Privacy Policy for rccarplace.com
Effective date: August 27, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how rccarplace.com (“we”, “us”, “our”, “rccarplace.com”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit or use our website, services, mobile applications, and related products (collectively, the “Services”). By accessing or using the Services you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through rccarplace.com and any other websites, applications, or services that link to this Privacy Policy. It does not apply to information collected offline or through other companies’ products or websites (including third-party services linked from our Services).
2. Controller / Contact Information
Controller: rccarplace.com
Contact email: [contact@rccarplace.com]
If you have questions or requests about your personal information, please contact the address above.
3. Definitions
Personal information / Personal data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Processing: Any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, storage, use, disclosure, and deletion.
Service providers / Processors: Third-party companies who perform services on our behalf.
4. Information We Collect
We collect information you provide directly to us and information automatically collected when you visit or use the Services.
4.1 Information you provide
Account information: name, email address, username, password, profile picture, and other contact details when you register for an account.
Transaction information: billing address, payment method details (note: we do not store full payment card numbers unless you use a payment provider that stores them), purchase history, and order details if you buy goods or services.
User content: comments, reviews, forum posts, messages, photos or other content you upload to the Services.
Communications: correspondence when you contact us for support or otherwise communicate with us.
4.2 Information automatically collected
Usage data: pages visited, features used, access times, referral URLs, search queries, and other analytical data.
Device and technical data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers, screen resolution, and mobile network information.
Cookies and similar technologies: small data files placed on your device by our website (see Section 7 for details).
4.3 Information from third parties
We may receive information about you from third-party services (for example, social login providers such as Google or Facebook, analytics providers, advertising partners, or public sources).
5. How We Use Your Information
We use personal information for the following purposes:
To provide, operate, and maintain the Services.
To create and manage your account.
To process transactions and deliver purchased products or services.
To provide customer support and respond to inquiries.
To personalize and improve the Services, including recommendations and content customization.
To send administrative messages, updates, and security alerts.
To send marketing communications and promotional offers (where permitted by law), and to administer contests and surveys.
To analyze usage and trends, monitor and improve the Services, and perform analytics and business intelligence.
To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent or illegal activity, and to protect our rights and property.
To comply with legal obligations and requests from law enforcement, regulators, or courts.
6. Legal Bases for Processing (for EU/EEA/UK users)
If you are located in the EU/EEA or the UK, our legal bases for processing personal data include:
Consent: when you have given consent (e.g., subscription to marketing communications or certain cookies).
Performance of a contract: to fulfill our contract with you (e.g., to provide the Services you request).
Legal obligation: to comply with legal obligations.
Legitimate interests: for purposes such as fraud prevention, network and information security, service improvement and direct marketing where our interests are balanced against your rights.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We and our partners use cookies, web beacons, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to collect information about your interactions with the Services. Cookies may be:
Essential cookies: required for core site functionality (account login, shopping cart, security).
Performance and analytics cookies: used to understand usage and improve performance.
Functional cookies: to remember preferences and provide personalized features.
Advertising/targeting cookies: used to deliver relevant advertisements and measure ad performance.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings or via our cookie banner/settings tool (if provided). Disabling certain cookies may limit your ability to use certain features.
8. Third-Party Services and Links
We may use or integrate third-party services including payment processors, analytics providers, advertising networks, social login providers, cloud hosting companies, and other service providers. These third parties have their own privacy practices—this Privacy Policy does not cover their processing. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties.
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for their privacy practices or content.
9. Sharing and Disclosure of Personal Information
We may share personal information in the following circumstances:
Service providers: to vendors and service providers who perform services for us (hosting, payment processing, analytics, customer support, marketing providers).
Affiliates: with our parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliates for business and operational purposes.
Business transfers: in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, financing or due diligence related to such transactions.
Legal requirements: when required by law, subpoena, court order, or governmental request.
Protection of rights: to detect or prevent fraud, illegal activity, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of rccarplace.com, its users or the public.
When we share personal information with third parties, we require them to process the data securely and only for the purposes we authorize.
10. International Data Transfers
Our Services are hosted and operated in [Country/Region]. Personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country in which you reside, including countries with different data protection laws. When we transfer personal data internationally, we use appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses, binding corporate rules, or other measures required by applicable law.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Services, fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Retention periods vary depending on the type of data and the purposes for processing.
12. Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. Examples include encryption in transit, access controls, and regular security assessments. However, no system is perfect; we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:
Access the personal information we hold about you.
Request correction or update of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request deletion or erasure of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”).
Request restriction or limitation of processing.
Object to processing (including for direct marketing purposes).
Request portability of your personal data to another service provider.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at the contact information above. We may ask for information to verify your identity before fulfilling requests. We will respond to verifiable requests in accordance with applicable law.
14. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA) — Residents of California
If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including:
Right to know: the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, sources, purposes, and third parties with whom the information was shared.
Right to delete: request deletion of personal information we have collected about you, subject to exceptions.
Right to opt-out: opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not knowingly sell personal information of consumers under 16 without affirmative authorization.
Right to non-discrimination: you may not be discriminated against for exercising your rights.
To submit a request: email [privacy@rccarplace.com] or use our designated web form at [insert link to web form].
Authorized agents: You can designate an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf pursuant to applicable law.
15. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information about a child under the applicable age threshold, please contact us and we will take steps to delete such information.
16. Advertising and Analytics
We may use third-party advertising and analytics services to collect information about your visits to the Services and across other sites and services. These providers may use cookies and similar technologies. You can opt out of certain targeted advertising by adjusting your cookie settings, using your browser settings, or through industry opt-out mechanisms (e.g., YourAdChoices).
17. Payments and Financial Information
We use third-party payment processors to collect and process payment information, such as credit or debit card numbers. We do not store full card details on our servers unless you expressly use a tokenization/recurring-payment feature that requires it; payment card data is typically processed and stored by our payment processor in accordance with PCI-DSS standards. Review the payment processor’s privacy policy for details.
18. International Users
If you are accessing the Services from outside the country in which we operate, your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries with different data protection laws. By using the Services, you consent to such transfers.
19. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Effective date” above and, when required by law, provide additional notice (for example, by email or prominent notice on our Services). Your continued use of the Services after changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
20. How to Exercise Your Rights or Make a Complaint
To exercise rights, ask questions, or make a complaint about our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Email: [contact@rccarplace.com]
If you are located in the EU/EEA/UK and believe we have processed your personal data in violation of applicable law, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
21. Additional Clauses and Optional Provisions
The following clauses are included for completeness; edit or remove them to suit your business needs.
21.1 Data Processing Agreements
We enter into data processing agreements with our service providers where required by law to ensure they implement appropriate technical and organizational measures.
21.2 Data Protection Officer (DPO)
If applicable, our Data Protection Officer can be contacted at: [dpo@rccarplace.com]. If you do not have a DPO, remove this section or replace it with the appropriate contact.
21.3 Automated Decision-Making
We may use automated systems to make certain decisions (for example, fraud detection or personalization). Where such decisions produce legal or similarly significant effects, you have the right to obtain human intervention, express your point of view, and contest the decision, to the extent required by law.
21.4 International Transfers — Mechanisms
Where applicable, we rely on one or more of the following safeguards for international transfers: (i) adequacy decisions; (ii) Standard Contractual Clauses; (iii) Binding Corporate Rules; or (iv) explicit consent where permitted.
22. Miscellaneous
Governing law: This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of [Insert governing jurisdiction; e.g., State of Delaware, Republic of Portugal, etc.], except where local law requires otherwise.
Severability: If any provision of this policy is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
Last updated: August 27, 2025