<h1><a id="Privacy_Policy_0"></a>Privacy Policy</h1> <p><strong>Please read and understand this policy carefully before using our products or services, especially the content that is bolded and underlined, as it may have important implications for your rights. If you do not agree with any terms of this privacy protection policy, you should immediately stop using our products or services. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about the content of this policy, you can contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this document.</strong></p> <h2><a id="How_We_Collect_and_Use_Your_Personal_Information_4"></a>How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information</h2> <p>To provide you with better, more convenient, and secure services, under the premise of complying with relevant laws and regulations, we may collect your audio information, device model, public IP address, etc., for the following purposes:</p> <ul> <li> <p>To provide oral pronunciation evaluation services;</p> </li> <li> <p>To provide audio playback services;</p> </li> <li> <p>To train models and optimize the effects of oral evaluations;</p> </li> <li> <p>To improve network access quality and troubleshoot.</p> </li> </ul> <h2><a id="How_We_Store_and_Protect_Your_Personal_Information_17"></a>How We Store and Protect Your Personal Information</h2> <ol> <li> <p><strong>The personal information we collect and generate will be stored within the territory of Japan.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p>To protect your information security, we will take various reasonable and necessary measures to protect your information after collection. For example, in the technical development environment, we only use de-identified information for statistical analysis; when providing research reports externally, we de-identify the information contained in the reports. We store de-identified information separately from information that can be used to re-identify individuals to ensure that individuals are not re-identified in subsequent processing of de-identified information.</p> </li> <li> <p>To ensure your information security, we are committed to using various security technologies and supporting management systems to minimize the risk of your information being leaked, damaged, misused, unauthorized accessed, disclosed, or altered. For example, encrypting transmission with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, encrypting information storage, and strictly limiting access to data centers.</p> </li> <li> <p>Generally, we only retain your audio information during the service provision period, and the retention time will not exceed the time necessary to fulfill the related purposes. We will periodically conduct centralized and indiscriminate cleanup of historical stored expired data beyond the valid period stipulated in the contract.</p> </li> <li> <p>Without your consent, we will not share your audio and its associated information with any unrelated third parties.</p> </li> </ol> <h2><a id="How_We_Share_Transfer_and_Publicly_Disclose_Your_Personal_Information_30"></a>How We Share, Transfer, and Publicly Disclose Your Personal Information</h2> <h3><a id="I_Sharing_32"></a>(I) Sharing</h3> <p>Without your consent, we will not share your audio and its associated information with any unrelated third parties.</p> <h3><a id="II_Transfer_36"></a>(II) Transfer</h3> <p>We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization, or individual, except under the following circumstances:</p> <ul> <li> <p>With your explicit consent or authorization in advance;</p> </li> <li> <p>In cases involving mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers, or similar transactions, if personal information transfer is involved, we will require the new entity holding your personal information to seek your authorization and consent and continue to be bound by this Privacy Policy.</p> </li> </ul> <h3><a id="III_Public_Disclosure_45"></a>(III) Public Disclosure</h3> <p>We will only publicly disclose your personal information under the following circumstances, and under the premise of taking security measures that meet industry standards:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Disclosing your specified personal information in the way you have explicitly agreed to;</p> </li> <li> <p>When it is necessary to provide your personal information in accordance with laws, regulations, mandatory administrative enforcement, or judicial requirements, we may publicly disclose your personal information according to the type of personal information and disclosure method required. Under the premise of complying with laws and regulations, when we receive such disclosure requests, we will require the presentation of corresponding legal documents, such as subpoenas or investigation letters. We believe in maintaining transparency to the extent permitted by law regarding the information requested from us. We carefully review all requests to ensure they have a legal basis and are limited to data legally entitled to be obtained by law enforcement agencies for specific investigation purposes. The documents we disclose are protected by encryption keys.</p> </li> </ul> <h3><a id="IV_Exceptions_to_Obtaining_Authorization_and_Consent_Before_Sharing_Transferring_and_Publicly_Disclosing_Personal_Information_54"></a>(IV) Exceptions to Obtaining Authorization and Consent Before Sharing, Transferring, and Publicly Disclosing Personal Information</h3> <p><strong>In the following situations, we do not need to obtain your authorization and consent before sharing, transferring, and publicly disclosing personal information:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Related to fulfilling obligations stipulated by laws and regulations;</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Directly related to national security and national defense security;</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Directly related to public safety, public health, and major public interests;</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Directly related to criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and judgment enforcement;</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Necessary for protecting the significant legal rights and interests such as life, property, and reputation of the subject of personal information or other individuals, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person;</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>The personal information involved is disclosed to the public by the subject of personal information;</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Necessary for signing and fulfilling contracts as required by the subject of personal information;</strong></p> </li> <li> <p>Collecting personal information from legally publicly disclosed information , such as legal news reports, government information disclosure, etc.;</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Necessary for maintaining the safe and stable operation of the provided products and/or services, for example, detecting and handling faults in products and/or services.</strong></p> </li> </ul> <h2><a id="How_You_Can_Access_and_Control_Your_Personal_Information_77"></a>How You Can Access and Control Your Personal Information</h2> <ol> <li> <p>We highly value your control over your personal information and make every effort to protect your rights to your personal information as provided by law, ensuring you have the ability to safeguard your privacy and information security.</p> </li> <li> <p>If you need to exercise further rights to access, correct, delete, etc., your personal information, you can contact us. After verifying your identity and credentials, we will respond within fifteen working days or within the timeframe stipulated by laws and regulations.</p> </li> </ol> <h2><a id="Applicability_and_Updates_of_This_Policy_84"></a>Applicability and Updates of This Policy</h2> <p>We may modify the terms of this “Privacy Policy” as necessary, and such modifications form part of this “Privacy Policy”. For significant changes, we will provide more noticeable notice. If you do not agree with the changes, you may choose to stop using our services; if you continue to use our services, it indicates that you agree to be bound by the revised “Privacy Policy”.</p> <h2><a id="How_to_Contact_Us_88"></a>How to Contact Us</h2> <p>If you have any questions or suggestions about this “Privacy Policy”, or if you believe that your personal information has not been protected as stipulated in this “Privacy Policy”, you can contact us. We will sincerely address your complaints and suggestions. Contact email: <strong>soe.contact@dolphin-ai.jp</strong></p>