Last Updated: May 6, 2026
Buy The Car LLC (collectively, "Buy the Car" "our," "we," or "us") values and respects the privacy of its customers and visitors. While operating our business and interacting with you, we collect, use, and share personal information as disclosed in this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy"). Your use of restomods.buythecar.com including any sub-domains thereof, affiliated websites, and mobile applications which we own or maintain (collectively, the "Website"), is governed by this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy provides you with detailed information about how Buy the Car and its subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, brands and other companies that link to this Privacy Policy collect, use, share, and protect your information, and describes your choices and rights. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully and if you have any questions, please contact us using the methods listed below.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. Any changes will be reflected in a revised Privacy Policy posted on our Website and we will alert you that there has been a change by updating the "Last Updated" date displayed on the Privacy Policy. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes. Each time that you access or use the Website you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue using our Website.
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways, including when you provide information directly to us or when you visit our Website. We may also collect information about you from trusted third-party partners, such as data suppliers and social networks. The categories of information we collect, including in the last 12 months, include:
Categories of Information You May Provide to Us. This is information that you choose to provide directly to us, such as when you create an account, make a purchase, engage with our customer service team, fill out forms, or otherwise use the Website. Categories of information you provide to us during these activities include: (1) customer records information, such as your name, email, phone number, photo, and residential address; (2) commercial information, such as date of purchase, items purchased, and purchase amount; (3) customer service information, such as customer support conversations, feedback, and responses to surveys; (4) vehicle and driver information, such as a photo of your driver's license, your driver's license number, your vehicle title information, and photos of your vehicle; (5) your bidding history, comments, chats with other users, and your other direct interactions with our Website; and (6) any other information you may provide to us.
We may collect "sensitive personal information" directly from you in the form of your driver's license information. We use this information to validate vehicle ownership, determine your eligibility to drive, and for compliance and fraud prevention purposes.
If you apply to work with us, or are retained as an employee or independent contractor, you may provide us with employment-related information, such as your job application, financial account number, social security number, criminal background information, and health information. Some of this information is considered "sensitive personal information" in certain jurisdictions. We use and disclose this information solely to process your application and to manage your employment or independent contractor relationship with us.
Categories of Information We Collect About You. Our servers automatically collect information when you contact us or when you visit, use, or browse the Website. We may also collect information about you from your employment references (if applicable) and from our trusted third-party partners, such as our service providers or the social networks. Categories of information we collect about you include: (1) device information, such as your IP address, operating system, browser version, language preferences, referring URLs, country, and location; (2) analytics data and inferences about you, your purchases, and your Website usage; (3) contact information, such as your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address; and (4) browsing information, such as the pages you visit on the Website, the dates and times you visit the Website, information about how and when you use our Website, and other technical information; and (5) telephone recordings, chat transcripts, social media comments and activity, customer profile information, and other customer service data. If you access the Website from a mobile device, we will collect information about the type of mobile device you use.
Your use of our Website and services is strictly your choice. If you prefer that we do not receive the above-described information, please do not submit it to us. This means you shouldn't participate in the applicable activities on, or use the applicable features available through, our Website or services. By not participating or not providing certain information, you may limit your ability to take full advantage of our Website and services.
We may collect deidentified data or derive inferences from the categories of personal information described in this Privacy Policy. We will not reidentify, or attempt to reidentify, any deidentified information that we collect as described in this Privacy Policy.
We collect and use information for business and commercial purposes, include the following:
Operate and Improve our Business. We use your information to operate our business, provide and improve our Website and services, create new services, process your employment application, and manage your employment or independent contractor relationship with us. We may process your information using artificial intelligence models and may use your information to train or improve artificial intelligence models that help us provide our Services to you and to our other customers.
Process Transactions and Facilitate Customer Service. We use your information to complete purchases, to send you confirmations and administrative messages, and to perform customer service functions.
Marketing and Advertising. We use your information to market our services to you, to personalize the Website, and to deliver information to you that we think may be of interest to you, such as articles, news, or information about various promotions and products. We may announce the winners of our sweepstakes and contests on our Website and through our social media platforms.
Analytics. We use your information to help us better understand your interests and needs, such as by engaging in analysis and research regarding use of the Website and our products and services. We may monitor and analyze usage and trends to compile statistical information which we may use internally or provide to third parties.
Security and Fraud Prevention. We use your information to perform security and fraud prevention functions for the Website.
Required by Law. We use your information as required by law, for compliance purposes, or as we deem necessary to investigate or remedy any actual or potential violation of our policies or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Buy the Car or others as we deem appropriate.
We may share the categories of information described above with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf. We do not control these third parties or how information is used. The categories of third parties that we share information with, including in the past 12 months, include: (1) service providers and suppliers; (2) marketing partners and advertising networks; (3) data analytics providers; (4) payment processing providers; (5) our affiliates and subsidiaries; (6) social networks; (7) third party partners that provide value-add services, such as vehicle transportation; and (8) other parties in connection with business transfers and for legal, safety, fraud prevention, and enforcement reasons.
We sell or share your information with these third parties for the following business purposes:
Operate and Improve our Business. We share your information with third party service providers that help us operate our business, provide and improve our Website and services, create new services, process your employment application, and manage your employment or independent contractor relationship with us. Some of these third parties will provide us with, or support their own services with, artificial intelligence tools.
Process Transactions and Facilitate Customer Service. We may share information with third-party providers that process payments on our behalf and perform customer service functions. We may use third-party AI-powered virtual assistants to handle phone calls and customer support conversations on our behalf. These calls and chats may be monitored and recorded by the third-party. We use chatbot tools that are provided by third parties who will monitor and record transcripts of your customer service chats to help us better manage our customer inquiries.
Provide you with Services. We may share or sell your information to our third-party partners that offer value-add services for our customers, such as providers of car transportation or car warranty services.
Marketing and Advertising. We share information with third-party providers that support co-marketing efforts, online advertising, data co-operatives, mobile advertising, data analytics, social media engagement, advertising networks or any other activity that may be considered cross-behavioral advertising or direct marketing.
Analytics. We may allow third-party service providers to use tracking technology on the Website, which will enable them to collect information about how you use the Website over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand your online activity.
Security and Fraud Prevention. We share information with third parties that provide security and fraud protection services for us.
Required By Law. We may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law in response to a subpoena or other legal process, or as we deem necessary to investigate or remedy any actual or potential violation of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Buy the Car or others, as we deem appropriate.
Transfer of Assets. If we reorganize or otherwise transfer some or all of the Website or our assets to another organization (such as in the course of a merger, dissolution, or liquidation), your information may be shared with the transferee; however, we will ask the transferee to honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
We share data with third parties who may use data for their own purposes, which may be interpreted as a "sale" or "sharing" under certain laws. In the past 12-months, we have shared the following categories of information to third parties: (1) customer records information, such as your name, email, phone number, photo, and residential address; (2) commercial information, such as date of purchase, items purchased, and purchase amount; (3) persistent identifiers, such as unique device identifiers, email addresses, account information, IP addresses, information related to your browser and operating system, or any information that you provided through the Website; and (4) user activity data, such data generated through your activities on the Website. We do not sell any "sensitive personal information."
The Website uses cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect, use, and share your information with third parties as described in this Privacy Policy. These technologies are useful for storing your preferences and settings, enabling you to sign-in, gathering information such as browser type and operating system, providing interest-based advertising, combating fraud, analyzing how our Website or services perform, and fulfilling other legitimate purposes.
Cookies used on this Website may include: (1) required cookies used to perform essential website functions, such as storing your preferences and settings; (2) social media cookies to show you ads and content based on your social media profiles and activities on other websites; (3) analytics cookies to better understand how you use the Website and to improve our Website and services; (4) advertising cookies to show you ads that are relevant to you. If you previously provided information to us, a unique identifier in the cookie may associate the information collected via the cookie with your information. We may share aggregate cookie and tracking information that does not directly identify you with third parties.
Some content on the Website may be provided by third parties that use cookies in conjunction with other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website, which enables them to provide targeted advertising to you. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. We may display certain advertising offers on the Website or allow service providers, advertisers, ad networks, or other third parties to advertise on the Website. Additionally, we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Website, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies, web beacons, or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to disable or reject cookies. Be aware that disabling or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of the Website or certain portions of the Website. Please note that we may still use information we've collected from cookies prior to you disabling them; however, we will not collect any further information from the disabled cookies.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do take measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
We do not use the Website to solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's internet usage and to instruct their children never to provide personal information through the Website or any other website without parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us via the Website, please contact us and we will use reasonable efforts to locate and delete the information.
By signing up to our promotional lists, you are giving your express permission to Buy the Car and its agents or vendors the right to contact you with targeted advertising materials by email, text message (SMS), telephone or cellphone, including the use of automated, predictive, programmable, or similar automatic dialers or dialing software, or any other means of communication we may utilize to provide promotional offers. Your consent is not a condition of purchase. To the extent applicable, you expressly acknowledge that you are solely responsible for all charges billed by your mobile service provider.
If you no longer wish to receive promotional communications by email, please follow the unsubscribe link located at the end of an email message. If you no longer wish to receive promotional messages by text, reply STOP, END, CANCEL, UNSUBSCRIBE, or QUIT to any mobile message from Buy the Car. We may share your data, including your SMS opt-in or consent status, with third parties that help us provide our messaging services, including but not limited to platform providers, phone companies, and any other vendors who assist us in the delivery of text messages.
Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that users can set to have their Internet browser automatically send a signal to our Website to request we not track browsing activity across different sites. There is, however, currently no universal standard for sending and receiving DNT signals. As such, we cannot promise that we respond to all DNT signals but do recognize and respond when required by applicable privacy laws, such as when HTTP header fields or Java objects are used.
We control and operate the Website and our services from within the United States of America (the "U.S."). Your information may be transferred to, and processed in, the U.S. or any other country in which our we or our vendors maintain facilities. Note that the English language version of this Privacy Policy is the controlling version regardless of any translation you may attempt.
This Website may contain links to third party websites. It is our intent to provide links only to other quality websites. However, we have no control over these linked websites or, for that matter, any third parties. Any information collected by websites, other than our Website, is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites that may be linked to or from the Website. We encourage you to read the provisions of privacy policies on other websites before providing them with your personal information.
Where applicable based on privacy laws in your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights you can request that we fulfill. These rights may include:
The Right to Know. You may request that we disclose the information that we collected about you and identify the purposes for which the information was used, whether and to whom it was shared, and what sources it was obtained from.
The Right to Delete. You may request that we delete information that we maintain about you, subject to certain exceptions, by contacting us by email or by visiting our Delete My Account & Data page.
The Right to Correct. You may request that we correct information that we store about you.
The Right to Opt-Out of Your Personal Information Being Sold or Shared. You may request that we do not sell or share your information by contacting us by email or by visiting our Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information page.
Right to Opt-Out of Automated Processing. You have the right to not be subject to a legally significant decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling.
Right to Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising. You may request that we opt you out of targeted advertising.
Right to Data Portability. You may request that we provide you with a copy of your information on file with us.
In order to exercise any of the rights detailed in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at Buy the Car, through our Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information page, or — to delete your account and personal data — through our Delete My Account & Data page. Exercising your rights under this Privacy Policy will not result in any discrimination by us. We will treat you the same as any other user.
We may require additional information from you to help us verify your identity and state or country of residence, and to process your request. The verification steps may vary depending on the sensitivity of the information and whether you have an account with us. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may deny your requests to know or delete. You can designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. However, we will require written proof of the agent's permission to do so and verify your identity directly.
If you make a request to exercise any of the applicable data access rights and we are unable to comply with your request, or if you disagree with or dispute our decision, you may request to appeal our decision. To appeal any data access rights decision, please contact us by emailing us at [email protected] with the subject line "Data Access Request Appeal." If you are still not satisfied with our response after you complete the appeal process with us, you may contact your state's Attorney General to file a complaint.
We shall only store the information we collect for as long as it is necessary to complete the purposes for which it was collected. This is determined by considering the purposes for which it was obtained in accordance with applicable laws. Our retention period is based on: (1) the nature of our relationship with the data subject, and (2) any legal obligations we are bound to fulfill.
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please send us an email at [email protected] . If you prefer, you may also contact us via physical mail at: 4629 Cass St #223, San Diego, CA 92109.