PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE "Music Pro" APPLICATION

1.SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

• We use the Collected Data (defined below) to provide you with features and functions of the Application, and to provide you with other requested content related to our services and other offerings. We also use the Collected Data to improve and develop SONY Group’s current and future products and services. Please read Section 2 to learn more.
• This Privacy Policy also describes your data protection rights, including a right to object to some of the processing which SONY carries out. Please read Section 9 to learn more about your rights.
• We disclose the Collected Data when we engage a third party to process data on our behalf, when such sharing is required by law, or in certain other situations. Please read Section 4 to learn more.
• Depending on where you are located, the Collected Data may be transferred out of your home country/region to the United States of America, Japan and other jurisdictions that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country/region. Please read Section 6 to learn more.

2. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE OBTAIN?

We collect and use information or data as described below, some of which may be considered personal information under applicable law in your jurisdiction (collectively, the “Collected Data”), in relation to your use of the Application.

(i) Information about your login data (for user authentication) of the Application

• E-mail address
• Your Full name
• Android ID

(ii) Information about your purchase data in Music Pro (for billing):

• Your purchase history regarding the Application purchased through Google Play.

(iii) Information about music performance data (for providing Studio tuning service):

• Sound tracks (including vocal) which you uploaded through the Application

(iv) Information about your usage history of the Application (for billing and providing Music Pro service):

• Your usage logs (this includes which Studio tuning options are selected)

(v) Information about endpoint created from device token (for push notice to you of completion of Studio tuning of your sound tracks)

• Interface for Amazon Web Service created from device token. (This data enables device identification)

(vi) Information about your use status of the Application (for improvement of the Application)

• Errors while Studio tuning
• Which Studio tuning options are selected
• When was the service accessed
• File size of the recorded sounds
• Reason that the user cancelled use of the Application

3. HOW DOES SONY USE THE COLLECTED DATA?

We use the Collected Data for the following purposes unless they are anonymised so that they no longer identify you. We use such anonymised data without restriction.

(i) To operate and provide the features/functions of the Application and related services.

We use the Collected Data in order to operate and provide the features/functions of the Application and related services, such as to:

• provide customer service, for example by sending notifications relating to the Application (e.g. new features/updates) and responding to your inquiries/requests;
• detect, prevent and manage potential security threats and prohibited activities, and protect or enforce the rights, property, safety or security of ourselves or others;
• comply with our legal obligations;
• verify and confirm payments;
• process user authentication; and
• To provide Studio tuning service

(ii) To optimise, improve and develop current and future products and services of the Application.

We use the Collected Data in order to optimise, improve the Application, for example by analysing your use of the Application.

4. WHO ELSE HAS ACCESS TO THE COLLECTED DATA?

The Collected Data may be made available to SONY Affiliates and to other third parties as well as those you choose to share the Collected Data with, as follows:

(i) SONY Affiliates

The Collected Data may be shared with and used by other SONY Affiliates to pursue the activities related to the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

(ii) Service providers

SONY and SONY Affiliates may use third-party service providers to process the Collected Data on their behalf for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Such third-party service providers include, but are not limited to, IT service providers and data hosting providers.

(iii) Business transfer

In the event that SONY or a SONY Affiliate sells or transfers a portion or all of its business, the Collected Data may be transferred by SONY or such SONY Affiliate to the purchasing or acquiring entity as part of the transaction.

(iv) Compliance with law and protection of SONY and others

SONY may disclose any of the Collected Data if required or permitted by law, regulation or order, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary for us to protect or enforce the rights, property, safety or security of ourselves or others, to third parties including government authorities and law enforcement officials, and auditors and similar external consultants like lawyers and tax advisors.

5. DATA RETENTION

SONY will keep the Collected Data as long as it is necessary for the relationship with you or the purposes detailed in Section 3, or necessary to protect ourselves from legal claims, to administer our business, or to the extent permitted by applicable law, which may require us to hold the relevant Collected Data for specific periods. The details of the retention period of each Collected Data are as below;

(i) Retention period: Until Sony finishes Music Pro service through the Application.

Information about your login data (for user authentication) of the Application

• E-mail address
• Your Full name
• Android ID

(ii) Retention period: 10 years and 4 months from relevant purchase.

Information about your purchase data in Music Pro (for billing):

• Your purchase history regarding the Application purchased through Google Play.

(iii) Retention period: Until you download relevant sound track(s) or until 24 hours after finishing relevant sound track’s Studio tuning.

Information about music performance data (for providing Studio tuning service):

• Sound tracks (including vocal) which you uploaded through the Application

(iv) Retention period: For 13 months from recording of usage log.

Information about your usage history of the Application (for billing and providing Music Pro service):

• Your usage logs (this includes which Studio tuning options are selected)

(v) Retention Period: For 13 months from recording of usage log.

Information about your use status of the Application (for improvement of the Application)

• Errors while Studio tuning
• Which Studio tuning options are selected
• When was the service accessed
• File size of the recorded sounds
• Reason that the user cancelled use of the Application

6. TRANSFER OF THE COLLECTED DATA INTERNATIONALLY

The Collected Data may be transferred in harmony with Section 3 and Section 4 to countries/regions outside your country/region of residence, including in particular Japan and the United States of America, in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in your home country/region.

7. SECURITY

SONY Group undertakes reasonable security measures designed to protect against the unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration to/of the Collected Data. Although SONY Group strives to protect the Collected Data, SONY Group cannot guarantee or warrant complete security of any Collected Data transmitted to SONY Group through the Application or that SONY Group stores on its systems or that is stored on systems of those third parties contemplated in Section 4.

8. CHILDREN

This Application is intended for a general audience. We are committed to respecting children's privacy. We will not collect personal information (as defined by applicable law) from anyone we have actual knowledge is under the age of 16 or equivalent legal age in their province, territory or country/region, without verifiable consent of their parent or guardian. If you are a parent or guardian and are concerned that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, you should contact us as indicated below.

9. YOUR CHOICES AND RIGHTS

You can request access to, and amendment/deletion of, the Collected Data we hold about you. In some cases, your choices to change or delete information you provide may affect our ability to operate and provide the Application and related services to you. We may decline to process requests which are extremely unreasonable/impractical or not required by law, in particular in order to detect, prevent and manage security threats and prohibited activities, and protect or enforce the rights, property, safety or security of ourselves or others.

10. CHANGES

SONY may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the new Privacy Policy here. SONY will also notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Policy by prominently posting notice of the amendment on the Application. You are advised to consult the posted Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.

11. CONTACT INFORMATION

SONY, a Japanese company, is the controller for the Collected Data. SONY's address is 1-7-1 Konan Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0075 Japan.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise any legal right you may have in respect of the Collected Data, please contact us to the following:

For RESIDENTS IN KOREA:

Sony Corporation would designate a domestic representation according to Korea local regulation as following.

Name: Sony Korea Corporation

Address: 24F, One IFC, 10 Gukjegeumyung-Ro, Yeongdeungpo-Gu, Seoul, Korea Contact information: 02-1588-0911/sokprivacy@sony.co.kr

FOR RESIDENTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES OR REGIONS:

If you have any concerns about how we process your data, you can find our contact details below or on the website of your local Sony Group Companies at:

For Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean:

Regional Latin America Privacy Office at https://www.sony-latin.com/locale-selector

Africa and Middle East: https://www.sony-mea.com/en/locale-selector

Asia & Oceania: https://www.sony-asia.com/countryselector.html