Privacy Policy

Policy Overview

We are pleased that you visited our website, the online presentation of Automotive Business Media Inc. Your privacy is significant to you and to us. Accordingly, we have formulated this privacy policy explaining our online information procedures and choices you can make to decide how your information is collected and used.

Automotive Business Media Inc. (hereinafter the company) believes in giving you full disclosure about the kinds of information we gather and what we do with it, and in giving you a choice about the use of your personal information.

The company strictly adheres to legislated standards in assuring your privacy. Any information we collect relating to your account and correspondence are compliant with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Document Act (PIPEDA) and Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL).

The company does not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law, and it retains personal information only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

The company has in place privacy and security practices to safeguard our customers' personal information.

Information collection

Personal information is any information that specifically identifies an individual. It may include your name and/or your company name, your email address and/or your home address, your phone number(s), and information for accurate billing.

Information is both directly and indirectly provided by you. Direct sources of information come when you order one of our products and/or services. Indirect collection comes from various electronic sources. Some of these sources include cookies (see section below), the web browser you are using, your internet provider, and items you click on.

Reasons for collecting personal information

We collect personal information for various reasons as follows:

To enable the company to identify services that you requested about our publications, products or services, and to provide you with these products and services, and to provide you with information regarding them.

To help us display information in the best format for you. We might report total number of visitors to our site, or to specific pages, length of your visit, etc. During your visit to our site, we may record choices you have made and use this to provide more customized content. However, the data does not identify you and is not retained after your visit.

To communicate with you about our other publications, products and/or services that may be of interest to you.

Use of your Email

We will use your email to communicate with you about our products and services. You will be able to opt-out if you prefer not to receive e-mails, or any sharing of your email address with third parties.

The only personal information we will release to third parties is contact information such as appears on our customer invoices.

Cookies

We may use cookies that identify you as a return visitor. Cookies are small text files that a website places in your computer or device. Cookies allow the site to remember the actions and preferences of the user (for example, a login, your preferred language, the font size, or other display settings, etc.) so that they do not need to be indicated again when you re-visit and browse through that site. Cookies are therefore used to perform authentication, monitoring sessions and to memorize information about users’ activities visiting a website and may also contain a unique identifier that makes it possible to track users’ navigation on the site for statistical or advertising purposes. Cookies also allow us to find your account information in our database when you access a service so you do not need to log in at every visit.

Certain browsers will inform you when a cookie is being stored on your hard drive and allow you to disable cookie collection if you wish. You can also delete existing cookies from your browser. However, some operations may not be possible without cookies which may be technically necessary for the operation of the site.

Note that cookies do not contain information that specifically identifies an individual.

In order to block cookies, go to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ to find out how, or check your browser's instructions.

Consent for the Collection, Use or Disclosure of Information

As outlined by CASL, your purchase or use of our products and services establishes a business relationship giving implied consent for the company to collect, use and disclose information for the purposes of communicating with you or for delivering a product.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact by email marc@autoshopbusiness.com or by mail:

Automotive Business Media Inc.
3280 Bloor Street West, Suite 1140
11th floor- Centre Tower
Toronto, ON M8X 2X3