Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Zhijiang Zhengzhi Trading Co., Ltd., operating under the brand name PeaceStop, is committed to protecting the privacy of every individual who interacts with our website at https://www.peacestop.lat and our computer systems design and consulting services. This Privacy Policy explains in clear and comprehensive detail how we collect, use, store, share, and safeguard personal information that you provide to us or that we gather through your use of our website and services. By accessing or using the PeaceStop website and services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of our website and services immediately. We encourage you to read this document carefully and to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have regarding our data handling practices.

The developer and operator of this website is PeaceStop, a brand under Zhijiang Zhengzhi Trading Co., Ltd., a company registered and operating under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China. Our work spans the computer systems design and related services industry, where we provide architecture planning, integration consulting, and managed technology services to businesses worldwide. In the course of conducting our professional operations, we may process various categories of information, and we take this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. This policy applies to all information collected through our website, through email and telephone communications, through client onboarding processes, and through any other channel where you engage with PeaceStop.

2. Information We Collect

In order to provide our computer systems design and consulting services effectively, PeaceStop may collect several categories of information from and about you. The types of information we gather depend on the nature of your interaction with us and the services you request. We are transparent about each category and its purpose, and we only collect information that is reasonably necessary for fulfilling our legitimate business functions and contractual obligations.

Personal Identification Information: When you contact us through our website contact form, send us an email, call our office, or engage our consulting services, we may collect your full name, email address, telephone number, company name, job title, and physical mailing address. This information allows us to respond to your inquiries, provide service proposals, and maintain accurate records of our client relationships.

Technical and Usage Information: When you visit our website, our servers automatically record certain technical data transmitted by your browser. This includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, referring website URLs, pages visited on our site, the date and time of your visit, and the duration of your session. This information is aggregated and used for website administration, security monitoring, and performance optimization.

Communication Records: We retain copies of correspondence exchanged between you and PeaceStop, including emails, contact form submissions, telephone call notes, and meeting summaries. These records help us maintain continuity in our client relationships and ensure we deliver consistent and accurate service across all communication channels.

Project and Technical Data: During the course of providing computer systems design and consulting services, clients may share technical specifications, network architecture diagrams, system configuration details, and business process documentation. This information is considered confidential and is handled in accordance with the confidentiality provisions of our Terms of Service and any applicable non-disclosure agreements.

3. How We Collect Information

PeaceStop collects information through multiple legitimate channels, and we are committed to ensuring that every method of collection is fair, lawful, and transparent. Understanding how your data reaches us helps you make informed decisions about the information you choose to share.

Direct Collection from You: The primary source of personal information is the data you voluntarily provide to us. This occurs when you fill out our website contact form, when you subscribe to any newsletters or updates we may offer, when you email us directly at help@peacestop.lat, when you call our office at +15414707679, or when you provide information during the onboarding process for a consulting engagement. In each case, you are in control of the information you share, and we clearly indicate which fields are required versus optional.

Automated Collection Technologies: As you navigate our website, we may use cookies, web beacons, server logs, and similar technologies to automatically collect technical and usage information. These tools help us understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are most frequently accessed, and whether users encounter any technical difficulties. The collection of this data is passive and does not require any active input from you beyond visiting the website.

Collection from Third Parties: In some circumstances, we may receive information about you from third-party sources. This could include business partners who refer you to our services, publicly available business directories and professional networking platforms, and industry event organizers with whom you have shared your contact information. Whenever we receive information from third parties, we verify that the source obtained your information lawfully and that its sharing with us is consistent with applicable privacy expectations.

4. How We Use Your Information

Every use of your personal information by PeaceStop is grounded in a specific, legitimate purpose. We do not process data indiscriminately, and we maintain a clear record of the purposes for which each category of information is used. The following list describes in detail how we utilize the information we collect.

Service Delivery and Client Support: We use your contact information and project requirements to deliver the computer systems design, integration consulting, and managed services that you have requested. This includes preparing proposals and statements of work, assembling project teams, communicating project milestones and deliverables, providing technical support, and addressing any issues or concerns that arise during the engagement.

Communication and Relationship Management: Your contact details enable us to respond to your inquiries, follow up on service requests, send confirmations and updates about ongoing projects, and maintain a professional relationship with you. We may also use your contact information to inform you about service enhancements, new capabilities, or relevant industry developments that may benefit your organization, though you may opt out of such communications at any time.

Website Improvement and Analytics: Technical and usage data helps us analyze website traffic patterns, identify popular content, detect and resolve technical problems, improve site navigation and layout, and enhance the overall user experience. This data is typically aggregated and anonymized before analysis, meaning it cannot be used to identify you individually.

Legal Compliance and Security: We may process your information as necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to lawful requests from government authorities, enforce our Terms of Service, protect the rights and safety of PeaceStop and our clients, detect and prevent fraud or unauthorized access, and maintain the security of our systems and data.

Business Operations: Internally, we use client information for administrative purposes such as billing and invoicing, resource allocation and capacity planning, quality assurance and service improvement initiatives, and internal training and knowledge management. All such uses are subject to strict internal policies that protect confidentiality.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

PeaceStop processes personal information in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations. Depending on your jurisdiction and the nature of our interaction, one or more of the following legal bases may apply to our processing activities. We are committed to identifying and documenting the appropriate legal basis for each processing operation before it commences.

Contractual Necessity: When you engage PeaceStop for computer systems design or consulting services, we process your information as necessary to perform our contractual obligations to you. This includes preparing service agreements, delivering the agreed-upon work, processing payments, and providing ongoing support throughout the engagement lifecycle.

Legitimate Interests: We may process your information where we have a legitimate business interest that is not overridden by your data protection rights. Legitimate interests include improving our website and services, conducting business analytics, ensuring network and information security, and communicating with existing clients about service updates relevant to their engagement.

Consent: In certain situations, we may rely on your explicit consent as the legal basis for processing. This applies particularly to the use of non-essential cookies and tracking technologies, the sending of marketing communications to individuals who are not existing clients, and the processing of any sensitive categories of personal data. Where consent serves as the basis, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

Legal Obligation: We may process your information as required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or other legally binding governmental requests. This may include retaining records for tax and accounting purposes, responding to lawful subpoenas or investigative demands, and complying with industry-specific regulatory requirements.

6. How We Share Your Information

PeaceStop does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. We share information only as described in this section and only with parties who are contractually bound to protect the confidentiality and security of your data to standards at least as rigorous as our own.

Service Providers and Subcontractors: We may engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf, such as website hosting, email delivery, data storage, payment processing, and analytics. These service providers receive only the information necessary to perform their designated functions and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose. Each service provider is vetted for its data protection practices and is bound by a written agreement that includes confidentiality and security obligations.

Professional Advisors: In the ordinary course of business, we may share information with our legal counsel, accountants, auditors, and insurance providers. These disclosures are made under strict confidentiality obligations and are limited to what is reasonably necessary for the advisor to provide their professional services to PeaceStop.

Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, client information may be among the transferred assets. In such circumstances, we will notify affected individuals and ensure that the recipient agrees to protect the information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Legal and Safety Disclosures: We may disclose your information if we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to valid legal process, protect the rights or property of PeaceStop, prevent fraud or illegal activity, protect the personal safety of our employees, clients, or the public, or enforce our Terms of Service and other agreements.

7. Data Security Measures

Protecting the information entrusted to us is a foundational priority at PeaceStop. As a company operating in the computer systems design industry, we possess deep technical expertise in information security, and we apply the same rigorous standards to our own infrastructure that we recommend to our clients. Our security program is built on a defense-in-depth strategy that employs multiple overlapping layers of protection.

Technical Safeguards: We implement industry-standard encryption protocols for data in transit and at rest. Our web servers are configured with Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt all communications between your browser and our website. Internal systems are protected by firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and regular vulnerability scanning. Access to production systems is strictly controlled through multi-factor authentication and role-based access controls.

Organizational Safeguards: Our employees and contractors receive regular training on data protection and information security best practices. Access to client information is limited to personnel who require it for their specific job functions. We maintain a comprehensive set of information security policies and procedures that are reviewed and updated at least annually to address evolving threats and regulatory requirements.

Incident Response: Despite our best efforts, no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure. In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we have established procedures to promptly investigate the incident, contain the breach, assess the impact, and notify affected individuals and relevant authorities in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

8. Data Retention Periods

PeaceStop retains personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations. Our retention schedules are established based on a careful analysis of the nature and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process the information, and whether those purposes can be achieved through other means.

Client Project Records: Information related to active and completed consulting engagements is typically retained for a period of seven years following the conclusion of the engagement, consistent with standard business record-keeping practices and potential legal requirements related to professional services liability.

Website Usage Data: Technical logs and analytics data are retained in identifiable form for a maximum of twenty-four months. After this period, data is either deleted or irreversibly anonymized so that it can no longer be associated with any individual.

Communication Records: Email correspondence and contact form submissions are retained for a period of three years from the date of the last communication, after which they are securely deleted unless a longer retention period is required by law or for the establishment or defense of legal claims.

Cookie Data: Information collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies is retained for varying periods depending on the specific cookie type. Session cookies expire when you close your browser, while persistent cookies may remain on your device for periods ranging from days to months, as specified in our cookie settings available through your browser controls.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. PeaceStop is committed to honoring these rights in accordance with applicable law and will respond to all valid requests within the timeframes prescribed by relevant regulations. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your data protection rights.

Right of Access: You have the right to request confirmation of whether we process your personal information and, if so, to obtain a copy of that information along with details about how we use and share it. We will provide this information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format where feasible.

Right of Rectification: If you believe that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request that we correct or update it. We encourage you to keep your contact information current so that we can communicate with you effectively.

Right of Erasure: In certain circumstances, you may request that we delete your personal information. This right is not absolute and may be limited by our need to retain information for legitimate business purposes, legal compliance, or the establishment or defense of legal claims. We will evaluate each erasure request carefully and inform you of our decision and the specific reasons supporting it.

Right to Restrict Processing: You may ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information under specific conditions, such as when you contest the accuracy of the data or object to our processing on legitimate interest grounds. While processing is restricted, we will continue to store your information but will not otherwise process it without your consent or for legal claims.

Right to Data Portability: Where processing is based on your consent or a contract and is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal information in a portable format and to request that we transmit it directly to another organization where technically feasible.

Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information where we rely on legitimate interests as the legal basis. You also have an absolute right to object to the processing of your information for direct marketing purposes at any time.

10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and understand where our visitors come from. This section explains what cookies are, how we use them, and the choices available to you regarding their deployment on your device.

What Are Cookies: Cookies are small text files that a website places on your computer or mobile device when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the site operators. Cookies may be session-based and expire when you close your browser, or persistent and remain on your device for a predetermined period.

Types of Cookies We Use: We use essential cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of our website, such as those that enable navigation and access to secure areas. We also use analytics cookies that help us understand visitor behavior on our site, such as which pages are viewed and how long visitors spend on each page. Currently, our website does not use advertising or targeting cookies, and we do not engage in behavioral advertising or profiling activities.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you each time a cookie is offered. Please be aware that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your ability to use certain features. For detailed guidance on managing cookies in your specific browser, please refer to the help documentation provided by your browser vendor.

11. Privacy for Minors

PeaceStop is a professional business-to-business computer systems design and consulting firm, and our website and services are not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of sixteen without verifiable parental consent. The nature of our services involves complex technical consulting, architectural planning, and systems integration work that is exclusively marketed to and intended for adult business professionals and organizational decision-makers.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately at help@peacestop.lat. Upon verification of the circumstances, we will take prompt steps to remove such information from our systems and terminate any accounts that may have been created. We take our responsibility to protect the privacy of minors seriously and have implemented reasonable measures to screen users and prevent the unintentional collection of information from children.

In the event that we learn we have collected personal information from a minor without appropriate consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor the online activities of their children and to educate them about protecting their privacy while using the internet.

12. Third-Party Links and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, applications, and services that are not owned or controlled by PeaceStop. These links are provided for your convenience and informational purposes only. The presence of a link does not constitute an endorsement, approval, or recommendation of the third-party content, products, or services, nor does it imply any association with their operators.

When you click on a link to a third-party website, you leave our site and are subject to the privacy policies and practices of that external destination. PeaceStop has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit before providing any personal information.

Our website may also integrate with third-party services such as embedded maps, video players, social media sharing features, and analytics platforms. These integrations may collect information about your interaction with them independently of PeaceStop. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of these third-party service providers to understand how they handle your data.

13. International Data Transfers

PeaceStop is headquartered in Zhijiang City, Yichang, China, and our primary operations and data storage infrastructure are located within the Peoples Republic of China. If you are accessing our website or engaging our services from a location outside of China, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in China, where our servers and central database are located. The data protection laws in China may differ from those applicable in your country of residence.

By using our website or providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge and consent to the transfer of your data to China and its processing there. We take appropriate steps to ensure that such transfers are conducted in accordance with applicable law and that your information receives an adequate level of protection regardless of where it is processed. These measures include implementing standard contractual clauses where appropriate, conducting transfer impact assessments, and ensuring that any third parties involved in cross-border data processing maintain equivalent safeguards.

For clients and website visitors located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other jurisdictions with specific cross-border data transfer restrictions, we are committed to working with you to implement supplementary measures that provide appropriate safeguards for your data consistent with the requirements of your applicable local law. Please contact us if you have specific questions or concerns about international data transfers relating to your information.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

PeaceStop reserves the right to update, modify, or replace this Privacy Policy at any time in response to evolving legal requirements, changes in our operational practices, or the introduction of new technologies and services. When we make changes, we will revise the Last Updated date at the top of this page and post the updated policy on our website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

For material changes that significantly affect how we collect, use, or share your personal information, we will make reasonable efforts to provide you with additional notice. This may include posting a prominent notice on our website homepage, sending you an email notification if we have your email address on file, or displaying a banner on the website during your next visit. Your continued use of the PeaceStop website and services after the effective date of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

If any change to this Privacy Policy requires your express consent under applicable law, we will obtain such consent before applying the change to previously collected information. We maintain an archive of previous versions of this policy, and you may request a copy of any historical version by contacting us using the information provided in the Contact Information section below.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, we encourage you to reach out to us. We are committed to addressing your privacy inquiries promptly and thoroughly. You may contact PeaceStop through any of the following channels:

Email: help@peacestop.lat
Telephone: +15414707679
Website: https://www.peacestop.lat
Postal Address: Zhijiang Zhengzhi Trading Co., Ltd., Group 1, Lugang Village, Xiannu Town, Zhijiang City, Yichang 443000, China

We aim to acknowledge all privacy-related inquiries within two business days of receipt and to provide a substantive response within thirty calendar days. If your inquiry is complex or requires additional investigation, we will inform you of the expected timeline for our full response. If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy complaint, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your jurisdiction.