Overview
This page explains what information totallytaipei.com ("we", "us", "the site") collects when you visit, how it's used, and how the affiliate links and booking widgets on this site work. This is a general-purpose policy template — please review it with a qualified professional before relying on it for legal compliance in your specific jurisdiction and business situation.
Cookie consent (EU, EEA & UK visitors)
If our site identifies you as likely visiting from the EU, EEA or UK, you'll see a cookie banner before any analytics cookies are set, with a genuine choice to Accept or Decline — declining doesn't limit anything you can do on the site. This detection is a best-effort estimate based on your browser's timezone setting, not precise location tracking, so it won't be accurate for every visitor (for example, if you're using a VPN). You can change your choice at any time using the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of every page.
Visitors outside the EU/EEA/UK (or wherever this detection doesn't apply) aren't shown this banner, and analytics cookies are set on arrival, consistent with the rest of this policy.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics (Google tag / gtag.js) to understand how visitors use this site — which pages are popular, how people navigate between them, and general audience information such as country and device type. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect this information. No personally identifying information such as your name or email address is collected through this analytics tool unless you separately provide it to us (for example, by emailing us).
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Affiliate links & advertising disclosure
This site participates in affiliate marketing, meaning some links may earn us a small commission if you sign up or make a purchase through them, at no extra cost to you. This never affects what we choose to write about or recommend — we only link to products and services we'd suggest regardless of any commission. Affiliate links on this site are marked with rel="sponsored" in the page code (a technical signal to search engines that a link is paid or affiliate in nature) and are also disclosed in plain text next to the link itself.
We currently have affiliate relationships with:
- Wise — a money transfer and multi-currency card service we personally use for spending while traveling.
- Amazon Associates — as an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases made through our Amazon links.
- Hotels.com (part of Expedia Group) — accommodation booking.
- Expedia — flight booking.
The Hotels.com and Expedia search widgets embedded on some pages are provided directly by Expedia Group and may set their own cookies to enable search functionality and track affiliate referrals. We don't control what these third-party widgets collect — see Expedia Group's own privacy policy for details on their data practices.
Cookies
Cookies set by this site fall into two categories: essential cookies needed for basic site functionality (such as remembering your cookie consent choice), and non-essential analytics/affiliate-tracking cookies as described above. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time; doing so may affect how some features of the site behave.
Third-party links
This site may link to third-party websites (hotels, attractions, transport providers, affiliate partners, and similar). We aren't responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites, and we'd encourage you to review their own privacy policies before providing any personal information.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected].
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the site grows. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "last updated" date above.