This privacy policy sets out how Car Guy Nation uses and protects any information that you give Car Guy Nation when you use this website. Car Guy Nation is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Car Guy Nation may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Introduction

This Privacy Policy discloses and covers all of the privacy practices of Enthusiast Nation Corp., the parent company of Car Guy Nation, and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively “Enthusiast”), with respect to any and all use of Enthusiast’s website carguynation.com (the “Site”) on or after the “Effective Date” (as defined below), including, without limitation, the Site’s online transaction and promotion platform services (hereinafter, collectively, the “Platform Services”).  In this Privacy Policy, “we”, “us”, “our” and other similar references mean Enthusiast and “you” and “your” and other similar references mean a specific user (or member) of the Site.

We want to assure you that we take your privacy very seriously. We treat your personal information as if it is our own, and as such, we have made it a critical focus of the website to protect the confidentiality and security of the personal information you provide us.

Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any information you submit to us through the Site. This information can be of two types (i) “Personal Information,” which is information about you that is personally identifiable, such as your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and other non-public information that is associated with the foregoing, and (ii) “Non-Personally Identifiable Information” or “Anonymous Information”, which is information that identifies your computer and its navigational patterns through the Site, but is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information and does not permit the identification of individual persons.

User Consent

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE SITE, YOU IRREVOCABLY AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO AND FORMS A PART OF ENTHUSIAST’S TERMS OF SERVICE (SET FORTH ON (http://www.carguynation.com/privacy-policy). YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND ANONYMOUS INFORMATION ACCORDING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE EXIT THIS PAGE AND DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.

Your Personal Information may be processed and stored in other countries (including the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country. Your Personal Information will not, however, be used or disclosed for purposes for which you have not given consent or which are not permitted under applicable law.

Regarding Minors

Minors under the age of 18 are not permitted to use the Site and we do not intentionally collect or maintain Personal Information from those who are under 18 years old. By using the Site, you are representing that you are at least 18 years old.

Collection of Information

a) Personal information:

In general, we collect Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily through the Site. In order to initially access the Site and open a personal account, you must first complete the registration process, during which we collect and store personal information such as your name and email address. When you engage in certain activities on the Site, such as participating in promotions and making purchases, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself that we will also collect and store. You do not have to engage in these activities in which Personal Information may be requested, but if you choose to do so, you are agreeing to provide that information. We collect the following types of Personal Information:

b) Anonymous Information collected via technology: 

As you visit and use the Site, certain information may be passively collected and stored on our or our service providers’ servers or server logs, including your “Internet protocol address”, browser type and operating system, through the use of a variety of tools including “Cookies” or other available data analysis or collection technologies. Users with our Cookies may be targeted across advertising networks to receive relevant advertisements. You may opt out of this ad serving using the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page (http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp).

An “Internet protocol address” or “IP Address” is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet.  In some cases your IP Address stays the same from browser session to browser session, but if you use a consumer internet access provider, your IP Address probably varies from session to session. For example, we, or our service providers, may track your IP Address when you access the Site to assist with ad targeting.

“Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing a website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience with the Site. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following your Internet browser help file directions. In order to use our services offered through the Site, your web browser must accept Cookies. If you choose to disable Cookies, some aspects of the Site may not work properly, and you may not be able to receive our services.

Use and Disclosure of Information

In general, Personal Information you submit to us is used by us (i) to provide you access to the Site, (ii) to improve the Site, its product and service offerings and customer service, (iii) to better tailor the features, performance, and support of the Site, (iv) to offer you additional information, opportunities, promotions and functionality from us, our Partners or our advertisers at your request, notify you of promotions, special events, new services and special offers, (v) to improve the content, operation, appearance and utility of the Site, (vi) to conduct surveys, research and evaluations; (vii) to troubleshoot and resolve disputes, and (viii) to accomplish other administrative tasks.

We may provide your Personal Information to third-party service providers who work on behalf of or with us to provide some of the services and features of the Site and to help us communicate with you. Examples of such services include sending email, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, and providing customer service. We may share some or all of your Personal Information with manufacturers of the products and other merchandise that are offered for sale on the Site. If you do not want us to use or disclose Personal Information collected about you in the manner identified in this Privacy Policy, you may not use the Site.

We may share some or all of your Personal Information with Enthusiast affiliated companies that are under a common control, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy. In the event we go through a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of ours or that acquirer’s assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

In connection with their performance of services to maintain and operate the Site and certain features on the Site, certain trusted third parties may be permitted to access your information. For example, we may use third parties to host the Site; operate various features available on the Site; send emails; analyze data; provide search results and links and assist in fulfilling your orders.

We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us, or (b) to protect and defend our rights or property, you, or third parties. You hereby consent to us sharing your Personal Information under the circumstances described herein. However, it is obvious that it will not include selling, renting, sharing or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from users and members for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this privacy policy.

The Ability of Others to View Your Information

Helping you to protect your information is a vital part of our mission. It is up to you to make sure you are comfortable with the information you choose to provide us and the information you choose to publish. You understand that when you use the Site, certain information you post or provide through the Site, such as your name, profile, comments, collections and reviews, may be shared with other users and posted on publicly available portions of the Site, including without limitation, public forums or promotional contests in which you choose to participate. Please keep in mind that if you choose to disclose Personal Information when posting comments or other information or content through the Site, this information may become publicly available and may be collected and used by others, including people outside the Site community. We will not have any obligations with respect to any information that you post to parts of the Site available to others, and recommend that you use caution when giving out personal information to others through social media networks or otherwise.

Third-Party Sites and Advertising

The Site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every website they visit. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Site and does not apply to these third-party websites. The ability to access information of third-parties from the Site, or links to other websites or locations, is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such third-parties, their products, their services, other websites, locations or their content.

Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information

We offer you choices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Information. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When you receive promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further promotional communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the promotional e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly at http://www.carguynation.com/contacts.

Despite your indicated email marketing preferences, we may send you administrative emails regarding the Site, including, for example, administrative and transactional confirmations, and notices of updates to our Privacy Policy, if we choose to provide such notices to you in this manner.

We want to make sure that your information is accurate and up-to-date. You may ask us to correct or remove information which you think is inaccurate. You may change any of your profile information by editing it in the profile settings page.

Referring Friends

Enthusiast enables you to refer friends to the Site. You may be eligible to receive rewards in the form of Car Guy Cash (credits usable toward future purchases on the Site) or to earn other benefits for referring friends (subject to related terms and conditions as described on the Site). If you choose to refer a friend, following the procedures outlined on the Site, and that referred friend registers to become a member of Car Guy Nation, we may attribute that referral to you for purposes such as awarding the credit. We do not collect Personal Information about the persons you refer to the Site until those persons actually link to the Site and begin engaging directly with Enthusiast.

Security

We are committed to protecting the security of your Personal Information.  We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  Even though we have taken significant steps to protect your Personal Information, no company, including us, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information, and thus we cannot guarantee the security of any information transmitted to or from the Site.  We also are not responsible for the actions of any third parties that may receive any such information.

California Privacy Rights

Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, if you are a resident of California and a user of our Site, you can obtain certain information about the Personal Information we have collected from you and shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding year.  To request information as specified by the California Code, please contact us in writing at the address at the end of this Privacy Policy, with a letter identifying your name, address and email address.

Contact and Revisions

If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: http://www.carguynation.com/contacts. This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision at our discretion, and if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your Personal Information, we will post an alert on this page. If you object to any such changes, you must immediately cease using the Site. Continued use of the Site following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.

Enthusiast Nation
Attention: Privacy Office
690 North Broadway (#205) 
North White Plains, NY 10603

Effective Date: Aug 1, 2011

List of cookies we collect

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