Privacy Policy

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to ChineseWives.com, including its public pages, member accounts, profiles, photos, private messaging, safety tools, and related email communications.

By using the site, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

Account information

When you create an account, we collect your email address and a securely generated password hash. We do not store your password in readable form.

Profile information

Depending on what you choose to provide, profile information may include:

• Display name.
• Gender and birth year.
• City and state.
• Relationship intentions.
• Languages, education, and hobbies.
• Personal introductions and relationship preferences.
• Profile photos.

Communications and safety information

We collect messages sent through the site, blocked-member records, reports, and information provided when a member raises a safety or moderation concern.

Technical information

The site and hosting systems may receive standard technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, requested pages, timestamps, referring page, session identifiers, and server error or security logs.

3. Public Profile Information

Profiles marked public may be viewed without signing in. Public profile pages may display your chosen display name, approximate age derived from birth year, city and state, relationship intentions, languages, education, hobbies, profile text, and approved photos.

Do not place private contact details, financial information, identity documents, home addresses, or other sensitive information in a public profile.

Changing profile visibility or deleting content may stop future display on the site, but it may not remove copies already saved, shared, or cached by other people or systems.

4. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• Create, authenticate, and maintain member accounts.
• Verify email addresses.
• Display public profiles and approved photos.
• Provide private messaging and account features.
• Process blocks, reports, and moderation decisions.
• Detect fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and security threats.
• Operate, troubleshoot, maintain, and improve the site.
• Send service-related messages, including verification and security emails.
• Enforce the Terms of Use and protect members, the service, and others.
• Comply with legal obligations and lawful requests.

5. When Information May Be Disclosed

We do not currently sell personal information or use member information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Information may be disclosed in the following situations:

Public profile display

Information you place in a public profile is displayed to visitors and members as described above.

Service providers

Hosting, email, security, backup, and technical service providers may process limited information when necessary to provide services to ChineseWives.com.

Safety and legal reasons

We may preserve or disclose information when reasonably necessary to investigate abuse, protect a person from harm, secure the service, enforce site rules, respond to lawful process, or comply with applicable law.

Business changes

If ownership or operation of the service changes, relevant information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law and the commitments in effect at that time.

6. Cookies, Sessions, and Server Logs

ChineseWives.com uses an essential session cookie to keep members signed in, protect account sessions, and support security features. The member session cookie is configured to end when the browser session closes.

Member sessions may also end after a period of inactivity. Disabling essential cookies may prevent login and other member features from working.

Web server logs may be retained for troubleshooting, reliability, fraud prevention, and security monitoring.

7. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate accounts and features, provide the service, address safety concerns, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, enforce agreements, and meet legal obligations.

Retention periods may differ by category. For example, security logs may be kept for a limited operational period, while records connected to reports, account restrictions, or legal matters may be retained longer when reasonably needed.

Backup copies may remain temporarily after information is removed from active systems.

8. Security

We use administrative and technical safeguards intended to protect personal information. Current measures include password hashing, private configuration storage, secure session cookies, inactivity timeouts, access controls, and moderated photo display.

No website, database, transmission method, or security measure can guarantee absolute protection. Members should use a unique password and protect access to their email account and devices.

9. Your Choices

You may use account tools to:

• Edit profile information.
• Manage profile photos.
• Change profile visibility when that setting is available.
• Block other members.
• Report concerning behavior.
• Log out and end the current member session.

Requests concerning account access, correction, or deletion may also be sent to the contact address below. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

10. Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and subject to applicable law, you may have rights to request access to personal information, correction, deletion, a copy of certain information, or information about how data is used or disclosed.

ChineseWives.com does not currently sell personal information. If that practice changes, this policy and any legally required choices will be updated before the change takes effect.

We will not discriminate against a person for exercising a privacy right protected by applicable law.

11. Children

ChineseWives.com is for adults age 18 and older. We do not knowingly permit children to create accounts or use member features.

Contact us if you believe a person under 18 has provided personal information through the site.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy as the service, legal requirements, or privacy practices change. The effective date at the top of the page will be updated when a revised policy is published.

Material changes may also be communicated through the site or by email when appropriate.

13. Contact

Privacy questions and requests may be sent to:

happiness@chinesewives.com

Include the email address associated with your account and enough detail for us to understand the request. Do not send passwords, full identity documents, or financial information by email.