Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the website lawrenceli.me (the "Website") operated by the author. Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect from you when you visit our Website and how we use, protect, and disclose that information.

By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy, along with our Terms of Service, governs your use of our Website.

Information Collection and Use

While using our Website, we won't ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name and email address ("Personal Information").

For lawrenceli.me, we do not collect any Personal Information. We only collect the following non-personally identifiable information:

• Visiting time
• Country of origin
• Number of visits
• Operating system type
• Browser type and version

This information is collected for the sole purpose of understanding our audience and improving the content and services we provide on our Website.

Log Data

Like many website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website ("Log Data").

This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer's hard drive.

We use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.

Third-Party Websites

Our website uses APIs from github.com, twitter.com and bilibili.com to display information such as videos and details about open-source projects and films, tweets. We do not share or process any user data with these APIs.

We may use third-party cookies from these APIs to improve the performance and functionality of our website. These cookies may include API-related cookies and other cookies.

The APIs we use may require us to provide additional information about video content or films. If you have any questions about how we use this information, please contact us.

Our website may also cache comments and likes data from Mastodon, a distributed social network, in order to display related content. Mastodon is composed of multiple independent social networks, each with its own domain and privacy policy.

We do not share or process any user data with Mastodon. We only cache comments and likes data from Mastodon.

Please note that our website may link to other websites that have different privacy policies. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of these websites to learn about their data processing practices. If you wish to access, correct, or delete your data, please visit the respective service's website to learn more.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 2023/04/04 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our Website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].