Terms and Conditions of Use

Parts ‘n Spares,  (“Parts ‘n Spares”) takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy.

What This Privacy Policy Covers

1.     This policy covers how Parts ‘n Spares treats information that we collect and receive, including information related to your past use of Parts ‘n Spares products and services.

2.     Although Parts ‘n Spares typically does not share information with third parties,  in the event Parts ‘n Spares shares information provided by you with a third party, this policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Parts ‘n Spares does not own or control, or to people that Parts ‘n Spares does not employ or manage.

Information Collection and Use
General

1.     Parts ‘n Spares collects information when you register with Parts ‘n Spares, when you use Parts ‘n Spares, and when you visit Parts ‘n Spares pages. Parts ‘n Spares may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies.

2.     When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, business address, zip code, occupation, industry and business profiles.

3.     When you make purchases, we collect from you information sufficient to complete your purchase from us, which may include credit card or other financial information (“Payment Information”).

4.     Parts ‘n Spares collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners.

5.     To the extent not blocked by the settings on the computer from which you access our site, Parts ‘n Spares automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookie information, and the page(s) you request during a browsing session on our site.

6.     Parts ‘n Spares uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, process payments, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.

Children

1.     Children under age of 13 are not allowed to use Parts ‘n Spares services.

Sharing Your Contact Information With Other Parts ‘n Spares Members

1.     Parts ‘n Spares provides a venue where members can post Request for Quotes (a “RFQ”) and items for sale (an “Offer”). When you as a member post any Offer or RFQ on the Parts ‘n Spares pages, you are authorizing Parts ‘n Spares to share your contact information with Parts ‘n Spares Members (“Members” means other registered uses of Parts ‘n Spares’s services) who have purchased the right to view your contact information or with Members from whom you have purchased a lead.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

1.     Parts ‘n Spares does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or with nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you’ve requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:

1.     When, in our sole judgment, we are obliged to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process or receive what we believe to be a legitimate law enforcement inquiry,

2.     In order to establish or exercise our legal rights, or to defend against legal claims made against us by any person or entity;

3.     When, in our sole judgment, we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Parts ‘n Spares’s Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.

4.     When a third party (including an automotive manufacturer) submits a written claim to us that your listing(s) violate their intellectual property or other rights under our Intellectual Property Notification Process or, in our sole discretion, otherwise demonstrates to our satisfaction that you or your listing violates their intellectual property rights..

5.     In the event Parts ‘n Spares is acquired by or merged with another company.

6.     In the event a Member has purchased the right to contact you with regard to a listing on the Parts ‘n Spares site, or when you have purchased a lead.

Cookies

1.     Parts ‘n Spares may set and access Parts ‘n Spares cookies on your computer.

2.     Parts ‘n Spares lets other companies that show advertisements on some of our pages set and access their cookies on your computer. Other companies’ use of their cookies (for example, by Google as part of the Google Analytics product that Parts ‘n Spares may use from time to time) is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Parts ‘n Spares cookies.

Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information and Preferences    General

1.     You can edit your Parts ‘n Spares account information any time.

2.     You may opt-out of our periodic emails, which emails inform you about new listings on the Parts ‘n Spares pages.

3.     Certain communications from Parts ‘n Spares such as service announcements, administrative messages and the Parts ‘n Spares Newsletter, are considered part of Parts ‘n Spares membership, and you may not opt out of receiving them.

4.     You can delete your Parts ‘n Spares account by selecting the Contact Us link in the main menu.

Confidentiality and Security

1.     We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.

2.     Your Parts ‘n Spares Account Information is password-protected.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

1.     Parts ‘n Spares may update this policy in its sole discretion.  When we do, we will endeavor to maintain the prior version of the policy online so you may compare versions.  We may post what we believe to be a prominent notice on our Site if we change or update this Privacy Policy. You are ultimately responsible, however, from checking back from time to time to determine the substance of this Privacy Policy, and your continued use of our service constitutes your consent to the updated terms.