What This Policy Covers
This policy applies to everyone who visits chinaneighbor.com and explains what cookies and similar technologies we set. "Cookies" here means small files stored by your browser, as well as equivalent technologies such as local storage entries and third-party scripts that can recognize your device across requests. We group everything we set into three categories below. For our overall privacy practices, see thePrivacy Policy.
What We Set, and When
1. Strictly necessary
These are required for the site to work and to keep it secure:
- Cloudflare security cookies (
__cf_bm,cf_clearance) — protect the site against bots and abuse. Set by Cloudflare, our CDN. Session duration. - Theme preference (browser local storage) — remembers your dark/light mode choice. Never leaves your device.
2. Statistics
- Google Analytics 4 (
_ga,_ga_*; provider: Google, up to 24 months) — anonymous measurement of which pages are read and how the site is used, so we can improve it. These cookies are set when you browse the site. You can block them at any time with your browser settings or the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
3. Marketing / affiliate
- Affiliate partner script (Travelpayouts "Drive") — a script from our affiliate network loads with our pages and may set cookies on our site and on partner domains (for example Trip.com, Kiwi.com) to attribute bookings that start from our links. These commissions keep this site free. If you block this script, affiliate links still work as ordinary links.
Controlling Cookies in Your Browser
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Most browsers let you block third-party cookies or all cookies for specific sites. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may make parts of the site unavailable, and deleting site data also clears your theme preference.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR (and the UK GDPR / Swiss FADP where applicable) you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, and objection regarding your personal data. To exercise them, contact us. You may also lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.
Changes to This Policy
If the cookies we use change, we will update this page.
Contact
Questions about this policy or our use of cookies? Contact us. For our overall privacy practices, see the Privacy Policy.