Privacy Policy

Apple Genuine Parts. ("Apple Genuine Parts") is committed to the fair and transparent processing of the personal information ("Personal Information") of our customers, consumers and website visitors, and strives to ensure that you have the greatest possible control over this information. This Privacy Policy explains the types of personal information that we collect, and how we use and share the information provided. This Privacy Policy also explains your privacy rights (see section below, entitled your privacy rights below) and how you can manage the privacy of your Personal Information. This Privacy Policy is governed and controlled by Apple Genuine Parts Terms of Use. For more information about Apple Genuine Parts's Terms of Use, please click on the Terms & Conditions of use link.

Personal Information

This Privacy Policy describes how Apple Genuine Parts collects, uses, and shares the Personal Information of Apple Genuine Parts individual or enterprise-level clients and visitors to the Apple Genuine Parts website, . Personal Information is any information that can be used to identify, locate or contact you. It also includes other information that may be associated with your Personal Information, such as your preferences or interests.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

Apple Genuine Parts may at collect Personal Information directly from you when you visit the Apple Genuine Parts website (the "website" or "site"), and only when you consent for Apple Genuine Parts to do so. This may be through Apple Genuine Parts web forms or registrations, applications or surveys, and in connection with your inquiries and purchases you make. Apple Genuine Parts may also collect your Personal Information when you sign up to receive material about Apple Genuine Parts products and services. For example, you may choose to provide your name, contact information, and/or financial information in connection with a promotion or support program.

Information about Children

The Apple Genuine Parts website is not directed to children under 18 years of age, and Apple Genuine Parts does not otherwise knowingly solicit or collect Personal Information from, or market to, children. If you are under 18 years of age, do not attempt to register for or use any service provided by Apple Genuine Parts, and do not provide Apple Genuine Parts any Personal Information about yourself.

If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided Apple Genuine Parts with Personal Information, he or she should contact us as described in the "How to Contact Apple Genuine Parts" section below. Apple Genuine Parts will take reasonable steps to delete such information from Apple Genuine Parts database in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and Other Technologies

Apple Genuine Parts may gather information about you automatically through your use of the Apple Genuine Parts website, e.g. your IP address GEO Location, IP Address/Location and how you navigate the site. When you visit the Apple Genuine Parts website, Apple Genuine Parts may collect information by automated means, including technologies such as cookies, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons. This information is not personally-identifiable. Apple Genuine Parts may use this information to better understand, customize and improve user experience with the Apple Genuine Parts website, Apple Genuine Parts services and Apple Genuine Parts offerings, as well as to manage Apple Genuine Parts advertising.

How We Use and Share Personal Information

Use of Your Personal Information

Apple Genuine Parts will not rent, share, or sell your Personal Information to unaffiliated third parties for their own marketing use. Apple Genuine Parts uses your Personal Information to provide services to you as requested, and to respond to requests that you may send to Apple Genuine Parts. To provide you with information on goods and services, which may be of interest to you, Apple Genuine Parts may use your information in several ways:

To Serve You

Apple Genuine Parts uses your Personal Information to communicate with you, and to deliver to you our products and services. Apple Genuine Parts also uses your Personal Information to process your requested transactions, and to provide customer service. Apple Genuine Parts also uses this information to respond to your requests or inquiries. Further, Apple Genuine Parts may use the information you provide to tailor our marketing programs and campaigns, and provide you with newsletters, articles, alerts, announcements, invitations, and Apple Genuine Parts’ own data analysis. These uses will help you better understand how Apple Genuine Parts’ products and services impact you and those you care for, and will help Apple Genuine Parts to track and respond to concerns, prevent fraud, and further develop and improve Apple Genuine Parts’ products and services.

Sharing

Third Party Services

Apple Genuine Parts may disclose your Personal Information to our service providers, who will use your information in accordance with our instructions. This may include Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Apple Genuine Parts website and report on activities and trends. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ (link is external), and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout (link is external).

In addition, Apple Genuine Parts may also offer you access to third party sharing functionality, such as third party social media widgets/tools/buttons. Note that if you use that functionality, your use is subject to the third party’s privacy policy and terms. As with all links to non-Apple Genuine Parts websites, content, or services, Apple Genuine Parts recommends that you read the privacy policies and terms associated with third party properties carefully.

Validation

Some Apple Genuine Parts products, services and information we offer may only be suitable for/accessible to individuals meeting certain eligibility or other criteria. In such cases, Apple Genuine Parts may verify that you meet such criteria. For example, certain information relating to Apple Genuine Parts’ products is only intended for and accessible to professional wholesalers.

Special Programs

From time to time, Apple Genuine Parts may offer special programs, activities, events or promotions via the Apple Genuine Parts website (“Special Programs”) that have separate terms, privacy notices and/or consent forms that explain how any Personal Information you provide will be processed in connection with the Special Program. Apple Genuine Parts strongly suggests you review the terms applicable to the Special Program before participating.

For Legal Reasons

Consistent with applicable law, Apple Genuine Parts will disclose Personal Information when required to do so by law or in response to an enforceable governmental request. Apple Genuine Parts may also disclose Personal Information if Apple Genuine Parts has a good faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is necessary to detect or address fraud, security or technical issues. In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information to our affiliates and to others where needed to affect the sale or transfer of business assets, to enforce our rights, protect our property, or protect the rights, property or safety of others, or as needed support external auditing, compliance and corporate governance functions. For any sensitive Personal Data will ask you for your explicit consent before sharing.

Retention

Apple Genuine Parts will retain your Personal Information only for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy. However, under certain circumstances, Apple Genuine Parts may be required to retain your Personal Data for longer periods as required or permitted by law, or as necessary to protect its rights and interests.

SMS Messaging Consent and Privacy

Apple Genuine Parts will use your phone number and SMS consent to provide updates about your orders, deliveries, or other relevant information to ensure a smooth and reliable experience with us. Your privacy is our priority, and your phone number and consent will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes. Our SMS communications are designed to keep you informed and enhance your experience. You can opt out at any time by following the instructions in the messages, or by contacting us directly.

Cookies Policy

Introduction

Apple Genuine Parts uses cookies on the Apple Genuine Parts Website. This Apple Genuine Parts Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how Apple Genuine Parts uses cookies, how third parties Apple Genuine Parts may partner with may use cookies on the Apple Genuine Parts Website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

In so far as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of the Apple Genuine Parts Website and Apple Genuine Parts services, Apple Genuine Parts will ask you to consent to or reject Apple Genuine Parts use of cookies when you first visit the Apple Genuine Parts Website.

About Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. In other words, a cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by your web browser by a website you visit.

A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Apple Genuine Parts website or a third party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the use of the Apple Genuine Parts website more useful to you.

Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date. A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

How Apple Genuine Parts uses Cookies

When you use and access the Apple Genuine Parts Website, Apple Genuine Parts may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.

Apple Genuine Parts uses cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Apple Genuine Parts Website, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising. Apple Genuine Parts uses both session and persistent cookies on the Apple Genuine Parts Website, and Apple Genuine Parts uses different types of cookies to run the Apple Genuine Parts Website. For example, Apple Genuine Parts may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to Apple Genuine Parts’ own cookies, Apple Genuine Parts may also use various third parties’ cookies to report usage statistics of the Apple Genuine Parts Website, deliver advertisements on and through the Apple Genuine Parts Website, and so on.

Cookies Used by Apple Genuine Parts

Apple Genuine Parts uses cookies to help Apple Genuine Parts analyze the use and performance of the Apple Genuine Parts Website and services.

Cookies Used by Apple Genuine Parts' Service Providers

Apple Genuine Parts’s service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit the Apple Genuine Parts Website.

Apple Genuine Parts uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of the Apple Genuine Parts Website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to Apple Genuine Parts’s Website is used to create reports about the use of the Apple Genuine Parts Website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

Managing Cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en - (Chrome)

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences - (Firefox)

http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies - (Opera)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies - (Internet Explorer)

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari)

https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge)

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on this Apple Genuine Parts Website.

Your Privacy Rights

Apple Genuine Parts will ensure that you can exercise your rights pertaining to your Personal Information, including rights as provided by various data protection laws. Apple Genuine Parts therefore informs you that you are entitled:

• to have access to your Personal Information upon simple request – that is, you may receive a copy of such data (if requested), unless such data is made directly available to you, for instance within your personal account
• to have access upon simple request, and free of charge, the categories and names of addresses of third parties that have received Personal Information for direct marketing purposes
• to obtain a rectification of your Personal Information should it be inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete
• to obtain the deletion of your Personal Information in the situations set forth by applicable data protection law (the 'right to be forgotten')
• to withdraw your consent to the data processing without affecting the lawfulness of processing, where your Personal Information has been collected and processed on the basis of your consent
• to object to the processing of your Personal Information (where it has been collected and processed on the basis of legitimate interests of Apple Genuine Parts) in which case we may ask you to justify your request by explaining to us your particular situation
• to request a limitation of the data processing in the situations set forth by applicable law, and
• to have your Personal Information directly transferred by Apple Genuine Parts to a third-party processor of your choice (where technically feasible and when processing is based on your consent).

Information Security

Apple Genuine Parts is committed to protecting the security of the information Apple Genuine Parts collects, including the Personal Information you provide, and the non-identifiable information Apple Genuine Parts collects via cookies and automated tools. Apple Genuine Parts has implemented an information security program that contains appropriate administrative, technical and physical controls that are reasonably designed to safeguard the information Apple Genuine Parts collects and to minimize the chance of unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, destruction or loss.

Apple Genuine Parts reviews its information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures to prevent unauthorized access, and Apple Genuine Parts restricts access to Personal Information to employees, contractors or trusted partners who need that information to process it as described.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, Apple Genuine Parts may update this Privacy Policy to reflect new or different privacy practices or to reflect changes in industry standards or legal requirements. Apple Genuine Parts will place a notice online when Apple Genuine Parts makes material changes to this the Privacy Policy.

If the changes Apple Genuine Parts seeks to implement will materially affect the way Apple Genuine Parts uses or discloses previously-collected Personal Information, Apple Genuine Parts will notify you about the change before it goes into effect by sending a notice to the primary email address associated with your account.

How to Contact Us

Please contact Apple Genuine Parts if you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices or this Privacy Statement.

You can reach Apple Genuine Parts online anytime at: . You can also reach us via mail or by phone at: