Acorn Box Privacy Policy

 

Last Updated: January 17, 2023

 

Dear Users,

 

TTC Foundation PTE. LED(“TTC Foundation” or “we”) respects and protects the privacy of Users (“you” or “Users”). TTC Foundation will collect and use your Personal Information, generated from your use of Acorn Box, in accordance with this Privacy Policy (“Policy”).

 

TTC Foundation recommends that you shall carefully read and understand the whole contents of this Policy before your use of the product (“Acorn Box”). Definitions of key words in this Policy are consistent with those in the Acorn Box Terms of Service of TTC Foundation.

 

TTC Foundation reserves the right to update this Policy online from time to time, and the new policy will immediately replace the older one once posted. In particular, if you do not accept the revised policies, please immediately stop your use of Acorn Box. Your continuous use of Acorn Box will be regarded as your acceptance of the revised policy. Furthermore, the revised policies will take into effect immediately upon being posted on Acorn Box.

 

You acknowledge and accept that this Policy and other relevant rules apply to Acorn Box and the DAPPs owned by TTC Foundation on Acorn Box.

 

1. Information We Collect

 

We collect your information in order to provide the services you requested on Acorn Box, and we highly value the protection for your privacy. We strictly abide by the principle of “lawful, justifiable and necessary” during our collection of your information. You acknowledge that, if you do not provide us with the necessary information, your user experiences on Acorn Box may be influenced.

 

1.1 We may collect your Personal Information, including but not limited to your mobile device information, transaction records and wallet addresses.

 

1.2 You confirm that your Wallet Password, Private Key, Mnemonic Words on Acorn Box are not stored or synchronized on TTC Foundation’ servers. TTC Foundation does not offer the service to restore your Wallet Password, Private Key, or Mnemonic Words.

 

1.3 Apart from the foregoing provisions, when you are using specific functions of Acorn Box, we may give you special notifications to ask for more Personal Information. Your objection to provide more information will be regarded as your choice not to use that specific function of Acorn Box.

 

1.4 After you link to the third-party-developed DAPPs from Acorn Box, your Personal Information will be collected and held by the third-party-developed DAPPs instead of being collected or held by Acorn Box.

 

1.5 To the extent permitted by PRC laws and regulations, TTC Foundation may collect and use the following Personal Information without your prior consent or authorization:

 

a. information related to national security and national defense;

 

b. information related to public security, public health, significant public interests;

 

c. information related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and enforcement;

 

d. the Personal Information collected is publicized by yourself;

 

e. the Personal Information is collected from legally publicly disclosed information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosure and other channels;

 

f. the Personal Information is necessary to maintain the security and compliance of services, such as to detect or to solve the malfunction of products and services;

 

g. other circumstances prescribed by laws and regulations.

 

1.6 We collect information in the following ways:

 

a. we collect information during your use of Acorn Box, including your mobile devices information and your operation records on Acorn Box etc.

 

b. we copy all or part of your transaction records on blockchain. However, Users shall refer to the blockchain system for the latest transaction records.

 

1.7 About data collection project, Acorn Protocol owns the copyright of the uploaded images

 

2. How We Use Your Information

 

2.1 We may associate you with your wallet by the unique serial number of your mobile device.

 

2.2 We may promptly push important notifications to you, such as software updates, Terms of Service updates, and Privacy Policy updates.

 

3. How You Control Your Own Information

 

You are entitled to control your Personal Information provided to Acorn Box:

 

3.1 You may import your other wallets into Acorn Box through synchronization of wallets and you may export your wallets from Acorn Box to other Token management wallets. Acorn Box will display the information of imported wallets to you.

 

3.2 When we collect information from you for a specific purpose, we will ask for your consent in advance to which you are entitled to refuse. However, you understand that when you refuse to give such consent, you also give up the choice to use specific services provided by Acorn Box.

 

3.3 You acknowledge that since blockchain is an open source system, your transaction records are automatically public and transparent in the whole blockchain.

 

3.4 You understand that after you link to the third-party-developed DAPPs from Acorn Box, the Acorn Box Terms of Service and Acorn Box Privacy Policy will no longer apply. You are encouraged to carefully review its privacy policies and related terms of service before you start to use the third-party-developed DAPPs .

 

3.5 We reserve the right to collect your information without your prior authorization or consent according to the Article 4 of Section 1 of this Policy.

 

4. Information We may Share or Transfer

 

4.1 The Personal Information collected and generated by TTC Foundation during its operation within the territory of PRC shall be stored within the territory of PRC. If we need to transfer your Personal Information abroad, we shall obtain your prior consent and conduct the cross-border data transfer in accordance with PRC laws, regulations and policies and undertake the confidentiality obligations to protect your Personal Information.

 

4.2 TTC Foundation will not share with or transfer your Personal Information to any third party without your prior consent, except for the following circumstances:

 

a. you have expressly provided your prior consent or authorization;

 

b. the collected Personal Information is publicized by yourself;

 

c. the Personal Information is collected from public information which was legally disclosed, such as news (lawfully reported), government information disclosure and other channels;

 

d. we may share your Personal Information with our affiliates only when necessary and to the extent permitted by this Policy;

 

e. in order to abide by applicable laws, regulations, legal procedures, and administrative or judiciary authorities;

 

f. in the case of mergers and acquisitions, if transfer of Personal Information is involved, TTC Foundation may require the receivers of Personal Information to be continuously bound by this Policy.

 

5. How We Protect Your Information

 

5.1 If TTC Foundation terminates operation, TTC Foundation will stop the collection of your Personal Information in time, post the announcement on Acorn Box and delete or anonymize your Personal Information held by us within a reasonable period.

 

5.2 To protect your Personal Information, TTC Foundation may adopt data security techniques, improve internal compliance levels, provide security training for our staff, and set security authority for access to relevant data to protect your Personal Information.

 

5.3 We will send you messages about information security in the “Notifications” column on Acorn Box for your reference.

 

6. Protection for the Minors

 

The following special provisions apply to minors who are under the age of 18 years old:

 

6.1 The minors shall not use Acorn Box without the guidance from their parents or guardians.

 

6.2 The parents and guardians of the minors shall provide guidance to the minors on using Acorn Box after they read this Policy, Acorn Box Terms of Service and other relevant rules.

 

6.3 Acorn Box will ensure the confidentiality and security of the minors’ Personal Information in accordance with PRC laws and regulations.

 

7. Disclaimer

 

7.1 After you link to the third-party-developed DAPPs from Acorn Box, the privacy policies of the third-party-developed DAPPs will apply. The collection and use of your Personal Information by the third-party-developed DAPPs will be controlled neither by TTC Foundation, nor by this Policy. TTC Foundation is unable to guarantee that the third-party-developed DAPPs will definitely take Personal Information protection measures as required by TTC Foundation.

 

7.2 You shall carefully select and use the third-party-developed DAPPs and protect your Personal Information. TTC Foundation shall not be held liable for the privacy protection obligation of any third-party-developed DAPPs .

 

7.3 YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TTC FOUNDATION WILL ADOPT MEASURES AS REASONABLE AS POSSIBLE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION UNDER CURRENT TECHNIQUES ON AN “AS IS”, “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS, TO AVOID THE DISCLOSURE, TAMPERING OR DAMAGE OF INFORMATION. SINCE TTC FOUNDATION TRANSFERS DATA WIRELESSLY, TTC FOUNDATION MAKES NO GUARANTEE ON THE PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF WIRELESS INTERNET DATA TRANSFERRING.

 

8. Miscellaneous

 

8.1 If you are a User outside of PRC, you shall fully understand and conform to the laws, regulations and rules in your jurisdictions which are relevant to use of TTC Foundation.

 

8.2 During your use of TTC Foundation services, if you come across any problems related to your Personal Information use, you may contact us through the submission of your feedback on Acorn Box.

 

8.3 You may access this Policy and other service rules of TTC Foundation on Acorn Box. We encourage you to check the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy of TTC Foundation each time you log onto Acorn Box.

 

8.4 This English version and other translated versions of this Policy are provided for the convenience of Users, and are not intended to revise the original Chinese version of this Policy. If there is any discrepancy between the Chinese version and non-Chinese version of this Policy, the Chinese version shall prevail.

 

8.5 This Policy shall become effective on July 26, 2018.

 

As for any issues not covered in this Policy, you shall comply with the announcements and relevant rules as updated by TTC Foundation from time to time.

 

TTC Foundation PTE. LED.