Privacy Policy
We are
committed to protecting our users′ privacy. This section
explains how your information is collected, protected and used. Free LA
Classifieds takes all reasonable steps to ensure that it complies with the
requirements of Law. This law aims to ensure that the fundamental rights and
freedoms of individuals are protected and in particular that their honour is not
harmed and that their privacy and that of their family is
maintained.
Information we collect and how we use it:
We offer a number of services that do not require you to
register for an account or provide any personal information to us, such as Free
LA Classifieds Classifieds, SL. In order to provide our full range of services,
we may collect the following types of information:
- Information you provide - When you sign up for an AdManager
account or any Free LA Classifieds service that requires registration, we ask
you for personal information (such as your name, email address and an account
password).
- Cookies - Free LA Classifieds websites use Google
Analytics, an analytical web tool, licensed from Google, Inc., a Delaware
company whose headquarters are at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View
(California), CA 94043, USA (?Google?). Google Analytics sends ?cookies? ?
small files containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely
identifies your browser. The information generated by the cookies regarding
your usage of the website (including your IP address) is directly transmitted
and archived by Google on servers based in the United States of America.
Google processes this information, on our behalf, to enable us to track the
usage of the website by compiling reports on website activity and through the
provision of other services related to website activity and internet usage.
Google may transmit such information to third parties when required to do so
by law or when such third parties process the information on behalf of Google.
Google will not link your IP address with any other data that Google has in
its possession. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you
can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is
being sent. However, some Google features and services may not function
properly if your cookies are disabled. By using Free LA Classifieds websites
you consent to the processing of your personal data by Google as described and
for the purposes mentioned above.
- Log information - When you use Free LA Classifieds
services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends
whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such
as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser
language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may
uniquely identify your browser.
- User communications - When you send email or other
communication to Free LA Classifieds, we may retain those communications in
order to process your enquiries, respond to your requests and improve our
services.
- Links - Free LA Classifieds may present links in a format
that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We
use this information to improve the quality of our customised content and user
experience.
- Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and
services that are owned and operated by Free LA Classifieds. We do not
exercise control over the sites displayed as search results or links from
within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or
other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information
from you.
Free LA Classifieds only processes personal
information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and/or any privacy
notice for specific services. In addition to the above, such purposes
include:
- Providing our products and services to users, including the display of
customised content and advertising;
- Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and
improve our services;
- Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
- Developing new services.
Free LA Classifieds processes personal information on our servers in the in various countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. We may process personal information to provide our own services.
Personal information choice
When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration,
we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a
manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask
for your consent prior to such use.
If we propose to use personal
information for any purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in
the specific service notices, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of
the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or
use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Policy
and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior
consent.
You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case Free LA Classifieds may not be able to provide those services to you.
Sharing of Information
Free LA Classifieds only shares personal information with individuals
outside of Free LA Classifieds if we have a good faith belief that access, use,
preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to:
- satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable
governmental request,
- enforce applicable Terms of Use, including investigation of potential
violations thereof
- detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical
issues, or
- protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Free
LA Classifieds, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
If Free LA Classifieds becomes involved in a merger,
acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide
notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a
different privacy policy.
We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement. Such information does not identify you individually.
Please contact us at the address below for any
additional questions about the management or use of personal data.
Securing your information
We take appropriate
security measures to protect against unauthorised access to or unauthorised
alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of
our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as
well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to
systems where we store personal data.
We restrict access to personal information to Free LA Classifieds employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
Accuracy of Information
Free LA Classifieds
processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected
and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy
notice. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to
ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed
to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the
personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we
depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever
necessary.
Accessing and updating personal information
When you use Free LA
Classifieds services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to
your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or
to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be
retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to
identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or
removed before processing such requests. We may decline to process requests that
are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical
effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for
instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for
which access is not otherwise required.
Enforcement of this Policy
Free LA Classifieds regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy.
Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or
Free LA Classifieds? treatment of personal information by contacting us through
this web site or by writing to us at the address given above. When we receive
formal written complaints at this address, it is Free LA Classifieds' policy to
contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will co-operate
with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection
authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data
that cannot be resolved between Free LA Classifieds and an individual.
Changes to this policy
Please note that this
Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights
under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes
will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if
the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.
If you
have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please feel free to
contact us any time through this web site or at Free LA Classifieds
Classifieds, 1171 South Robertson Blvd, Los angeles, California
90035
