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The Lenovo Privacy Essentials by FigLeaf Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) describes:
Before you proceed with registration of the Lenovo Privacy Essentials app and using its features, you should be aware that doing so adds to the relationship between you and Lenovo. Lenovo Is the data controller of your personal information. When we use the term “FigLeaf” we mean the Lenovo Privacy Essentials software developer and service provider, FigLeaf App Inc., the data processor.
Product Definition for this Privacy Notice:
Lenovo Vantage means the preinstalled multipurpose software application by Lenovo https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht505081
Lenovo Privacy Essentials by FigLeaf (“LPE”) means the optional privacy software application as a part of Lenovo Vantage software package.
Lenovo Vantage Toolbar (“Toolbar”) means the desktop widget for Lenovo Vantage software application.
FigLeaf App means any non-Lenovo branded version of Lenovo Privacy Essentials (mobile, Mac or alternate version of Windows) that can sync SafeLogin stored data between the FigLeaf App and Lenovo Privacy Essentials.
Exposed Data Scan means the service in Lenovo Privacy Essentials that searches for evidence that your personal data (accounts information in the form of an email, password or combination) was posted in a possible unlawful manner on the dark web.
SafeLogin means the LPE feature that collects you account login information, username and password, stores and encrypts the login information and form fills the information when you logon to websites or online services
Private Connect means the service that hides your device IP from a website to which you connect while browsing.
Email Masking means the LPE service that provides an email alias for sending and receiving emails instead of your primary email address.
Device Sync means the LPE feature that enables you to share your SafeLogin data and privacy configuration with multiple devices running LPE or the FigLeaf App.
Privacy Awareness Updates means the FigLeaf communication on newsworthy privacy events, breaches, alerts, tutorials, promotions, product updates and offerings available to you.
This Privacy Notice concerns the specific personal data processing activities conducted in the context of the Lenovo Privacy Essentials by FigLeaf. This Privacy Notice governs the enhanced relationship between you and Lenovo, the disclosure of your collected personal information, the use of your personal data and the how you may exercise your rights regarding this information. To learn more about how Lenovo handles your personal data, please visit Lenovo Global Privacy Statement. For any privacy related matters concerning Lenovo Privacy Essentials, please contact Lenovo at privacy@lenovo.com.
Installing the Lenovo Privacy Essentials Application
When you choose to install Lenovo Privacy Essentials by FigLeaf application, Lenovo requires you to provide certain personal data, as described in table 1 below, to complete registration for the purpose of enabling you to use the LPE application’s features in performance of the FigLeaf End User License Agreement which can be found here. When you use LPE, FigLeaf processes all data collected by this application. You can learn more about FigLeaf’s privacy practices here.
As part of Lenovo’s data processing arrangement with FigLeaf, Lenovo requires that FigLeaf maintains information security best practices, makes all reasonable efforts to secure your data and only processes your data for the purposes listed in Table 1.
Table 1.
| Data type | Source of the data | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Your email address | Directly from you when signing up and creating the user profile | To create an account, deliver the features and functions of LPE, namely Exposed Data Scan, SafeLogin, Private Connect, Email Masking, Device Scan and Privacy Awareness, to deliver support for LPE, to improve the LPE product, to manage and renew your subscription, to communicate with you regarding product updates, education and current privacy affairs, and to enable an integrated user experience with Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Toolbar. |
| Account User Name and Password | You and the browser installed on your device | To deliver SafeLogin feature and Exposed Data Scan feature to You and to synchronize Exposed Data Scan results with Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Toolbar. |
| Payment Information | You | To process your payment for a Premium subscription of LPE and for which we may use 3rd party payment processors. |
| IP Address | Your LPE Application | To verify your identity when collecting your payment and to deliver the Private Connect feature to You |
| Device Type, OS type, LPE App version, LPE App events and crash data | Your LPE Application | To deliver support of LPE if you have an issue, to maintain LPE feature compatibility with browsers and versions of the Windows OS, to confirm that LPE is interoperating with your device correctly and to provide Device Sync |
| Exposed Personal Data | Security Scan | To deliver results of the Exposed Data Scan to You and to synchronize the results with Lenovo Vantage and Lenovo Toolbar |
Lenovo Privacy Essentials specific consent mechanisms and how to use them.
In order to process your personal information, when it is necessary, Lenovo will ask your consent within the Lenovo Privacy Essentials app for specific consent items. Table 2 describes how you can grant and withdraw your consent to specific consent items.
Table 2.
| Item # | Consent Items | Data collected | Consent Mechanism | Consent Withdrawal Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product Improvement | Userid (which may be your email address), date and time stamp, consent mechanism | Click button during installation | Toggle switch in settings tab |
| 2 | Optional One-time Login import from browser(s) (available during product installation only) | Userid (which may be your email address), date and time stamp, consent mechanism, and any login data (usernames and passwords) stored in the browser | Click button during installation | None, single use consent |
| 3 | Privacy Awareness Updates | Email address | Check box during product installation | Opt-out by sending an email with subject “unsubscribe” to “unsubscribe@figleaf.com” |
Deletion of Your Personal Data
Within the LPE App, you may delete your data as described in Table 2. Should you choose to ask us to delete your data, we will delete your data within 30 days of your request. At that time, we destroy your data and it is not recoverable.