Privacy Policy for Asked Car Inc.

Last Updated: December 08, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Asked Car Inc. (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We run an automotive blog located at Asked Car Inc. (the “Site”). We respect your privacy. We want you to understand exactly how we handle your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains the data we collect when you visit our car blog. It also explains how we use that data and how we keep it safe. We value the trust you place in our content and our brand.

By using our Site, you agree to the terms in this policy. If you do not agree with these practices, please do not use our Site.

2. Who We Are

Transparency is key to our content. We want you to know who manages your data.

Website Name: Asked Car Inc.

Owner/Author: Cedrick S. Rowan

Business Address: 1853 Goldie Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45202, United States

Phone Number: +1 (951) 394-0111

Focus: Automotive news, car reviews, and vehicle guides.

3. Information We Collect

We collect limited information to help us improve our car reviews and serve relevant ads. We collect information in two ways: information you give us and information we collect automatically.

3.1 Information You Provide to Us

You might give us personal data directly. This usually happens when you perform specific actions on the Site.

Newsletter Signups: If you join our email list for the latest car news, we ask for your email address and sometimes your first name.

Comments: When you leave a comment on a car review, we collect the data shown in the comments form. This includes your name, email address, and your website URL if you have one.

Contact Forms: If you email us or use our contact page, we collect your email address and the content of your message so we can reply.

3.2 Information We Collect Automatically

We receive some data automatically when your browser loads, Asked Car Inc. This data does not usually identify you personally by name.

Log Data: Our servers record information that your browser sends. This includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, and the pages you visit.

Device Information: We may see if you are using a mobile phone, tablet, or desktop computer. This helps us make sure our car photos look good on your screen.

Time and Date: We record when you visit and how long you stay on specific articles.

4. How We Use Cookies

We use “cookies” to improve your experience. A cookie is a tiny text file. Your web browser stores it on your computer or mobile device.

Cookies help our Site remember your preferences. They also help us understand which car articles are popular. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings. However, some parts of Asked Car Inc. might not work right without them.

4.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary. They let you move around the website and use its features. Without them, the site cannot function properly.

4.2 Analytics Cookies

We want to know what car content you like best. We use analytics tools to track visitor numbers. This helps us decide if we should write more about SUVs or Sedans. These cookies collect data anonymously.

4.3 Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

This is the most important part of our free content. We use Google AdSense to display ads. Google uses cookies to show you ads based on your visits to our Site and other sites on the internet.

DoubleClick DART Cookie: Google uses the DART cookie. It enables Google and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to Asked Car Inc. and other websites.
Opt-Out: You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie. To do this, visit the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

5. Third-Party Services and AdSense Disclosure

We allow third-party companies to serve ads and collect certain anonymous information when you visit our website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information during your visits to this and other websites. They do this to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you.

5.1 Google AdSense

Asked Car Inc. participates in the Google AdSense program. This is an advertising service provided by Google Inc.

Google uses cookies to help serve the ads that it displays on the websites of its partners. When users visit a partner’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may drop on that end user’s browser.

Key points regarding Google AdSense:

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.

5.2 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website creates reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

6. How We Use Your Data

We use your data for legitimate business purposes. Here is a clear list of how we use the information:

To run the Website: We use data to display our car reviews and guides correctly on your device.

To Improve Content: We look at which articles get the most views. This tells Cedrick S. Rowan what topics to write about next.

To Send Emails: If you subscribe, we use your email to send you updates. You can unsubscribe at any time.

To Prevent Fraud: We look at IP addresses to protect our site from spam comments and hacking attempts.

To Show Ads: We use cookies to display ads that help fund our car reviews.

7. Comments and Media

7.1 Comments

When you leave a comment on Asked Car Inc., we collect your IP address and browser user agent string. We do this to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may go to the Gravatar service to see if you use it. After we approve your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

7.2 Media

If you upload images to the website (for example, in a forum or comment section), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

8. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We value your privacy highly.

However, we may share generic aggregated demographic information. This is not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users. We might share this with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

We will only disclose personal information if:

The law requires it.
We need to protect our rights.
We need to ensure the safety of our users.

9. Data Retention

We only keep your personal data for as long as we need it.

Comment Data: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata remain indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Analytics Data: We typically keep user-level and event-level data associated with cookies for 26 months before it automatically deletes.

10. Security of Your Data

We take the security of your data seriously. We use standard security protocols.

SSL Encryption: We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. You can see this by the padlock icon in your browser address bar. This encrypts data sent between your computer and our server.

Access Control: Only authorized personnel, like Cedrick S. Rowan, have access to the backend of the site where data lives.

Please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

11. Children’s Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Our website, Asked Car Inc., focuses on automotive content. It serves a general audience. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.

If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately. We will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records. This aligns with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

12. Your Rights (CCPA and GDPR)

Depending on where you live, you have specific rights regarding your data. We want to honor those rights.

12.1 For California Residents (CCPA)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you have the right to:

Request Disclosure: Ask us about the categories and specific pieces of personal data we collected.

Request Deletion: Ask us to delete any personal data we collected from you.

Non-Discrimination: We will not treat you differently because you exercise your privacy rights.

Do Not Sell: You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. Note: We do not sell your personal data.

12.2 For European Users (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have data protection rights.

The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

The Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct information you believe is inaccurate.

The Right to Erasure: You can request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.

The Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your personal data.

To use any of these rights, please contact Cedrick S. Rowan using the contact details in Section 15.

13. External Links

Asked Car Inc. contains links to other websites. This includes links to car manufacturers, auto parts stores, or other blogs.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those other sites. When you leave our site, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Asked Car Inc.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. The automotive world changes, and so do internet laws.

We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.

We advise you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when we post them on this page.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us. We are happy to answer your questions regarding your data and our car blog.

Author: Cedrick S. Rowan
Brand: Asked Car Inc.
Email: info@askedcar.com
Phone: +1 (951) 394-0111
Mailing Address: 1853 Goldie Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45202 United States

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