Privacy Policy

We take your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Statement explains how rekoautoparts.com (collectively, “we”) collects, uses, shares, and processes your information.

Collection and Use of Personal Data

Personal data refers to information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly. Personal data also includes anonymous data associated with information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal data does not include data that has been irreversibly anonymized or aggregated, where we cannot identify you regardless of whether this data is combined with other information or otherwise.

Ensuring Security

We adhere to the principles of lawfulness, fairness, and transparency. We use and process the minimum amount of data for limited purposes and implement technical and administrative measures to protect data security. We use personal data to help verify accounts and user activity, and to ensure security, such as monitoring for fraud, investigating suspicious or potentially illegal activity, or violations of our terms or policies. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the security of our products and services.

The following describes the types of personal data we may collect and how we use it:

What Personal Data We Collect

i. Data You Provide:

We collect personal data you provide when using our products and services or otherwise interacting with us, such as when you create an account, contact us, participate in online surveys, or use our online help or chat tools. If you make a purchase, we collect personal data related to the transaction. This includes your payment data, such as your credit or debit card number and other card details, along with other account and authentication information, as well as billing, shipping, and contact details.

ⅱ. Data about the use of our services and products:

When you visit our websites, we may collect the following data: the type of device you use, the device's unique identifier, the device's IP address, operating system, the type of internet browser you use, usage information, diagnostic information, and location information from or about the computer, mobile phone, or other device you use to install or access our products or services. Where applicable, our services may use GPS, your IP address, and other technologies to determine the approximate location of your device to help us improve our products and services.

How We Use Your Personal Data

Generally, we use personal data to provide, improve, and develop our products and services; communicate with you; provide you with targeted advertising and services; and protect us and our customers.

i. Providing, Improving, and Developing Our Products and Services:

We use personal data to help us provide, improve, and develop our products, services, and advertising. This includes using personal data for purposes such as data analysis, research, and auditing. Such processing is based on our legitimate interests in providing you with products and services and ensuring business continuity. If you participate in contests or other promotions, we may use the personal data you provide to administer these programs. Some activities have additional rules that may contain further information about how we use personal data, so we recommend you carefully review these rules before participating.

ⅱ. Communicating with You:

With your prior explicit consent, we may use personal data to send you marketing communications related to our products and services, communicate with you about your account or transactions, and inform you of our policies and terms. If you no longer wish to receive emails for marketing purposes, please contact us to opt out. When you contact us, we may also use your data to process and respond to your requests. With your prior explicit consent, we may share your personal data with third-party partners who may send you marketing communications related to their products and services. With your prior explicit consent, we may use your personal data to personalize your experience with our products and services, as well as third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional activities.

Note: For any of the above data uses requiring your prior explicit consent, please note that you may withdraw your consent by contacting us.

Definition of Cookies

Cookies are small text fragments used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are widely used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, mobile phones, and other devices. We also use other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, for similar purposes. In this Cookie Statement, we collectively refer to all these technologies as Cookies.

Use of Cookies

We use cookies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, such as personalizing content, delivering and evaluating ads, understanding user behavior, and providing a more secure experience. Please note that the specific cookies we may use depend on the specific websites and services you use.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may share certain personal information with strategic partners who collaborate with us to provide products and services or assist us in marketing to customers. We share personal information with these companies solely for the purpose of providing or improving our products, services, and advertising. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes without your explicit prior consent.

Data Disclosure or Storage, Transfer, and Processing

i. Compliance with Legal Obligations:

Certain legal obligations may exist or arise due to mandatory laws in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the country/region where the user resides. Processing of Personal Data of EEA Residents — As described below, if you reside within the European Economic Area (EEA), our processing of your personal data will be lawful: Whenever we require your consent to process your personal data, such processing will be based on Article 6(1) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

ⅱ. For the proper implementation or enforcement of these Terms:

We may share personal data with all our affiliated companies. In the event of a merger, reorganization, acquisition, joint venture, transfer, spin-off, assignment, sale, or disposition of all or part of our business, including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings, we may transfer any and all personal data to the relevant third party. We may also disclose personal data if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and pursue available remedies, enforce our terms and conditions, investigate fraud, or protect our operations or users.

ⅲ. Legal Compliance and Security or Protection of Other Rights

We may be required to disclose personal data in response to laws, legal processes, lawsuits, and/or requests from public and governmental authorities within or outside your country of residence. We may also disclose personal data if we determine that such disclosure is necessary or appropriate for national security, law enforcement, or other matters of public importance.

Children

Our products and services are intended for adults. Therefore, we do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose data from children under the age of 16. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under the age of 16 (or the equivalent minimum age as defined by the applicable jurisdiction), we will take steps to delete such data as soon as possible. If you discover that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately.

Your Rights

We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal data is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. You have the right to access, correct, or delete the personal data we collect. You also have the right to restrict or object to further processing of your personal data at any time. You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You may lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority regarding the processing of your personal data. To protect the privacy and security of your personal data, we may require you to provide data to enable us to verify your identity and right to access such data, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal data we maintain. In certain circumstances, applicable laws or regulatory requirements permit or require us to refuse to provide or delete some or all of the personal data we maintain. You may contact us to exercise your rights. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe, typically not exceeding 30 days.

Third-Party Websites and Services

When customers click links to third-party websites with which we have partnerships, we assume no obligation or liability for any such third-party privacy policies. Our websites, products, and services may contain links to third-party websites, products, and services, or permit access to them. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by these third parties, nor for the information or content contained in their products and services. This Privacy Statement applies solely to data we collect through our own products and services. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of any third-party websites, products, or services before continuing to use them.

Data Security, Integrity, and Retention

We employ reasonable technical, administrative, and physical security measures designed to protect your data from unauthorized access and to ensure the proper use of the data we collect. We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may periodically update this Privacy Statement to keep pace with new technologies, industry practices, and regulatory requirements. Your continued use of our products and services after this Privacy Statement takes effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Statement. If you do not agree with the revised Privacy Statement, please stop using our products or services and contact us to close any account you may have created.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or its implementation, please contact us via the “Contact Us” section.