Your Privacy
Bikes-trikes-and-quads.com is a powersports related website. It is a technology based organization featuring a forum and free classifieds relating to the powersports industry. This is the privacy policy for this website, www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com, also referred to herein as "BTAQ".
BTAQ Privacy Policy
Bikes Trikes and Quads is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. This privacy policy applies to the information we collect when you use www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com or its mobile application (app).
Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of the Bikes Trikes and Quads, 283 Upper Powderly St. Dept. 3B, Carbondale, PA 18407, United States.
This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically, it was last updated on February 12, 2024.
This policy will let you know:
- What personally identifiable information (PII) is collected from you
- Why personally identifiable information (PII) is collected from you
- What cookies are and how they are used
- How your information is used
- Who is collecting your information
- With whom your information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
- How you can access, update or delete your information
- The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
- How Bikes Trikes and Quads protects children's privacy
- How legal indemnity relates to your privacy
- What else you should know about your online privacy
Every page within www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com includes a link to this Privacy Policy.
List of Definitions
For the purposes of the BTAQ Privacy Policy:
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"Account" means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
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"Business", for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information, that does business in the State of California.
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"Company" (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to bikes-trikes-and-quads.com
For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
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"Country" refers to the United States of America.
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"Consumer", for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.
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"Cookies" are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
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"Data Controller", for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
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"Device" means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
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"Do Not Track" (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
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"Personal Data" is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
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"Sale", for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
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"Service" refers to the Website.
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"Service Provider" means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
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"Usage Data" refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
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"Website" refers to Bikes Trikes and Quads, accessible from https://www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com/.
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"You" means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.
What personally identifiable information is collected from you
The website and app Bikes Trikes and Quads collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site.
We may ask you for personal information at certain times, including (but not limited to) when you place ads, join our forum, or take advantage of the other features of Bikes Trikes and Quads. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
- Name
- Email Address
- Mailing Address
- Credit Card Information When Required
- Other Personal Information When necessary
Why personally identifiable information is collected from you
The website and app Bikes Trikes and Quads collects information for account creation and paid subscriptions when available.
Cookie Policy
What cookies are and how they are used
As part of offering and providing customized and personalized services, Bikes Trikes and Quads may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive.
Bikes Trikes and Quads can collect certain information about a client using his/her browser or mobile device cookies. These small text files store information on the user's computer, mobile phone or other smart device and are used for record-keeping and tracking purposes.
With the help of cookies, www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com, at times, can save personal settings and preferences on the user's computer, mobile phone or other smart device, and automatically restore them on the next visit.
Website cookies are designed to improve the user experience and to provide more relevant information to the user, for example, information relating to recent page views or offers pertaining to a particular geographic location.
Certain features of the Bikes Trikes and Quads require that you accept cookies in order for these features to work properly. (See "What choices are available regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information" for more information on cookies.)
Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes:
Advertising networks that serve ads onto the Bikes Trikes and Quads may use their own cookies.
Some examples of cookies served as a result of Google's advertising are:
These files will contain information about your visit to the website, as well as any information you've volunteered, such as your name or email.
Bikes Trikes and Quads may also collect IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers.
The primary goal of the Bikes Trikes and Quads in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience and to assist your navigation throughout www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com.
Your information (cookies) are used to enhance the loading of pages within the website or web application. This personal information is used in recalling preferences and history using this website or web application as well as to provide customer support if necessary.
Who is collecting your information
When you are asked for personal information on the Bikes Trikes and Quads, you are sharing that information with the Bikes Trikes and Quads alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise.
However, some activities will, by their very nature, result in some of your personal information being revealed to other users of the Bikes Trikes and Quads.
For example, when you enter personal information on the ad posting form, this information will generally be included in your ad, unless specifically stated otherwise.
Bikes Trikes and Quads does link to other websites. Visitors should refer to their respective privacy policies for specific information regarding their websites or apps.
With whom your information may be shared
As a general rule, Bikes Trikes and Quads will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information (PII) except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below.
Bikes Trikes and Quads may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be abusing Bikes Trikes and Quads or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of Bikes Trikes and Quads other users of Bikes Trikes and Quads, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
Bikes Trikes and Quads may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative or other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain and improve the products and services featuring in our web application.
What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use some areas of Bikes Trikes and Quads, but you will not be able to access areas or use features that require you to submit personal information, such as posting ads, forum participation, or posting of photos.
You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies from www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com.
If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those services of Bikes Trikes and Quads that require registration in order to participate. You can still use most of the features of the Bikes Trikes and Quads app even if you do not accept cookies.
Bikes Trikes and Quads does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of information transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting this transfer.
If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular portion of our service.
How you can access, update or delete your information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may edit or delete your profile at any time by clicking on the appropriate link or graphic provided by the application.
Other than the administrator of Bikes Trikes and Quads or other authorized personnel of Bikes Trikes and Quads, you are the only person who has access to your personal information (PII). Your profile is password-protected to prevent unauthorized access. It is the responsibility of the individual user to protect their password and change or update it regularly.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Bikes Trikes and Quads will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Bikes Trikes and Quads cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk.
Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security within our web application.
How Bikes Trikes and Quads protects children's privacy
Bikes Trikes and Quads is a general audience web site. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. Bikes Trikes and Quads does not share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties and we do not sell or rent personal information about any of our users, regardless of age.
In addition, Bikes Trikes and Quads will not send any direct email offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 13 when asked.
How legal indemnity relates to your privacy
You agree to indemnify and hold Bikes Trikes and Quads, its parent or subsidiary companies and their affiliates, their administrative directors, officers, and employees from any and all liabilities, claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, arising from breach of this privacy policy or any other policy regarding this web application.
Your use or access of Bikes Trikes and Quads or any internet website or app linked to or from Bikes Trikes and Quads, or in connection with the transmission of any content on Bikes Trikes and Quads.
Use of this website shall in every respect, be governed by the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, United States, regardless of the laws that might be applicable in other jurisdiction of any website user.
The parties agree that the Pennsylvania courts located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any controversy arising under this agreement and agree that venue is proper in those courts.
What else you should know about your online privacy
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online, for example in ads or forum posts, as well as through email communication, that information can be collected and used by others no affiliated with www.bikes-trikes-and-quads.com.
In summary, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information as this is not the responsibility of the website. Be careful and responsible whenever you're online.