Tires Plus Total Car Care thanks you for accessing or using this web
site (the "Site"). Tires Plus Total Car Care wants to assure you that we respect
your privacy. We know that trust is the key to any successful business
relationship. The following Privacy Policy describes Tires Plus Total Car Care's
commitment to protect your personal information.
Use of this Site
constitutes your consent to the collection and use of the information as
described below in this Privacy Policy. If Tires Plus Total Car Care changes
this Privacy Policy, Tires Plus Total Car Care will update this page of the Site
so that you will be aware of any changes to this policy. Tires Plus Total Car
Care encourages you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time so you will
know if the Privacy Policy has been changed or updated.
This Privacy
Policy explains how Tires Plus Total Car Care collects, uses and discloses your
personal information. This Privacy Policy also explains the steps Tires Plus
Total Car Care has taken to ensure that your personal information is secure.
Finally, this Privacy Policy explains your choices regarding the collection, use
and disclosure of your personal information.
THE SITE INCLUDES LINKS
TO THE WEB SITES OF THIRD PARTIES. WE PROVIDE THESE LINKS AS A CONVENIENCE TO
OUR USERS. THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY TIRES PLUS TOTAL CAR CARE'S
ENDORSEMENT OF ANY COMPANY, ITS WEB SITE, OR THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IT SELLS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT TIRES PLUS TOTAL CAR CARE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT OR
THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF ANY WEB SITE OTHER THAN OUR OWN SITE.
THE
SITE ALSO INCLUDES CERTAIN PAGES THAT ARE "FRAMED" TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FROM
WEB SITES OF THIRD PARTIES. SUCH FRAMED PAGES WILL BE IDENTIFIED ON THE PAGE AND
THE PAGE OWNER IDENTIFIED. WE PROVIDE THESE FRAMED PAGES AS A CONVENIENCE TO OUR
USERS. PLEASE NOTE THAT TIRES PLUS TOTAL CAR CARE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
CONTENT OR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OF ANY FRAMED PAGES. THE TERMS AND POLICIES OF
THE PAGE OWNER IDENTIFIED ON THE FRAMED PAGE WILL
CONTROL.
Tires Plus Total Car Care uses pixels, or transparent GIF
files, to help manage online advertising. These GIF files are provided by our
ad management partner, DoubleClick. These files enable DoubleClick to recognize
a unique cookie on your Web browser, which in turn enables us to learn which
advertisements bring users to our website. The cookie was placed by us, or by
another advertiser who works with DoubleClick. With both cookies and Spotlight
technology, the information that we collect and share is anonymous and not
personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone
number, or email address. For more information about DoubleClick, including
information about how to opt out of these technologies, go to
http://www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy.
Information Collection and Use.
1. Information
Collection. Tires Plus Total Car Care may collect information from you at
several different points and in different ways on this Site. Tires Plus Total Car
Care will ask you for your permission before Tires Plus Total Car Care collects
any information that personally identifies you or allows Tires Plus Total Car
Care to contact you. Tires Plus Total Car Care's primary goal in collecting
personal information from you is to provide you with an efficient, meaningful
and customized experience. For example, Tires Plus Total Car Care can use your
personal information to:
- Make
this Site easier for you to use by not having to enter information more than
once.
- Help
you quickly find information and services.
- Help
Tires Plus Total Car Care create content on this Site that is most relevant to
you.
- Alert
you to updated information and services offered by Tires Plus Total Car Care.
(a) Registration. To use this Site, or certain portions or features of
the Site, you may be required to first complete an online registration form.
During registration you will be prompted to provide to Tires Plus Total Car Care
certain personal information, including but not limited to your name, address,
phone number and e-mail address.
(b) Cookies. "Cookies" are small
pieces of information that are stored by a user's Internet browser on a user's
hard drive. The Site may store some information on your computer in the form of
a cookie or similar file, however This Site does not use permanent cookies that
contain any personally identifying information, such as your name or address.
The cookies allow us to recognize you when you return to our site and to provide
you with a customized experience that we feel will be of value to you. Most web
browsers allow you to exercise control over cookie files on your computer by
erasing them, blocking them, or notifying you when such a file is stored. Please
take a look at your particular browser for instructions on this function. If you
do elect to disable the Site's cookies, please note that you may not be able to
take full advantage of the Site.
(c) Log Files. This Site
automatically collects information pertaining to Your access. Such information
may include Your Internet protocol ("IP") address as well as other connection
and usage information for system administration and troubleshooting purposes.
(An IP address indicates the location of Your computer on the Internet.) Tires
Plus Total Car Care does not link an IP address to any personally identifiable
information.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
(COPPA).
This Site is a website directed to the general public. Tires
Plus Total Car Care does not knowingly collect information from children under
13.
2. Information Use and Disclosure.
(a) Internal Use.
Tires Plus Total Car Care may identify you in connection with your use of
certain aspects of this Site. For example, Tires Plus Total Car Care may
identify you by vehicle or tire ownership to provide you with information on
related products and/or promotions. Tires Plus Total Car Care may internally use
your personal information to improve Tires Plus Total Car Care's marketing and
promotional efforts, to improve the Site's content and/or layout, and to
determine general marketplace information about visitors to this
Site.
(b) External Use. Tires Plus Total Car Care does not sell,
rent, license or otherwise disclose your specific personal information to any
third parties without your consent. Occasionally, Tires Plus Total Car Care may
provide statistics to outside parties about the usage of our site, but these
statistics will never include any personal information about our users. Tires
Plus Total Car Care may disclose your personal information pursuant to a court
or government order.
Please note that because a customer information
database is customarily considered a business asset, Tires Plus Total Car Care
reserves the right to transfer the database in a merger or sale of some or all
of its company or in an action for bankruptcy. Your information will continue to
be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy by the acquiring or merged
company unless you are notified and provided an opportunity to change your
preferences.
Data Security
This Site incorporates various
physical, electronic and administrative procedures to safeguard the
confidentiality of your personal information. Access to your personal
information is restricted. Only employees who need access to your personal
information to perform a specific job are granted access to your personal
information. Finally, the servers where Tires Plus Total Car Care stores your
personal information are kept in a secure environment, behind locked doors and a
firewall.
WHILE TIRES PLUS TOTAL CAR CARE HAS TAKEN COMMERCIALLY
REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO SAFEGUARD YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, TIRES PLUS TOTAL
CAR CARE CANNOT GUARANTEE COMPLETE SECURITY BECAUSE COMPLETE SECURITY DOES NOT
PRESENTLY EXIST ON THE INTERNET.
Opt Out/Corrections
Upon your
request, Tires Plus Total Car Care will (a) remove your personal information
from Tires Plus Total Car Care's database (which might cancel your subscription
to this Site or a portion of this Site); or (b) correct or update your personal
information. You can request that Tires Plus Total Car Care remove, correct or
update your personal information at the "Contact Us" section of this
Site.
Updates to This Policy
If Tires Plus Total Car Care
decides to change or update this Privacy Policy, Tires Plus Total Car Care will
post changes and updates on this Site so that you will always be aware of what
information Tires Plus Total Car Care collects, uses and distributes. Tires Plus
Total Car Care encourages you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time so
you will know if the Privacy Policy has been changed or updated. If you have any
questions about Tires Plus Total Car Care's Privacy Policy, please use the
"Contact Us" section of this Site.
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