Specifically, you can refer to the following steps to perform related operations:

If you cannot inquire, supplement, correct, delete, copy, transfer your personal information, or change the scope of your authorization or withdraw authorization, cancel your account, turn off message notifications, or if you need to inquire, supplement, correct, delete, copy, transfer other personal information generated when you use Ifun, or if you believe that we have any violation of laws and regulations or agreements with you regarding the collection or use of personal information, you can contact us through the official feedback channels of relevant products or services we publish externally.

Please be aware that in the following situations, we will not be able to respond to your request:

VII. How We Protect Minors' Personal Information

  1. We highly value the protection of minors' personal information and will protect minors' personal information in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations.
  2. We regard anyone under the age of 18 as a minor. According to relevant laws and regulations, if you are a minor over the age of 14, we will obtain your or your guardian's consent before collecting your personal information, and when you, your parents, or other guardians request us to correct or delete minors' personal information, we will take timely measures to correct or delete it, except as otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations.
  3. If you are a minor under the age of 14 (hereinafter referred to as a child), we will obtain the consent of your parents or other guardians before collecting your personal information.
  4. When we process children's personal information, we will take the following measures to protect it: In addition to complying with the provisions on user personal information in this Policy, we will also adhere to the principles of legitimacy, necessity, informed consent, clear purpose, security assurance, and legal use for the collected children's personal information, strictly follow the requirements of laws and regulations such as the "Provisions on the Cyber Protection of Children's Personal Information" for storage, use, and disclosure, and will not exceed the period necessary to achieve the purpose of collection and use. After the expiration, we will delete the children's personal information. Specifically, please read the "Ifun Children's Privacy Protection Policy" to understand the details.
  5. If you are the parent or guardian of a minor, if you have any questions, opinions, suggestions, complaints, or reports about the matters described in this Policy and the "Ifun Children's Privacy Protection Policy", please provide feedback to us in the way described in Chapter XI.

VIII. How Your Personal Information Is Transferred Globally

In principle, personal information we collect and generate within the territory of the People's Republic of China will be stored within the territory of the People's Republic of China and will not be transmitted across borders. If, due to business needs, it is necessary to provide your personal information to overseas recipients, we will inform you of the name or contact information of the overseas recipient, processing purpose, processing method, types of personal information, and ways and procedures for you to exercise your rights as stipulated by law to the overseas recipient, and will only transfer your personal information after obtaining your separate consent and meeting the conditions for cross-border provision as stipulated by laws and regulations, to the overseas jurisdiction where you use the products and/or services, or make your personal information accessible from these jurisdictions.

Please be aware that such jurisdictions may have different laws and regulations on personal information protection. We will comply with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations within the jurisdiction to ensure that your personal information is fully protected. If such jurisdictions do not have personal information protection-related laws and regulations, we will strive to ensure that your personal information receives sufficient equivalent protection within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

IX. How We Update This Policy

  1. To provide you with better services, Ifun products and/or services will be updated and changed from time to time. We will revise this Policy in due course, and these revisions constitute a part of this Policy. However, without your explicit consent, we will not reduce your rights under this Policy.
  2. After this Policy is updated, we will release the updated version on Ifun and remind you to read the updated Privacy Policy again through application market new version feature announcements or pop-ups, so that you can understand the latest version of this Policy in time. If you do not agree with this Policy, or if you have any objections to the content of this Policy's modifications or updates, you can choose to stop using Ifun products and/or services or cancel your Ifun account. But please be aware that your actions and activities before your account is canceled or before you stop using this service are still bound by this Policy.
  3. For significant changes, we will also provide more prominent notices (we will explain the specific changes to this Policy through methods including but not limited to emails, text messages, or special prompts on browsing pages).

The major changes referred to in this Policy include but are not limited to:

X. Integration of Third-Party Application SDK

  1. iFlytek
  2. We utilize the third-party iFlytek service to provide features such as large model interactions, text-to-image generation, real-time interpretation, and call recording. To enable these features, you need to authorize the iFlytek SDK to provide the respective services. Upon your authorization, iFlytek will collect certain personal information. Details on how each SDK collects and uses personal information can be found in the terms of the Privacy Policy. Specific details are as follows:

    SDK Name: iFlytek SDK

    Third-Party Name: iFlytek Co., Ltd.

    Purpose of Use: To enable large model interactions, text-to-image generation, real-time interpretation, and call recording

    Collected Personal Information:

    Privacy Policy Link: https://www.iflytek.com/privacy-web/#/privacy

  3. MobTech SDK
  4. We use the third-party MobTech SDK service provided by Shanghai Youkun Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "MobTech") to enable the social sharing feature. To activate this feature, you need to authorize the MobTech SDK to provide the respective services. Upon your authorization, MobTech will collect certain personal information. For details on the types of information collected, purposes of use, personal information protection rules, and opt-out mechanisms, please refer to the privacy policy available on the MobTech official website (www.mob.com) and its privacy policy section (www.mob.com/about/policy).

XI. How to Contact Us

To better protect your personal information, we have set up a dedicated network security and personal information protection department. If you have any questions or suggestions about this Policy or your personal information during the use of Ifun, please contact us through the following methods:

If you are not satisfied with our reply, especially if you believe that our personal information processing behavior has damaged your legitimate rights and interests, and we cannot provide you with a satisfactory reply after you feedback to us and refuse to improve, you can file a complaint and report to the relevant regulatory authorities.

XII. Others

Any disputes related to this Policy shall be settled through friendly negotiation between both parties; if negotiation fails, you agree to file a lawsuit in the People's Court of Nanshan District, Shenzhen City.

If any clause of this Policy is ruled or judged invalid by any court with jurisdiction, that clause will be removed from this Policy, but the invalidity of that clause does not affect the validity of the remaining clauses of this Policy. The remaining clauses of this Policy will continue to be executed.

Please read carefully and confirm that you have fully understood the content of this Policy. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.