Statement About HUAWEI Developers and Privacy

Statement About HUAWEI Developers and Privacy

January 31, 2023

Publish date: January 31, 2023

HUAWEI Developers provides a range of services and resources for you to develop, distribute, and promote your apps, games, and themes (hereinafter referred to as "Products") throughout their lifecycles within the ecosystem of HUAWEI Developers.

When you register your HUAWEI ID account, your contracting entity and data controller will be determined based on the country or region where you register your account.

If you register your HUAWEI ID account in the Chinese mainland listed in Part I of Exhibit A – List of Countries/Regions (hereinafter, "Exhibit A"), Huawei Software Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, "Huawei Software"), a Huawei subsidiary incorporated in the People's Republic of China, will serve as your contracting entity and data controller.

If you register your HUAWEI ID account in a country or region listed in Part II of Exhibit A, Aspiegel SE (hereinafter, "Aspiegel"), a Huawei subsidiary incorporated in Ireland, will serve as your contracting entity and data controller.

If you register your HUAWEI ID account in a country or region listed in Part III of Exhibit A, Huawei Services (Hong Kong) Co., Limited (hereinafter, "Huawei Hong Kong"), a Huawei subsidiary incorporated in Hong Kong (China), will serve as your contracting entity and data controller.

Additionally, Huawei Software, Aspiegel, or Huawei Hong Kong may independently act as your contracting entity and data controller based on the distribution area of each of your Products in accordance with Parts I to III of Exhibit A, depending on the services used by you.

 

This statement covers the following topics:

1. What data do we collect about you?

2. How do we use your data?

3. How long do we store your data?

4. Do we share your data?

5. What are your rights and choices?

6. How can you contact us?

7. How do we update this statement?

 

1 What data do we collect about you?

 

As part of the HUAWEI Developers services, we will only collect and use your personal data for the purposes stated in this statement. The "personal data" herein refers to any information that enables us to identify you as a user of the HUAWEI Developers services.

For these purposes, we collect and process the following data:

  • Your HUAWEI ID information, such as the account identifier, phone number, email address, profile picture, nickname, and service country/region.

If you are an individual developer:

  • Identification information, such as legal name, identification document(s) (copy of your valid identity documentation, such as passport, national identity card, or driver's license, and copy of your bank card), developer name/nickname, photo that you uploaded, street address, city, country, phone number, and email address;
  • Financial information, such as bank information and tax information;
  • Product management information, such as developer name, developer user ID, developer registration account (HUAWEI ID account identifier), developer type, country ID, contact information (phone number and email address), testing account(s), product package, and related technical information such as signature key, product comments, and feedback;
  • Service usage information, such as information relating to the services that you use, your use of our APIs and other services, and your participation in events, programs, competitions, and other activities organized by us;
  • Customer service and partner management information, such as our communications with you, your responses to questionnaires, feedback, and other related information;
  • Network and usage information, such as the IP address, language, web page location and title, web page request type, click events and other browsing information, brief information about problems encountered during usage, problem descriptions and attachments, and cookie data. Learn more about how we use cookies.

If you are an employee or a representative of an enterprise developer:

  • Identification information, such as the contact person's name, job title, work phone number, and work email address;
  • Product management information, such as the developer's user ID, registration account (HUAWEI ID account identifier), contact information (phone number and email address), and testing account(s);
  • Service usage information, such as information relating to your participation in events, programs, competitions, and other activities organized by us.
  • Network and usage information, such as the IP address, language, web page location and title, web page request type, click events and other browsing information, brief information about problems encountered during usage, problem descriptions and attachments, and cookie data. Learn more about how we use cookies.

If you access developer's team account or account group, the following additional data is collected and processed:

  • Service usage information, such as your use of services and issues or questions that you submit;
  • Network information, such as your IP address; and
  • Information related to your team account, such as your role and the privileges granted to you by the team admin.

If you are using the remote testing, the following data is collected and processed:

  • All testing data of your app that you have installed on the remote virtual or physical devices hosted by us.

If you are using the Developers app, the following data is also collected and processed:

  • App usage information, such as the HUAWEI ID that you sign in with, device information, and usage activity (including your posts on the Developer Forum).

If you are using the training service, the following data is also collected and processed:

  • Course and training materials study history, examination results, and course certificates.
  • If you need a certificate of an exam after you pass it, you can use either your nickname or your real name (which is used in your real-name authentication) to be displayed in said certificate.

 

2 How do we use your data?

 

To provide you with the HUAWEI Developers services and fulfill contractual obligations, we will use and process your personal data so that you can distribute, manage, and monitor your apps within our ecosystem, and use other HUAWEI Developers services, such as SDKs, APIs, Kits, and testing platforms. This requires us to process your data for registration and verification, accounting and billing, promotion, partner relationship management, support and communication, software and system updates, service usage management, contract management, team management, and remote device testing. We will also process your personal data in order to diagnose and resolve various problems. If you are a user of a team account, we also process personal data related to your team and your role in order to provide you with the team account functions. If you are using third-party services to access the AppGallery Connect services, we may disclose your contact information (such as email address, phone number, name, and team list) to the third-party service provider based on your separate authorization. We may also receive personal data about you from these third-party service providers when you use their services to connect to the AppGallery Connect services.

In addition, we use your personal data for the following purposes based on the contracting entity's legitimate interests (if your Products are distributed in the country(ies) or region(s) listed in Part II of Exhibit A, or on the basis of your consent (if your Products are distributed in the country(ies) or region(s) listed in Part II of Exhibit A):

  • Analytics and development purposes: This enables us to understand our users' needs from their perspective, and to improve the quality and user experience of our current and future services and offerings. You can object to such processing, as detailed in Section 5.6 below.
  • Promotion and marketing purposes: This enables us to communicate with you about our offerings and create aggregated marketing targets. Knowing users' preferences allows us to target our offers and offer products and services that better satisfy the needs and desires of our users. You can object to such processing, as detailed in Section 5.6 below.
  • Information security purposes: This enables us to detect or prevent various types of misuse of services and fraud, in order to provide you with secure and reliable services.

We may send you emails to inform you of new and/or enhanced functions or features available to developers on the website, provided that you have given consent to such communications during registration on the HUAWEI Developers website. You can withdraw such consent at any time, as detailed in Section 5.5 below.

We also process your financial and identification information for tax and accounting purposes, as required by applicable laws and regulations.

 

3 How long do we store your data?

 

We retain your personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purposes defined in this statement.

We will process and retain your data for the duration of the customer relationship. When you delete your HUAWEI ID account, any and all personal data related to your account and associated services, such as HUAWEI Developers services, will be erased. However, we will retain:

  • Your financial and identification information for seven (7) years from the day when you delete your HUAWEI ID account, for contract and partnership management purposes;
  • Your payment and settlement information for seven (7) years from the day when the corresponding transaction was made, for accounting purposes;
  • Personal data processed for customer relationship management, such as data subject requests, complaints, and customer interaction records, for up to five (5) years from the last interaction;
  • Personal data processed for contract management purposes, for up to three (3) years after your HUAWEI ID account has been deleted;
  • Personal data processed in relation to your participation in competitions, events, programs, and other activities organized by us, for up to two (2) years, or as otherwise communicated in connection with the registration for such an activity;
  • Personal data that is used for analytics and development purposes, for up to twelve (12) months from the date of data collection, unless you have objected to such processing;
  • Your identification document(s) (copy of passport or identity card and bank card) as an individual developer or business license as an enterprise developer, which will be removed after your Developer Account has been deleted;
  • Backups and app logs, which are processed to ensure the security of your data and services, for up to six (6) months from the day when they were captured.
  • Once the retention period expires, we will delete or anonymize your personal data, unless otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations.

Once the retention period expires, we will delete or anonymize your personal data, unless otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations.

 

4 Do we share your data?

 

4.1 Data storage location

Your developer account information is stored in the same data center as that of your HUAWEI ID.

If you use "Team account", the team member list which includes information about members' HUAWEI ID and roles will be stored in the data center located in China.

If you use "Account group", the group member list which includes the members' names and email addresses will be stored in the same data centers as those of members' accounts.

Additionally, limited data relating to your API usage and quota may also be stored in other regions (the EU/EEA, China, Russia, or Singapore) to enable the use of the APIs in such regions.

The data collected when you are using the AppGallery Connect Interaction Center and the data for partner relationship management will be stored in China.

The data centers are operated by our contracted suppliers that work on our behalf.

4.2 Data sharing

Our business operations, such as marketing, surveys, sales promotion and business development, as well as customer support, may require our contracted suppliers acting on our behalf as data processors and located outside the EU/EEA and/or the Russian Federation to process your personal data.

For partnership management purposes, we will transfer your contact information, job title, and financial information to a Huawei group company in China that operates under contract and acts on our behalf.

For product management and accounting purposes, we will transmit the product information, service usage information, and financial information to a Huawei group company in China that operates under contract and acts on our behalf.

For customer support and troubleshooting purposes, we will transmit your contact information, diagnostics information, problem description, and attachments to a Huawei group company in China or Türkiye that operates under contract and acts on our behalf.

For enabling the use of our APIs outside your registration country/region and managing the agreed API usage quotas, your API usage data and available quota may also be shared to Huawei Group companies in countries/regions outside your registration country/region.

If you use the team account or account group functions, your personal data related to the team or group may be shared with the admin or other members, depending on the privileges they have been granted by the admin.

To enable you to access our services globally, your developer account identifier and product information may be shared across the sites operated by Huawei group companies in EU, China, Singapore, or Russia.

We may also share your data:

  • When required in response to a legal process or request from competent authorities, in accordance with an applicable law, or in connection with a legal proceeding or process; or
  • When required as part of a merger, acquisition, sale of assets (such as service agreements), or transition of services to a Huawei group entity or other company.

When you distribute your Products in the Chinese mainland, we will disclose your identification, financial, and product management information with your contracting entity in China (i.e., Huawei Software Technologies Co., Ltd.).

In addition, as described above your personal data may be transferred, processed, and stored in countries/regions instead of your country/region of residence, your personal data may be available to government authorities under lawful orders and laws applicable in those countries/regions.

If you select a distribution area that is different from the country or region where you register your HUAWEI ID account, we will disclose your identification information (such as your name) to the Huawei group company managing the selected distribution area for the purposes of enabling the distribution. In this case, your data may be transferred to and stored in either Germany, Russia, Singapore, or China, depending on the distribution area that you selected.

4.3 Safeguards used in data transfers

If your products are distributed in the country(ies) and/or region(s) listed in Part II of Exhibit A, when we transfer or disclose your HUAWEI Developers data outside the EU/EEA, where local laws may not provide the same level of data protection, we will comply with applicable legal requirements for providing adequate safeguards by incorporating the EU Commission standard data protection clauses into such transfers or disclosures. If you want to obtain copies of the actual signed standard data protection clauses, please contact us.

We respect Hong Kong (China) Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and, if your Products are distributed in the country(ies) and/or region(s) listed in Part III of Exhibit A, we are committed to complying with the Hong Kong (China) Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance requirements when we transfer personal data outside Hong Kong (China).

 

5 What are your rights and choices?

 

You have the following rights and choices:

5.1 Access your data

To view your data by accessing the HUAWEI Developers portal, you can request a copy of your personal data related to HUAWEI Developers by going to Privacy Center > Request your data. For additional access requests, please contact us.

5.2 Rectify your data

To keep your data up-to-date and accurate, access and modify your data by accessing the HUAWEI Developers portal.

5.3 Port your data

You can port your personal data related to HUAWEI Developers by going to Privacy Center > Request your data

For more information about your product package, please contact us.

5.4 Erase your data

You may at any time:

  • Delete your HUAWEI ID. Your personal data will then be erased. If you have Products, you will need to delete the Products from your Developer Account before deleting your HUAWEI ID in order for all your personal data stored within the HUAWEI Developers services to be deleted. Contact us if you have any difficulty removing your information.
  • Object to the processing of your personal data, as detailed in Section 5.6. We will then erase the data within the scope of a valid objection if we no longer have legal basis to continue such processing.
  • Contact us if you think the processing of your personal data is unlawful, and that your data should be erased.

We will erase or anonymize your personal data within a reasonable period of time, based on your aforementioned actions, and in accordance with the retention periods as described in Section 3.

5.5 Withdraw your consent

If you opted to receive electronic direct marketing from us, you can withdraw your consent by going to Console > Settings > Profile and unchecking Send me promotions. After doing so, you will no longer receive promotional offers from HUAWEI Developers.

5.6 Object processing

If you want to object to the processing of your data for analytics, please contact us.

When making a request, please specify the scope of the request, and provide us with the email address or phone number that you use to sign in to your HUAWEI ID.

In order to proceed with your request, we will contact you to verify your identity.

5.7 Restrict processing

If you want to restrict the processing of your personal data, please contact us. You have the right to restrict the processing of your data under the following circumstances:

  • Your data is unlawfully processed, but you do not want to erase it;
  • You have a legal claim that you need to establish, exercise, or defend, and you requested us to keep your data when we would not otherwise keep it;
  • Your request for objection is pending our verification process; or
  • You have contested the accuracy of your personal data, and the accuracy of your data is pending our verification process;

When submitting your request, please specify the scope and basis of the request, and provide us with the email address or phone number that you use to sign in to your HUAWEI ID.

In order to proceed with your request, we will contact you to verify your identity.

 

6 How can you contact us?

 

You can find information about how to exercise your data subject's rights in Section 5. If you have any questions about your rights as a data subject, or how we process your personal data, or if you would like to contact our Data Protection Officer, please contact us.

For product distribution in the country(ies) or region(s) listed in Part I of Exhibit A, your contracting entity and data controller will be Huawei Software Technologies Co., Ltd. (No. 101, Software Road, Yuhuatai District, Nanjing P. R. China).

For product distribution in the country(ies) or region(s) listed in Part II of Exhibit A, your contracting entity and data controller will be Aspiegel SE. (3rd floor, Mespil Court, Mespil Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 E516, Ireland. Registration number 561134).

For product distribution in the country(ies) or region(s) listed in Part III of Exhibit A, your contracting entity and data controller will be Huawei Services (Hong Kong) Co., Limited. (Room 03, 9/F, Tower 6, The Gateway, No.9 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P.R. China).

If you believe that we are not processing your personal data in accordance with this statement or the applicable data protection laws, you can lodge a complaint with your data protection authority, or the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland.

 

7 How do we update this statement?

 

We recommend that you regularly check for the latest version of this statement from the HUAWEI Developers portal settings, as we may update it from time to time. In the event of any material changes to this statement, we will notify you in advance by means of notification dialogs, push messages, emails, and other methods, depending on the nature of the change.

 

Exhibit A – List of Countries/Regions

No. Countries/Regions
Part I Chinese mainland
Part II

Aland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dutch Caribbean, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, Romania, Saba, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, St. Martin, St. Pierre and Miquelon (France), Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City

Part III

Other countries and regions