Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net and we promise to protect it. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net's privacy policy covers the collection and use of users' personal information. This information may be accumulated by UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net anytime our users interact with our website and those of our affiliates, such as when you visit UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net, purchase any of our services or products, or in your dealings with our customer service numbers. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net requests that our users read the following to grasp our information practices, learn what information we gather, how we use said information, to whom this information is disclosed, and how we safeguarding your information.

The collecting of personal information

The collection of personal information helps us to provide users consistently reputable customer service. We may better cater to your needs by bringing relevant information to your attention and promoting quick access to services and products. Users personal information enables us to keep our users aware of the latest special offers, updates, events and announcements. Any user that does not want to be notified about recent UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net updates, news and information be sure to send us an email and let us know.

Which information do we collect?

Your personal information allows us to provide better and more targeted service; when speaking with a customer service rep on the telephone, setting an appointment, filling out an online form, participating in online surveys or registering or purchasing a product or service. There may be instances in which we collect users personal information regarding their specific situation, information such as name, phone number, email address, mailing address and/or contact preferences, and information regarding your vehicle and its location. Your information may be collected for our personal market research, information such as, where you access the internet and your occupation, to learn more about our users and provide targeted services. Information may also be collected regarding user activities on the UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net and the websites of its affiliate's. From this we may determine the most useful information to benefit our users and to discern the parts of our website and content that are of the most interest. Any user that chooses to use a public bulletin board, chat room or leave a public comment on the UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net website makes their information available to the public and it may be accessed by other users. This information can then be used to send you unsolicited communication. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net is not responsible for any information our users choose to submit to public areas of our website.

Our disclosure policy

UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net users privacy is held in the strictest confidence. We will absolutely not sell or rent your contact information to marketers. Our users personal information may only be shared with legal entities within the UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net network. All of our affiliates safeguard information in accordance with UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net's privacy policy as written here. At times it is beneficial to UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net to make specific user information available to companies with which we share a strategic relationship or which perform work for us in the form of providing products and services to our users on our behalf. These companies may be used to process information, fulfill orders, manage and update customer data, deliver products or customer service, research users interest in the products and services we offer, extend credit, conduct user research or satisfaction surveys. These companies will protect users information in full accordance with UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net's policies. Making this information available allows easy processing, better customer service, provides feedback for improvement with offers and content on the UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net website. When UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net is required by law or litigation to disclose a users personal information we will do so. Should a users personal information be requested as a matter of national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance we will disclose it to the appropriate parties.

What we do to protect you

UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net takes technical, physical and administrative protective measures to ensure our users information is safe from theft, loss, misuse, unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, and/or destruction. You as a user can should always take a hands on approach by using preventative measures of your own when using the internet. Users should change passwords frequently, always using a random combination of numbers and letters and symbols, and always using a secure web browser.

The integrity of users information

UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net implements many safeguards for the purpose of keeping user information complete, accurate and current for its purposes. Users may always access and update the personal information they provide. If any user would like to update or view a copy of their personal information contact us.

Tracking technologies

UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net uses cookies and various other technologies to help understand which parts of our website are the most popular, and how much time our users spend there. We use cookies and other technologies to determine if our online advertising is doing its job. We use cookies and other technologies to study traffic patterns, and to study customer communications and their effectiveness. We use cookies to customize each users experience and to provide relevant interaction. If any user doesn't want to enable cookies, contact us for instructions to disable them. This user should know that disabling cookies may render parts of the UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net website inaccessible. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net may gather specific information and store it into log files automatically. This information includes internet protocol pages, browser type, internet service provider, operating system, referring/exit pages, date/time stamp and clickstream data. This information in no way identifies individual users and is used as an aid in site management, gathering demographic information about our users, analyzing trends, and tracking users' movements around the website. We will not use any of the information we collect in this manner to market directly to our users. In our email correspondence there can be "click-through URLs" which are linked to content on the UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net website. Should a user click on any of these URLs they will pass through our web server before they arrive at the destined web page. these click-throughs are tracked to measure customer communication effectiveness and to determine interest in specific topics. If any user prefers not to be tracked in this manner, they should not click on any text or graphic links in our email communications. We may also use tiny graphic images called pixel tags which informs us which parts of UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net users visit and the effectiveness of searches performed on our website. Pixel tags ensure we are sending our email messages in the proper format for each of our users, tell us whether emails have been opened, and help ensure we are only sending relevant messages. This information is stored in a secure database.

Our commitment to privacy

To preserve the integrity of user information, we hold each of our employees responsible for upholding and enforcing the privacy safeguards we've established. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net supports industry initiatives like Online Privacy Alliance and TRUSTe, to protect users privacy rights on the internet. We will not knowingly solicit personal information from minors. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net supports the safe harbor framework built by the U.S. Department of Commerce for the collection, retention and use of personal information collected from the European Union. Follow this link to read more about the U.S. Department of Commerce Safe Harbor Program. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net website include links to the websites of unaffiliated companies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites and we ask that our users to learn about the privacy policies of those companies prior to using their websites.

Questions?

Should you have questions or concerns about UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net's customer Privacy Policy or means for data processing, please contact us. If any user would not like UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net to update them about UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net news, updates, and the latest information on products and services contact us to update your preferences. If a user notifies us and would not like us to use their information for any purpose, we will honor their request. UsedCarsOrangeCounty.net retains the right to update its privacy policy at any time. The date of the most recent update will always be posted at the end of this privacy policy.

Updated May 3rd, 2007.