1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
AutoSelect Canada uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, and understand where our visitors are coming from.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We use several types of cookies on our website:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Session cookies: Temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser
- Security cookies: Help us detect suspicious activity and violations of our terms
- Load balancing cookies: Help distribute traffic across our servers
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Google Analytics: Tracks website usage and user behavior
- Performance cookies: Monitor website performance and loading times
- Heatmap cookies: Help us understand which parts of our pages are most engaging
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization.
- Preference cookies: Remember your language and region preferences
- Content customization: Personalize content based on your interests
- Form cookies: Remember information you've entered in forms
Marketing Cookies
These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant and engaging ads.
- Advertising cookies: Show you relevant ads based on your interests
- Social media cookies: Enable sharing content on social platforms
- Retargeting cookies: Show you ads for products you've viewed
3. How We Use Cookies
AutoSelect Canada uses cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Website Functionality
- Keeping you logged in during your session
- Remembering your privacy preferences
- Ensuring website security
- Loading pages efficiently
Analytics and Performance
- Understanding which pages are most popular
- Analyzing user behavior to improve our services
- Monitoring website performance and errors
- Tracking conversion rates for our services
Personalization
- Remembering your language preference
- Customizing content based on your location
- Providing relevant service recommendations
- Enhancing your overall user experience
Marketing and Advertising
- Showing you relevant automotive content
- Limiting the number of times you see an ad
- Measuring the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
- Providing social media integration
4. Third-Party Cookies
We may use third-party services that place cookies on your device. These include:
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and user behavior. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how you use our website.
Social Media Platforms
Our website includes social media buttons and widgets that may set cookies to enable their functionality.
Advertising Partners
We may work with advertising partners who use cookies to show you relevant ads on other websites.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies:
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can:
- View which cookies are stored on your device
- Delete existing cookies
- Block new cookies from being set
- Set preferences for specific websites
Our Cookie Preference Center
When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner allowing you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Accept only essential cookies
- Customize your cookie preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer.
Opt-Out Links
For specific third-party services, you can opt out directly:
6. Impact of Disabling Cookies
If you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly:
Essential Cookies
Disabling essential cookies may prevent you from:
- Using secure areas of our website
- Submitting forms
- Maintaining your session
- Accessing personalized content
Analytics Cookies
Disabling analytics cookies will:
- Prevent us from understanding how you use our website
- Limit our ability to improve user experience
- Reduce the accuracy of our website analytics
Marketing Cookies
Disabling marketing cookies will:
- Result in less relevant advertising
- Prevent social media integration
- Limit our ability to measure marketing effectiveness
7. Mobile Devices and Apps
If you access our website through a mobile device or app, we may use similar technologies to cookies, such as:
- Mobile device identifiers
- Local storage
- Software development kits (SDKs)
- Pixel tags and web beacons
8. Cookie Retention
Different cookies have different retention periods:
- Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
- Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a specified period (typically 1-24 months)
- Analytics cookies: Usually retained for 24 months
- Marketing cookies: Retention varies by provider (typically 30 days to 2 years)
9. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our business practices. We will notify you of material changes by:
- Posting the updated policy on our website
- Updating the "Last updated" date
- Sending notification emails to registered users
- Displaying a notice on our website
10. International Transfers
Some of our third-party service providers may be located outside of Canada. When you consent to cookies, you also consent to the transfer of your information to these providers in accordance with their privacy policies and applicable data protection laws.
11. Contact Us About Cookies
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
12. Legal Basis for Cookie Use
Our legal basis for using cookies depends on the type of cookie:
- Essential cookies: Legitimate interest in providing website functionality
- Analytics cookies: Your consent or legitimate interest in improving our services
- Marketing cookies: Your explicit consent
- Functional cookies: Your consent or legitimate interest in providing enhanced features