Privacy Policy

The GPS Company (www.thegpscompany.com) PRIVACY POLICY

We know that you care how information about you (the “User”) is collected, used, maintained and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This Privacy Policy describes how www.thegpscompany.com and its affiliates (collectively "The GPS company") collect and process your personal information through its website and all products and services that reference this Privacy Policy (together "The GPS company Services"). By using The GPS Company Services, you are consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This all-inclusive herein, privacy policy is contemporaneous with our terms & conditions, in all phases and aspects of this web property. You must be 18 years of age to make any contractual purchases of on this Site without the expressed or implied permission from www.thegpscompany.com owners/operators, representatives and or agents, thereof.

PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

We collect your personal information in order to provide and continually improve our products and services.

Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you provide in relation to The GPS Company Services when Users visit our site, register on the site, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, phone number. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of The GPS Company Services. For example, you provide information when you search for a product; place an order through www.thegpscompany.com; provide information in Your Account (and you might have more than one if you have used more than one e­mail address when shopping with us. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and phone numbers; people to whom purchases have been shipped, including addresses and phone number; people (with addresses and phone numbers) email addresses of your friends and other people; content of reviews and e­mails to us; personal description, name and financial information, including social security and driver’s license numbers.

 

Automatic Information: We automatically collect and store certain types of information about your use of The GPS Company Services, including information about your interaction with content and services available through The GPS Company Services. Like many websites, we use "cookies" and other unique identifiers, and we obtain certain types of information when your web browser or device accesses The GPS Company Services and other content served by or on behalf of The GPS Company on other websites. Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record ­keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

We keep track of non-­ personally identifiable information such as the IP address of the user’s computer, time of access, browser type and files downloaded to gather usage statistics for its web site. IP addresses are not associated with other information about a user, but only indicate general visitor navigation patterns. Images are not collected and will not be used for any purpose. Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet; e­mail address; login password; computer and connection information such as browser type, version and time zone setting, browser plug­in types and versions, operating system, and platform; purchase history, which we sometimes aggregate with similar information from other customers to create features such as advertisements; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our Web site, including date and time; cookie number; products you viewed or searched for; and the phone number you used to call our office number.

Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from other sources, such as updated delivery and address information from our carriers, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase more easily.

We use your personal information to take and handle orders, deliver products and services, and communicate with you about orders, products and services, and promotional offers.

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy other businesses or services. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that www.thegpscompany.com , or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of The GPS Company, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

We work to protect the security of your personal information during transmission by using encryption protocols and software. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of customer personal information. You can control these features and configure them based on your needs. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computers, devices, and applications. We recommend using a unique password for your account that is not used for other online accounts.

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. We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

INFORMATION YOU CAN ACCESS

Examples of information you can access easily, include up ­to ­date information regarding recent orders; personally identifiable information (including name, e­mail, password, communications and personalized advertising preferences, address; email notification settings (including product availability alerts, profile information). This request is contingent upon www.thegpscompany.com

HOW WE USE COLLECTED INFORMATION

www.thegpscompany.com collects and uses Users personal information for the following purposes:

  • To personalize user experience
  • We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
  • To improve our Site
  • We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • To improve customer service
  • Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
  • To process transactions
  • To administer a content, promotion, survey or other Site feature
  • To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.
  • To send periodic emails
  • The email address Users provide for order processing, will only be used to send them information and updates pertaining to their order. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, and/or other requests or questions. If User decides to opting to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or User may contact us via our Site.

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. Browsing 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.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

If you choose to use the Services, your use and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our terms of use, including limitations on damages, resolution of disputes, and application of the law of the state of California. If you have any concern about privacy at The GPS Company, please contact us with a thorough description, and we will try to resolve it. Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Policy will change also. You should check our websites frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. 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.

For any grievances related with collection and use of Personal & Sensitive Personal Information please contact us.

Grievance email address: support@thegpscompany.com  

Note:

  • Please include the following subject line in the email – "Attention: Grievance Officer"
  • We will strive to address your feedback and concerns in a timely and effective manner.