Privacy Policy
The OpenAtom Foundation (hereinafter referred to as "we", "us", or "foundation") understands the importance of your privacy and fully respects it. Please read this Privacy Statement ("Statement") carefully before you submit your personal data to us. If you have any questions about how we process your personal data, please feel free to contact us.
1. How We Collect and Process Your Personal Data
If you only browse the general content of the openEuler community website (hereinafter referred to as "this website"), we usually do not require you to provide personal data. However, we will collect your personal data in the following cases:
(a) Account Service.
- When you register for an openEuler community account, we will collect your user name, email address, mobile number, password, and email/phone verification code. A unique account identifier will be automatically generated. Refusal to provide this information will prevent account creation.
- When you log in to the openEuler community using your user name, email address, or mobile number, we will collect the provided credentials and verification code for authentication. Refusal to provide this information will prevent login.
- When you log in using a third-party account (Gitee, GitHub, or OpenAtom), we will collect your user name, user ID, nickname, avatar, and email address from that platform for authentication and code repository access management. If you use Gitee or GitHub without an existing bound openEuler account, a new openEuler account with a unique identifier will be automatically generated, deriving its user name from your Gitee or GitHub account. Refusal to provide this information will prevent login via third-party accounts.
- After logging in, you can optionally provide your avatar, nickname, and company name. This information is not required for using openEuler community features.
- After logging in, you can modify your email address, mobile number, and password, we will collect the provided credentials and verification code for authentication.
- After logging in, you can bind your openEuler account to a third-party account (GitHub, Gitee, or OpenAtom). We will collect your user name, user ID, nickname, avatar, and email address from the bound platform. Refusal to provide this information will prevent third-party account binding for login purposes.
(b) Forum Service. The forum service provides you with the following functions. We will process the data required for providing the functions. If you do not provide the required data, your experience may be affected when you use the functions of the forum service.
Login and identity authentication: You can use an openEuler community account to log in to the forum service. We will use the user name, nickname, and email address of your openEuler community account to authenticate your identity and manage your data.
User center: After login, your openEuler community account user name will be displayed on the User Center page. You can also set the nickname, profile picture, and signature used in this forum on the Account page. The nickname, profile picture, and signature will be stored and displayed on the User Center page.
Data publishing and interaction: The forum service provides you with data publishing and interaction services. Therefore, we will collect and process your published content, images, audios, videos, documents, comments, likes, favorites, and reports, and your nickname and profile picture will also be used and displayed. To promote exchanges and interactions, we will collect statistics on and display your posts, likes, follows, and favorites on the User Center page. Your favorites are visible only to yourself by default, but you can set them to be visible to other users. To keep the preceding data up to date and display them to you, we will collect and use your data, including your posts, comments, likes, favorites, and follows.
Product operations and maintenance: To provide you with rich product experience, improve product operations policies, ensure stable product running, and ensure network security according to laws and regulations, we will collect your login account information, device hardware information, operating system settings, network information (such as IP addresses), network operator information, your browsing or touching records in this forum, and error messages.
(c) Mail Subscription. When you use our mail subscription service, we will collect your email address and name (optional). We will provide you with the email subscription service through this email address to facilitate your participation in discussions in the community.
(d) Service Optimization. To ensure the openEuler community functions as best as possible, and to provide better services for you, we will collect information about your browser, computer, and mobile device, including the access timestamp, IP address, request details, access status, size of accessed resources, access source, and request user agent information. Based on this information, we will collect statistics to understand the operating status of the openEuler community. The web analytics tool provider captures data about your activities on our website through cookies and other technologies and provides this data to us anonymously. No website user can identify this information.
(e) Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") Signing. When you participate in code contribution through the Contributor License Agreement ("CLA") signing system (click here to learn more), you need to submit your relevant personal data to the CLA signing system. We will obtain such personal data to verify whether you have signed the CLA, and to conduct relevant statistical analysis to understand how the community is operating.
(f) Talent Assessment. After you pass the openEuler community talent assessment test, we will collect your name, email address, test partner, test score, and certification level from our test partners to generate the openEuler community talent certificate for you. In addition, we acquire such data to conduct relevant statistical analysis about talent development of the community.
(g) Content Release. When you participate in community meetings, live broadcasts, blogs, community activities, contribution in the open source community, or newsgroups, your user name and the information you publish will be visible to the community and the public. If you are a SIG member of the openEuler community, we will request your Gitee information for posting on our website.
(h) Quick Issue Creation. When you use the QuickIssue service of the openEuler community to submit an issue, you will need to provide an email address, and a verification email will be sent to the email address you provided to verify the validity of the email address. After an issue is created, some information about your email address will be displayed in the description area on the issue page and in the submitter information of the QuickIssue dashboard.
(i) Joining openEuler Valuable Professional. When you apply for the openEuler Valuable Professional qualification, the community will collect your name, mobile number, email address, and photo through the application form you filled in. Your name, mobile number, and email address are used to notify you of the result and contact you. If you successfully qualify as an oEVP, your name and photo will be published on the openEuler official website.
(j) Venue Resource Contribution. When you proactively contribute venue resources to openEuler, the community will collect your name, phone number, and email address from the form you filled in, which will be only used to contact you.
(k) Meetup. When you apply for an openEuler meetup, the community will collect your mobile number and email address from the application form you fill in. The collected mobile number and email address will be used to contact you later to communicate about the meetup details. Furthermore, the community will request your name and company name for the purpose of meetup sign-ins, nameplates, and other related activities.
(l) openEuler User Group application. When you apply to participate in an openEuler User Group event, the community will collect your name, company, position, email address, phone number, and WeChat ID, which will be used to contact you and confirm your application and other related matters.
We may also supplement the personal data we collect from you with additional personal data we receive from third parties, including other platforms, communities, or legal and public channels within the scope of your authorization and consent. We promise to process your personal data in strict accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Please read the privacy statements and user agreements of the third parties carefully. If your personal data provided by a third party is required for using related services of the community, but you refuse to allow the third party to collect, use, transfer, or share your personal data when the third party provides services, you may not be able to use related services of the community. For example, when you use an authorized third-party account to log in to the community, we will obtain your personal data from the third party with your consent.
(n) Compatibility Test Service. When using the compatibility test service, you can log in with your openEuler community account. We will use the user name, nickname, email address, and mobile number of your openEuler community account to authenticate your identity and manage your data. When you edit your basic personal data on your profile page, we will collect your user name, mobile number, and email address. The user name and mobile number will be used to notify you of the identity authentication results, while the user name and email address will be used to update you on the certification progress. After an openEuler compatibility test is passed, the service will collect your project manager's name and signature through the certification confirmation page to generate a compatibility certificate for you.
2. How We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies
We will collect and use your information through cookies and similar technologies in accordance with the following principles:
- To ensure the proper functioning of this platform, we will store, set, and access cookies on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on your drive or device memory. They allow us to remember your preferences, such as your device language, font size, and other browsing preferences, as well as your login information.
- You can manage cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Note that some openEuler community services require the use of cookies. Disabling cookies may affect your use of some or all functions of these services.
For details about cookies, please refer to About Cookies
3. How We Share Your Personal Data
Sharing means providing third parties with your personal data. The third parties and we would handle the personal data independently. We do not share your personal data with third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances or as described in this Statement:
(a) Sharing under your instruction. We may share your personal data with your consent and under your instruction to the third parties indicated by you.
(b) Sharing your personal data as necessary for protecting national security, public security, and your and other individuals' crucial legitimate rights and interests.
(c) Affiliates. We may share your personal data with our affiliates, for the purposes of transaction support, service support, or security support.
(d) Partners. We may share your personal data with our partners. However, we will share your personal data only for legitimate, justified, necessary, specified, and explicit purposes, and share only the personal data necessary for providing our services. Our partners may include:
1. Developers, platforms, and social media networks. Some products or services may be directly provided to you by third parties. In this case, we need to provide them with the transaction information. If you associate our services or products with third-party platforms or social media networks (for example, direct login through a third-party website, virtual login, or associated login), we may disclose your personal data with your authorization. We do not control the third party's use of your personal data.
2. Service suppliers or professional service providers. We may share your personal data with third-party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the websites and services (such as supply, infrastructure support, hosting, customer support, marketing and analytics, and data processing services). We share such data only for purposes consistent with this Statement or under your authorization. We may disclose your personal data to professional advisors, such as auditors, insurers, bankers, and lawyers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
3. We integrate Baidu Statistics SDK from Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd. to provide more complete and high-quality services and better support daily data analysis requirements of activity operations, user operations, and technology development. Baidu Statistics SDK needs to collect and use your necessary device information (IP address, OS, network service provider, system language, screen resolution, screen color, region, browser type, browser language, and browser version), usage information (access source, search keyword, accessed pages, pop-ups, visitor ID, number of community accesses, stay duration, access timestamp, and server type and version). For details about the types and purposes of information collected and used by Baidu Statistics SDK, and how Baidu Statistics SDK protects the collected and used information, please read the Baidu Statistics Privacy Policy carefully.
4. We use Authing to provide you with the login service. For details about the types and purposes of personal information collected and used by Authing and how Authing protects the collected and used information, please read the Authing Privacy Policy carefully.
When we share your personal data with affiliates or partners, their responsibilities and obligations will be governed by contracts and we will require them to take appropriate measures to ensure the security of the personal data processed.
4. How Long We Retain Your Personal Data For
We will retain your personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purposes set out in this Statement, unless otherwise required by laws or requested by you.
Generally, we will store or retain your personal data within the retention period according to applicable laws or service agreements from the date when we obtain your personal data in the community. If your personal data has exceeded the retention period and no law requires us to continue processing your specific personal data, we will delete your personal data or anonymize it according to applicable laws and regulations.
For example, for service optimization, the access timestamp, IP address, request details, access status, accessed resource size, access source, and request user agent information collected based on the access quantity statistics will be automatically deleted after 10 days.
For example, when the community no longer displays you as a member of an openEuler User Group, we will delete your personal data (avatar, name, email address, company/school, position, personal profile) within one month.
5. How We Protect Your Personal Data
We take the security of your personal data seriously. We take appropriate physical, organizational, and technical measures to protect your personal data. For example, we use encryption technologies to ensure the confidentiality of data; we implement protection mechanisms to protect data from attacks. We deploy access control mechanisms to ensure that only authorized personnel can access your personal data. In addition, we hold security and privacy protection training. In a word, we are committed to protecting your personal data. Nevertheless, no security measure is perfect and no product, service, website, data transfer, computing system, or network connection is absolutely secure.
6. How We Access or Control Your Personal Data
In accordance with applicable laws and regulations, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
(a) Access the personal data we hold about you and obtain copies thereof;
(b) Request us to update or correct your personal data;
(c) Request us to erase your personal data;
(d) Object to our processing of your personal data;
(e) Restrict our processing of your personal data;
(f) Lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.
Please note that these rights are not absolute and may be restricted in accordance with applicable laws. If you need our assistance in exercising the requests or rights above, or if you have any further requirements or questions, comments, or suggestions on your rights of the data subject, please contact us as set out in the "How to Contact Us" section below.
If you request us to delete your openEuler community account, you can log in to the openEuler website and use the account deletion function in the user center to delete the personal data in the account immediately.
If you request us to delete the data (including your name and email address) collected for the purpose of signing the CLA, we will no longer be able to provide you with the corresponding services.
You should understand that the CLA is a legally binding document signed by you or the corporation you represent. It serves as a proof of your permanent grants of rights over your contributions. Therefore, we will not delete your personal data upon your request, unless deleting the data does not affect the legal effect of the CLA you have signed.
Generally, we will respond to you within one month, unless otherwise required by applicable laws. Depending on the complexity of your requests, we may extend the period by two further months. In this case, we will inform you of the extension and its reasons within one month of receiving your request. Please note that under some circumstances, for example where we cannot verify your identity, or your claim exceeds your rights under applicable laws, we may refuse your request. In this case, we will inform you in written form that your request is refused together with the reasons for our refusal.
You can change the scope of your authorization for us to collect your personal data or withdraw your authorization. However, your decision to withdraw your consent or authorization does not affect any previous processing of personal data based on your authorization.
6.1 Data Access
You can log in to the user center using an openEuler community account using the browser on your local PC or mobile device to access your personal data. You can click the profile picture and choose Summary in the upper right corner of the forum to access your posts, likes, favorites, browsing history, and other personal data.
6.2 Data Correction
You can log in using an openEuler community account and perform the following operations in User Center:
- Change your avatar.
- Choose Info to view and correct your personal data.
- Choose Identity to check and correct you email address, mobile number, and Gitee/GitHub/OpenAtom account.
- Choose Security to reset your login password.
You have the right to update or modify your personal data processed by us when you need to or find any errors with it. You can view and correct your personal data by clicking the profile picture and choose Preferences in the upper right corner of the forum.
6.3 Data Deletion
You can log in using an openEuler community account and choose User Center > Info to delete basic information about your openEuler community account, or choose User Center > Identity to delete you mobile number or unbind your Gitee/GitHub/OpenAtom account.
You can manage your personal data on the corresponding service page. You can delete data you published during interactions, such as comments and posts. You can also contact the administrator to anonymize the data.
6.4 Revocation of Consent
- You can contact us via email to object to the processing of your personal information.
- You can contact us via email to restrict the processing of your personal information.
- You can choose User Center > Security > Cancel signature to withdraw consent to the Statement.
Please note that if you withdraw your consent to the Statement, we will be unable to continue providing services to you, but your account will remain active.
6.5 Deletion
You can log in to the openEuler community and choose User Center > Security > Delete to delete your openEuler community account. This action will also delete your personal information in the openEuler community. Exercise caution when performing this operation.
If you request us to delete your personal data of the openEuler forum service, you can log in to the forum service and use the deletion function in the user center to delete the personal data, topics, replies, and drafts in the account immediately.
7. Where Your Personal Data Is Stored
Your personal data is stored in servers located in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
8. How This Statement Is Updated
We may update this Statement from time to time according to changes of our services or data processing. If we update this Statement, we will publish the latest version of the Statement on the website, and it will take effect immediately upon its release. You are advised to review this Statement periodically for any changes. If we make changes to this Statement, we will notify you through appropriate channels (including announcements and pop-ups) and obtain your consent.
9. How We Protect Children's Online Privacy
This website and its contents and services are mainly intended for individuals over the age of 14. Individuals under the age of 14 are not allowed to use the services we provide without the consent of their parents or guardians. If personal data of an individual under the age of 14 is collected with prior parental consent, we will use or disclose the data only if permitted by law, explicitly consented by the individual's parents or guardians, or necessary for the protection of the individual. If we accidentally collect personal data of an individual under the age of 14 without verifiable prior consent from the individual's parents or guardians, we will attempt to delete the data as soon as possible.
10. How to Contact Us
If you want to contact us or exercise your rights, please contact us at:
Email: contact@openeuler.io
Hotline: +86 14775151246
Last updated: August 30, 2024
Privacy policy version: v20240830
