Music Pro PRIVACY POLICY

1. Information that Sony collects

When you use the Application, Sony collects information listed below 1.1 - 1.6 (“Collected Data") from you.

1.1 User identification information

• E-mail address
• Android ID

1.2 Information about your purchase

• Your purchase history regarding the Application through Google Play.

1.3 Sound tracks

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

1.4 Information about your usage of the Application

• The device model name
• Your usage status of the Application
• Information about crashes and other problems

1.5 Responses to the survey

1.6 Information collected through Firebase Crashlytics by Google and implemented on the Application

• ID issued by Firebase Crashlytics independently
• Information about crashes and other problems collected through Firebase Crashlytics

2.How Sony uses the Collected Data?

We use the Collected Data for the following purposes:

2.1 Keeping the Application and the Account running

Sony collects and uses the following information to provide the Application and the Account. This includes checking your payment status, making necessary notifications and providing software updates.

2.2 Improving Sony products and services

If you give us a separate consent, Sony collects and analyses the following information to understand your use of the Application to improve and develop Sony products and services.

With regard to 1.4, Sony will obtain the above consent by the following methods depending on your device.

• When your device is our "Xperia" smartphone ("Xperia"), Sony will obtain a separate consent to collect your data about usage status of Xperia including the Application and use such data to improve and develop Sony products and services on the Xperia’s setting page.
  

  You can withdraw your consent at any time by [Settings] > [About phone] > [Detailed Diagnostics]

• When your device is other than Xperia, Sony will obtain consent on this Application.
  

  You can withdraw your consent at any time by [Settings] > [About phone] > [Detailed Diagnostics]

If you give us a separate consent, Sony collects and analyses the following information through Firebase Crashlytics to understand your use of the Application to improve and develop Sony products and services.

3. Who else has access to the Collected Data?

The Collected Data that is communicated to and stored by Sony may be made available to the following entities:

3.1 Service providers

Sony may use third-party service providers to process the Collected Data on its behalf for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Such parties include IT service providers and data hosting providers.

3.2 Professional advisers

Sony may disclose Collected Data to auditors or similar external consultants like lawyers or tax advisors, to defend and exercise our legal rights (e.g., enforcing compliance with the terms of use) and to help us fulfil our legal obligations.

3.3 Business transfer

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

3.4 Government Authorities/ Law Enforcement Officials

The Collected Data may be disclosed to government authorities and/or law enforcement officials if required by the laws or if necessary for us to protect our legitimate interests, or the interests of others, in compliance with applicable law.

4. Transfer of the Collected Data internationally and Consent to processing

The Collected Data may be processed, stored and transferred from your country/regions of residence to countries/regions outside your country/region of residence, including in particular Japan and the United States. We use a variety of legal mechanisms, including data sharing agreements, to ensure adequate level of protection of the Collected Data. By using the Application, or providing us with any information, you fully understand and consent to this transfer, processing and storage of your information in the United States, Japan and other jurisdictions, where the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside and/or are a citizen.
Further, courts, law enforcement, and other authorities in countries/regions outside your residence may be entitled to access Collected Data upon its transfer.
This may impact your rights in your local jurisdiction and also in the applicable overseas jurisdiction(s). These overseas jurisdictions may also need to disclose your personal information to a third party, such as an overseas authority.

5. Security

Sony undertakes reasonable security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the Collected Data. Although Sony strives to protect the Collected Data, Sony cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any Collected Data transmitted to Sony through the Application or that Sony stores on its systems or that is stored on Sony’s third party contractors' systems.

6. Data Retention

Sony will retain the Collected Data for the 5 years as long as it is necessary for the relationship with you and to pursue the purposes detailed in “2. How Sony uses the Collected Data?” or otherwise permitted or required under applicable law.

Please note that Sony may retain Collected Data for an appropriate period when it needs to respond to your requests or inquiries, to detect, prevent, address and analyse security or technical issues, or to the extent permitted by applicable law.
If Sony no longer needs to retain the Collected Data, we will either anonymize or delete it in accordance with our information security policy.

7. Policy Regarding Children

Sony is committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the collection, storage and use of the Collected Data concerning children, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the United States and applicable local legislation in other countries/regions. The Application is intended for a general audience; the Application is not directed to and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. Depending on your country/region of residence, this threshold age for a child may differ. If you are a parent or guardian and are concerned that your child has provided a Sony with personal information (as defined by applicable law), you should contact us as indicated below.

8. Privacy Rights

In some countries/regions, you have certain rights with respect to the Collected Data Sony or a Sony Affiliates holds about you. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, you may have the right to access such Collected Data; restrict the usage of such Collected Data; object to or withdraw consent for processing of such Collected Data; rectify such Collected Data where inaccurate or incomplete; request for deletion of such Collected Data, including anonymization of the Collected Data; and/or request us to provide a copy of such Collected Data to you, or another organization nominated by you, in a structured and machine-readable format.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as described in “12. Contact Information”.
If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your questions, concerns or have any complaints about how we process personal data, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the local data protection supervisory authority and other self-protection rights according to applicable law.
These rights may be limited, for example if fulfilling your request would reveal personal information about another person, or if you ask us to delete the Collected Data which Sony are required by law to keep or have compelling legitimate interests in keeping.
If you withdraw your consent to any or all use of the Collected Data, depending on the nature of your request, we may not be able to continue to provide its products and/or services to you. In addition, there are some circumstances in which we are not required to give you access to the Collected Data.

9. Obligations

When you agree to provide us with your data, you shall ensure that all of it is complete, accurate, true, and correct. If you provide us with any data relating to a third party, you shall represent to us that you have obtained the required consent of the third party to provide us with their data.

10. Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify or request your consent (if necessary under applicable law) of any changes to this Privacy Policy. With regard to notification, it may be sent to you through different channels, for example, a notice on our website or notification on the Application.

11. Additional Notice

[For Residents in Asia & Oceania regions]

By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you agree that you will not hold Sony or Sony Group Companies liable to any complaints or damages whatsoever relating to the processing of the Collected Data by an acquiring entity in the event “3.4 Business transfer” of this Privacy Policy takes place.

12. Contact Information

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 at www.sony.net/SonyInfo/Support/

FOR RESIDENTS IN KOREA
Sony Corporation would designate a domestic representation according to Korea local regulation as following.
Name: Sony Korea Corporation (representative director: Okura Kikuo)
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: http://www.sony-asia.com/countryselector.html