Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to ChinaBolts (http://chinabolts.com). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect the data of our visitors and professional clients within the fastener industry.

2. Who We Are

Our website address is: http://chinabolts.com. We operate as a professional fastener enterprise directory and service provider.

3. Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent string to assist in spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website (e.g., product specifications or technical drawings), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.

Contact Forms & Inquiries

As a business directory, we collect information provided through contact or inquiry forms (such as your name, company name, email, and procurement requirements). This data is used solely to respond to your business inquiries and facilitate professional communication.

4. Cookies

  • Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These last for one year.
  • Login Status: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • User Experience: When you log in, we set cookies to save your login info and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks.
  • Content Management: If you edit or publish an article/product listing, an additional cookie indicating the post ID is saved for 1 day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, maps, or technical PDFs). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to those websites.

6. Data Sharing

  • Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
  • Third-Party Services: We do not sell your professional contact information to third parties. We only share data with service providers necessary for website maintenance and business operations.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for automated follow-up approval.
  • User Profiles: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username).
  • Business Inquiries: Data from business inquiries is retained as long as necessary to provide the requested services or comply with legal obligations.

8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

9. Security of Your Information

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

10. Contact Information

For any privacy-related inquiries regarding our fastener directory services, please contact us through our official website contact page.