At https://vin-validation.dmv-california.com, also known as VIN Validation (‘the Company’ or ‘we’), your privacy is of utmost importance, and we are committed to protecting your data with diligence. This Privacy Policy details our approach to handling personal information in a manner that adheres to various privacy laws, including Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Quebec Law 25 on the protection of personal information in the private sector, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD), California’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Colorado’s Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Utah’s Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), Connecticut’s Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), Virginia’s Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), and other relevant privacy legislation.
This policy is designed to guide you through the types of data we collect, how it is collected, its purpose, and your rights as a data subject when interacting with our services. It is important to understand that this policy applies to all interactions with our website, applications, services, and products. It does not apply to external platforms, applications, products, or services that you may access through links on our platform, each of which has its own privacy policy.
Our processing activities cover various scenarios where your data may be collected and processed, including when you:
- Use our applications and services as an authorized user
- Visit our websites linked to this Privacy Statement
- Engage with communications from us, such as newsletters, emails, calls, or texts/SMS
We collect a range of personal data to facilitate the functioning of our services. This includes but is not limited to:
- Account Information to manage user accounts and provide access to our services
- Payment Information to process transactions and ensure billing accuracy
- Financial Information to understand financial behavior relevant to our services
- Purchase Information to track orders, deliver products, and maintain service quality
- Mobile Device Identifiers for optimizing app experiences and for security purposes
- Location Data where necessary for location-based services or to comply with legal obligations
- Feedback to improve our offerings and address user concerns
- Social Media Information for marketing purposes and to enhance social features within our services
- Product Information to tailor our products to your needs and improve them over time
We gather this data through various means, including direct user input, interactions with our services, and automated technologies such as cookies and tracking tools. Additionally, we may receive personal data from third parties, which will be processed in accordance with their privacy policies and applicable laws.
Our website uses cookies to ensure the best possible experience for our users and to help us understand how our websites are used. These cookies serve various purposes, including essential functions (Strictly Necessary), customizing user preferences (Preference), and analyzing traffic patterns (Analytics). Users have control over non-essential cookies via our Cookie Manager, where they can choose which types of cookies to allow or disable.
We maintain data for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected, including fulfilling any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Once these purposes have been fulfilled and the data is no longer required, we take steps to delete or anonymize it in a secure manner.
To safeguard your personal data, we implement robust organizational measures and employ advanced security technologies. We ensure that our data processors are also committed to maintaining high standards of privacy protection.
We recognize the sensitivity of children’s privacy and do not intentionally collect personal data from minors under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
As a user, you have several rights under privacy legislation depending on your jurisdiction. These include rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict the processing of, and port your personal data, as well as the right to object to certain types of processing, the right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights, and the right to file appeals or complaints with a supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, please reach out to our privacy team through the contact information provided.
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices or relevant laws. Any updates will be posted on our website, and we encourage you to review it periodically for the most current information.
Should you have any questions or concerns about your personal data or our privacy practices, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to the address provided on our website. Your trust is paramount, and we are committed to upholding it through our dedication to privacy and data security.