GDPR - General data protection regulation

The personal data protection policy (referred to as the "Policy") is part of the Terms of Use of the autoride.co website. Our "Terms of Service" contain the rules for processing the personal data of users of the autoride.co website, whose operator is a legal entity, entrepreneur MILOMEDIA OÜ, with its registered office at Sepapaja 6, Tallinn 15551, Estonia (hereinafter referred to as the "Operator").

This document will explain and familiarize you with the specific use of your personal data, which you provide to us when visiting and using the autoride.co website, and also explain why we collect it and your options.

With each use, that means visiting and browsing the autoride.co website, you confirm that you understand these Personal Data Protection Principles and declare that you are bound by them.

Personal data we process

If you decide to create an account through registration/login on our website, you need to enter your email address or log in via a third party (social login), through which you grant or deny access to your data. In some cases (registration of additional services provided on autoride.co) we will ask you for a phone number for the purpose of verifying your identity, a location for the purpose of sending the winnings in the competition, and the account number to which we can send the monetary winnings.

Provision of additional data, i.e. phone number, location, and account number, is not included in registrations and relates only to additional services. However, if you decide to use these services as well, the above-mentioned data is necessary for the full provision of services on the autoride.co website.

When using the website, you can fill in additional information in your personal profile, but it is not mandatory. These data include profile description, photo, and link to your profile on social networks. You may or may not provide additional data in posts, discussions, comments, etc. These data, together with the data in your profile, may have the character of personal and sensitive data for you. Since your profile is publicly available, be aware of the risk of misuse of this data by another person and consider which data you decide to publish.

When using the advertising service, or by creating an advertisement and publishing it in the system, you provide us with additional information, such as your name (surname), place of residence, photos, and other data.

Mandatory data that we require from you are stored in the system and are not provided to third parties for marketing purposes unless you have given your consent. Due to the nature of the Internet, we are not responsible for the security and protection of data that you voluntarily decide to publish or provide to others through posts, advertisements, comments, and email messages. We are also not responsible for the control and manner of their use.

If you are not interested in registering and fully using our services, you will not be able to use the services for registered users, as your email is required for registration.

Other data we process

Like the vast majority of websites and services, the autoride.co website also collects various technical information from visitors and users of our website, which is automatically recorded using tools. More about cookies is below.

The information we collect via the autoride.co website primarily includes:

  • the internet browser you are using
  • the internet address from which you connected to the autoride.co website
  • the operating system of your device
  • part of the public IP address you used to access the autoride.co website

Why we collect this data and how we use it

We process the data you provide us mainly for the purpose of improving the quality of our services and your comfort when browsing the autoride.co website itself. Specifically, these are:

  • creation, management, management of your profile created by registration
  • creation and management of your ad, its modification, deletion from the system
  • recording comments in the discussion
  • recording your results from quizzes, their measurement, averaging, and comparison determining the difficulty of quizzes based on the achieved results of registered users

We collect this data for the purpose of concluding a contract, as our service is being provided. By accepting these Principles and also the Contribution Rules, a contract is concluded and we, as a service provider, in accordance with the Civil Code and consumer protection, are obliged to necessary process some of your personal data, for example, to handle claims, for accounting purposes, etc.

The technical information that tools collect about you are used to:

  • ensuring convenient browsing and use of our services
  • improving the quality of our services and understanding their use
  • your security when entering data (e.g. when filling in an email address)
  • displaying more relevant content
  • displaying more relevant ads
  • traffic measurement, based on which we can better assess our visitors/users and provide them with better content

Our legitimate interest in improving our services and your protection leads us to use your data for the following purposes:

  • informing about our news, services, and products
  • informing about changes to the Service, the Terms of Use, the Personal Data Protection Policy, and other conditions related to the autoride.co website
  • information about content and events in the service through notifications
  • improving the design, content, features, and services, we provide;
  • detection of violations of the Rules and Terms of Use, their enforcement
  • detection, prevention, or the resolution of fraud if there has been illegal activity on our services, including use for the purposes of investigations by competent authorities

Using our services, we can send notifications regarding the content, news, operation, and updates of the autoride.co website, as well as notifications related to your use of this website service.

The advertising content of third parties is also an integral part of the autoride.co website. Since we are interested in showing you advertisements that are relevant and suitable for you, we also use your data for the following purposes:

  • research and analysis of behavior on the autoride.co website and its use
  • displaying relevant and targeted advertising and other marketing communications
  • monitoring of activity during use and subsequent evaluation
  • traffic analysis
  • evaluating the effectiveness of advertising

We use your email address only with your consent for the following purposes:

  • sending newsletters about news, content, and additional marketing communications with the option to unsubscribe at any time

How long we keep your data

Your data listed in your profile together with your provided email address will be stored for the duration of your registration on the autoride.co website. Please note that for possible evidential purposes, we must keep a backup copy of your data in the system for two years from the cancellation and deletion of your account. You can exercise your right to be forgotten at any time by requesting the cancellation and liquidation of your account.

Provision and sharing of data and our responsibility

We do not provide or make available the data provided by you that we requested from you (e.g. email address) to any third party. If you have registered for a competition or additional service in which we have requested a telephone number, address, or account number, this data remains hidden in the system and is not provided to any third party.

In the case of voluntarily filled-in additional data, such as photos, profile detail, description, posts, comments, and other forms of content, we are not responsible for this data or for its collection by a third party, as it is publicly available data that can be accessed by any visitor and user of our services. Protection under our Privacy Policy does not apply to this data, as we have no control over it or how this publicly available data can be used by a third party. It is therefore your responsibility what other data you decide to share and make publicly available.

Because on the website we allow third parties to advertise their services or products based on some of your personal data (targeted advertising), they are provided to other entities. However, we ensure that every third party that works with your personal data complies with the protection of personal data and is verified.

List of entities that receive and process your personal data:

  • Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
  • Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States
  • Instagram LLC, ATTN: Arbitration Opt-out 1601 Willow Rd. Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
  • SimilarWeb Ltd., 23 Menachem Begin Street, Tel Aviv, 6618356, Israel
  • YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, United States
  • R2B2 s.r.o., Rybna 716/24, Stare Mesto, 110 00 Prague 1
  • FatChilli Advertising s.r.o., Galandova 1795/1, 811 06, Bratislava, Slovakia

Security

We undertake to store all personal data requested by us in accordance with the highest possible security standards. We declare that we will treat the given personal data in accordance with the rules set out in this Policy.

Despite all measures, no system is immune from attack and misuse of personal and other data. By using our services, you understand and accept this risk.

Your rights in relation to personal data

You can ask us for confirmation whether we are processing your personal data and you have the right to access this data and information about its processing conditions. If we process your personal data, we will provide you with more information within a maximum of one month from the date of your request.

If you register and create an account and public profile, you can update, add or delete your data at any time in your account and profile settings. If you have a problem changing the data according to your will or technical problems arise, you can contact us anytime.

If you have agreed to the use of email for the newsletter and direct marketing purposes, you can request the cancellation or modification of the use of your personal data. However, we will only send you advertising offers and other forms if you have given us your consent, and at the same time you have the option to cancel them at any time.

The right to be forgotten

You have every right not to continue processing your personal data. You can ask us to delete the user account, if it has been created, or delete cookies from your device.

Cookies

The rules of cookies, in accordance with Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on privacy and electronic communications, must be interpreted in such a way that you understand their purpose and also inform you about what information is stored on your device when using the autoride.co website. If you want to use our services to the full, you need to have cookies enabled, as some services and functions can only be provided when cookies are enabled.

Thanks to cookies, the website remembers your visit and some settings (e.g. a panel hidden by you that informs you about the Privacy Policy). If you disable cookies through your browser settings, all settings related to the autoride.co website will be forgotten, and you will have to do them again every time you visit. By using the autoride.co website, you declare that you understand the purpose of their use and agree to the use of cookies.

How to set and delete cookies?

Most internet browsers offer settings that can be used to delete cookies from your device, block cookies or warn you about how cookies are stored on your device. However, if all cookies are blocked, our website will not function as it should by default and for what purpose it was created. If you want to block, set or unblock cookies, you can do so in your browser.

You can learn more about the settings of your browser on the website of the given browser.

Chrome: https://support.google.com

Safari: https://www.apple.com

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org

IE: https://support.microsoft.com

More about cookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

How to contact us?

You can contact us in connection with questions related to the processing of personal data at the email address [email protected] We will be happy to answer any relevant questions.

Changes to the Personal Data Protection Policy

We can update and change the personal data protection policy, especially in case of legal changes or technological changes on our part. We will inform you about the policy change by sending a notification via email if you have an account created on the autoride.co website.

By using the autoride.co website, you agree to the current version valid at the time of using this website. If you have any additional questions about this Policy, or questions related to personal data in connection with the use of this website, please contact us at [email protected]

Date of last revision: 01.06.2024