DEALERSHIP
WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY
OrangeCountyAutoLoans.com’s policy is to respect and protect the privacy of its users and recognize the importance of protecting the personal information it collects about its users. OrangeCountyAutoLoans.com would like to assure its users that this privacy policy meets the requirements of the various privacy laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998.
YOUR USER INFORMATION
All personal information
collected at www. OrangeCountyAutoLoans.com (the “Web Site”) by
“Web Site” and/or its parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, affiliated
companies and/or promotional partners or agencies (collectively,
"“Web Site”") will be utilized primarily for internal
purposes with the goal of enhancing the user’s online experience.
“Web Site” collects
information in several ways including, without limitation, primarily the
following:
(1) Some personal information is
gathered when you register to participate in or receive information via electronic
mail or otherwise about: automobiles in general, your automobile, automobile
insurance, general and personal automobile maintenance, general and personal
finance, general and personal credit, automobile dealerships, quotes, research,
statistics, advice, Web sites, games, contests, sweepstakes, promotional events
and/or any other event that takes place on the Web Site. During such registration, “Web
Site” may ask for information such as, without limitation, a user’s
name, electronic mail address, birth date, gender, zip code and country, and
other optional information that may be particular to that registration
process;
(2) “Web Site” collects
information on its users’ demographics, interests and behavior based on
the information provided to “Web Site” from the registration
described in (1) above, from “Web Site”'s
server log files, from surveys, from cookies (see below) and from IP addresses
(see below). “Web Site” does
this to better understand and serve its users.
This collected information/research is generally compiled and analyzed
on an aggregated basis;
(3) For reasons such as improving
personalization of “Web Site”'s service,
“Web Site” might collect information about its users from other
sources and add it to “Web Site”'s
account information; and
(4) “Web Site” also
sometimes collects updated delivery and address information from its shippers
or other sources so that “Web Site” can correct its records and
deliver or communicate more easily.
”Web Site” uses
and/or discloses collected information in several ways, including, without
limitation, primarily the following:
(1) “Web Site” may use
electronic mail addresses or other personally identifiable information to
contact users who directly communicate with “Web Site”, to, among other
things, fulfill prizes, track/verify compliance with “Web Site”
policies as well as federal, state, local and other laws, and/or to solicit
editorial comments and feedback. For
example, “Web Site” may use such information to notify users that
they have won a game, contest or sweepstakes or to provide a requested
electronic mail newsletter or provide other requested information;
(2) “Web Site” may match
aggregated user information with third party data in order to better serve the
interests of its users;
(3) “Web Site” may disclose
aggregated user statistics in order to describe “Web Site”'s
services to prospective partners, advertisers and third parties and for other
lawful purposes, in order to, among other things, make better alliances and provide
a better user experience on the Web Site;
(4) “Web Site” may use a
user’s personally identifiable information for editorial purposes. For example, “Web Site” may use
information provided by a user to “Web Site” as part of an online
survey conducted by “Web Site”;
(5) Unless a user tells “Web
Site” that he/she would prefer not to receive electronic mail from
“Web Site”, “Web Site” may use collected personal
information to send you electronic mail about “Web Site”'s
and/or other companies’ products, promotions or services. A user may choose not to provide certain
information, but then that user might not be able to take advantage of many of
“Web Site”'s features;
(6) In some instances, collected
personal information may also be used by “Web Site” for additional
marketing and promotional purposes relating to the Web Site or other properties;
(7) “Web Site” may use
cookies and IP addresses as set forth in more detail below; and
(8) “Web Site” may disclose user information to third parties when “Web Site” has reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) “Web Site”'s rights or property, other Web Site users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. “Web Site” may disclose user information when “Web Site” believes in good faith that the law requires it.
“Web Site” may use agents
to carry out its activities:
“Web Site” may
employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on its behalf. Examples include, without limitation,
fulfilling orders, sending postal mail and electronic mail, removing repetitive
information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing
assistance, delivering packages and providing customer service. They may have access to personal information
needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
Other than as set forth above, it is
“Web Site”'s current policy not to share
any personally identifiable information provided by users with other third
parties, unless specified at the time of collection or with the user’s
consent.
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LINKS
Users should be aware that when they are on any portion of the Web Site, they
could be directed to other Web sites and/or Online materials that are beyond
“Web Site”'s control. There are links to
other Web sites from this Web Site that take users outside “Web Site”'s service. For example, if users
"click" on a banner advertisement, the "click" takes users
off the Web Site. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors, and partners
that may include “Web Site”'s logo as
part of a co-branding agreement. These other Web sites may send their own
cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information and have their
own privacy policies. To ensure the
protection of its users’ privacy while on the Web Site, “Web
Site” will make an effort to provide a notice and a link to this privacy
policy on all pages where personally identifying information is collected.
Users should keep in mind that whenever they give out personal information
Online – for example, via message boards or chat rooms – that
information could be collected and used by people that users do not know. While
“Web Site” strives to protect users’ personal information and
privacy, “Web Site” cannot guarantee the security of any
information users disclose Online, and users do so at their own risk.
“Web Site”'s policy does not extend to
anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet or any Online
technology, and therefore beyond “Web Site”'s
control, and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable law or
governmental regulation.
“Web Site” DOES NOT KNOWINGLY COLLECT INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
THIRTEEN (13) YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER.
“Web Site” does not knowingly collect information from children
thirteen (13) years of age or younger.
If you are under thirteen (13), do not send any information about
yourself to “Web Site”, including, information like your name,
address and/or electronic mail address.
“Web Site” encourages parents and guardians to spend time
online with their children and to supervise their children’s activities
on “Web Site”'s sites. “Web
Site” alerts parents that this Web Site features content exploring mature
themes not appropriate for children. This Web Site is not a Web site directed
to children under the age of 13. “Web Site” suggests that parents
consider using parental control tools available from Online services and
software manufacturers that may help ensure a child friendly Online environment
and help direct their children to suitable, child-oriented Web sites. Further,
“Web Site” request that all users to the Web Site that are under
the age of 13 not disclose or provide any personal information on this Web
Site. In the event that “Web
Site” discovers that a child under the age of 13 has provided “Web
Site” with his or her personal information, “Web Site” will
immediately delete the child’s personal information from its system.
Because “Web Site” does not knowingly collect such information,
“Web Site” does not knowingly provide any personally identifying
information from its users under 13 years of age,
regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. “Web Site” also does not
knowingly allow users under 13 years of age to be
listed in any member directory or to receive direct marketing communications
from “Web Site” or to be sent third-party offers.
USE OF COOKIES
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an
individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make
Web-surfing easier for the user by saving the user’s preferences while
the user is at the Web Site. “Web Site” never saves passwords or
credit card information in cookies.
By showing how and when users use a Web site, cookies help “Web
Site” see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to this Web
Site are based on such data as total number of users and pages viewed. This
information is most easily tracked with cookies. “Web Site” uses
the information from cookies to provide services better tailored to this Web
Site’s users.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your
browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.
USE OF IP ADDRESSES
An IP address is a number that’s automatically
assigned to your computer whenever you’re surfing the Web. Web servers – the big computers that "serve up" Web
pages – automatically identify your computer by its IP address.
“Web Site” may collect IP addresses for the purposes of system
administration, to report aggregate information to our advertisers, and to
audit the use of our site. When users request pages from this Web Site, our
servers log the users’ IP addresses. “Web Site” does not normally
link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that a
user’s session will be logged but the user remains anonymous to us.
“Web Site” can and will use IP addresses to identify a user when
“Web Site” feels it is necessary to enforce compliance with our
house rules, terms of service, any law or regulation or to protect our service,
Web Site, customers, or others.
Some services within the Web Site, such as certain message boards, may display
IP addresses along with the message poster’s name and message. Please review each service prior to use and only use those that
disclose information you are comfortable with sharing.
SECURITY
The importance of privacy and
security for all personally identifiable information associated with users is
of utmost concern to “Web Site”. “Web Site” exercises
great care in providing secure transmission of users’ information from
the users’ personal computer to “Web Site”'s
servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while “Web Site” strives
to protect users personal information, “Web Site” cannot ensure or
warrant the security of any information users transmit to “Web
Site” or from “Web Site”'s Online
products or services, and users do so at their own risk. Once “Web
Site” receives users’ transmission, “Web Site” makes
its best effort to ensure the transmission’s security on “Web Site”'s systems. If credit card information is
transmitted, “Web Site” uses industry standard, SSL (secure socket
layer) encryption.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
By using this Web Site, users assent to this privacy policy. If users do not agree to this privacy policy, users must not use this or any of “Web Site”'s Web sites. “Web Site” reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this privacy policy at any time, so users are encouraged to review this policy from time to time. Users’ continued use of this Web Site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean users’ acceptance of those changes.