Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: 15/12/23

 

 

 

Carmedis Inc. (“Carmedis”, “Us”, “We”) is committed to protecting your privacy. We have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe to the User (“You”, “Your”) our practices regarding the personal data we collect from users of our websites with links to this Privacy Policy (the “Site”).

  1. User Consent

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal data when you visit our Site. By using the Site, you acknowledge and accept our practices as described here. We collect different types of data for various purposes, outlined in detail in this Policy. You have the option to manage your data preferences and opt-in or out of specific uses. We value your privacy and strive to use your data in a way that is beneficial to you and in accordance with your choices.

  1. A Note About Children.

Carmedis is committed to protecting children’s privacy. We do not knowingly collect personal data from users under 13 years old. This includes names, email addresses, online identifiers, or any other information that can be used to identify an individual. If you believe we might have collected personal data from a child under 13, please contact us immediately at hello@carmedis.com. We will promptly delete the information or, if appropriate, de-identify it to protect the child’s privacy. We encourage parents and guardians to supervise their children’s online activity and to teach them safe internet practices.

  1. A Note to Users Outside of the United States.

Your personal data may be transferred and processed in the United States and other countries, including jurisdictions that may have different data protection laws than your own. These laws may have varying levels of protection for your personal data. We transfer your data to the United States for [specific reasons, e.g., cloud storage, data analytics]. We take appropriate security measures to protect your data during transfer and storage, such as [encryption, data anonymization]. If you choose not to consent to data transfer, you may not be able to use all of our services.

  1. Types of Data We Collect.
  1. Information You Provide to Us.
  • We may collect your first name, last name, phone number, address, e-mail address, vehicle identification number, other vehicle related information (e.g. make, model, year of vehicle, etc.), and billing related information (including your phone number, credit card information, and billing address) when you create an account to log in to our network (“Account”).
  • If you provide us feedback or contact us via e-mail, we will collect your name, e-mail address, and any other content included in your e-mail to us, in order to send you a reply.
  • If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will collect your e-mail address.
  • We will also collect personal data at other points in our Site that state that personal data is being collected.
  1. Information Collected via Technology.
  • Information Collected by Our Servers. To make our Site more useful to you, our servers (which may be hosted by a third-party service provider) may collect information from your computer or device, including but not limited to:
  • The date and time of your visit and the web pages, content, and advertisements you view and links you click on while navigating within our Site; o Information about the type of content accessed via our Site;
  • The site you visited before and after visiting our Site; Your Internet Protocol (IP) address (a numerical address assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider so that other computers connected to the Internet can communicate with your browser online) that can sometimes be used to derive your general geographic area;
  • Search terms you enter on a referral site; o Information about your device such as your device type, browser type, language and other settings, memory capacity, plug-ins, Internet domain, advertising identifiers, TCP configuration parameters, operating system, time zone and the names, versions and package IDs of software installed on your device; and o Information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies (see additional descriptions of these terms below).
  • Like many online services, we use cookies to collect information. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing the website. We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Site.
  • Pixel Tags. In addition, we use “Pixel Tags” (also referred to as clear Gifs, Web beacons, or Web bugs). Pixel Tags are tiny graphic images with a unique identifier, similar in function to Cookies, that are used to track online movements of Web users. In contrast to Cookies, that are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, Pixel Tags are embedded invisibly in Web pages.
  • Third parties, including Google and Facebook, may use Cookies, Pixel Tags, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from our Site and elsewhere on the internet about how you use our Site and other sites over time. These companies use this information to show you ads that they believe will be relevant to you within our Site and elsewhere, and to provide measurement services relating to how the ads perform.
  • Do Not Track. We do not currently respond to “do not track” signals from web browsers.
  • Analytics Services. We use third-party analytics services including Google Analytics (“Analytics Services”), to help analyze how users use our Site. The information generated by the Cookies or other technologies about your use of our Site (the “Analytics Information”) is transmitted to the Analytics Services. The Analytics Services use Analytics Information to compile reports on user activity. The Analytics Services may also transfer the Analytics Information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process Analytics Information on their behalf. Each Analytics Service’s ability to use and share Analytics Information is restricted by such Analytics Service’s terms of use and privacy policy. By using our Site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Analytics Services in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For a full list of Analytics Services, please contact us at hello(@)carmedis.com. To learn more about how Google uses data, visit com/policies/privacy/partners/.
  1. Information Collected from Third Party Companies.
  • We may receive personal and/or anonymous data about you from certain third parties, such as personal data from data aggregators and vehicle service providers. We may add this information to the information we have already collected from you via our Site.
  1. Use of Your Personal Data
  1. General Use: In general, personal data you submit to us is used either to respond to requests that you make, aid us in serving you better, and improve our Site. We and our authorized service providers, including the vehicle service providers you select may use your personal data in various ways, including to:
  • facilitate the creation of and secure your account on our network;
  • identify you as a user in our system;
  • provide the services you request;
  • contact you to follow up on a request you made;
  • follow up on additional vehicle services you may be interested in, including periodic vehicle maintenance and check-ups;
  • remind you of scheduled appointments;
  • store invoices for historical records of your services;
  • create, post, and publish your ratings and reviews of vehicle service providers as well as rankings based on your ratings and reviews;
  • provide improved administration of our Site and services;
  • measure and analyze audience traffic and improve the quality of your experience when you interact with our Site and services;
  • send you a welcome e-mail to verify ownership of the e-mail address provided when your account was created;
  • send you administrative e-mail notifications, such as security, or support and maintenance advisories;
  • communicate, display, and/or send surveys, newsletters, and other promotional materials to you;
  • prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, comply with applicable law, and enforce the terms of any agreements we may have with you; and
  • for any other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or pursuant to your consent. (b) Creation of Anonymous Data. We may create anonymous data records from personal data by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We reserve the right to use anonymous data for any purpose and disclose anonymous data to third parties in our sole discretion.
  1. Disclosure of Your Personal Data.

We disclose your personal data as described below and as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

  1. Users: When you post comments on our Site, you will be identified by your first name and last initial. Please note that any personal data you include on a public area of the Site will be publicly viewable. Once displayed publicly, that information can be collected and used by others. We cannot control who reads your postings or what other users may do with the information that you voluntarily post, so it is very important that you do not put data such as private contact information which you do not want to make available to the public in your posts. Once you have posted information publicly, while you will still be able to edit and delete it on the Site, you will not be able to edit or delete such information cached, collected, and stored elsewhere by others (e.g., search engines).
  2. Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your personal data with (i) the vehicle service providers that you select so that they can provide services to you and (ii) third-party service providers that conduct quality assurance testing, facilitate creation of accounts, provide technical support, and/or provide other services to Carmedis.
  3. Other Third Parties: We may share your personal data with third parties for their own business purposes, including for such third party’s direct marketing purposes. For instance, we may share your vehicle’s service data with providers of vehicle repair historical records.
  4. Corporate Restructuring: We may share some or all of your personal data in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution transaction or proceeding involving the sale, transfer, or divestiture of all or a portion of our business or assets. In the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, personal data may also be transferred as a business asset. If another company acquires our company, business, or assets, that company will possess the personal data collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.
  5. Other Disclosure: Regardless of any choices you make regarding your personal data (as described below), Carmedis may disclose personal data if it believes in good faith that such disclosure is appropriate:
    • in connection with any legal investigation or proceeding;
    • to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on Carmedis;
    • to protect or defend the rights or property of Carmedis, its affiliates or its users; and/or
    • to investigate or assist in preventing any violation or potential violation of the law, this Privacy Policy, our applicable Terms of Use Agreement, or any other contractual arrangement.
  1. Third-Party Payment Processing

For wallet/online payments, we use the payment services of Paystack. To simplify the ordering process for you,  We do not store your full credit card number or your CVV2 number (the 3-to-4-digit security code on your card). We do not have access to your full credit card number.

  1. Third-Party Websites

Our Site do not contain links to third-party websites.

  1. Your Choices Regarding Information

You have several choices regarding the use of information on our Site:

  1. Email Communications: We may periodically send you free newsletters and e-mails that directly promote the use of our Site and services. When you receive newsletters or promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information above). Despite your indicated preferences for commercial e-mail messages, we may continue to send you account or service-related communications, including notices of any updates to our Terms of Use Agreement or Privacy Policy.
  2. Cookies: If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to accept Cookies for any of the purposes described above, then you can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to stop accepting Cookies or to prompt you before accepting a Cookie from the websites you visit. Consult your browser’s technical information. If you do not accept Cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Site or all functionality of the Site. If you have any questions about how to disable or modify Cookies, please let us know at the contact information provided above.
  3. Google Analytics: You may prevent your data from being collected and used by Google Analytics by opting out through the use of the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
  4. Third-Party Networks: You can learn more about managing your preferences for ads online, particularly for many third-party advertising networks.
  5. Accessing, Changing or Deleting Your personal data: You may request deletion of your personal data by us, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your request, but please note that we may be required to keep such information and not delete it (or to keep this information for a certain time, in which case we will comply with your deletion request only after we have fulfilled such requirements). When we delete any information, it will be deleted from the active database, but may remain in our archives. We may also retain your information for fraud prevention or similar purposes.

 

  1. Changes to This Privacy Policy

 

We update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or new features. When we make significant changes, we will notify you by email, website banner, or other appropriate means. You can also review previous versions of the policy in our archive. We encourage you to review the updated policy regularly to stay informed.

 

  1. Contact

 

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following:

  1. Carmedis, Inc. 1207 Delaware Avenue Wilmington, DE 19806 US and;
  2. Carmedis Limited MOJ Pertrol Station, Mafoluku Oshodi 102214, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
  3. 2nd Floor, office 1, 2 Alegbe Cl, Mende Maryland Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria.
  4. 11a Oladimeji Alo Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, Eti-Osa, Lekki 105102, Lagos
  5. Email: hello@Carmedis.com
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