Privacy Policy
Effective date: April 15, 2023
Who we are
Check VIn Canada (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the website https://checkvin.ca (hereinafter the “Service”).
Vehiclereport.info is a website that allows users to view user reports and instructions in a screen-readable format that has been translated into multiple languages.
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service, as well as the options available to you in connection with that data.
Your data is used to provide and improve the Service. You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy by using the Service. Unless otherwise defined, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which can be found at https://checkvin.ca.
Definitions Service Service is the Check VIn Canada website https://checkvin.ca.
Personal Information
Personal Data refers to information about a living person who can be identified from that information (or from that information and other information in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
Data on Usage
Usage Data is information gathered automatically through the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the length of a page visit).
Cookies
Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer or mobile device.
Information Gathering and Application
We collect various types of information for various purposes in order to provide and improve our Service to you.
Data Collection Methods Personal Data
We may ask you to provide us with personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you while using our Service (“Personal Data”). Personal identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, the following:
The email address
First and last names
Cookies and Usage Information
We may contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you using your Personal Data. You may opt out of receiving any or all of these communications from us by clicking the unsubscribe link or following the instructions in any email we send.
Data on Usage
We may also collect information about how you access and use the Service (“Usage Data”). Usage Data may include your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
Data from Tracking and Cookies
We track activity on our Service using cookies and similar tracking technologies, and we store certain information.
Cookies are small data files that may contain an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies, such as beacons, tags, and scripts, are also used to collect and track information, as well as to improve and analyze our Service.
You can tell your browser to reject all cookies or to notify you when one is sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may be unable to use certain aspects of our Service.
Cookies that we use include:
Cookies used during a session. Session Cookies are used to operate our Service.
Cookies are preferred. Preference Cookies are used to remember your preferences and various settings.
Cookies for security purposes. Security Cookies are used for security purposes.
Cookies for advertising purposes. Advertising cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests.
Vehiclereport.info makes use of the collected data for a variety of purposes, including:
In order to provide and maintain our Service
To keep you informed of changes to our Service
To enable you to participate in interactive features of our Service if you so desire.
to provide customer service
to collect analysis or valuable information in order to improve our service
To track how our Service is being used
Detecting, preventing, and resolving technical issues
Unless you have opted not to receive such information, we will send you news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events that we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about.
Data Transfer
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and stored on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws differ from those in your jurisdiction.
If you live outside the United States and choose to provide us with information, please be aware that we will transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.
Your agreement to that transfer is represented by your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by your submission of such information.
vehiclereport.info will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your Personal Data to an organization or country will take place unless adequate controls, including the security of your data and other personal information, are in place.
Data Disclosure Disclosure for Law Enforcement
Vehiclereport.info may be required to disclose your Personal Data in certain circumstances, such as when required by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities (such as a court or a government agency).
Legal Prerequisites
vehiclereport.info may disclose your Personal Data if it believes in good faith that such action is required to:
to fulfill a legal obligation
to protect and defend vehiclereport.info’s rights or property
To prevent or investigate potential wrongdoing in relation to the Service.
To safeguard the personal safety of Service users or the general public
To safeguard against legal liability
Data Security
We care about the security of your data, but keep in mind that no method of Internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your Personal Data using commercially acceptable means, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Providers of Services
Third-party companies and individuals (“Service Providers”) may be hired to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to carry out these tasks on our behalf and are not permitted to disclose or use it for any other reason.
Analytics
We may employ third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze how our Service is used.
Google Analytic
Google Analytics is a Google web analytics service that tracks and reports on website traffic. Google uses the information gathered to track and monitor how our Service is used. This information is made available to other Google services. Google may use the information gathered to contextualize and personalize ads on its own advertising network.
You can opt out of having Google Analytics track your activity on the Service by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information about visit activity with Google Analytics.
Please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page for more information on Google’s privacy practices: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Advertising
To support and maintain our Service, we may use third-party Service Providers to display advertisements to you.
DoubleClick Cookie & Google AdSense
Google, as a third-party vendor, employs cookies to serve advertisements on our Service. The DoubleClick cookie is used by Google and its partners to serve advertisements to our users based on their visits to our Service or other websites on the Internet.
Cookies are used by third-party vendors, such as Google, to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to your website or other websites.
The use of advertising cookies by Google and its partners allows it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visits to your sites and/or other websites on the Internet.
Users can opt out of DoubleClick’s personalized interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: Ads Settings. Alternatively, by visiting www.aboutads.info, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising.
Other Websites’ Links
Our Service may contain links to websites that we do not control. When you click on a third-party link, you will be taken to that third-party’s website. We strongly recommend that you read the Privacy Policies of every website you visit.
We have no control over, and accept no responsibility for, any third-party sites or services’ content, privacy policies, or practices.
Privacy of Children
Our Service is not intended for people under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. Please contact us if you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data. If we discover that we collected Personal Data from children without parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be communicated to you by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Prior to the change becoming effective, we will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, and we will update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
It is recommended that you review this Privacy Policy on a regular basis for any changes. When changes to this Privacy Policy are posted on this page, they become effective.
Contact Us
More information can be found at https://checkvin.ca/privacy-policy
Please contact us here if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us here.
