encyCARpedia Privacy Policy
This Policy applies to Our use of any and all data collected by us in relation to your use of Our Site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
Definitions and Interpretations
- "We/Us/Our" means Encycarpedia Ltd.
- "Our Site" means this website, https://www.encycarpedia.com/.
- "Account" means a registered user account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site.
- "GDPR" refers to the General Data Protection Regulation.
- "Cookie" is a small piece of data or text file which is downloaded to your device. The content of a cookie can be read by the web site and the web server that delivered the cookie to you.
- "localStorage" is a persistent piece of data stored by your device that is accessible to the web site that delivered it to you. Web servers can not directly access this data.
- "Web Beacon" is a small, transparent image file (usually 1x1 pixels) that can be requested by the web site, usually used for logging user behavior.
What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from Our Site. We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
How Do We Store Your Data?
All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
How Do We Use Your Data?
We use your data to provide the best possible services to you. This includes:
- Providing and managing your access to Our site.
- Providing and managing your Account.
- Personalising and tailoring your experience of Our Site.
- Responding to communications from you.
- Analysing your use of Our Site to enable Us to continually improve Our Site and your user experience. We use Google Analytics for tracking usage of Our Site. You may enable tracking protection via a browser setting or plugin. If we detect this, we use a web beacon (which we call 'nt.gif') so that we can still log your usage, but it won't track you from session to session - with each new visit of Our Site (or page refresh), our analytics provider will think it's a brand new user. In the case of tracking protection being detected, we inform our analytics provider to anonimise your IP address, and We won't set any tracking related cookies.
Our Use of Cookies & Similar Technology
Our Site uses cookies, localStorage & web beacons. By using these technologies, We are able to provide you with dynamic features, as well as enabling Us to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. We use the following types:
- Functionality Cookies: We use these to provide personalisation to you based on your chosen options and preferences.
- Analytics Cookies: We use these to understand how you use Our Site. For example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it. Some of these are placed by Our third party analytics provider and we have no control over them.
- Persistent Cookies: Any of the above types of cookie may be a persistent cookie. Persistent cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.
- Session Cookies: Any of the above types of cookie may be a session cookie. Session cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
We may use localStorage in place of any of the above cookie uses.
We also use web beacons on Our Site to log your usage. As with analytics cookies described above, web beacons help Us to understand how you use Our Site and enable us to improve it in the future.
What Cookies / localStorage Does Our Site Create?
| Name | Purpose | Type |
|---|---|---|
| dataPolicy | Indicates to Us your acceptance of this privacy policy. Once this is set, we don't display a message requesting your consent. | Persistent |
| l | Indicates to Us that We have checked that you're on the correct language version of Our Site. This also stores your custom selection if you've made one, so We may automatically redirect you for your convenience. | Persistent |
| c | Allows Us to store your selections for car comparison. | Persistent |
| d | Allows Us to store your dark mode setting. | Persistent |
| h | Allows Us to store your search term history. | Persistent |
| si | Allows Us to provide user account functionality. | Persistent |
| sid | Allows Us to provide user account functionality. | Persistent |
Third Party Use of Cookies on Our Site
On some pages, we may display advertising provided by a third party. These third parties may use cookies to serve adverts based on your previous visits to Our Site and/or other sites. You can opt out of personalised advertising (across the web, not just Our Site) by visiting optout.aboutads.info.
How You Can Control Cookies
Internet browsers normally accept cookies by default. You can change these settings if you wish, however please be aware that this is not generally a per-site setting and will prevent all websites from using cookies, not just Ours. Please also be aware that by disabling cookies in your browser, you may impair the functionality of Our Site. Specifically, car comparison will not function correctly if cookies are disabled.
The links below provide instructions on how to control cookies in all mainstream browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Safari (Mac)
- Safari (iOS)
- Mozilla Firefox
- Android (Please refer to your device's documentation for manufacturers' own browsers)
- Microsoft Edge
Other Data We May Collect
We also collect personal data when you provide Us with such data. This may include:
- Name
- Email Address
- Business/Company Name
Right to Erasure
If you would like to delete your Account, and all data related to your Account, you can do so in your account settings.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy as we deem necessary from time to time, or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.