Lenovo Freestyle Privacy Notice

 

 

Effective date [2023/03/13]

 

The Lenovo Freestyle Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) describes how Lenovo collects, uses, stores or otherwise processes an individual's personal data in the context of the Lenovo Freestyle.

 

Before you proceed with the registration of your Lenovo Freestyle, we want you to know that using the Lenovo Freestyle (“the App”) will involve certain data processing activities of your personal data by Lenovo and its partners. In this privacy notice, “Lenovo”, "we" or "us" refers to Lenovo Group Ltd and its affiliated group companies. Lenovo will process your personal data as a data controller of your personal information.

 

This Privacy Notice governs the relationship between you and Lenovo, and the specific personal data processing activities conducted in connection with the Lenovo Freestyle and the Lenovo Freestyle App. To learn more about how Lenovo handles your personal data, please visit the Lenovo Global Product Privacy Statement. Such privacy notice includes among others, a description of your data protection rights and how you can exercise them, how we may share your personal information or how we protect personal data in our products.

 

What personal data does the Lenovo Freestyle App process?

Please be aware that personal data means any information which is related to an identified or identifiable natural person.

 

When you choose to install and use the App, Lenovo requires you to provide certain personal data, as described in the table below, to complete registration, and for the purpose of enabling you to use the App features in performance of the Lenovo License Agreement.

 

When you use the product, data is generated. Categories of data generated can be summarized into: a) [Device IDs]; b) [Personal IDs]. Please see the following table below for more detailed information.

 

Data type	Source of the data	Legal basis	Purpose
§ Device IDs- Device ID	From the App.	§ Contract performance § Legitimate interest	§ To show the name of the discovered device
§ Device IDs- IP Address	From the App.	§ Contract performance § Legitimate interest	§ For devices connection.
§ Personal IDs- Email address	Directly from you, when signing up and linking the app with the product.	§ Contract performance § Legitimate interest	§ To create the account. § To log in
§ Personal IDs- OR Phone Number	Directly from you, when signing up and linking the app with the product.	§ Contract performance § Legitimate interest	§ To create the account. § To log in

 

What specific permissions do you grant us, and how to withdraw consent?

In order to process your personal information, when it is necessary, Lenovo will ask for your consent within the App for specific features. The table below describes how you can grant and withdraw your consent to such specific consent items.

 

Please note that some features would not be available if you do not grant the App permission. Also, we want you to know that we will not sell nor share your data for marketing related purposes. In addition, we will not send you marketing related communications by email, or via in-app push notification unless we have previously obtained your consent.

 

Feature	Data Processed	Purpose	Withdraw mechanism
Bluetooth	Bluetooth function.	§ LDPP Bluetooth peer. § To obtain local device name.	System/App settings in your phone
Wi-Fi	Information & connectivity about WIFI.	§ To transfer data and interact with the device and cloud. § To discover devices § To connect with devices	System/App settings in your phone
Location	Allows an app to access precise location.	§ LDPP function. § To obtain current Wi-Fi name. § To obtain local device name. § If you share the device by scanning the QR code, the camera needs to be turned on.	System/App settings in your phone
Cellular	Data flow.	§ To transfer data and interact with the device and cloud.	System/App settings in your phone
Storage	External Storage.	§ To save received files.	System/App settings in your phone
Display over other apps	N/A	§ To let board displaying over other app.	System/App settings in your phone
Phone State	Phone state.	§ Show network connection type of the local device. § When the screen sharing function is running, the device sleep needs to be disabled.	System/App settings in your phone

 

How do we share your personal data?

 

We do not share any of your personal data in order for you to use this particular application. For more details, please visit the Lenovo Product Privacy Statement.

 

How Long do we keep your personal data?

 

When we design a product, we focus on delivering the best user experience. In order to do so, we will process personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, but we will only retain your personal information as long as necessary to achieve proper performance of the product. In some cases, we may need to retain your personal data when it is required by law.

 

Please see below detailed information about the data retention schedule within the context of the Lenovo Freestyle.

 

Type of data	Retention Period
§ Device IDs - Android Device ID & IP Address	12 months
§ Personal IDs	We do not save personal IDs

 

Changes to this Privacy Notice

 

Our mission is to be as transparent as possible.

 

We might update this privacy notice to let you know about any changes in the way the product, or Lenovo process your personal data and ask you if you are happy with those changes when necessary by law. We will let you know via in-app push notification or e-mail about such changes to make sure you are up to date.

 

Contact us

 

For any privacy related matters please contact the Lenovo Privacy Program at privacy@lenovo.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible.