Effective Date: October 8, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how JieYang HouZai Automation Equipment Co.,Ltd. (“Houzai,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares your personal data when you visit our website, https://hzdrives.com (the “Website”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://hzdrives.com. This Website is operated by JieYang HouZai Automation Equipment Co.,Ltd., a company registered in China, with its registered office at No. 5 Lingang Road, Wangniudun Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China1.
You can contact us regarding this Privacy Policy or any data protection inquiries at:
JieYang HouZai Automation Equipment Co.,Ltd. is the data controller for the personal data collected via this Website. We specialize in the R&D, production, and sales of high-precision planetary reducers, robot special reducers, and providing comprehensive solutions in the high-precision planetary transmission field.
2. Data We Collect and How We Use It
We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our services to you.
a. Information You Provide to Us Directly:
- Contact Form/Inquiry Form Data: When you fill out our “Get Quote” or “Contact Us” forms, we collect your name, email address, phone number, company name, and any other information you choose to provide in your message.
- Purpose: To respond to your inquiries, provide quotes, communicate about our products and services, and manage our business relationship.
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Performance of a contract or legitimate interests (responding to your requests).
- Retention: We retain this data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, typically for [e.g., 5 years] for business development and record-keeping, or until you request its deletion.
b. Automatically Collected Data:
- Usage Data: We collect information about how you access and use the Website. This Usage Data may include your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
- Purpose: To monitor and analyze the use of our Website, improve its functionality, and understand user behavior.
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Legitimate interests (improving our Website and services).
- Retention: This data is typically retained for 26 months or as configured in our analytics tools.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.
- Purpose: To enhance your browsing experience, remember your preferences, analyze Website traffic, and for marketing purposes.
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Consent (for non-essential cookies) and legitimate interests (for essential cookies).
- Retention: Cookie retention periods vary depending on the type of cookie (see “Cookies” section below).
c. Data from Other Sources:
- We may receive information about you from third-party sources, such as business partners, marketing agencies, or public databases, to enhance our understanding of potential clients and improve our marketing efforts.
- Purpose: Business development, lead generation, and marketing.
- Legal Basis (GDPR): Legitimate interests.
- Retention: Retained as long as relevant for business purposes or until you object.
3. Cookies
Our Website uses various types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the Website to function correctly (e.g., session cookies for navigation, security cookies). They do not store any personally identifiable information.
- Example: WordPress login cookies (last for two days, screen options cookies last for a year), temporary cookies to check browser cookie acceptance.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (e.g., language preferences) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Example: Cookies for saving your name, email, and website if you leave a comment (last for one year).
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Example: Google Analytics cookies (e.g.,
_ga, _gid, _gat).
- Marketing/Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
- Example: Cookies from social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter) if you interact with embedded content or share our content.
Your Cookie Choices: Upon your first visit to our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie settings or by adjusting your browser settings to refuse all or some cookies. However, if you disable cookies, some parts of our Website may not function properly.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, images, articles, social media feeds). 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, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third-party services. We endeavor to use privacy-enhanced modes for embedded content where available (e.g., YouTube’s youtube-nocookie.com).
5. Who We Share Your Data With
We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers: We engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website and services, provide services on our behalf, perform Website-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Website is used. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- Examples: Google Analytics (for website analytics), CRM systems (for customer relationship management), email marketing platforms, hosting providers (Vultr), security services (Wordfence), spam detection services (e.g., Akismet for comments).
- Business Transfers: If Houzai is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Houzai.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website.
- Protect the personal safety of users of the Website or the public.
- Protect against legal liability.
- Social Media Platforms: If you interact with our social media pages or share content from our Website on social media, data may be shared with platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter according to their respective privacy policies.
We ensure that all third-party service providers are subject to appropriate data processing agreements (DPAs) to safeguard your data.
6. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction.
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA) or California, please note that your data may be transferred to countries outside the EEA/California, including China and the United States, where many of our service providers are located. We take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, where required.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).
- Contact Form/Inquiry Data: Typically retained for 5 years for business development and record-keeping.
- Registered User Data: Retained for as long as your account is active. Upon account deletion, data will be removed within a reasonable timeframe, unless legally required to be kept longer.
- Comments and Metadata: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained for 3 years to facilitate follow-up comments and spam detection.
- Usage Data (e.g., Google Analytics): Retained for 26 months.
- Cookies: Retention periods vary (see “Cookies” section).
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location (e.g., EU under GDPR, California under CCPA), you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
- The Right to Be Informed: You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy serves this purpose.
- The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions (e.g., for direct marketing).
- The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- Rights in Relation to Automated Decision Making and Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at houzaimkt@gmail.com. We will respond to your request within one month (or as required by applicable law). Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
9. Data Security
We are committed to ensuring the security of your personal data. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:
- SSL/TLS Encryption: Our Website uses SSL/TLS encryption to secure data transmission.
- Firewalls and Access Controls: We employ firewalls and strict access controls on our servers.
- Regular Backups: Data is regularly backed up to prevent loss.
- Security Audits: We conduct periodic security audits and vulnerability assessments.
- Employee Training: Our staff are trained on data protection best practices.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
12. Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you are an individual in the EEA and believe that our processing of your personal data infringes data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.
