Privacy Policy

Dear users, in order to provide you with better service, before you use YYShort, please fully and carefully read our Privacy Policy so that you can understand the purpose and rules of this application processing your personal information, and better help you protect your personal rights and interests. In particular, please note:

YYShort provides online and mobile film and television content through the YYShort mobile application (hereinafter referred to as Applications) and related Internet services (collectively, Services). YYShort is provided by Hong Kong Vision Drama Media Co., Limited, which operates in accordance with the Company Law of the People's Republic of China, with a registered address at RM 1503-09, 15/F, CAUSEWAY BAY CENTRE, 15-23 SUGAR STREET, AUSEWAY BAY HONG KONG (we or our company).

This Privacy Policy is intended to explain what information we will collect, how to use it, and how you control the collection, correction and deletion of this information when you access this application and other services (including through the websites built by our partners and the service channels provided). Unless otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy, we promise not to use your information for other purposes and will not disclose it to any third party. It should be clear that the scope of effectiveness of this Privacy Policy does not cover the information we obtain through other channels (such as offline channels) or from other independent sources. This Privacy Policy has been formally incorporated into and strictly bound by our Terms of Use (subsequent Terms) system. Capital professional terms not defined in this Privacy Statement should be understood in accordance with the specific meanings given in the terms. By accessing and using this application or other services, you agree and accept the privacy protection measures specified in this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to or no longer agree to this Privacy Policy, please stop accessing and using this app and other related services immediately.

Ⅰ. Information we collect

1. Information we collect on our own

• A. Information collected for our services：While ensuring the quality of service, we will collect as little information as possible. When you register, access YYShort or otherwise interact with YYShort, we may collect your personal information, such as full name, ID/passport number, portrait, telephone number, email address, IP address, device identifier, geographic location, billing information, etc., as well as non-personal information, such as messages, images, VoIP data, audio and video streaming data, other content, and other activities you conduct in order to realize the functions and features of the service and comply with relevant laws and regulations. If you purchase products or services from us, we and/or our third-party payment processors may also collect your payment information. Where permitted by applicable law, we may send you emails related to the Services as well as promotional emails. If you do not want to receive these emails again, you can choose not to receive such emails by canceling your account.
• B. Cookies and tracking technologies：We use cookies, beacons, tags, scripts and similar technical means. These technologies can play a variety of roles, such as analyzing user behavior trends, managing services, tracking your activities within this application, and collecting demographic information about our user base as a whole. Cookies are essentially text records that will be stored in your browser or device. When you access them again, the system can read these records. We use cookies to remember the settings made by users, and also use them for authentication and data analysis. However, as our service continues to add various functions, we may expand the use of cookies in the future to save more data. Users have the right to control the use of cookies in their respective browser applications. For ways to change cookie settings, refer to the browser application's manual or help. If you choose to refuse cookies, you can still use the services we provide, but some functions and features of the services may not function as stably as normal. We may use technologies such as web beacons and single-pixel GIF files to record logs and usage data. We may also use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics etc. Depending on your region, we may use some or all of these tools to track your behavior on our Services. For more information or opt-out, please visit these third-party suppliers or suppliers’ corresponding websites or seek assistance from our customer service.
• C. Information obtained from third parties：You may authorize us to collect information related to you from services provided by third parties. For example, you can associate and bind social network services (referred to as SNS) platforms such as Facebook and Twitter with the accounts you registered with us. Once you have done this, we have the right to obtain relevant information from these associated accounts (for example, your friend or contact information on these social platforms).

2. Information we collect on behalf of third parties

About Cookies and Tracking Technologies. Our partners, affiliates, analytics or service providers may use cookies, beacons, tags, scripts and similar technologies. These technologies can play a variety of roles, such as analyzing user behavior trends, managing services, tracking your activities within this application, and collecting demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies, which can be individual or aggregated.

Ⅱ. How we use and disclose your information

1. How we use your information

• A. We will use the information you provide in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy：Generally speaking, we will use the collected information to ensure the normal operation and daily maintenance of the services, and at the same time respond to various needs and concerns you have raised in a timely manner. If you provide information for a specific reason, we may use that information for purposes related to the reason for providing it.
• B. The Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates (Affiliates)：You may also use your information collected through the Service to help us improve the content and functions of the Service, gain a more in-depth understanding of the characteristics and needs of our user groups, and thus achieve a comprehensive upgrade of the Service. Companies and affiliates may use this information to contact you in the future to provide additional services.
• C. If you have agreed：We may use the information we collect to send you marketing or other types of communication content. If you do not want to receive subsequent marketing communications from us at any time, or wish to remove your name from our email list, please feel free to contact our customer service team.

2. How we disclose and share your information

• A. The company will not sell your information：We believe that this information is an important part of our relationship with you. However, in some cases, we may share your information with certain third parties as follows.
• B. Personal information：We will never provide your personal information to others in the form of renting or selling. We may store personal information in places that are not directly under our control (for example, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers). Any personal information you choose to disclose on our Services, such as posting comments on a publicly visible interface, will be available for viewing by others. If you delete information published in our Services, a copy may still remain in the cache and archive pages of our Services, or other users may have copied, saved, or captured that information.
• C. Non-personal information：We may share non-personal information with interested third parties (such as anonymous usage data, landing/exit pages and URLs, platform types, clicks, etc.) to help them understand the usage patterns of specific services and our partners’ services. Non-personal information may be stored in places outside our direct control and may be stored indefinitely.
• D. The situation where we are asked to disclose information：We will disclose your information if legally required disclosure subject to court orders or other legal proceedings or if we have reasonable grounds to believe that it is necessary to take the following actions: (a) comply with reasonable requirements of law and law enforcement (b) comply with legal obligations (c) protect the personal safety of the service users or the public (d) enforce our terms or protect the safety or integrity of our services and/or (e) protect and defend the legal rights or property of the company, affiliates, our users or others.
• E. Other situations in which we may have to share your information：
  • (a) Transfer of business. We and/or our stakeholders may purchase or sell/divide/transfer the Company (including any shares of the Company) or any combination of its products, services, assets and/or businesses. In these types of transactions, your information may be one of the items that are sold or otherwise transferred. We may also go through divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, dissolutions, reorganizations, liquidation, similar transactions or procedures in which your information may be part of the assets involved.
  • (b) Agents, professional consultants, etc. We sometimes hire other companies or individuals to perform certain business-related functions. We may provide them with your information to perform these functions, including but not limited to professional analysis, technical maintenance and payment processing.
  • (c) Development and use. Developers using our Software Development Kit (SDK) or Application Programming Interface (API) may access information from their end users, including message content, message metadata, and voice and video metadata, but are only used to provide SDK/API functionality in their applications and/or services.
  • (d) Recommendation letter. We may display personal recommendation letters from satisfied customers on our app. With your consent, we may post your recommendation letter and your name.

3. Summary of information

In order to more accurately understand and meet the needs of service users, we may conduct research and analysis based on the collected information to address the customer's demographic characteristics, interest preferences and behavior patterns. Such studies may be integrated and analyzed in the form of summary statistics, and we may share these aggregated data with affiliates, agencies and business partners. At the same time, we may publish the aggregated user statistics to the public to promote our services to existing and potential business partners. In addition, we may also disclose these aggregated data to other third parties based on commercial operations and other legal and compliant needs.

Ⅲ. Storage and processing of your information

1. Cross-border transmission

The information about you collected through the Service may be stored in Europe, the United States, or any other country or region where companies, affiliates, agencies and service providers have operating facilities, and data processing is carried out in these places. We may transmit the information we collect about you, including personally identifiable information, from the country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. The laws and regulations of the place where information is collected, processed or used may not be as complete as the laws of your country or region, or the protection is not strong enough. If you are located in the EU, please note that we will transfer information, including personal data, only in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Information retention

• A. Account information：If you have an account with us, we will retain your information as long as your account is active or needs to be ready to provide services to you at any time. We will retain and use your information as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
• B. Visitor information：If you are a visitor to our Services, we will retain your information for as long as necessary, but the retention time will not exceed the requirements of applicable law since your last visit to our Services.
• C. Anonymization and deletion：In order to process personal information, we may anonymize it, delete it or take other appropriate measures. Copies made for backup and business continuity purposes may remain for an additional period of time.

Ⅳ. How we protect your information

1. Security measures

We attach great importance to protecting your privacy and data. We always take reasonable physical, technical or administrative measures to protect the information collected through the Service from loss, abuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage method is 100% secure. In particular, emails sent to or from the Service may be unsafe. Therefore, you should take extra care when deciding what information to send us via email. Remember to take this into account when disclosing any information on the Internet.

2. Personal information leakage

If personal information is leaked due to security breaches, we will promptly notify our customers in accordance with applicable laws. You hereby agree that we shall not be liable under no circumstances shall we be liable if the security breach is caused by:

• A. The government or judicial authority obtains data from us in accordance with applicable laws, regulatory policies, administrative or judicial orders, or other legal reasons.
• B. Any personal information is disclosed or leaked due to the user's own sharing or disclosure of his/her account or password.
• C. Information leakage caused by hacking, computer viruses, Trojans or other cybercrimes, or system failures or telecommunications failures, and current technology cannot prevent or resist such incidents in a commercially viable way.
• D. Your information may be disclosed in an emergency that endangers public safety or other person’s life, health or property. If your rights are compromised as a result, you may claim compensation from the beneficiaries of the incident under applicable law.
• E. Disclosure of information due to force majeure events or any other non-company reasons.

Ⅴ. Your choice of information

1. Review and update

If you are a current user of our Services, you can access your profile through Settings or similar interface to update certain information. You can also unsubscribe to certain emails and notifications by clicking the Unsubscribe button or linking or turning off related features. You can opt out of certain cookie-related processing by following the instructions provided in the browser manual or the help screen.

2. Correction and deletion

You have the right to request to view, correct, update or delete certain inaccurate information about you in our archive by logging in to your account and updating relevant information. Alternatively, you may contact our customer service to make such requests and inquiries. You have the right to request us to provide, correct or delete personal data, or to limit the processing of your personal data, as long as mandated by law. In addition, if applicable law has relevant provisions and requirements, you also have the right to data portability.

3. Restriction of processing

In some cases, you have the right to ask us to cease or restrict the use of your personal information, such as:

• We do not have a legal basis to continue using your information;
• You believe your personal information is inaccurate and wish to correct it.

The above rights and choices are subject to limitations and exceptions to applicable law. In addition to these rights, you also have the right to file a complaint with the relevant regulatory authorities. However, you are encouraged to contact us first, as we will do our best to address your concerns.

Ⅵ. Comply with applicable laws

1. Governing law

This Privacy Policy is formulated, effective, enforced and interpreted in accordance with Hong Kong laws and does not take into account its conflict of laws clauses. Under the Terms of Service, any dispute arising therefrom will also be resolved in accordance with the Terms of Service.

2. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

For residents of the European Economic Area covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we will make every effort to comply with the EU’s GDPR framework for the collection, use and retention of personal data related to EU member states.

3. Children's privacy

Our Services are not applicable to users under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under the age of 18 and believe that he/she has disclosed personal information to us, please contact our customer service immediately. If we learn that we have collected personal information from children under the age of 18, we will cease processing such information and take reasonable steps to immediately delete relevant information from our records.

4. Do Not Track policy

California law requires website and online service operators to disclose how they respond to Do Not Track signals. Since there is no consensus on how to interpret the Do Not Track signal, we are currently not responding to the Do Not Track signal. We are willing to continue to work with the industry to reach consensus on how to treat the Do Not Track signal.

Ⅶ. Our legal basis for collecting and processing your information

The laws of certain jurisdictions require companies to inform you of the legal basis for their collection, use or disclosure of your personal information. To the extent to which these laws apply, our legal basis includes, but is not limited to:

• A. Performance of contractual obligations：We process personal data mainly to fulfill contractual obligations to users, or to take measures at the request of users to sign a contract with them.
• B. Legitimate interests：In many cases, we process personal information to protect or promote the legitimate interests of us, our users and others, and those interests will not be covered by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the affected individual.
• C. Legal compliance：We need to use and disclose personal information in a specific way to comply with our legal obligations.
• D. Consent：We process personal information on your implied or express consent, where required by applicable law, and in certain other circumstances.
• E. GDPR Article 6(1)(a)–(f)：If GDPR is applicable, then the above items correspond to the legal bases listed in GDPR Article 6(1)(a) to (f).

Ⅷ. Additional policies

1. Unsolicited information

You may provide us with new products, services or ideas for improvements to existing products, as well as other voluntary and unsolicited submissions (collectively referred to as unsolicited information). All unsolicited information shall be deemed to be non-confidential information and we shall have the right to copy, use, disclose and distribute such unsolicited information to others without any restrictions without indicating the source.

2. Links to other websites or services

This Service may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such third-party websites or services. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of each third-party website or service you visit after leaving this Service.

3. Notification procedure

Our policy is to provide you with notices by email, written or paper notices, or by prominently posting such notices on the Services (at our sole discretion), whether they are required by law or for marketing or other business-related purposes. We reserve the right to determine the form and method of providing you with notice, but you may opt out of certain notification methods described in this Privacy Policy.

4. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We have the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and in circumstances deemed necessary and appropriate in our own judgment. The revised policy content will take effect immediately from the date of publication of this page. If we make significant adjustments to our policy, we will inform you by email and/or by posting significant reminder notices within our app before the new policy takes effect. If you do not acknowledge or will no longer accept such modifications, please stop accessing and using this application and its related services immediately.

5. Language and text

This document is written in English and is the only authentic text. For users' convenience, we may launch text content in other languages in different regions covered by our business. It should be noted that if there are differences in expression between the other language versions and the original English text, the final basis will be based on the expression content of this English text.

Ⅸ. Privacy compliance statement

We promise to protect your personal information in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China. Your information will be collected, processed and stored securely and is for purposes directly related to our Services only. We will not disclose your personal data to third parties unless required by law or with your express consent.