Privacy policy

Privacy policy of your car sale on the website - Carito.com

This "Privacy Policy" governs the processing of your personal data by the data controller: All Commerce and Business Supplies Limited, having its registered office at Library Square, Main Street, Rathcoole Dublin, Ireland and registered under VAT number Nº 3466325KH (hereinafter "Carito").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains essential information on how your personal data is processed and what cookies are used. By providing your personal data on the website and by providing the email addresses listed on this website with Personal Data, you declare that you have read this Privacy Policy and also expressly agree to it, as well as to the processing itself.

Article 1 - General

Carito, through the present Privacy Policy, is in line with the European Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of personal data.

The controller of the processing of your personal data is Carito.

Article 2 - Personal data

2.1.      Personal data you communicate to us:

- Category 1, without registration: your IP address, browsing behaviour, the search terms you used to land on our website and the website through which you came to us;

Category 2: when filling in the contact form on our website or when contacting us by e-mail or telephone: your name, e-mail address and any background information about yourself that you voluntarily provide to us as part of your enquiry
Category 3: when placing an ad: details about the vehicle for which you wish to receive an offer vehicle data such as make, model, year of manufacture, fuel, bodywork, mileage, engine, transmission, colour, upholstery, car features, price, comments/remarks, email, name and phone number
- Category 4: via cookies;

2.2.      Carito may collect data from you (Personal Data) in several ways:

through the use of cookies (see below);
during your registration and use of the Website;

2.3.      The Website also uses cookies that collect some Personal Data. For the provisions on the use of cookies, see Article 9.

Article 3 - Purposes of processing

3.1.      General purposes:

Carito will only use the Personal Data collected from you for the following purposes:

Category 1: maintaining and improving this Website and including Personal Data in anonymous statistics, from which the identity of specific individuals or companies cannot be traced, with the legal basis being Carito's legitimate interests to continuously improve its Website and services;
Category 2: responding to your requests for information via our Website, by phone or by mail, with the legal basis being the performance of a contract requested by you, and, if indicated by you, also sending you direct marketing, with the legal basis being your explicit, prior consent;
Category 3: accompanying your car sales and replying to your requests for information via our Website, by telephone or by e-mail, with the legal basis being the performance of a contract requested by you, and, if indicated by you, also the sending of direct marketing, with the legal basis being your explicit, prior consent, as well as sending you direct marketing, newsletters, actions and promotions, with the legal basis being your explicit, prior consent;
Category 4: improving user experience and statistical purposes (see below) with the legal basis being your explicit, prior consent;
You are not obliged to disclose Your Personal Data, but understand that the provision of certain services becomes impossible if You refuse processing.

3.2.      Direct marketing:

Personal data will also be used for direct marketing, provided You have given additional explicit consent ("opt-in").

If You are already included in our mailing list for receiving marketing materials in paper and/or electronic form, Carito may use Your data for sending marketing and other materials related to Carito, its products and/or services. Carito may use the data you provide to update documents held by Carito. This consent may be revoked at any time, without justification and free of charge by clicking, for example, on the unsubscribe link provided for this purpose, at the bottom of each promotional e-mail message.

3.3.      Transfer to third parties:

Carito will make reasonable efforts to inform you in advance of Carito disclosing your data to said third party, but you also acknowledge that this may not be technically or commercially feasible in all circumstances.

In this case, your data could potentially be shared with car dealers or other buyers of your vehicle, ...

Carito will not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make your Personal Data commercially available to third parties except as described above or except with your prior consent.

In the event of a full or partial reorganisation or transfer of Carito's business, whereby it reorganises, transfers, ceases its business activities or if Carito goes bankrupt, this may involve the transfer of your data to new entities or third parties through which all or part of Carito's business activities are conducted.

3.4.      Legal Requirements:

On rare occasions, Carito may be required to disclose your Personal Data pursuant to a court order or to comply with other mandatory laws or regulations. Carito will make reasonable efforts to inform you in advance in this regard, unless subject to legal restrictions.

Article 4 - Duration of processing

Personal data will be kept and processed by us for a period necessary in function of the purposes of the processing and in function of the contractual relationship between Carito and You.

Article 5 - Your rights

5.1.      Right of access and inspection:

You have the right to access Your personal data at any time, free of charge, as well as the use We make of Your personal data.

5.2.      Right of rectification, deletion and restriction:

You are free to communicate or not communicate Your personal data to Carito. In addition, You always have the right to request Us to correct, supplement or delete Your personal data. You acknowledge that if communication or request for deletion of personal data is refused, certain services and products will not be available. You may also request to restrict the processing of Your Personal Data.

5.3.      Right of objection:

You also have a right to object to the processing of Your Personal Data for serious and legitimate reasons. In addition, You always have the right to oppose the use of Personal Data for direct marketing purposes; in such case, You do not need to provide reasons.

5.4.      Right of free data transfer:

You have the right to obtain and/or transfer to other controllers Your Personal Data processed by Us in structured, common and machine-readable form.

5.5.      Right to withdraw consent:

To the extent processing is based on Your prior consent, You have the right to withdraw that consent.

5.6.      Exercise of Your Rights:

You may exercise Your rights by contacting Us to that effect, either by e-mail to (...), by post to Carito at the address indicated in the preamble to the present privacy policy or by using the "Contact Us" section on the Website, provided that You attach a copy of Your identity card.

5.7.      Automatic decisions and profiling:

The processing of Your Personal Data does not include profiling, nor will You be subjected to automated decisions by Us.

5.8.      Right to complain:

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Belgian Privacy Commission: Commission for the Protection of Privacy, Rue du Printing Press 35, 1000 Brussels, Tel +32 (0)2 274 48 00, Fax +32 (0)2 274 48 35, e-mail:  commission@privacycommission.be.

This is without prejudice to a remedy before a civil court.

Should You suffer damage as a result of the processing of Your personal data, You may bring a claim for damages.

Article 6 - Security and confidentiality

6.1.      We have developed security measures adapted at technical and organisational level to avoid the destruction, loss, falsification, modification, unauthorised access or inadvertent notification to third parties of personal data collected as well as any other unauthorised processing of these data.

6.2.      Under no circumstances can Carito be held liable for any direct or indirect damage resulting from an erroneous or unlawful use by a third party of the personal data.

6.3.      You must at all times comply with the security regulations, including by preventing any unauthorised access to Your login and code. You are therefore solely responsible for the use made from the Website of Your computer, IP address and of Your identification data, as well as for their confidentiality.

Article 7 - Third-party access

7.1.        In order to process Your personal data, we grant access to Your personal data to our employees.

7.2.        We guarantee a similar level of protection by making contractual obligations opposable to these employees and appointees, which are similar to this Privacy Policy.

Article 8 - Cookies

8.1.      What are cookies?

A "cookie" is a small file sent by the Carito server and placed on the hard disk of Your computer. The information stored on these cookies can only be read by Us and only for the duration of the visit to the Website.

8.2.      Why do we use cookies?

Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish Your usage preferences from those of other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a better user experience when you visit our Website and also allows us to optimise our Website.

As a result of recent legislative changes, all Websites targeting certain parts of the European Union are required to ask your permission to use or store cookies and similar technologies on your computers or mobile devices. This cookie policy gives you clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and their purpose.

8.3.      Types of cookies:

Although different types of cookies exist, distinguished in terms of functionality, origin or retention period, the legislation mainly distinguishes between functional or technically necessary cookies on the one hand and all other cookies on the other hand.

The Website only uses the following cookies:

Functional cookies

Non-functional cookies

For cookies placed by third parties (including Google Analytics), we would like to refer you to the statements made by these parties on their respective websites about this. Please note that we exercise no influence on the content of those statements, nor on the content of the cookies of these third parties: Google Analytics cookies

8.4.      Your consent:

On your first visit to our Website, You will be asked to accept our different types of cookies. You can allow or refuse cookies category by category. You can change the cookie settings for our Website at any time via the hyperlink at the bottom of our website and thus withdraw Your consent. You can refuse the installation of these cookies by selecting "Reject cookies" in the pop-up screen provided for this purpose when you first use the Website. You can also refuse or block cookies by changing the configuration parameters of Your navigation system. Disabling cookies may prevent You from using certain functionalities of the Website.

Should You have any further questions or comments regarding the processing of Your personal data, please feel free to contact Us, either by e-mail to info@carito.com by post to Carito at the above-mentioned postal address, or by using the "Contact Us" section on the Website.

More information on cookies can also be found at: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/

More information on online behavioural advertising and online privacy can be found here: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/