Last updated: 2025-09-24
Privacy Policy for understand-china.com
This Privacy Policy outlines how understand-china.com (“we”, “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website focused on family friendly restaurant recommendations.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Data: Information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, email address, and contact information.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
- Cookies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience on our website. For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
2. How We Use Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing and maintaining our services.
- Analyzing usage to improve our website and services.
- Personalizing your experience based on your preferences.
- Communicating with you about updates, promotions, and other news.
- Complying with legal obligations.
3. Legal Bases
We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:
- Consent: When you provide us with your personal data for a specific purpose.
- Contract: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
- Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that your interests do not override those interests.
- Legal Obligation: When we need to comply with a legal obligation.
4. Sharing with Third Parties
We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services, such as hosting providers and email service providers.
- Analytics: We may use third-party services like Google Analytics to monitor and analyze the use of our website. You can review their privacy policy here.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
5. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our website and store certain information. For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
6. International Transfers
If you are located outside of your country and choose to provide information to us, please note that we may transfer the data, including personal data, to your country and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
7. Data Retention & Security Measures
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
8. User Rights & Choices
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
- The right to rectification if your information is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to object to our processing of your personal data.
- The right to request the transfer of your personal data to another organization.
For more information on your rights under GDPR or CCPA/CPRA, please contact us.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child, we will take steps to delete such information.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].