Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Car Market ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site or use our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us when you:

  • Register for an account
  • List a vehicle for sale
  • Contact a seller
  • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Contact our customer support
  • Participate in surveys or promotions

The types of information we may collect include:

  • Personal identifiers (name, email address, phone number, postal address)
  • Account credentials (username and password)
  • Vehicle information (make, model, year, VIN, condition, history)
  • Payment information (credit card details, bank account information)
  • Communications between users
  • Any other information you choose to provide

We also automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our website. This information may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website, and other technical information.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our services
  • Process transactions and send related information, including confirmations and receipts
  • Send administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies
  • Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
  • Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services
  • Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
  • Personalize your experience and deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our third-party service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities on our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us provide you with a better browsing experience.

We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them). The types of cookies we use include:

  • Essential cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly.
  • Preference cookies: These cookies remember your preferences and settings.
  • Analytics cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
  • Marketing cookies: These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising.

You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.

5. Sharing of Information

We may share the information we collect in various ways, including:

  • With other users of the Service (e.g., when you list a vehicle for sale, certain information will be visible to potential buyers)
  • With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf
  • In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process
  • If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Car Market or others
  • In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company
  • With your consent or at your direction

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

6. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free.

You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from Car Market.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

  • The right to access personal information we hold about you
  • The right to request that we update, correct, or delete your personal information
  • The right to object to our processing of your personal information
  • The right to withdraw your consent at any time for processing based on consent
  • The right to data portability

To exercise these rights, please contact us at contact@carmarket.com. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at contact@carmarket.com.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the website. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

10. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@carmarket.com.

Last Updated: May 11, 2025