Find Apps Privacy Notice

 

 

Effective date [1/9/2023]

 

The Lenovo [Find Apps] Privacy Notice ("Privacy Notice") describes: (i) how Lenovo collects, uses, stores or otherwise processes an individual's personal data in the context of the [Find Apps]; (ii) describes the data sharing relationship between [Lenovo] and its service providers such as Appnext ltd.

 

We want you to know that using the [Find Apps] ("the App") will involve certain data processing activities of your personal data by Lenovo and its partners. In this privacy notice, "Lenovo", "we" or "us" refers to Lenovo Group Ltd and its affiliated group companies. Lenovo will process your personal data as a data controller of your personal data.

 

This Privacy Notice governs the relationship between you and Lenovo, and the specific personal data processing activities conducted in connection with the Lenovo  Tablet and the [Find Apps] App. To learn more about how Lenovo handles your personal data, please visit the Lenovo Global Product Privacy Statement. Such privacy notice includes among others, a description of your data protection rights and how you can exercise them, how we may share your personal information or how we protect personal data in our products.

 

What personal data does the [Find Apps] App process?

Please be aware that personal data means any information which is related to an identified or identifiable natural person.

 

When you choose to install and use the App, Lenovo requires you to provide certain personal data, as described in the table below, to complete registration, and for the purpose of enabling you to use the App features in performance of the  service agreement.

 

When you use the product, data is generated. Categories of data generated can be summarized into: IP Address, AAID and Device Type. Please see the following table below for more detailed information.

 

 Data type

Source of the data

Legal basis

Purpose

IP Address

From the App.

Contract performance

Consent

Used to determine the user's country/region to recommend app/game information for that region. We do not store the full IP address.

Device Type

OS type

From the App.

Contract performance

Legitimate interest

To deliver support if you have an issue .

To maintain feature compatibility with Operating Systems.

To confirm that the App is interoperating with your device correctly.

Android Advertising ID (AAID)

From the App.

Contract performance

Consent

For user activity statistics and for upstream application recommendations.

Pxratio

From the App.

Contract performance

Consent

Used for app recommendation interface to report information, will be based on the information returned to the corresponding advertising material.

Language

From the App.

Contract performance

Legitimate interest

For app recommendation interface reporting information.

Target SDK

From the App.

Contract performance

Consent

For app recommendation interface reporting information

Make

From the App.

Contract performance

Legitimate interest

For app recommendation interface reporting information

Android ID

From the App.

Contract performance

Legitimate interest

For statistics purposes

 

What specific permissions do you grant us, and how to withdraw consent?

In order to process your personal information, when it is necessary, Lenovo will ask for your consent within the App for specific features. The table below describes how you can grant and withdraw your consent to such specific consent items.

 

Please note that some features would not be available if you do not grant the App permission. Also, we want you to know that we will not sell nor share your data for marketing related purposes.

 

Feature

Data Processed

Purpose

Withdraw mechanism

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi settings based on application permissions

Used to transfer data and interact with devices and the cloud.

Permissions can be disabled in the system settings.

Application Installation List

Get a list of locally installed apps based on app permissions.

Used to filter locally installed applications.

Permission can be disabled in the system settings.

 

How do we share your personal data?

 

In order to provide the service, we will share your information with our service providers such as Appnext ltd. to recommend applications for you within the app using online advertising technology ]. As part of Lenovo's data processor arrangement with them, Lenovo requires that Appnext ltd. maintains information security best practices, makes all reasonable efforts to secure your data and only processes your data for the purposes listed in the table below.

 

How Long do we keep your personal data?

 

When we design a product, we focus on delivering the best user experience. In order to do so, we will process personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, but we will only retain your personal information as long as necessary to achieve proper performance of the product. In some cases, we may need to retain your personal data when it is required by law.

 

Please see below detailed information about the data retention schedule within the context of the Find Apps.

 

Type of data

Retention Period

IP address

Unsaved

Device Type

2 years

OS type

2 years

Android Advertising ID (AAID)

2 years

Android ID

2 years

Application Installation List

Unsaved

 

Changes to this Privacy Notice

 

Our mission is to be as transparent as possible.

 

We might update this privacy notice to let you know about any changes in the way the product, or Lenovo process your personal data and ask you if you are happy with those changes when necessary by law. We will let you know via in-app push notification or e-mail about such changes to make sure you are up to date.

 

Contact us

 

For any privacy related matters please contact the Lenovo Privacy Program at privacy@lenovo.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible.