Privacy Policy
This “Privacy Policy” describes the privacy practices of Ready Wheels, LLC. (“Ready Wheels”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) in connection with the readywheels.com website, any other website or mobile application that we own or control and which posts or links to this Privacy Policy (the “Sites”) as well as our related services (together with the Sites, the “Service”), and the rights and choices available to individuals with respect to their information.
Personal Information We Collect
Personal information you provide to us. Personal information you may provide to us through the Service or otherwise includes:
- Contact data, personal or business contact information such as your first and last name, email and mailing addresses, phone number, professional title and company name.
- Registration data, such as information that you provide to register for an account or sign up for an event, including the day and month of your birth and the event you registered for.
- Data about others for whom you purchase an item or gift, such as name, delivery address and phone number. Please do not purchase a gift for someone or share their contact information with us unless you have their permission to do so.
- Profile data, such as your username and password that you may set to establish an online account with us and your interests and preferences.
- Communications, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, survey responses, or otherwise correspond with us.
- Marketing data, such as the email address or contact details that we use to send marketing communications and your preferences for receiving communications about our activities, events, sweepstakes and contests.
- Purchase data, including your order history and information needed to process and fulfill your order, including order details, billing address, and delivery address.
- Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
Data from other sources.
We may also collect information about you from:
- Business partners, such as advertising and joint marketing partners.
- Data providers, such as information services and data licensors.
- Public sources, such as blogs, forums or social media platforms.
Information we obtain from third party platforms.
If you choose to login to the Sites via a third-party platform, such as Google or Facebook, or otherwise connect your account on the third-party platform or network to your account through the Sites, we may collect information from that platform or network. You may also have the opportunity to provide us with additional information via the third-party platform or network, such as a list of your friends or connections and your email address.
Automatic collection. We and our service providers may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your activity occurring on or through the Sites, such as:
- Device data, such as your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, IP address, the website you visited before browsing our site, and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
- Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and duration of access.
- Cookies and similar technologies. Some of our automatic data collection is facilitated by cookies and similar technologies. See our Cookie Policy for more information.
- Referrals. Users of the Service may have the opportunity to refer friends or other contacts to us. If you are an existing user, you may only submit a referral if you have permission to provide their contact information to us so that we may contact them.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:
- Service delivery. We may use your personal information to:
- provide, operate and improve the Service, such as to enable you to make purchases of wheels, tires, and accessories that we have listed on the Sites;
- establish and maintain your account on the Service;
- communicate with you about the Service, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
- provide customer support and maintenance for the Service;
- facilitate your login to the Sites via third party platforms, such as Google and Facebook; and
- enable security features of the Sites, such as by sending you security codes via email or SMS, and remembering devices from which you have previously logged in.
- Direct Marketing. If you are an existing customer of Ready Wheels (for example, if you have placed an order with us), we may use the Personal Data you provided to send you marketing communications about Ready Wheels products or services, where permitted by applicable 1 law (unless you have opted out). In other cases, we ask for your consent to send you marketing information. We may use the information that you provide to us, as well as information from your use of Ready Wheels’s website, to personalize communications and advertisements regarding our products and services that may be of interest to you. For registered users, this may include data collected from your interactions with our website that are associated with your account. You will have the ability to opt-out of our marketing and promotional communications.
- For research and development. We may use your personal information for research and development purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and our business.
- To create anonymous data. We may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data records from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous data by excluding information (such as your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Service and promote our business.
- Interest-based advertising. We may contract with third-party advertising companies and social media companies to display ads on our Service and other sites. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about you (including the device data, online activity data and/or geolocation data described above) over time across our Service and other sites and services or your interaction with our emails, and use that information to serve ads that they think will interest you. These ads are known as “interest-based advertisements.” You can learn more about your choices for limiting interest-based advertising, in the Your Choices section below and our Cookie Policy.
- To comply with laws and regulations. We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
- For compliance, fraud prevention and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements; (c) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and (d) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyber attacks and identity theft.
- With your consent. In some cases we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law.
How We Share Your Personal Information
We may share your personal information with the following third parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:
- Affiliates. Our subsidiaries and affiliates, for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
- Service providers. Companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Service or our business (such as order fulfillment, shipping, payment processing, customer support, hosting, analytics, email delivery, marketing, database management services, returns processing and risk and fraud mitigation).
- Advertising partners. Third party advertising companies that collect information about your activity on the Site and other online services to help us advertise our services, and/or use hashed customer lists that we share with them to deliver ads to them and similar users on their platforms.
- Third party platforms. Social media and other third party platforms that you connect to the Service, such as when you use options to access the Service by logging into a social media platform. Please note, we do not control the third party’s use of your personal information.
- The public. Other users of the Service and the public, when you disclose personal information for public use. For instance, you may be able review a product that you purchased, and we will display your name along with the content you submit. We do not control how other users or third parties use any personal information that you make available to them. Please be aware that any information you post publicly can be cached, copied, screen captured or stored elsewhere by others (e.g., search engines) before you have a chance to edit or remove it.
- Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
- Authorities and others. Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate to comply with law or for the compliance, fraud prevention and safety purposes described above.
- Business transferees. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of your personal information in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution, transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.
Our Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies
Like many websites, Ready Wheels uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our Sites readywheels.com. This statement provides you with information about what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your preferences.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can remember your preferences, such as your login details or language settings, and can also track your browsing activity.
How Ready Wheels Uses Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of our website. They enable you to navigate our Sites and use essential features, such as adding items to your shopping cart and completing the checkout process. Without these cookies, certain services you have requested cannot be provided.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. They help us to understand which pages are the most popular, how users navigate through the site, and if they encounter any errors. This information allows us to improve the performance and design of our website. We may use third-party analytics providers to assist us with this.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features. They may also be used to provide services you have requested, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
- Advertising and Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies may be placed by us or by third-party advertising networks with our permission. They may remember that you have visited our website and this information may be shared with other organizations, such as advertisers.
- Social Media Cookies: Our website may include features from social media platforms (such as Facebook, Instagram, etc.). These features may set cookies to recognize you when you interact with them. These cookies may also be used to personalize content and advertising. Please refer to the respective privacy policies of these social media platforms for information on how they use your data.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to control and manage your cookie preferences.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can typically block or delete cookies, or set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being set. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and you should refer to your browser’s help documentation for instructions. Please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function correctly.
- Third-Party Tools: You may also be able to opt-out of certain third-party advertising cookies by visiting their websites or using online tools provided by industry groups.
- Our Cookie Consent Tool: We may provide a specific cookie consent tool on our website that allows you to customize your cookie preferences. You can usually find a link to this tool in our cookie notice or privacy policy.
We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this page indicates when this Cookie Statement was last updated.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Pages on the Ready Wheels website (readywheels.com) may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, visualizer etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you have visited the other website.
These other websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Ready Wheels is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Ready Wheels through our Services.