Welcome to Chengdu Travels! We are a passionate travel team dedicated to sharing the charm of Chengdu and its surrounding areas with travelers around the world. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our blog at https://chengdutravels.com.
1. Information We Collect When You Interact With Us
We love interacting with our readers! When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form (such as your name and comment content), your IP address, and your browser user agent string. This helps us with spam detection and to maintain a high-quality discussion environment.
If you use the Gravatar service, an anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to Gravatar to see if you are registered. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment. You can learn more about Gravatar’s operations in the Automattic Privacy Policy.
2. About Uploaded Images
To help you share your travel experiences, we allow users to upload images. As an important travel safety tip, we strongly recommend removing embedded location data (EXIF GPS) from images before uploading. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
3. How We Use Cookies
Our website uses cookies – small text files stored on your device – to enhance your browsing experience. These cookies serve the following purposes:
Comment Convenience: If you select “Remember Me” when leaving a comment, we will store your name, email address, and website in a cookie. This cookie will remain for one year, so you do not have to re-enter your details.
Website Functionality: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Login Status & Preferences: If you log in, we will set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me” (or “Trust This Device”), your login will persist for two weeks.
Content Editing: When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited the other website.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. This may include tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5. Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information
We will never sell your personal data.
We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers: We use third-party services (such as Google Analytics) to analyze website traffic and understand which travel guides are most popular. These providers only access data necessary to perform their services for us and are contractually obligated to handle it confidentially. We recommend you review Google’s Privacy Policy.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, regulation, or a valid request from a governmental authority.
6. How Long Do We Retain Your Data
Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Registered Users: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
7. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to:
Receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
To make such a request, please contact us at [insert your contact email address here]. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. This means that the comment data you submit may be transferred to this service provider for processing.
Last updated: October 10, 2025
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at chengdutravels@126.com.