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The updated privacy statement now explicitly states that Wyze Watch and Wyze Band collect information about your contacts, incoming SMS messages, and incoming phone calls to support incoming call alerts and text message previews on those devices. This represents a disclosure of data collection practices tied to specific device features. The collection occurs to enable the notification functionality these devices advertise, though the statement does not specify retention periods, deletion policies, or whether this data is shared with third parties.
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Prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.
prevent and detect fraud against you and us
We may use information about you, your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to prevent, detect, investigate and address safety, security, fraud and abuse risks, and to develop our algorithms and models to identify violations...
"Detect, investigate and help prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and help protect the rights and property of Wyze and others;Excerpt from Wyze's Privacy Statement
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The clause states: “Detect, investigate and help prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and help protect the rights and property of Wyze and others;”
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