Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston does not read any of your private online communications.

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston and Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston collects and uses your personal information to operate the Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston and its affiliates. Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston, in order to determine what Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston pages, or register with Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston site or services, a cookie helps Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Gulf Tire Distributors - Houston at . We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.