Introduction
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users; in this policy, we explain how we will
treat your personal information.
1.2 By using our app and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance
with the terms of this policy.
Collecting personal information
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a) Information about your computer and about your use of this app (including your IP address,
geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit,
page views)
(b) Information that you provide to us when registering with our service (including your email
address)
(c) Information that you provide when completing your profile on our app (including your name, and
employment details)
(d) Information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications
and/or newsletters (including your name and email address)
(e) Information that you provide to us when using the app, or that is generated in the course of the
use of those services (including the timing, frequency and pattern of service use)
(f) Information contained in or relating to any communications that you send to us or send through
our app (including the communication content and meta data associated with the communication)
(g) Any other personal information that you choose to send to us
3.2 Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that
person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in
accordance with this policy.
Use of personal information
Information submitted to us through our app will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or
on the relevant pages of the app.
(a) Administer our service and business;
(b) Personalise our service for you
(c) Enable your use of the services available on our app
(d) Send you non-marketing commercial communications
(e) Send you email notifications that you have specifically requested
(f) Send you our email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no
longer require the newsletter)
(g) Provide third parties with statistical information about our users (but those third parties will
not be able to identify any individual user from that information)
(h) Keep our app secure and prevent fraud
Disclosing personal information
We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
We may disclose your personal information:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law
(b) in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings
(c) to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for fraud prevention and reducing credit risk)
Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
Retaining personal information
This section sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal information. Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes or to the extent that we are required to do so by law.
Security of your personal information
We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our app confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our app).
Amendments
We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website or mobile app.
You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are updated and happy with any changes to this policy.
We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or through the private messaging system on our application.
Users' Rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; the provision of such information will be subject to:
(a) the payment of a fee
(b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
In general practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of using your personal information for marketing purposes.
Contact Information
For general questions, you may email us at feedback@showoff.com
If you have any questions or comments about these Terms of Service, our
Privacy Statement or the ways in which we collect and use your personal
information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to
exercise your rights under California, Nevada or other state law, please
do not hesitate to contact us at:
Phone: 312.601.5000
Email: Privacy@cars.com
Finally, you may also mail us at:
Cars.com, LLC
Attn: Privacy at Customer Care
300 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60606