Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2025
HaoLee Laoshi — haolaoshi.site
1. Introduction
Welcome to HaoLee Laoshi (haolaoshi.site), the personal academic and professional website of Dr. Lê Ngọc Hiếu (Hao Lee). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit this website.
By accessing or using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide
When you use the contact form or send an email, we may collect:
- Name — to address you appropriately
- Email address — to respond to your inquiry
- Message content — to understand and respond to your request
2.2 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit this website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- IP address (anonymized where possible)
- Pages visited and time spent
- Referring website
This information is collected through standard web server logs and analytics tools (if applicable).
3. How We Use Your Information
Information collected through this website is used solely for:
- Responding to contact form submissions and email inquiries
- Understanding how visitors use the site to improve content and user experience
- Academic and professional communication — if you have expressed interest in research collaboration, teaching, or academic partnerships
We do not use your information for commercial advertising or sell it to third parties.
4. Cookies
This website may use cookies to:
- Remember your language preference (language selection is stored in your browser's localStorage)
- Maintain your theme preference (light/dark mode)
These are functional cookies that do not track personal behavior for advertising purposes. No third-party advertising cookies are used.
You can disable cookies in your browser settings, though this may affect some features of the website.
5. Third-Party Services
This website may link to or embed content from external platforms, including:
- Google Scholar — scholar.google.com
- ORCID — orcid.org
- ResearchGate — researchgate.net
- IEEE Xplore — ieeexplore.ieee.org
- YouTube — youtube.com
- GitHub — github.com
When you follow these links, you leave this website and are subject to the privacy policies of those platforms.
6. Data Security
We take reasonable precautions to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security but strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect personal data.
7. Data Retention
Contact form submissions and email communications are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for reasonable follow-up communication. We do not maintain long-term databases of visitor contact information.
8. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access information we hold about you
- Request deletion of your personal data
- Correct inaccurate information
- Object to processing of your data
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at occbuu@gmail.com.
9. Children's Privacy
This website is not directed at children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this site, please contact us and we will take steps to remove it.
10. Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. Continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact
For any privacy-related questions or requests, please contact:
Dr. Lê Ngọc Hiếu (Hao Lee)
Faculty of Information Technology
Van Hien University (VHU)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Email: occbuu@gmail.com
Website: haolaoshi.site
