Effective Date: 06/13/2023
This Policy
This Policy is issued by Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd and its affiliates (together, “Anker”, “we”, “us” and “our”) and is addressed to individuals outside our organisation with whom we interact, including customers, visitors to our Sites and Applications, or recipients of any of our other products, services, personnel of corporate customers and vendors, and visitors to our premises (together, “you”). Defined terms used in this Policy are explained in Section (V) below.
Except for specific Anker products or services that provide independent privacy policies, this Privacy Policy applies to all Anker devices, websites, or applications that reference or link to this Privacy Policy. This Policy is a general privacy policy which outlines how Anker collects, uses, discloses, processes, and protects information provided to us or collected by us when using our products or services located on our websites or provided on our mobile applications. If a specific Anker product or service has a separate privacy policy, that policy will take precedence. Any parts not covered by the separate privacy policy will be governed by this Privacy Policy. Additionally, depending on factors such as the device model you are using, service version or location, how specific products or services collect and process your Personal Data or Personal Information may differ. You should refer to the separate privacy policy for detailed information.
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on Anker's application or site you used prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
You may also have certain rights regarding the information we collect about you. Specifically, the rights of Data Subjects under the GDPR are explained in Section (K) below. Similarly, U.S. residents in general and California residents in particular may find information on their rights as a Consumer in Section (S) below.
Intended Audience: Our Sites, Applications, products, or services are not directed to children under the age of 13. As a result, our Sites, applications, products, or services do not request or knowingly collect Personal Data from individuals under the age of 13. If you are not 13 or older, you should not visit or use our Sites, applications, products, or services .
List of Contents
A. Collection of Personal Data
C. Categories of Personal Data we Process
D. Purposes of Processing and legal bases for Processing
E. Disclosure of Personal Data to third parties
F. International transfer of Personal Data
P. Business information and links to other websites
Q. Analytics and Tailored Advertising
R. Do Not Track
S. California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures
T. California’s “Shine the Light” Law
U. Contact Us or Lodge a complaint
V. Definitions
We collect or obtain Personal Data about you from the following sources:
Data provided to us: We obtain Personal Data when those data are provided to us (e.g., when you register an account with us; where you contact us via email or telephone, or by any other means, or when you provide us with your business card).
Relationship data: We collect or obtain Personal Data in the ordinary course of our relationship with you (e.g., we provide a service to you).
Data you make public: We collect or obtain Personal Data that you manifestly choose to make public, including via social media (e.g., we may collect information from your social media profile(s), if you make a public post about us).
Site or Application data: We collect or obtain Personal Data when you visit any of our Sites or Applications, or use any features or resources available on or through our Sites or Applications.
Registration details: We collect or obtain Personal Data when you use, or register to use, any of our Sites or Applications.
Content and advertising information: If you interact with any third party content or advertising on our Sites and/ or applications (including third party plugins and cookies) we receive Personal Data from the relevant third party provider of that content or advertising.
Third party information: We collect or obtain Personal Data from third parties who provide it to us (e.g., credit reference agencies; law enforcement authorities; etc.).
We also create Personal Data about you in certain circumstances, such as records of your interactions with us, and details of your past interactions with us. We may also combine Personal Data from any of our Sites, Applications, products or services, including where those data are collected from different devices.
When you register your account on our Sites or Applications, we may process the following categories of Personal Data about you:
such as usernames and passwords, email addresses, phone numbers, social media accounts, and third-party avatars
After successfully creating your account, you can use it to log in to various Sites and Applications of Anker without needing to creat an account again. When using our Sites, Applications, products or services, we may also process the following categories of Personal Data about you:
Personal details: such as given name(s), preferred name, and photograph you provide to us.
Demographic information: such as gender, date of birth/age you provide to us; nationality/district, language preferences you choose on Anker's Sites or Applications.
Contact details: such as address, shipping address, telephone number, email address you provide to us; online messaging details, and photos/videos you uploaded when dealing with certain issues; and social media details.
Consent records: such as records of any consents you have given, together with the date and time, means of consent and any related information (e.g., the subject matter of the consent).
Purchase details: such as records of purchases and prices, consignee name, address, contact telephone number, email address, details of returns, warranty details when you place orders on Anker's Sites or Applications.
Payment details: such as invoice records, payment amount, payment date, billing address, payment method, cardholder or accountholder name when you place orders on Anker's Sites or Applications.
Data relating to our Apps and products: such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth data, IP address, Mac address, memory information, SD card information, Mobile phone model and operating system version, username, password, language preferences, screentime and other preference settings, usage data and aggregate statistical information.
Server logs: such as records of events on our servers, including search queries; IP addresses; hardware settings; browser type; browser language; the date and time of request; referral URL; and certain cookies that identify your browser or Account.
Content and advertising data: such as records of your interactions with our online advertising and content, records of advertising and content displayed on pages displayed to you, and any interaction you may have had with such content or advertising (e.g., mouse hover, mouse clicks, any forms you complete in whole or in part).
Views and opinions: such as any comments, views and opinions that you choose to send to us, or publicly post about us on social media platforms.
Cookie data: such as personal data collected via cookies and other similar technologies – please see our Cookie Policy for more details.