Updated: 2024/6/19 Effective Date: 2024/6/19

Introduction Spicy Books is a product provided by Happy advert (hereinafter referred to as "we"). When you use our services, we may collect and use your information. Through this Privacy Policy, we hope to explain to you how we collect, use, store and share this information when using our services, as well as the ways we provide you with access, update, control and protect this information. This Privacy Policy is closely related to the Spicy Books services you use. We hope that you will read it carefully and make the choices you think appropriate according to the guidance of this Privacy Policy when necessary. We try to express the relevant technical terms involved in this Privacy Policy in a concise manner and provide links to further explanations for your understanding.

By using or continuing to use our services, you agree that we will collect, use, store and share your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or related matters, please contact us at [email protected].

1.Information we collect When we or our third-party partners provide services, we may collect, store and use the following information about you. If you do not provide relevant information, you may not be able to register as our user or enjoy certain services we provide, or you may not be able to achieve the intended effect of the relevant services.

Personal information, such as phone number, email, etc., that you provide to us when you register an account or use our services. Location information refers to information about your location collected when you turn on the device positioning function and use the relevant services we provide based on location, including: Your geographic location information collected through GPS or WiFi when you use our services through a mobile device with positioning function; You can stop collecting your geographic location information by turning off the positioning function. Log information refers to information that the system may collect through cookies, identifiers and related technologies when you use our services, including your device information, browsing information, and click information, and store such information as log information to provide you with a personalized user experience and ensure service security. You can refuse or manage the use of cookies, identifiers or related technologies through browser settings. Third-party SDK we access:

umeng SDK Third-party name: Youmeng Tongxin (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd Purpose of use: Mobile application statistics Personal information types collected: AndroidID/OAID/IDFA/OpenUDID/GUID Processing method: Anonymous Privacy policy link: https://www.umeng.com/page/policy 2. Storage of information 2.1 Method and duration of information storage We will store your information in a secure manner, including local storage (such as using APP for data caching), databases and server logs. In general, we will only store your personal information for the time required to achieve the purpose of the service or under the conditions stipulated by laws and regulations. 2.2 Geography of information storage We will store user personal information collected in China in accordance with laws and regulations. At present, we will not transfer or store your personal information across borders. If cross-border transmission or storage is required in the future, we will inform you of the purpose, recipient, security measures and security risks of the information out of the country, and obtain your consent. 2.3 Notification when a product or service ceases to operate When our products or services cease to operate, we will notify you by push notification, announcement, etc., and delete your personal information or anonymize it within a reasonable period of time, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations. 3. Information security We use various security technologies and procedures to prevent the loss, improper use, unauthorized reading or disclosure of information. For example, in some services, we will use encryption technology (such as SSL) to protect the personal information you provide. However, please understand that due to technical limitations and various possible malicious means, in the Internet industry, even if we do our best to strengthen security measures, it is impossible to always guarantee 100% security of information. You need to understand that the system and communication network you use to access our services may have problems due to factors beyond our control.

4.How We Use Information We may use the information collected in the process of providing services to you for the following purposes: Providing services to you; When we provide services, for identity verification, customer service, security prevention, fraud monitoring, archiving and backup purposes to ensure the security of the products and services we provide to you; Help us design new services and improve our existing services; Let us better understand how you access and use our services so that we can respond to your personalized needs in a targeted manner, such as language settings, location settings, personalized help services and instructions, or make other responses to you and other users; Provide you with more relevant advertisements to replace general advertisements; Evaluate the effectiveness of advertisements and other promotional and promotional activities in our services and improve them; Software certification or management of software upgrades; Allow you to participate in surveys about our products and services.

5.Information Sharing At present, we will not actively share or transfer your personal information to third parties. If there are other situations of sharing or transferring your personal information or you need us to share or transfer your personal information to a third party, we will directly or confirm that the third party has obtained your explicit consent to the above behavior.

In order to place advertisements, evaluate and optimize the effectiveness of advertisements, etc., we need to share some of your data with third-party partners such as advertisers and their agents, and require them to strictly comply with our measures and requirements for data privacy protection, including but not limited to processing in accordance with data protection agreements, commitments and relevant data processing policies to avoid identifying personal identities and ensure privacy security.

We will not share information that can be used to identify you personally (such as your name or email address) with partners unless you explicitly authorize.

We will not disclose the collected personal information publicly. If it must be disclosed publicly, we will inform you of the purpose of the disclosure, the type of information disclosed and the sensitive information that may be involved, and obtain your explicit consent.

As our business continues to develop, we may conduct mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers and other transactions. We will inform you of the relevant circumstances and continue to protect or require the new controller to continue to protect your personal information in accordance with laws and regulations and standards not lower than those required by this Privacy Policy.

In addition, according to relevant laws, regulations and national standards, we may share, transfer and publicly disclose personal information without obtaining your prior authorization and consent in the following circumstances:

Directly related to national security and national defense security;

Directly related to public security, public health and major public interests;

Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and execution of judgments;

For the purpose of safeguarding the major legitimate rights and interests of the subject of personal information or other individuals such as life and property, but it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person concerned;

The subject of personal information discloses personal information to the public on his own;