Privacy Policy of WikiBit

Introduction

Welcome to WikiBit!

The WikiBit platform (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”) highly values the security of users’ (hereinafter referred to as “you” or “your”) personal information. We understand the importance of personal information to you, and therefore attach great importance to protecting your privacy and personal information. Through this Policy, we hope to clearly explain how we process your personal information when you use our products and/or services, as well as the ways we provide for you to manage and protect such information.

Our website and services are intended only for adults aged 18 and above. If you are under 18 years old, or otherwise do not possess the civil capacity appropriate for user activities, please do not use our products/services. We assume no responsibility for failure to comply with this requirement.

Please carefully read and fully understand this Policy, especially the clauses highlighted in bold, to learn in detail how we collect and use information, so that you may better understand our products/services and make appropriate choices in accordance with this Policy when necessary. Please begin using our products/services only after confirming that you fully understand and agree to this Policy. We will process and protect your personal information in accordance with this Policy. We strive to explain the technical terms involved in this Policy in a concise and understandable manner for your convenience. By clicking “Agree to this Policy” or checking an option with a similar meaning, or by actively logging in, confirming, agreeing, accepting, or using the products/services we provide, you indicate your consent to our collection, use, storage, sharing, transfer, and disclosure of personal information in accordance with this Policy (including updated versions). The following special notices apply:

To provide you with the basic functions of our products/services, you need to authorize us to collect and use necessary information. If you refuse to provide such necessary information, you will not be able to use our products and services properly.

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

If certain information cannot independently or in combination with other information identify your personal identity, such information does not constitute your personal information in the legal sense. However, when the information we possess can objectively identify your personal identity when combined with other information, even if we do not intend or are unable to ultimately identify your personal identity by obtaining or combining any other information, such information will still be treated and protected as personal information during its use in accordance with this Policy.

It should be specifically noted that obtaining a specific sensitive permission does not necessarily mean that we will collect your relevant information; even if we have obtained sensitive permissions, we will only collect your relevant information within the necessary scope and during your use of the related services or functions in accordance with this Policy.

If you wish to learn more detailed information, please refer to the corresponding sections according to the index below:

Table of Contents

I. How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

II. How We Store and Protect Your Personal Information

III. Personal Information We May Share, Transfer, or Disclose

IV. Third-Party Plug-ins (SDK) Management

V. Data Security and Retention

VI. How You Can Delete Your Account

VII. How We Use Cookies and Other Similar Technologies

VIII. Protection of Minors

IX. How We Update This Privacy Policy

X. Contact Us

I. How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

Personal information refers to various kinds of information related to identified or identifiable natural persons recorded electronically or by other means. Sensitive personal information refers to personal information that, once leaked or illegally used, may easily lead to infringement of the personal dignity of natural persons or harm to personal or property safety. Personal information includes biometric data, specific identity information, financial accounts, location tracking information, and other data.

1. Personal Information We Collect and Use

When you use our products and/or services, we need to collect and use the following personal information related to you, including:

1.1 Account Registration and Login

1.1.1 Registration, Login, and Real-Name Authentication

When you register for or log in to our products and services, you may create or log in to an account through your mobile phone number, email address, password, and verification code. This is to satisfy relevant legal and regulatory requirements regarding real-name registration and other supervision requirements. In addition, you may improve your online identity information according to your own needs, such as profile picture, nickname, personal profile, etc., in order to complete your personal profile. If you only need to use browsing, search, and similar functions, you are not required to register as our user or provide the above information. In an unlogged-in state, we may collect your unique device identifiers (such as IDFA, IDFV, Android ID) for statistical purposes. When you register/log in, in order to ensure account security, we will use human-machine verification functions and collect your browser type and settings, device type and settings, operating system, mobile network information (including carrier and phone number), and application version number through SDKs.

1.1.2 Account Display Information

If you successfully register an account on our platform, we will display your name, profile picture, region, and profile information within our application and website so that you may be recognized by other users when using platform services.

1.2 Information Browsing, Publishing, Likes, and Favorites

1.2.2 Use of Geographic Location Information

When you publish notes or comments, we will use your authorized geographic location information to determine the geographic location from which you publish content and subsequently use this information to recommend your published content to other users, thereby enhancing the regional relevance and attractiveness of the content.

1.2.3 Following and Content Display

When you follow accounts you are interested in, browse, comment, or like content, we will collect the accounts you follow and the aforementioned information, and display content published by the accounts you follow in order to provide you with a personalized browsing experience.

1.2.4 Description of the Favorites Function

When you use the favorites function to store various types of information, such information will be uploaded to and stored on our servers so that you may access such information when logging in on other devices. We will store your favorite information in encrypted form, and you may delete your favorite information at any time. Unless you independently choose otherwise or as required by relevant laws and regulations, we will not provide the above information externally or use it for purposes other than this function.

1.3 Search Function

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

1.4 Account Information and Automatically Collected Information

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: When you register as a user and use our basic services, you need to provide your profile picture, name, gender, email address, and mobile phone number.

Account Information Display: When you view account-related information through the platform, you need to provide account information, password, and communication record information.

1.4.2 Automatically Collected Information

We will automatically collect the following information:

Device Information: When the platform is used to identify abnormal account status and understand product compatibility, you need to provide device information (including device model, operating system version, device settings, device environment, and other software and hardware feature information), device location information, IP address, and request date.

Service Log Information: When you use our products or services through our website or application, we will automatically collect detailed information regarding your use of our services and retain it as service logs, including browsing, clicking, viewing, searching, favorites, record information, IP address, language used, access date, and access time.

1.4.3 Third-Party SDK Service Providers

When you use functions provided by third parties within our application, we may integrate Software Development Kits (SDKs) provided by third parties to implement related functions. In such cases, third-party SDK service providers may collect your relevant personal information. We will fulfill our duty of care and conduct strict security monitoring of the aforementioned third-party SDKs to protect the security of personal information.

When you use the login/registration function and human-machine verification, the GeeTest SDK may passively collect the following information:

Device Information: Device system, device model, device brand, device screen size, IDFA, Android ID, IDFV, and location information.

Device Environment Information: Jailbreak identifiers, emulator identifiers, and debugging identifiers.

Other Information: Installation package name.

1.5 Account Security Verification

When you retrieve or change your password, in order to protect your account security, we need to verify your information, mainly including your email address, mobile phone number, and password.

1.6 Virtual Property Related Information

Purchase, inquiry, and use of virtual property. To facilitate your inquiry into virtual property and minimize potential risks, “My Coins” will record your recharge history, balance, and usage status.

1.7 QR Code Scanning Function

When you use the QR code scanning function in our APP, we need to obtain your device’s “Camera - Capture” permission. To enable image uploads and profile picture uploads, we need to obtain your device’s “Storage - Read External Storage” permission. To enable saving images, we need to obtain your device’s “Write External Storage” permission.

1.8 Push Notification Function

To ensure that you can normally receive push notifications from us, when our mobile application is closed or running in the background, you may still receive push notifications from us. In addition, with your explicit consent, when you open content-related push notifications from our mobile application, you will be redirected to and open the relevant content.

1.9 Summary of Device Permissions Invoked

During the provision of services, we may invoke your major device permissions as summarized below. You may choose to disable some or all permissions in your device settings. Permission display methods and disabling methods may vary across devices. Please refer to the instructions or guidelines provided by device and system developers for details：

Device Permission Permission Name Corresponding Business Function Function Location Description Functional Scenario Description Can It Be Disabled

Camera CAMERA 1. Change profile picture 2. Scan QR code 1. APP - Me - Settings - Profile Settings - Change Profile Picture 2. APP Homepage - Publish 3. APP - Me - Top Right Corner - Scan 1. Taking photos when changing profile picture 2. Taking photos when publishing content 3. APP QR code scanning Yes. After disabling, only the corresponding functions will be affected and other APP functions will not be affected.

Photo Album (Image/Video Upload) 1、READ_MEDIA_IMAGES 2、READ_MEDIA_AUDIO 3、WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE 4、READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE5、ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION 1. Change profile picture 2. Feedback 3. Scan QR code 1. APP - Me - Settings - Profile Settings - Change Profile Picture 2. Feedback: APP - Me - Feedback - Add Images 3. APP Homepage - Publish 4. APP - Me - Top Right Corner - Scan 1. Using album images when changing profile picture 2. Submitting application screenshots during feedback 3. Uploading images when publishing content 4. APP QR code scanning Yes. After disabling, only the corresponding functions will be affected and other APP functions will not be affected.

Network Permission android.permission.INTERNET 1. Access the application 1. Access the application: Pop-up window upon first access to the application Enable network traffic usage to read and update content in real time Yes. After disabling, APP content cannot be read or updated in real time, and the APP cannot function properly.

1. How We Use Your Personal Information

2.1 Use in Accordance with This Policy

We will use the personal information you authorize in accordance with the purposes and uses specified in this Policy in order to realize the functions of our products/services. Please understand that the products/services we provide to you will continue to be updated and changed. Please note that if we intend to use personal information for purposes not stated in this Policy or additionally collect other personal information not mentioned herein, we will explain in detail the purpose, method, and type of information collection through page prompts, interactive processes, website announcements, or other means, and obtain your separate consent. Once you agree, such additional information or purposes shall be deemed part of this Policy and shall also be subject to this Policy.

2.2 Use of Sensitive Information

When we collect your various types of sensitive personal information, we will again obtain your consent through page prompts, interactive processes, website announcements, or other means as required by applicable laws, and will minimize the impact on your personal rights and interests. If we intend to collect sensitive personal information not stated in this Policy, or use the stated sensitive personal information for other unstated purposes, we will also explain in detail the necessity, method, type of information collection, and impact on your personal rights and interests through the above methods.

2.3 Use of Third-Party Information

Please note that if the information you provide contains the personal information of others, you must ensure that you have obtained the lawful authorization of such persons before providing us with such personal information.

2.4 Exceptions to Obtaining Your Authorized Consent

In the following circumstances, we may also collect and use your personal information without obtaining your authorization and consent. Please fully understand that in the following situations, collecting your information does not require your authorization and consent:

2.4.1 Where it is necessary to protect your life, property, or other major lawful rights and interests or those of other individuals, but it is difficult to obtain your consent;

2.4.2 Where the collected information is disclosed to the public by yourself;

2.4.3 Where information is collected from legally publicly disclosed information, such as lawful news reports, government information disclosures, and other channels;

2.4.4 Where necessary for entering into or performing a contract according to your requirements;

2.4.5 Where directly related to national security, national defense security, public security, public health, major public interests, criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, and enforcement of judgments;

2.4.6 Where related to compliance with laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements, as well as other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

2.5 Use of De-Identified Information

You acknowledge and agree that after collecting personal information, we may process the information through technical means to de-identify it. De-identified information cannot identify your identity without additional information. In such circumstances, we may use the de-identified information to analyze databases and make commercial use of them without obtaining your additional consent. All personal information you provide when using our products/services will continue to authorize us to use it unless you delete it or refuse our continued collection through device system settings.

II. How 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 adopt 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 forms of personal data processing. This includes, for example, firewalls, password protection, and other access and authorization controls.

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

III. Personal Information We May Share, Transfer, or Disclose

1. Sharing

We attach great importance to the protection of your personal information and generally do not share your personal information with third parties, except in the following circumstances:

1.1 Sharing with Your Consent

We share your personal information with other parties after obtaining your explicit consent.

1.2 Sharing Under Legal Circumstances

We may share your personal information externally in accordance with laws and regulations, litigation dispute resolution needs, or requests made lawfully by administrative or judicial authorities.

1.3 Sharing with Authorized Partners

Only for the purposes stated in this Policy, some of our services will be provided by our partners. Therefore, in order to ensure the provision of related services to you and improve your user experience, we may share the personal information you provide with partners. For example, when you participate in reward activities we provide, we must share your personal information with partners to arrange reward distribution or arrange for partners to provide services. For example, in order to contact users to handle disputes, process personal account-related business operations, or urgently notify users in special business situations, we need to cooperate with external platforms and share your contact information and notification content to provide customer service.

1.4 Necessary Sharing with Affiliates

To facilitate the provision of consistent services and personalized recommendations to you, we may share personal information among companies or affiliates directly or indirectly controlled by us. However, such sharing will be subject to the purposes stated in this Policy. We will only share your personal information with our affiliates when necessary and subject to the purposes stated in this Policy. If our affiliates intend to change the purpose and method of processing personal information, they will obtain your authorization and consent again.

1.5 Complaint Handling

When you have questions requiring our response, complaints against us, complaints against others, or complaints filed against you, in order to protect your and others’ legitimate rights and interests, we may store your name, contact information, complaints, and related communication content in customer service systems provided by third-party suppliers, and may provide them to consumer rights protection departments and other regulatory authorities in order to promptly resolve complaint disputes, except where laws and regulations explicitly prohibit such provision.

1.6 Third-Party Account Login Function

In order to provide you with third-party account login functions, third-party service providers may obtain your necessary device information, network-related information, geographic location, and storage information (albums, media, and other files, including collection in background status) in order to complete login verification and provide related services.

1.7 Push Notification Services

In order to provide you with push notifications, third-party push service providers may obtain your push SDK version number, necessary device information, mobile phone status information, geographic location information, network-related information, and storage information (albums, media, and other files, including collection in background status) to push information that may interest you more.

1.8 Geographic Location Services

In order to provide you with geographic location services (content recommendations, content publishing, editing shipping information during shopping, profile editing), third-party geographic location service providers will collect your device information and geographic location information to push nearby content to you.

1.9 Sharing with Affiliates

Your personal information may be shared with our affiliated companies, and such affiliated companies may only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If it is necessary to change the purpose and method of processing personal information, we will separately obtain your authorization and consent.

We will only share personal information for lawful, legitimate, necessary, specific, and clear purposes. For companies, organizations, and individuals with whom we share personal information, we will require them to process information in accordance with our instructions, this Policy, and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures. At the same time, we will fulfill corresponding legal obligations in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, such as informing you of the recipient’s name and contact information, purpose and method of sharing, and categories of shared personal information through page prompts, interactive processes, website announcements, or other methods, and obtaining your explicit consent. If the foregoing content changes, we will also obtain your consent again.

1. Transfer

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

2.1 Your prior consent has been obtained.

2.2 The transfer is initiated by yourself.

2.3 If the company undergoes a merger, division, dissolution, or is declared bankrupt, personal information transfer may be involved. In such cases, we will inform you of the recipient’s name and contact information and require the new company or organization holding your personal information to continue 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 stipulated by laws and regulations.

1. Public Disclosure

We will only disclose personal information under the following circumstances and on the premise of adopting security protection measures in line with industry standards.

3.1 With Your Consent: According to your request, we disclose the information you designate in the manner you explicitly consent to.

3.2 Personal information that you actively publicly share or disclose is not subject to this Policy.

You should note that any information you share may be read, collected, and used by any third party. Please carefully consider whether the content you publish and disseminate through us contains your personal information. You fully understand that when you make disclosures yourself, we only store the content or system logs containing such information and will not actively identify such information as your personal information. As long as you do not delete the information you publicly publish, such information may remain in the public domain indefinitely. In some cases, even if you delete the information you publicly publish, such information may still be independently cached, copied, or stored by other users or third parties unrelated to and uncontrolled by us, or retained in the public domain by other users or third parties.

1. Exceptions to Authorization and Consent for Sharing, Transfer, and Public Disclosure of Personal Information

Under the following circumstances, we may share, transfer, or disclose personal information without obtaining your prior authorization and consent:

4.1 Protection of Major Legitimate Rights and Interests

Where it is necessary to protect your or other individuals’ life, property, or other major legitimate rights and interests, but it is difficult to obtain your consent.

4.2 Use of Public Information

Where the collected information is disclosed to the public by yourself or collected from legally publicly disclosed information.

Please understand that in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, regulatory requirements, and our business needs, we may share, transfer, or disclose de-identified or anonymized personal information. Sharing, transferring, or disclosing anonymized personal information in a manner that ensures the data recipient cannot restore or re-identify the personal information subject does not constitute external sharing, transfer, or public disclosure of personal information, and therefore does not require additional notice to or consent from you.

We will strictly comply with legal and regulatory requirements and adopt reasonable security measures to ensure the security of your personal information during sharing, transfer, and public disclosure. At the same time, we will regularly review and evaluate our privacy policies and practices to ensure that our handling of personal information complies with laws, regulations, and industry best practices.

IV. Third-Party Plug-ins (SDK) Management

GeeTest SDK

Personal Information Involved: Mobile phone number, operating entity

Purpose of Use: To provide traffic security protection, behavioral human-machine verification, resist machine traffic attacks, optimize user experience, reduce business losses caused by malicious traffic, and reduce user attrition caused by cumbersome verification methods.

Usage Scenario: Mobile SMS verification code confirmation

Partner Entity: Wuhan Jiyi Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Collection Method: SDK collection

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

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

V. Data Security and Retention

According to legal requirements, our legitimate interests, or best business practices, we may retain data for different periods depending on different purposes. Other legal obligations, legal proceedings, and investigations may also require the retention of certain data.

VI. How to Delete Your Account

You have the right to apply for account deletion in accordance with the prescribed account cancellation process.

1. You may delete your account through 【Me - System Settings - Delete Account】 by selecting 【Apply for Account Deletion】 after meeting the conditions for account cancellation. We will process your request as soon as possible within 30 days after receiving your account deletion application and verifying your user identity. After the account is deleted, all information in your account will be erased.

2. Special Reminder: After deleting your account, you will no longer be able to log in to and use all our products and services and any third-party cooperative service content associated with them using this account. We will also terminate all products and services provided under this account at the same time. Once account deletion is completed, your registration information and rights associated with the account will be lost, and the account cannot be restored for use. You will also be unable to retrieve any content or information related to the account. Your account deletion may cause inconvenience regarding after-sales service or rights protection. Therefore, please carefully consider before proceeding and back up all account-related information and various receipts, vouchers, and other relevant materials by yourself.

3. If you confirm that you need to delete your account, you fully acknowledge and confirm that after account deletion, you will no longer possess any account-related rights and interests, including but not limited to:

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

3.2 All content, information, data, and records related to all products and services that you previously logged into and used through the account will be deleted or anonymized, and you will no longer be able to search, access, obtain, use, or retrieve them, including but not limited to account information (profile picture, nickname, profile, etc.) and binding information.

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

3.4 We reserve the right to no longer provide users with any services related to the account.

3.5 You agree to waive, through account deletion, all rights and interests generated but not yet consumed during the use of our products and services under the account, as well as future expected benefits. We will clear all rights and interests under the account, including but not limited to your unexpired rights and interests, virtual currencies, various identity rights in products and/or services, unexpired membership services purchased in products and/or services, and other generated but unconsumed rights or future expected benefits.

1. Before applying to delete your account, in order to protect your account security and property rights, you need to check and ensure that the account you apply to delete simultaneously meets the following conditions, including but not limited to:

4.1 The account was registered by you through official channels, complies with this specification and related regulations, and is your own member account.

4.2 The account deletion operation is carried out according to the account deletion process required by us.

4.3 There are no unfinished transactions in the account.

VII. How 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 so that you may log in to or use our platform services or functions that rely on cookies. We use cookies to provide you with more thoughtful and personalized services.

2. You have the right to choose whether to accept or reject cookies. You may reject cookies by modifying your browser settings or settings on your mobile device. However, if you choose to reject cookies, you may not be able to log in to or use our platform services or functions that rely on cookies.

3. Information obtained through cookies set by us will be subject to this Policy.

VIII. Protection of Minors

Minors should not obtain our services, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from minors under the age of 18. Our website and services are intended only for adults aged 18 and above, 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 viewing this website without proper permission.

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

IX. How We Update the Privacy Policy

1. In order to provide you with better services, we will update the terms of this Policy in accordance with product updates and relevant legal and regulatory requirements. Such updates shall form part of this Policy. Without your explicit consent, we will not reduce your rights under the currently effective version of this Policy.

2. If this Policy is updated, we will notify you through APP client push notifications or other reasonable means so that you may promptly understand the latest version of this Policy.

X. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding privacy and data protection policies, or questions regarding the processing or use of personal information related to your use of our software applications or website, please contact us at (support@wikibit.com). Your request must include your name and other information necessary for identity verification, as well as the complete details of your request.