Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 23, 2026

[Your Tea Blog Name] (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website located at chinagongfutea.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit our tea blog, subscribe to our newsletter, or browse our content, in compliance with GDPR (EU/UK), CCPA/CPRA (California), and U.S. federal privacy regulations.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

  • Email Address: Collected only when you voluntarily subscribe to our tea newsletter via our sidebar subscription form.
  • Contact Details: If you submit a contact inquiry, we will store your name and email to reply to your message.

1.2 Non-Personal Anonymous Data

  • Cookies & Tracking Data: We use strictly necessary cookies for site functionality and Google Analytics anonymous tracking cookies to analyze visitor behavior, page read times, and popular tea content.
  • Device & Browser Metadata: Anonymous data including screen size, operating system, browser type, and approximate geographic region (no precise location tracking).

2. How We Use Your Data

  1. Newsletter Delivery: Send weekly tea guides, brewing tips, tea buying recommendations, and industry updates to subscribed emails. You may unsubscribe at any time via the permanent unsubscribe link in every email.
  2. Site Improvement: Use anonymous Google Analytics data to refine our tea content, adjust page layout, and fix website technical issues.
  3. User Support: Respond fully to any message sent via our contact form using your provided email address.
  4. Legal Compliance: Retain data only to satisfy legal record-keeping obligations.

We will never sell, rent, lease, or share your personal email or contact data with third-party advertisers, tea brands, or marketing companies for unsolicited outreach.

3. Third-Party Service Providers

We share limited anonymous or subscriber data only with service platforms required to operate our site, each bound by their own strict privacy policies:

  • Email Marketing Platform (Brevo / Mailchimp): Stores newsletter subscriber emails to distribute tea newsletters and process unsubscribe requests.
  • Google Analytics: Collects anonymous visitor metrics for site performance analysis.
  • Hostinger Web Hosting: Securely stores all website data and subscriber form submissions on encrypted servers.

We are not responsible for the data practices of external third-party websites linked within our tea review articles.

4. Cookie Consent Policy

Our site displays a mandatory cookie consent banner on your first visit. You have the right to accept or reject non-essential tracking cookies (Google Analytics). Disabling tracking cookies will not break core website functionality, but limits our ability to improve our tea content.

5. Your Legal Data Rights

If you reside within the EU, UK, or California, you hold the following rights. To submit a data request, email us at [contact@yourwebsite.com]:

  • Right to Access: Request a full copy of all personal data we store about you.
  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Request permanent deletion of your subscriber email and all associated data.
  • Right to Rectification: Correct any inaccurate personal information we hold.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time, which halts all future marketing emails.
  • Right to Data Portability: Receive your personal data in a machine-readable format.

6. Data Retention Period

  • Newsletter Subscriber Emails: Retained until you submit an unsubscribe or data deletion request.
  • Contact Form Messages: Deleted 90 days after we fully resolve your inquiry.
  • Anonymous Analytics Cookie Data: Automatically anonymized and purged after 26 months.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our tea blog content is intended for adult readers aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe we have unintentionally collected data from a minor, contact us immediately for full data deletion.

8. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. All policy updates will be published on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of the Site after policy changes go live constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

9. Contact Information

For all privacy-related questions, data access requests, or deletion requests, reach our team via email: [dennisanthony1993@hotmail.com]