Privacy Policy
Data Protection Policy
1. General
CD Works is a branch of the Classic Driver (Schweiz) AG, Schaffhauserstrasse 239, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland (“Classic Driver”) respects the privacy of customers and users of its platform. This Data Protection Policy lays down provisions on the protection and processing (collection, processing, use and disclosure) of the personal data collected by Classic Driver from customers and users of its platform.
Classic Driver observes the Swiss Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz) and the data protection law of the EU (collectively “applicable data protection law”). Customers and users need to provide their personal data to use Classic Driver’s services.
2. Types Of Personal Data
2.1 Data collected directly from customers/users to implement a contract.
Classic Driver collects the following data from its customers and users:
Basic data (first name and surname (including title), address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, password for Classic Driver account) when a customer/user registers and when a user contacts a customer,
Data on the Listing posted,
Data on the services/products provided by Classic Driver,
Data on contact between users and customers, between customers themselves and contact to Classic Driver (including copies of all messages that are sent directly through the Classic Driver platform).
2.2 Data collected automatically to optimise services (analytics tools)
2.2.1 Usage analysis by Classic Driver
Classic Driver analyses customer/user behaviour on its platform using cookies. Cookies are packets of data that are sent from Classic Driver’s web server to your browser, saved on your computer and retrieved by the web server again during subsequent visits. Cookies store information on use of the platform and enable Classic Driver to improve the user experience. To do so, information on the browser type, elements of the platform visited, the user’s IP address, the operating system used and customers’ and users’ Internet and language settings can be collected. For example, disabling cookies will impede registration / login on the Classic Driver platform.
The customer/user can delete existing cookies from their browser and prevent further cookies from being saved at any time. However, disabling cookies can impair the functions of the Classic Driver platform.
2.2.2 Usage analysis by Google Analytics
The Classic Driver Platform also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to provide its web analytics services. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transferred to a Google server that may be outside EU and stored there. Google uses this information to analyse your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for the website operators and provide other services related to use of the website and the internet. Google may also transfer this information to third parties, if required to do so by law or if third parties process this information on Google’s behalf. Customers and/or Users can prevent cookies being installed by using the appropriate setting in their browser software; Classic Driver would, however, like to point out that doing so will mean that not all of the website’s functions may be used to their fullest extent. By using this website Customers and/or Users agree to allow Google to process the data collected about them in the manner described above and for the purposes described above. For further information on Google Analytics, Classic Driver recommends you visit the following website: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/.
3. Intended Use Of The Data Collected
Classic Driver processes customer/user data for the following purposes:
to perform contracts/services (to post advertisements, establish contact between customers and users, process orders),
to safeguard payment transactions between customers and users,
to communicate with customers and users,
to fulfil legal obligations,
to perform credit checks on customers and users,
to improve Classic Driver’s products and services and their position on the market (including dispatching the newsletter, if you have subscribed),
to compile statistics on contact made through the Classic Driver platform.
4. Data Processing By Third Parties In Switzerland And Abroad
Classic Driver may also have personal data processed by third parties in Switzerland and/or abroad for the purpose of running the platform and for the purposes stated in Section 3.
4.1 Categories of external service providers
Such recipients of personal data include suppliers in the field of payment services, password administration, platforms for managing dispatch of the newsletter, logistics companies and data centres for storing and processing the data collected. When doing so, Classic Driver ensures that adequate assurance is given to protect the personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection law and that corresponding agreements have been concluded with each of the external suppliers.
You can find a detailed overview of the external service providers used by Classic Driver via this link.
Classic Driver’s servers are located in Switzerland and run by a Swiss host provider. For development and testing, Classic Driver uses servers and stores some user data in the EU.