Privacy Policy for Smog Master Systems LLC ("Smog Master")
Last Updated: January 1, 2025
Smog Master Systems LLC (“Smog Master“, “we”, “us” or “our“) is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information in our custody and control. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect the personal information in connection with our website www.smogmaster.biz (the “Site“), software tools and related services (together with the Site, the “Services“).
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the Effective Date listed above. We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on our Site. By continuing to use our Services after any changes are made to this Policy, you are accepting the changes to the Policy.
Our Services help smog testing shops (“Clients“) manage their business and operations. In providing our Services, we collect personal information relating to Clients and their owners, employees and representatives (“Client Data“). We also may collect personal information relating to our Client’s customers (“Customer Data“). We may process Customer Data on behalf of our Clients as their service provider. Our Clients are accountable for the Customer Data that we process on their behalf. If you are a customer of one of our Clients and have questions about how your Customer Data is handled, please contact the Client directly.
You can visit our Site without providing any personal information.
If you contact us to request information about our Services, or with other inquiries, we will collect your name and contact information and any other information that you choose to provide. We use this information to respond to your request. We may also use this information to provide you with other information and materials that we think may be of interest to you.
If you choose to register for our Services as a Client, we will collect: business name, email address, physical address and telephone; other information about your business, such as size and type; payment card information, banking information or other information to process payments; user name and password; and information about the owners, employees and representatives of the business, such as name, email address, and telephone number.
We use this information to understand your needs and provide our Services, process payments, improve our products and services, provide you with information about products, services, information and events that may be of interest to you, meet our legal and contractual obligations and otherwise as permitted or required by law.
We automatically collect information about your computer or mobile device when you visit our Site. This information may include your IP address, browser and device type, access times, the web page from which you came, the regions from which you navigate the webpage and the webpage(s) you access (as applicable).
We may also use cookies and similar tools to improve your experience on the Site. Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website, in order to track use of the site and to improve your user experience. For example, we use cookies to remember your log-in session so you can move easily within the Site, and to track the number of unique visits to our Site. Most computer and some mobile web browsers automatically accept cookies but, if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that or to notify you each time a cookie is set. Please note however that, by blocking or deleting cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Site.
We may work with Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the website and report on activities and trends. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We also may use Google’s advertising services to collect and access certain demographic and internet data about your visits to our Sites and third-party websites. We use this information to better understand your needs and preferences, and to provide you with advertising that is customized to your inferred interests and preferences. You may opt out of these Google advertising features by using Google’s ad settings https://www.google.com/settings/ads or by installing the Google opt-out browser add-on.
We may also work with other third-party advertisers and networks in connection with online advertising. These entities may use cookies and similar tools to track your activities on our Site and on other websites in order to serve you with advertising that is tailored to your inferred interests. You may visit the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) consumer choice page at https://optout.aboutads.info, for information about opting out of targeted advertising and the choices you have regarding information circulated among DAA companies. You may also visit the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) consumer opt-out page at www.networkadvertising.org/choices for information about opting out of targeted advertising and the choices you have regarding information circulated among NAI members. Please note that when using these ad industry opt-out tools, you may need to execute the opt-out on each browser or device that you use. Opting out does not mean you will stop receiving ads through our Site or on other websites. You may continue to receive ads, for example, based on the particular website that you are viewing. Also, if your browsers are configured to reject cookies when you opt-out on the DAA or NAI websites, your opt-out may not be effective.
We may transfer personal information to service providers that provide certain services on our behalf, such as data hosting and processing, marketing, analytics, information technology services and payment processing. Some of these service providers may be located outside of your country of residence.
We may disclose personal information to parties in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a sale, financing or other disposition of all or part of our business or assets, for the purposes of evaluating and/or performing the transaction. Our successors and assigns may collect, use and disclose personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose personal information with your consent or as otherwise permitted or required by laws applicable to us or our service providers, including to comply with a subpoena or warrant, to law enforcement in connection with an investigation, to protect our rights and the safety and security of our employees, and to enforce our agreements and collect debts owed to us.
Our Clients will have access to Customer Data relating to their own customers. We are not responsible for our Client’s handling of Customer Data. If you are a customer of a Client and have questions about how your Customer Data is handled, please contact the applicable Client directly.
SMS Consent or phone numbers are not shared for the purpose of SMS with third parties or affiliates.
Personal information is maintained on our servers or those of our service providers and is retained as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes for which it was collected, in accordance with prudent business practices on general document retention, or as otherwise required by law.
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