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Privacy policy

Privacy policy and your personal information

Please read this section . This section explains what information we collect about you, how we collect it, use it and store it and the circumstances under which we provide it to third parties.

What we collect from you

You are required to provide us with certain information about yourself in order to access services on the website. You may also be asked to provide us with information about yourself if you wish to participate in any chat, forums or provide commentary or news on the website, or to contact an advertising partner who lists services on our website

Cookies:

What about "cookies"?

A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which then may store it on your hard drive. Cookies allow us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of the website.

We use cookies so that we can give you a better experience when you return to our website. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies.

Visiting motoring.co.uk with your browser settings adjusted to accept cookies, tells us that you want to use motoring.co.uk's products and services and that you consent to our use of cookies and other technologies to provide them to you.

You do not have to accept cookies, and you should read the information that came with your browser software to see how you can set up your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, this will give you the opportunity to decide whether to accept it. If you choose not to accept cookies you may not be able to access ever y part of our website, or use all our services. For further information on cookies or for details on how to delete them or refuse their installation on your computer, please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/

Why we use cookies

motoring.co.uk uses cookies for the following reasons:

To enable the delivery of functionality that improves the ease and speed of using the Website.
To enable us to track the relative demand for different types of vehicles on the Website.
Identifying you when you sign-in to our site. This allows us to provide you with product recommendations, display personalised content, among other customised features and services we provide.
Delivering content, including advertisements, relevant to your interests. Our interest-based ads are subject to your preferences as described in the next section.

Internet Advertising

Cookies enable us to learn about what ads you see, what ads you click, and other actions you take on our sites and other sites. This allows us to provide you with more useful and relevant ads. For example, if we know what ads you are shown we can be careful not to show you the same ones repeatedly.

We do not associate your interaction with unaffiliated sites with your identity in providing you with interest-based ads.

We do not provide any personal information to advertisers or to third party sites that display our interest-based ads. However, advertisers and other third-parties (including the ad networks, ad-serving companies, and other service providers they may use) may assume that users who interact with or click on a personalised ad or content are part of the group that the ad or content is directed towards.

Advertisers or ad companies working on their behalf sometimes use technology to serve the ads that appear on our sites directly to your browser. They may also use cookies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise ad content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that advertisers and third party sites may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third party websites are not covered by our Privacy Policy. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices.

Storage of Your personal data:

Your Consent

By registering on motoring.co.uk, submitting an advert or entering into a prize draw, you are consenting to the collection, processing and use of this information by motoring.co.uk and appropriate third parties.

You can request to see the information that we hold about you at any time if you send in a written request and pay the legal administration fee.

As required by the Data Protection Act 1998, we follow strict procedures in the storage and disclosure of personal information which you have provided via this website. We take all reasonable steps to make sure that your personal details remain safe.

We or third parties acting on our behalf may use your personal information as follows

To provide you with information, products or services that you have requested.
To assess your experience on our own and our partner websites by participating in customer satisfaction surveys.
To contact you by telephone or e-mail to inform you about other products and services which may be of interest to you.
To notify you of motoring news items, changes to our service or announcements we think may interest you.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties:

Who provide automotive, insurance or financial products and services relevant to the products or services you have selected on the motoring.co.uk website and/or
That we think might be of interest to you so that they can also provide you with information about the relevant goods or services that they provide.
We also may need to disclose your personal information:
Where it is necessary to comply with any applicable laws , to prevent fraud or misuse of our service

Your Rights:

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy then you should not enter any of your personal information on Our Website.

If you have provided personal information and you want to stop the use of your data by us as described above, you need to let Us know by visiting http://www.motoring.co.uk/remove We will endeavour to process your request as soon as possible, and within 14 days. You may receive marketing materials or communication during this period.

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by us through motoring.co.uk. We are not responsible for any third party content provider or other third party offering services. If you have visited our website via a third party provider ( for example in a frame or via a partnership ) please ensure that you also read the privacy policy terms on the third party site. If part of these terms are found to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed, and where allowable the enforceability of the remaining provisions of these terms shall not be affected.

Any failure on our part to enforce any right will not constitute a waiver of such rights. These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

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