My Cat Is a Maid! Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 27, 2026

Effective date: September 27, 2026

Introduction

My Cat Is a Maid! is a product provided by Potato Blossom Studio (hereinafter referred to as "we" or "us"). When you use our services, we may collect and use information relating to you. Through this Privacy Policy, we would like to explain how we collect, use, store and share this information when you use our services, and how we enable you to access, update, control and protect it. This Privacy Policy is closely related to the My Cat Is a Maid! services you use. Please read it carefully and, when necessary, follow its guidance to make the choices you consider appropriate. We aim to explain the technical terms used in this Privacy Policy in plain language and provide links to further explanations to help you understand them.

By using or continuing to use our services, you agree to our collection, use, storage and sharing of information relating to you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or related matters, please contact us at potato-flower@qq.com.

1. Information We Collect

When we or our third-party partners provide services, we may collect, store and use the following information relating to you. If you do not provide this information, you may be unable to register as a user, use certain services we provide, or achieve the intended results of those services.

Device information: We may collect information about your device, including but not limited to its model, operating system version, system version, device version, network status and Wi-Fi information, to ensure the normal operation and security of our services.

Third-party SDKs integrated into our product:

• video_play_edit_sdk

  Type of personal information collected: device sensor information

  Purpose: to access low-level hardware encoders and decoders to optimize in-game video presentation

Saving screenshots: We write images to your device's system photo album only when you actively choose to save a game screenshot. Android 10 and later do not require storage permission; on Android 6–9, permission to write to storage is requested as needed; on iOS, permission to add photos only is requested. Denying permission does not affect normal gameplay. The screenshot feature does not read your other photos or proactively upload images. You can manage or delete saved images in your system photo album.

2. Information Storage

2.1 Storage Methods and Retention Periods

• We store your information securely, including through local storage (such as caching data within the app), databases and server logs.

• In general, we store your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes of our services or as required by laws and regulations.

2.2 Storage Locations

• In accordance with laws and regulations, we store users' personal information collected within China in China.

• We do not currently transfer or store your personal information across borders. If we need to do so in the future, we will inform you of the purpose of the transfer, the recipient, the security safeguards and the security risks, and obtain your consent.

2.3 Notice When a Product or Service Ceases Operation

• If our product or service ceases operation, we will notify you through push notifications, announcements or other means, and delete or anonymize your personal information within a reasonable period, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations.

3. Information Security

We use various security technologies and procedures to prevent information from being lost, misused, accessed without authorization or disclosed. For example, in certain services, we use encryption technologies such as SSL to protect the personal information you provide. However, please understand that, due to technical limitations and the various malicious methods that may exist, even the strongest efforts to improve security in the internet industry cannot always guarantee that information is completely secure. The systems and communication networks through which you access our services may encounter problems due to factors beyond our control.

4. How We Use Information

We may use information collected while providing services to you for the following purposes:

• To provide services to you;

• For identity verification, customer service, security protection, fraud detection, archiving and backup when providing our services, to ensure the security of the products and services we provide;

• To help us design new services and improve existing ones;

• To better understand how you access and use our services, so that we can respond to your individual needs, such as language settings, location settings, personalized help services and instructions, or otherwise respond to you and other users;

• To provide advertisements that are more relevant to you in place of general advertisements;

• To evaluate and improve the effectiveness of advertisements and other promotional and marketing activities in our services;

• For software authentication or managing software updates;

• To enable you to participate in surveys about our products and services.

5. Information Sharing

At present, we do not proactively share or transfer your personal information to third parties. If there are other circumstances in which we share or transfer your personal information, or if you ask us to share or transfer it to a third party, we will obtain your express consent directly or confirm that the third party has obtained your express consent to these actions.

For purposes such as serving advertisements and evaluating and optimizing their effectiveness, we need to share some of your data with advertisers, their agents and other third-party partners. We require them to strictly comply with our privacy protection measures and requirements, including but not limited to processing data in accordance with data protection agreements, commitments and relevant data processing policies, to avoid identifying individuals and to safeguard privacy.

We will not share information that can identify you personally, such as your name or email address, with our partners unless you expressly authorize us to do so.

We will not publicly disclose the personal information we collect. If public disclosure is necessary, we will inform you of the purpose of the disclosure, the types of information to be disclosed and any sensitive information that may be involved, and obtain your express consent.

As our business continues to develop, we may engage in mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers or other transactions. We will inform you of the relevant circumstances and continue to protect your personal information, or require the new controller to do so, in accordance with laws and regulations and standards no lower than those required by this Privacy Policy.

In addition, under relevant laws, regulations and national standards, we may share, transfer or publicly disclose personal information without obtaining your prior authorization and consent in the following circumstances:

• When directly related to national security or national defense;

• When directly related to public security, public health or significant public interests;

• When directly related to criminal investigations, prosecutions, trials or the enforcement of judgments;

• When necessary to protect the life, property or other major lawful rights and interests of the personal information subject or another individual, and obtaining the subject's consent is very difficult;

• When the personal information subject has disclosed the information to the public;

• When personal information is collected from information lawfully disclosed to the public, such as lawful news reports or government information disclosures.

6. Your Rights

While you use our services, we may provide settings appropriate to the specific product that allow you to access, delete or correct your personal information, or withdraw your consent relating to it. Please refer to the relevant instructions for how to use these settings. We also provide channels for complaints and reports, and will address your feedback promptly. If you cannot exercise your rights as a personal information subject through the methods described above, you may submit a request using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy. We will respond in accordance with laws and regulations.

You can exercise the following rights through the in-game settings or by contacting us:

• Right of access: You have the right to access the personal information we collect about you.

• Right to deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations.

• Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw consent you previously gave. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us.

7. Changes

We may revise the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time. When changes occur, we will notify you of the new Privacy Policy during a version update and explain its effective date. Please read the revised Privacy Policy carefully. If you continue to use our services, you agree to our processing of your personal information in accordance with the updated Privacy Policy.

8. Protection of Minors

We encourage parents or guardians to guide minors under the age of eighteen in using our services. We recommend that minors encourage their parents or guardians to read this Privacy Policy, and seek their consent and guidance before submitting personal information.