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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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We will endeavor to ensure that, by default, we only collect and process your Data needed to provide you access to the Platform and our Services...This means that we will neither publish nor share your Data by default.
We use industry standard technical and organizational measures to secure the information we store.
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information. When we collect or transmit sensitive information such as a credit or debit card number, we use Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards to protect that information.
"Wyze Labs, Inc. is the data controller for the personal data we collect in connection with these Devices and related Services.Excerpt from Wyze's Privacy Statement
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The clause states: “Wyze Labs, Inc. is the data controller for the personal data we collect in connection with these Devices and related Services.”
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