Privacy Policy

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Fastcarfinder.co.uk is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us. You are required to read this privacy policy carefully. The privacy policy contains important information about how the information you provide to us is used. This Privacy Policy explains what information Fastcarfinder.co.uk collects about you, and how we collect and use that information, including situations where we could provide your information to a third party.

To use the services offered by Fastcarfinder (such as advertising your car) you will be required to register or log onto the Web Site. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web Site. The information that we hold about you will be the information provided by yourself when registering with the Web Site in order to use the advertising services.

In order to update or change any information held by Fastcarfinder, you can make changes on-line (by clicking on "change details" while you are logged in)

Fastcarfinder reserves the right to access and disclose personal data or information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly, or to protect itself or its users.

Who are we?

In this privacy policy references to “we”, “us” and “our” are to Fastcarfinder.co.uk. References to “our Website” or “the Website” are to www.fastcarfinder.co.uk.

Your Consent

In the course of using this Web Site or registering with it you acknowledge and agree that, certain information about you will be captured electronically or otherwise and used by Fastcarfinder and, potentially, by third parties as set out above or to third parties who host our web servers or assist us in maintaining this Web Site.

If ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction to provide any of your personal information collected by Fastcarfinder as described in this Privacy Policy, you consent to Fastcarfinder providing such personal information to that court in accordance with the court's instructions. By using and registering with this Web Site, you agree to the collection and use of your information as set out above for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect and how?

The information we collect via the Website may include.

1.Any personal details you knowingly provide us with through forms and our email, such as name, address, telephone number etc.

2.Under no circumstances will we hold sensitive payment details such as your card number, expiry date and security code. All transactions are handled through our accredited payment bureau, PAYPAL. For more information on PAYPAL privacy policy please refer to http://www.paypal.co.uk/privacy.

3.Your preferences and use of email updates, recorded by emails we send you (if you select to receive email updates on products and offers).

4.Your IP Address, this is a string of numbers unique to your computer that is recorded by our web server when you request any page or component on the Website. This information is used to monitor your usage of the Website.

5.Data recorded by the Website which allows us to recognise you and your preferred settings, this saves you from re-entering information on return visits to the site. Such data is recorded locally on you computer through the use of cookies. Most browsers can be programmed to reject, or warn you before downloading cookies, information regarding the use of cookies can be found at http://www.aboutcookies.org/cookielaw.asp.

What we do with your information?

Any personal information we collect from this website will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable laws. The details we collect will be used:

1.To process your order, to provide after sales service (we may pass your details to another organisation to supply/deliver products or services you have purchased and/or to provide after-sales service);

2.In certain cases we may use your email address to send you information on our other products and services. In such a case you will be offered the option to opt in/out when you register with us.

We may need to pass the information we collect to other companies for administrative purposes. We may use third parties to carry out certain activities, such as processing and sorting data, monitoring how customers use the Website and issuing our e-mails for us. Third parties will not be allowed to use your personal information for their own purposes.

Sharing of Information with Third Parties

We follow security procedures as required by the UK Data Protection Act 1998, in the storage and disclosure of personal information that you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access to such information. At times we may let you know about the products or services provided by carefully selected third parties. We will only deal with partners who comply with the UK Data Protection Act 1998 as amended from time to time) and any other applicable data protection legislation or regulations, or with whom we are satisfied have appropriate measures to protect data. However, Fastcarfinder shall have no liability to you in respect of any breach of security by a third party.

Your Rights

You have the right to request a copy of any information that we currently hold about you. In order to receive such information please send your contact details including address and payment of £10 to cover administration expenses to the following address:

Privacy Fastcarfinder.co.uk 65 Chapel Street Tiverton Devon EX16 6BT

Other Websites

This privacy policy only covers this website. Any other websites which may be linked to by our website are subject to their own policy, which may differ from ours.

Our Responsibilities - How does Fastcarfinder protect user information?

Areas of the Web Site where transactions are entered into, may be password protected. You can help to preserve your privacy by never sharing your password with anyone else.

We seek to limit access to your personal information by those working on or monitoring advertising transactions, information about you is only accessible by those employees who need to have such information to service your account. We continually emphasise to our employees the confidential nature of user information and the high level of importance that Fastcarfinder places on maintaining this confidentiality.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to add to or change the terms of this Privacy Policy, without prior notice to you. If we change this Privacy Policy, we will post the new Privacy Policy on the Web Site, and it will become effective from the time of posting to the Web Site. Please visit this Privacy Policy on a regular basis to make sure you have read the latest version and you understand what we do with your information. Wherever possible, we will give you notice of any changes prior to their implementation.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, you acknowledge that in the course of you advertising goods or services on our Web Site, certain personal data about your employees, agents or subcontractors or certain personal data of third parties appearing in the advertising you requested to appear on our Web Site may be captured electronically or otherwise by us. If this is the case, you shall ensure that you have obtained the express consent of any employees, agents, subcontractors or any applicable third parties to the transfer of their personal data to us to use, store and process such personal information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, including where such personal data forms part of the advertising and is posted to the Web Site for access by users inside and outside of the European Economic Area.

Feedback

If you have any queries or problems with regard to this Privacy Policy or the uses to which we put your information, please e-mail us.