Thank you for visiting Ate Up With Motor. This Privacy Policy explains how we gather and use personal information. Please read this Privacy Policy before using the site. By using the site, you indicate your acceptance of the policy described below.

For purposes of this policy, the terms "we," "us" and "our" shall be deemed to refer to Aaron Severson dba Ate Up With Motor. (Click here for information on the proprietorship of the site.)

Ate Up With Motor uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. that uses tracking cookies to gather non-personally identifying information on site traffic and site visitors, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use this website. From time to time, Ate Up With Motor may release aggregate, non-personally identifying information, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the website, such as page views or numbers of unique visitors. Such aggregate statistics will not contain any personally identifying information on Ate Up With Motor visitors.

Ate Up With Motor does not use analytics or tracking data to identify our visitors, nor do we associate such information with personally identifying or potentially personally identifying information.

Certain visitors choose to interact with the Ate Up With Motor site in ways that require us to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that we gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, visitors who use the comment system must supply a username and e-mail address. In each case, we collect such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Ate Up With Motor. Ate Up With Motor does not disclose personally identifying information other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally identifying information, with the caveat that doing so may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities, such as commenting.

Ate Up With Motor may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, we may monitor the most popular pages on the site or the average time on site. We may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Ate Up With Motor does not disclose personally identifying information other than as described below.

If you post a comment on Ate Up With Motor, our system will record the screen name and e-mail address you provide, as well as your IP address. A copy of your comment, along with your screen name (but not your e-mail address or IP address), will be automatically e-mailed to the site administrator. If your comment is in reply to another user's comment on which that user has selected the "Notify" option, a copy of your comment and your screen name (but not your e-mail address or IP address) will also be automatically e-mailed to that user.

Ate Up With Motor may record and use the information associated with your comment, including the IP address and e-mail address, to verify your identity, troubleshoot technical problems, and prevent spam, abuse, or fraud (e.g., to block IP addresses that have been used for spam, abuse, or electronic attacks from accessing either the commenting feature or all or part of the site). The information may also be stored in archives and backup files created by us our our web host. However, we will not release that information except as described below.

If you set your comment to notify you of replies, our system will automatically e-mail you each time a reply is posted. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail replies, you may (1) delete your original comment (reposting it without the notification setting, if you wish); or (2) leave a comment, send us an e-mail, or use the contact form to ask us to stop notifying you of updates.

Please note that if you delete your comment, archival copies of the original comment and its associated information may remain in our records or in backups created by us or our web host. However, we will not publish or otherwise utilize the comment or its associated information, except as described below.

If you contact us via the Contact Form, or submit an Image Authorization Form, our system will record the data you enter into the form (including your name and e-mail address), as well as your IP address and the date and time of your submission. We may record and use this information to verify your identity; respond to your request, question, or submission; troubleshoot technical problems; prevent spam, abuse, or fraud; and ensure accurate records of our image usage rights. However, we will not release that information except as described below.

By default, when you press the "submit" button, our system will automatically send an e-mail acknowledgment, including a copy of your message or submission, to the e-mail address you provided. A copy of that e-mail acknowledge will also be automatically e-mailed to the site administrator. If you do not wish to receive e-mail replies in the future, you may contact us via e-mail, via a comment (but see the note above regarding comment notifications), or through our Facebook page and provide us with an alternative method of contacting you.

Ate Up With Motor discloses personally identifying information (or information that may potentially be personally identifying) only to those of its contractors and affiliated organizations that (1) need to know that information in order to process it on Ate Up With Motor's behalf or to provide services available on Ate Up With Motor, and (2) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Ate Up With Motor, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Ate Up With Motor will not rent or sell potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to its contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Ate Up With Motor discloses potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Ate Up With Motor, third parties, or the public at large.

If you send us a request or inquiry (for example, a question sent via a support e-mail or via one of our feedback forms), we reserve the right to publish that inquiry or excerpts thereof in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users, but we will NOT publish or release personally identifying information (such as your e-mail address) without your prior authorization.

Ate Up With Motor takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Ate Up With Motor uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of Ate Up With Motor website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Ate Up With Motor. Please be aware that certain features of Ate Up With Motor may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Advertisements (including sponsored links) appearing on Ate Up With Motor may be delivered to users by our advertising partners, who may serve portions of the content and advertising on the Ate Up With Motor site, collect personal information from you, and set cookies in your browser. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.

You may find additional information on our advertisers' privacy policies at the following links:

• Blogads
• American Muscle
• Auto Parts Nerd

Transactions with Ate Up With Motor, including contributions made via the "Donate" button and the purchase of advertisements, are processed by PayPal, and are subject to PayPal's privacy policy and terms of use.

When you make a payment or contribution, Ate Up With Motor receives a standard transaction report from PayPal that contains certain personally identifiable information, such as your name, e-mail address, and the date and amount of your payment. Ate Up With Motor retains copies of all such reports for bookkeeping purposes. However, Ate Up With Motor does not receive, collect, process, or store credit card numbers or bank account information of any kind. Questions about PayPal's data collection and security policies should be directed to PayPal.

Please note that Ate Up With Motor IS **NOT** a nonprofit entity, and donations, contributions, or other payments to the site are **NOT** tax deductible.

Ate Up With Motor may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, at our sole discretion. We encourage visitors to check this page frequently for any changes to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

Note: This privacy policy was adapted from Automattic Inc.'s Privacy Policy under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic license, and may be modified and reused under the same license. Click here for license details.