Last updated: October 8, 2026 Effective: October 8, 2026
Alpha Squad (外贸A队, “Alpha Squad” or the “Service”) includes the Alpha Squad web version and the iOS, Android and HarmonyOS Apps. We process your personal information in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China and other laws and regulations, and have formulated this policy accordingly.
The personal information handler for this service is Hangzhou Youyexingzhou Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州幽夜行舟科技有限公司). Contact email: leon@alphasquad.cn
2.1 Information you provide
2.2 Information collected automatically
2.3 What we do not actively collect
Sensitive information such as national ID numbers and bank card numbers; your biometric characteristics such as your face or fingerprints (face / fingerprint verification in the App is completed by the phone system on the device, and we only receive the result “verified or not verified”, see 2.4); your location information (unless a feature requires it).
2.4 Permissions the App requests
Every permission is requested only the first time you use the related feature, not all at once when you open the App. You can turn them on or off at any time in your phone’s system settings.
| Permission | What it is used for | When it is requested | If you do not allow it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera | Taking photos of products and documents and uploading them directly | The first time you tap “Take photo” | You cannot upload by taking photos; you can still upload by choosing from your photos or files |
| Photos and files | Choosing images and documents from your photos or phone files to upload | The first time you choose from your photos or files (some systems use the built-in system picker, which needs no separate authorization) | You cannot upload by choosing from your photos or files; you can still upload by taking photos |
| Notifications | Reminding you of items awaiting approval and of review progress updates | The first time the App needs to send you a reminder | You will not receive reminders and cannot approve or reject directly from a notification; you can still handle everything normally after opening the App |
| Face / fingerprint (biometrics) | Before you approve a pending item from a lock-screen notification, the phone system confirms on the device that it is you | The first time you approve from a notification | You cannot approve directly from a notification; you can still handle everything normally after opening the App |
| Microphone and speech recognition (iPhone) | Entering text by voice in conversations | The first time you tap voice input | You cannot use voice input; you can still type |
| Network | Connecting to the Alpha Squad service to send and receive data | When you first open the App (some phone systems show a prompt) | The App cannot be used |
About face / fingerprint: verification is completed entirely by the phone system on the device. We do not collect, upload or store any of your biometric information, and we have no access to it.
If you enter the email addresses or contact details of your foreign-trade customers into this service, we act as an entrusted processor:
If your customers are located outside mainland China, their jurisdiction may impose additional requirements applicable to you (as the personal information handler); as the entrusted processor, we will cooperate with you in fulfilling those obligations as set out above.
Your personal information is stored on servers in Hong Kong. We assume the same protection responsibilities as we would within mainland China and comply with the cross-border transfer duties described below.
Legal basis: pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 1, items (1) (necessary to conclude or perform a contract to which the individual is a party) and (4) (cumulative transfer of personal information of fewer than 100,000 individuals since January 1 of the current year, excluding sensitive personal information) of the Regulations on Facilitating and Regulating Cross-border Data Flows (《促进和规范数据跨境流动规定》, March 2024), transfers meeting the applicable conditions may be exempt from the data export security assessment, personal information export standard contract, and personal information protection certification requirements. Item (4) applies only to data handlers other than critical information infrastructure operators.
Under Article 39 of the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), when providing personal information overseas, the individual must be informed of the overseas recipient's name, contact details, processing purposes and methods, categories of personal information, and the methods and procedures for exercising their rights with the overseas recipient, and the individual's separate consent must be obtained.
Under Article 10 of the Regulations on Facilitating and Regulating Cross-border Data Flows, these exemptions do not remove the duties to inform individuals, obtain their separate consent, and conduct a personal information protection impact assessment as required by law.
6.1 Principle of no third-party sharing: we do not sell or share your personal information with third parties.
6.2 Necessary third-party processing
Third-party AI data processing notice
Depending on the features you use, we send the conversations you enter and relevant history, uploaded documents, images, audio or video, and the company, product, customer communications, knowledge base and business information needed to complete your tasks. We send only the content needed for the task and do not proactively send login passwords or payment credentials. Please avoid including unnecessary sensitive personal information in your input or uploads.
This is used for AI employee conversations, information recognition and retrieval, text, image, video and voice-over generation, business analysis, and automatic or scheduled tasks you enable. The services used depend on the task and the platform's model configuration; backup models may be used when the primary model is unavailable.
System voice input on iPhone is recognized by the Apple system. Separate account consent is required before third-party AI processing; declining leaves non-AI features available.
These providers' retention of request content and use of it for training depend on their terms and the configuration of the service used.
6.3 Legal obligations: when lawfully required by law enforcement authorities or courts.
6.4 Transfer upon change of operating entity
If the operating entity of this service changes in the future due to a merger, division, dissolution, declaration of bankruptcy or similar reason, your information will be transferred accordingly, and the recipient will continue to perform this policy. If the recipient changes the original purpose or method of processing, it will obtain your consent again.
6.5 Third-party SDK used by the App
To deliver work reminders to your phone, the App integrates the Alibaba Cloud Mobile Push SDK (provider: Alibaba Cloud). Reminders are delivered according to your phone system: iPhones through the Apple Push Notification service, HarmonyOS phones through Huawei Push Kit, and Android phones through Alibaba Cloud Mobile Push’s own channel. The information collected for this is the device identifier and push token listed in 2.2, used only to deliver reminders to your phone.
You have the right to:
How to exercise them:
This service is not directed to minors under 18 years of age.
If this policy changes materially, we will notify you by in-product notification and ask you to read the updated policy the next time you open the web version or the App; you can continue to use the service only after you agree.
Email: leon@alphasquad.cn