General
MotorMouth recognizes that your privacy is very important to you and that you have a right to control your personal information. We know that providing personal information is an act of trust and we take that seriously.

At MotorMouth, our policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users. You can be assured the MotorMouth will never disclose individually identifiable information to any third party for any purposes. This means that your email address, your name and other personal details that you provide will not be given or sold to any other company for any reason. The only exceptions to this will be:

(a) if we are required by law to make the disclosure;
(b) we believe it is necessary to provide you with a service that you may have requested;
(c) to protect our rights or the rights of another MotorMouth user; or
(d) to lessen a serious threat to a person's health and safety.

MotorMouther Membership
MotorMouth membership has been designed to give you a more rewarding and personalised MotorMouth experience. Although you are not required to be a MotorMouth member to use our service, the full functionality of our service is only available to registered MotorMouthers. You will be required to register and log in if you wish to take full advantage of our service.

The Collection of Personal Information
When you visit MotorMouth, our servers automatically record information about your visit. The information that we collect is:

your IP address

your cookie ID (if enabled)

the date and time of your visit to our site

the date and time you left our site

the pages you accessed and documents downloaded

the type of browser you are using

the type of operating system you are using
We do this to help us better understand what aspects of our services our users find the most useful and how to develop services for you in the future. This information also helps to ensure any advertising is more relevant to your interests.

Unregistered Users (Non Members)
If you are not a registered MotorMouther, the information we collect about you remains anonymous, and we do not link it to any other personal information.

Registered Users (MotorMouthers)
Once you have become a MotorMouther, we collect personal information about you in order to provide you with the full benefits of Membership. When you first register for Membership, we collect information from you directly and also from time to time thereafter if you provide us additional information.

When you register to become a MotorMouther or modify your existing MotorMouth profile the pages are encrypted using a digital certificate and a SSL (Secure Socket Layer) session.

Once you have logged on as a member, we keep a record of how you use the service. This helps us to build a profile of what interests you, so that we can personalise your experience and publish you information that is directly relevant to your interests.

Cookies
MotorMouth use persistent cookies for the following purposes:

record your membership details to allow you to login automatically

allow you to personalise your MotorMouth experience

provide us with aggregated information on how people use our service, and which advertisements are effective.
Promotional Emails (SPAM)
MotorMouth will not send you unsolicited emails without your prior consent. As part of the membership process you are able to choose whether or not you would like to receive promotional email from MotorMouth. You can turn this setting on or off anytime by modifying your profile at My MotorMouth.

We will never sell or make available your email address and personal details to any third parties.

Storage of Personal Information
All of your personal information is kept in a secure database housed at WebCentral's secure data centre. In addition, our employees, contractors and third parties who provide services related to our services are bound to respect the privacy of any personal information held by MotorMouth.

You play an important role in keeping your personal information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used on the MotorMouth website.

Access to your Personal Information
If you are not a MotorMouther, we do not collect information which identifies you personally. If, however, you log on as a MotorMouther, you are able to access, change and update your profile at any time.

If you wish to know what other information we hold about you whilst you have been logged onto the service, please send an email to us outlining your username and details of your request. We will endeavour to respond to your request within 30 days.

If you have any queries about privacy and the use of personal information by MotorMouth, please contact us.