Privacy Policy & Content Use Terms
 

Last updated: May 12, 2026
 

This website, jiaying-wei.com, is the personal academic and professional website of Jiaying [Vina] Wei. It presents selected research, teaching, publications, design work, writing, images, videos, course materials, project documentation, and related professional information.
 

This page explains how visitor information may be handled on this website and sets out the terms under which the website content may or may not be used.

This page is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal advice.
 

1. Information collected
 

This website may collect limited information through standard website-hosting, analytics, contact, and security tools provided by Wix and related third-party services. This may include:

• Browser type, device type, operating system, and general usage information

• IP address or approximate location information

• Pages visited, time spent on pages, referring links, and interaction data

• Information voluntarily submitted through contact forms, email links, or other communication channels
   

This website does not knowingly collect sensitive personal information from visitors.
 

2. How information is used
 

Information collected through this website may be used to:

• Maintain, secure, and improve the website

• Understand general visitor traffic and site performance

• Respond to messages or inquiries submitted by visitors

• Support academic, professional, and job-search communication

• Prevent spam, abuse, unauthorized access, scraping, or misuse of the website
   

Personal information submitted through contact forms or email will not be sold.
 

3. Cookies and analytics
 

This website may use cookies or similar technologies through Wix or third-party services to support website functionality, analytics, security, and performance. Visitors may control or disable cookies through their browser settings, although some website features may not function properly without them.
 

4. Third-party services
 

This website may include links to external platforms, including but not limited to Google Scholar, GitHub, university pages, publication repositories, embedded videos, or other academic/professional resources. These third-party websites have their own privacy policies and terms of use. I am not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of external websites.
 

5. Copyright and ownership of website content
 

Unless otherwise stated, all original content on this website is owned by Jiaying [Vina] Wei or used with appropriate permission, attribution, or academic/professional context. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Text, biographies, research descriptions, teaching descriptions, and project narratives

• Images, diagrams, renderings, photographs, videos, and visual documentation

• Portfolio materials, course materials, presentation materials, and downloadable documents

• Website layout, project documentation, and original written or visual expression

All rights are reserved unless explicit written permission is granted.
 

6. Prohibited uses of website content
 

Visitors may view this website for personal, academic, professional, hiring, review, or informational purposes. However, without prior written permission, no person, company, platform, institution, data broker, crawler operator, AI developer, or automated system may use, copy, scrape, extract, download, reproduce, modify, republish, redistribute, sell, license, or otherwise exploit the content of this website for unauthorized purposes.
 

The following uses are expressly prohibited:

• Collecting, scraping, harvesting, crawling, or extracting website content for dataset creation

• Using any website content to train, fine-tune, test, validate, benchmark, evaluate, or improve any machine learning model, artificial intelligence system, generative AI system, computer vision model, language model, multimodal model, robotics model, or related computational system

• Using website content in retrieval-augmented generation systems, embedding databases, vector databases, synthetic data pipelines, model evaluation datasets, or automated knowledge extraction systems

• Using website content for commercial purposes, resale, licensing, advertising, marketing, or product development

• Reproducing or presenting website content as one’s own work

• Plagiarizing, paraphrasing, or republishing website text, images, diagrams, course content, research descriptions, or project documentation without permission and attribution

• Using the content in a way that falsely implies endorsement, collaboration, employment, authorship, sponsorship, or affiliation

• Removing copyright notices, authorship information, captions, citations, or other attribution

• Bulk downloading, mirroring, archiving, or redistributing the website or its contents
   

No license is granted for machine learning, artificial intelligence, automated analysis, dataset construction, commercial reuse, or derivative commercial use.
 

7. Academic citation and fair use
 

Limited quotation, citation, or reference to this website may be permitted for legitimate academic, journalistic, educational, or professional purposes, provided that proper attribution is given to Jiaying [Vina] Wei and the source page is clearly identified.
 

Hiring committees, academic reviewers, collaborators, and prospective employers may access and review materials on this website for evaluation and professional communication purposes.
 

Nothing on this page is intended to restrict lawful fair use, legitimate academic citation, or uses otherwise permitted by applicable law.
 

8. Permissions
 

Requests for permission to use, reproduce, cite, publish, teach from, or otherwise reuse any content from this website should be directed to:
 

Jiaying Wei
Email: vinawjy@gmail.com
 

Written permission must be obtained before any use beyond personal viewing, professional review, or properly attributed academic reference.
 

9. Data retention
 

Information submitted voluntarily through contact forms or email may be retained as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, maintain professional records, or support academic and professional communication.
 

10. Children’s privacy
 

This website is intended for academic and professional audiences. It is not directed toward children, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
 

11. Changes to this policy
 

This policy may be updated from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
 

12. Contact
 

For privacy questions, content-use permissions, or copyright concerns, please contact:
 

Jiaying [Vina] Wei
Email: vinawjy@gmail.com