Effective Date: [01/05/2024]
Welcome to Vantage Auto Parts. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you visit our website and purchase our products.
Information Collection
You are not required to provide any personal information to view our website. If you choose to send us personal information by email, mail, or some other form, we may keep a record of that information. We are committed to being transparent and collecting information through lawful means.
Additionally, we may collect the following categories of personal information from you in the course of business, including through your use of our website, when you contact or request information from us:
- Identification Data: such as name, title, job title, or address.
- Contact Information: including your phone number(s), your email address and social media account or handle where appropriate.
- Event Registration or Mailing List Data: such as dietary requirements (which may reveal information about your health or religious beliefs), preferences and interests, subscriptions, downloads, and username/passwords.
- Job Applicant Data: such as identification data and contact information, resumé and other data provided by you or third parties (e.g., recruiters) on our website, online recruitment portal (where applicable) or offline in connection with job openings.
- Cookie and Device Data: such as information about your visit to our website, IP address, device identifier, browser type and version, operating system and network, location, and time zone setting, time spent on our website; referring websites, pages accessed and other actions taken on our site.
Information Usage
We use your personal information for various purposes, such as:
- Administration of Client and Vendor Relationships.
- Addressing Client Inquiries/Feedback.
- Marketing: Sending relevant marketing messages and inviting you to events/seminars.
- Website Improvement: Using cookie and device data to enhance functionality and user-friendliness.
- Security Measures: Keeping our website and IT systems safe.
- Fraud Prevention.
- Recruitment: Screening and evaluating candidates for positions.
Information Sharing
We may share your personal information with various third parties, such as:
- Vendors: Companies that process your personal information on our behalf, such as IT service providers, customer relationship management databases, shipping carriers, and product suppliers.
- Law Enforcement and Government Agencies: When required by law or to protect our legal rights.
- Business Transfers: In connection with a reorganization, restructuring, merger, acquisition, or asset transfer.
Marketing Choices
You can opt out of receiving marketing communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in emails or contacting us directly.
Third-Party Web Analytics Services
We use services like Google Analytics to analyze website usage. To learn more or opt out, visit Google’s Privacy & Terms.
Security
We take steps to protect your personal information but cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted online.
Audit
We conduct regular security assessments and vulnerability scans to maintain the safety and integrity of our data.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your website experience. You can set your browser to reject cookies, but this may affect the website’s functionality.
Information Retention
We retain your personal information as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.
Deletion of Data
You may request the deletion of your personal data.
Children
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 16.
Notification of Changes
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Changes will be posted on our website with an updated effective date.
California Privacy Notice
Specific provisions apply to California residents, including disclosures about the categories of personal information we collect and the purposes for which we use it.
Exercising Your Rights
California residents can exercise their privacy rights by visiting our designated URL or calling us directly.