Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

China Robotics Insider ("we", "us") operates the website at www.robotichina.com. We are an independent English-language editorial publication covering China's robotics industry. This policy explains what information we handle when you visit our site.

2. Information we collect

We are a content website and do not require you to create an account to read our content. We collect very little data directly:

• Information you send us voluntarily — if you email us (for example, to report a correction or send a tip), we keep that correspondence only to respond to you. We do not sell or share it.
• Standard technical data — like most websites, our hosting and analytics services may log basic technical information (such as IP address, browser type, pages visited) to operate the site securely and understand aggregate traffic.

3. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. Our site may use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential functionality — cookies needed to make the site work correctly.
• Advertising cookies — if and when we enable advertising (see Section 4 below), third-party advertising partners may use cookies to serve and measure ads.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect your experience but should not prevent you from reading our content.

4. Third-party advertising (Google AdSense)

We may display advertisements served by third parties, including Google AdSense. As part of its service, Google and its partners may use cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can learn more about how Google uses data at Google's "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps".
• For visitors in the EEA/UK, we will only set advertising cookies with your consent where required by applicable law.

5. Analytics

We may use privacy-respecting analytics tools to understand which pages are useful. Any analytics we use process aggregate, anonymised data; we do not build individual visitor profiles for advertising beyond what advertising partners do under their own policies.

6. Third-party links

Our articles may link to external websites (company sites, news sources, regulators). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third-party sites. Please review their policies before providing them any information.

7. Data sharing

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share data only with the service providers we rely on to run the site (hosting, analytics, advertising), each of which processes data under its own privacy policy.

8. Data security

We take reasonable measures to protect the limited data we hold. Because we collect very little personal data, the risk profile is low; nevertheless, we follow standard security practices for the services we use.

9. Children's privacy

Our site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example, GDPR in the EEA/UK, or CCPA/CPRA in California), you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict processing of your personal data. To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details below.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Contact us

Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to hello@robotichina.com.