Privacy
Privacy Policy
This privacy notice explains how a personal reference project handles information if a contact channel is enabled.
Quick answer: Mandarin Ink is a personal reference project and this site does not process payments, so no payment data is collected. If a contact route is enabled, it receives only what a visitor chooses to send — a name, email address, correction note or project description — and that information is used to answer the message.
Information that may be collected
If a contact route is enabled, the project may receive the information a visitor chooses to send: a name, email address, correction note or project description. Payment data is not collected because this site does not process payments.
How information is used
Information is used only to answer a correction, question or personal project inquiry, prevent abuse and maintain necessary records. Personal information is not sold.
Sharing
Information may be processed by a hosting, email or form provider required to operate the contact channel. The final provider list must be documented before a public form is enabled.
Retention and deletion
Information should be retained only as long as needed to answer the request or meet a legal obligation. A deletion request can be made through the published contact route once it is configured.
Security and safe use
Do not send passwords, payment credentials, government identification numbers or other sensitive records through an ordinary contact form. This project does not request payment credentials.
Draft updated . Review again before enabling a public form.
Server logs and security
A static site may still create basic server logs when a browser requests a page or an asset. Those logs are normally used to keep the site available, investigate abuse and understand aggregate traffic. They are not a reason to add invasive tracking or collect information that is not needed for the service.
Email is not private forever
Email can be copied, forwarded or stored by providers. Do not send confidential documents through a general contact route. If a future service needs private files, the project should define a secure upload method and explain how long those files are retained.
Questions about this notice
Use the published contact route to ask what information is held or to request correction or deletion. The project should answer factually and should not ask for a password or payment credential to verify a privacy request.
Contact by email
The main way to reach this project is by email through the contact route. When you send a message, the address you write from and the contents of the message reach the person running the project. The message is used to answer your question and, where a correction is involved, to fix the page. It is not sold, and it is not added to a marketing list. Please do not send passwords, payment credentials, identity documents, medical records or other sensitive personal information, because none of it is needed to answer a language question.
Server and hosting logs
Like any website, this one is served by a hosting provider, and the provider’s servers may record standard request information such as the page requested, the time and a coarse browser or device identifier. These logs are used for security, reliability and abuse prevention rather than to build a profile of individual readers. The project does not operate its own reader accounts, checkout or login system.
Search engines and third parties
Pages on a public site may be crawled and indexed by search engines and archived by third-party services, and once a message is sent by email it may be stored by the email provider. Search Console and similar tools report aggregate data — impressions, clicks and indexing status — rather than the identity of individual visitors. If you want a message you sent to be deleted, ask, and the request will be handled as far as the project controls the copy it holds.
Your choices
You can choose not to contact the project, and you can ask for a previously sent message to be deleted. You can also ask what information is held about you, within the limits of what the project can actually see. Because there is no account or purchase system, there is no profile to close and no order history to remove. Privacy questions use the same contact route as corrections.
Questions about this page
What happens to a message I send?
The address and contents reach the person running the project and are used to answer your question or fix a correction. They are not sold or added to a marketing list.
Does the site have accounts or a checkout?
No. There is no reader account, login or checkout system, so there is no profile to close or order history to manage.
What do server logs contain?
Standard request information such as the page requested, the time, and a coarse browser or device identifier, used for security and reliability.
Do search engines collect data about me?
Search engines may crawl and index public pages. Tools such as Search Console report aggregate impressions and clicks rather than individual visitor identities.
Can I ask for my message to be deleted?
Yes. Ask through the contact route, and the request will be handled as far as the project controls the copy it holds.