Privacy Policy

Introduction

Thanks for choosing WikiBIt!

WikiBIt Platform (hereinafter referred to as "we") highly values the security of our users' (hereinafter referred to as "you") personal information. We fully understand the significance of your personal information and place great emphasis on protecting your privacy and personal data. Through this policy, we aim to clearly explain how we handle your personal information when you use our products and/or services, as well as the measures we provide to manage and safeguard this information.

Our website and services are intended only for adults aged 18 and over. If you are under the age of 18, or if you lack the legal capacity to engage in user activities, please do not use our products or services. We assume no responsibility for non-compliance with this requirement.

Please read and fully understand this policy, especially the terms marked in bold, to thoroughly acquaint yourself with our methods of information collection and usage, enabling you to better understand our products or services. Make informed choices according to the guidelines of this policy when necessary. Please start using the products or services only after you have confirmed that you fully understand and agree to this policy. We will process and protect your personal information in accordance with the terms of this policy. We strive to explain the technical terminology involved in this policy in a clear and concise manner for your understanding. If you click "Agree to this Policy" or check an option with a similar meaning, or actively log in, confirm, agree, accept, or use our provided products or services, it indicates your consent for us to collect, use, store, share, transfer, and disclose personal information according to this policy (including updated versions). Special notes are as follows:

  • To provide you with the basic functionalities of our products or services, we need your authorization to collect and use necessary information; if you refuse to provide such essential information, you will be unable to use our products and services normally.

  • If you refuse to allow us to collect any of your personal information, we will be unable to provide you with the complete basic functionalities.

  • If certain information is not independent or in conjunction with other information identify your personal identity, such information does not constitute your personal information in the legal sense. When the information we hold can objectively be combined with other information to identify your personal identity, even if we do not intend or are unable to ultimately identify your personal identity by obtaining or combining any other information, this information will be treated and protected as personal information in accordance with this policy during its use.

  • It is important to note that obtaining a specific sensitive permission does not necessarily mean that we will collect your related information; even if we have obtained sensitive permissions, we only collect your relevant information within the necessary scope and in accordance with this guideline while you are using the related services or functions.

If you want to know more detailed information, please read the corresponding chapter according to the following index:

Table of Contents

I. How do we collect and use your personal information

II. How do we store and protect your personal information

III. Personal information we may share, transfer, or disclose

IV. Third-party plug-in (SDK) management

V. Data Security and Retention

VI. How do you cancel your account

VII. How do we use cookies and other similar technologies

VIII. Protection of Minors

IX. How do we update our privacy policy

X. Contact Us

I. How do we collect and use your personal information

Personal information consists of various data recorded electronically or by other means related to an identified or identifiable natural person. Sensitive personal information, if leaked or used unlawfully, can easily infringe upon an individual's dignity or jeopardize their personal and property safety. Personal information includes biometric identifiers, specific identities, financial accounts, and tracking data.

1. The Personal Information We Collect and Use

The personal information that we need to collect and use when you utilize our products and/or services includes:

1.1 Account Registration and Login

1.1.1 Registration, Login, and Identity Verification: When you register or log in to our products and services, you can create or log in to an account using your phone number, email, password, and verification code to comply with internet real-name system requirements stipulated by relevant laws and regulations. Additionally, you can complete your profile by providing online identity information such as a profile picture, nickname, and personal introduction based on your needs. If you only need to browse and search, you don't need to register as our user or provide the information mentioned above. In an unlogged state, we may collect your unique device identifier (e.g., IDFA, IDFV, Android ID) for statistical purposes. Upon registration/login, to secure your account, we use a bot detection feature, collecting through SDK your browser type and settings, device type and settings, operating system, mobile network information (including carrier and phone number), and app version number.

1.1.2 Account Display Information: If you successfully register for an account on our platform, we will display your name, profile picture, region, and introduction in our app and on our website. This allows other users to recognize you when using the platform services.

1.2 Information browsing, posting, likes, and favorites

1.2.1 Content Storage and Permission Requests: The text content, images/videos files, comment records, like records, and collection lists that you actively submit will be stored encrypted on our servers. We will ask for your authorization to access storage (albums, media and other files) and camera (webcam) permissions. If you refuse to provide authorization, you will not be able to use the corresponding functions, but it will not affect your normal use of our other functions.

1.2.2 Geographic Location Information Usage: When you post notes or comments, we use your authorized location information to determine the location of your posts. This information is later used to recommend your content to other users, enhancing the regional relevance and appeal of content.

1.2.3 Following and Content Display: When you follow accounts of interest, browse, comment, or like, we collect information about the accounts you follow and the aforementioned activities. We then display content posted by the accounts you follow, providing you with a personalized browsing experience.

1.2.4 Favorites Feature Description: When you use the favorites feature to store different types of information, that information is uploaded and stored on our servers so you can access it when you log in on other devices. We store your favorites in encrypted form and you can delete your favorites at any time. Unless you voluntarily choose to share this information or we are required to do so by law, we will not disclose this information or use it for purposes other than the favorites feature.

1.3 Search

When you use our search function, we collect and analyze your search queries, reading history, visit times, comments, and interaction records. Collecting this information allows us to provide you with the content and services you need and may be more interested in, while also helping us improve our products and services, and optimize the accuracy and relevance of our search results.

1.4 Account Information and Automatic Information Collection

1.4.1 Information You Provide: When you create an account, provide feedback, contact us directly, or otherwise use the platform, you may provide some or all of the following information:

  • Basic User Information: Upon registering as a user and using our basic services, you'll need to provide your profile picture, name, gender, email, and phone number.

  • Account Display Information: To view account-related information through the platform, you'll need to provide your account number, password, and communication record information

1.4.2 Automatically Collected Information: We automatically collect the following information:

  • Device Information: To identify abnormal account statuses and understand product adaptability, we require device information (including device model, operating system version, device settings, and device environment), location information, IP address, and access date.

  • Service Log Information: When you use our products or services via our website or app, we automatically collect and store service logs detailing your usage, including browsing, viewing, searching, bookmarking, and recording information, as well as IP address, language used, and access date and time.

1.4.3 Third-Party SDK Service Providers

When you use functions provided by third parties in the WikiBit APP, we may integrate Software Development Kits (SDKs) provided by these third parties to enable related functionalities. In such cases, third-party SDK service providers may collect your personal information. We exercise due diligence and conduct strict security monitoring on the aforementioned third-party SDKs to ensure the protection of personal information.

When you use the login/registration functionality, Geetest SDK passively collects:

  Device Information: Device system, model, brand, screen size, IDFA, AndroidID, IDFV, and location information.

  Device Environment Information: Jailbreak flags, emulator flags, debugging flags.

  Other Information: Installation package name.

1.5 Community Interaction Features

When you use profile editing features and post comments, photos, videos, etc. in the community, we require your permission to use the camera/gallery of your device if you choose to “capture” or “upload from gallery”. We also need gallery access if you wish to save images from the app. Moreover, we collect your click, browsing, following, bookmarking, searching, commenting, uploading data, friendship, badges info, and notes. All such data is stored on our servers being essential to provide these services.

1.6 Account Security Verification

When retrieving or modifying your password, for the safety of your account, we need to verify your information, mainly including email, phone number, and password.

1.7 Virtual Property Related

Purchasing, viewing, and using virtual property. For your convenience in viewing virtual property and to minimize potential risks, "My Coins" will record your recharge, balance, and usage situation.

1.8 QR Code Scanning Feature

When you use our app's scanning feature, we need to obtain permission to use your device's camera. To implement the image upload and profile picture upload features, we need permission to read your device's external storage. To implement the image saving feature, we need permission to write to your device's external storage.

1.9 Push Notification Feature

To ensure you receive our push notifications, they will be sent whether our app is closed or running in the background. Also, with your explicit consent, opening our app's content-based push notifications will redirect and open the relevant content.

1.10 Device Permission Usage Summary

During our service provision, we will call upon your device permissions as follows. You can choose to turn off some or all permissions in your device settings. Permission display and shutdown methods may vary on different devices, please refer to the device or system developer's instructions or guidelines:

Device permissionsPermission NameCorresponding functionsFunction locationFunctional scenarioCan it be disabled?
Camera (webcam)CAMERA1. Change your avatar
2. Scan
1. App - Me - Settings - Profile Settings - Change Avatar
2. App Homepage - Post
3. App - Me - Upper Right Corner - Scan
1. Change your avatar and take a photo when using the capture function
2. Take a photo when posting
3. Scan the QR code to log in via APP
Yes, disabling it will only affect this function and will not affect other functions of the App.
Gallery (Image and Video Upload)1、READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
2、READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
3、WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

4、READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

5、

ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION

1. Change your avatar
2. Feedback
3. Scan
1. App - Me - Settings - Profile Settings - Change Avatar
2. Feedback: App - Me - Feedback - Add picture
3. App Homepage - Post
4. App - Me - Upper Right Corner - Scan
1. Use album pictures when changing your avatar
2. Submit screenshots when filling in feedback
3. Upload images and pictures when publishing
4. APP QR Scanning
Yes, disabling it will only affect this function and will not affect other functions of the App.
Network permissionsandroid.permission.INTERNET1. Access the app1. Accessing the App: A popup appears when opening the app for the first time.Enable network traffic usage function for real-time reading and updatingYes, after disabling, the content of the App cannot be read and updated in real time, and the App cannot be used normally.

2. How We Use Your Personal Information

2.1 Usage Based on Policy: We will use your authorized personal information to implement product/service functions as per the purposes and uses stipulated in this policy. Understand that the products/services provided to you are subject to constant updates and changes. Please note that if we need to use personal information for non-purposes embodied in this policy, or need to additionally collect unmentioned personal information, we will explain to you the purpose, method, types of information collected with page prompts, interactive processes, website announcements, get your consent separately. Once you agree, the extra information or purposes will be deemed part of this policy and will apply this policy.

2.2 Usage of Sensitive Information: When collecting sensitive personal information, we will again seek your consent per applicable legal requirements via page prompts, interactive processes, website announcements, etc, minimizing the impact on your personal rights. If we need to collect sensitive personal information not stated in this policy, or use the mentioned sensitive personal information for non-stated purposes, we will explain through above ways including necessity, method, types, and the impact on your personal rights.

2.3 Usage of Third-Party Information: Please note, if the information you provide contains the personal information of others, you need to ensure that you have obtained the lawful authorization from those individuals before providing such personal information.

2.4. Exceptions with Your Authorization and Consent

In the following situations, we will also collect and use your personal information, but please be fully aware that in these cases, collecting your information does not require your authorization or consent:

2.4.1 When it is necessary to protect the significant lawful rights and interests of your own or others' lives, property, etc., and it is difficult to obtain your consent.

2.4.2 The information collected is information you have disclosed to the public by yourself.

2.4.3 Collecting information from legally publicly disclosed sources, such as lawful news reports, government public disclosures, and other ways.

2.4.4 Necessary for signing or fulfilling a contract at your request.

2.4.5 Directly related to national security, national defense security, public safety, public health, significant public interests, criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and judgment enforcement.

2.4.6 Related to fulfilling legal and regulatory obligations and other circumstances prescribed by laws and regulations.

2.5 Use of De-identified Information: You acknowledge and agree that after collecting personal information, we may use technical means to de-identify the information. De-identified information will not reveal your identity without additional information. In such cases, we may use the de-identified data to analyze our database and utilize it commercially without obtaining further consent from you. All personal information provided by you while using our products or services will continue to be authorized for our use unless you delete it or refuse further collection through your device's system settings.

II. How do we store and protect your personal information

We strive to ensure that the information provided to us is protected, including during transmission and upon receipt. We will implement appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure and access, misuse, and any other unlawful form of data processing. This includes, for example, firewalls, password protection, and permission controls.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us; you do so at your own risk. We also cannot guarantee that such information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. If you believe your personal data has been compromised, please contact us.

III. Personal information we may share, transfer, or disclose

1. Share:

Regarding your personal information, we will not share it with any third party without your consent, unless one or more of the following circumstances exist:

1.1 Sharing with Your Consent: We share your personal information with others only after obtaining your explicit consent.

1.2 Sharing under Legal Circumstances: We may share your personal information externally in accordance with laws, regulations, needs of lawsuit dispute resolution, or at the request of administrative and judicial authorities.

1.3 Sharing with Authorized Partners: To fulfill the purposes stated in this policy, some of our services will be provided by our partners. We may share your personal information with partners to ensure delivery of services and to improve your user experience. For instance, we must share your personal information with partners to arrange rewards for events, provide services, communicate with users over disputes, handle personal account operations, or inform users quickly in urgent situations.

1.4 Necessary Sharing with Affiliates: To provide consistent service and personalized recommendations, we share personal information amongst companies we directly or indirectly control, or affiliates, bounded by this policy. Only necessary information is shared, and any changes in data handling will be subject to your authorization.

1.5 Complaint Handling: Complaints require sharing your contact details, complaint content, possibly with consumer rights protection departments and regulatory authorities, excluding information prohibited by law.

1.6 Third Party Account Login: Third-party service providers may access necessary device, network, location, and storage information to enable login and provide related services.

1.7 Messaging Service: To provide message pushing, third-party pushing service providers may access your SDK version number, necessary device, mobile status, geographic location, network-related information, and storage for more personalized notifications.

1.8 Geolocation Service: Third-party providers may collect your device and location information to suggest nearby content.

1.9 Affiliate Company Sharing: Your personal information may be shared with our affiliated companies, treated according to this privacy policy and with renewed consent for alterations.

We only share personal information for legal, necessary, specific, and expressly stated purposes. We require entities sharing personal information to handle data based on our instructions, this policy, and any other related confidentiality and security measures. We also fulfill our legal obligations as required by applicable laws and regulations, such as informing you of the recipients, shared data, and acquiring your explicit consent. Consent will be re-acquired for any changes.

2. Transfer:

Without your explicit consent, we will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization, or individual, except in the following cases:

2.1 Prior consent has been obtained from you.

2.2 The request is initiated by you.

2.3 In the event of a merger, division, dissolution, or bankruptcy of the company, personal information may be transferred. In such cases, we will inform you of the name or contact details of the recipient and require that the new entity holding your personal information continues to be bound by this policy. If the recipient changes the purpose or method of processing personal information, we will require them to obtain your explicit consent again.

2.4 Other circumstances as stipulated by laws and regulations.

3. Disclose:

We will only disclose personal information under the following circumstances and with security measures that meet industry standards:

3.1 With Your Consent: We disclose the information you specify in the manner you explicitly consent to.

3.2 Information you willingly share is not subject to this guideline.

Be aware that any information you share can be read, collected, and used by any third party. Please consider carefully what personal information you disseminate through us. Understand fully that when you disclose information on your own, we only store content or system logs containing such information but will not actively identify it as your personal information. As long as you do not delete the information you publicly post, it's likely to stay in the public domain; in some cases, even if you delete the publicly posted information, it can still be cached, copied, or stored independently by non-affiliated third parties outside of our control, or saved in the public domain by other users or third parties.

4. Exceptions to Sharing, Transferring, and Publicly Disclosing Personal Information

In the following situations, we can share, transfer, and disclose personal information without prior consent:

4.1 Protecting Major Legal Interests: Required for the protection of your or other individuals' critical legal rights and interests such as life and property, and when it is difficult to obtain your personal consent.

4.2 Using Publicly Available Information: The information collected was either publicly disclosed by you or collected from legally available public information.

Please understand that, according to related laws, regulations, regulatory requirements, and our business needs, we may share, transfer, and disclose de-identified or anonymized personal information. Sharing, transferring, and disclosing anonymized personal information, where the data receiver cannot recover and re-identify the personal information subject, does not require additional notice or consent.

We will strictly comply with legal requirements, adopt reasonable security measures to ensure the safety of your personal information during sharing, transfer, and disclosure. Simultaneously, we will perform regular privacy policy and practice assessments to ensure our handling of personal information conforms to legal, regulatory, and industry best practices.

IV. Third-party plug-in (SDK) management

Geetest SDK

  Personal Information Involved: Mobile number, operating entity

  Purpose of Usage: Providing traffic security protection, behavior-based human-machine recognition, countering machine traffic attacks, optimizing user experience, reducing business loss due to malicious traffic, and reducing customer churn due to cumbersome verification methods.

  Usage Scenario: Mobile text message verification code confirmation

  Partner Entity: Wuhan Jiyi Network Technology Co.,Ltd

  Collection Method: Collected via SDK

  Partner's Official Website: https://www.geetest.com/

  Partner's Privacy Policy: https://www.geetest.com/Private

V. Data Security and Retention

In accordance with the law, our legitimate interests, or best business practices, we may retain data for different purposes over various periods of time. Other legal obligations, legal proceedings, and investigations may also require the retention of certain data.

VI. How do you cancel your account

You have the right to apply for account cancellation according to the specified account closure process.

1. You can navigate to [Me - System Settings - Cancel Account] and select [Apply for Account Cancellation] if you meet the conditions for account cancellation. We will process your cancellation request within 30 days after receiving it and verifying your identity. After the account is canceled, all information in your account will be cleared.

2. Special Reminder: After canceling the account, you will no longer be able to log in or use any of our products and services with this account, including services in collaboration with third parties within our products and services. We will also terminate all our products and services provided under that account; once the account is canceled, your registration information and rights will be lost, and the account cannot be restored. You will also not be able to retrieve any content or information related to the account; canceling your account may cause many inconveniences for your after-sales or rights protection, so please consider carefully before proceeding and backing up all relevant information and various receipts and documents related to your account on your own.

3. If you confirm cancelling your account, you are fully aware and confirm that you will no longer possess any rights associated with the account, including but not limited to:

3.1 You will no longer be able to log in or use any of our products and services with that account.

3.2 All content, information, data, and records associated with the products and services accessed through that account will be deleted or anonymized. You will also no longer be able to search for, access, obtain, use, or retrieve them, including but not limited to account information (avatar, nickname, bio), binding information.

3.3 The transaction records of the account will be erased and cannot be restored.

3.4 We reserve the right not to provide any services related to the account.

3.5 You agree to relinquish any rights associated with the account that were generated but not fully utilized during the use of our products and services through account cancellation, as well as any anticipated future benefits. We will clear all rights under the account, including but not limited to: your unexpired rights, your virtual currency, various status rights you have in different products and/or services, membership services content in various products and/or services that you have purchased but not yet expired, and other rights already generated but not fully consumed or expected future benefits.

4. Before you apply to cancel your account, to protect your account security and property rights, you must first check and ensure that the account you are applying to cancel meets the following conditions, including but not limited to:

4.1 The account was registered through official channels, complies with this specification and relevant regulations, and is your personal membership account.

4.2 The cancellation is carried out according to the cancellation process required by us.

4.3 There are no pending transactions in the account.

VII. How do we use cookies and other similar technologies

1. If you accept cookies, we will set or access cookies on your computer and related mobile devices to enable you to log in or use WikiBit services or functions that rely on cookies. We use cookies to provide you with more thoughtful personalized services.

2. You have the right to accept or refuse cookies. You can refuse cookies by modifying your browser settings or setting it on your mobile device. However, if you choose to refuse cookies, you may not be able to log in or use WikiBit services or functions that rely on cookies.

3. Information obtained through cookies set by WikiBit will be subject to this policy.

VIII. Protection of Minors

Minors should not access our services, and we do not intentionally collect any personal information from minors. Our website and services are intended only for adults aged 18 and over, and we assume no responsibility for non-compliance with this requirement.

We encourage parents and legal guardians to take appropriate measures to prevent children under the age of 18 from accessing our website without proper permission.

If we become aware that we have received personal information from visitors under the age of 18, we will promptly delete such information and will not use it.

IX. How do we update our privacy policy

1. To provide you with better services, we will update the terms of this policy based on product updates and relevant legal and regulatory requirements. These updates will form part of this policy. Without your explicit consent, we will not reduce the rights you are entitled to under the currently effective policy.

2. If there are updates to this policy, we will notify you via APP push notifications or other methods so that you can stay informed about the latest version of this policy.

X. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our privacy and data protection policy or the way your personal information is processed or used in relation to our software applications or website, please contact us at support@wikibit.com. Your request must include your name and any other information necessary for identification, as well as a complete description of your request.