The application developer must respect and protect the personal information of end users and cannot illegally collect or use it when the application developer provides network services based on the laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements, including Personal Information Protection Law, Data Security Law, and Cybersecurity Law. This guide is provided for developers to implement the protection for user personal information and prevent infringement upon the personal information rights of end users.
1. Version of ARTC SDK for HarmonyOS
Make sure that you use the latest version of ApsaraVideo Real-time Communication (ARTC) SDK for HarmonyOS. For information about how to download the latest version of the SDK, see SDK download.
2. Permissions on ARTC SDK for HarmonyOS and application time
Permission related to personal information | Required | Permission application time | Purpose |
INTERNET | Yes | The time when you create an RTC engine instance. | This permission allows the SDK to connect to the Internet for joining meeting and troubleshooting data. This is the basic permission for network connection. |
CAMERA | No | The time when you join an RTC video call. | This permission allows the SDK to collect video data from the camera. The collected video data is used for RTC video calls. This permission is not required for audio-only calls. |
MICROPHONE | Yes | The time when you join an RTC video call. | This permission allows the SDK to collect audio data from the microphone. The collected audio data is used for RTC audio and video calls. |
GET_NETWORK_INFO | Yes | The time when you join an RTC video call. | This permission allows the SDK to view the network status for RTC audio and video quality optimization, encoding optimization, and error reporting. |
KEEP_BACKGROUND_RUNNING | No | The time when you push streams to the background. | (Optional) This permission allows the SDK to collect audio and video data in the background. If you do not configure this permission for the SDK, the call ends when you push streams to the background. |
3. Features of ARTC SDK for HarmonyOS and required personal information
Feature | Collected personal information field | Purpose of personal information collection | Configuration and example |
Real-time audio and video communication | UUID | The UUID is used for performance tuning and failure analysis. | No configuration is required. |
Real-time audio and video communication | Device model | The device model is used for performance tuning and failure analysis. | No configuration is required. |
Real-time audio and video communication | IP address | 1. The IP address is used to call the server API operations of the SDK. 2. The IP address is used for performance tuning and failure analysis. | No configuration is required. |
Real-time audio and video communication | Wi-Fi status | The Wi-Fi status is used to identify the Wi-Fi connectivity. | No configuration is required. |
Real-time audio and video communication | Carrier information | The carrier information is used to select and optimize network connections. | No configuration is required. |
* 4. Optional personal information fields and configuration
Optional personal information field | Purpose of personal information collection | Configuration and example |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
5. Initialization solution
Before you use ARTC SDK for HarmonyOS, make sure that the SDK is initialized and the end users agree to the privacy policy.
/**
* SDK method for creating an RTC engine instance.
*/
export class AliRtcEngine {
/**
* Query the information about the RTC engine instance.
*/
public static getInstance(extras: string, context : common.Context): AliRtcEngine
}