Welcome to our privacy policy! We are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about how we collect, use, and share it. This policy applies to all of the services offered by our website, www.autocareway.com, and its affiliates.
By using our website, you consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information as described in this policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not use our website. We reserve the right to update our privacy policy at any time, so please check back regularly for updates.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please contact us at info@autocareway.com. We are here to help and want to ensure that you feel confident about the privacy of your personal information when using our website.
Affiliate Disclosure
Autocareway.com is a participant in the affiliate programs (such as Amazon Services LLC Associates Program), an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and to link to products/services.
We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links. However, this does not affect the price you pay or the quality of the product/service. We only recommend products/services that we believe will provide value to our readers.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at info@autocareway.com
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How we use your personal data
At autocareway.com, we may use the personal information we collect from you for a variety of purposes, including:
- To personalize your experience on our website: We may use your personal information to tailor the content and recommendations that we display to you on our website, based on your past interactions with us.
- To improve our website: We may use your personal information and feedback to understand how our users interact with our website and to identify ways to improve the user experience.
- To communicate with you: We may use your personal information to communicate with you about your account, orders, and any other transactions that you have with us. This may include sending you emails or text messages with updates or alerts.
- To provide customer support: We may use your personal information to respond to your questions, complaints, or other requests for assistance.
- To enforce our policies: We may use your personal information to enforce our terms of service, prevent fraudulent activity, and protect the security of our website.
We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected unless we have obtained your consent or are required by law to use it for other purposes. We will not sell or share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes without your consent.
Who do we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights do you have over your data?
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.