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Our Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy

We consider our relationship with our customers as one of our most valuable assets. We are committed to protecting your privacy and realize that our success depends upon our ability to maintain your trust. Below is information about Carsons Classifieds undertaking to protect your privacy and to ensure the integrity of Carsons Classifieds.

We are committed to protecting your privacy. The information that we collect is only used to facilitate your transactions on our site and to enhance your overall experience with us. We may share your information with trusted third parties, but only if you allow us to do so.

How We Protect Your Information

All of the customer data that we collect is protected against unauthorized access in a secured, proprietary database. To extend this security, we are currently engineering secure server software (SSL) solutions which encrypt all the information that you input before it is sent to us, and to encrypt all the information that we send to you. In this manner, both the profile data, and the transmission via the Internet, your data is secured.

Why We Collect Information and How We Use It

When you use our site actively (to place an ad, an order or a bid), we may need to know your name, address, phone number, e-mail address and payment information. This allows us to process and fulfill your transaction and to notify you of the status of your order.

If you ask to be informed of future services and site enhancements, we will need your e-mail address in order to send you the information you requested.

When you enter a contest, a lottery or other promotional feature, we may ask for your name, address and e-mail address so that we can administer the contest and notify winners.

We tailor our site to the interest of our customers by using their orders to shape our recommendations about services (for example, Finance and Insurance services) and goods (for example, car products) that might be of interest to them. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout of the site.

We may also occasionally use the information we collect to notify you about important changes in the functioning of our web sites, new services and special offers that we think you will find useful.

We might occasionally ask you to tell us about your experience with us. These short surveys will be completely optional. None of this data is associated with any individual's name. We then work with this anonymous data to tailor our future offers to your needs and to the needs of our future customers.

Cookies? What's that?

Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies enable us to recognize your logons and passwords when you return to our site. The use of cookies actually saves you time because you will not be asked to re-enter information every time you log onto Carsons Classifieds. Most web sites use cookies for the same purpose and most web browsers automatically accept cookies although you can choose to disable this feature. Please note that some features of the site may not work if your cookes are disabled.

Will Carsons Classifieds Disclose the Information It Collects to Third Parties?

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our web site. Our third-party advertising company also separately places or recognizes a cookie file on your browser in the course of delivering advertisements to this Site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Your Consent

By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by us. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

This Privacy Policy covers only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. If you disclose your information to other parties (for example, a seller on our system), different rules may apply. Carsons Classifieds cannot control the privacy policies of third parties and therefore you should take care when disclosing personally identifiable information to others.

If you do not wish to be included in any programs pertaining to the collection or exchange of information, or if you do not choose to receive information from Carsons Classifieds or third parties regarding items of interest to you, send an email to privacy@CarsonsClassifieds.com

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