Privacy Policy - GS Auto Spares (Pvt) Ltd

Last Updated: April 17, 2025

Introduction

GS Auto Spare (Pvt) Ltd. (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://gsauto.lk (the “Site”), including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected to the Site.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.

Information We Collect

Personal Data

We may collect personal identification information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you:

Register on our Site
Place an order
Subscribe to our newsletter
Respond to a survey
Fill out a form
Participate in other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site

The personal information we collect may include:

Name
Email address
Mailing address
Phone number
Payment information
Any other information you choose to provide

If you choose to provide us with personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers.

Non-Personal Data

We may also collect non-personal identification information about you whenever you interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include:

Browser name
Type of computer or device
Technical information about your means of connection to our Site, such as operating system and Internet service provider
IP address
Pages visited
Time spent on pages
Referring sites
Other similar information

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

We use the following types of cookies:

Essential cookies: These are required for the operation of our Site and enable you to use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
Analytical/performance cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Site. This helps us improve the way our Site works.
Functionality cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Site, enabling us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences.
Targeting cookies: These record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to collect information about your use of our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site and services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.

Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:

To process and fulfill your orders
To provide, operate, and maintain our Site
To improve, personalize, and expand our Site and services
To understand and analyze how you use our Site
To develop new products, services, features, and functionality
To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Site, and for marketing and promotional purposes
To send you emails
To find and prevent fraud
To comply with legal obligations

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

Consent

We may disclose your information with your consent.

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

WooCommerce and WordPress Plugins

Our Site uses WooCommerce for ecommerce functionality and various WordPress plugins for additional features. These plugins may collect and process your data according to their own privacy policies.

Business Transfers

If we or our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred.

Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions, or other content to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.

Third-Party Websites

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave our Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

Your Rights

GDPR Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information.

You have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you
The right of rectification (to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete)
The right to object (to the processing of your personal data)
The right of restriction (to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information)
The right to data portability (to receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format)
The right to withdraw consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information

California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have registered to use the Site, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Site, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.