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Anker's Privacy Notice outlines how user data is collected and used, with several points of concern.
Your personal data may be transferred to countries like China and the US, which do not have the same data protection standards as your home country. Anker also processes and retains inferences about your characteristics or interests, and employs third-party technologies to record detailed browsing behavior, including mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and keystroke activity. Your data might be transferred to another company during a corporate business transaction like a merger or acquisition. Additionally, when you interact with third-party content or ads on Anker's platforms, those third parties collect your data and share it back with Anker. Information collected through tracking technologies may be combined with other personal information, potentially creating a comprehensive profile. Anker may also share personal data with business and marketing partners and link personal data across different devices. Lastly, revoking mobile device permissions may affect service provision and performance, and different privacy policies apply to external websites linked from Anker's services.
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Company may process and retain inferences about your characteristics or interests
The company processes and retains inferences or predictions about your characteristics or interests.
Why it matters: The company may create and keep detailed profiles of your characteristics and interests based on your data, which could be used to categorize you in ways you might not expect or approve of.
We also Process and retain Personal Data about you in certain circumstances, such as records of your interactions with us, details of your past interactions with us, and inferences or predictions about your characteristics or interests.
Creation of Personal Data, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Your actions may be recorded down to mouse movements and keystrokes
The company employs third-party technologies that may record detailed information about your browsing behavior and actions on their services, including mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and keystroke activity.
Why it matters: Your online activity on their services, including specific mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and even keystrokes, may be recorded by the company using third-party technologies. This level of tracking could capture sensitive personal information and browsing habits in detail.
We employ third-party technologies designed to allow us to collect detailed information about browsing behavior and actions that individuals take on our services, which may record your actions down to the level of mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and keystroke activity on our services.
categories of Personal Data about you:, paragraph 8 · Citation strength: strong
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Company may receive personal data from third parties relating to your interaction with third-party content and advertising
If you interact with third-party content or advertising on their sites or applications, the company allows relevant third-party providers to collect your personal data and, in exchange, receives personal data from those providers related to your interaction.
Why it matters: When you engage with third-party content or ads on the company's platforms, those third parties collect your data, and then share it back with the company. This means information about your interactions with external content and advertising is being exchanged between different entities.
Content and advertising information: If you interact with any third-party content or advertising on our Sites and/ or Applications (including third-party plugins and cookies) we allow the relevant third party providers to collect your Personal Data. In exchange, we receive Personal Data from the relevant third-party provider relating to your interaction with that content or advertising.
Collection of Personal Data, paragraph 6 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use
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Clauses that describe how your data is collected, used, and shared.
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Data collected through tracking technologies may be combined with other personal information
Information automatically collected through tracking technologies may be combined with other personal information collected directly from you or received from other sources.
Why it matters: Information collected passively through tracking technologies, such as cookies, may be linked with personal data you provide directly or data obtained from other sources. This means different pieces of your data could be merged to create a more comprehensive profile about you.
Information we collect automatically about you may be combined with other personal information we collect directly from you or receive from other sources.
Collection of Personal Data, paragraph 9 · Citation strength: strong
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Personal data may be shared with business and marketing partners
The company may disclose personal data to business and marketing partners with whom they jointly offer products or services or who are part of their partner program, and may obtain consent where required by applicable law.
Why it matters: Your personal data might be shared with other companies that partner with Anker for product offerings or marketing programs. While consent may be sought if legally required, your data could still be used by these partners.
Business and marketing partners : We may also disclose Personal Data with other business and marketing partners with whom we jointly offer products or services or who are part of our partner program. We may obtain your consent where required by applicable law.
information as necessary and as directed by us;, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation and Renewal
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Gotchas
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Unexpected or less-than-obvious clauses that may be to your detriment. These are not necessarily deal-breakers, but you should be aware of them.
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Revoking mobile device permissions may affect service provision and performance
Revoking permissions granted to access personal data through your mobile device may affect the provision and performance of the company's sites, applications, products, and services.
Why it matters: If you revoke permissions for the app to access data on your mobile device, it could reduce the functionality or performance of their services. This means you might have to choose between full privacy control and a fully functional service.
Note that revoking permissions may affect the provision and performance of our Sites, Applications, products, and services.
categories of Personal Data about you:, paragraph 11 · Citation strength: strong
Protections
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Clauses that describe commitments or features that protect users.
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Ability to limit or withdraw consent for sensitive personal data processing
Depending on your state of residency, you may be able to limit or withdraw your consent for the processing of Sensitive Personal Data, subject to certain legal limitations and exceptions.
Why it helps: This clause offers a degree of control over your sensitive personal data, allowing you to limit its processing or withdraw consent where allowed by law, which can help protect highly personal information.
However, depending on your state of residency and subject to certain legal limitations and exceptions, you may be able to limit, or withdraw your consent for, our processing of Sensitive Personal Data (as described in the Your Additional U.S. Privacy Choices section below).
(“ Sensitive Personal Data ”):, paragraph 7 · Citation strength: strong
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Commitment not to sell personal data of individuals under 16 or share for targeted advertising
The company does not sell the personal data of individuals known to be less than 16 years of age or share such information for targeted advertising purposes.
Why it helps: This commitment provides an important safeguard for minors, preventing their personal data from being sold or used for targeted advertising if their age is known, enhancing their privacy online.
Please note we do not sell the Personal Data of individuals we know to be less than 16 years of age or share such information for targeted advertising purposes.
Personal Data Disclosures, Sales, and Targeted Advertising, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
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