Privacy Policy
The following describes the Privacy Policy for CarsHelpline.com website.
Your Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide
this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can
make about the way your information is collected and used. You agree to agree
to these policies by virtue of using our website in a way that leads to you
providing us with personal information.
State Law & Accompanying Rights
Please understand that you may have additional rights originating from State
laws based on where you live. These State-based rights may augment, strengthen,
or otherwise somehow compliment any privacy rights you have inherently or under
Federal law. Our policy is to comply fully with the privacy policies of every
jurisdiction in which we operate. Accordingly, you are free to use our Contact
information to reach us at any time to assert any State rights.
Our Commitment To Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that
reason, our website will never collect or maintain information at our website
from those we actually know are under 18, and no part of our website is
structured to attract anyone under 18.
Under our Terms of Service and Conditions of Use, children under 18 are not
allowed to use our website and access our services. It is not our intention to
offer products or services to minors.
Google Analytics
CarsHelpline.com uses Google Analytics to help analyse how users use the
site. The tool uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to
collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information in
an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of
the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This
information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of this website and to
compile statistical reports on website activity.
We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical
analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information
of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any
other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an
IP address with the identity of a computer user.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on
your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to
use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent
to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the
purposes set out above.
Other Collection of Personal Information
When visiting our website, the IP address used to access our website may be
logged along with the dates and times of access. This information is purely
used to analyze trends, administer our website, track users movement, and
gather broad demographic information for internal use such as statistical
assessments and website improvement. Most importantly, any recorded IP
addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Other information may be collected as well, which is rather typical of most websites.
For instance, the source that referred you to our website is generally known.
Likewise, your duration on our website, and your destination when you leave our
website can also be tracked. Other common data collected includes the type of
operating system the computer you are using to access our website has.
Similarly, the type of web browser is often noted. Again, this is common data
collection, and helps ultimately produce a better end-user experience.
Cookies are another common internet practice. Cookies are a key means of
improving user experience by allows us to customize your use of our website.
Simple information is transferred to your computer to allow the content and
experience to reflect your actions, preferences, and so on. You should simply
make the assumption our website uses cookies, and note that you are free to
make adjustments in your web browser to disable these or otherwise receive
notification of cookies so you can take whatever desired action you so choose.
Please understand that refusing cookies may cripple some of our website
features and render some aspects useless to you.
At times, you will be fully aware of information received, as you are the
direct source providing it. For instance, you may comment on a blog post, reply
to an email (whether broadcast message or autoresponder), provide an email
address, complete a survey, requests SMS, or otherwise. Likewise, purchases
necessarily involve collecting certain information, such as credit card
information, Paypal addresses, your physical address for billing and/or
shipping, phone number, and so on. Refusing to provide some of this information
may lead to us being unable to provide you with the products or services you’ve
requested.
A prime example of limited access to our website is where content may be
protected by a username and password. Whether a username and password is
generated by our website, or created by you, these will almost always be
connected with some other information related to or connected with you. This is
true since much content that is protected on the internet is subscription
based, often paid for. Thus, the username and password must necessarily be tied
to your other account data. Usernames and passwords, by their very nature,
should be kept private.
Handling of Personal Information
Note that any personal information you provide to others apart from us or
our vendors is wholly optional. As an example, you might disclose something in
a blog post comment. That “private” information is now “public,” and we have no
control over that. In like fashion, you sharing information with any other
third party not functioning as a service provider to us puts that information
beyond our control and becomes subject to the policy that party has in place.
Our primary intention for collecting personal and private information from
you is simply to conduct our business. We can use this internally to better
serve you. Accordingly, we see no reason to share your personal information to
other parties and outside interests unless you have authorized us to do so.
Of course, there are instances where your information is stored with third
party service providers, such as email service providers, as they provide
services that are industry-leading in quality and security and are far more
beneficial to our end user than attempting such services “in-house.” However,
you are never required to deal with any such third party directly, they are
limited in how they use your information, and they cannot sell or transfer it
to others in any way.
However, of course, your information does comprise part of an overall whole.
This aggregate of information, by contrast, may be used to understand our
overall user base. Further, we may share this information about our website
visitors as a whole, not individually, with third parties for various purposes,
in our sole discretion.
While we are staunch privacy advocates, there are times when even we may be
forced to abandon these ideals. Just as major search engines face ongoing
compulsion to provide data against their will, so too may the same occur with
our website. Illegal activity or other serious acts or allegations could create
legal liability for our website. In those cases, we reserve the right to share
your information, or else may simply be compelled to do so by law.
On the other hand, there may be times when we would need to share your
private information in order to protect our own interests. For instance, in
cases of suspected or alleged copyright infringement or other intellectual
property violations, it may be necessary to share personal information.
Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, may use cookies to serve ads
on this website. The use of DART cookies by Google enables them to serve
adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this website, including
past visits, as well as other websites on the internet.
To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content
network privacy policy at the following url http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s
own privacy policies.
Other Third Party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track
users activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and
other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies, our website
has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party
advertisers. However, you can opt out of some, though likely not all, of these
cookies in one easy location at
http://ww.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
Links to Third Party Websites
We have included links on this website for your use and reference. We are
not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware
that the privacy policies of these websites may differ from our own.
Comments Policy
As you know, Web 2.0 is all about the conversation. But without a few simple
ground rules, that conversation can turn into a shouting match that discourages
others from entering into the fray.
So here is CarsHelpline.com comments policy. By posting on my blog, you
agree to the following:
You may comment without registering. You can log-in via Disqus, OpenID,
Twitter, Facebook—or not at all. It’s up to you. You may post anonymously. I
don’t recommend this, but you may do so if you wish. I may change this rule if
it is abused.
You may post follow-up questions. If you have a question, chances are you
are not alone. Others are likely thinking similarly. Therefore, I would rather
receive your comments on CarsHelpline.com than via email. It is a better use of
my time to address everyone at once rather than answer several similar emails.
You may disagree with me. I welcome debate. However, I ask that if you
disagree with me—or anyone else, for that matter—do so in a way that is
respectful. In my opinion, there is way too much shouting in the public square
to tolerate it here.
CarsHelpline.com reserves the right to delete your comments. This is my
blog. I don’t have an obligation to publish your comments. The First Amendment
gives you the right to express your opinions on your blog not mine.
Specifically, I will delete your comments if you post something that is, in
my sole opinion, (a)snarky; (b) off-topic; (c) libelous, defamatory, abusive,
harassing, threatening, profane, pornographic, offensive, false, misleading, or
which otherwise violates or encourages others to violate my sense of decorum
and civility or any law, including intellectual property laws; or (d) “spam,” i.e.,
an attempt to advertise, solicit, or otherwise promote goods and services. You
may, however, post a link to your site or your most recent blog post.
You retain ownership of your comments. I do not own them and I expressly
disclaim any and all liability that may result from them. By commenting on my
site, you agree that you retain all ownership rights in what you post here and
that you will relieve me from any and all liability that may result from those
postings.
You grant CarsHelpline.com a license to post your comments. This license is
worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free. You grant me the right
to store, use, transmit, display, publish, reproduce, and distribute your
comments in any format, including but not limited to a blog, in a book, a
video, or presentation.
In short, my goal is to host interesting conversations with caring, honest,
and respectful people. I believe this simple comments policy will facilitate
this.
CHANGE NOTICE: As with any of our administrative and legal notice pages, the
contents of this page can and will change over time. Accordingly, this page
could read differently as of your very next visit. These changes are
necessitated, and carried out by CarsHelpline.com, in order to protect you and
our CarsHelpline.com website. If this page is important to you, you should
check back frequently as no other notice of changed content will be provided
either before or after the change takes effect.
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