Last Updated: September 2025
Ingenic Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "we", "our company" or "Ingenic") attaches great importance to the protection of personal information and privacy of website users, customers, suppliers, and partner contacts (hereinafter collectively referred to as "business representatives").
All our processing activities of your personal information will be conducted in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "this Policy"). Through this Policy, we will explain to you how we process your personal information and how you can exercise your rights when you use the website services we provide and when we communicate, cooperate and interact with business representatives, so as to better protect your rights as a subject of personal information.
Before you use the website services or communicate, cooperate and interact as a business representative, please carefully read and understand this Policy. If you do not agree to the processing of your personal information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide your information on the relevant pages and stop using this website. Continuing to use this website indicates that you accept the provisions regarding your personal information stated in this Privacy Policy.
In particular, you should read carefully the clauses we have marked in bold to ensure that you fully understand and agree to the rules for processing your personal information. Unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations, your continued use of this website or continued cooperation after we update this Policy means that you have been informed of and agree to the content of this Policy (including updated versions).
This Privacy Policy helps you understand the following:
1. How we collect and use personal information
2. How we share, transfer and publicly disclose personal information
3. Exceptions to obtaining prior consent for processing personal information
4. How we use Cookies and similar technologies
5. How we store personal information
6. How we protect the security of personal information
7. How personal information may be transferred globally
8. How we protect your rights
9. Application of this Policy
10. Update of this Policy
11. How to contact us
1. How we collect and use personal information
Personal information refers to various information recorded by electronic or other means related to an identified or identifiable natural person, excluding information after anonymization. Sensitive personal information refers to personal information that, if leaked or illegally used, may easily lead to infringement of the dignity of natural persons or endanger personal and property safety, including biometrics, religious beliefs, specific identities, medical and health, whereabouts and trajectories, financial accounts and other information, as well as personal information of minors under the age of 14.
(1) Ingenic Website Services
When you use the "Sample Application" and "Development Board Application" modules of the Ingenic website, we will collect your email address, phone number, name and address of your organization for the purpose of “recording application information and contacting you”.
When you leave a message using the "How to contact us" module of the Ingenic website, we will collect your name, phone number, email address, name of your organization and message information to for the purpose of “recording messages and contacting you”.
(2) Communication, Cooperation and Interaction with Business Representatives
In the process of communicating, cooperating and interacting with you, we may obtain and process your “name, contact information, name of your organization, position and address information” from the organization you work for according to the needs of specific scenarios, so as to achieve the following purposes:
1) Communication: We need to maintain communication with our customers, suppliers and partners to promote business cooperation.
2) Establishing cooperative relationships and carrying out business activities: We need your personal information to establish business relationships with customers, suppliers and partners, and to implement cooperation plans.
Please note that if you provide us with the personal information of others, we suppose that you have obtained the authorization of the subject and have the right to allow us to process such personal information in accordance with this Policy.
You are supposed to understand fully that when your personal information falls into the circumstances specified in "3. Exceptions to obtaining prior consent for processing personal information" of this Policy, we do not need to obtain your authorization and consent to collect and use your personal information.
2. How we share, transfer and publicly disclose personal information
(1) Sharing
We will not share (including entrusting processing and providing to third parties) your personal information with any company, organization or individual, except in the following cases:
1) Having obtained your prior consent or authorization.
2) To provide you with the various functions and services described in Article 1 of this Policy, we may also entrust third-party service providers (such as information system service providers) to process your personal information. We require these service providers to use your personal information only for the purpose of providing services to us, and not for their own interests.
3) Sharing personal information falls into the circumstances specified in "3. Exceptions to obtaining prior consent for processing personal information" of this Policy.
We will sign strict confidentiality and personal information protection agreements/clauses with the aforementioned third parties that share personal information, requiring them to process personal information in accordance with our instructions, this Policy and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures.
(2) Transfer
We will not transfer your personal information to any company, organization or individual, except in the following cases:
1) Having obtained your prior consent or authorization.
2) If we need to transfer personal information due to merger, division, dissolution or being declared bankrupt, we will inform you of the name and contact information of the recipient. We will require the recipient to continue to perform this Policy and other legal obligations.
3) Transferring personal information falls into the circumstances specified in "3. Exceptions to obtaining prior consent for processing personal information" of this Policy.
(3) Public Disclosure
We will only publicly disclose your personal information under the following circumstances and on the premise of taking security protection measures that meet industry standards:
1) Having obtained your separate consent or authorization in advance.
2) In cases where it is necessary to provide your personal information in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws, mandatory administrative law enforcement or judicial requirements, we may publicly disclose your personal information in accordance with the required type of personal information and disclosure method.
3) Publicly disclosing personal information falls into the circumstances specified in "3. Exceptions to obtaining prior consent for processing personal information" of this Policy.
3. Exceptions to obtaining prior consent for processing personal information
The processing of personal information includes the collection, storage, use, processing, transmission, provision, disclosure, deletion of personal information, etc. Please be aware that in the following scenarios, we do not need to obtain your consent to process your personal information:
1) It is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract where the individual is a party;
2) It is necessary for the performance of statutory duties or obligations;
3) It is necessary to respond to public health emergencies or to protect the life, health and property safety of natural persons in emergency situations;
4) Processing your personally disclosed or other legally disclosed personal information within a reasonable scope;
5) Other circumstances stipulated by applicable laws.
4. How we use Cookies and similar technologies
We or our third-party service providers may obtain and use your information through Cookies or similar technologies.
A Cookie is a small amount of data sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. We use Cookies to benefit users.
We use our own Cookies or similar technologies, which may be used for the following purposes:
Remembering your identity: For example, Cookies or similar technologies help us identify you as our user.
5. How we store personal information
Ingenic strictly adheres to the "storage limitation principle", "minimization principle" and "accuracy principle" for personal information protection. We will store your personal information collected within the territory of the People's Republic of China in “physical computer rooms within China” in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws. Ingenic takes appropriate security measures to ensure information storage security and strictly keeps this information confidential in accordance with the law.
In general, we only retain your personal information for the shortest time necessary to achieve the purpose, and promptly delete your personal information when the relevant business is completed, provided that it does not violate applicable laws and regulations. Due to different scenarios, products and services, the data storage period may vary. The criteria we use to determine the retention period include but are not limited to: being necessary to achieve the purpose of the products and services provided; the time clearly stipulated by laws and regulations; safeguarding our customers' rights and interests and public interests, etc.
We will properly store your personal information in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws and regulations, and adopt appropriate data security protection measures.
6. How we protect the security of personal information
We strive to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, damage, loss and other forms of illegal processing by strengthening security protection measures for personal information in terms of physics, management and technology, such as access control systems, monitoring systems, intrusion detection, anti-spam, terminal security protection, vulnerability scanning, encryption, anonymization or pseudonymization, employee training and other measures. We have formulated special information security, data security and personal information protection policies and procedures, which will be regularly reviewed and updated, and we will test our security measures through third parties to meet our business needs, technological changes and regulatory requirements.
After a personal information security incident occurs, we will fulfill our notification obligations, which may specifically include notifying you of the following information: the basic situation of the security incident and possible impacts, the measures we have taken or will take, and suggestions for you to independently prevent and reduce risks. We will strive to notify you in a timely manner by phone, email, etc.
If you know or have reason to believe that your personal information has been lost, stolen, misappropriated or otherwise compromised, or if there is any actual or suspected theft of your personal information, you can contact us in accordance with Article 11 of this Policy.
7. How personal information may be transferred globally
In principle, personal information collected and generated by us within the territory of the People's Republic of China will be stored within China. If it is indeed necessary to transfer your personal information across borders, we will fulfill corresponding procedures and obligations in accordance with legal requirements, including but not limited to obtaining your separate consent or having other legal bases, conducting personal information protection impact assessments, signing cross-border transmission agreements with the other party, etc., and requiring the data recipient to process personal information in accordance with no less than this Policy and other relevant security and confidentiality measures.
8. How we protect your rights
As a subject of personal information, you enjoy the rights of personal information subjects stipulated by applicable laws and regulations, including the right to know, the right to decide, the right to access and copy, the right to delete, the right to correct and supplement personal information, the right to transfer personal information to other personal information processors, and the right to restrict or refuse our processing of your personal information. If you want to exercise the relevant rights, please feedback to us through the contact information provided in "11. How to contact us". To ensure security, you may need to provide a written request or prove your identity in other ways. We may first require you to verify your identity before processing your request. We will generally respond within fifteen working days.
9. Application of this Policy
This Policy only applies to website services and relevant business processes for communication, cooperation and interaction with business representatives. If you access third-party websites through our website and use the services provided by them, the commitments made in the third party's privacy policy have nothing to do with this website. Please note that we have no control over the products, services provided by third parties or the personal information processed by them.
The protection of personal information during your use of third-party products or services is not applicable to this Policy. This Policy also does not apply to any information you choose to provide to third parties on your own. It is recommended that you obtain details about their privacy policies by reviewing the privacy policies of such third parties or contacting such third parties. If you find that web pages created by these third parties or applications developed by third parties are risky, it is recommended that you terminate relevant operations to protect your legitimate rights and interests.
10. Update of this Policy
Ingenic reserves the right to update or modify this Policy from time to time. If this Policy is changed, we will publish the latest version on this website. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy. If we make material changes to the privacy policy, we will also provide more prominent notifications (including but not limited to emails, text messages or special prompts on website pages, explaining the specific changes to this Policy).
11. How to contact us
If you have any comments, suggestions or questions about this Policy, or have requests and consultations regarding your personal information, you can contact us through the following contact information, and we will reply within fifteen working days in principle.
Contact Information:
Email: privacy@ingenic.com
