China Footnotes privacy & data

Will Wang runs it and is responsible for this policy.

The IP address, browser type, address requested and time of each request

your approximate location, which Google works out from your IP address

device and browser

pages viewed, scrolling, links followed, what kind of thing you copy with our copy buttons

your address and message pass through Cloudflare Email Routing to our mailbox at Microsoft Outlook

We count visits with Google Analytics to learn which pages help travellers.

Cloudflare, which hosts the site and protects it from abuse

We process those inputs to answer the request.

We use them only to reply, and delete them within 12 months of our last reply.

Visit- and event-level data is kept for 14 months.

they last up to two years after your last visit unless your browser removes them sooner

We keep each answer for up to 30 days so the same words don't need asking again

Daily aggregates in our existing Cloudflare storage expire 400 days after their most recent write

delete them within 12 months of our last reply

Google receives this data under Google's privacy policy and may process it in the United States.

They are listed below.

Ask what we hold about you or ask us to delete your emails: write to will@chinafootnotes.com . We reply within 30 days.

Ask what we hold about you or ask us to delete your emails: write to will@chinafootnotes.com .

Google Analytics: not counted on this browser.

We do not sell personal data or use it for advertising.