Legal
Privacy Policy.
Effective date: May 12, 2026. This policy explains how CarMarketplace handles personal information across the website, mobile app, and related marketplace services.
This Privacy Policy is provided for store-review and customer transparency purposes. It should be reviewed by legal counsel before launch if CarMarketplace will process real payments, identity checks, location data, or user-generated listings.
Information We Collect
- Account and contact details such as name, email address, phone number, and location when you create an account, contact a seller, or list a vehicle.
- Listing and transaction details such as vehicle descriptions, photos, asking prices, rental requests, parts inquiries, and messages sent through the marketplace.
- Device and usage data such as IP address, browser type, approximate location, pages viewed, referring pages, and actions taken in the app.
- Payment or identity verification information may be collected by our payment, fraud-prevention, or verification partners when those features are enabled.
How We Use Information
- To operate the marketplace, show listings, connect buyers and sellers, process inquiries, and support rentals, car sales, and parts requests.
- To improve safety, prevent fraud, verify listings, troubleshoot issues, and enforce marketplace policies.
- To send service messages, listing updates, support responses, and optional marketing communications where permitted by law.
- To analyze performance, improve product features, personalize content, and measure advertising effectiveness.
Sharing Information
- We share information with buyers, sellers, renters, dealers, or service providers when needed to complete a marketplace interaction you request.
- We may share information with hosting, analytics, payment, messaging, verification, security, and customer-support providers that help us run the service.
- We may disclose information when required by law, to protect rights and safety, or as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets.
- We do not sell personal information for money. If future advertising practices qualify as a sale or sharing under applicable law, we will provide required choices.
Your Choices
- You may request access, correction, deletion, or export of your personal information by contacting us.
- You may opt out of non-essential marketing messages by using unsubscribe links or contacting support.
- You can disable cookies through your browser settings, although some marketplace features may not work correctly.
- You may request account deletion and data removal at privacy@carmarketplace.com.
Retention, Security, And Children
- We retain information for as long as needed to operate the service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
- We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards, but no internet service is completely secure.
- CarMarketplace is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Contact
- For privacy questions, requests, or complaints, contact CarMarketplace at privacy@carmarketplace.com.
- If this policy changes, we will update this page and revise the effective date.