Philio Technology Privacy Policy


Philio Technology Co., Ltd. (“Philio”, “we”, “us” or “our”) knows that you care about how we use and apply your personal information. Your privacy is important to us, we respect your privacy when handling your personal information. Thus, this Privacy Policy describes how we collect, process, and use your personal information which you offered to Philio websites, devices, products, services, applications (APPs).

Your personal information may be requested and collected by our websites, devices, products, services, applications (APPs) in the specific manner as explained above, during the course of your use of our products and services in order to provide the features and functionality of our products and services, streamline your online purchase, user experience or help us serve you better through an online survey, newsletters, email alerts, notifications, special offers, contests, communication with our customer service, provide reviews of our products etc.

You are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy by visiting our websites or using our devices, products, services, applications (APPs).

Personal Information We Collect about You

We may collect and process the following personal information via Philio websites, devices, products, services, and applications (APPs) in any forms:

●        Philio Home Gateway

MAC address, GPS, IP and Gateway Wi-Fi SSID are collected to ensure the connectivity of the devices and quality of service. Consumer usage data is collected and stored temporarily to ensure the proper functions of the Philio Home Mate Smart Home devices.

●        Philio Home Mate Applications (APPs)

Your name and email address will be collected by our applications (APPs) to further determine your identity as a specific user of Philio Home Mate APPs and devices.

The GPS location, address, local network of home and profile will be provided by the user when they purchase Philio Home Mate APPs or Devices for better user experience.

We identify the mobile operating system to provide the precise services: The camera of your phone will be accessed for setting the Devices and your profile photo. The GPS location will be used for Geo Fencing services. The phone directory will be accessed as this function will allow users to invite their family members or other users to join their Philio Home Mate App experience.

●        Philio Home Sensing Voice Service

Philio will collect your email address which will be regarded as your member account. The information of your smart device will be collected by voice service to control your devices.

 

“Non-Personal Information” is derived from your access or by using our websites, devices, products, services, applications (APPs) service each time for storage in server logs.

In order to increase the efficiency of our products and services, we may collect certain non-personal information: details of your IP address which do not identify you personally, yet give us data regarding the type of user accessing our websites, devices, products, services, applications (APPs) including and not limited to GPS location, connectivity and product usage patterns. We do not collect information pertaining to user browsing activities, type of browser used by user, duration, and frequency of your browsing activities on our website.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect your information automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

We uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

●        Keeping you signed in

●        Understanding how you use our website

●        Other engagement with the Services

We use this information in one or more of the ways described in the "Use of Information" section below. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can always change your browser settings to remove or reject cookies.

Information We collect from other sources

We may receive your information from other sources, we will combine or link with the information to offer better user experience. For example, we may collect demographic, change-of-address information from third party sources or information from third-party social media platforms (such as Facebook) if you log in our websites, devices, products, services, applications  (APPs) and voice service by using your social media account credentials or if you make certain content or information publicly available, such as photos, videos, and profile information..

Third Party Service

The Service may contain features or links to web sites and services provided by third parties. Any information you provide on third-party sites or services is provided directly to the operators of such services and is subject to those operators’ policies, if any, governing privacy and security, even if accessed through the Service. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of third-party sites or services to which links or access are provided through the Service. We encourage you to learn about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with information.

Security

The security and privacy of your information against unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction is our priority. Internal review of data collection, storage and processing practices and adequate security measures to guard your data in our possession, are undertaken by us on a regular basis. Your Philio account information is password-protected for your privacy and security. Protect the confidentiality of the password you select to avoid unauthorized access to your password and to your Philio Apps.

Philio is not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions by third parties that receive your Personal Information.

Philio shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of Your Personal Information, if such loss, damage or misuse is attributable to a Force Majeure event that is beyond our reasonable control and shall include, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, acts of God, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, war, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorized access to computer data and storage device, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, etc.

 

Rights and Choices Regarding Your Personal Information

We respect your privacy rights and provide you with reasonable access to the Personal Information that you may have provided through your use of the Services. If you wish to access or amend any other Personal Information we process about you as data controller, or to request that we delete or transfer any information about you that we have obtained from an Integrated Service, you may contact us via sales@philio-tech.com or contact as set forth in the “Contact Us” section. At your request, we will have any reference to you deleted or blocked in our database.

You may decline to share certain Personal Information with us, in which case we may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality of the Service.

Philio has no direct relationship with the Client’s customers, employees, project owners or third party whose Personal Information it may process on behalf of a Client. An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, delete inaccurate data or withdraw consent for further contact should direct his or her query to the Client or User they deal with directly. If the Client requests Begin to remove the data, we will respond to its request within thirty (30) days. We will delete, amend or block access to any Personal Information that we are storing only if we receive a written request to do so from the Client who is responsible for such Personal Information, unless we have a legal right to retain such Personal Information. We reserve the right to retain a copy of such data for archiving purposes, or to defend our rights in litigation. Any such request regarding Client Data should be addressed as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section, and include sufficient information for Begin to identify the Client or its customer or third party and the information to delete or amend.

You may also choose to withdraw your information from our records by contacting us at sales@philio-tech.com or through the Grievance Cell given below. Except where needed to respond to a query from you or fulfill an order, we will delete your personal information on request by you.

 

Changes to our privacy policy

You acknowledge and agree that we reserve the right to amend or change our Privacy Protection Policy. Philio keeps its Privacy Policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page; and for material amendment and change to our Privacy Protection Policy. Official notification will be released via email to you or on our website (https://www.zwavetaiwan.com.tw/) whenever there is a major amendment for our policy of utilizing personal information. Your continuing use of SERVICE will be deemed your acknowledgement and agreement to our policy as amended.

Last Updated 12 November 2020.

BY USING PHILIO DEVICES, THE PHILIO HOME MATE APPS AND WEBSITE, VOICE SERVICE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. PHILIO RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION, TO CHANGE, MODIFY, ADD OR DELETE PORTIONS OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT ANY TIME. WE SHALL NOTIFY YOU WHEN WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SHALL BE YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT TO THE THEN CURRENT PRIVACY POLICY.