APUS Launcher PRO (the “Application” or “we”) wants to ensure that visitors and users are aware of the Privacy Policy of APUS Launcher PRO services.
We take the privacy of our customers seriously and are committed to safeguarding your privacy while you use our Application. This policy (hereinafter the "Privacy Policy") describes the types of information we collect when you use our services and Application, the reason we collect it and the method we collect it. Our Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take to protect the information we collected and you share with us. Once you use our Application, we will consider that you have agreed with the content of this Privacy Policy.
Your privacy is very important to us and our service. Please read our Privacy Policy carefully and let us know if you have any questions.
To make a better user experience, we may collect the following information to perfect our service. We will use these information to help us develop, deliver, improve our products and services, supply higher quality service, conduct online surveys and other activities you participate in, better understand users’ needs, fix bugs, and improve our user experience. When reading the follows, please note how we collect and use your information.
Device Information
Device Information refers to device model, device identification number, operating system version, resolution, telecom operator. We will collect in order to gather detailed user usage of the service, device event information such as crashes, system interactions, hardware settings, IP address, time and date of the request, etc. We collect Device Information through the API provided by system or the permission accessed by user.
Location Information
Location Information refers to Latitude and longitude, city, Wifi SSID, base station type, cell ID, IP address, time zone，GPS, etc. We will collect in order to Smart Center to get local news. We collect Location Information through IP address, GPS, and other sensors that provide relevant information (such as providing nearby devices, Wi-Fi access points, and base station information). And we collect GPS positioning information through the permission of Location accessed by user.
Accounts on the Device
Accounts on the Device refers to Google play account information, Gmail account information，Google service configuration. We will collect in order to check if users have logged in Google Play and provide relative app installation service, read ad ID and help users customize personalized experience .We collect Accounts on the Device through API provided by system.
Network Information refers to the type of networking connection, the state of networking connection and bluetooth. We collect those information in order to enable smart settings, checking the connection state of the network, Wifi, and the bluetooth. Besides, it could collect the information of the paring state of Bluetooth connection. We will collect through API provided by the system.
Install Application Information
We collect the Installed Application Information in order to ALL-APPS sorting applications. We collect the Installed Application Information through PackageManager..
Applications’ State Information
Applications’ State Information refers to the information of apps’ installment/uninstall/updates. We collect those information in order to show, delete or update the info of application icon. We will collect the information of apps’ states through API provided by the system.
Application Usage Information
Application Usage Information refers to the information of opening and closing of apps, the time and frequency of the apps’ usage and the list of running apps. We collect those information in order to suggest the recently used apps to users in Searching functions so that it could cater to users’ habits and make it convenient to users. Besides, we collect in order to enable the function of one-key Acceleration, checking the running apps. Relevant info is obtained by recording the time of opening applications.
User Provided Information
User Provided Information refers to the email, the cellphone number, the profile picture, the gender, the profession, the location, the nickname, the age, the birthday and so on. We collect those information in order for Smart Center and searching. These information are collected through users’ manually selecting and filling out.
Contacts Information
Contacts Information refers to contacts’name, head portrait, phone number, and email account. No relative information will be selected. We collect Contacts Information through the permission of reading and writing contacts.
SMS Information
SMS Information refers to the text, pictures, url, and business card. We collect those information in order to search messages in local. No relative information will be selected. We collect SMS Information through the permission of reading and writing SMS.
Call Log Information refers to missed calls, received calls, dialed telephone numbers and time records. We collect those information in order to suggest the possible number you may contact to you. Any calling data will not be collected. We collect Call Log Information through the permission of reading and writing Call Log.
Data of USB Storage and SD Card
Data of USB Storage and SD Card refers to messages, pictures, videos, texts and music stored in USB Storage or SD Card. We will collect in order to search the videos, music, and pictures stored by users in external memories, and will not be uploaded into any server. We collect the data of USB Storage and SD Card through the permission of reading and writing USB and SD card.
Calendar information
Calendar Information refers to calendar events and relative information. We will collect in order to display recent calendar events in APUS Know, Smart Center and Search. No relative calendar information will be collected. We collect Calendar Information through the permission of reading calendar accessed by user.
Inputting Information
Inputing information refers to the contents inputted (excluding some private information, like passwords and accounts) during the using process by users. Those information is collected in order to display the information of inputting contents in the function of Note Cards in “Smart Center” and will not be uploaded to servers.
Several
Authorities
These authorities contain：
Take pictures and videos
We get this permission to turn on/off flashlight in APUS Settings.
Network access
This permission accesses APUS to network for achieving relative services, e.g. providing version update notification, sorting configuration of smart folder, news, etc. Data consumption may be needed.
modify and delete contents in the SD card or USB Storage
This permission allows APUS to modify or delete contents in SD card or USB Storage according to users’ order.
Modify system settings
This permission allows APUS Settings to view and change settings of ringtone, vibration, screen rotate, and brightness.
Create shortcut
This permission allows APUS to create shortcuts on other launchers and users can continue to use APUS relative functions.
Access address book
This permission allows APUS to search contact as you required, This permission is only used to contact search and no relative contact information will be collected.
Access SMS
This permission allows APUS to search SMS as you required, This permission is only used to SMS search and no relative information will be collected.
Read calendar events and relative information
This permission allow Smart Center to display recent calendar events. No relative calendar information will be collected.
location (network-based、GPS)
This permission allow Smart Center to get local news.
Read call log
This permission allow Smart Center to display recent contact. No relative information will be collected.
Get IMEI information
This permission allow APUS to read IMEI information, Help users customize personalized experience.
The information you give us
This is the case that you voluntary provide us with your information to enjoy our service, such as signing up for an account or filling out our questionnaire. We will get your information once you deliver it to us, and we will use it to [utilize the privacy-related features within the product and optimize and improve the product].
The information we learned from the third party
Also, we will collect the information from other party as long as we have a good faith believe the party has legitimate right to release your information.
As one of our services, we may work with third-party business partners, including but not limited to companies (eg. advertisement exchange platform, advertisers, publishers), organizations or individuals, for specific field cooperation of service to provide you with better experience. This cooperation may need us to share some user information (the information enumerated in Article 2 of this Privacy Policy) with our business partner once we have your consent to do so.
In addition, we will release your information whenever the applicable law or domain government authority requires. We'll notify you when we're asked to hand over your personal identifiable information in this way unless we're legally prohibited from doing so. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal defenses or objections that you may raise against a third party's request to disclose your information.
We may provide your information to our affiliates or other trusted organizations or persons to process it for us, according to our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
If our organizational structure or status changes (such as restructuring, M&A and bankrupt) we may pass your information to the successor or affiliate.
We may access third party information (such as your Facebook account information) through application interfaces. In the meanwhile, we may provide users with links to third party websites such as Facebook, and users can access these websites by clicking on the links in the Application. Upon clicking on the links, the users may skip into other websites of third parties, we shall not bear any liability for the privacy practices of these web sites even if they are linked to or accessible from the Application. Our service of providing the links or accessibility of third party websites does not mean any endorsement of such third party website by us.
We take appropriate security measures to help safeguard your information from unauthorized access and disclosure.
We ask your permission before you grant our access to read content in your notification bar. We need this access to keep our application running, not to collect any personal information.
Please know that you’re responsible for information you submit to other services (such as when submitting comments regarding our products). So please take necessary precautions when using other services to safeguard your personal information.
Please contact us at apuslauncher@gmail.com should you have any queries or advices about this Policy and our privacy practices, or to report violations of this Policy and abuse of the Application and the Service.
Please contact us at apusbusiness@apusapps.com for Ad support.
We reserve the right to change, modify or alter this Privacy Policy solely at our own discretion, and we encourage you to read our Privacy Policy every time when you use the Application. If you continue to use the Application, it will be considered that you agreed any undated version of the Privacy Policy.
Last Updated: 2018.3.31