privacy-policy

This privacy policy describes how somini.com.cn, operated byHangzhou Screw Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a company registered in China ("Somini", "we" or "our"), processes personal information related to individuals located in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK) and Switzerland, which is collected through digital assets linked to this privacy policy, including our website (www.somini.com.cn), Somini's mobile applications (collectively referred to as "the Services"), and other activities described in this privacy policy. At Somini, we place great importance on privacy. We strive to be transparent about our privacy practices, including how we handle your personal information. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process user personal information related to our services. In this privacy policy, we also explain the rights that individuals affected by our data processing may have regarding their personal data.

 For the purpose of this privacy policy, "personal data" has the meaning given to it in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which refers to any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject").

Data Controller: If you are located in the European Union, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, Hangzhou Screw Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (a Chinese company) is the service provider and data controller responsible for your personal information.

Hangzhou Screw Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. May 1, 2025

What information do we collect?

In the process of providing and improving our products and services, we will collect your personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy. The following are the types of personal information we collect:

The information you provided

When you create an account, place an order at checkout, contact us directly, or use the service in any other way, you may provide some or all of the following information:

*Account and configuration files. In order to create and manage your Somini account, we may collect your phone number or email address as login credentials for your account. If you choose to register or log in through external third-party services such as Facebook or Google, you agree that we may collect personal avatars, usernames, and email addresses associated with the relevant third-party service providers. We will also collect your account settings and preferences.

buy In order to complete transactions and fulfill orders, we will collect data related to your orders on the service (such as transaction history), payment information required to complete the transaction (such as payment card numbers or other third-party payment information required for payment), your delivery address (such as city, state, country/region of residence, postal code), and recipient contact information (such as name, phone number). We will also collect your location by country/region. For some delivery addresses in Spain, including Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands, Spanish customs regulations require the user's ID number number (such as NIF (CIF) or NIE). This ID information will be securely stored and used only for customs clearance of this order, future orders, and product returns (including sharing with carriers and customs officials).

*Customer support activities. When you communicate with our customer service team through customer support features, social media, or any other means, we will collect your communication history with us to continuously improve customer service and support.

*User generated content. For example, the personal profile images, photos, images, videos, audios, comments, questions, messages, and other content or information you generate, transmit, or otherwise provide on the service, as well as related metadata.

Promotion and event participation. We collect information that you voluntarily share when participating in competitions, promotions, or surveys, such as the contact information you provide when participating in lotteries, competitions, or giveaways through our services. We do this to notify you of your victory, verify your identity, and/or send you prizes. In some cases, we may require additional information as part of the participation process, such as the prize selection you wish to receive. This type of lottery and competition is voluntary. We suggest that you read the rules and other relevant information for each lottery and competition you participate in. In addition, we also collect information about your preferences for receiving our marketing communications and your interactions with them.

*Other data not explicitly listed here. We will use the other data you provide in accordance with the instructions in this privacy policy or for any other purpose disclosed to you when collecting your information.

Information from third-party sources

We may collect personal information from other third-party sources, such as:

*Data provider. For example, information services and data licensors that provide demographic and other information, among other purposes, help us detect fraudulent behavior.

*Our alliance partners. For example, our affiliate network providers and publishers, influencers, and promoters participating in our paid affiliate program.

*Marketing partners. For example, business partners with whom we collaborate on marketing activities.

Public institutions, sources, and rights holders in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. We may obtain information from third-party sources, such as to fulfill our obligations, prevent, investigate, discover alleged claims or crimes, or for one party to defend their legal rights.

*Other third-party services: We may obtain your information from other third-party services, such as social media services - if you choose to register or log in to the aforementioned third-party services, we may collect your username, profile picture, and email address related to the relevant third-party service provider from these services. Logistics service provider - In order to effectively fulfill orders, we will obtain your logistics information from the logistics provider, such as delivery progress and delivery address.

Automatically collected information

In order to enhance your experience with our services and support our other purposes of collecting personal information, we, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically record information about you, your computer or mobile device, as well as your interactions with the services, our communications, and other online services over time, such as:

*Device data: We collect certain information about the devices you use to access the service, such as device model, operating system information, language settings, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purposes).

*Service usage information: We collect information about your interaction with the service, including the pages you view, the duration of your stay on the page, the source of your arrival at the page, your interaction with the page, whether you have opened our email, and whether you have clicked on the link in our email.

*Location data: We collect your approximate location based on your technical information (such as IP address).

Cookies and similar technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to measure and analyze how you use our services, including the pages you view and how you interact with content. Cookies and similar technologies are also used to enhance your service experience, improve services, display advertisements to you, and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and other content. We and our partners also use cookies to promote our services on other websites. To learn how other websites use cookies, please refer to their policies. A web beacon is a very small image or data fragment embedded in an image, also known as a "pixel tag" or "transparent GIF", that can recognize cookies from your computer or device, the time and date of viewing the page, the description of the page where the pixel tag is placed, and similar information. Some of these tools may enable us or third parties to collect information about how you interact with us and other websites over a period of time. To learn more information, including how to disable certain cookies, please read our Cookie and Similar Technology Policy

How and why we use your information

*We will use the personal information we collect for various purposes, including developing, improving, supporting, and providing services to enable you to use its functions while complying with and enforcing our terms of use. We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

*Create and maintain your account. We use your personal information to create and maintain your user profile on the service, enabling the service's account security features (such as sending security codes via email or SMS).

*Order and delivery of products and services. We use your personal information to receive and process orders, deliver products and services, process payments, and communicate with you regarding orders, products and services, as well as promotional offers.

*Improve and optimize services and troubleshooting. We use your personal information to optimize functionality, analyze performance metrics, fix errors, and improve services and our business. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated or otherwise identifiable data based on the personal information we collect.

*Identify the information. We may process your information to de identify it so that it cannot be reasonably used to infer information about you or otherwise associated with you. Within the scope of our possession or processing of any de identified information, we will maintain and use such information in a de identified form and will not attempt to re identify the information, unless solely for the purpose of determining whether our de identified processing meets legal requirements.

*Personalize your experience. We use your personal information to recommend features, products, and services that you may be interested in. Personal information will also be used to determine your preferences and personalize your service experience.

*Communicate with you and provide customer support. We use your personal information to communicate with you (such as announcements, updates, security alerts, support and management messages) and provide customer support for your requests, issues and feedback.

*Lotteries, competitions, and other promotions and activities. We may use your user profile picture and account information to identify you in relevant promotions and events, and assist you in inviting friends you would like to invite to join the service.

*Marketing. We and our service providers may collect and use your personal information for marketing purposes based on your declared preferences and applicable laws. We may send you direct marketing messages and reminders for abandoned shopping carts (enabled as described in the cookies we collect). You can choose to opt out of our marketing communications or discard your shopping cart reminder, as described in the "Your Rights and Choices" section below.

*Interest based advertising. We, our service providers, and our third-party advertising partners may collect and use your personal information for interest based advertising purposes. When providing interest based advertising, we follow the online behavioral advertising self-regulation principles established by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), which is a responsible advocacy organization for digital marketing and consumer privacy. You can learn more about interest based advertising and your choice to opt out of personalized advertising

*Fraud prevention and security. We use your personal information to prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to fraud, unauthorized access or use of services, violation of terms of use, or other inappropriate behavior.

*Compliance and Legal Obligations: We may use your personal information for compliance purposes and comply with applicable laws, regulations, lawful requests, and legal procedures related to your country/region of residence (such as responding to subpoenas or requests from government authorities); Protect the rights, privacy, security, or property of us, you, and other users (including filing and defending legal claims); Audit internal processes to ensure compliance with legal and contractual requirements and our internal policies; Implement the terms and conditions of management services; Prevent, identify, investigate, and stop fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activities, including cyber attacks and identity theft.

*Obtain your consent. In some cases, we may explicitly request your consent to the collection, use, or sharing of your personal information as required by applicable laws.

Cookies and similar technologies used for technical work, performance enhancement, advertising, analysis, etc. For more information about cookies and how we use them, please read our Cookie and Similar Technology Policy

How and why do we share your information

At Somini, we place great importance on privacy. Although Somini shares your personal information for targeted advertising purposes, which may be considered a "sale" under applicable privacy laws, Somini will not "sell" personal information in the traditional sense. We may share your personal information with the following parties in order to provide you with better service, personalized advertising and marketing communications, protect your rights, and/or comply with legal requirements:

 subsidiary. In order to fulfill orders, we may share personal information related to order fulfillment with subsidiaries and affiliated companies of Hangzhou Screw Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., such as delivery addresses and contact information. Other unrelated personal information will not be shared. These subsidiaries and affiliated companies either follow the same practices described in this privacy policy, or follow practices that are at least as protective as those described in this privacy policy.

 Service providers. Third parties who provide services on our behalf or assist us in operating services or businesses (such as hosting, information technology, customer support, email sending, order fulfillment and delivery, marketing, and website analytics). We typically require these service providers to use personal information only when necessary to fulfill their services or comply with applicable legal obligations.

 Payment processor. Any payment card information you use for shopping on the service is directly collected and processed by our payment processor.

 Advertising and analytics partners. Third party advertising, marketing, and analytics companies for interest based advertising and analytics purposes as described in our Cookie and similar technology policies. Some behaviors disclosed to third parties are referred to as "sharing" or processing your personal information for targeted advertising, but according to applicable laws, "sharing" may be considered as "selling" your personal information. For more information and to understand your right to opt out of such practices, please refer to your Rights and Choices section and Cookie and Similar Technology Policy.

 The third party you have designated. We may share your personal data with third parties upon your instruction or with your consent. We may share the personal information required for the services you request with the third party you specify. Please note that when you use third-party websites or services, their use of these websites or services will be subject to their own terms and privacy policies.

Business and marketing partners. We may collaborate with professional third parties to provide or promote services.

 Professional consultants, authoritative institutions, and regulatory agencies. We may share your information with our professional advisors (such as lawyers, auditors, bankers, and insurance companies) in response to legal proceedings (such as those issued by courts or authorities in your country of residence); And share your information with other parties to enforce our agreements or policies, protect the rights, property, and safety of Somini, users, and others, as well as detect, prevent, and resolve actual or suspected fraud, violations of Somini's terms of use, other illegal activities, security issues, or legal requirements.

 Business assignee. The acquirer and other relevant participants in commercial transactions (or negotiations or due diligence investigations of such transactions) involving the divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, restructuring, sale or other disposal of all or any part of the business, assets or equity of Huigao or our affiliated companies (including those related to bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

 Product partners/other users. We may share with our product partners the product reviews you leave, the reasons for your request for return or refund, and customization information for customized/personalized products. Our product partners will not receive your payment or contact information.

 Please note that when using our services, you may share personal information with others; For example, when other users view products on Somini, they may see the product reviews you left. If you hide your profile photo and name when leaving a comment, they will not see your profile photo and name.

Your rights and choices

If you are the data subject for the processing activities described in this privacy policy, you may have the following rights and choices, which may be exercised in accordance with applicable law:

 Right to know/access. Have the right to obtain confirmation from the controller whether your personal data is being processed, as well as access to personal data and certain information in the event of processing.

 Delete right. If the personal data is no longer necessary for the purpose of processing, you have withdrawn your consent based on the processing, and there is no other legal basis, you have the right to request that we immediately delete the personal data we maintain about you. In addition, if you object to the processing and there is no overwhelming legal reason for the processing, if your personal data is processed illegally, or if it is necessary to delete your personal data in order to comply with our legal obligations under the European Union or member states, we will delete it.

 Right to correction. Request us to correct the inaccurate personal data we maintain about you.

 Restricting processing power. If you question the accuracy of your personal data, or if the processing is illegal and you object to the deletion of your personal data and request restrictions on its use, you have the right to request that we limit the processing. In addition, if we no longer need personal data for processing purposes, but you need this data to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, the processing will be restricted. If you object to processing before verifying whether our legitimate reasons override your legitimate reasons, we will also limit the processing.

 The right to data portability. The right to request that we provide the personal data related to you to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transfer this data to another controller without our obstruction. This applies to processing based on consent or contract, and processing is done through automated means. In addition, where technically feasible, you have the right to transfer personal data directly from one controller to another. Click here to submit a data request.

 The right to oppose. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data related to you based on tasks performed for the public interest or legitimate interests, for reasons related to your specific situation. If there is such opposition, we will no longer process personal data unless we prove that the processing has convincing legitimate reasons that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or are used to establish, exercise, or defend legitimate claims. When we process personal data for direct marketing purposes, including analysis related to such direct marketing, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time. For more information, please refer to the "Choosing to Exit Marketing Communications" section below.

 The right to withdraw consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, provided that the processing is based on your consent. Revoking consent will not affect the legality of processing based on consent prior to revocation.

 The right to object/opt out of automatic decision-making: When a decision is based on automatic processing (i.e. actions performed without any human intervention), if the decision has legal effect (i.e. affects your legal rights) or has a significant impact on you in a similar way (e.g. seriously affects your financial condition or ability to obtain basic goods or services), you have the right not to be bound by the decision or to opt out of the processing of your personal data for such purposes. Somini will not make decisions solely based on automated processes that have legal effect or significant impact on individuals.

 The right to file a complaint with regulatory authorities. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies, if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates GDPR, you have the right to file a complaint with our primary regulatory authority, the China Data Protection Commission, or your local regulatory authority.

 These rights may be restricted, for example, if fulfilling your request would result in the disclosure of personal data about others, they would infringe upon the rights of third parties (including ours), or if you request us to delete information that we are legally required to retain or information that we have a legitimate interest in retaining. The relevant exemptions are included in GDPR/UK GDPR and relevant local implementation regulations.

 You can exercise any of these rights by submitting a request through our dedicated web form for data subject requests or by contacting us using the information provided below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. Before providing a substantive response to a request, we may need to collect information from you to verify your identity. You can also designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights. Before accepting such requests from agents, we will require them to provide proof that you have authorized them to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.

 Choose to exit marketing communication. To manage your preferences or opt out of marketing communications, you can do any of the following:

 Email Promotion Offer: If you do not wish to receive emails from us regarding special promotions or offers, you can follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of each email.

Mobile Promotion Offer: When you provide us with your phone number for marketing purposes, we may send you certain marketing reminders via SMS and apply standard data and message rates. If you no longer want to receive our mobile marketing reminders, you can follow the instructions provided in these messages or reply with 'stop' to any reminders we send. Please rest assured that even if you stop authorizing mobile promotional offers, you can still continue to use Somini.

Push notifications: When you use mobile applications, you may receive push notifications. If you want to adjust push notification settings, including turning them off, you can do so in the notification settings on your mobile device.

 Change the settings of cookies and similar technologies. Most browsers allow you to delete or refuse cookies. For this, please follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the service may not function properly. For more information about cookies, including how to view which cookies are set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org You can also configure the device to prevent loading images to prevent web beacons from running.

 Links to third-party platforms. This service may include links to websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. In addition, our content may be integrated into web pages or other online services that are not related to us. If you choose to connect to the service through your social media account or other third-party platform, you can use the settings in your account on that platform to restrict the information we receive from that platform. However, please note that these links and integrations do not imply that we are affiliated with any third party. In addition, we do not control websites, mobile applications, or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. Therefore, we encourage you to read the privacy policies of other websites, mobile applications, and online services you use. If you revoke our ability to access information from a third-party platform, this option will not apply to the information we have already received from that third party.

 Please do not track. Some internet browsers may be configured to send a 'Do Not Track' signal to the online services you access. We are currently not responding to 'Do not track' or similar signals. To learn more about 'Do Not Track', please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com .

Refusal to provide information. We need to collect personal information in order to provide certain services. If you do not provide information that we consider necessary or mandatory, we may not be able to provide these services.

 Other options. Please refer to the Cookie and Similar Technology Policy for other choices and rights you may have and how to exercise these choices and rights.

 Our global operations and data transmission

To support our global operations:

 *We store the information described in the 'What information do we collect' section on servers located in the European Economic Area (EEA).

*Some of our subsidiaries and affiliates located outside the European Union, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland have been granted limited remote access to your personal data. For more information, please refer to the "How and Why We Share Your Information" section above.

*We may share your information with service providers, partners, and other parties described in 'How and Why We Share Your Information', which may be located outside the European Union, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

These third parties promise to process information in accordance with applicable privacy laws and implement appropriate security measures to protect your information.

 When we transfer your information outside of the European Union, European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, we rely on the following factors to ensure that it benefits from an adequate level of data protection:

 *Sufficiency determination. These are decisions made by the European Commission under Article 45 of GDPR (or similar decisions under other laws), in which they recognize that a country/region provides sufficient levels of data protection. We will transfer your information to some countries/regions with sufficient determination, such as the countries/regions listed here, as described in "What information do we collect"; perhaps

*Standard contract terms. The European Commission has approved the contractual provisions under Article 46 of GDPR, allowing companies within the EEA to transfer data outside of the EEA. These clauses (as well as equivalent clauses approved by the UK and Switzerland) are referred to as standard contract clauses. We rely on standard contract terms to transmit the information described in 'What information do we collect' to certain affiliated companies and third parties in certain countries/regions, but have not made sufficient decisions.

In some cases, we rely on applicable legal provisions to reduce losses when transmitting information to third countries. 

Click on the link to learn more about adequacy determination (or equivalent link under applicable law) or standard contract terms (or equivalent link under applicable law).

EU General Data Protection Regulation and UK Data Protection Act - Legal Basis

The EU GDPR and UK data protection laws require us to have legal basis for using personal information. Our basis varies depending on the specific purpose for which we use personal information. We use:

*Fulfill the contract. When we provide services or communicate with you about services. This includes allowing you to use your personal information to develop, improve, support, and provide services while complying with and enforcing our terms of use.

*Our legitimate business interests and the interests of third parties and/or our clients. When we optimize features, analyze performance metrics, fix errors, improve services and our business, when we detect and prevent fraud and abuse to protect the safety of our customers, ourselves or others, and when we provide interest based advertising to you.

*Your consent. When we seek your consent to process your personal information for specific purposes of communication with you. When you agree to our processing of your personal information for a specific purpose, you may withdraw your consent at any time and we will cease processing your data for that purpose.

*Comply with legal obligations. When we use your personal information for compliance purposes and comply with applicable laws, regulations, lawful requests, and legal procedures related to your country/region of residence (such as responding to subpoenas or requests from government authorities); Protect the rights, privacy, security, or property of us, you, and other users (including filing and defending legal claims); Audit internal processes to ensure compliance with legal and contractual requirements as well as our internal policies; Implement the terms and conditions of management services; Prevent, identify, investigate, and stop fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activities, including cyber attacks and identity theft.

*These legal grounds and other legal grounds depend on the purposes we describe in 'How and Why We Use Your Information'.

child

This service is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18 or minors (as defined by applicable laws) to use. If you are the parent or guardian of a child and you believe that we have collected their personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children through our services, or collected personal information without the knowledge of the child's parents or guardians as required by law, we will comply with applicable legal requirements to delete such information.

Data Security and Retention

The security of your personal information is important to us. We use technology and management measures to help protect your personal information from loss, theft, abuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and/or destruction. When processing your credit card information, we also adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). However, security risks are inherent to all internet and information technologies.

We typically retain personal information for the purpose of collecting it, meeting any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, establishing or defending legitimate claims, or for the purpose of preventing fraud. In order to determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we may consider factors such as the quantity, nature, and sensitivity of personal information, potential risks of unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information, and whether we can achieve these purposes through other means. And applicable legal requirements. When we no longer need the personal information we have collected about you, we may delete or anonymize it.

The data of Somini users located in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area, United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland will be stored by default in the infrastructure of cloud service providers in the European Economic Area (EEA). Somini is a global one-stop shopping destination, so when necessary, Somini may transfer data related to order fulfillment to service providers in other countries/regions to provide order fulfillment and logistics services. Personal information unrelated to delivery services, such as account and profile information, will not be transferred. At the same time, in all cases, we will ensure that the transfer of all personal data complies with applicable legal requirements.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy. If we make significant changes to this privacy policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this privacy policy, posting on the service, and/or providing any notices required by applicable laws. Any modifications to this privacy policy will take effect when we publish the revised version (or as otherwise stated at the time of publication). We recommend that you review our privacy policy every time you visit our services to stay informed of our privacy practices.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about our privacy policy or the above terms, you can contact us at any time:

Send an email to Somini's Data Protection Office- info@Somini.com.cn If you would like to contact the Data Protection Office by mail, you can send an email to the following address of Somini Data Protection Office - Hangzhou Screw Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., Room 307, Building 2, Blue Valley Science and Technology Innovation Park, Cangqian Street, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China

You also have the right to file a complaint with Somini's main regulatory agency, the China Data Protection Commission, or your local regulatory agency.