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Sharpcar.com is committed to protecting your online privacy while you use the
services provided on our website. We urge you to read this privacy policy in
its entirety so that you will understand all of the practices and procedures
that we use relating to your online privacy What this Privacy Policy Covers. In this privacy policy, Sharpcar.com will inform you about the type of information that is collected about you on this website, how the information is collected, how the information is expected to be used and to whom it is expected to be given. This privacy policy will also tell you how to limit our use of your personal information. Contact our Website. This website is the responsibility of Sharpcar.com Products Company. You can contact us by e mail at pjones@sharpsales.com or by regular mail at: Sharpcar.com, div. Hy-Ko Products Company 60 Meadow Lane Northfield, OH 44067 Attention: Patty Jones. What Kind of Personal Information Sharpcar.com Collects. While we don't ask for any registration or personal information to browse our site, some information about your server address, Web browser, and computer system are automatically transmitted to our Web servers so that we can operate our site on the Internet. If you choose to register with us to sell a product, we will collect nonpublic personal information from you from (a) applications or forms that you fill out; and (b) transactions with us or our affiliates (including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and other similar information). In order to facilitate our Sharpcar.com service and assist you in finding the right match, you will sometimes be asked to provide us with certain personal preferences in addition to your personal contact information The information which you may be asked to provide may include, without limitation (a) contact information (i.e., name, address, telephone number, and electronic mail address), (b) information regarding the automobile sought to be sold (i.e., make, model, year, and physical description), and (c) information regarding preferences for subsequent automobile purchases (i.e., new or used, make, model, year range, age range, physical and mechanical attributes, and options). Further, as part of our site operation, we reserve the right to automatically collect and track:  The
home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of computer, and type of Web
browser you are using while you visit ourwebsite.Information
on what pages of our website you access.How We Use Your Personal Information. Sharpcar.com stores its customer information in a secure database to fulfill your requests for our services and to contact you about new products and services. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those Sharpcar.com employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. If we are required to do so under applicable federal regulations, we will maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information. Sharpcar.com may disclose all of the nonpublic personal information that we collect, as hereinafter set forth. Sharpcar.com may share your personally identifiable information, whether public or non-public, with other companies as follows: We
may sell or otherwise provide such information to financial service providers
such as car dealerships in your area which have contracted with Sharpcar.com
to receive such information so that they may contact you as a prospective lead
for a new or used car purchase, and these dealers may in turn sell or otherwise
transfer your personal information to their affiliates or non-affiliated third
parties;We
may provide your information to other non-financial companies such as retailers
and direct marketers that assist us in providing products and servicesWe
may provide your information to any party if we are required to do so under
applicable law, by court order or other legal process to provide;We may provide your information to third parties if we find that your actions on our website violate our Terms of Use, which you agree to by using our website. We
may sell or otherwise transfer such information to a successor of Sharpcar.com
or any subsidiary or division of Sharpcar.com in connection with an asset
sale, merger, consolidation, divestiture, stock sale or other corporate
transaction, or by way of assignment (whether by operation of law or otherwise)
in connection with any such or similar transaction or in connection with the
administration of a bankruptcy estate.Security. The importance of security for all nonpublic personally identifiable information associated with our users is of great concern to us. Except as otherwise provided herein, only those employees who need access to our users' information to provide products or services are allowed access, as described above. Cookies. A "cookie" is a persistent client side hypertext transfer protocol file. Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to a visitor's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies help Web surfing by saving visitor preferences and other information. The use of cookies is a widespread industry standard and thus many major websites use cookies. We reserve the right to use cookies in connection with the Sharpcar.com website. Most Web browsers are initially configured to accept and process cookies. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies. More extensive information concerning cookies is available on the World Wide Web by searching for the word "cookies". If you have any questions concerning our use of cookies, please contact us at pjones@sharpsales.com. Requesting to See Your Personal Information. You may request, via e-mail or regular mail that we provide you with the personal information we have collected from you. Once you receive this information, we will modify or delete from our systems any or all of your personal information as soon as practicable after our receipt of a written request from you stating in reasonable detail the modification and/or deletion requested; provided, that, we reserve the right to verify your identity before sending you this information. Steps Taken to Protect the Privacy of Your Personal Information. Our website may contain links to other Internet websites. We encourage our partners, contributors and other third parties to implement policies and practices that respect your privacy. Our contracts with third party automobile dealers to which we sell or otherwise transfer your personal information require such dealers to comply with applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations regarding privacy of personally identifiable information, including, without limitation, the federal Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (the "Privacy Act") and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Additionally, our contracts with such dealers require that, as a condition precedent to the transmission of any of your personal information by such dealers to any other person, firm or entity (a "Recipient"), that the Recipient agree, in writing, and that the disclosing dealer shall cause any such Recipient to agree in writing, to comply with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations regarding the privacy of personally identifiable information including, without limitation, the Privacy Act , and that the disclosing dealer deliver to Sharpcar.com upon request fully executed copies of all such writings. Finally, our contracts with third party automobile dealers require that such dealers agree that in the event that you notify Sharpcar.com that you elects to opt-out of permitting Sharpcar.com to transmit personally identifiable information to any party, then immediately upon receipt of written notice from Sharpcar.com, such dealers: (A)
shall cease using your personal information in its possession or control for
any purpose;(B)
shall cause each and every Recipient to cease using your personal information
for any purpose; and(C)
shall deliver to Sharpcar.com or destroy all of your personal information and
other personally identifiable information with respect to you in its possession
or control, and shall cause each and every Recipient to do so.Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything contained in this Privacy Policy to the contrary, we cannot and do not guarantee that any party to which we sell or otherwise transfer your personal information will, in fact, comply with applicable law governing the privacy of personally identifiable information or keep your personal information secure, confidential, or free from unauthorized access. Additionally, we are not, responsible for other website's privacy practices or website content. Occasionally, you may receive cookies from third party advertisers, partners and vendors. We do not control these cookies. Changes to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time. We ask that you review this privacy policy from time to time to ensure you are familiar with the most current version of it. Opting-Out. Sharpcar.com reserves the right to collect, use, sell and otherwise transfer personal information from you unless you affirmatively prohibit us from doing so by opting-out to our collection and use of such information after reading this Privacy Policy. You may opt-out of having your personal information collected, used, sold or otherwise transferred by Sharpcar.com by contacting us by sending us e-mail or regular mail instructing Sharpcar.com that you have elected to opt-out of such collection and/or use. Please note that in order to fulfill certain obligations, we may need to continue sending you notices or other important information concerning any orders or services you previously requested. Date of last update: July 14, 2008 |