Alley User Agreement

We hereby advise you to carefully read and understand this User Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement”) before registering. In order to clarify rights and obligations of all parties, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of all parties, this Agreement is specially formulated. the contents highlighted in bold underline in this Agreement are specially reminded of your attention. Please ensure that you fully understand this Agreement. You are not authorized to register, log in or use our services or software (hereinafter referred to as services, software) unless you accept all the Agreement. Your registration, login, usage, etc. will be deemed as acceptance of this Agreement and you agree to be bound by the Agreement. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of the Agreement, supplementary Agreement, Privacy Policy, regulative provisions or feature terms at any time by posting the amended version on our software or within the services without prior notice. If you do not agree to these terms or any future amended version, then you must not access, use our services. Otherwise, your access, use of our services shall be deemed to agree any future updated version of them.

1. Account

1.1 In order to use our services, We may ask you to create an Account or allocate an Account (hereinafter referred to as Account) to you. We can modify how your account is registered.

1.2 You agree to simultaneously authorize us to activate an account for other services of the company upon registration of this account. Specific products are subject to our actual operation.

1.3 The ownership of the Account belongs to us and you only have the right to use the Account. You are forbidden to donate, borrow, rent, transfer or sell the Account.

1.4 You are responsible for maintaining the security of your Account. If you Account encounter hacking or password theft due to your improper handling, you shall hold full responsibility for. We will treat all acts performed through your Account as being performed by you. You therefore accept responsibility for all acts done using your Account. If you become aware of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your Account or Account password, please tell us immediately. You agree not to use other users’ account or password under any circumstances.

1.5 You shall abide by the terms of this Agreement and use the Software correctly and appropriately. If you violate any of the terms in this Agreement, we reserve the right to discontinue or terminate the Service to you.

1.6 If no activity is conducted by you in relation to the Account for one year, we have the right to delete or take back the Account without prior notice to avoid wasting resources, and you shall take all the risks. Meanwhile, we reserve the right to delete or take back your Account and user name at any time at our sole discretion.

2. Service Scope

2.1 The specific Service of the Software is provided according to the actual situation, including but not limited to video chat, purchase or sent virtual gifts. We can modify the Service provided at any time without prior notice to you at our sole discretion.

2.2 You understand and agree that we are entitled to send you promotional or other relevant business information, notices via email, client, push messages, SMS, webpage or other legal means for commercial purposes. Due to the unique nature of the mobile phone network, we have the right to access your mobile phone information.

3. User Information Protection

3.1 In the process of registering your Account or using the Service, you may be required to fill in or submit certain necessary information, such as the identity information required by laws, regulations, and regulatory documents (hereinafter referred to as “laws and regulations”). If the information you submit is incomplete, inaccurate or does not comply with the laws and regulations, you may be unable, restricted to use our Service.

3.2 In order to provide Service and improve quality of this Software, our techniques, we may collect or use your information or disclose it to third parties. For more details, please read our “Privacy Policy” carefully.

4. Content Requirements and Usage Rules

4.1 The Content described in this Agreement refers to any content created, uploaded, copied, published and distributed by you, including but not limited to registration information and verification details such as account avatar, name, personal description, or text, audio, pictures, videos, graphics that are sent, replied or auto-reply messages and related link pages, and other content generated while using the software.

4.2 You are not allowed to use this Software to produce, upload, copy and send the following Content or conduct the following behavior:

That threatens national security, leaks state secrets, subverts state power, damages state unity;
That damages national honor and profit;
That incites national hatred, discrimination and damages national unity;
That damages national religion policies, promotes cult and feudal superstition;
That spreads rumors, disturbs public order and damages social stability;
That spreads obscene, pornographic content containing sexual or sexually suggestive content;
That spreads gambling, violence, murder, terror;
That insults or defames others, violates others legal rights or fraudulent;
That contains insulting, intimidating, or threatening content;
That contains harassment, spam, malicious or phishing information;
That disclosing or involving the privacy of others, personal information or details;
That infringes on the legal rights of other people's reputation, portrait rights, intellectual property rights, trade secrets, etc.;
That harms the interests of minors in any way;
That stalks or otherwise harasses other users;
That contains false information, or steals other people's avatars or details, posts or uses others' identity;
That enforces, induces other users to follow, click on the link page or share information;
That fabricates facts, conceals truths to mislead or deceive others;
That contains advertising or sales-oriented information;
That uses technical means to build multiple fake accounts;
That deletes the copyright information on this software and its copy;
That do reverse engineering, reverse compilation, de-compilation, or attempt to discover the source code of the software;
That uses, rents, lends, copies, modifies, links, reproduces, compiles, issues, publishes or creates mirror sites with contents that contains intellectual property rights of this company;
That copies, modifies, adds, deletes, hooks, or creates any data released by us or necessary for the software, or derivatives;
That adds, deletes, changes the function of the software, or operates or transmits the software to the public by modifying or falsifying the instructions and data in the software, whether or not for commercial purpose;
That Logs in or uses the software through third-party software, hacking, plug-ins or systems that are not developed or authorized by us, or create, publish, or distribute third-party software, plug-ins, hackings, and systems that are not developed or authorized by the company;
That is or could reasonably be viewed as offensive, indecent or objectionable;
Other Contents or behaviors that in violation of laws and regulations, such as regulatory documents and policies (including jurisdiction where you reside, the Software operates, runs), or infringe lawful rights and interests of other third parties, interfere with the normal operation of the software. We will review your uploads and send the results within 24 hours of upload. If you use the app to make, upload, copy, publish and disseminate the above content, we have the right to delete the content you send, if there is any serious violation, we will block the account.

4.3 Any Contents produced, uploaded, copied and sent by you has nothing to do with us and doesn't reflect or represent our opinion, standpoint, policy. We shall not be liable in any way for any Content uploaded, distributed, copied, published by you, or behavior conducted by you.

4.4 You are solely responsible for the authenticity, legality, accuracy, validity of the information transmitted, produced, uploaded, copied, published, disseminated by you, and behaviors conducted, and performed by you. Any liability is at your own risk and has nothing to do with the software. If any damage is caused to us or third parties due to your behavior, you shall compensate losses of us or third parties, and we have the right to pursue your liability in accordance with this agreement.

5. Third Party Products and Services

5.1 The Service may contain advertisements and promotions offered by third parties and you agree to display those advertisements and promotions during the course of using the Service. Unless otherwise expressly regulated by laws and regulations, you should be responsible for transactions in accordance with the advertising information, and losses in relation to the transaction. We are not liable for any responsibility, losses arising from the aforesaid transactions.

5.2 If you choose to use services, products provided by third party that displayed, linked on our Software, you shall comply with third party's agreement, policy in regard with you behavior. We cannot guarantee the security, accuracy, validity of third party's service and we are not responsible or liable for losses incurred by you arising from services, products, behavior of third party.

6. Virtual Currency

6.1 When you purchase or receive Virtual Currency products such as Diamonds you do not own them. Diamonds are used to send virtual gifts and other in-app features as displayed in the app. You agree that we will have no liability to you based on the exercise of our rights with respect to coins and other Virtual Currencies. We reserve the right to verify your identity and eligibility to use your Virtual Currencies.

We are not responsible for repairing or replacing Virtual Currencies, or providing you with any credit or refund in the event that we modify, suspend, or terminate the Virtual Currencies, or for loss or damage due to any service error, or any other reason. Purchases of Virtual Currency may not be sub-licensed and are non-refundable and non-transferable, even if they expire or are revoked or discontinued. We may change the purchase price for Virtual Currency at any time, as well as the ways you can use Virtual Currency. We reserve the right to revoke or stop issuing Virtual Currency at any time without notice, refund, or compensation, and to set expiration dates for Virtual Currency. Virtual Currency may not be redeemed for any sum of money or monetary value. If you delete your account or your account is terminated for any reason, you will lose all accumulated and unused Virtual Currency without refund or other compensation. You agree that we will have no liability to you based on the exercise of our rights with respect to Virtual Currency. Virtual Currency purchased or received by any user does not constitute property and is not transferable.

6.2 Payment Method. Virtual Currency can be purchased through your account with third parties, such as your Apple iTunes account ("third party account"). If you purchase Virtual Currency through a third-party account, the bill will be displayed through your third-party account. You should review the terms of service for third-party accounts that we have no control over.

6.3 Term/Fees. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect while you use the mobile application and website and/or the Service. We may terminate your account for any reason, at any time, without notice. Even after your account is terminated, this Agreement will remain in effect. Our Services' Terms of Service and fees, if any, that were provided to you at registration are subject to change if needed. By using the Service, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to charge for paid features and have the right to terminate your account should you breach this Agreement or fail to pay when required by this Agreement.

7. Data Storage

7.1 We are not responsible for the deleting or storage failure of your data in this Service.

7.2 We can determine the maximum storage time length and storage space of your data in the Service according to various factors. You can back up the relevant data of this Service according to your own needs.

7.3 If you discontinue using the Service, or if the Service is terminated or ended, we can permanently delete your data from our server, and we are not obligated to return any data to you.

7.4 You can modify or delete your personal data, registration information and Content uploaded, distributed by you. Please note that deleting relative information will lead to delete of Contents stored in the system. You are responsible for this risk.

8. Risk

8.1 You understand and agree that the Software only provides you with a platform for information sharing, transmission. You are responsible for all actions under your Account, including any content you transmit and any consequences resulted. You should personally judge the content of the software and Service and bear all risks arising from the use of the Service, including risks arising from the reliance on the correctness, completeness or usefulness of the Content. We cannot and will not be liable for any losses caused by your behavior.

8.2 If you find anyone who violates this agreement or uses the Service in other improper ways, please tell us immediately and we will deal with them according to this Agreement.

8.3 You understand and agree that we reserve the right to change, suspend, terminate, update all or an feature of the Service in our sole discretion according to various factors without prior notice.

9. Intellectual Property

9.1 You acknowledge that intellectual property rights in and relating to our Services (other than Content which is contributed and owned by advertisers) is owned by us, unless you have legally acquired intellectual property rights in the Content posted by you on our Software before using our Services.

9.2 Unless otherwise provided, the copyright, patent and other intellectual property rights of the Software are owned by us.

9.3 The copyright or trademark rights of the graphics, text or its components involved in the Service, and other Software logos and product and Service names (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Software Logo"), are owned by us. You are not allowed to display or use the Software logo in any way without our prior written consent, and you must not indicate to others that you have the right to display, use, or otherwise modify with the Software logo.

9.4 The above and any other intellectual property rights owned by us or related advertisers are protected by law and you are not allowed to use or create derivative works in any form without the written permission of us or the relevant advertisers.

9.5 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the company and you/your agent, you own the intellectual property rights in connection with Content uploaded by you such as text, images, videos, audio, photograph, and you agree to authorize us and our affiliates a irrevocable, permanent exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, sub-licensable right to use, display and reproduce the aforesaid Content for commercial or non-commercial purposes, including but not limited to adapt, display, broadcast, rent, copy, film, translate, or place such Content on Internet. We can choose whether to use and the usage method in our sole discretion, including but not limited to using and disseminating the above information on any platform operated by us, editing the above information, and authorize third party to use, edit, disseminate.

10. Liability

10.1 If you have illegal, wrongful, defaulting, tort act, we have the right in our sole discretion to take any or all of the following measures: to give a warning, to disable your ability to use some features, terminate your access to the Software, put you into blacklist, announce your default act, to deduct, withhold virtual items and virtual gains in part or in whole. If we adopt to terminate your Account, put you into blacklist, we have the right not to refund your virtual items, and gains.

10.2 You understand and agree that we have right to take any remedy measures, appropriate legal action against your illegal, wrongful, defaulting, tort act, and disclose relevant information to authorities in accordance with laws and regulations and you shall bear all results.

10.3 You understand and agree that any losses, damages, claims of third party arising out of your violation of this Agreement, shall be paid by you, including reasonable attorney's fees.

10.4 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our affiliates from and against any and all complaints, demands, claims, damages, losses, costs, liabilities and expenses, including but not limited to attorney's fees, arising out of your access to or use of the Service, your breach of this Agreement.

10.5 We have the right to choose to apply the aforesaid remedy measures separately or collectively.

11. Force Majeure and Other Disclaimers

11.1 You understand and acknowledge that in the course of using the Service, you may encounter problems out of our control, which may cause the Service to be interrupted. We are not liable for any Service suspension, problems, losses out of our control and expectation, for example natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, plague epidemics and storms, and social events such as war, turmoil, government actions, etc. In the event aforesaid, we will try our best to cooperate and to repair in time.

11.2 We make no promises or guarantees that the Services will always safe, reliable, be available, uninterrupted, or error-free or not-delay. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, OR OTHER TERMS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT THE SERVICES. WE DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, OR OTHER TERMS OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. We do not control or manipulate actions of you and others, nor are we responsible for any of their content (whether online or offline) and any content they share (including offensive, indecent, obscene, illegal, and other contentious content).

11.3 Like most Internet Services, our Service may be affected by various security issues, including but not limited to internet Service quality, social environment, other software, websites you download, install, visit may contain viruses such as "Trojan horses" that threaten the security of your computer information and data, which in turn affects the normal use of the Service. You should strengthen the protection of information security and user data, and pay attention to strengthen password protection to avoid loss and harassment.

11.4 You understand and acknowledge that the Service has interruptions due to unavoidable issues, computer virus or hacking, system instability, your location, your shutdown, and any other technology problems, internet problems, telecom operate problems, etc. We shall not be liable for any losses caused due to the aforesaid interruptions.

11.5 You understand and acknowledge that there may be some misleading, deceptive, threatening, defamatory, offensive or illegal information, or infringement information of the rights of others in the course of using the Service. We do not assume any responsibility for any losses of you or any third party resulting from aforesaid information or act.

11.6 You understand and acknowledged that we may maintain, update, and repair features or this Software on a regular or irregular basis. If the service is interrupted within a reasonable period of time due to such circumstances with prior notice, we shall not be liable for this.

11.7 Unless otherwise provided by law and regulation, we have rights but no obligation to handle any defaulting, tort, illegal act of third party and we cannot guarantee that the foresaid defaulting, tort, illegal act of third party shall be found, handled in times.

11.8 You understand and acknowledge that we are not responsible for any defects in the quality of the products or Services offered to you and any damages caused by the free products or Services gifted to you.

11.9 NOTWITHSTANDING OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, OR DATA, IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES; OR FOR THE CONDUCT OF THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING OTHER USERS OF THE SERVICES AND OPERATORS OF EXTERNAL SITES. IN ADDITION, ALL COMPENSATION, REMEDY, LIABILITIES, REGARDLESS OF ANY MANNER, REASON, SHALL NOT EXCEED ALL FEES PAID BY TO US (IF APPLICABLE).

11.10 You acknowledge and understand that there may be personal and property security and transaction dispute risks if you meet, trade with other users offline, off the platform. We are not liable for the above risks or losses, and you must bear all responsibility.

12. Miscellaneous

12.1 We remind you to read this Agreement carefully, especially clauses in connection with disclaimer, risks, limitation of you rights and our liability. If you are a minor, please read with accompany of your guardian(s).

12.2 You understand and agree that other statements, rules published by us in the software are deemed to be supplemental to these rules and are an integral part of these Rules and have the same legal effect as this Agreement.

12.3 This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in all respects in accordance with, the laws of the Hong Kong SAR. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in accordance with the Arbitration Rules.

12.4 The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not in any way affect or impair the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. If any provision of this Agreement is declared invalid or unenforceable by competent authorities, the Parties shall use their best endeavors to agree upon a replacement provision so as to substantially effectuate the commercial purpose of the original provision. For more information, please send it via email 【brixtonhale52@icloud.com】 Contact us.

Alley Privacy Policy

Use of Alley through the mobile application may involve the collection and use of your information. This Privacy Policy explains and informs you how Alley collects, uses and discloses information related to your access and use of our Services through our mobile applications.

It is important for you to understand this Privacy Policy and how your information is protected, so please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

This privacy policy will help you understand the following:

1. How we collect and use your personal information
2. How we use cookies, similar technologies and SDK technologies
3. How we share, transfer and publicly disclose your personal information
4. How we protect your personal information
5. How you manage your personal information
6. How we process personal information of minors
7. How we store your personal information
8. Notification of Agreement Changes
9. How to contact us

Introduction

Alley strictly keeps the user information it collects confidential and has established a sound user information protection system to provide every user with reliable and assured services.

1. How we collect and use your personal information

Personal information refers to various information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including name, date of birth, personal biometric information, address, communication contact information, communication records and content, account passwords, property information, health and physiological information, transaction information, etc.

Sensitive personal information refers to personal information that, once leaked, illegally provided or misused, may endanger personal and property safety, easily lead to damage to personal reputation, physical and mental health, or discriminatory treatment, including personal biometric information, bank account numbers, communication records and Content, property information, whereabouts, health and physiological information, transaction information, personal information of children under 14 years old (inclusive), etc.

You understand and agree:

1. We are committed to creating a variety of products and services to meet your needs. Because of the products and services we provide to you there are many types, and the specific range of products/services chosen by different users is different. Correspondingly, the personal data collected and used, the type and scope of personal information will be different, please refer to the specific product/service functions;

2. We may use information collected through certain features for our other services. For example, we may use the information we collect when you use one of our functions or services to provide you with specific content in another function or service, including displaying advertisements and providing information security tips for the content you have read, perform indirect crowd profiling based on feature tags and provide more accurate and personalized services and content, etc. If we use your personal information beyond the scope directly or reasonably related to the stated purpose at the time of collection, we will inform you again and obtain your express consent before using your personal information.

3. In order to bring you a better product and service experience, we continue to work hard to improve our technology. As a result, we may launch new or optimized functions from time to time, and may need to collect and use new personal information or change personal information purpose or manner of use. In this regard, we will separately explain to you the purpose, scope and use of the corresponding information by updating this policy, pop-up windows, page prompts, etc., and provide you with a way to choose your consent, and after obtaining your express consent collect and use. During this process, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you can contact us through the various contact methods we provide, and we will answer you as soon as possible.

Special Note: We provide user-recommended services. The nickname, age, gender, zodiac sign, industry, work field, company, hometown, frequent haunts, personalized signature, uploaded avatar, photos, public updates and other information you fill in your personal information may be shared or recommended to the site or other software by other users.

Business functions that collect personal information and personal information collected

According to the "Regulations on the Scope of Personal Information Necessary for Common Types of Mobile Internet Applications", Alley App is a "social communication App", the basic functional service of social communication APP is "providing text, pictures, voice, video and other online instant messaging services". Necessary personal information includes:

Registered user email, user nickname, user gender, user country, birth date. The types of personal information collected by the functions of the products or services we provide, as well as the rules for collecting and using personal information (such as the purpose and method of collecting and using personal information) are as follows:

1. Business function: Register as a user. When you register for the Alley service, in order to complete the account creation, you need to provide the following information: email, account nickname, age, date of birth, country, and personal avatar. This information is collected to help you complete Alley account registration and social functions. We will determine whether you are installing, accessing and using the "Alley" software and related services or when the software is running in the background. The specific permissions granted collect information related to the device you are using, including device model, operating system version, setting parameters, device configuration, device identification (IMEI/AndroidID/OAID/MEID/UDID/SIM card IMSI information/ICCID/SIM card status/VAID/AAID, etc.), device serial number, MAC address, device network information (operator information/WIFI information/WIFI status/WIFI list/SSID/BSSID), device environment, software list/application list, operation process information, sensor list and other software and hardware feature information) to ensure the safe operation of software and services, as well as the quality and efficiency of operations.

2. Business function: Chat. When you use the chat service, we do not require you to provide information, but in order to ensure your normal use of the chat service, maintain the normal operation of the service, improve and optimize our service experience, and protect the security of your account, we will collect and use your account information. In the chat interface, there are functions to send pictures, send voice, and send video call requests. When you operate, we will obtain "photo album permissions" and "microphone permissions" from you. This helps us provide you with better services and experience, but if you do not provide this information, it will not affect the basic business functions of using this service.

3. Business function: Video call. When you use the video call service, you need to provide "camera permission" and "microphone permission", which will help us provide you with better service and experience. If this permission is not provided, normal video call services will not be possible.

4. Business function: View the circle of friends. When you use the Moments Viewing service, we do not require you to provide any information.

5. Business function: View user homepage. When you view the user's homepage, you can view the album pictures or videos uploaded by the other party without obtaining your special permissions. But when you initiate a video call on the user homepage, you need to provide "camera permissions" and "microphone permissions", which will help us provide you with better services and experience. If this permission is not provided, normal video call services will not be possible.

6. Business function: Data editing. Data editing includes (user avatar, user nickname, user age, user date of birth, user country). When you change the user avatar, we will obtain your "photo album permissions". You do not need to provide this permission, and it will not affect the use of basic business functions.

7. Business function: Payment function. The payment function is provided to you by a third-party payment institution that cooperates with us. The third-party payment institution will collect your information and we will not be able to obtain your information. Refusal to provide information will only make you unable to use the above payment function, but it will not affect other basic functions of your use of Alley.

8. Business function: Notification message. In order to allow you to receive message reminders alternately, we will use your authorized power-on automatic startup permission, collect startup program information, and push message reminders to you in a timely manner to prevent you from missing messages. You can turn off this permission in the phone settings.

The services we provide may require you to turn on your camera, photo album (picture library), microphone (language, audio, video), to realize the collection and use of the information involved in these permissions. The corresponding device permissions will not be turned on by default. When important or sensitive device permissions are involved, when you use the corresponding business functions, we will ask for your consent in a separate pop-up window to turn them on again; you can set the functions on your device. You can check the status of the above permissions item by item, and you can decide whether to turn these permissions on or off at any time. Please note that when you turn on any permission, you authorize us to collect and use relevant personal information to provide you with corresponding services. Once you close any permission, you cancel the authorization, and we will no longer continue to collect based on the corresponding permission and use related personal information, and cannot provide you with services corresponding to this permission. However, your decision to turn off permissions will not affect the previous collection and use of information based on your authorization.

You understand and agree that for the contact information (such as email) you provide during the use of products and/or services, we may send multiple types of notifications to one or more of them during operations for user messages, notification, security verification, user experience research, etc.;

If the information you provide contains the personal information of other users, you need to ensure that you have obtained legal authorization before providing such personal information to Alley.

The information you provide will continue to be used by us during your use of this service. When you cancel your account or cancel the use of a certain function, we will stop using it as soon as possible to anonymize it or delete the above information in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations.

How we use the information we collect

We will use your information for the purposes stated above. If we use information for other purposes not specified in this policy, or if we use information collected for specific purposes for other purposes, or if we proactively obtain your personal information from a third party, we will obtain your consent in advance. If we obtain your information indirectly from a third party, we will clearly require the third party in writing before collection to collect personal information after obtaining your consent in accordance with the law, and inform you of the content of the shared information, which involves sensitive information. Your explicit confirmation is required before it is provided to us for use, and the third party is required to make a commitment to the legality and compliance of the source of personal information. If the third party violates the rules, we will clearly require the other party to bear corresponding legal responsibilities; at the same time, our professional security team will carry out security protection for personal information (including classification of sensitive information, access control for the use of sensitive information, encrypted storage of sensitive information, etc.). We will use no less than the same protection methods as we do for our own users' personal information and measures to protect indirectly obtained personal information.

Unified exceptions to authorization

You fully understand and agree that we do not need your authorization to collect and use your personal information under the following circumstances, and we may not agree to your correction/modification, deletion, cancellation, or withdrawal of consent, request for letter:

1. Relevant to our performance of obligations stipulated in laws and regulations;

2. Related to national security and national defense security;

3. Relevant to public safety, public health, and Alley public interests;

4. Relevant to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments;

5. To protect the life, property and other Alley legitimate rights and interests of the personal information subject or other individuals but it is difficult to obtain your consent;

6. The personal information collected is disclosed to the public by you;

7. Collect personal information from legally publicly disclosed information.

Please be aware that, in accordance with applicable laws, if we take technical measures and other necessary measures to process personal information so that the data recipient cannot re-identify a specific individual and cannot recover it, or we may conduct de-identification research on the collected information, statistical analysis and prediction, used to improve the content and layout, provide product or service support for business decisions, and improve our products and services (including using anonymous data for machine learning or model algorithm training), such processing the subsequent use of data does not require further notification to you and your consent. If we stop operating Alley products or services, we will promptly stop collecting your personal information and will stop operational notices will be delivered one by one or announced to inform you that the personal information held will be deleted or anonymized.

Information you share

You can share your relevant information with other users through our services. For example, text and photos you make public in profile edits. Please note that this may contain your personal information and sensitive information. Please carefully consider disclosing your relevant personal sensitive information. You can delete information you have shared publicly through the settings in the Service or through the instructions we provide. However, please note that this information may still be stored independently by other users or non-affiliated third parties not controlled by us.

2. How we use Cookies, SDK technology

Cookie

In order to ensure the normal operation of the website, provide you with an easier access experience, and recommend content that may be of interest to you, we may store small data files called cookies on your computer or mobile device. Cookies usually contain identifiers, site names, and some numbers and characters. Cookies allow websites to store data such as your preferences. You can perform corresponding data clearing operations in your browser. If you clear it, you may not be able to use the services or corresponding functions provided by us that rely on Cookies.

SDK

SDK technology is provided by third-party organizations that cooperate with us. We can only know the permissions they require to obtain authorization. The third party will need to collect your information, and we will not be able to obtain your information unless the third party explicitly discloses to us the sensitive information to be collected. The permissions requested by third parties and the sensitive information collected and explicitly disclosed to us are detailed below.

Google Firebase Push SDK
Three-party payment SDK
NetEase Yunxin SDK
Shengwang SDK
AppsFlyer SDK
Facebook SDK
HuaWei Push SDK

The third party's refusal to provide information will only prevent you from using the functions provided by the technology provided by the third party, but it will not affect your use of other functions of Alley.

3. How we share, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information

Shared

We will not share your personal information with companies, organizations and individuals other than Alley service providers, except in the following circumstances:

1. Sharing with explicit consent: After obtaining your explicit consent, we will share your personal information with other parties;

2. Sharing under legal circumstances: We may share your personal information externally in accordance with laws and regulations, litigation and dispute resolution needs, or as required by administrative and judicial authorities in accordance with the law;

3. Sharing with affiliated companies: In order for us to jointly provide you with services based on associated accounts, recommend information that you may be interested in, or protect the personal and property safety of Alley affiliated companies or other users or the public from infringement, your personal information may will be shared with our affiliates. We will only share necessary personal information (for example, to facilitate your use of our affiliated company products or services through your Alley account, we will share your necessary account information with affiliated companies) and will be bound by the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. If we share your sensitive personal information or our affiliated companies change the use and processing purposes of personal information, we will ask for your authorization and consent again;

4. Sharing with authorized partners: We may entrust authorized partners to provide you with certain services or perform functions on our behalf. We will only share your personal information for legal, legitimate, necessary, specific and clear purposes with authorized partners. They will only have access to the information necessary to perform their duties and may not use this information for any other purpose.

Transfer

We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization or individual, except in the following circumstances:

1. Transfer with explicit consent; after obtaining your explicit consent, we will transfer your personal information to other parties;

2. When it comes to mergers, acquisitions or bankruptcy liquidations, or other situations involving mergers, acquisitions or bankruptcy liquidations, if personal information is transferred, we will require new companies and organizations that hold your personal information to continue to be bound by this policy. Otherwise, we will require the company, organization and individual to re-obtain your authorization and consent.

Public disclosure

We will only publicly disclose your personal information under the following circumstances:

1. We may publicly disclose your personal information with your explicit consent or based on your active choice;

2. If we determine that you have violated laws and regulations or seriously violated Alley-related agreement rules, or to protect the personal and property safety of users of Alley and its affiliated companies or the public from infringement, we may impose levies on you in accordance with laws, regulations or Alley-related agreement rules. With your consent, disclose information about you.

4. How we protect your personal information

In order to protect the security of your information, we will strictly abide by the technical measures and operational procedures required by laws, regulations and other normative documents to protect the confidentiality of your information, and at the same time:

1. We strive to provide security for users’ personal information to prevent illegal use, unauthorized access and disclosure, leakage, damage and loss of users’ personal information. We will use various security protection measures within a reasonable security level to protect the security of information. For example, we will use encryption technology (such as SSL), anonymization, encrypted storage and other means to protect your personal information, establish a trusted protection mechanism to prevent personal information from being maliciously attacked; establish an access control mechanism and comply with minimum permissions principles to ensure that only authorized personnel can access personal information; conduct security and personal information protection training courses to enhance employees' awareness of the protection of personal information.

2. We have an industry-leading data security management system that is centered on data and revolves around the data life cycle, improving the security of the entire system from multiple dimensions such as organizational construction, system design, personnel management, and product technology. We have established specialized management systems, processes and organizations to ensure the security of personal information. For example, we strictly limit who can access information, require them to comply with confidentiality obligations, and conduct audits. If a security incident such as personal information leakage occurs, we will activate an emergency plan to prevent the security incident from expanding, and inform you through push notifications, announcements, etc.

3. We will take reasonable and feasible measures to try our best to avoid collecting irrelevant personal information. We will only retain your personal information for the period necessary to achieve the purposes stated in this policy, unless an extension of the retention period is required or permitted by law.

4. The Internet is not an absolutely secure environment. We strongly recommend that you do not use communication methods other than those recommended by us to send personal information. You can connect and share with each other through our services. When you create communications, transactions or shares through our services, you can independently choose the objects of communication, transactions or sharing as third parties who can see your transaction content, contact information, communication information or shared content and other related information. If you find that your personal information, especially your account or password, has been leaked, please contact our customer service immediately so that we can take appropriate measures according to your application.

Please note that the information you voluntarily share or even share publicly when using our services may involve your or others' personal information or even personal sensitive information. For example, if you choose to upload personal information when posting updates or in public places such as group chats and circles. Please consider your own pictures more carefully.

5. How you manage your personal information

Personal information inquiry

You have the right to access your personal information, except for exceptions provided by laws and regulations. You can access your personal information by yourself in the following ways: perform corresponding operations to modify it through [Me - Upper Right Corner - Settings].

Personal Data 1 — If you want to access or edit your nickname, avatar, country, date of birth, self-introduction and other information, you can log in to your account and click [Me] to enter the personal center, and click [Personal Avatar] View/Edit performs such operations.

Correction of personal information

When you find errors in the personal information we process about you, you have the right to ask us to make corrections or additions. You can submit an application for correction or supplement through the methods listed in this "Personal Information Inquiry".

Personal information deletion

You can delete some of your personal information through the methods listed in this "Personal Information Inquiry".

You can make a request to us to delete personal information in the following situations:

1. If our processing of personal information violates laws and regulations;

2. If we collect and use your personal information without your explicit consent;

3. If our handling of personal information seriously violates the agreement with you;

4. If you no longer use our products or services, or you actively cancel your account;

5. If we permanently no longer provide you with products or services.

Change the scope of your authorization and consent

Each business function requires some basic personal information to be completed. In addition, for additional personal information for collection and use, you can give or withdraw your authorization by yourself or contact Alley customer service.

6. How we process personal information of minors

This software prohibits registration and use by minors.

The Services are not directed to children under the age of eighteen (18), and we do not knowingly accept or sell personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen as part of our Services. If we discover that we have inadvertently received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of 18 on the Service, we will delete such information from our records. If we change our practices in the future, we will obtain prior verifiable parental consent before collecting any personally identifiable information from children under 18 as part of the Service.

7. How we store your personal information

We operate and may continue to operate servers in multiple jurisdictions around the world, so the servers on which your personal information is used and stored may not be located in your jurisdiction. You consent to the transfer of your personal information (within and outside your jurisdiction) for the purposes described in this privacy policy.

8. Change notification

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion. You can review updates to our privacy policy at any time via a link on our website. You consent to the posting of Alley electronic communications and/or revised Privacy Policy, and you agree that such electronic communications or postings shall constitute notice to you of our privacy practices. We reserve the right to modify this policy from time to time, so please check back frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by posting the revised Privacy Policy or a notice on our website, or as required by law. You agree to review the Privacy Policy periodically to be aware of any changes. You agree that your continued use of the Service after we post a revised Privacy Policy or provide notice on our website constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy, you should not use the Service.

9. How to contact us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or any privacy-related matters, please contact us via email at 【brixtonhale52@icloud.com】.