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GlobeMegawheels is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. To better
protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information
practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is
collected and used.
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To better inform you, the following questions are addressed:
If you have any questions or require further information, please contact:
Webmaster
GlobeMegawheels
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What information is collected?
GlobeMegawheels collects information from several different areas of our
Website:
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Memberships for GlobeMegawheels require personal information to allow
you to place a vehicle for sale, create automated alert searches, and to
create classified ads.
Personal information collected for the memberships are:
first and last name, email address (which is also the username) and password
uniquely identified by the user, the location of the nearest city of
residence, and their VALID home phone number.
On registration, you can specify the specific information to be displayed on
listed vehicles. At least one piece of contact information must be provided to
allow potential buyers to contact you as the seller, however, the specific
means of contact is at your discression.
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Sending in Feedback: When you send in feedback to GlobeMegawheels, you
must enter your e-mail address for us to follow up with you on your feedback,
however, no personally identifiable information is required to send in your
feedback.
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How is the information used?
GlobeMegawheels's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide
site users the information required to contact you regarding your
advertisements on the GlobeMegawheels web site. Demographic information is
collected for the purpose of preparing statistical reports to reveal who our
users are. This information may be shared with GlobeMegawheels staff and
business partners on a summary basis.
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Is the information shared?
Your advertisements, and therefore your contact information (as specified by
you on registration), may be sent to other advertising websites that
GlobeMegawheels has specific agreements with. GlobeMegawheels will not share
your contact information with any company that does not abide by the policies
set forth in this document.
When saving an alert with the option to contact the dealership, your contact
information will be send to the dealership which has a matching
vehicle.
GlobeMegawheels banner advertisers or web sites that have links on our site may
collect personally identifiable information about you. This privacy statement
does not cover the information practices of those web sites.
GlobeMegawheels Internet advertisements may also be used in GlobeMegawheels
related print publications, at the discretion of GlobeMegawheels.
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What are cookies for?
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web
server and stored on your computer's hard drive. All areas of GlobeMegawheels
where you are prompted to log-in (i.e. memberships, wanted ads, vehicle ads,
etc.) require that you accept cookies. These cookies are used only to keep
track of your account information as you move through our system. This ensures
that your advertisements are attached to the correct account. Throughout the
site, when vehicles are listed, you can choose to save the vehicle within the
clipboard, and this functionality is requires cookies whether or not you have
logged in as a registered user. Cookies are also used to keep track of what
listings you wish to enter into GlobeMegawheels so that your listings get into
the classifieds properly after returning from the Credit Card screen.
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Can I opt out?
No personal information is collected from you when you use the
GlobeMegawheels site to perform basic searches for vehicles - either through
the GlobeMegawheels search engine, or through the dealer inventory pages. Every
page that collects personal information about you is optional. If you do not
wish to share your personal information with us, you may decline the use of our
services that request such information. You may choose not to accept the
cookies required by certain portions of the GlobeMegawheels site. By modifying
your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be
notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to
reject all cookies, you will be unable to use the portions of the
GlobeMegawheels site that rely on cookies to function properly (mainly
membership functions and the clipboard).
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Is my financial information secure?
Your personal financial information is not handled directly by
GlobeMegawheels; rather, all financial transactions are handled via the Planet
Payment service. Please see the Planet Payment site at
www.planetpayment.com for more information. GlobeMegawheels does not
store or use your financial information in any way other than to secure payment
for advertisements. GlobeMegawheels will never share your financial information
with any other party.
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What is done to protect my information?
Your account is password protected so that only you have access to enter
and update your information. You may edit your account and listing information
by using your log-in email address and password under the login link.
We recommend that you not share your password with anyone. GlobeMegawheels may
ask for your password to make certain account changes on your behalf. This is
strictly to confirm that you are the correct holder of the account.
GlobeMegawheels recognizes the need to allow our users to keep their personal
information private. Our members are given the ability to have their email and
phone number repressed from public display. Any information requests, from
users of GlobeMegawheels, will be sent to members by an automated process on
our system.
If you forget your password, you can indicate such by entering your email
address in the login page, and sellecting the "I have forgotten my password"
link. This will send an e-mail to your email address with your password.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be 100% guaranteed
secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information,
GlobeMegawheels cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you
transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
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