Privacy Policy

The following are the terms of the privacy statement of CarBuzz regarding use of its web site www.CarBuzz.com ("The Site").

CarBuzz Inc., the owners of The Site, collects certain information in various ways from The Site and uses that information in various ways. Sensitive information such as credit card numbers and account numbers are encrypted and are not intentionally shared with any other parties but CarBuzz Inc. will not be liable for any inadvertent disclosure. CarBuzz Inc. may, however, use or provide to third parties statistics about members, traffic patterns and related information including but not limited to personally identifying information such as names, addresses, emails and the like as well as information gathered from the use of "cookie" or other technologies, whether from advertisements on The Site or otherwise. Such information will not intentionally include such credit card information or account numbers except for the limited purpose of collecting payments, communicating with credit card companies and the like but CarBuzz Inc. will not be liable for any inadvertent disclosure. Such information may be used by CarBuzz Inc. in the aggregate or individually and may be combined with other information and used in connection with the marketing of such information or as part of a transaction related to any aspect of the business of CarBuzz Inc. including but not limited to sales, mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies and the like. You agree that CarBuzz Inc. may use and provide to third parties the said information that you provide except as indicated. If you do not agree with the provisions of this paragraph, you should not provide any information to CarBuzz Inc. or to The Site.

Partnerships, Affiliates, Advertisers and Other Links

Through The Site you may be introduced to a variety of third-party vendors and sites. The privacy polices of these third parties are not under CarBuzz Inc.’s control and may differ from those of CarBuzz Inc.. You should read the privacy policies of those vendors carefully. The use of any information that you may provide to any third party, or the use of "cookie" technology by any third party, will be governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site that you are visiting. In some cases these third parties may share the information that they collect about you with CarBuzz Inc.. If you have any doubts about the privacy of the information you are providing on another site, CarBuzz Inc. recommends that you contact that site directly for more information and review their privacy policy. CarBuzz Inc. is not now and never will be responsible for the actions of such third parties in any manner whatsoever, including but not limited to any violation of such privacy policies or otherwise.

Third Party Advertising

CarBuzz Inc. uses third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit The Site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

For additional information with regards to our use of Google products, click HERE.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• User picture

CarBuzz allows you to create an account and log in to use the website through the following third-party social media services:

• Google
• Facebook
• Apple

If you decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a third-party social media service, we may collect personal data that is already associated with your third-party social media service's account, such as your name, your email address and your user picture.

Use of Your Personal Data

CarBuzz may use personal data for the following purposes:

• To manage your account: To manage your registration as a user of the website. The personal data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the website that are available to you as a registered user.
• To contact you: To contact you by email regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.

When you share personal information or otherwise interact in the CarBuzz comments section with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. Other users will be able to view your name and user picture, communicate with you and view your CarBuzz profile.

Retention of Your Personal Data

CarBuzz will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

You may update, correct, or delete your profile information and preferences at any time by accessing your account settings page.

Deleting Your Account

You may delete your CarBuzz account at any time using our delete account feature at the bottom of the account settings page. We endeavour to remove your information from all of our servers immediately.

Third Party Cookies

In the course of serving advertisements to The Site, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser. The cookie helps us provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you.

CARBUZZ.COM's Rights To Change

CarBuzz Inc. may change this privacy statement or any aspect of it by publicly posting such changes on The Site but without any individual notice to you. Notwithstanding anything else in this privacy statement, CarBuzz Inc. may release information when it believes that such release is reasonably necessary to (1) comply with law, (2) enforce or apply terms of any of agreement between you and CarBuzz Inc. or (3) protect the rights, property or safety of CarBuzz Inc., other users, or others.

General Provisions

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online (for example, in comments, or through email), that information can be collected and used by CarBuzz Inc. and by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages.