Cars-in-houston is frequently improving and adding new functionality and features to its websites and improving and adding to our existing products, services, and programs. Changes will be posted instantly as policy changes, and a copy will be e-mail to those that are registered in our mailing list.  This policy was last updated on July, 08 2007.

Personal information and other data we collect

You are not required to provide any personally identifiable information to visit the Site. Cars-in-houston.com automatically collects Usage Data (as described below) and may collect ZIP codes and other information in connection with your use of the Site (e.g., the type of car you are looking for). Cars-in-houston.com collects personally identifiable information only when you provide it. You may be required to provide personally identifiable information to use certain services on this Site, including, but not limited to, the "Email the Dealer/Seller" feature and to purchase and create a "Sell It Yourself" online classified listing ("SIY Ad") and account ("SIY Account"). In addition, you may submit personally identifiable information through the Site in other ways, including: (a) participating in online surveys, promotions, contests and sweepstakes; (b) subscribing to newsletters, editorial content, or promotional content sent via email, (c) using the Site's "Feedback" and "More Information" forms; and (d) in connection with other products, services, features, or requests made available through the Site.

• Cars-in-houston uses cookies other technologies to enhance your online experience and to learn about how you use our website services in order to improve the quality of our services.
• Our  servers automatically record information when you visit our website or use some of our products, including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.

The Site automatically collects information and may also customize your visit through technical means, including the following:

Cookies: Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by computers (or servers) to identify your computer.

Web Beacons: Web beacons (also known as pixel tags, Internet tags, clear GIFs, or single-pixel GIFs) are electronic images embedded into a webpage.

IP Address Logs: Cars-in-houston.com also logs Internet Protocol (IP) addresses — the location of your computer on the Internet.

Cookies allow Cars-in-houston.com to recognize you when you visit the Site, to personalize your experience and generally to serve you better. For example, if you enter your name, address or ZIP code on one of the Site's forms, it may be stored in a cookie so you do not have to enter it again on other forms on the Site. Cookies and web beacons can tell us what advertising you have seen on the Site, which allows cars-in-houston.com to offer you a more diverse selection of advertising information and may also be used together to measure the effectiveness of Cars-in-houston.com advertising campaigns. Cookies, web beacons and IP addresses are also used to compile data regarding Site usage (what website you came from, what pages of the Site you visit, how long you were on the Site, what type of browser you are using, what website did you go to, etc.). Web beacons may also be included in emails sent by Cars-in-houston.com to determine when and if such emails are opened or forwarded. You can disable cookies or otherwise manage them through tools provided with your browser software and with third-party software packages. If you turn off cookies, many of the Site's features will not work as well or at all. Anonymous information regarding Site usage that is collected and/or aggregated by Cars-in-houston.com through the use of such technical means or otherwise is referred to in this Statement as "Usage Data."

Children

Cars-in-houston.com believes that it is especially important to protect children's privacy online. Cars-in-houston.com does not knowingly collect or use any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 and Cars-in-houston.com does not knowingly provide any personally identifiable information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever from visitors younger than 13 years old. No information should be submitted to or posted at Cars-in-houston.com by visitors younger than 13 years old.

Articles

The site contains articles containing advice on different car issues.  The information should not be taken for granted rather it is only the personal opinion of the writer of the article.  furthermore, in case the article is to be republished, it should only be done including the links, anchor texts and credit.  you should be advised that some articles may be available in two different names, for two different proposes, for example the  section is dedicated for used cars as a posed to cars.  You should further understand that in our effort to bring in information from the around the globe, our bilingual experts browse the internet looking for news in other languages, those articles are then corrected to the best of our ability after automated translation

Links

This Site contains links to other sites. While Cars-in-houston.com encourages our business partners to adopt privacy policies that build users' trust and confidence in the Internet, Cars-in-houston.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of websites linked to the Site or any third-party products or services offered through the Site.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please email us at kmustaffa@cars-in-houston.com

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