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Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: http:worlddiscovery.net, which is owned by China-U.S. Friendship Exchange, Inc. By using this site, you agree to our policy, which may be updated without notice.

Ownership

Content (except content in public domain) found on worlddiscovery.net is exclusively owned by worlddiscovery.net and its parent company, China-U.S Friendship Exchange, Inc., except where it is noted otherwise. Reproduction without authorisation without written consent is not allowed. Where there are external links, we will try to keep them up to date, however, by clicking on them, you agree that we are not liable for any damage or issues that may arise.

Comments

If you leave a comment or interact with our website, we ask that you do not disclose your real name, location or other personal identifying information in a public forum. Should you disclose your information, you agree that worlddiscovery.net and all persons associated with worlddiscovery.net are not responsible for any losses as a result of direct or indirect use of this site.

We also ask that all dissuasions and forums be kept civil and do not attack or bully other users or persons affiliated with worlddiscovery.net. If such defamatory or personal information is found, it may be removed without notice. worlddiscovery.net reserves the right to the final decisions in such matters. If you would like us to remove content, you may email us at the Contact Us page.

When visitors leave comments on the 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.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that 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.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We do not guarantee the safety of external links and if you proceed through them, you do so at your own risk.

Who we share your data with

Your emails, comments and other material shared to worlddiscovery.net may be disclosed internally to relevant persons and to third parties chosen by us to act out our requests. All data will be handled with care, but no guarantees are made and you acknowledge that worlddiscovery.net and any affiliates, contractors and employees are not responsible for any direct or indirect loss that is the result of direct or indirect use of this site. You also agree to pay any and all legal fees for yourself and worlddiscovery.net should a dispute arise.

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 that 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). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have have left comments, sent emails, or contacted us, you can request to receive information 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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.