Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective December 15th, 2023.

What Does The Privacy Policy Cover

Our business is called BestCarlsbad.com and our website address is: https://bestcarlsbad.com.

This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect information that applies to the https://bestcarlsbad.com website (the “Service”), and your choices about the collection and use of your information. If you do not want your information processes as outlined in any part this Privacy Policy, you should not use our Service. This policy applies to all users of the Service.

Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information about you.

Information you provide to us directly

We may ask for certain information when you subscribe or correspond with us (such as your first and last names, and e-mail address).

We also collect any messages you send us through the Service, in the forms of emails or comments. We use this information to operate, maintain, improve and provide the features and functionality of the Service to you, to correspond with you, and to address any issues you raise about the Service.

If you don’t provide your personal information to us, you may not be able to access or use our Service or your experience of using our Service may not be as enjoyable.

Information we receive from third-party applications

We may receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you access the Service through a third-party connection or log-in, such as Facebook Connect, by “following,” “liking,” or subscribing to BestCarlsbad.com, etc., that third party may pass certain information about your use of its service to BestCarlsbad.com. This information could include, but is not limited to, the user ID associated with your account (for example, your Facebook UID), an access token necessary to access that service, any information that you have permitted the third party to share with us, and any information you have made public in connection with that service. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and services before linking or connecting them to the Service. You may also unlink your third party account from the Service by adjusting your settings on the third party service. If you unlink your third party account, we will no longer receive information collected about you in connection with that service. And if you choose to integrate with a third party application to incorporate elements into your designs, enhance media, supercharge your workflow or share to social media, we could receive data from such apps (as well as disclose data to such apps). If you communicate with us via social media, including Instagram, Facebook or TikTok and choose to share your user generated content with us, we may receive information such as videos you’ve created, your photo, your account name and your comments about BestCarlsbad.com. We may receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you access the Service through a third-party connection or log-in, such as Facebook Connect, by “following,” “liking,”, linking your account to the BestCarlsbad.com Service, etc., that third party may pass certain information about your use of its service to BestCarlsbad.com. This information could include, but is not limited to, the user ID associated with your account (for example, your Facebook UID), an access token necessary to access that service, any information that you have permitted the third party to share with us, and any information you have made public in connection with that service. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and services before linking or connecting them to the Service. You may also unlink your third party account from the Service by adjusting your settings on the third party service. If you unlink your third party account, we will no longer receive information collected about you in connection with that service.  If you communicate with us via social media, including Instagram, Facebook or TikTok, we may receive information such as videos you’ve created, your photo, your account name and your comments about BestCarlsbad.com.

Information we collect from you

We will directly collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools, to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other information (please see the paragraph on log file information below) that assists us in improving the Service. 

We use cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags and clear GIFs to better understand how visitors use our website, and identify how we may improve it over time.

Cookie information

When you visit the Service, we (and our third-party partners) will send cookies — small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters — to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets you navigate through the site faster and generally improve the user experience. Cookies also convey information to us about how you use the Service (e.g., the pages you view, the links you click and other actions you take on the Service), and allow us or our business partners to track your usage of the Service over time. They also allow us to measure traffic and usage trends for the Service, deliver personalized advertisements that may be of interest to you and measure their effectiveness, and find potential new users of the Service.

You can control or reset your cookies and similar technologies through your web browser, which will allow you to customize your cookie preferences and to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Some features of the Service may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.

Log file information

Log file information is automatically reported by your browser or mobile device each time you access the Service. When you use our Service, our servers automatically record certain log file information. These server logs may include anonymous information such as your web request, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Service, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.

Clear gifs/web beacons information

When you use the Service, we may employ clear GIFs (also known as web beacons) which are used to anonymously track the online usage patterns of our users. In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. This information allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of the Service.

Device identifiers

When you access the Service on a device (including smart-phones or tablets), we may access, collect and/or monitor one or more “device identifiers,” such as a universally unique identifier (“UUID”). Device identifiers are small data files that uniquely identify your mobile device. A device identifier may convey information to us about how you use the Service. A device identifier may remain persistently on your device, to help you navigate the Service better. Some features of the Service may not function properly if use of device identifiers is impaired. Device Identifiers used by BestCarlsbad.com include the Android Advertising ID and iOS Advertising Identifier.

Location data

BestCarlsbad.com collects information in order to understand where its users are located for a number of reasons. It helps BestCarlsbad.com to localize and personalize content, comply with local laws, undertake aggregated analytics, understand how users use the service, and improve advertising efficiency.

BestCarlsbad.com may collect your precise or approximate location:

– from you, when you provide, correct or confirm your location;

– by inferring your location from your IP address; and

– from our partners or your payment provider.

Sharing data

We may share your information with third-party service providers for the purpose of providing the Service to you, and to facilitate our legitimate business interests in areas of security, information forwarding, advertising and marketing.

We may also share aggregated data that has been stripped of all personally identifying characteristics – anonymized data, with third parties.

Advertising

We partner with third party ad servers, ad networks and social media platforms (like Facebook, Google, and others) to deliver personalized advertisements (“ads”) on our Service and other sites that may be of interest to you and/or to measure their effectiveness, and/or to identify potential new users of our Service.

BestCarlsbad.com may share certain information with our third party advertising partners, such as your email address, location, cookie information and information relating to your use of our Service, and allow partners to perform a match of your information against information from other third party networks or sites to serve ads either on the Service or on third party sites (including, but not limited to Facebook, Google, and others) and to measure the effectiveness of these ads. We may also share certain information with social media platforms, such as Facebook and others, to display advertising to potential new users whose demographics and behavior look like those of our existing users. 

In addition, these third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technology to send, directly to your browser or mobile device, these personalized ads and ad links directly to your browser or mobile device, and will automatically receive your IP address when they do so. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, device identifiers, location data, and clear gifs) to compile information about your browser’s or device’s visits and usage patterns on the Service, and to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize the advertising content. 

BestCarlsbad.com does not sell or rent the information we collect directly from you or about you from third parties with these third-party ad servers or ad networks for such parties’ own marketing purposes.

Please note that an advertiser may ask us to show an ad on the Service to a certain audience of users (e.g., based on demographics or other interests). In that situation, we determine the target audience and serve the advertising to that audience and only provide anonymous aggregated data to the advertiser. If you respond to such an ad, the advertiser or ad server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach.

The BestCarlsbad.com Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, third-party advertisers. Please consult the respective privacy policies of such advertisers or contact such advertisers for more information.

How we transfer, store and protect your data

Your information collected through the Service will be stored and processed in the United States  and any other country in which our subsidiaries, affiliates or service providers maintain facilities or employ staff or contractors. BestCarlsbad.com may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information, to affiliated entities, and to other third parties across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. 

How we keep your information safe

BestCarlsbad.com cares about the security of your information, and uses appropriate safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected through the Service. To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to ensure privacy. However, BestCarlsbad.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or guarantee that information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes to the functionality of third party sites and services that you add such as social networks. BestCarlsbad is not responsible for the functionality or security measures of any third party.

Your choices about your information

You can opt of receiving marketing messages or emails by clicking on the “unsubscribe link” provided in such communications.

You may disable mobile device or browser’s settings for cookies.

Note: Disabling cookies and/or other tracking tools prevents BestCarlsbad.com or its business partners from tracking your browser’s activities in relation to the Service, and for use in targeted advertising activities by BestCarlsbad.com, including third-party websites. However doing so may disable or degrade many of the features of the Service.

How long we keep your information

After unsubscribing from BestCarlsbad.com, we will retain your information and  commercially reasonable time, and for as long as we have a valid purpose to do so. In particular, BestCarlsbad.com will retain your information for the purpose of complying with its legal and audit obligations, and for backup and archival purposes.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Links to other websites and services

Children

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect our current practice and ensure compliance with applicable laws. When we post changes to this policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. If we make any material changes to the way we collect, use, store and/or share your personal information, we will notify you on our website or by sending an email to subscribers. We recommend that you check this page from time to time to inform yourself of any changes.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Service, or wish to make a complaint please contact us at:

Email: editor@BestCarlsbad.com