OnlineTireQuotes.com Privacy Policy

DMCA policy

Online Tire Quotes has created this privacy statement (“Privacy Policy”) in order to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy.  This Privacy Policy covers our treatment of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) and other information that we gather when you are accessing or using onlinetirequotes.com (“Website”). Though we may share certain types of Personal Information with third parties as described below this policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals that we do not employ, manage, or control.

 

1.  Introduction

Website Owner. JB Vires Corporation (“JB Vires,” “Online Tire Quotes”, “Company,” “us,” “we,” “our,”) is the owner of this website ("OnlineTireQuotes.com"). This Privacy Policy discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for onlinetirequotes.com.  By visiting or using the Website or any related services offered by the Company in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent to our collection, use, and sharing of your information in the following ways.

a)  Website Visits.  Online Tire Quotes collects certain information from Website visitors. This includes, but is not limited to, the home server domain name, e-mail address, the type of computer and web browser, what pages visitor accessed, and limited information about search requests. We may use this Personal Information to personalize and improve our services, to allow our users to set up a user account and profile, to contact users, to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, to analyze how users utilize the Website, and as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy

b)  Website Transactions.  Online Tire Quotes also collects and stores any information you enter on our Website and/or you provide to us in offline contacts with us.  All Website users are categorized as one of two types of user: 1) “Consumer” – those users who use the Website in an effort to purchase tires and other related automotive parts and supplies from third party retailers; and 2) “Retailer” – those users who are automotive retailers and have registered and paid for Online Tire Quotes’s tire and related automotive retail marketing service (the “Service”).  We will collect specific information from you depending on whether you are a Consumer or a Retailer.

1.  Retailer Information. Online Tire Quotes collects and stores information provided from Retailers when they register to, apply and/or use the Website and Company’s Services.  Information that we collect and store may include the Retailer's: name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, website URL, tire brands and other products offered by Retailer, payment options, and credit card details.
2.  Consumers Information. Consumer users will be required to agree to this Privacy Policy or Online Tire Quotes’s terms and conditions or terms of use or otherwise provide Personal Information when writing reviews on the Website.  If you are a Consumer user and you decide to write a review you will not be required to use your actual name or other Personal Information, but instead you may use pseudo names and information.  However, Consumers who do use their real names and Personal Information when writing reviews consent to that information being used by Online Tire Quotes for the purposes described herein.  We may also request information such as the make, model, year of your car, your geographic location, the type of tire you are seeking, etc so as to connect you with Retailers that will fulfill your specific tire and related automotive needs.

 

2.  Personal Information That May Be Collected

a)  Identifying Information. In order to sign up for the Services, Online Tire Quotes will request a user to provide certain personal identifying information, which may include: company name, postal address, e-mail address, screen name, password, daytime telephone number, facsimile number, tire and other product brands available,  method of payment, and, if applicable, credit card information. Online Tire Quotes may also request additional information necessary to establish and maintain user's account.

b)  Service Quality Monitoring. Some Website transactions may require a user to contact us or Online Tire Quotes to contact user through email or by telephone. Online Tire Quotes will not contact you without your prior consent, except to confirm an order placed online and/or to inform a user of the status of such order. You should be aware that it is Online Tire Quotes's practice to monitor, and in some cases record such calls for staff training or quality assurance purposes.

c)  Information from Children. Online Tire Quotes does not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Services.  We also do not knowingly use any personally identifying information collected from children under the age of 13 for marketing or promotional purposes, and do not disclose such information to any third party for any purpose whatsoever.  If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any Personal Information to us or on the Services. In the event that we learn that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under the age 13, please contact us at through Online Tire Quotes’s “Contact Us” page at [https://www.onlinetirequotes.com/page/index/id/Contact] or via e-mail at [help@onlinetirequotes.com].

d)  Lost or Stolen Information. If a user's credit card and/or password is lost or stolen, the user should promptly notify Online Tire Quotes in order to enable us to cancel the lost or stolen information and to update its records with the new credit card information and/or changed password.  You may notify us through Online Tire Quotes’s “Contact Us” page at [https://www.onlinetirequotes.com/page/index/id/Contact] or via e-mail at [help@onlinetirequotes.com].

e)  Reviews and Comments. If user posts reviews or comments on onlinetirequotes.com, user should be aware that the information disclosed and shared will be broadly available to other persons, both inside of and/or outside Online Tire Quotes, who have access to that review. Also, participant's expressed opinion is his or her own and should not be considered as reflecting the opinion of Online Tire Quotes.

f)  Links to Other Websites. The Online Tire Quotes Website may contain links to other websites. Online Tire Quotes is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites.

3.  Uses Made of the Information

a)  Limited Uses Identified. Without user's prior consent, Online Tire Quotes will not use your Personal Information for any purpose other than that for which it is submitted. Online Tire Quotes uses Personal Information to reply to inquiries, handle complaints, provide operational notices and in program record-keeping. Online Tire Quotes also processes billing and business requests related to Online Tire Quotes Website participation.

b)  Marketing Uses. The information you provide to the Online Tire Quotes Website may also be collected, used, analyzed and/or processed by Online Tire Quotes, or selected third parties on Online Tire Quotes's behalf, for marketing and other business purposes. You may opt out and prevent Online Tire Quotes from using your personal identifying information in this way by changing your preferences as described below in Section 8.

c)  Stored Information Uses. Online Tire Quotes stores and retains the information provided by users OR the information entered on the Online Tire Quotes Website. This information is used to compile a user's purchase history in order to enable Online Tire Quotes to recommend products, services, or special offers that would be of interest to a user. You may opt out and prevent Online Tire Quotes from recommending products, services, or special offers to you by changing your preferences as described below in Section 8.

d)  Online Advertising. Some companies that help Online Tire Quotes deliver interactive on-line advertising, such as banner ads, may collect and use information about Online Tire Quotes's users to help Online Tire Quotes better understand the types of advertising or promotions that are most appealing to Online Tire Quotes's users. After it is collected the information is aggregated so it is not identifiable to a specific individual.

4.  Disclosure of the Information

a)  Mergers and Acquisitions. Circumstances may arise where for business reasons, Online Tire Quotes decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize its businesses in the United States or some other country. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal identifying information to prospective or actual purchasers, and/or receiving such information from sellers. It is Online Tire Quotes's practice to seek appropriate protection for information in these types of transactions. You will also be notified via email and/or by a prominent notice on our Website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information

b)  Agents. Online Tire Quotes employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on behalf of Online Tire Quotes. These persons are provided with personal identifying information required to perform their functions, but are prohibited by contract from using the information for other purposes. These persons engage in a variety of functions which include, but are not limited to, fulfilling registration requests, removing repetitive information from user lists, analyzing data, hosting our Website, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing user services.

c) Affiliated Businesses. Online Tire Quotes works closely with affiliated businesses operating website stores, providing services or selling products on each other's Websites. These businesses identify themselves to users. User information related to a transaction with an affiliated business is shared with that affiliated business.

d)  Marketing Analysis by Third Parties. Online Tire Quotes reserves the right to disclose to third parties Personal Information about users for marketing analysis; however, any information disclosed will be in the form of aggregate data that does not describe or identify an individual user.

e)  Protection of Company and Others. We reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information that we reasonably believe is necessary to comply with law or court order; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

5.  Use of Computer Tracking Technologies

a)  No Tracking of Personal Information. Online Tire Quotes's Website(s) are not set up to track, collect or distribute Personal Information not entered by visitors. Through website access logs, Online Tire Quotes may does collect, your IP Address, clickstream data, and HTTP protocol elements, which generate certain kinds of non-identifying site usage data, such as the number of hits and visits to our sites. This information is used for internal purposes by technical support staff for research and development, user analysis and business decision making, all of which provides better services to the public. The statistics garnered, which contain no Personal Information and cannot be used to gather such information, may also be provided to third parties.

b)  Use of Cookies. Online Tire Quotes, or its third party vendors, collects non-identifiable and Personal Information through the use of various technologies, including "cookies". A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that a website can transfer to user's hard drive through user's browser. The cookie is then stored on user's computer as an anonymous tag that identifies the user's computer, but not the user. Cookies may be sent by Online Tire Quotes or its third party vendors. User can set its browser to notify user before a cookie is received, giving an opportunity to decide whether to accept the cookie. User may also set its browser to turn off cookies; however, some Website features then may not work properly. Also, if you click on a link to a third party website, such third party may also transmit cookies to you. This Privacy Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third parties.

c)  Use of Web Beacon Technologies. Online Tire Quotes may also use Web beacon or other technologies to better tailor its Website(s) to provide better user service. If the visitor accesses pages of the Website where these technologies are in use, a non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated which may be processed by Online Tire Quotes or third parties. Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies. If you do not want cookie information to be associated with your visits to these pages, you can set your browser to turn off cookies; however, Web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages, but the notices they generate cannot be associated with other non-identifiable cookie information and are disregarded.

d)  Use of Social Media. Our Website includes social media features, like the Facebook button and widgets, such as the “Share” or “Like” buttons or interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the Privacy Policy of the company providing it.

e)  Collection of Non-Identifiable Information. Online Tire Quotes may collect non-identifiable information from user visits to the Online Tire Quotes Website(s) in order to provide better user service. Examples of such collecting include: traffic analysis, such as tracking of the domains from which users visit, or tracking numbers of visitors; measuring visitor activity on Online Tire Quotes Website(s); Website and system administration; user analysis; and business decision making. Such information is sometimes known as "clickstream data" For example, this aggregate data tells us how often users use parts of the Website, so that we can make the Website appealing to as many users as possible. We may also provide this aggregate information to our partners; our partners may use such information to understand how often and in what ways people use our Website, so that they, too, can provide you with an optimal experience. We never disclose aggregate information to a partner in a manner that would identify you personally.

f)  Collection of Personal Information. Online Tire Quotes collects personal identifying information from users during a transaction. Online Tire Quotes may extract some personally identifying information about that transaction in a non-identifiable format and combine it with other non-identifiable information, such as clickstream data. This information is used and analyzed only at an aggregate level (not at an individual level) to help Online Tire Quotes understand trends and patterns.

6.  Information Security

a)  Username and Password.  If you are a registered user with a password, your account is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You must prevent unauthorized access to your account and Personal Information by selecting and protecting your password appropriately and limiting access to your computer or device and browser by signing off after you have finished accessing your account.

b)  Commitment to Online Security. Online Tire Quotes employs physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the security and integrity of Personal Information. Billing and payment data is encrypted whenever transmitted or received online. Personal information is accessible only by staff designated to handle online requests or complaints. All Online Tire Quotes agents and contractors with access to Personal Information on the Online Tire Quotes website(s) are also bound to adhere to Online Tire Quotes security standards.

c)  No Liability for Acts of Third Parties. Online Tire Quotes will exercise all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of user Personal Information. However, failures of industry standard security technology including; hardware and software, unauthorized entry or use, human error and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time. Transmission of information via the Internet can never be completely secure, and all such transmission is at your risk.

7.  Privacy Policy Changes and Opt-Out Rights

a)  Changes to Privacy Policy. Online Tire Quotes reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make material changes in the way we use Personal Information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our Website or by sending you an email prior to the change becoming effective. You are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when you use the Website after such changes have been first posted.

b)  Opt-Out Right. User and/or prospective user has the right at any time to cease permitting Personal Information to be collected, used or disclosed by Online Tire Quotes and/or by any third parties with whom Online Tire Quotes has shared and/or transferred such Personal Information. Right of cancellation may be exercised by contacting Online Tire Quotes through the “Contact Us” page at [https://www.onlinetirequotes.com/page/index/id/Contact] or via e-mail at [help@onlinetirequotes.com]. After processing the cancellation, Online Tire Quotes will delete user or prospective user's Personal Information from its database.  Please keep in mind that some Personal Information may be needed to register with us or to use our Services.  

8.  Access Rights to Data

a)  Account Settings.  Through your account settings, you may access, and, in some cases, edit or delete the following information you have provided to us:

1. user name;
2. email address;
3. password;
4. city & state;
5. favorite tire brand/tire model & tire shop;
6. number of vehicles owned;
7. user uploaded images
8. telephone/fax number;
9. physical address;
10. brands of products and tires offered;
11. payment options; and
12. user preferences.

 

The information you can view, update, and delete may change as the Website changes.

b)  Accuracy of Personal Information. Please update your Personal Information through your user account settings as mentioned above to ensure the Personal Information Online Tire Quotes has on file for you is accurate. If you have any questions about viewing or updating information we have on file about you, please contact us through Online Tire Quotes’s “Contact Us” page at [https://www.onlinetirequotes.com/page/index/id/Contact] or via e-mail at [help@onlinetirequotes.com]. We will respond to your request to access personal information on file with us within 14 days.

c)  Information Maintained by Online Tire Quotes. Upon user's request, Online Tire Quotes will provide a reasonable description of user's personally identifiable information that Online Tire Quotes maintains in its database. Online Tire Quotes can be contacted through the “Contact Us” page at [https://www.onlinetirequotes.com/page/index/id/Contact] or via e-mail at [help@onlinetirequotes.com]

9.  Accountability

a)  Terms of Use. If user chooses to subscribe to Online Tire Quotes's Services, user's action is hereby deemed acceptance of Online Tire Quotes practices described in this Privacy Policy. Any dispute over privacy between user and Online Tire Quotes is subject to the provisions of this notice and to Online Tire Quotes's Terms of Use Agreement which is incorporated herein and which can be read at [https://www.onlinetirequotes.com/page/index/id/terms+of+service].

b)  Questions, Concerns and Complaints.  If you have a question/concern about this Privacy Policy, or a complaint about Online Tire Quotes compliance with this Privacy Policy you may contact Online Tire Quotes through the “Contact Us” page at [https://www.onlinetirequotes.com/page/index/id/Contact], via e-mail at [help@onlinetirequotes.com] or through our address below. We will make every effort to resolve your concerns.

 

Online Tire Quotes
P.O Box 1203
Carlsbad, CA 92018

 

Effective Date: November 1, 2014