Last Updated: November 18, 2024

Carsareready.com and its affiliates or subsidiaries (“Carsareready.com,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) are committed to transparency regarding the personal information we process. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, and process information that can be reasonably linked to an individual (“you”), such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, and certain data associated with your browser or device (“personal information”). This Privacy pOLICY applies to personal information collected through the Carsareready.com website, mobile applications, and other digital platforms owned and operated by us (“digital properties”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, as it details the purposes for which we process your personal information. Depending on where you live and how you use our digital properties, additional state-specific information may also apply. To exercise your rights under applicable privacy laws, please click here to visit the Carsareready.com Privacy Rights page.

Please, click here to visit the Carsareready.com Privacy Rights page to exercise your rights under applicable privacy law.

Content

• I. Categories of Personal Information We May Collect
• II. How We Collect Personal Information
• III. Other Ways Personal Information is Collected
• IV. How We Use Your Personal Information
• V. With Whom We Share Your Personal Information and Why
• VI. Technologies We Use to Automatically Collect Personal Information
• VII. Additional U.S. State Disclosures
• VIII. Publicly Posted Information
• IX. Storing and Retaining Your Personal Information
• X. Security - Steps we take to protect your personal information
• XI. International Transfer
• XII. Children
• XIII. Changes to this Privacy Notice
• XIV. Contact Information

I. Categories of Personal Information We May Collect

1. Registration Information
When you create an account or subscribe to one of our services, we may collect personal information such as:

First and Last Name
Country of Residence
Email Address
Username
Password

2. Transaction Information
As CarsAreReady does not handle payments or directly process transactions, we do not collect payment information. However, we may collect the following information to facilitate user interactions on the platform:

Postal Address
Telephone Number

3. User Activity Information
We collect information about your use of our platform, including;

Content you view, list, or post (e.g, car for sale, rental listings).
How often you use our platform.
Your preferences and interactions with the platform.
Public Posts or comments (e.g., blog comments)

4. Third-Party Information
We may gather insights about your use of our digital properties from third-party platforms or devices. This information can help us understand your engagement with the services we provide across different platforms.

5. Location Information
We may collect location data to enhance platform functionality. This can include:

Location details provided through device interactions (e.g, for local car listings.)

II. How We Collect Personal Information

The following describes the different ways we might collect your personal information, whether from you directly or automatically when interacting with our platform
a. Personal Information You Share Directly

• When Requesting to Be Contacted by a Car Seller or Rentor
If you request to be contacted by a car seller or renter, CarsAreReady may collect personal information provided by you through chat functionalities or contact forms on the platform. This information may include your name, email address, postal code, and telephone number to facilitate communication with the seller or renter.

• When listing a vehicle for Sale or Rent
If you are using the platform to list a vehicle for sale or rent, we may collect information provided by you to create the listing. This includes details such as your name, email address, telephone number, and vehicle information. CarsAreReady does not verify funds availability, process payments, or handle purchase and sale documentation, as we only provide the platform for user interactions.

• When Registering with Carsareready.com
When you register or subscribe to our platform, we collect registration information such as your name, email address, telephone number, and password.

Registration allows you to personalize your experience on the platform, including creating and managing listings, saving preferences, and accessing additional features as they become available.

b. Automatic Collection of Personal Information
In addition to the personal information we may collect from you directly, we also automatically collect it as user activity data from our digital properties using tracking technologies.We do this so that we can make sure our digital properties are functioning properly. This typically includes data about your browser or device's IP address, your internet service provider or mobile carrier and the Device type (e.g., desktop or mobile).

III. Other Ways Personal Information is Collected

• Applications and Widgets for Social Media
We may display applications or widgets from social media providers that allow users to interact with or share content. For example, buttons such as the "Share" or "Like" options from social media platforms may be visible on our site. These widgets may enable social media networks to collect information about you, even if you do not actively use the widget while visiting our platform. Please review the privacy policies of the respective social media networks to understand their data collection practices and the choices available to you.

Additionally, our platform may include links to third-party websites that provide additional information or services. This Privacy Notice does not apply to those third-party sites, and we recommend reviewing their privacy policies directly.

• Information Collected from Other Sources
We may process personal information from publicly available or third-party sources to enhance our platform’s functionality and services. For instance, we may reference public vehicle registration databases to verify details provided in user listings. Other sources may include third-party advertising partners, data providers, or aggregators.

We use this information to:

Improve the accuracy of the data collected on our platform.
Personalize your experience and content.
Support fraud prevention and security measures.
Conduct internal analysis to enhance platform performance.

CarsAreReady does not use collected data for direct advertising or sales activities, as our role is solely to facilitate connections between users.

IV. How We Use Your Personal Information

We may process your personal information in order to:

• Facilitate communication between you and car sellers or renters as per your request.
• Provide you with important administrative information about the platform, such as updates to this Privacy Policy, Terms of Services, or other policies.
• Customize, analyze, and improve the platform to enhance user experience.
• Prevent fraud, abuse, or other prohibited or illegal activities on the platform.
• Comply with requests from law enforcement or relevant data protection agencies where legally required.
• Provide technical and customer support.
• Seek your feedback to improve our services or understand your needs.
• Enforce our platform’s terms and policies or comply with legal requirements.
• Ensure a secure and efficient platform experience.

CarsAreReady does not process payments, complete transactions, or directly market third-party services, as we only provide a space for users to connect.

V. With Whom We Share Your Personal Information and Why

Mainly to provide our services, we may share your personal information with the following entities:

Car Sellers and Renters
Upon your request or instruction, we may share your personal information (e.g., name, email, phone number) with car sellers or renters listed on our platform to enable communication between you and them regarding car sales or rentals.

Vendors
We may share your personal information with third-party vendors (e.g., technical support providers or marketing partners) to help us operate and improve our platform. These vendors are contractually obligated to protect your personal information and use it solely to perform the specific services on our behalf.

Legal Authorities
We may disclose personal information to legal authorities if required by law or to:
Respond to lawful requests from law enforcement (e.g., subpoenas or court orders).
Prevent fraud or other illegal activities.
Protect the safety, rights, and security of users, the public, or our platform.
Defend our legal rights or comply with applicable laws and regulations.


Corporate Transactions
In the event of a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

What We Don't Do
CarsAreReady does not share your personal information with manufacturers, financing providers, or payment processors, as we do not facilitate or handle transactions, financing, or payments. We do not sell your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

VI. Technologies We Use to Automatically Collect Personal Information

We, along with our trusted partners, use various tracking technologies on our platform to enhance functionality, improve user experience, and ensure the site operates efficiently. These technologies may include:
Pixel Tags, Cookies, and JavaScript: These tools create unique identifiers (e.g., cookie identifiers or device advertising identifiers) that help us collect information about how you use our platform. This may include:

• Pages you visit.
• Your vehicle search history.
• Date and time of your visit.
• Interactions with content or features on the site.

These identifiers typically persist over time and are linked to your browser or device. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser or device settings; however, some site features may be affected if cookies are disabled.

Session Recording and User Interaction Tools:
We use technologies like heat maps, click maps, scroll maps, and session replay tools to understand how users interact with the platform. These tools help us identify issues, improve design, and enhance the overall user experience by:

• Tracking viewed content or interactions (e.g., video or listing engagement).
• Diagnosing bugs or inefficiencies.
• Optimizing platform features and navigation.

We do not use these technologies to collect sensitive personal information or to track users for advertising outside of our platform.

PURPOSE	EXPLANATION
Processess	Ensure the platform functions as expected for users. For example, we use cookies to track whether you are signed into your account, helping facilitate car listings or rentals.
Authentication, Security, and Compliance	Protect users from fraud, secure their data from unauthorized access, and comply with legal obligations. For example, cookies help detect suspicious login attempts, such as from an unusual IP address or region, to prevent unauthorized access to accounts.
Preferences	Remember user preferences and track how the platform is used. For example, we store your browsing activity to offer personalized car listing recommendations and to understand your interests in buying or renting vehicles.
Notifications	Notify users about relevant information or opportunities on the platform. For example, you may receive alerts when a car you're interested in is updated with new details, or when the price of a listing drops.
Advertising	Ensure that ads are relevant to users and valuable to advertisers. For example, we may use cookies to serve personalized ads based on your activity on the platform or other websites, including ads related to cars you’ve viewed or shown interest in.
Analytics	Help us understand how users interact with our platform. For example, cookies enable us to analyze how you engage with search results or listings, providing insights that help improve the user experience.

VII. Additional U.S. State Disclosures

This section provides additional details regarding how we may process your personal information, in accordance with applicable U.S. state privacy laws. Unless stated otherwise, all terms defined in our Privacy Notice have the same meaning below.

Sensitive Information
To support the services provided through the CarsAreReady platform, we may process the following types of personal information, which are considered sensitive under certain U.S. state privacy laws:

• Social security number, driver's license number, and passport number: We may require this information to verify identities for certain transactions, such as rentals or car sales.
• Credit/debit card information and financial details: While we do not directly handle payments, some payment providers may process financial information for transactions involving users of our platform.
• Username and password: These are used to manage accounts on the platform for car listings or rentals.
• Precise geolocation data: This may be collected to facilitate location-based services, such as car rentals or nearby vehicle listings.

We may process this sensitive information as needed to provide the platform’s services, consistent with applicable laws and our obligations.

De-Identified or Aggregate Information
We may occasionally process personal information in a way that creates data sets that no longer reasonably allow identification of a specific individual or household. Such data is referred to as de-identified or aggregate information. We will maintain and use this data in a de-identified or aggregate form and will not attempt to re-identify it.

VIII. Publicly Posted Information

Your member profile will be publicly viewable and identifiable via your username. CARSAREREADY.COM will not share your email address with any other members or display it publicly. Please consider carefully before making any information public as you are solely responsible for any information you make public. Once you have posted information, you may not be able to edit or delete it.

If you choose to participate in our member-to-member communications programs, you may be contacted by other members, using us as an intermediary. All members have the option to turn off the member-to-member communication features at any time.

Any information that you make available to us and others via social media networks, forums, blogs, list serves, chat rooms or similar functionality is public information that we or others may share or use in accordance with the law.

IX. Storing and Retaining Your Personal Information

Your personal information is stored on servers in the U.S. Also, some of our service providers may store information in servers hosted in countries different from where you reside. As such, your personal information may be subject to the laws of other countries, where the data protection and other laws may not be as comprehensive as your country of residence.

Consistent with our recordkeeping policies and practices, we may retain your personal information so long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Once we no longer have a legitimate business reason to retain your personal information, it is either destroyed, aggregated or deidentified, however we may retain inactive archival copies consistent with applicable law.

X. Security Steps we take to protect your personal information

We have implemented a range of administrative, technical, personnel, and physical security measures designed to protect the personal information stored in our systems against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification. We also employ processes (such as password hashing, login auditing, and idle session termination, as appropriate) designed to protect against unauthorized access to your personal information. While we strive to create secure and reliable digital properties for users, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from a Carsareready.com platform, and the security of your personal information, cannot be guaranteed. We encourage you to take steps to protect your personal information online.

XI. International Transfer

We are based in U.S and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. If you are accessing our digital properties from outside of the U.S., please be aware that information collected may be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. Data protection laws in the U.S. and other jurisdictions may be different from those of your country of residence. Your use of this platform or provision of any information therefore constitutes your consent to the transfer to and from, processing, usage, sharing, and storage of information about you in the U.S. and other jurisdictions as set out in this Privacy Notice.

XII. Children

Carsareready.com digital properties are intended for a general audience and are not directed at children under (13) years of age.

We do not knowingly gather personal information in a manner not permitted by law. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe we have collected information from your child in a manner not permitted by law, contact us at [email protected]. We will remove the data to the extent required by applicable laws.

We do not knowingly “sell” the personal information of minors under 16 years old who are California residents without their affirmative authorization.

If you are a Ghanaian resident under 18 years old and registered to use a Carsareready.com digital property, you can ask us to remove any content or information you have posted. To make a request, email us at the email address set out in “Contact Information” section with “ Under 18 Content Removal Request” in the subject line, and tell us what you want removed. We will make reasonable good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view, although we cannot ensure the complete or comprehensive removal of the content and may retain the content as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

XIII. Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may occasionally update this Privacy Notice to reflect changes in our practices. When we post modifications to this Privacy Notice, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. The modified Privacy Notice will be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued use of our digital properties after the posting of the modified Privacy Notice constitutes your agreement to abide and be bound by it. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. If you object to any modification, your sole recourse is to stop using the digital property.

XIV. Contact Information
To exercise your rights or any concerns, you may submit a request by sending email to [email protected]. If you are unable to find what you need at the website, please contact us as set out below. Questions, comments, and requests regarding this Privacy Policy are welcomed and should be addressed to our Privacy Officer using either of the following contact methods:
Email: [email protected]
Location: Near Togorme DA School
Mailing: P. O. Box 92, kpando V/R, Ghana