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Boostmonkey, Inc. takes your privacy very seriously. You can be assured that your personal information will be kept in strict confidence. Please read this Privacy Statement carefully so that you understand what information we collect through our website and what we do with that information. This Privacy Statement applies only to information collected online through the Boostmonkey.com website and does not describe the ways how we may collect or use information obtained offline or through any means other than our website. Information on this website may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. If you have questions about this Privacy Statement, please contact us.
PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF CHILDREN
Children should always get permission from their parents before sending any information about themselves (such as their names, email addresses, and phone numbers) over the Internet, to us or to anyone else. Our website is not directed at children under 13 and we won't knowingly allow anyone under 13 to provide us any personally identifying information; if you're under 13, please don't provide any information about yourself on this website.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The information we collect are: (1) information provided by users to the site when they list an Ad for sale or wanted, perform a search, or initiate a transaction, and (2) tracking information collected as visitors navigate through our website. Third-party providers featured on or linked to by our website, such as vendors of products and services offered through our site by third parties, may be gathering information, as well, through processes we do not control.
Searching and Listing Ads Users and visitors need to provide limited information about themselves and their interests to make use of the features of Boostmonkey.com. When searching for automotive parts and accessories, we ask for zip code to help you search for these items within your local area or within a given radius. We ask you to provide this information when you perform a search. For Plus and Premium Ads we have a “Contact Seller” email query function so the seller’s email is kept in confidence unless they decide to share directly with the potential buyer. Vendors will be able to list their email address in their profile and be listed in the Vendor Directory.
The Site automatically collects information and may also customize your visit through technical means, including the following:
Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by computers (or servers) to identify your computer.
Web Beacons: Web beacons (also known as pixel tags, Internet tags, clear GIFs, or single-pixel GIFs) are electronic images embedded into a webpage.
IP Address Logs: Cars.com also logs Internet Protocol (IP) addresses — the location of your computer on the Internet.
Cookies allow Boostmonkey.com to recognize you when you visit the Site, to personalize your experience and generally to serve you better. For example, if you enter your name, email address, or ZIP code on one of the Site's forms, it may be stored in a cookie so you do not have to enter it again on other forms on the Site. Cookies and web beacons can tell us what advertising you have seen on the Site, which allows us to offer you a more diverse selection of advertising information and may also be used together to measure the effectiveness of Boostmonkey.com advertising efforts. Cookies, web beacons and IP addresses are also used to compile data regarding Site usage (what website you came from, what pages of the Site you visit, how long you were on the Site, what type of browser you are using, what website did you go to, etc.). Your IP address does not tell us who you are. We use this information to make our site as useful as we can for as many users as possible.
USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
When we present information to our advertisers-to help them understand our audience and confirm the value of advertising on our website--it is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages within our site. Any credit card information you may provide to us is secured during transmission over the Internet using industry--standard secure socket layer (SSL) 128 bit encryption. We use your credit card information only to bill you for the products and services you order from us. We don't share your credit card information with anyone, except as may be necessary to process your transactions or comply with law. We may collect, or have a third party collect on our behalf, aggregated statistical information about how visitors use and navigate around our site, such as the number of users who visit various pages within the site, what they click on, fill out forms, etc. This aggregated information does not identify you personally. We use this information to improve our site. We may also disclose this aggregated information to third parties.
OTHER DISCLOSURES
We may occasionally release information about our visitors when release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce our Terms and Conditions, or to protect the rights, property or safety of visitors to our site, our customers, the public or Boostmonkey.com. As our business grows, we may buy or sell various assets. In the unlikely event that Boostmonkey, Inc., one of its business units, or substantially all of its assets is acquired by another company, information on our visitors would be among the transferred assets. To ensure that the email marketing preferences of our visitors are honored, we may share email addresses collected on our website with advertisers for the limited purpose of identifying and removing from our distribution lists and/or the advertiser's distribution lists the email addresses of any persons who have "unsubscribed" or otherwise indicated a preference not to receive commercial electronic mail messages from, or transmitted on behalf of, the relevant advertiser. We may allow others to search some of our databases (our listings database, for example) and to analyze the data they find there or aggregate it with other data, either for their business purposes, or ours. Though some of the information in our databases may be personally identifying (such as the contact information included in an Ad listing), we'll only allow searches of the portions of our database that contain information that is otherwise publicly available on our website. When we use other companies to help us operate our site or improve the services we offer to you, we may provide them with information about our visitors that is necessary for them to perform their services. We require that these companies commit to use the information only to perform the services that we request.
SECURITY
Information we gather on our website is stored on servers maintained in protected environments. Any credit card information you provide us is secured for transmission over the Internet using industry-standard secure sockets layer (SSL) 128 bit encryption. However, no physical or electronic security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our servers or databases, nor can we guarantee that information you supply won't be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. And, of course, any information you include in a vehicle listing is available to anyone with Internet access.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Web is an evolving medium. If we need to change our privacy statement at some point in the future, we'll post the changes to this Privacy Statement on this website and update the reference to the effective date to reflect the date of the amendment. By visiting Boostmonkey.com, you agree that your visit, and any dispute over privacy, is governed by this Privacy Statement and our Terms and Conditions.
Date: January 1, 2007
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