Privacy policy
In this Privacy Policy: "What Green Car?" refers to "What Green Car? Limited"; the "What Green Car? Website" and "the Website" refers to the website of What Green Car? Limited (URL: http://www.whatgreencar.com).
What information WhatGreenCar? collects Return to top
The information What Green Car? collects via the What Green Car? Website includes:
1. Your personal details you knowingly provide us with through registration forms and email, including name, address, post/zip code, telephone number, email etc. Note that we do NOT collect details of those persons you email through our 'Email this page to a friend' service.
2. Your IP Address. This is the string of numbers unique to your computer that is recorded by the What Green Car? web server when you request any page or component on the Website. This information is used to monitor your usage of the Website.
3. Data recorded by the Website that allows us to recognise you and your preferred settings. This saves you from re-entering information on return visits to the site. Such data is recorded locally on you computer through the use of cookies. Most browsers can be programmed to reject, or warn you before downloading cookies, information regarding this may be found in your browser's ‘help’ facility.
4. Data collected via What Green Car? online surveys. These surveys are completed voluntarily and include information about your understanding of transport and environment issues and vehicle consumer preferences.
What WhatGreenCar? does with your information Return to top
Any personal information What Green Car? collects from the What Green Car? Website will be used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable laws. The details What Green Car? collects will be used:
1. To process your request for detailed information from What Green Car? about transport and environmental issues. This includes the information contained in the PDF files that form part of the What Green Car? Website.
2. Occasionally, What Green Car? may use your email address to send you information on new What Green Car? services and/or to request your participation in an What Green Car? survey. In all cases you will be offered the option to opt in/out of further participation by the initial contact email.
3. What Green Car? will not pass your details to any other organisation to supply/deliver products or services to you without your prior consent. What Green Car? very occasionally uses third parties to carry out administrative purposes on behalf of What Green Car? (eg processing and sorting data, monitoring Website usage). However, in all cases, third parties are not permitted to use your personal information for their own purposes.
Your rights Return to top
You have the right to request a copy of any information that What Green Car? currently holds about you. In order to receive such information please either email: privacy@whatgreencar.com or write to: What Green Car? Limited, Spike Island, 133 Cumberland Road, Bristol BS1 6UX. Mark your email or letter Privacy Information Request.
Other websites Return to top
This Privacy Policy only covers this Website. Any other websites that may be linked to by the What Green Car? Website are subject to their own policy, which may differ from What Green Car?’s Privacy Policy.