Privacy

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Reading the site

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We count how many times each article is read. That count does not store your IP address, sets no cookie, and cannot be tied back to anyone. It is one number per article.

If you subscribe

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Every email carries an unsubscribe link that works immediately and without signing in. You can also email us and we will delete your record.

If you send us writing

The submission form stores what you type: your name, your email, your writing, and a photo if you attach one. We use the email to reply to you about that piece and for nothing else.

If you use Ask Keningau

The questions you type into Ask Keningau are sent to a third-party AI service, together with the relevant Kondingau content, so that an answer can be put together. The model we use today is DeepSeek, through an intermediary service; the data may be processed outside Malaysia, including in China. Email addresses and phone numbers are removed from questions before they are sent.

We keep the text of questions — without names and without IP addresses — so we know what readers are looking for and what this site does not cover yet. The conversation itself is not kept after you close the page. Please do not put personal details in a question.

If you suggest a place

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Cookies

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Advertising

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How Google handles data is set out at policies.google.com.

What we do not do

We do not sell reader data. We do not track you across other sites for our own purposes. We do not store the full text of other publishers’ articles.

Contact

Questions about any of the above, or a request to delete your data: [email protected]