Privacy policy
Last updated 21 September 2026
What we do not collect
There is no account on this site. We do not receive your card details, build an advertising profile, or use identifiers to follow you across sites.
Your search is not attached to an account or combined with data from another service for advertising.
How name searches and AI explanations work
The qualities, style, gender and candidate name are used to return your results. If you use the own-name route, the spelling you enter is also part of that request.
When AI explanations are enabled, the relevant search inputs are sent to DeepSeek, with Anthropic used as a fallback provider. In the own-name route this includes the spelling you entered. Their processing is governed by their respective privacy terms. If AI is unavailable, the site uses a local template instead.
Generated explanations are cached for up to one year so repeated searches do not create another AI request. The cache key is hashed and contains no browser identifier, but an own-name explanation may itself mention the spelling you entered.
Anonymous usage counts and rate limiting
We record aggregate counts such as page views, searches, use of stroke or audio features, and visits to the payment step. This tells us whether the site works.
Those counts use a randomly generated identifier stored in a cookie. Before anything is written, the identifier is hashed together with a secret held on the server, so the stored value cannot be turned back into the cookie's value. The hash is used only to de-duplicate visitors within a day, and it is never combined with data from another site.
Your IP address is used as a short-lived rate-limit key to prevent automated abuse. It is not written into analytics or order records, and the rate-limit entry expires automatically after its configured window.
There are no third-party analytics, advertising pixels or cross-site trackers, and usage data is not sold.
Payment
Payment is processed entirely by a merchant of record, who is the legal seller of the product. Your card details go to them directly and never reach this site — we do not receive them, transmit them, or store them.
When your payment completes, the platform tells this site that an order was paid. In response we issue a signed, verifiable, revocable unlock token that lets you download the high-resolution files. If you request a refund or the payment is reversed, that token stops working.
The only information we keep about an order is its order number and the tier purchased. We do not keep your email address. If you want a receipt, it comes from the merchant of record.
Cookies and browser storage
One first-party cookie holds the anonymous identifier described above. It is HttpOnly and is not available to page scripts.
Your browser's local storage remembers the last search so it can restore the results after a payment redirect. If you buy something, the signed unlock token is also stored there so you do not have to reclaim it on every visit. This storage stays in your browser and can be cleared through your browser's site-data controls.
Deleting your data
You can remove the anonymous cookie, saved search and unlock token by clearing this site's browser data. Aggregate analytics are stored under a salted hash rather than an account. Cached AI explanations are not linked to a browser identifier, although an own-name explanation may contain the spelling that was entered.
If you have a question about a specific order, the merchant of record can identify the transaction from your receipt.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to support@chinese-name-studio.com.