Additional State-Specific Privacy Disclosure

Last Updated: 22 November, 2025

 

This Additional State-Specific Privacy Notice ("Notice") provides additional information to California residents and Virginia residents whose personal information is processed by us and our U.S. affiliates (collectively, "Supplier" "we" "us") pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (collectively, "CCPA"), and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act ("VCDPA"). Any terms defined in the CCPA and VCDPA have the same meaning when used in this Notice.

 

This Notice supplements the Privacy Policy and is applicable to your use of our Guarding Vision.

 

Categories of Personal Information Collected

 

During the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

 

Categories of Personal Information:

 

Business situation/Function

Types of Data

Account registration

End user's name, country/region, phone number, e-mail address and password

Event Tracking

Language setting, country, city, browser type, operating system, screen resolution, usage logs of the end user

Product sharing

The information of shared products, mobile phone number and email address of the user receiving the shared products

Product management

Products information, e.g. the products names, ID, products serial numbers, IP address of the products connected to the user account, cover image of the video, etc.

Video preview and play back

Will transmit the encrypted video stream

Calling Function

call record information i.e. the call time and captured images of persons who make the call

Alarm function

Real-time alerts notifications of product reported by the products, different products capture different data types, which may include timestamps, pictures (URL), videos (URL), products serial numbers, event types

Emergency call

Location information

User Invitation

E-mail addresses of the persons invited by current users

Third Party Services including without limitation Alarm Receiving Center services

Users' permission setting information

 

Categories of Sensitive Personal Information as Defined in the CCPA:

-       Biometric data, such as facial recognition, or other physical patterns

-       Any video and/or audio content from the Products which constitutes sensitive data

 

Please see the The Type of Personal Information We Process and Why We Collect it section of the Privacy Policy for more details about our information collection practices.

 

Categories of Sources from Which We Collect Your Personal Information

We may obtain and combine personal information from different sources:

Provided directly by you;

Collected from a device associated with you;

Collected from another company within our family of companies;

Collected from a third-party source that process your personal information on your behalf.

 

Purposes for Collecting Personal Information

We may use your personal information for the purposes described in the How We Use Your Personal Information section of the Privacy Policy and as provided below:

(1) to provide Supplier Services described in Terms of Services; (2) in furtherance of our legitimate interests in operating Supplier Services and business; and (3)in some cases, we may process your information to comply with applicable law, legal process, or regulation, e.g. meeting a legal obligation, a court order, official request or other binding decision(s), such as sharing data with law enforcement or tax authorities; protect any person from death or serious bodily injury; or to carry out a task in the public interest.

 

We only use and disclose sensitive personal information for the purposes permitted by the CCPA.

 

Sales of Personal Information

We do not and will not sell the personal information we collect for purposes of the CCPA. And during the 12-month period prior to the Last Updated date of this Notice, we have not sold any personal information.

 

Sharing of Personal Information

We do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, as defined in the CCPA. And during the 12-month period prior to the Last Updated date of this Notice, we have not shared any personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

We do not knowingly share, for cross-context behavioral advertising, the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age. For more information about treatment of children's personal information, see the Privacy Policy.

 

Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purpose

We may disclose your personal information to third parties (eg. service providers) for business purpose, as described in the Privacy Policy. During the 12-month period prior to the Last Updated date of this Notice, we may have disclosed, for business purpose, your personal information with certain categories of third parties as described in the How We Share Your Personal Information section of the Privacy Policy and disclosed below:

Device and online identifiers

Location information

Personal identifiers

 

CCPA Retention Disclosure

We store your personal information for as long as necessary to provide Supplier Services, verify your identify, respond to your requests or questions, or fulfill the purposes stated in the Privacy Policy, unless otherwise requested by you or permitted by law.

 

VCDPA De-Identified Data Disclosure

We may use de-identified data in some instances. We either maintain such data without attempting to re-identify it or treat such data as personal data subject to applicable law.

 

Your Rights

You may have certain rights under the CCPA or VCDPA, including to:

•       request information about our collection of your personal information and provide the specific pieces of personal information that we have collected in a portable way;

•       access your personal information in a portable format;

•       correct your inaccurate personal information;

•       delete your personal information.

 

To exercise your rights, please submit your request by any one of the following methods:

•       Email: Legal.usa@hikvision.com

•       Toll-Free Telephone Number: 1-866- 200-6690

•       Mailing Address: 18639 Railroad St, City of Industry, CA 91748

•       Feedback Channel on Mobile App: Guarding Vision-"Me"-"Feedback"

 

Depending on your data choice, some of the functionality and features available to you may change or no longer be available to you.

 

Once we receive your request, we may verify it by requesting information sufficient to confirm your identity. For California residents, if you would like to use an authorized agent to exercise your rights, we may request evidence that the agent has valid written authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf. We reserve the right to deny requests in certain circumstances permitted by applicable laws, such as where we have a reasonable belief that the request is fraudulent. We will notify you with reasons for the denial. In the event that you desire to appeal a denial decision on your request, you may contact us with any of the contact methods indicated in the Contact Information.

 

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights and choices under the CCPA.

 

 

If you have any questions about this Notice or need to access it in an alternative format due to having a disability, please contact Legal.usa@hikvision.com or 1-866-200-6690 (Toll-Free).