Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 21, 2026

CarDealershipGuy LLC ("Car Dealership Guy," "CDG," "we," "us," or "our") values your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect information when you access or use our websites, newsletters, podcasts, forms, events, community programs, software platforms, benchmarking tools, analytics products, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By using the Services, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including when you:

  • Subscribe to newsletters or updates

  • Register for CDG Circles, Marketplace, Pulse, events, webinars, or other programs

  • Complete surveys, benchmarking submissions, or questionnaires

  • Submit vendor reviews, ratings, testimonials, comments, recommendations, or feedback

  • Request information about recruiting, consulting, sponsorships, partnerships, or other services

  • Communicate with us by email, messaging platforms, social media, phone, or other channels

  • Purchase products or services

This information may include:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Dealership name

  • Company name

  • Job title or role

  • Market or operational information

  • Vendor usage information

  • Benchmarking submissions

  • Survey responses

  • Community participation information

  • Any other information you choose to provide

Platform and Community Information

When participating in CDG Circles, Marketplace, Pulse, community discussions, benchmarking tools, vendor review systems, surveys, or other platform features, we may collect:

  • Community posts and comments

  • Vendor reviews and ratings

  • Benchmarking responses

  • Survey submissions

  • Poll responses

  • Community engagement data

  • Event participation information

  • Messages submitted through platform features

Automatically Collected Information

We may automatically collect information including:

  • IP address

  • Browser type

  • Device information

  • Operating system

  • Referring URLs

  • Usage activity

  • Session information

  • Cookie identifiers

  • Analytics information

How We Use Information

We may use information to:

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Services

  • Deliver newsletters, content, events, and community experiences

  • Facilitate benchmarking, analytics, vendor intelligence, and research products

  • Generate aggregated industry insights

  • Create reports, rankings, trend analyses, and market intelligence

  • Personalize user experiences

  • Respond to inquiries and support requests

  • Communicate updates, opportunities, events, and offers

  • Enforce our Terms of Use

  • Detect fraud, abuse, security threats, or unauthorized activity

  • Comply with legal obligations

Benchmarking, Analytics, and Aggregated Data

Users may voluntarily provide dealership, vendor, operational, performance, market, or survey information through CDG Platform products.

We may aggregate, anonymize, analyze, transform, combine, and use this information to create:

  • Industry benchmarks

  • Market intelligence

  • Vendor intelligence

  • Rankings

  • Reports

  • Trend analyses

  • Analytics products

  • Research products

  • Statistical datasets

Such outputs are generally presented in aggregated or anonymized form and are not intended to identify specific individuals or dealerships unless explicit permission has been obtained.

Vendor Reviews, Ratings, and Community Content

Users may submit reviews, ratings, comments, recommendations, and other content through the Services.

Such content may be displayed to other authorized users of the Services.

Except where expressly authorized, Car Dealership Guy does not intentionally identify contributors when publishing reviews, benchmarking data, survey results, or community-derived insights.

Users are responsible for information they choose to share.

Sharing of Information

We do not sell personal information.

We may share information with:

Service Providers

Third-party providers that support our operations, including:

  • Email platforms

  • CRM systems

  • Analytics providers

  • Event platforms

  • Hosting providers

  • Communication providers

  • Customer support providers

These providers are contractually restricted from using information except as necessary to provide services to us.

Business Partners

If you voluntarily participate in sponsored events, joint programs, research initiatives, workshops, webinars, or introductions, we may share information necessary to facilitate those activities.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose information if required by law or if we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Protect rights or property

  • Prevent fraud or abuse

  • Protect the safety of users or others

Business Transfers

Information may be transferred in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar corporate transaction.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:

  • Understand usage patterns

  • Improve functionality

  • Measure engagement

  • Personalize experiences

  • Improve marketing performance

You may disable cookies through your browser settings, though certain features may not function properly.

Email Communications

We may send:

  • Newsletters

  • Event invitations

  • Product updates

  • Community communications

  • Sponsored messages

  • Administrative notices

You may unsubscribe from promotional emails at any time using the unsubscribe link contained in those emails.

Administrative or transactional communications may still be sent when necessary.

Messaging and Group Communications

We may communicate through SMS, MMS, WhatsApp, iMessage, Slack, Discord, community platforms, or similar services.

Participation in group communications is voluntary.

Other participants may be able to view information you choose to share, including your name, phone number, profile information, or messages.

You may leave group communications at any time or request removal by contacting us.

Data Retention

We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide Services

  • Operate our business

  • Maintain community integrity

  • Generate historical benchmarking and analytics

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Resolve disputes

  • Enforce agreements

Aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information may be retained indefinitely.

Data Deletion Requests

You may request deletion of personal information by contacting us.

We may retain information where necessary for:

  • Legal compliance

  • Security purposes

  • Fraud prevention

  • Contractual obligations

  • Legitimate business interests

  • Preservation of anonymized benchmarking, analytics, and research datasets

Deletion of personal information may not result in deletion of previously aggregated, anonymized, statistical, or de-identified information.

Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information.

However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's Privacy

The Services are not directed toward children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

If we become aware of such collection, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information.

Third-Party Links

The Services may contain links to third-party websites, vendors, sponsors, or services.

We are not responsible for their privacy practices and encourage users to review their policies independently.

Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

Updated versions will be posted with a revised effective date.

Continued use of the Services after publication of updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

CarDealershipGuy LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability Company

93 E. Street Road, #1006
Feasterville-Trevose, PA 19053
United States of America

Email: info@cardealershipguy.org