CARS2 PRIVACY POLICY

Cars2 Ltd takes the privacy of its users seriously. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users while providing a personalised and valuable service. This Privacy Policy statement explains the data processing practices of Cars2 Ltd. If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact us at customerservices@cars2.co.uk

Information Collected

Personal information is collected by Cars2 Ltd on behalf of its trading entities (including Cars2, Cars2 Hyundai and Cars2 Citroen).

We collect personally identifiable information about you (your "Data") through:

  • the use of enquiry and registration forms

  • when you purchase any of our products or services

  • the provision of your details to us either online or offline.

The elements of your Data that we collect may include:

  • Name

  • Job title

  • Company name

  • Company address, phone number

  • Home address and phone number

  • Mobile telephone number

  • E-mail address

  • Payment details such as credit card information

  • Bank details

  • Date of birth

If you are a user of any of our websites we may also collect information that we request from you regarding your use of the service or that we collect automatically about your visit to our sites.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

We use your Data for purposes which may include:

  • providing our users with a personalised service

  • processing orders, registrations and enquiries

  • running competitions, prize draws and promotions

  • providing you with information about products and services we offer (if you agree to receive such information)

We also use information in aggregate form (so that no individual user is identified by name):

  • to build up marketing profiles

  • to aid strategic development

  • to manage our relationship with advertisers

  • to audit usage of the site.

Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Devices

We use cookies to help personalise your use of our sites. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer's hard drive by the web server so that the website can remember who you are. This information may include information relating to your use of our sites, information about your computer such as the computer's IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at our site via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are a registered user or subscriber this may include your name and email address , which may be transferred to data processors for registered user or subscriber verification purposes.

We use information from cookies for purposes which may include:

  • identifying returning users, registrants and subscribers and to allow them to be presented with a personalised information

  • enabling you to move more easily around our sites

  • tracking your use of our sites to better develop our sites in accordance with your requirements

  • building up a profile based on your browsing patterns across our sites and third party websites, which enables us to make advertisements available to you that are more relevant to your interests

From time to time we may permit third party companies to set cookies on our sites for purposes which may include market research, serving advertisements, revenue tracking or to improve functionality of the site.

Our websites use web analytics services provided by Google, each of which uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use Cars2. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our sites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored on servers in the United States and/or United Kingdom. They will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our sites, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. They may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on their behalf. They will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by those service providers in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Security Policy

Cars2 Ltd have appropriate measures in place to ensure that our users’ Data is protected against unauthorised access or use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction and accidental loss. User Data may be transferred outside Cars2 to data processors such as fulfillment houses but they will act only on our instructions to provide the services required.

User Access and Control of Data

If you wish to amend any of the Data which we hold about you, or update your marketing preferences, please contact customerservices@cars2.co.uk or visit the “Contact Us” section of our website

Calls made to these numbers may be recorded for training and quality control purposes.

All users

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you by contacting us at customerservices@cars2.co.uk

Children Under 14

We do not intentionally collect any information on children under 14 years of age. We will undertake to delete any details of such users where a parent or guardian has notified us that any such details have been obtained.

Changes to this Policy

This policy is effective from 08 August 2009. From time to time we may make changes to this privacy policy statement to reflect any changes to our privacy practices in accordance with changes to legislation, best practice or website enhancements.