AUTOBANDIT PRIVACY POLICY
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to AutoBandit, include autobandit.com, other website(s) operated by us, any of our mobile applications(collectively the “Site”) and AutoBandit Inc, its subsidiaries and affiliates(“AutoBandit”, “We” or “Us”).
The terms “You” or “Your” refer to You, the user(s) of the Site, regardless of whether you are a sole natural person, using the Site jointly with another person or people, or an entity.
AutoBandit is a marketplace for connecting automobile purchasers with dealers(the “Services”), though we reserve the right to change our business or the Services anytime at our sole discretion.
Collection of your Personal Information
AutoBandit may collect personal information, about you, including but not limited to your:
- Full Name
- Contact information (e.g. email, address, phone number)
- Date of Birth
- Social Security Number
- Driver’s License Number
- Income information
- Occupational information, including but not limited military or first responder status
- Payment information (e.g.without limitation,credit card numbers and billing addresses)
- Banking information (e.g. without limitation, routing number and account number)
- Auto insurance information
- Credit score information
- IP Address
- Browser
- Operating System (OS)
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- Any other information you voluntarily provide to usincluding but not limited to Information which you provide while registering on theSiteor informing us of your preferences, etc
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use the Services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering information for a link sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information for payment processing by a third-party (e.g. without limitation, Stripe, etc). To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to your use of the Services. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Sharing Information
AutoBandit may share data with trusted partners to help you use the Services, perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or otherwise optimize your use of the Services. We may learn more about your use of the Site and preferences using a variety of tools including but not limited to artificial intelligence and machine learning applications we may use in our sole discretion. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure all third parties we associate with safeguard your personal information.
AutoBandit may disclose potentially personal information and personally-identifying information to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on AutoBandit’s behalf or to provide services available on the Site and (ii) that have agreed to the best our knowledge not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country or jurisdiction; by using the Site, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
AutoBandit may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on AutoBandit or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of AutoBandit; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of AutoBandit, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
AutoBandit may at its sole discretion keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within AutoBandit whether by desktop or mobile device, in order to determine what AutoBandit services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within AutoBandit to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware, mobile devices, and software may be automatically collected by AutoBandit. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Site.
Use of Cookies
The AutoBandit website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize AutoBandit pagesor subdomains, or register with Lease Banditoruse of the Services, a cookie helps AutoBandit to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the Site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the AutoBandit features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Site or the Services.
Third-party vendors may also use cookies to serve ads based on a user's past visits to ourSite.
Web Beacons
We may also use a technology called web beacons to collect general information about your use of our website and your use of special promotions or newsletters. The information we collect by web beacons allows us to statistically monitor the number of people who open our emails. Web beacons also help us to understand the behavior of our customers, members, and visitors.
Business Transfers
If AutoBandit, undergoes a Change of Control (as defined herein) your personal information may become an asset of such a transaction. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer ofAutoBandit may continue to use your personal information as setforth in this policy.As used herein, Change of Control means As used herein, “Change of Control” means (i) a consolidation or merger of Lease Banditwith or into any other corporation or other entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization, other than any such consolidation, merger or reorganization in which the shares of capital stock of Lease Banditimmediately prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization, continue to represent a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity immediately after such consolidation, merger or reorganization; (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions to which Lease Banditis a party in which in excess of 50% of AutoBandit’s voting power is transferred; or (iii) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the AutoBandit’s assets, or the exclusive license of all or substantially all of AutoBandit’s material intellectual property; provided that a Change of Control shall not include any transaction or series of transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes in which cash is received by AutoBandit or any successor, indebtedness of AutoBandit is cancelled, or converted or a combination thereof.
Links
The Site may contain links to other third-party sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
AutoBandit secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. AutoBandit uses the following methods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as name and date of birth) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Minors
If you are a minor in your jurisdiction, you may not use Site and the Services. AutoBandit is accessible by a general audience and it is our intention that the Site should be used only by individuals over age eighteen (18). To ensure compliance with federal law and state law, as necessary, AutoBandit does not knowingly collect or maintain information of children under the age of 18.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, we may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. You may opt out of such communication by contacting us.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
Retention of Personal Information
AutoBandit retains your Personal Information for no longer than necessary to meet the purposes discussed in this Privacy Policyand our Terms of Use, except for where an extended retention period is demanded or permitted by pertinent law.
Modifying or Deleting Your Personal Information
If you would like to modify or delete your Personal Information as held by AutoBandit, please email us at support@leasebandit.com with specific instructions regarding how you want us to modify or delete your info. Upon receipt of your email, we will undertake commercially reasonable efforts to modify or delete your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
GDPR and Designated Countries Privacy Rights
This Section only applies to Users and Customers of the Services that are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and/or Switzerland (collectively, the “Designated Countries”) at the time of data collection. We may ask you to identify which country you are located in when you use some of the Services, or we may rely on your IP address to identify which country you are located in. Where we rely only on your IP address, we cannot apply the terms of this Section to any User or Customer that masks or otherwise obfuscates their location information so as not to appear located in the Designated Countries. If any terms in this Section conflict with other terms contained in this Policy, the terms in this Section shall apply to Users and Customers in the Designated Countries.
AutoBandit is a data controller with regard to any personal information collected from customers or users of its Services. A “data controller” is an entity that determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information is processed. Any third parties that act as our service providers are “data processors” that handle your personal information in accordance with our instructions.
You may object to our processing at any time and as permitted by applicable law if we process your personal information on the legal basis of consent, contract or legitimate interests. We can continue to process your personal information if it is necessary for the defense of legal claims, or for any other exceptions permitted by applicable law.
If we process your personal information based on a contract with you or based on your consent, or the processing is carried out by automated means, you may request to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to have us transfer your personal information directly to another “controller”, where technically feasible, unless exercise of this right adversely affects the rights and freedoms of others.
If you believe we have infringed or violated your privacy rights, please contact us via the information provided herein so that we can work to resolve your concerns. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority situated in a Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of alleged infringement.
California Consumer Privacy Act of 2019 (CCPA)
The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
You have the right to request that AutoBanditd is close certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you:
- The categories of personal information we collected about you.
- The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
- Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
- The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
- The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request).
- If we sold or disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing: sales, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient purchased; and disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.
CCPA Deletion Request Rights
You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and make reasonable efforts to direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.
We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:
- Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
- Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 seq.).
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’sdeletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.
To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:
Emailing us at or sending a letter to the contact information below.
Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
- Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
- Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.
Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us.
We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
Changes to this Statement
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
AutoBandit welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that AutoBandit has not adhered to the protocols herein, please contact us at:
AutoBandit Inc
13809 Research Boulevard
Suite 500
Austin, TX, 78750
