Last Updated: May 31, 2025
Welcome to Trailerzone.net! Your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how Trailerzone.net collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the Trailerzone.net website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Trailerzone.net.
We are committed to protecting your personal information. Furthermore, we strive to comply with relevant international data privacy laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for users in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for California residents, where applicable. 1. Personal Identification Information
We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site.
When registering to comment on a post, Users are required to provide the following personal identification information:
- Username: Used for identification on the platform.
- Email Address: Used for account verification, password recovery, and communication.
- Password: Used for securing your account.
We collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us and provide their explicit consent for its collection and processing for the stated purposes, where such consent is required by applicable law. Users can always refuse to supply personally identifiable information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site-related activities like commenting.
2. Non-Personal Identification Information
We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer, and technical information about Users’ means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information. This information is generally aggregated and does not directly identify any individual user.
3. Web Browser Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Our Site uses “cookies” and similar tracking technologies (such as web beacons and pixels) to enhance User experience, analyze Site usage, and for advertising purposes. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about your activity.
What are cookies? Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
How we use cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our Site and enable you to navigate around it and use its features. Without these, services like user registration and commenting wouldn’t be possible. These cookies typically do not require explicit consent as they are necessary for the basic functionality of the website.
- Performance/Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our Site (e.g., which pages you visit most often). This data is often anonymized and used to improve how our Site works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Site to remember choices you make (e.g., your login details) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Advertising/Targeting Cookies (Third-Party Cookies): These cookies are set by third-party advertising networks that display advertisements on our Site. These cookies may collect information about your Browse habits across different websites and devices to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to your interests. This is often referred to as “interest-based advertising” or “personalized advertising.” They may track your activity on our Site and other websites to build a profile of your interests.
Third-Party Advertising: We partner with third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Site. These companies may use information (which does not include your name, email address, or phone number) about your visits to this and other websites, often collected through cookies and similar technologies, in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
For example, if you use Google AdSense: Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on Trailerzone.net. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
Your Consent and Choices Regarding Cookies: For non-essential cookies, such as analytics, functionality (beyond strictly necessary), and advertising/targeting cookies, we will obtain your explicit consent where required by applicable law, particularly for users in the EU/EEA under GDPR. This is typically done through a cookie consent mechanism (e.g., a banner or pop-up) when you first visit our Site. You will have the option to accept, decline, or customize your cookie preferences.
You also have the ability to accept or decline cookies through your web browser settings. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
4. How We Use Collected Information
Trailerzone.net may collect and use Users’ personal information for the following purposes:
- To create and manage user accounts: The information you provide allows us to set up and maintain your registration for commenting.
- To enable commenting features: Your username will be displayed alongside your comments.
- To send periodic emails: We may use the email address to send User information and updates pertaining to their account or activity on the Site. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.
- To improve our Site: We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services.
- To understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
- To display relevant advertising: We may use collected information (including non-personal identification information and data from advertising cookies) to facilitate the display of advertisements that may be of interest to you, provided by our third-party advertising partners, based on your consent where required by applicable law.
5. How We Protect Your Information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site. We implement organizational, physical, and technical security measures as required by the Data Privacy Act of 2012 and in line with industry best practices for data security.
6. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users’ personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.
In order to facilitate the display of personalized advertisements, certain non-personal identification information (such as data collected through advertising cookies and other tracking technologies) may be shared with or accessed by our third-party advertising partners. These partners may use this information to serve ads based on your visits to our Site and other sites on the Internet, always subject to your consent and applicable privacy laws.
7. Third-Party Websites
Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browse and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
8. Your Data Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights concerning your personal information:
- Right to be Informed: You have the right to be informed whether personal information pertaining to you shall be, are being, or have been processed.
- Right to Object/Opt-Out: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, especially in cases where the processing is based on consent or legitimate interest, and there is reason to believe that your privacy will be prejudiced. For California residents, this includes the right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information (as defined under CCPA/CPRA).
- Right to Access/Know: You have the right to reasonable access to your personal information that we hold and to obtain copies of such information.
- Right to Rectification/Correction: You have the right to dispute the inaccuracy or error in your personal information and demand its correction.
- Right to Erasure or Blocking/Deletion: You have the right to suspend, withdraw, or order the blocking, removal, or destruction of your personal information from our filing system upon discovery and substantial proof that the personal information is incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained, or used for unauthorized purposes, or if you withdraw your consent or object to its processing. For California residents, this includes the right to request deletion of personal information.
- Right to Damages: You have the right to be indemnified for any damages sustained due to such inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained or unauthorized use of personal information.
- Right to Data Portability: Where your personal information is processed by electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format, you have the right to obtain a copy of such data in an electronic or structured format, allowing you to move your information between services.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below. We may require specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request.
9. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data privacy laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction. By submitting your personal information and consenting to this Privacy Policy, you agree to this transfer, storing, or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, including implementing appropriate safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transfers from the EU/EEA where required.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Trailerzone.net has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the “last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
11. Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Site, and by providing your explicit consent through our cookie consent mechanism and registration process where applicable, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
12. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:
Trailerzone.net Email: [email protected]