Terms Of Use Privacy Policy – Tire Size Compare
This policy outlines the basic mindset that Tire Size Compare as well as its Group companies (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) have with respect to the protection and handling of personal information obtained through business activities.
1. When handling personal information, the Company will comply with the items set forth by relevant law such as the Personal Information Protection Act, as well as this policy.
2. The Company will acquire personal information by lawful and fair means.
3. The Company will utilize personal information upon making clear the purpose of utilization, and will only use the personal information within the scope of the purpose.
4. The Company will not provide acquired personal information to a third party, except in cases in which the consent of the person is given or the provision is based on legal provisions.
5. The Company will appropriately manage personal information in order to secure its accuracy, and will also take reasonable safety measures in order to prevent leakage, loss, damage, etc. of personal information.
6. The Company will manage personal information appropriately and take reasonable safety measures when personal information is utilized jointly with Group companies or business partners within the scope of its purpose of utilization or if personal information handling is outsourced.
7. The Company will announce the procedures regarding inquiries and requests for disclosure of personal information that the Company possesses, and will respond promptly and sincerely to such requests.
8. The Company will continuously revise and improve its personal information management system and structure in order to effectively protect personal information in accordance with future changes in laws or circumstances.
NOTICE ON THE INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE INTERNET SITE
This Privacy Policy is designed to tell you about the practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure of information that may be collected by Tire Size Compare and the Group Companies (which mean the Joint Users of Personal Information as defined in Section 4(1) and together with Tire Size Compare , hereinafter referred to as “Tire Size Compare”. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms”), available here, before using or submitting information to tiresizecompare.wix.com/home.
1. CONSENT
By using tiresizecompare.wix.com/home, you agree to the Terms of this Privacy Policy. Whenever you submit information via tiresizecompare.wix.com/home, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTED
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Tire Size Compare uses fair and proper means to collect your Personal Information (which means information about a living individual which can identify the specific individual by name, date of birth or other description contained in such information (including such information as will allow easy reference to other information and will thereby enable the identification of the specific individual) such as your name, date of birth, e-mail address, credit card information, shipping and billing address, etc.) to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose for use prescribed in this Privacy Policy. We do not collect information regarding your race, nationality, ancestry, lineage, religion, political views or membership of workers’ unions.
INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
Tire Size Compare also automatically collects your IP address and referring website address, browser type, domain name and website access frequency. This information is intended to help facilitate your online experience on tiresizecompare.wix.com/home. Tire Size Compare uses cookies to track usage patterns on tiresizecompare.wix.com/home and to control the display of ads, as well as to offer other functionalities (such as screening for age and “recognizing” you to speed up your log-in when you visit tiresizecompare.wix.com/home). You can turn off cookies, but that will affect your online experience. See below for more detail on cookies.
3. PURPOSES OF USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION
Tire Size Compare uses information other than Personal Information you provide for the purpose of fulfillment of your requests and improvement of tiresizecompare.wix.com/home and materials contained thereon and for any other purposes which we deem reasonable and necessary. Tire Size Compare may, from time to time, produce reports for advertisers, sponsors, Group Companies and vendors containing anonymous, aggregate information about our users and customers, such as demographic, age and online usage information. This information allows Tire Size Compare to provide content and offers that are most relevant to our users to work more closely with advertisers. We do not include any Personal Information of our users in these reports.
Tire Size Compare uses Personal Information only for the purpose described in this Privacy Policy or otherwise. Tire Size Compare uses Personal Information so that we may supply specific information requested by customers, undertake surveys or competitions, etc., manage orders for products and services, display or send custom, personalized content to our users and send newsletters, mail, e-mails, features, promotional material, surveys and other updates, information or offers to our users. Tire Size Compare also uses collected information to evaluate and administer our products and services, fulfill customers request, respond to any future problems, such as difficulties in navigating tiresizecompare.wix.com/home or accessing certain features, and to gauge user trends to determine what products and services are most popular with users. Other uses of Personal Information are described on each Site page on which you record your Personal Information. Tire Size Compare may combine Personal Information with other collected information for the purposes of use unless otherwise specified.
4. SHARING OF COLLECTED INFORMATION
Tire Size Compare may share your Personal Information as follows:
(1) JOINT USERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
All companies working for and with Tire Size Compare must comply with our Privacy Policy, and are not permitted to sell or otherwise disclose your Personal Information to third parties except as authorized by us and you, or as permitted or required by law.
(2) SHARED PERSONAL DATA
Your name, address, telephone number, gender, date of birth, occupation and e-mail address.
(3) PURPOSES OF USE OF SHARED INFORMATION
Personal information is shared to enable joint users to supply specific information requested by customers, undertake surveys or competitions, etc., manage orders for products and services, display or send custom, personalized content to our users and send newsletters, mail, e-mails, features, promotional material, surveys and other updates, information or offers to our users.
(4) MANAGER OF SHARED PERSONAL INFORMATION
Tire Size Compare
Sharing of Information Not Containing Personal Information
Tire Size Compare shares anonymous, aggregate demographic information, and anonymous information obtained from cookies and similar technologies, with each of our distributors, our sponsors, promotional and business partners, and participating vendors. No Personal Information, such as credit card information, is disclosed to any of these third parties in sharing such anonymous information.
5. SUPPLY OF INFORMATION TO CUSTOMERS
We may extend e-mail offers to users or customers on behalf of our business partners about a particular product or service that may be of interest to you without sharing your name or e-mail address with or disclosing your name or e-mail address to those business partners, Of course, you may opt out of receiving these offers at any time.
Sometimes we will give you the opportunity to opt in to receive e-mail offers from third parties not affiliated with us. If you decide to accept these offers, we will provide, upon your consent, your contact information to the third party. We urge you to review carefully the privacy policies of these firms. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and procedures of any third party.
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information, personal or otherwise, online in any community area, that information can be collected and used by others. For example, if you use chat, forums, bulletin boards or message boards, or if you post Personal Information online (such as your e-mail address), you may receive unsolicited messages from others. We have no control over this use of your Personal Information.
6. CREDIT CARD COMPANIES
In the event that you choose to transact using a credit card, Tire Size Compare will supply to your credit card company all relevant information about the name of the vendor, item(s) purchased, purchase date, total cost and other information necessary to process the transaction. Tire Size Compare will not otherwise provide any Personal Information to your credit card company without your permission.
7. DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES
Tire Size Compare will not disclose your Personal Information to any third parties without your consent; provided, however, that Tire Size Compare reserves the right to use or disclose to a third party any information without a customer’s consent in the following circumstances:
1. (i) If it is requested by any laws and regulations;
2. (ii) If Tire Size Compare deems it necessary for protection and security of human life, body or assets (including tiresizecompare.wix.com/home);
3. (iii) If Tire Size Compare deems it particularly necessary for improvement of public health or enrichment of children’s welfare;
4. (iv) If Tire Size Compare deems it particularly necessary for cooperation with a governmental body or other public organization or its designee in discharging its duties pursuant to the laws and regulations (including investigating breach of laws), or otherwise deems it particularly necessary for the public interest;
5. (v) If Tire Size Compare outsources the handling of personal information to the extent necessary for its business operation.
8. PERSONAL DATA REQUEST
1. The individual customer that is identifiable by the personal information (the “Owner”) may request Tire Size Compare for the notification of the purpose of use of Retained Personal Data as defined in the Belgian Personal Information Protection Law (the “Personal Data”) of the Owner, disclosure of such Personal Data in Tire Size Compare’s possession, correction, addition to or deletion of the content of such Personal Data, cessation of use or deletion of such Personal Data or cessation of supply of such Personal Data to a third party (such request being referred to herein collectively as “Personal Data Request”).
2. The Owner is requested to submit a Personal Data Request by using the method prescribed on the respective page of the Site on which the Owner recorded the subject personal information or by submitting a written application form prescribed by Tire Size Compare. The prescribed processing fee will be charged if we are requested to deliver a hard copy of our response to the Owner.
3. In the event of a Personal Data Request, Tire Size Compare will confirm the identity of the applicant and/or the authority if he/she is an agent by one of the following means:
1. (i) Confirmation of the Owner’s Personal Information in our possession such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.
2. (ii) Documentary evidence such as driver’s license, passport, basic resident register card, health insurance certificate, certificate of registered seal, etc.
3. (iii) Confirmation by personal phone call, etc. to the Owner.
4. (iv) In the event of an application by the Owner’s agent confirmation of the power of attorney from the Owner. (The agent’s authority will be confirmed by conformance of the seal on the power of attorney with the certificate of registered seal or by personal phone call, etc. to the Owner)
5. (v) Other method of confirmation which Tire Size Compare deems appropriate.
4. If the applicant’s identity is confirmed pursuant to paragraph (3) above, we will reply in writing or such other means as the Owner and we consider reasonable and respond in the following manner:
1. (i) In the event that the Personal Data Request is for disclosure of Personal Data or notification of purpose of use of Personal Data, we will make disclosure or notification within a reasonable timeframe and to a reasonable extent.
2. (ii) In the event that the Personal Data Request is for correction of, addition to or deletion of Personal Data for the reason that the content of the Personal Data is incorrect, we will correct, add to or delete the incorrect Personal Data within a reasonable timeframe and to a reasonable extent.
3. (iii) In the event that the Personal Data Request is for cessation of use or deletion of Personal Data, or cessation of disclosure of Personal Data to a third party, we will cease use, delete or cease disclosure to a third party within a reasonable timeframe and to a reasonable extent. Please note that if we partly or fully cease use of or delete the Personal Data, or cease disclosure of the Personal Data to a third party, we may be unable to provide services that meet the Owner’s requirements.
5. (5) We may be unable to respond to a Personal Data Request if:
1. (i) We are unable to confirm the applicant’s identity or authority pursuant to paragraph (3) above;
2. (ii) The applicant does not follow the procedures described above;
3. (iii) The information, in relation to which the Personal Data Request is made, does not fall within the definition of Personal Data;
4. (iv) Fulfillment of the request threatens to cause damage or injury to the life, body, assets or other rights or interests of the Owner or a third party;
5. (v) Fulfillment of the request threatens to cause material impediment to our business operation;
6. (vi) Fulfillment of the request constitutes violation of laws and regulations.
9. COOKIES
Your web browser offers so-called “cookies” which, if you allow their use, store small amounts of data on your computer when you visit a website. Cookies do not contain any Personal Information about you and therefore cannot be used to identify you personally. However, cookies assist us in tracking which of our features you like best. Therefore, cookies enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser settings. tiresizecompare.wix.com/home are viewable even if you disable the cookie function on your browser. However, if you disable cookies, some advanced and customized features will not be available to you.
10. SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt important information, such as your credit card data, in an effort to prevent unauthorized access during transmission of your orders over the Internet. We implement standard industry practices internally and with our service providers to maintain the security of your Personal Information depending on its sensitivity and to avoid disclosure of such Personal Information unpermitted under this Privacy Policy.
Although we have implemented systems and procedures to secure the data maintained by us, security during Internet transmissions can never be assured. Tire Size Compare employees are made aware of our privacy practices through periodic communications and training. Our policy is to limit access to Personal Information to those Tire Size Compare employees or agents with a specific need to access or retrieve the information. We store data on multiple service systems, in controlled environments. To maintain security, we conduct internal reviews of our security measures on a regular basis. Please note, however, that any Personal Information you post in chat rooms or message boards is available to anyone. WHILE Tire Size Compare HAS TAKEN COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS TO SAFEGUARD PERSONAL INFORMATION, Tire Size Compare CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE COMPLETE SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BECAUSE COMPLETE SECURITY DOES NOT PRESENTLY EXIST ON THE INTERNET.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
11. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for Tire Size Compare or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. Tire Size Compare will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
12. THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING
Advertisements appearing on tiresizecompare.wix.com/home may be delivered to users by us or one of our advertising partners. Our advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Tire Size Compare only, and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
13. CHILDREN
We will not knowingly collect Personal Information via tiresizecompare.wix.com/home from visitors younger than thirteen (13) years of age. We encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of the Internet and the information they disclose on websites.
14. CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE
In developing our business, we may engage in the sale or transfer of certain assets and the company itself, or parts of it, may be sold, merged or otherwise assigned. In such transactions and changes in ownership, user information, whether personally identifiable or otherwise, may constitute one of the transferred assets. If required by law, we will notify affected users of such transfer or assignment in accordance with the procedure for changing this Privacy Policy described below.
15. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to protect our users and to accommodate a changing environment. The changes to our Privacy Policy will be deemed to be effective from the date of posting on tiresizecompare.wix.com/home unless we specify otherwise. We recommend that you check the Privacy Policy when you visit tiresizecompare.wix.com/home to be sure that you are aware of and understand our current policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will make efforts to prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. We will not make any retroactive material changes in how we handle previously collected Personal Information unless you allow us to do so, or unless we are legally required to do so, and in such a case we will make efforts to inform registered visitors of information on material changes to this Privacy Policy via email.
Contact Information for Questions or Complaints
Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices or our treatment of your Personal Information.
Please refer to contact information of Tire Size Compare and the respective Group Companies posted on tiresizecompare.wix.com/home
Tire Size Compare Office
Address: 1234 21st Hwy S Springfield, Georgia(GA), 31329
Tel: (912) 754-9490
Email: info@tiresizecompare.blogspot.com