Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how Wuxia Tales (wuxiatales.com) collects, uses, and protects information about visitors to this website.

Last updated: 2026-06-23.

Who We Are

Wuxia Tales is an independent reference website about wuxia, xianxia, and xuanhuan fiction. The site is operated under the contact name Wuxia and can be reached at [email protected].

We are a small operation. There is no editorial team beyond the site operator, no internal databases beyond what is needed to run the site, and no commercial third-party data sharing.

What We Collect Automatically

When you visit any page on wuxiatales.com, the following data may be collected automatically by the services that operate the site:

Cloudflare (CDN and security layer)

This site is fronted by Cloudflare, which acts as a content delivery network and provides basic protection against attacks. Cloudflare may collect:

IP address
Browser type and version
Operating system
Pages requested
Referring URL
Request timestamps

This data is used by Cloudflare to deliver content efficiently and block abusive traffic. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy for full details.

Web server logs

Our origin web server keeps standard access logs containing similar information (IP, page, user agent, timestamp) for short-term operational and security purposes.

Analytics

Google Analytics / Google Search Console

We use Google Analytics to understand which articles are read most often and how readers navigate the site. Google Analytics collects:

IP address (truncated where supported)
Pages viewed and time on page
Device, browser, operating system
Approximate geographic location (typically city-level)
Whether you arrived from search, a referring site, or direct

We do not configure Google Analytics to track personally identifying information beyond what Google’s standard tracking already includes.

Google Search Console is also connected to monitor how the site appears in search results; it does not place tracking on visitors.

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking entirely using the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising

This site participates in Google AdSense to display advertisements. When AdSense ads load on a page, Google and its advertising partners may set cookies on your browser to:

Serve ads relevant to your interests
Measure ad performance and frequency
Detect and prevent ad fraud

Google’s advertising practices are described in the Google Ads policy and the How Google uses information from sites that use our services page.

You can manage personalized advertising preferences in your Google account settings at Ads Settings or opt out of third-party vendor cookies via the Network Advertising Initiative.

We do not directly share personal data with advertisers. Google AdSense’s data practices are described in Google’s privacy policy.

Cookies

Cookies on this site fall into three categories:

Essential cookies — required for the site to function (e.g., maintaining your session, security tokens). These cannot be disabled.
Analytics cookies — set by Google Analytics. These can be disabled using the opt-out tools described above.
Advertising cookies — set by Google AdSense and its partners. These can be managed via the Google Ads Settings link above or by disabling third-party cookies in your browser.

Most browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies. Doing so may affect the functionality of advertisements on this site but will not affect your ability to read articles.

What We Do Not Do

We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share visitor data with third parties outside of the services listed above (Cloudflare, Google Analytics, Google AdSense).
We do not maintain a mailing list, newsletter, or email database for direct marketing.
We do not track readers across other websites.
We do not collect data from minors knowingly; this site is intended for adult and older-teen readers of fantasy fiction.

Comments

The website is built on WordPress, which has a comment system available. As of this writing, comments are not actively enabled. If commenting is enabled in the future, this policy will be updated to describe how comment data (name, email, IP, comment text, optional Gravatar) is handled, and the change will be noted at the top of this page.

Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have specific rights regarding data collected about you. These can include:

The right to access data we hold about you
The right to correct inaccurate data
The right to deletion of data we hold about you (“right to be forgotten”)
The right to data portability
The right to object to certain types of processing

To exercise these rights for data we directly control (server logs, analytics), email [email protected]. For data held by Cloudflare or Google, please contact those services directly using the links in their respective sections above.

GDPR Compliance (EU / EEA / UK readers)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), our legal basis for processing analytics and advertising data is your consent, indicated by using the site without configuring your browser to block these services. You may withdraw consent at any time via the opt-out mechanisms described above.

CCPA Compliance (California readers)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, California residents have additional rights to know what categories of personal information are collected, to request deletion, and to opt out of the “sale” of personal information. We do not sell personal information in the traditional sense. For requests, email [email protected].

Children’s Privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided personal data, we will delete it.

Security

We use industry-standard practices to protect the site, including HTTPS (TLS) encryption for all traffic, regular software updates, and Cloudflare’s protection layer. No internet system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of any data transmitted to or from the site.

Updates to This Policy

This privacy policy may be updated to reflect changes in the services we use, applicable laws, or our practices. Material changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date at the top. We recommend checking back periodically.

Contact

For privacy-related questions, including data access or deletion requests, contact:

[email protected]

For other matters, see our Contact and Copyright & Fair Use pages.