Welcome to the privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") for 121 AutoParts the services available at www.121autoparts.co.uk ("we" "us" or "our") are located in Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Your privacy is important to us. Please read this Privacy Policy to learn about the ways in which we use and protect your personal information. If you have additional questions contact Customer Support.
This Privacy Policy applies from 20th October 2006 for new registering users

Overview

By accepting this Privacy Policy and the User Agreement, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed in this Privacy Policy. If you object to this use and disclosure please do not register with us. Please note that your Information will be stored and processed on our computers in the United Kingdom. The laws on holding personal data in the United Kingdom are stringent and we will rigorously adhere to them and will hold and transmit your information in a safe, confidential and secure environment. 121 AutoParts will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. This Privacy Policy applies to the 121autoparts website Site Contents

An Important Note About Children.

Our website is not available to children and we ask that persons under the age of 18 do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under 18 years old, you can use this service only in conjunction with and under the supervision of a parent or guardian.

Information We Collect.

Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, efficient, and personalised experience. We only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for this purpose.

In general, you can browse the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. Once you give us your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to use our services, we may require you to provide contact and identity information, other personal information as indicated on the forms throughout the Site. Where possible, we indicate which fields are required and which fields are optional. You always have the option not to provide information by choosing not to use a particular service or feature.

We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the Site. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing customised services and to help promote safer trading. We also offer certain features that are only available through the use of a cookie. We also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently while you are using the Site. Cookies can also help us provide information which we tailor to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies", meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session using the Site. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the Site and you may be required to re-enter your password more frequently while you are using the Site. Additionally, you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices on certain pages of the Site that are placed by third parties. For example, if you view a web page created by a user, there may be a "cookie" placed within that web page. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.

If you choose to buy, sell or swap on the Site, we collect information about your bidding, buying and selling behaviour. We also collect other users' comments about you in our feedback area.

If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the Site, we may collect such information into a file specific to you. Our Use of Your Information. We use information in the files we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Site, to resolve disputes, provide customer support, troubleshoot problems and enforce our User Agreement and policies. At times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular we may examine your information to identify users using multiple User IDs or aliases.

You agree that we may use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customise the Site's content, layout, and services. These uses improve the Site and better tailor it to meet your needs.

You agree that we may use your information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the Site. By accepting the User Agreement and reading this Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. We do not use your email addresses for any purpose other than to send your email.

We do not rent or sell these email addresses. We generally discard the email addresses some time after they have been used to send your email.
Our Disclosure of Your Information.
As a matter of policy, 121 Autoparts will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

However, the following describes some of the ways that we may disclose your personally identifiable information. (a) 121 AutoParts membership. Your User ID is displayed throughout the Site and is therefore available to the public. All of your activities on the Site will be identifiable to your User ID.

Legal Requests. 121 AutoParts cooperates with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties, to enforce laws and third party rights, such as intellectual property rights and laws relating to fraud. Therefore, in response to a verified request by law enforcement or other government officials such as a Section 29 (3) Data Protection Act 1998 form relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity, or other activity that may expose us or you to legal liability, we can (and you authorise us to) disclose personal information such as name, address, telephone number, email address, User ID history, and bidding and listing history about you as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate.

We cannot ensure that all of your communications with 121 AutoParts and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. For example, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or users may abuse or misuse your information that they collect from the Site. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or communications with 121 AutoParts will always remain private but we will do our utmost to do so. Control of Your Password.

You are responsible for all actions taken with your User ID and password, including those actions. Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose your 121 AutoParts password to any third parties. If you choose to share your User ID and password or your information with third parties to where it is necessary for you to do so for them to provide you additional services, you are responsible for all actions taken with your User ID and password and therefore you should review that third party's privacy policy. If you lose control of your password, you may lose substantial control over your personally identifiable information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password or account has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password as detailed in Section 6 below.

Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Personally Identifiable Information.

We offer you the ability to automatically review and change the information you submit to us by logging into the Site and entering in the new information yourself. Generally, we will not modify your personal information based on your request because it is very difficult to authenticate your account manually. You can change your User ID, password, contact information, financial information, postal address and user preferences by going the "preferences" section in MY Account. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate.
Upon your written request, we will deactivate your account, contact information, and any financial informatin from our active databases. To make this request, please contact Customer Support. Such information will be deactivated as soon as reasonably possible in accordance with our deactivation policy and applicable law.
We will endeavour to remove information requested for removal but please be aware, such prior information is never completely removed from our databases due to technical and legal constraints, including stored "back up" systems. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personally identifiable information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests. Other Information Collectors.
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties, whether they are buyers, sellers or swappers on the Site unless you are personally satisfied 121 AutoParts cannot be held responsible for the disclosure by yourself of information you to disclose to them. Security.
121 AutoParts uses industry standard practices to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, including encryption, "firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers. 121 AutoParts treats data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorised access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorised access by users inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. Notice.
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in order that it accurately reflects the regulatory environment and our own data collection and disclosure practices. All amended terms shall automatically be effective 30 days after they are initially posted on the Site. In addition, we will notify you in accordance with your Personal Requests or by posting the amended Privacy Policy on the Site.