Autoslatinos.com respects the privacy of its users. In this document,
we explain how we use information you supply us via the Autoslatinos.com
web site. This privacy policy may be modified in the future. If it is, a new
policy will be posted on our Web sites, and you will have the opportunity to
modify your information on file with us as explained below.
This Web site is the product of Autoslatinos.com, a division of DHPS,
LLC. You may have arrived at this Web site by following a link from an Autoslatinos.com
affiliate. If so, please be aware that Autoslatinos.com
may share your information with the affiliate (as described below in the
section titled "With whom do we share the information we collect?"). During
your visit to this Web site, the affiliate may independently collect other
information from you.
The policy that follows is applicable to Autoslatinos.com's
information collection, use and disclosure practices. For information on the
policy applicable to the affiliate's information collection, use and disclosure
practices, please review the privacy statement on the affiliate's Web site
(this may be the site from which you linked to get here). Also, please note
that this Web site contains links to other Web sites. Autoslatinos.com
and its affiliates are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies
of any Web sites to which this site may link.
What personal information do we collect?
Visiting: You are not required to provide personally
identifiable information to visit the Autoslatinos.com site. We do
collect usage data on all users, but it is not personally identifiable except
as described below under the section IP Addresses.
Registration, Service Requests and Web Forms: You may be asked to
provide personal information to use certain services on this Web site, which
will be apparent from the forms we ask you to complete. When you sign up to
join Autoslatinos.com as a registered user, request a dealer price
quote, use one of our other interactive services or enter a contest, we may
request specific information about you, including your name, age, address and
phone number, as well as demographic and vehicle information. To sign up to
join Autoslatinos.com as a registered user, request a dealer price
quote, use one of our other interactive services or enter a contest, you must
be 18 years of age or older and agree to the Terms and Conditions of the Web
site.
Premium Services: Visitors 18 years of age or older may use an order
form to request optional services at some parts of our Web site. We may collect
your credit card information to bill you for these optional services. All other
areas of our Web site are free and may be used by visitors 18 years of age or
older without a fee.
Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are placed on your
computer's hard drive by our computers (or servers) to identify your computer.
Cookies are read only by the server that placed them there and are unable to
execute any code or virus. We use cookies to recognize you when you visit our
Web site, to personalize your experience and generally to serve you better. For
example, if you enter your name, address or ZIP code on one of our forms, it
may be stored in a cookie so you do not have to enter it again. Cookies also
can tell us what advertising you have seen on our site, which allows us to
offer you a more diverse selection of advertising information. Cookies also may
compile data about our visitors that may be shared with other companies, such
as an outside advertising company. However, no personally identifiable
information stored in cookies will be shared with outside companies for any
purpose without your permission. You can disable cookies or otherwise manage
them through tools provided with your browser software and with third-party
software packages. If you turn off cookies, many Autoslatinos.com
features will not work as well or at all.
IP Addresses: Autoslatinos.com compiles IP addresses" the
location of your computer on the Internet "for administrative and analytical
purposes. Autoslatinos.com does not routinely collect any personally
identifiable information through its compilation of your IP address or the
location of your computer on the Internet. However, in cases of suspected abuse
or service problems, we may use an IP address in conjunction with other
personally identifiable information to enforce our terms of service and to
protect or troubleshoot the service, the site, its users or others who may be
affected. No personally identifiable information associated with IP addresses
will be shared with third parties for marketing purposes without your
permission.
How do we use the information we collect?
Site Interaction: The information you provide when
you register with Autoslatinos.com or fill out other forms on our site
may be stored on our servers or, in some cases, in a cookie on your computer.
This information will be used to compile aggregate data that is not personally
identifiable and may be used internally or shared with third parties. This
information also may be used to confirm and fulfill a request you are making,
to follow up on that request and to communicate with you about the Autoslatinos.com
service. The messages that Autoslatinos.com sends for these purposes may
incidentally include promotional material or other content from Autoslatinos.com
or its partners. In the case of these messages, we are not sharing your
personally identifiable information with third parties, nor will we continue to
send you promotional messages if you ask us not to, as described below in the
section titled "Accessing, Changing or Deactivating Information Collected by Autoslatinos.com."
Direct Promotion: Using the contact information provided by
registrants 18 years of age or older, including e-mail addresses, Autoslatinos.com,
its affiliates or third parties to whom Autoslatinos.com discloses such
information in accordance with this privacy policy (including its partners or
advertisers) may periodically send you promotional or informational messages.
In any case where we might use your contact information for this purpose, you
will be able to indicate at registration whether you wish to receive such
promotional or informational messages. However, by providing us your personal
contact information when you register or request specific services, you agree
that Autoslatinos.com may contact you regarding account status, changes
to this privacy policy or other terms of service, and to confirm, fulfill and
follow up on your registration, service or information request.
Visitor Behavior: Autoslatinos.com may perform statistical
analyses of user behavior in order to measure interest in the various areas of
our Web site, for development purposes, and to inform advertisers and partners
about consumers who click on their advertising or other messages. In these analyses,
we will disclose information to third parties only in aggregate form, except as
specified below. We also may use personally identifiable information to improve
your experience while you are visiting our Web site. This might include
prefilling your personal information into Web forms so that you do not have to
retype it or presenting you with editorial and advertising content that may be
of interest.
With whom do we share the information we collect?
Autoslatinos.com will share personally identifiable
information with third parties in the following cases:
- With affiliated newspapers
and other affiliates for whom we provide Web sites. Certain affiliates
have Web pages that are branded with both their trademarks and ours. You
may visit us through a co-branded page of such a site, for example, a Autoslatinos.com
page that is co-branded with XYZ Newspaper's Web site. If you entered the Autoslatinos.com
Web site through a site maintained by one of these affiliates, then your
personally identifiable information may be shared with that affiliate on
the condition that the affiliate's use of the information is consistent
with this privacy policy.
- As is necessary for third
parties to provide information or perform services specifically requested
by you. For example, if you request a vehicle price quote from a
dealership through our service, we will share the information you entered
with that dealership. Similarly, if through Autoslatinos.com you
request additional information from a car manufacturer or financial
institution, we will share your information with those companies.
Personally identifiable information also may be included in reports to
these third parties, but only when you have already submitted the
information to the third party as described above. After the information
is provided to such third parties, Autoslatinos.com does not and
cannot control their subsequent use or disclosure of information.
- For direct marketing
purposes, but only if you have authorized Autoslatinos.com to do so
and only if you are 18 years of age or older. Although Autoslatinos.com
will notify all third-party direct marketers that the information provided
to them is confidential, Autoslatinos.com does not and cannot
control their subsequent use or disclosure of information.
- To perform analytical and
other services as an agent of Autoslatinos.com. In some cases, we may work with third parties that do analysis and development on our behalf. We may share your personally identifiable information with such a third party on the condition that the third party maintains the information as confidential and uses the information only to perform the services specified by Autoslatinos.com.
Message Boards & Forums
Autoslatinos.com offers message boards, or forums, on some of its Web sites for use by visitors who are 18 years of age or older. Any information you disclose when posting a message in these forums becomes public. Moreover, registrants who post a message in our forums make their e-mail addresses available to others through a feature of our software, which could result in unsolicited e-mail from third parties.
E-mail a Friend
Autoslatinos.com sometimes offers you the ability to send an e-mail to a friend or other third party. E-mailing others functionality is for informational purposes only and may not be used for any unlawful purpose. This includes all harassment or threats. Autoslatinos.com expressly reserves the right to release information you provide through use of this functionality (including but not limited to e-mail addresses, names and IP addresses) to third parties in any case of suspected abuse or other problems, in order to enforce our terms of service and to protect or troubleshoot the service, the site, its users or others who may be affected. Information collected under the "E-mail a Friend" functionality is otherwise subject to the same limitations of use, access, security and disclosure described elsewhere in this privacy policy.
How do we handle changes to your information or to this policy?
Notification of Changes: Any changes to this policy will be posted on our Web site in this location. If those changes affect how we use your personally identifiable information, we will contact you at the e-mail address in our records to notify you of the change before it takes effect in regard to your information. You can then either agree to the changes, modify your personally identifiable information or deactivate your user record.
Accessing, Changing or Deactivating Information Collected by Autoslatinos.com: If you wish to access, verify the accuracy of, change or deactivate your personal information on file with Autoslatinos.com; change your permissions regarding use of personally identifiable information for direct promotion purposes by Autoslatinos.com or its partners (including affiliates and third parties identified in this policy); or deactivate your Autoslatinos.com membership, you can use the interface available at http://www.autoslatinos.com/vendedores/info.cfm
Deactivation of User Information: If you deactivate your user information, your account information will no longer be used by Autoslatinos.com or made available to third parties except in an aggregate form or as required by law.
Security
Your personal information is one of our most valuable assets. It is kept physically secure in our data centers and is accessible only to authorized personnel as needed to perform operations governed by this policy. In addition, when we collect credit card or other highly sensitive information from you, such as a Social Security number, we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, the industry standard for ensuring privacy in Web transactions.
Children's Guidelines
We believe that it is especially important to protect children's privacy online. We encourage parents to get involved with their children's online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating. Note: We define "children" as minors younger than 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect or use any personally identifiable information from children, and we do not provide any personally identifiable information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever from our visitors younger than 13 years old. We do not knowingly allow children to register with us or to participate in any of our promotions or contests. No information should be submitted to or posted at Autoslatinos.com by visitors younger than 13 years old. In the event that Autoslatinos.com obtains information from an individual who indicates that he/she is younger than 13 years old, Autoslatinos.com will promptly discard the personally identifiable information without collecting, using or disclosing such information to any third party. You should be aware that if your child voluntarily discloses his or her name, e-mail address or other information on any Web site, such disclosures may result in unsolicited messages.
Does this privacy statement extend to links to other sites?
This site contains links to other sites. While we encourage our business partners to adopt privacy policies that build users' trust and confidence in the Internet, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of Web sites linked to any of our sites. We may allow third parties to sponsor promotions and sweepstakes through our site. The use of any personal information provided to such a third party will be governed by that party's
privacy policy.
Collection of Information by Third Parties
Autoslatinos.com may at times use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our Web site. This company may use information (not including your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to our site and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. In addition, we share Web site usage information about visitors to our sites with these companies for the purpose of managing and targeting advertisements on our Web site and other Web sites. For this purpose, we and our third-party advertising company note some of the pages you visit on our Web site through the use of pixel tags (also called clear gifs or single-pixel gifs). In the course of serving advertisements to this Web site, our third-party advertising companies may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your computer. If you would like more information about the information collection practices of this third-party advertising company and to know your choices about not having this information used by this company, email us at feedback@autoslatinos.com.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please e-mail us at feedback@autoslatinos.com
or use our online feedback form.
Last updated: March 25, 2003
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