Privacy Policy for Users & Customers

Our official website address is https://TravelWestChina.Org. Travel West China (hereinafter referred to as “we”) fully recognizes the importance of personal information and will take corresponding security measures in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements. Through this privacy policy, we aim to explain how we collect and use your personal information when you use our products and services.

As a Travel West China user, you are in control of all your personal information. We are committed to protecting your privacy. We maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information obtained from you, which will never be shared with any third party unrelated to the tour arrangement without your prior consent unless required by law. The data collected is only used to help arrange your tours in China and fulfill your special requirements on the trips.

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YOUR NAME

  • To correspond with you by email

  • To purchase tickets for airlines, trains, buses, boat tickets, or entrance fees for attractions

YOUR PHONE & FAX NUMBERS

  • To transmit forms or tickets

  • To contact you in an emergency

YOUR PASSPORT & VISA COPIES

  • To obtain airline tickets and hotel bookings

  • To apply for Tibet/Xinjiang Permit (Tibet Entry Permit/TTB, Alien’s Travel Permit/PSB, Military Permit, or other necessary permits)

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

  • To correspond with you by sending professional advice, proposed itineraries, quotes, and related documents (Tickets, Tibet/Xinjiang Travel Permit, etc.)

  • To inform you of the latest travel news of a certain region, new services/tours from Travel West China

Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be 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.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also 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). Our website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.