Philips Domestic Appliances Clean Home+ App
Privacy Notice

 

• The personal data we collect may include your mobile phone number, country and  email address, in order to create an account for you. We also process information on your App usage, including your session, login and authentication information, which we use to manage your account.
  

 

• If you log in via social media, the personal data we collect may include your basic public profile (e.g., name/nickname, profile photo, device identifier including IMEI, IDFA, Android ID, MAC, OAID, IMSI and other related information, login IP address, gender, profile URL, birthday, homepage, and location) and your email address, which we use for authentication purposes. In this case, your social media provider may collect information on the fact that you are using the App and logging in using your social media account. Please read your social media provider’s Privacy Notice (e.g., Apple or WeChat) to learn about their privacy practices, including, what type of personal data they collect, and how they use, process and protect them.
  

 

Because we need to use your Account Data to be able to provide the Services, we consider this processing to be necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party and lawful under Paragraph 1 (2) of Article 13 of Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China.

 

• Air Purifier Devices. 
  

(I)  Device Data, including Device ID, running mode, power on/off, fan speed, scheduler, and control commands.

(II)  General Air Quality Data, including Indoor Allergen Index, PM2.5, temperature, gas and humidity level.

• Robot Vacuum Cleaner Devices.  
  

(I)  Device Data, including Device ID, scheduler data, number of cycles and cleaning duration.

 

We use this device data to provide the Services; make the Device aware of its environment; improve our Devices and Services.

If you choose not to pair the App with your Device, you will not be able to control your Device, but it will not affect your use of other services.

Because we need to use your Device Data to be able to provide the Services, we consider this processing to be necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party and lawful under Paragraph 1 (2) of Article 13 of Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China.

 

Other Provided Data

Depending on your Air Purifier Device model, the App might show you a short questionnaire relating to your concerns about air indoor quality; how long ago you moved to your house/room; and the room where you placed the Device. The App will use your answers to set the most appropriate running mode for your Device. We will also process the responses to this questionnaire to perform analytics and use the results for product improvement or development and/or marketing.

When you consent to sharing your App data to help improve the App and receive personalized services, we collect and process your App usage data. To do so, we use several service providers that process your App data on our behalf and pursuant to our instructions. Our service providers use Cookies to help us collect your information.

 

We analyse the Combined Data to provide you with personalized Services. It also helps us improve the content, functionality and usability of the App, the Device(s) and Services as well as to develop new products and services.
 

If you agree to receive promotional communications about Philips Domestic Appliances products, services, events and promotions, or promotional communications from our carefully selected partners, we may send you marketing and promotional communications via email or digital channels, such as mobile apps and social media. To be able to tailor the communications to your preferences and behaviour and provide you with a more relevant and personalized experience, we may analyse your Combined Data. Before sending promotional communications to you, we will ask your consent.  

 

When you register as an App user, you will also become a Philips Domestic Appliances member; if you are already an App user but have not yet registered as a Philips Domestic Appliances member, you can confirm to become a Philips Domestic Appliances member in the pop-up window of this App. You can log in the "飞利浦家电会员俱乐部" WeChat mini program to consult the corresponding membership rules and manage your membership information.

 

General Permissions

• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The App requires Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet. The App also requires Bluetooth / Wi-Fi to connect to your Device. You can block the Bluetooth / Wi-Fi connection at any time through the settings of your mobile device.
  
• Camera. To scan the QR code to initiate the Device(s) pairing.
  
• Photo. To enable the photo sharing function, which allows you to make snapshots of indoor or outdoor air quality and share them through SMS/Wechat or other social channels.
  
• Calling. To allow you to call Philips Domestic Appliances customer support through the App.
• Coarse geo-graphic location and location. 
  
• Device pairing. Android operating systems require coarse geo-graphic location to connect the App to the Device. iOS requires access to location data to recognize when the App and Device(s) are nearby. Versuni does not process such data in any manner. The data is stored in your mobile device, where Versuni does not have access to it. If you delete your profile or the App, this data will be deleted from your mobile device.
  

• Files. The App requires access to the mobile device's files to store the language configurations and other files that the App uses to operate (e.g. graphics, media files or other large program assets). If you delete the App, the data will be deleted from the mobile device.
  

 

Air Purifier Permissions.  

• Weather and Air Quality information. When enabling this permission, the App shares your geo-location data (based on GPS, latitude and longitude) with a third party to provide you with a location map with air quality information in the Homepage of the App. This third party is AirMatters.
  
  

You can at any time block your App permissions through the settings of your mobile device. Please note that if you decide to block, you may not be able to use, in whole or in part, our Services.

 

With whom are Personal Data shared

Versuni may disclose your personal data to third party service providers, business partners or other third parties in accordance with this Privacy Notice and/or applicable law.

 

Service providers

We work with third-party service providers to help us operate, provide, improve, understand, customize, support, and market our Services.

We may share your personal data with the following service providers:

• IT and cloud providers
  These service providers deliver the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, transactional services and/or related technology required to run the App or provide the Services.
  
• Analytics Service Providers.
  These service providers deliver the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and/or related technology that we require to perform App analytics. See also the content in the "Cookies and Analytics Data" section above.
  

 

Versuni requires its service providers to provide an adequate level of protection to your personal data similar to the level that we provide. We require our service providers to process your personal data only in accordance with our instructions and only for the specific purposes mentioned above, to have access to the minimum amount of data they need to deliver a specific service, and to protect the security of your personal data.

 

Other third parties

Versuni may also work with third parties who process your personal data for their own purposes. Versuni will ensure to obtain your consent in accordance with applicable laws before sharing your personal data. In this case, please read their privacy notices carefully as they inform about their privacy practices, including what type of personal data they collect and how they use, process and protect them.

 

Please note, concerning possible third-party advertising in the App we do not share your personal data with these partners. Even if you opt-in to receive marketing and if you allow all Cookies, we do not share your personal data with the advertising third party. What we do is to analyze the effectiveness of such partnership campaigns and inform our partners on the effectiveness (e.g., how many App users have clicked on the ad, how many App users have invoked the offer). The external reporting of this effectiveness study is happening on an aggregated basis only, which means that our partner – the third party – will not be able to redirect this information to any individual App user.

 

Versuni sometimes sells a business or a part of a business to another company. Such a transfer of ownership could include the transfer of your personal data directly related to that business, to the purchasing company. All of our rights and obligations under our Privacy Notice are freely assignable by Versuni to the new owner, in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets, and we may transfer your personal data to a new owner. In the event of transfer of personal data, we will inform you of the name and contact information of new owner, who will continue to perform the obligations as stipulated in this Privacy Notice. If the new owner changes the purpose and method of personal data processing as stipulated in this Privacy Notice, it shall re-obtain your consent in accordance with applicable laws.

If you would like to submit a request to access, copy, rectify, supplement, erase, restrict or object to the processing of personal data that you have previously provided to us, or if you would like to submit a request to receive an electronic copy of your personal data for purposes of transmitting it to another company (to the extent this right to data portability is provided to you by applicable law), you may contact us by calling our customer hotline 4008-203-160. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

 

In your request, please make clear what personal data you would like to access, copy, rectify, supplement, erase, restrict or object to its processing. For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the personal data associated with your account, your email address or other account information, that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

Where we rely on consent to collect and/or process your personal data, you may withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Please note that if you make use of (some of) your choices and rights, you may not be able to use, in whole or in part, our Services anymore.

 

We protect your personal data

We are committed to protect the data you entrust to Versuni against accidental or unauthorized alteration, loss, misuse, disclosure or access. We use a variety of security technologies, technical and organizational measures to help protect your data. For this purpose, we have implemented, among others, access controls, firewalls and secure protocols.

While the Services are not directed to children, as defined under applicable law, it is Versuni’ policy to comply with the law when it requires parent or guardian permission before collecting, using or disclosing personal data of children. We are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we strongly encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.

 

If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with his or her personal data without their consent, please contact us by calling our customer hotline 4008-203-160. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, we will delete his/her data from our files.
 

Our Services may change from time to time. For this reason, we reserve the right to amend or update this Privacy Notice from time to time.
 

However, we will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Notice without your explicit consent. For material changes, such as changing the ownership or changing the purpose of the App, we will provide notifications in the App and for some Services, we may send notifications via email to explain the specific changes to the Privacy Notice.
 

After the new Privacy Notice is published, if you do not agree to the revised notice, you should alter your preferences, or consider stop using our Services.
 

We will archive the old version of this Privacy Notice. You can review old versions here.