Privacy Policy
Last Updated: February 25, 2026
Introduction
Welcome to the Taiwan Pacific Islands Forum. This Privacy Policy outlines how the Taiwan Pacific Islands Forum ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects the information you provide when visiting our website. We are committed to ensuring the privacy of our visitors. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information Collected
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information about your device and browsing activity. This information is gathered to help us understand how visitors use our site, improve our content, and enhance your user experience. The types of information we may collect include:
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Pages you visit on our website
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages
- Referring/exit pages
- Other diagnostic data
Cookies
Our website uses "cookies" to enhance your experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences, track user activity, and provide customized content. We use both session cookies (which are deleted once you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device until they expire or you delete them).
You have the option to accept or refuse cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Third-Party Services
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our website, provide the website on our behalf, perform website-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third parties may have access to your non-personally identifiable information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
These third-party services may have their own privacy policies governing how they use such information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you interact with through our website.
Advertising
Our website may use third-party advertising services to display ads. These advertisers may collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. This information typically does not include your name, address, email address, or telephone number. They may use technologies like cookies and web beacons to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content.
We do not control the privacy practices of these third-party advertisers. We recommend you review their respective privacy policies for more information on their practices and how to opt-out of certain advertising features.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Via our contact page: contact.html