Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., along with our affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “Samsung”) respects your concerns about privacy. This Samsung Mobile Security Rewards Program Privacy Notice applies to the personal information we obtain through Samsung Mobile Security Rewards Program (the “Service”). It does not apply to information collected by other apps, websites or services provided by Samsung. If you are a minor, please refer to our Samsung Mobile Security Rewards Program U.S. Privacy Notice for Minors with a parent or guardian, which will help you understand better what information we collect and how we use it.
This Privacy Notice supplements the Samsung Privacy Policy (available at https://www.samsung.com/us/account/privacy-policy) (“Samsung US Privacy Policy”) and provides additional information about how we may collect, use and share your personal information in connection with the Service. In the event any portion of this Privacy Notice conflicts with the Samsung Privacy Policy, Washington Statement, and/or the Nevada Statement, the relevant provisions of this Privacy Notice will govern.
Information We Obtain
Through the Service, we may obtain information about you in various ways. The types of personal information we may obtain include:
Information You Provide Directly
Samsung Account Information: We may collect information associated with the Samsung account used to access the Service, such as your Samsung account identifiers such as globally unique identifier (GUID) and country or region of residence.
Rewards Program Interactions: We may collect information you submit through the Service such as when you submit a security report, name for acknowledgment, contact email, country or region of residence, affected firmware version and device, vulnerability details including any files you attach to the security report, and any communications you send to us.
Rewards Information: In order to process your rewards, we may additionally collect name, registration number, nationality, country or region of residence (for tax purposes), residence address including postal code, phone number and information concerning any amounts paid to you (including the Paypal address where any amounts payable is sent).
Information We Obtain By Automated Means
Device Information: We collect your IP address.
Log Information: Diagnostic, technical and error information.
We also may collect other information about you, your devices and apps, and your use of the Service in ways that we describe to you at the time of collection or otherwise with your consent.
The Samsung Privacy Policy (available athttps://www.samsung.com/us/account/privacy-policy) also describes other information we may collect, including through cookies and third-party analytics services.
How We Use the Information We Obtain
We may use the information we obtain through the Service for the purposes described in the Samsung Privacy Policy and to:
provide you with the Service, such as responding to your submissions, requests, questions and responses made through the Service, as well as, if applicable, provide you with rewards;
identify and authenticate you so you may use the Service; and
operate, evaluate and improve our business (including enhancing and improving our products and the Service; managing our communications; analyzing your submissions, our products, customer base, and the Service; conducting market research; performing data analytics; and performing other internal functions).
If you reside in certain states you may have rights and choices concerning your personal information. For more information about privacy rights that may be available to you subject to applicable law, please see the What Are Your Rights? section of the Samsung Privacy Policy (available at https://www.samsung.com/us/account/privacy-policy/#pp_06and the State Law Privacy Rights section of the US Supplement to the Samsung Privacy Policy (available at https://www.samsung.com/us/account/privacy-policy).
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices with respect to the Service or changes in applicable law. We will provide you with advanced notice of any material changes by notifying you through the Service or email if we have one. We will indicate at the top of this Privacy Notice when it was most recently updated.