MechanicImprints.com Privacy Policy

MechanicImprints.com (Also, MechanicFrauds.com, and MechanicTracks.com) is a community site designed to help “fight mechanic frauds one receipt at a time”™. Each auto mechanic receipt collected and shared displays the hard fact behind a mechanic shop right-doing or wrong-doing, and sharing it with others raise awareness for all to learn from.

The core idea behind “mechanicimprints.com” is the result of numerous debates/discussions and complaints from hundreds of thousands of individuals who are frustrated with the hidden truths behind the real cost behind maintaining and repairing their vehicles.

The Developers of MechanicImprints.com are fully aware of the importance to protect the privacy of our users and have taken and will continue to take every step necessary to protect user privacy.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy a user is defined as someone using the MechanicImprints.com web site. To ensure the trustworthiness of the inputs, this site displays a limited amount of personal information to other users. By using MechanicImprints.com, you permit the collection and use of any personal information as outlined in our Privacy Policy below. We advise all users to periodically review our Privacy Policy as it is subject to change.

Collection of Data

MechanicImprints.com collects user information submitted through our website and its affiliates. This information includes names, ages, genders, e-mail addresses, locations, photos, videos, and reviews. Any information incorporated within a review or a request for help “message box” will be saved as typed.

How Your Information is Used

Information submitted by users such as names and e-mail addresses are used to validate accounts, and exchange messages between the website and the users. Photos and locations are used along with reviews submitted to help in identifying businesses or topics in question. Gender, age, and location are used primarily by the company and its affiliates to develop marketing strategies and obtain active user demographics.

In to order provide the users with the highest possible level of service, we use log file information such as browser-type information, IP address, requested URL, referring URL, browser language, domain names, timestamp data and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify the users browser to diagnose problems with our server. This information is also used to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to track user interest throughout the website and to inform advertisers of the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners.

Your Options in Protecting Your Personal Information

Any review or request for help in a “message box” will appear as typed, therefore any personal information that the user would like to keep private should not be added into these areas. Personal user information can be updated at any time to reflect user preference throughout the user account page. Data that is marked by an asterisk (*) is required data needed to use the section in question, this information is not made public. Data that is marked by two asterisks (**) is required data that will be shared and reposted as submitted by users.

Disclosure of Your Information

As set forth by the MechanicImprints.com Privacy Policy, we do not sell, share, rent, trade, or give away any personal user information with the following exceptions: governmental or judicial authorities or law enforcement agencies or other individuals or entities in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes as well as the investigation and/or prevention of illegal activities or suspected fraud… MechanicImprints.com also holds the right to release any personal user information to enforce or apply the terms and conditions of this privacy policy.

In the event of an acquisition or merger with another company, MechanicImprints.com reserves the right to transfer any personal user information; however, MechanicImprints.com will notify the user before any information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

MechanicImprints.com holds the right to sell user reviews to third parties. Any user information submitted in such reviews will also be transferred to the third party and displayed on their websites. This information may include user first name and last initial, profile photo as well as any submitted photos of businesses and any other personally identifiable information the user has posted in the review. MechanicImprints.com does not share personal user information with third party companies for their commercial or marketing use without prior consent or except as part of a specific program the user will have the ability to agree or decline to participate in.

How Cookies Are and May be Used

Cookies are small text files that are placed onto a user’s computer (hard disk), which provide a way for the websites to identify an individual user by subscribing a unique ID number to each visitor. The use of cookies allows registered users to enter the site without typing in their e-mail address and password. MechanicImprints.com requires these cookies to function accurately and uses them to improve our site and simplify the user experience. Advertisers on our site use cookies that may gather information for their use. Users who do not want information collected may turn off the cookie feature through a simple procedure in most browsers, however, cookies may be necessary to provide certain features available on the MechanicImprints.com site.

Links Found on the Website

MechanicImprints.com does not share personal user information with any third party websites even those that have links on the MechanicImprints.com site. MechanicImprints.com may have no affiliation to the third party website that has a link on our pages, and by clicking on the link, you are no longer bound by the Privacy Policy or MechanicImprints.com, but by that of the webpage you are viewing. We suggest you read the privacy policies of the third party websites.

Security on Personal User Information

MechanicImprints.com tries very hard to safeguard and preserve the integrity and security of personal user information using industry standard methods. MechanicImprints.com limits access to personal user information to employees such as managerial, technical and customer service representatives who need this information to perform their duties. MechanicImprints.com is not responsible for any intercepted information sent via the internet. Once user information is received there is no guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. In the occurrence of a systems breach, MechanicImprints.com will attempt to notify all users so the appropriate steps can be taken to protect against fraud or other illegal activities. Notification may be made by any or all of the following: e-mail, phone call, a post on the main page of the site, or in writing.

Children’s Privacy

Because the privacy of children is important to us, MechanicImprints.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable or non-personally identifiable information from persons under the age of 13. If it is brought to our attention that information on persons under the age of 13 has been collected, MechanicImprints.com will use that information only to inform him or her that we need parental or guardian consent before receiving any personal information. If consent is not given, then MechanicImprints.com will take the appropriate steps to delete the information.

Revisions to this ‘Privacy Policy’

MechanicImprints.com holds the right to change and modify this Privacy Policy any time as it sees fit. In the instance that a material change is made, or way personal user information handled we will post a notice of the change on the first page of this privacy policy. Users are responsible for reviewing this privacy policy periodically to ensure that they are aware of any changes. Users who do not agree with our Privacy Policy should discontinue use of our website. Continued use of the website indicates user agreement to any changes to this privacy policy.

Use of the MechanicImprints.com website signifies user agreement to the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy.

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