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Should You have any privacy-related questions or concerns, You may contact us at the Contact Information set forth in the Web Site Terms Of Service.
I. Overview Of Our Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect that privacy, Treadepot.com, LLC ("Treadepot") is providing this notice to explain our online information practices and the choices You can make about the way Your information is collected and used. This Privacy Policy applies only to the use and collection of data collected by this Web Site (as defined below) and does not apply to any other data collected by Treadepot online or offline.
You can visit our Web Site and find out about Treadepot's products and services, or get a news update and other value-added services, without giving Us any personally-identifying information about yourself.
A. Our Commitment to Privacy
1. Generally
We recognize the importance of privacy to You and the other users of the Treadepot web site located at www.treadepot.com (the "Web Site"). We also recognize the potential sensitivity of information that You may provide during your placement of online orders for Product purchases via the Web Site. We are committed to protecting Your privacy and promise to maintain any personal information You provide in the manner detailed in this Privacy Policy. We are also committed to ensuring that Web Site users are aware of the ways in which We maintain and use user-provided information. Notice of Our Privacy Policy (including a link directly to the policy) appears on the Web Site home page and at other places within the Web Site.
2. Who Are "We"?
As used in this Privacy Policy, "We" includes Treadepot.com, LLC, and its related companies, as well as any third-party vendors we hire to assist in the administration of the Web Site and/or the processing or handling of customer orders. These vendors are required to maintain the confidentiality of the user information to which they become privy in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy and to otherwise abide by the terms of this Privacy Policy. These vendors are prohibited from using the user information for any other purpose.
3. What are Products and Services?
The features, information and services that are featured and/or may be purchased from Treadepot (either via the Web Site or otherwise) are collectively referred to herein as the "Services." The various Treadepot products that, at any given time, are featured and/or may be purchased via the Web Site are collectively referred to herein as the "Products." B. Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access to the Web Site or any portion thereof, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, We have enacted commercially-reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure, during transmission and storage, the information We collect online.
C. Special Note Regarding Web Site Use By Children
This Web Site is neither directed to nor designed for use by children - i.e., anyone under eighteen years old. Children may not make purchases via the Web Site.
D. Changes To This Privacy Policy
Treadepot may, from time to time in its sole discretion, change or modify this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modification will be effective upon posting of the revisions on the Web Site. At any given time, Your access and use of the Web Site and provision of information is governed by the Privacy Policy then in effect. Treadepot may post changes or modifications to referenced policies and guidelines without Your approval, and may determine whether and when any such changes apply to You. Your continued use of the Web Site following Treadepot's posting of any changes or modifications will constitute Your acceptance of such changes or modifications. Should You not wish to be bound by the modified Privacy Policy, You may not make further purchases via the Web Site or otherwise use or access the Web Site.
II. Information We Collect And How We Use It
The only personally-identifying information we collect occurs in relation to online Product purchases or when you affirmatively provide information to us. For purchases, We collect only the information we need to confirm and validate the identity of the purchaser, to allow for payment via a credit card, and to ship the purchased Product to the proper destination. Treadepot provides personally-identifying information to third parties in order to complete the fulfillment and payment of Your online order and to third party vendors administering this Web Site. While the information you provide will be maintained for a commercially-reasonable time by Treadepot for administrative, liability, and archival purposes, your personally-identifying information is never shared with third-party, other than (i) as required by law, (ii) to protect and defend the rights of Treadepot, the Web Site or the users of the Web Site, (iii) as incident to a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or similar event, (iv) under circumstances We believe reasonably necessary to protect the personal safety of users of Treadepot Products and Services, this Web Site or the public, or (v) as is otherwise described in this Privacy Policy (including without limitation Section I.A.2, this Section II and Section III below).
We may use non-personally identifying information You provide to generate statistical information concerning Web Site use (e.g., that there are over x number of users in a given state, that x% of the Web Site users are repeat customers, etc.). We may disclose this statistical information to third-parties. We may also use the information You affirmatively provide to contact You as is otherwise described herein.
III. Communications You May Receive From Us
You will be contacted by Treadepot on the basis of personally-identifying information You provide only when You have requested that We contact you to answer a question or customer-service related matter, or during the purchase process only in the event that such contact is required: (1) as a matter of purchaser safety or in other such extraordinary situations; (2) as an administrative matter in relation to your purchase, as detailed below; (3) as is or may be otherwise required by law; and/or (4) as is expressly and affirmatively agreed to by You via Your "opt-in" request to receive additional promotional and marketing messages from Treadepot. Permissible contact does not include unsolicited promotional or marketing messages from Treadepot.
Administrative communications in relation to Your purchases from Treadepot include the following: (1) an order confirmation sent to the e-mail address you provide; (b) a shipping confirmation sent to the e-mail address you provide; (c) contact via any reasonable means in the event You order products that require consultation with Treadepot's tire and wheel experts prior to fulfillment of the order and shipment to You; and (d) any related or similar communications necessary to complete and fulfill your order.
IV. Other Privacy Issues
A. Third-Party Links In The Web Site
This Web Site may contain materials from third parties ("Third-Party Materials"). All third-party materials contained in this Web Site are subject to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Warranties and Disclaimers set forth herein. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Treadepot in relation to the Web Site.
We may provide, via the Web Site, links to other World Wide Web sites. You should review the relevant disclaimer in the Web Site Terms of Service concerning third-party advertisements and links.
B. Cookies
1. What Are "Cookies"?
Cookies are text files that are stored on a web site user's computer by the web site. Cookies typically contain user-related information such as preferences, status, settings, etc. The purpose of most cookies is to make use of the Internet easier and quicker. Most browsers allow the user to choose settings that allow the use of cookies, that provide notice to the user when cookies are being stored, and/or that refuse all cookies.
2. How Do We Use "Cookies"?
We do not use Cookies at the Web Site. C. IP Addresses
1. What Is An "IP Address"?
An IP Address is a unique identifying number that is automatically assigned to any computer connected to the Internet. Depending on the nature of Your Internet connection, the IP Address may change each time You connect or may always be the same number for that computer.
2. How Do We Use Your IP Address?
We reserve the right to log IP Addresses for system administration, security, statistical analysis, demographic analysis of Web Site use, and other such functions. D. Public Forums
To the extent that the Web Site makes forums, message boards and/or news groups available to You, please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution in disclosing personally identifying information there or in any other public section of the Internet. Furthermore, you agree not to publish or otherwise disclose on any such forums, message boards or news groups and objectionable, disparaging, illegal or actionable material and to indemnify Us against any liability We may suffer due to your publication or disclosure of such material.
Treadepot.com has no responsibility and disclaims all liability for what is posted on the message boards, forums and news groups; and While Treadepot.com does not have the oblication to do so, it reserves the right to remove from such locations and postings which it considers objectionable, disparaging, illegal or actionable.
E. Communications To Us
Comments, suggestions, or other communications sent by You to Us are deemed to be non-confidential unless otherwise indicated. We have no obligations of any kind in relation to such comments, suggestions, or communications and are free to use or distribute them in any way, including in relation to the administration, update, or improvement of the Web Site, without compensation to the author, sender, or any other party. By using this Web Site, you signify your assent to this Privacy Statement. Should You have any privacy-related questions or concerns, You may contact Us at the Contact Information set forth in the Web Site Terms Of Service.
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