Privacy Statement for AutoWorld.com

VIS, Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: AutoWorld.com.

Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information (like their email address), financial information (like their account or credit card numbers), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders and information about our company to our customers. The customer's contact information is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like their email address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). The customer's contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary and may be used in conjunction with vendors selected only by VIS,Inc. . Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

We run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (like their email address), financial information (like their account or credit card numbers), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). The customer's contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary and may be used in conjunction with vendors selected only by VIS,Inc. . Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected from our users is used to bill the user for products and services. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

We use an outside ad company to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not have access to this information.

Public Forums

AutoWorld makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Security

AutoWorld has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. 

Children's Guidelines

  1. AutoWorld DOES NOT collect online contact information without prior parental consent or parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. Without prior parental consent, online information will only be used to respond directly to the child's request and will not be used for other purposes without prior parental consent
  2. AutoWorld DOES NOT collect personally identifiable offline contact information without prior parental consent
  3. AutoWorld DOES NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information with out prior parental consent
  4. AutoWorld DOES NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent
  5. AutoWorld DOES NOT NOT entice by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity

Choice/Opt-Out

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

This site gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site.

This site contains links to other sites. AutoWorld.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

  1. You can send email to editor@autoworld.com
  2. You can visit the following URL: http://www.autoworld.com/news/Testing/mail_alert.asp
  3. You can send mail to the following postal address:
    204 37 Ave NE #224 Saint Petersburg, Florida 33704
  4. You can call the following telephone number: 727.821-9779

Correct/Update

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
  1. email editor@autoworld.com
  2. visit http://www.autoworld.com/news/Testing/mail_alert.asp
  3. send mail to the following postal address:
    204 37 Ave NE #224 Saint Petersburg, Florida 33704
    call the following telephone number: 727.821-9779

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact
VIS, Inc.
204 37 Ave NE #224
Saint Petersburg, Florida 33704
 
support@autoworld.com
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