Last updated: March 2024

“Professional(s)” means individuals, companies and other organizations or persons engaged in a business relevant to the Sites, including, without limitation, extended car warranty providers and other auto service professionals.

“Consumer” (or “consumer”) has its ordinary meaning but generally includes any visitor to or user of the Sites other than Professionals.

Except as otherwise indicated, Professionals, consumers and other persons using the Sites are individually and collectively referred to as “you,” and Compare Car Warranties, together with its affiliates, is referred to as, “Site, “we”, “us” and “our.”

We use the Sites to provide you with information, resources, tools, products and services specific to the auto products and services industry and related markets, and to provide you with information about us and our advertisers, and our respective products and services.

Our website, and mobile apps, mobile-optimized websites and other applications and/or electronic media (such as emails that we send), linking to or bearing this Privacy Policy and operated by or on behalf of us (collectively, the “Sites,” and each, a “Site”) are committed to implementing policies and procedures designed to provide for privacy and security and deliver the best possible online experience.

To that end, we want you to understand what kinds of information we gather about you, how this information, particularly Personal Information (defined below), is used and safeguarded, and how you can control its use.

In conjunction with this Privacy Policy, you should also review our Terms of Use for a more complete understanding of the rules governing our Sites.

Information Collected Information You Provide: We collect information that you provide to us when you inquire about or purchase products and/or services through this Site. If you refuse to provide any requested information (whether or not required), you may not be able to take full advantage of this Site and its features. That information may include your (a) name, (b) address, (c) e-mail address, (d) telephone number, and (e) credit or debit card number.

In some cases, we may collect additional information you provide, such as your age, date of birth, gender, occupation, and education level. On our financial services Sites, with your consent, we may collect your Social Security number to verify your identity with a credit bureau and obtain your credit report and credit score. On certain Sites, we may also collect from you information about your contacts, such as their email address, to share an article or other content.

Information from Third Parties: We may also collect information about you from third parties, like credit reporting agencies or a social media site or a plug-in you use to log into or connect to this Site, and authorize to send us information from that social media account (e.g., name, age, photo). We may associate or combine the information you provide through this Site with this information collected from third parties.

Information Automatically Collected: When you use this Site, the server may automatically recognize you by a “cookie” or other tracking technology. These technologies act as unique identifiers and allow us to tailor this Site to your specified interests and keep track of your activity on this Site. This information may be added to your user profile and used to deliver offers and advertisements that we believe are relevant to your interests.

Furthermore, we may retrieve certain information from your browser (e.g., browser type, referrer URL, date and time of your visit, IP address) and device (e.g., MAC address, device type, screen resolution, and OS version). We use this information to monitor this Site’s performance, analyze traffic patterns and usage, ensure that this Site and any transactions function properly, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. This information also may be appended to your user profile so that we may further tailor this Site to your interests and send offers to you based on such information.

Our advertisers, publishers and other third-party partners also may utilize third-party cookies and other tracking technologies like clear pixel GIFs (i.e., web beacons) to identify you. We and our third-party partners may use these technologies to measure responses to e-mails and page views on this Site and our third-party partners’ websites. These technologies collect no personal information and are used to enhance this Site, to make this Site more relevant to you, and to measure the effectiveness of our e-mail and advertising campaigns and those of our third-party partners. You can opt out of some of our third-party partners’ use of cookies and other technologies at: https://www.google.com/settings/ads (Google)

Tracking Options and California Do Not Track Disclosures: Certain parts of this Site require cookies, and we may use them to deliver more relevant advertising and to link data collected across other devices you use. You can adjust your settings to limit tracking or decline cookies, but as a result you may not be able to use certain features of this Site or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Please refer to your device or browser settings for more information on how to delete or decline cookies and control your tracking preferences. This Site does not respond to do not track signals from most browsers.

Information Use

We may use the information we collect from and about you through this Site (a) to connect you with third-party partners who will provide information about products and services; (b) to respond to your inquiries and requests (e.g., newsletters); (c) to market to you and keep you informed of our products and services and/or those of our third-party partners, which we think may be of interest to you; (d) to develop new products and enhance and improve our Sites and business; (e) to complete and fulfill any purchase you make; and (f) to use your data in an aggregated, non-specific format for analytic and demographic purposes. Your contact information also may be used to reach you when necessary. With your consent, we may use automated decision-making, including profiling, to analyze the information collected from and about you.

We have a lawful basis for collecting and processing your information if (a) you consented to such processing; (b) we have a legitimate interest for processing your data, like analytics, fraud prevention, improving our Sites and our business, and direct marketing.

Information Sharing

Additionally, we may share your information (a) with other Businesses; (b) with third-party partners who will provide you with information about their product and services; (c) with our third-party service providers who provide services like payment processing, IT, and data analysis; (d) with national credit bureaus to verify your identity and obtain your credit report and credit score, where applicable; (e) if you seek insurance quotes, with financial services providers who offer competitive rates and/or the Department of Motor Vehicles to verify your driving record, previous claims history, and vehicle VINs; and (f) with a third party in the event of a sale or transfer of all or part of our business (including in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding).

We also may access and disclose your information to (a) comply with legal process; (b) to respond to lawful requests from authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence, and including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; (c) to enforce our terms and this Privacy Policy; (d) to protect our business; (e) to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property and/or that of others; and (f) as necessary under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence.

Leads and Referrals

 If you participate in or inquire about any lead, referral or similar service we may offer:

Other Websites

This Site may contain links to third-party owned and/or operated websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third-party websites. These third-party websites have separate privacy practices; we have no responsibility or liability relating to such practices; and such practices govern your use of these websites. If this Site includes any mapping features, those mapping features are powered by Google Inc. and governed by Google’s privacy policy: http://www.google.com/privacy.html, as amended from time to time.

Security

We have taken certain physical, technical, and administrative steps to protect the information we collect from and about Site users. Please remember, though, that that neither the transmission of information over the Internet nor the storage of information can ever be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure please immediately notify us at pintacorplegal@gmail.com.

Children

We do not knowingly collect, use, or share the personal information of children under age 18 and this Site is not directed to individuals under 18. If we are made aware that we have collected personal information from an individual under age 18 we will delete this information as soon as possible.

Choices and Access

Additional EU Disclosures:

Legal Basis:

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

Data Controller:

Pinta Corporation is the data controller of all personal data collected through our Web site. If you are situated in the EU and have any complaints regarding our privacy practices, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to your local Supervisory Authority. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach your Supervisory Authority so please contact us in the first instance. If you have a complaint, please contact our privacy manager at pintacorplegal@gmail.com.

Provision of personal data and failure to provide personal data:

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with our services). In this case, we will not be able to provide services to you.

Collection of Personal Information from third party sources:

We also collect personal data about you from various third parties and public sources.

Withdrawing your consent:

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at pintacorplegal@gmail.com.

Data Transfer:

We may transfer personal data from the EU to the USA and other countries, some of which have not been determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of data protection. If we transfer personal data outside the EU to a processor, such transfer will be in compliance with the requirements of the GDPR.

Use of your personal data for marketing purposes:

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising:

To see how you can opt out of marketing communications, please see the section titled “Opt-Out”.

Data Subject Rights:

If you are situated in the EU, under GDPR, as a data subject, you have the following rights:

To exercise your rights under the GDPR, please contact us at pintacorplegal@gmail.com. Please note that in order for you to assert these rights, we may need to verify your identity to confirm your right to access your personal data.  This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. In order to verify your identity, we may need to gather more personal data from you than we currently have.

Retention Period

We will retain your personal information for as long as is needed to provide you with our products and services, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Operation of Our Site and Business

Our Site and business are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States any information you provide to us will be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using this Site or providing us with your personal information, you consent to have your personal information transferred to and processed and stored in the United States in the absence of an adequacy decision or the appropriate safeguards set forth in Articles 45 and 46, respectively, of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Your California Privacy Rights

California law allows Site users that reside in California to ask for information about our practice of sharing your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. We are not obligated to respond to more than one request per calendar year. This Privacy Policy details the types of information we collect and when we share such information, but if you are a resident of California and would like to know the specific companies with whom we shared your personal information and the categories of the information we shared, please send us an email at pintacorplegal@gmail.com.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post an updated version of the Privacy Policy and revise the “LAST UPDATED” date at the top. If we change the Privacy Policy in any material way, we will endeavor to provide appropriate notice to you. Using this Site after any changes are made means you accept those changes and the revised Privacy Policy.

Businesses

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “you” or “your” means the person(s) using this Site or the products or services offered through this Site. “Us,” or “we” or the “Business” includes (but is not limited to) Pinta Corporation and its affiliates as the party responsible for the management of the jointly used information.

Dispute Resolution

You have the right to submit feedback about this Privacy Policy, or the practices described in it, to the applicable supervisory authority in your jurisdiction of residence. For U.S. residents this is/includes the Federal Trade Commission and/or your state Attorney General. For Non-U.S. residents this is/includes the Data Protection Authority in your country of residence.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us at pintacorplegal@gmail.com.

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