1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you
2. What cookies are and how they are used
3. How your information is used
4. Who is collecting your information
5. With whom your information may be shared
6. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
7. The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
8. How FossilCars.com protects children's privacy
9. What else you should know about your online privacy

What personally identifiable information is collected from you

The FossilCars.com Site collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site including (but not limited to) when you place Ads or take advantage of the other features of the FossilCars.com Site. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Every page within the FossilCars.com Site includes a link to this Privacy Policy.

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What cookies are and how they are used

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, the FossilCars.com Site may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Several features of the FossilCars.com Site require that you accept cookies in order to work properly.

Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes:

(1) To identify and label all "new" Ads since your last visit to the site.

(2) Optionally to permanently save your password on your computer so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.

(3) Optionally to enable you to "checklist" Ads that you want to mark for future retrieval and viewing.

Advertising networks that serve Ads onto the FossilCars.com Site may also use their own cookies.

The FossilCars.com Site may also collect IP addresses for system administration and report aggregate information to our advertisers.

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How your information is used

The primary goal of the FossilCars.com Site in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience and to assist your navigation throughout the FossilCars.com Site.

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Who is collecting your information

When you are asked for personal information on the FossilCars.com Site, you are sharing that information primarily with the FossilCars.com Site. However, some activities will, by their very nature, result in your personal information being revealed to other users of the FossilCars.com Site. For example, when you enter personal information on the ad posting form, this information will generally be included in your ad, unless specifically stated otherwise. Additionally, The FossilCars.com Site reserves the right to share your information with third parties, at the discretion of the FossilCars.com Site, unless you have specifically requested by email or written correspondance that your information not be shared.

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With whom your information may be shared

Please see the Terms of Service or Use Agreements for each of our products and services for more detailed information about how your personal information may be shared.

FossilCars.com may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Terms of Service of the FossilCars.com Site or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of the FossilCars.com Site, other users of the FossilCars.com Site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. FossilCars.com may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services. Additionally, the FossilCars.com Site may share your information with third parties, unless you have specifically requested that your information not be shared.

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What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information

If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use most of the FossilCars.com Site, but you will not be able to access areas or use features that require personal information.

You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those services of the FossilCars.com Site that require utilize cookies in order to participate. You can still use most of the features of the FossilCars.com Site even if you do not accept cookies.

You also may limit use of your personal information by notifying the FossilCars.com Site by email or by letter that you do not wish to have your personal information shared.

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The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information

Other than the administrator of the FossilCars.com Site or other authorized personnel of the FossilCars.com Site, you are the only person who has access to your personal information.

As a security precaution, you may want to logoff once you have completed a session in the FossilCars.com Site. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, FossilCars.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

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How FossilCars.com protects children's privacy

FossilCars.com is a general audience web site. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. FossilCars.com does not knowingly share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties. In addition, FossilCars.com will not send any direct email offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 13.

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What else you should know about your online privacy

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example in Ads that you post or through email - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.

Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

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