5 Star Automotive Network Privacy Notice

• This policy covers how The 5 Star Automotive Network personal information that we collect and receive, including information related to your past use of The 5 Star Automotive Network Site or network sites, features and services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
• This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that The 5 Star Automotive Network does not own or control, or to people that The 5 Star Automotive Network does not employ or manage.

Our Information Collection and Use

     General

• The 5 Star Automotive Network collects personal information when you register for certain features or services. When you use The 5 Star Automotive Network, Features or services or when you visit The 5 Star Automotive Network web pages or the pages of certain The 5 Star Automotive Network partners.
• When you register or certain features or services we may ask for information such as your name, email address, birth date, gender, zip code, occupation, industry, and personal interests. Once you register with The 5 Star Automotive Network and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. 
• The 5 Star Automotive Network automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, The 45 Star Automotive Network cookie information, and the page you request.
• The 5 Star Automotive Network uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our features and services, contact you, and conduct research about our site.

Children

• The 5 Star Automotive Network is targeted at a general adult audience, but our network site's are "family safe" rated. We do not allow child under age 13 to register for our features and services. We strongly recommend that users 13 and under refrain from offering any personal information on any web site including ours. We also encourage parents to stay involved in the online life of their children.

Our Information Sharing and Disclosure

• The 5 Star Automotive Network does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
  • We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
  • We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of The 5 Star Automotive Network terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We transfer information about you if The 5 Star Automotive Network is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, The 5 Star Automotive Network will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

   

• The 5 Star Automotive Network displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria - for example, men ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area.
  • The 5 Star Automotive Network does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
  • The 5 Star Automotive Network advertisers include service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and automotive sites) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies) etc.

Cookies

• The 5 Star Automotive Network may set and access The 5 Star Automotive Network cookies on your computer.
• The 5 Star Automotive Network lets other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to The 5 Star Automotive Network cookies.

Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information and Preferences

     General

• You can edit your 5 Star Automotive Network registration information at any time by visiting the Site, Feature or Service you registered for.
• We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the The 5 Star Automotive Network features or services, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the The 5 Star Automotive Network Newsletter, that are considered part of your The 5 Star Automotive Network account, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them.
• You can delete your The 5 Star Automotive Network account by visiting at any time by visiting the Site Feature or Service you registered for.

Confidentiality and Security

• We limit access to personal information about you to our staff who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
• We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
• Your 5 Star Automotive Network Account Information is password-protected.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

• The 5 Star Automotive Network may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your The 5 Star Automotive Network account or by placing a prominent notice on our site.

Have Questions and Suggestions?

• If you feel that your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact The 5 Star Automotive Network to resolve your concern.
• If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us at:
  
  5 Star Automotive Network
  P.O. Box 801
  Hamilton, Oh 45012
   
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