This Privacy Policy describes and covers our collection and usage of your personal information to provide you with the basic function of this application. Please read this Policy carefully before you agree to this Policy to start using this application. |
Effective Date: This Privacy Policy was revised and is effective as of February 21, 2023.
This Privacy Policy applies to “Fiestable” (the “Application”). The Application is an application which allows you to control certain party features of your SONY audio device with intuitive user interface.
In this Privacy Policy, we use “SONY,” "we," "us," and "our" to refer to Sony Corporation. “SONY Affiliates” shall mean Sony Group Corporation, which is the ultimate parent company of SONY and any legal entities controlled by Sony Group Corporation, which may be located in countries/regions outside your country/region of residence. The term “control” in this context means the direct or indirect ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting interest in such corporation or the power in fact to control the management decisions of such entity. This Privacy Policy explains our collection, use, sharing and other practices regarding your data.
SONY collects and uses information or data as described below (“Collected Data”). Some of this information may be considered personal information under applicable law in your jurisdiction, and it is collected when you choose to provide information to us or automatically when you use the Application.
From time to time, SONY may ask you whether you would like to participate in one of our surveys. We may ask for information, such as your interests and preferences with regard to current and future products and ser-vices on the market.
You can decide not to participate in the survey by closing the browser or tabs of the survey at any point during the survey.
We collect your personal information as described in the Section 2 and process it as described in the Section 4 only if you give us your consent.
We obtain your consent and separate consent via the following methods:
SONY uses your Collected Data for the following purposes:
SONY may use the Collected Data in order to provide you with certain functions and features of the Application and respond to your inquiries.
SONY uses the Collected Data to improve and develop SONY’s current and future products and services, which may be linked and analyzed in conjunction with the data we collect through other Sony audio applications that you may use. For the collected data through those applications, please refer to the privacy policies for those applications. Product improvement and/or development includes those relating to either an improvement of the technical functions of the Related Device or the usability of such product for user´s convenience. For this, we only use your IP address.
SONY may use the Collected Data for marketing strategy and forecast, together with the data we collect through other Sony audio applications that you may use. For the collected data through those applications, please refer to the privacy policies for those applications.
We may share non-personal information, including aggregate data and de-identified data, with third parties to the fullest extent allowed by law. In addition, SONY may share Collected Data with SONY Affiliates and third parties, as follows:
SONY may use third party service providers to process the Collected Data on its behalf for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Such third parties include, but are not limited to, IT service providers data hosting providers and SONY Affiliates. Our hosting provider is Amazon Web Services in the United States, acting as our entrusted processor.
SONY may disclose the token issued by Firebase Cloud Messaging or Apple Push No-tification service (Please refer to Section 2. (i)) to Firebase, a service provided by Google Inc.(“Google”) for Android user, or Apple Push Notifications service, a service provided by Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for iOS user), in order to provide you with push notice function. To better understand how Google and Apple use the information they receive, visit:
Google,https://policies.google.com/privacy
Apple,https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/
(B) Third parties who have their own purpose and means of processing
These third parties each determine its own purpose and means of processing your per-sonal information received from us.
In the event that SONY sells or transfers a portion or all of its business, the Collected Data may be transferred by SONY to the purchasing or acquiring entity as part of the transaction, including any due diligence process connected to the sale or transfer. We will continue to ensure the confidentiality of the Collected Data before such transaction occurs, and after such transaction, we will delete the Collected Data as soon as reasonably practicable.
Collected Data may be disclosed to government authorities and/or law enforcement officials if required by the applicable laws.
We may disclose Collected Data to auditors or similar external consultants like lawyers or tax advisors, to defend and exercise our legal rights (e.g. enforcing compliance with the terms of use) and as we believe necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
SONY will keep the Collected Data for as long as it is necessary for the relationship with you and the purposes detailed in Section 3 or otherwise permitted or required under applicable law.
SONY may retain Collected Data for an appropriate period to protect ourselves from legal claims, to administer our business, or to the extent permitted by applicable law, which may require us to hold the relevant Collected Data for specific periods.
Where SONY no longer requires the Collected Data, it will be destroyed or de-identified in line with internal SONY information security policies.
The Collected Data obtained from the Application or your device may be processed and stored on our servers in Amazon Web Services’ data centers in the United States. As described in Section 5(A) above, the operator of Amazon Web Services is the IT service provider and data hosting provider who acts as our entrusted processor and processes your Collected Data in accordance with our instructions. Some of the third parties de-scribed in Section 5 with whom we share the Collected Data may be located in coun-tries or regions other than China and the United States. Please contact us as indicated in Section 12 below if you want to know further details of any such third party.
SONY undertakes reasonable security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the Collected Data. Although SONY strives to protect the Collected Data, SONY cannot guarantee or warrant the absolute security of any Collected Data transmitted to SONY through the Application or that SONY stores on its systems or that is stored on SONY’s third party contractors' systems.
SONY is committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the collection, storage and use of the Collected Data concerning children, including the Provisions on the Network Protection of Children's Personal Information inmainland China. This Application is intended for a general audience; the Application is not directed to and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 14. If you are a parent or guardian and are concerned that your child has provided SONY with personal information (as defined by applicable law), you should contact us as indicated below.
You have certain rights with respect to the Collected Data SONY holds about you. These may include (without limitation) the right to request a copy of the Collected Data that SONY holds about you and/or you may request that SONY corrects, or supple-ments such Collected Data if it is inaccurate. You may also ask us to provide some types of the Collected Data to you, or another organization nominated by you, in a structured and machine-readable format. Where the processing of any Collected Data is based on your consent, you may withdraw consent and SONY to suspend or termi-nate the relevant processing. In addition, if you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as indicated in Section 12 below.. If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your questions, concerns or have any complaints about how we process personal data, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the departments ful-filling personal information protection duties and responsibilities.
SONY reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy and will notify you of any changes by prominently posting notice of the amendment on or within the Application. We may also provide notice to you in other ways, such as through contact information you have provided. You are advised to consult the posted Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of the Application after the posted effective date will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by those changes to the extent allowed by law.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at SChina_Privacy_Dep@sony.comIf you wish to exercise any legal right you may have in respect of the Collected Data, please contact us as below:
Service Line : 400 810 9000
Service Period : 9:00-18:00 (Monday - Sunday)
Email : ccc@sony.com.cn