Last updated: 22 October 2026

This privacy policy applies to mediumspringgreen-yak-979052.hostingersite.com. For questions or requests about your data, you can contact us at https://chinaautomobiles.com/contact-us.

1. About This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how China Automobile (we, our, us) collects, uses, stores and protects personal data when you visit our website mediumspringgreen-yak-979052.hostingersite.com (the Site).

China Automobile is an authorised Chinese car dealer with an office in China, and the Site is open to buyers around the world. Because visitors come from many countries, we use the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union as our baseline standard for every visitor. As our office and our data processing are in China, the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (PIPL) also applies to our handling of personal information. Where the data protection law of your own country gives you additional rights, we respect those rights to the extent that law applies to us.

By using the Site and sending data through the contact form, you confirm that you have read and understood this policy. Please read it together with our Terms and Conditions on this Site.

2. Who We Are

Trading name: China Automobile
Website: https://chinaautomobiles.com/
Nature of the business: authorised Chinese car dealer with an office in China, supplying buyers worldwide
Data controller: China Automobile
Contact: https://chinaautomobiles.com/contact-us

We have not appointed a data protection officer. For every privacy question, please use the contact page at https://chinaautomobiles.com/contact-us.

Our office is in China. For that reason, the data you provide through the Site is processed in China. The safeguards that apply are explained in section 7.

3. What Data We Collect

3.1 Data You Give Us

When you send an enquiry through the contact form, we collect:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your country and city, or the destination port you have in mind
  • Your organisation (optional)
  • The subject and type of your enquiry, chosen from a drop-down list
  • The content of your message

We do not offer user accounts, we do not require registration to use the Site and we do not process payments through the Site.

3.2 Data Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, our hosting environment and third-party services may automatically collect technical data such as:

  • IP address (used for country-level analysis and not stored individually)
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited and navigation path
  • Referring website
  • Country-level location derived from the IP address
  • Device type
  • Date, time and length of the visit

We use this data only in aggregated and anonymised form, to understand which parts of the Site buyers use most and to improve our content.

3.3 Data We Do Not Collect

We do not collect:

  • Payment card or bank account data
  • Identity documents or national identity numbers
  • Precise real-time location data
  • Biometric data
  • Special categories of personal data within the meaning of the GDPR, such as data about health, ethnic origin, religious beliefs or political opinions

4. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect for the following purposes:

  • Answering enquiries: replying to your enquiry, confirming vehicle availability and preparing a quotation for delivery to the destination port.
  • Performing contracts: handling a sales contract, the export documents and the delivery when you place an order with us.
  • Improving the service: understanding how the Site is used and improving its content and structure.
  • Analytics: measuring Site traffic in an aggregated and non-identifiable way.
  • Legal obligations: complying with applicable law and legitimate legal requirements.

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data to third parties for their own marketing purposes. We do not use your data for automated decisions or for profiling that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the following bases, using the GDPR as our reference and applying the PIPL where it governs our processing:

  • Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; Article 13 PIPL): when you voluntarily provide data through the contact form.
  • Performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR; Article 13 PIPL): when you enter into a sales contract with us or ask for a quotation for one.
  • Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): for Site analytics, security and service improvement, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override ours.
  • Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR; Article 13 PIPL): when processing is required by applicable law.

If you gave us your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.

6. Cookies and Tracking

This Site uses cookies, small text files stored on your device, to work properly. We use the following categories:

  • Functional cookies: required for the Site to operate, such as session management and the WordPress content management system. You cannot switch them off without affecting the basic functions of the Site.
  • Analytics cookies: provide aggregated and anonymised information about how the Site is used.
  • Third-party cookies: the third-party services we use to run the Site may set their own cookies, as described in section 7.

For cookies that are not strictly necessary, we ask for your consent first, as good practice in line with the GDPR and with respect for your privacy. You can manage cookie settings in your browser and withdraw any consent you gave at any time. Switching off certain cookies may limit how the Site works.

7. Third-Party Services and Transfers to China

This Site is built with WordPress and Elementor. The following categories of processors may be involved in providing our services:

  • Web hosting: the Site is hosted on a third-party server. Your data may be processed by the hosting provider as part of its standard services.
  • Email delivery: contact form submissions are forwarded by email. Our email provider may process your data to deliver the messages.
  • Analytics: anonymous and aggregated visitor data may be processed by a third-party analytics service.

We only pass your personal data on to third parties:

  • to service providers that process data on our behalf and are bound by confidentiality
  • when the law or a legitimate order requires it
  • to protect our rights, safety or property, or those of our users or the public

Because our office is in China, the data of visitors from other countries is transferred to and processed in China. Where your local law requires safeguards for such transfers, for example Chapter V of the GDPR, we apply them, including standard contractual clauses and additional technical measures where appropriate.

8. Retention Period

We keep personal data from contact form enquiries for 24 months from the date of submission, or for as long as needed to answer your enquiry and keep our records. A longer period applies only when the law requires it, for example for the records of completed sales.

Analytics data is kept according to the standard settings of the analytics service we use.

If you ask us to delete your data, we will delete it within the legal deadline, unless we must keep it by legal obligation.

9. Your Rights

Under the GDPR standard we apply, and under Chapter IV of the PIPL where it applies, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectification: correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erasure: request deletion of your data, subject to legal retention duties.
  • Restriction: limit the processing of your data in certain cases.
  • Portability: receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, where technically feasible.
  • Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Withdrawal of consent: withdraw a consent you have given, at any time.

If you believe we are not handling your data correctly, you can also lodge a complaint with the data protection authority of the country where you live or work.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in section 14.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction, including:

  • HTTPS encryption of data sent between your browser and the Site
  • Restricted access to the systems that contain personal data
  • Regular review of our data handling practices

No method of data transmission over the internet is completely secure. If you have concerns about the security of your data, please contact us at https://chinaautomobiles.com/contact-us.

11. Children's Privacy

This Site is not directed at people under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from visitors under 18. If you believe a person under 18 has given us data, please contact us at https://chinaautomobiles.com/contact-us and we will delete it as soon as possible.

12. External Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, such as those of car manufacturers, industry associations and government bodies including national customs authorities. China Automobile is not responsible for the privacy policies of those sites and recommends that you read them before leaving personal data there.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated. We recommend that you read the policy regularly. If you keep using the Site after a change is published, you accept the updated policy.

14. Contact

For privacy questions, including requests to access, correct or delete your data or to exercise any of the rights in section 9, you can contact China Automobile:

China Automobile
Website: https://chinaautomobiles.com/
Contact form: https://chinaautomobiles.com/contact-us

We respond to requests about your rights as soon as possible and no later than one month after we receive them, in line with the GDPR standard we apply.