Privacy Policy

Welcome to enecess!

enecess (hereinafter referred to as "we" or "us") places great importance on protecting the personal information and privacy of all service users (hereinafter referred to as "you"). We fully understand the importance of personal information to you and will handle such information with a high level of diligence and prudence. In accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards, we will take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information.

At the same time, we promise that we will adopt corresponding security protection measures in accordance with the mature security standards in the industry to protect your personal information. Please carefully read and understand the terms of the enecess User Privacy Policy before using our products (or services) to safeguard your rights and interests.

Unless you have thoroughly read, fully understood, and accepted all the terms of this privacy policy, you are not authorized to use enecess’s products or services. (By clicking "Agree" or "Next"), or by explicitly or implicitly expressing your acceptance of this privacy policy in any other manner, you are deemed to have read and agreed to sign this privacy policy. Once accepted, this privacy policy becomes legally binding between you and us, serving as a legal document that governs both parties.

Important information covered in this policy will be highlighted in bold for your attention. Before providing any personal sensitive information to the enecess platform, please carefully consider whether such disclosure is appropriate and ensure that you agree to the collection and processing of your personal sensitive information as outlined in this privacy policy. We will collect and use your personal sensitive information only with your consent to enable functionalities related to enecess’s services. You will have the option to refuse the collection and use of such personal sensitive information; however, refusal may affect your ability to use certain features.

We hope that through this privacy policy, we can clearly explain how we collect and process your personal information when you use our products/services, as well as provide ways for you to access, correct, delete, and protect this information.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, if your personal information is infringed upon while using our services, or if you do not agree with any terms of this agreement, you should immediately stop accessing and using enecess’s platform. By using any service provided by enecess’s platform, you agree that we may collect, use, store, and share your relevant information in accordance with this privacy policy.

In order to provide you with more accurate and high-quality services, we will use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the provisions of this enecess User Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”). Unless otherwise stipulated in this privacy policy, we will not proactively disclose your personal information to external parties or provide it to third parties without your prior consent.

This privacy policy section will help you understand the following:

1. How we collect and use your personal information.

2. How we use cookies and similar technologies.

3. How we share, transfer, and publicly disclose your personal information.

4. How we protect your personal information.

5. Protection of minors' information.

6. Notifications and revisions.

7. How to contact us.

一、How we collect and use your personal information.

How We Collect Your Information .

To provide you with enecess services, maintain the normal operation of the enecess platform, improve and optimize your service experience, and ensure the security of your account, we will collect your personal information based on the following purposes and methods. (By clicking "Agree" or "Next,") you consent to our collection of the following information: 

1. Completing enecess Account Registration and Login.

1) In order to provide you with enecess services, when you register as an enecess user, you will need to provide (your email address as your enecess App account, your enecess App login password, and an email verification code during activation), etc., to register and create an enecess account. Without this, you will not be able to fully use the enecess services.

2) After completing the enecess account registration, you can log in to the enecess platform using your email and password.

2. Providing enecess Products or Services.

1) Information We May Collect During Your Use of enecess Products or Services.
   When you use enecess services, in order to provide you with services that better suit your needs, ensure the normal operation of enecess services, improve and optimize your experience with the services, and secure your account, we will collect and associate information about the services you use and how you use them. This information includes:

① Configuration Information: Including circuit branch naming (room name or device name), and the corresponding relationship between the monitor ecoMain/ecoSub channel interfaces and branches.

② Electrical Data: Minute-level electrical parameter information for each branch (including voltage, current, and power meter readings).

③ Control Information: Command information sent to control devices (currently mainly for controlling smart sockets and controlling smart switches within the authorization App).

④ Usage Information: We collect information submitted or generated by you as an enecess individual user when using enecess services, such as query requests, as well as information submitted or generated by you and your team during the use of enecess services.

⑤ Network Configuration Information: For iOS systems, the system requires precise location to be enabled during the network configuration process (only during configuration). This includes Bluetooth device search and status, and home WIFI information (nearby WIFI networks detected by your phone, home WIFI name, and password).

⑥ Log Information: When you use the services provided by the enecess platform, we automatically collect detailed usage information about our services. For example, (system configuration changes, energy data feedback, login status, access dates and times, and your access records) , etc. Please note that standalone usage information, log information, etc., cannot identify a specific individual.

If we combine such non-personal information with other information for the purpose of identifying a specific individual, or use it in conjunction with personal information, during such use, this non-personal information may be considered personal information. Unless we obtain your authorization or unless required by law, we will anonymize or de-identify such personal information.

2) Information You Provide to Us.

During the use of enecess services, you may provide feedback on your experience with enecess products and services through the feedback function in the enecess App, or through comments or messages on the enecess website or other e-commerce channels. This helps us better understand your experience and needs when using our products or services, and improve our offerings. For this purpose, we will record your contact information and feedback (issues or suggestions) so that we can further contact you or promptly provide feedback on our handling results.

3) Information Collected During the Use of Personalized Services.
  To provide you with better, more personalized services to meet your operational management needs, you may choose from a variety of services provided on this platform. During this process, we may collect information related to your use of these personalized services.

4) Information Provided to Us by Third Parties.
  We may obtain your personal data from affiliates, third-party partners, or other legal channels.

3. Collection of Information for Other Purposes 

We will use the information for purposes not specified in this policy, or use information collected for a specific purpose for other purposes, only after obtaining your consent in advance (confirmation of consent may be obtained through methods such as checkboxes, pop-up windows, on-site messages, emails, text messages, etc.).

As the products and services we offer are continuously iterated and upgraded, if we have not explicitly indicated the personal information we need to collect in the scenarios mentioned above, we will separately inform you of the information collection details, scope, and purposes, and obtain your consent through page prompts, interactive design, and other methods.

4. Exceptions to Obtaining Authorized Consent

According to relevant laws and regulations, the collection of your personal information in the following situations does not require your authorization and consent:

1) Involving national security and interests, or public social welfare.

2) Necessary for the performance of our statutory duties or legal obligations.

3) Necessary for entering into and performing an agreement or other written document with you.

4) Necessary for responding to public health emergencies, or in urgent situations to protect the life, health, and property safety of yourself or others.

5) Directly related to criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials, and the execution of judgments.

6) Within a reasonable scope, handling personal information that you have made publicly available to society.

7) Within a reasonable scope, handling personal information collected from legally disclosed public sources (e.g., legal news reports, public opinion supervision, etc.).

8) Other situations as prescribed by laws and regulations.

How We Use Your Information

We collect your personal information to provide you with better services and improve the overall quality of our services. To achieve this goal, we will use your information for the following purposes:

1. To provide you with enecess products or services and maintain, improve, and optimize these services and service experiences.

2. To prevent, detect, and investigate fraud, infringement, security threats, illegal activities, or violations of agreements, policies, or rules related to us or our affiliated companies, and to protect the legal rights of you, other users, the public, and us or our affiliated companies. We may use or integrate your personal information, service usage information, device information, log information, and information shared by our affiliated companies or partners with your authorization or in accordance with the law to comprehensively assess account and transaction risks, perform identity verification, detect and prevent security incidents, and take necessary measures such as recording, auditing, analyzing, and handling as required by law.

3. Other uses with your permission.

二、How We Use Cookies and Other Local Storage Technologies.

1. To ensure the proper functioning of this website and provide you with a more personalized user experience and service, we use cookies and other local storage technologies on your computer or mobile device to store relevant and necessary information that does not involve privacy or security.

2. We will not use cookies for any purposes other than those stated in this policy. You can manage or delete cookies based on your preferences, and you can also choose to refuse cookies, restrict certain cookies, or clear cookies through your browser settings. If you perform these actions, you can still use our services, but some features may be restricted.

三、How We Share, Transfer, and Publicly Disclose Your Personal Information.

1. We will not actively share your information with any organization or individual other than enecess affiliates and their partners, except in the following situations:

1) Sharing with your authorization and consent: With your authorization and consent, we will share your personal information with other parties.

2) Sharing under legal circumstances: We may share your personal information externally as required by law, for dispute resolution in litigation, or upon a request from administrative or judicial authorities. Sharing your information is necessary to enable the basic functions of enecess services or provide the services you request. For example, when you use third-party application services through the enecess platform, you agree that enecesst can provide your personal information (such as account ID, profile picture, and nickname) and necessary permissions to the third-party service provider. Otherwise, you will not be able to use third-party application services. When using third-party application services, you must carefully read, fully understand, and comply with the third-party service’s product features and privacy policy. Except as required by law, enecess is not legally responsible for the privacy protection measures of other websites.

3) Sharing with our affiliates: To facilitate joint service provision based on associated accounts, we may share your personal information with our affiliates. However, we will only share necessary personal information, which remains subject to the purposes stated in this policy.

4) Sharing with authorized partners: Some of our services are provided jointly with authorized partners to fulfill the purposes stated in this privacy policy. We may share certain personal information with these partners to offer better customer service and user experience. We will only share personal information for legal, legitimate, necessary, specific, and explicit purposes, and only the necessary personal information required to provide the service. 

2. We will not proactively transfer your personal information to any company, organization, or individual, except in the following circumstances:

1) Transfer with Authorized Consent: We will transfer your personal information to other parties only after obtaining your authorized consent.

2) In the event of a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy liquidation involving the transfer of personal information, we will require the new company or organization holding your personal information to continue to be bound by this policy. Otherwise, we will require that company or organization to seek your authorized consent again.

3. We may disclose your personal information in the following situations:

1) With your authorized consent or based on your active choice, we may disclose your personal information.

2) If required by laws, regulations, mandatory administrative enforcement, or judicial requirements, we may disclose your personal information according to the requested type and method of disclosure. In compliance with laws and regulations, when we receive such a disclosure request, we will require the recipient to provide the corresponding legal document, such as a subpoena or investigation letter.

4. Exceptions to obtaining prior authorized consent for sharing, transferring, or disclosing personal information: In the following situations, sharing, transferring, or disclosing your personal information does not require your prior authorized consent:

1) Related to national security and defense security.

2) Related to public safety, public health, and major public interests.

3) Related to criminal investigations, prosecution, trial, and execution of judgments.

4) For the protection of your or others' life, property, and other significant legal rights where it is difficult to obtain consent.

5) Personal information you have made public to the general public.

6) Personal information collected from legally disclosed public information, such as legal news reports, government information disclosures, etc.

According to legal provisions, sharing or transferring anonymized personal information, ensuring that the data recipient cannot restore and re-identify the individual, does not constitute sharing, transferring, or disclosing personal information. The storage and processing of such data will not require further notification or consent from you. 

四、How We Protect Your Personal Information Security.

1. We will take various preventive measures to protect your personal information, ensuring that your personal information is safeguarded against loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. This includes, but is not limited to, the following measures:

1) We will implement security measures that comply with industry standards and are reasonably feasible to protect the personal information you provide, preventing unauthorized access, public disclosure, use, modification, damage, or loss of your personal information.

2) We will use data masking techniques to enhance the security of personal information during use.

3) We provide secure browsing for the enecess website.

4) We will adopt trusted protection mechanisms to prevent data from malicious attacks.

5) Other security measures.

2. The internet environment is not 100% secure. Although we have implemented these security measures, please note that there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the internet. We will make every effort to ensure the security of your information.

五、Protection of Minors' Information.

1. We strongly recommend that any minor participating in online activities obtain prior consent from their parents or legal guardians (hereinafter referred to as "guardians"). We will also strive to protect minors' information in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations.

2. In cases where personal information of minors is collected with the consent of their parents or guardians for the use of our products or services, we will only use, share, transfer, or disclose such information when permitted by laws and regulations, with explicit consent from parents or guardians, or when necessary to protect the minor. We will protect minors' personal information in accordance with national laws and regulations and this Privacy Policy.

六、Notifications and Revisions.

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. We may modify its terms from time to time, and such modifications will form part of this policy. We will release the updated version through our website, mobile application, or other official channels, or publicly announce changes to this policy in an appropriate manner. If you continue to use enecess services, it means that you agree to be bound by the revised policy. We reserve the final interpretation rights for this Privacy Policy.

七、How to Contact Us.

1. Get More Help. 

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this policy or your personal information, you can contact us through the following methods. We will get in touch with you as soon as we receive your inquiry and provide an effective solution as much as possible.

2. Visit our official website. 

Go to www.eco-nest.net. You can leave us a message through the Chat With Us portal on our official website to receive our prompt response.

3. Send an email. 

You can send an email to support@enecess.com. In the email, please elaborate on the problems you've encountered. Our technical support team will get in touch with you within 48 hours of receiving the email. 

4. Use the enecess App's help function.

On the system page of the App, click on the settings icon in the upper - left corner. You will then be able to access the help page.