Privacy Policy

Introduction

Incareer is an AI career education product committed to building a personalized capability development coordinate system for every user and customizing exclusive career roadmaps. Incareer (hereinafter referred to as "we") respects and protects the personal information and privacy security of all Incareer users. Your trust is of great importance to us. We fully recognize the significance of your personal information. To provide you with accurate, personalized services and a secure internet environment, we have clarified the principles for collecting, using, and disclosing your personal information in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and technical standards, and elaborated your legitimate rights related to personal information protection.

This Policy is closely associated with your use of our products and services. When you download, install, launch, browse, register, log in, and use Incareer’s products and services, we will process and protect your personal information strictly in accordance with this Policy. We adopt plain and concise language to explain professional technical terms in this Policy for your easy understanding. Key clauses that may materially affect your rights and interests are bolded for your key reference.

Please carefully read and fully understand this Policy before using or continuing to use our products and services. If you disagree with any content of this Policy, you shall immediately stop accessing and using our products and services, otherwise the products and services may fail to operate normally or achieve the intended service effects. Your continued use of our products and services shall be deemed as your full understanding and unconditional acceptance of all contents of this Incareer User Privacy Policy (including updated versions).

About Us

The operator of the Incareer APP and official website is INCAREER PTE. LTD.
Registered Address: 111 Somerset Road, #08-10A, 238164, Singapore

1. How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information

You acknowledge and agree that Incareer is a global career platform that allows users to share career-related content in the form of graphics and videos and conduct interest-based interactions. We will specify the personal information scope, collection purposes and methods required for each function, as well as the consequences of refusing to provide relevant information. Refusing to provide information necessary for a single function will not prevent you from using other functions of Incareer.

We comply with the principles of legitimacy, justification and necessity to collect and use personal information actively provided by you or generated during your use of our services. We will inform you and obtain your prior consent before using your personal information for purposes not specified in this Policy or reusing collected information for new purposes.

To realize the basic functions of our products and services, we will collect your personal information and device information in accordance with the Cybersecurity Law, including IMEI, IMSI, device MAC address, application installation list, contacts, clipboard content, call logs, camera permissions, SMS records, device ID, device serial number, software list, OAID, Android ID, specific sensor data, gyroscope, accelerometer and gravity sensor behavioral data. If you refuse to authorize the above permissions, you will not be able to use part of our products and services normally, but you can still browse our web pages and client pages.

1.1 Account Registration and Login

1. When you use the one-click login function, we will collect your mobile phone number and network operator information through cooperation with telecom operators to provide you with fast and convenient login services.
2. If you log in through a third-party account, we will additionally collect your mobile phone number to complete real-name authentication before you use functions requiring real-name verification such as content publishing and commenting. Refusal to provide such information will result in the unavailability of corresponding functions.
3. You may voluntarily fill in or modify your personal information including avatar, nickname, gender, email address, country/region, city, highest education background, working start time and birth date. Providing such information is optional and will not affect your normal use of products and services.
4. After successful registration of your Incareer account, your public information including nickname, avatar, country/region, city, school and major information or enterprise and position information will be displayed on the Incareer application and website.

1.2 Product and Service Functions & Data Usage

Content Browsing, Publishing, Liking, Collecting and Sharing

• To provide core information display services and recommend career content that may interest you, we collect your personal profile data, gender, birthday, browsing records and operation logs including clicks, searches, likes, collections, shares and comments. You can turn off personalized recommendation services by following the guidance in Clause 2.14 of this Policy.
• When you use the content publishing and editing functions, we will request your authorization for storage (album, media and other files), camera and microphone permissions. Refusal to authorize will disable the above functions but will not affect other basic functions of Incareer. With your authorization, we will obtain your geographic location information to mark the location of your published content and recommend your published content to other users subsequently.
• All text, photos, videos, audios, comments, likes, collections and sharing records published by you will be stored on our servers in encrypted form to realize corresponding service functions. You can delete these data independently at any time.
• If you use geographic location stickers when shooting or editing content, we will use your authorized location information to generate stickers, which will be publicly displayed in your content. Refusal to authorize location permission will disable this function only. We will also use your location information to recommend available location links on the content publishing page and extract location data from media files for location anchor recommendation, which you can control through Clause 4.3 of this Policy.

Security Operation and Risk Control Verification
To ensure the safe operation of software and services, prevent illegal access to personal information, effectively guard against fraud risks and protect account security, we will actively collect your device information (device/hardware model, device name), running processes, storage data, browser type and settings, language settings, sensor data, operating system and version, application version, MAC address, WLAN information (SSID, BSSID), IP address, network access mode, network quality data, base station and mobile operator information, as well as software usage records for server-side security risk control verification. Refusal to provide such information may cause failure of risk control verification. We may re-read device information when the application switches to the background or restarts, and we will strictly control the reading frequency within a reasonable range to protect your privacy.

Search Function
When you use the search function, we collect and analyze your search keywords, reading records, access time, comments and interaction records. Such data collection helps us provide targeted content and high-quality services, and continuously optimize our products and user experience.

Interactive Functions and Services

• When you follow accounts, browse, like, collect and share content, we will record your followed accounts and interactive behaviors to display updated content from your followed accounts and show your liked content to your contacts.
• The QR code friend-adding function requires camera permission. Refusal to authorize will only disable the scanning function without affecting other normal services.
• When you use the group chat function for interactive communication, we will collect group and member related information to generate and maintain your group list.

Identity Authentication and Account Recovery
To complete user identity authentication and account recovery verification, we may collect your real name, ID document photos/numbers and facial recognition information to verify your identity. Refusal to provide such information will not affect the use of other functions of Incareer.

Customer Service and After-sales Support
When you contact customer service or submit after-sales applications, our system will record your communication records. For account and system security, we may collect your account information, feedback materials, contact information and communication records (including online chat records and call recordings) after identity verification to solve your problems efficiently and optimize product services. We may take the initiative to contact you via phone, SMS, in-app messages and other methods to follow up on service issues.

Message Push and Background Communication
To ensure real-time background communication and timely personalized message push, we will obtain system boot broadcast permissions, adopt third-party message push services with unique device identifiers, and read device foreground/background status to improve push timeliness and accuracy.

Personalized Content Recommendation
We collect and analyze your platform search records, content browsing/playback records and personal profile information (gender, age, birthday) to recommend personalized content. You can select "Not Interested" on target content to reduce irrelevant recommendations.

Clipboard Permission Usage
When you share content or participate in platform activities, we will access your clipboard to read share passwords, invitation codes and links to realize content jump, sharing and activity linkage functions.

1.3 Summary of Device Permissions

1.4 Indirect Information Collection from Third Parties

When you log in via a third-party account with your explicit authorization, the third-party platform will synchronize your public information including avatar, nickname and region to us to support your quick login and service use.

1.5 Exceptions to Authorization Consent

In accordance with applicable laws and regulations, we may collect and use necessary personal information without your prior authorization under the following circumstances:

• Necessary for concluding or performing a contract to which you are a party, or for implementing human resource management in accordance with legally formulated labor rules and collective contracts;
• Necessary for performing statutory duties or obligations;
• Necessary for responding to public health emergencies or protecting the life, health and property safety of natural persons in emergency situations;
• Conducting news reporting and public opinion supervision for public interests within a reasonable scope;
• Processing publicly available personal information within a reasonable scope in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Law;
• Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

2. Sharing, Transfer and Public Disclosure of Your Personal Information

2.1 Information Sharing

We will not share your personal information with any third-party companies, organizations or individuals unless one or more of the following conditions are met:

• You have provided explicit prior authorization;
• You have voluntarily initiated the sharing behavior;
• Necessary sharing with business partners: We may share your necessary personal information with qualified business partners to provide you with improved services. All data sharing is based on legitimate, specific and necessary purposes, and we will conduct strict security assessment and supervision on data circulation. We will terminate cooperation and pursue legal liabilities if partners violate data protection regulations.

Our main service partners include:

• Advertising and Analytics Partners: We may share de-identified device and statistical data for advertising delivery, user demand analysis and service optimization. Such data cannot be associated with your real identity, and all partners have signed strict data confidentiality agreements.
• Content Review Partners: We may share your published platform content with third-party review service providers to ensure network information security.
• Real-name Authentication Partners: We may share your personal information with third-party verification service providers to complete identity authentication and account recovery.
• Third-Party SDK Service Providers: We access third-party SDKs to implement partial functions, which may collect related device and user information, including one-click login, third-party login, message push and location service SDKs. All third-party services are strictly reviewed and monitored for data security.

When you participate in marketing activities held by us or third-party merchants, you may need to provide your name, gender, contact information and bank account information. Such information is only shared with third parties with your explicit consent to ensure normal activity experience and reward redemption, and will not affect your use of basic platform functions.

Any personal information sharing initiated by you with third parties is at your own risk, and we shall not be liable for any information leakage or misuse caused thereby.

2.2 Information Transfer

We will not transfer your personal information to any third-party companies, organizations or individuals without your explicit consent, except for the following circumstances:

• You have provided explicit prior consent;
• You have voluntarily requested information transfer;
• In case of company merger, division, dissolution or bankruptcy, we will transfer your personal information and notify you of the transferee’s information. The new data holder shall continue to be bound by this Policy, and shall obtain your re-consent if changing data processing purposes or methods;
• Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

2.3 Public Disclosure

We will not publicly disclose your personal information in principle, except for the following situations:

• Disclosing desensitized information for platform award announcement or user penalty notification;
• You have provided explicit consent for public disclosure.

2.4 Exceptions to Authorization Requirements

We may share, transfer or disclose personal information without prior user authorization in compliance with legal exceptions specified in applicable laws and regulations. Anonymized data that cannot be used to identify individual users does not require additional user notification and consent for sharing and transfer.

3. Storage and Protection of Your Personal Information

3.1 Information Storage

Storage Location: Personal information collected within the territory of the People's Republic of China will be stored domestically. Cross-border data transmission will only be conducted in compliance with legal provisions, with user explicit authorization or active user behaviors such as cross-border transactions, and we will ensure overseas data protection standards are no lower than this Policy.

Storage Period: We only store your personal information within the reasonable and necessary period required by laws and service purposes. After the storage period expires, we will delete or anonymize your personal information completely.

If we terminate platform operation, we will stop collecting user personal information immediately, notify users via announcement or individual notification, and delete or anonymize all stored user personal information.

3.2 Information Security Protection

We adopt industry-standard security technologies and management systems including data classification grading, security management specifications and secure development specifications to protect your personal information from loss, abuse, tampering, leakage and unauthorized access. Your account is protected by encryption and backup mechanisms.

We have established complete early warning and emergency response mechanisms for data security incidents. In case of security incidents, we will promptly notify users via email, SMS, in-app messages or public announcements, and actively report to regulatory authorities and cooperate with official investigations.

4. Your Rights to Manage Personal Information

We fully respect and guarantee your legitimate rights to control your personal information.

• Independent Information Preference Management: You can independently follow or unfollow platform accounts to control content display.
• Access, Correction and Deletion of Personal Information: You can access and edit personal profile information including avatar, nickname, gender, email, region and education background via 【Mine - Personal Profile】; you can modify passwords, bound mobile phones and emails via 【Mine - System Settings】.
  You have the right to request us to delete your personal information under the following circumstances: processing purposes are completed or no longer necessary; we terminate service provision; you withdraw consent; you confirm illegal data processing; or other situations stipulated by laws.
• Authorization Revocation: You can modify or revoke device permission authorizations (microphone, camera, location, storage, notification, network) through your device system settings. Revoking authorization will only disable corresponding functions and will not affect previous legal data processing behaviors.
• Data Portability Right: You can contact us via the official channel specified in this Policy to apply for personal information data transfer, and we will provide compliant data transfer services after review.
• Right to Explanation for Automated Decision-Making: If algorithm-based automated decisions significantly affect your legitimate rights and interests, you have the right to request explanations and obtain remedy support.
• Relational Rights Exercise: Your immediate relatives can exercise your personal information rights (inquiry, copy, correction, deletion) in accordance with legal requirements unless otherwise specified by you.
• Offline Rights Application: For information that cannot be modified or deleted independently through the client (such as real-name authentication information), you can contact us via official email to submit applications, and we will verify your identity and respond within a reasonable time.

5. Account Cancellation & Deletion Rules

You can cancel your account independently via the in-app path: 【Mine - System Settings - Cancel Account】.

We will complete identity verification and process your cancellation application within 7 working days after receiving your request. After successful account cancellation, all your personal information associated with the account will be permanently removed from the Incareer platform.

6. Third-Party Services Explanation

Incareer may contain third-party service links and content. When you use third-party services, you will be redirected to third-party platforms, and your use of such services shall be subject to the third party’s own terms of service and privacy policy rather than this Policy.

We are not responsible for the data processing behaviors of third-party platforms. Please carefully check third-party privacy policies and properly protect your personal information when using third-party services.

7. Cookie and Similar Technology Usage

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website and client devices to identify user identities, maintain login status, provide personalized services and optimize user experience.

You can accept or refuse Cookies by modifying your browser or device system settings. Refusing Cookies may affect your login status and normal use of partial platform functions.

All data obtained through Cookies shall be protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

8. Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy irregularly in accordance with product iteration and legal updates. We will not reduce your legitimate rights and interests under the current Policy without your explicit consent.

We will notify you of policy updates via in-app notifications, website announcements or other reasonable methods to ensure your timely understanding of the latest terms.

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