CARZOO — COOKIE NOTICE
Website, Applications and Marketplace Services
This Cookie Notice explains how CARZOO S.A.R.L. uses cookies, software development kits, pixels, local storage, device identifiers and similar technologies in connection with its website, mobile website, applications, booking services and automotive marketplace (collectively, the “Platform”).
Carzoo S.A.R.L. is a Lebanese limited liability company registered with the Beirut Commercial Register under number 2083036, with its registered office at Sheile, Rue 113, Blue Zone, Kesrouane, Lebanon (“Carzoo”, “we”, “us” or “our”).
This Notice is intended to provide additional information contemplated by Clause 23 of the CARZOO Terms and Conditions. It should be read together with the Terms and Conditions at carzooapp.com/terms and the Carzoo Privacy Notice at carzooapp.com/privacy.
1. SCOPE AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK
This Notice applies when a visitor or User accesses or uses the Platform through a browser, mobile device, application or other connected interface. It applies whether the person creates an account or completes a Booking.
To the extent that information collected through these technologies constitutes Personal Data, Carzoo processes it in accordance with applicable Lebanese law, including Lebanese Law No. 81/2018 on Electronic Transactions and Personal Data, the Carzoo Privacy Notice and any other law that mandatorily applies to the relevant activity or person.
Where applicable law requires consent or another affirmative choice before a technology may be stored, accessed or activated, Carzoo will seek that choice through the Platform before using the relevant optional technology.
2. WHAT COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES ARE
A cookie is a small text file placed on or read from a browser or device when a website is visited. A session cookie ordinarily expires when the browser session ends. A persistent cookie remains until its stated expiry, until it is replaced, or until the User deletes it.
First-party cookies are set by or for Carzoo on the Platform. Third-party cookies are set by another provider whose technology or content is used through the Platform.
Similar technologies may include:
· local storage and session storage used by a browser or application;
· software development kits (“SDKs”) integrated into a mobile application;
· pixels, tags, scripts and web beacons that record whether a page, screen, message or feature was accessed;
· device, application, advertising and installation identifiers; and
· push-notification tokens, fraud-prevention identifiers and comparable technical signals.
References to “Technologies” in this Notice include cookies and all such similar technologies.
3. INFORMATION THESE TECHNOLOGIES MAY COLLECT
Depending on the Technology and the way the Platform is used, the information collected may include:
· IP address, approximate location derived from the IP address, language and time zone;
· device type, operating system, browser type, application version and technical configuration;
· unique cookies, session, installation, application or device identifiers;
· the date and time of access, referring page or source, pages and screens viewed, links selected and features used;
· search, availability, vehicle-category, location and Booking-flow events;
· authentication, security, error, performance and fraud-prevention information;
· communication-delivery and campaign-interaction information, if the relevant optional Technology is enabled; and
· the User’s consent and cookie-preference record.
4. CATEGORIES AND PURPOSES
4.1 Strictly necessary Technologies
These Technologies are required to provide a function expressly requested by the User or to operate and protect the Platform. They may support secure sessions, authentication, account access, load balancing, network management, Booking and checkout functions, fraud prevention, security, error recovery and storage of the User’s privacy choices. To the extent permitted by applicable law, they may operate without an optional preference because disabling them may prevent the relevant service from functioning.
4.2 Preference and functionality Technologies
These Technologies remember choices such as language, location preferences, saved searches, display settings or other optional conveniences. Disabling them may cause the Platform to forget those choices or reduce personalized functionality.
4.3 Analytics and performance Technologies
These Technologies help Carzoo understand how the Platform is used, identify errors, measure traffic and feature performance, improve navigation and evaluate service reliability. Carzoo will not classify an analytics Technology as strictly necessary merely because the resulting information is commercially useful.
4.4 Advertising and campaign-measurement Technologies
If deployed, these Technologies may measure campaign effectiveness, attribute visits or Bookings to a campaign, limit repetition, or support relevant advertising. They may connect activity across websites, applications or devices where the provider and applicable settings permit. Carzoo will use them only where lawfully permitted and subject to any required notice, consent or objection mechanism.
5. FIRST-PARTY AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS
Some Technologies are controlled by Carzoo. Others may be provided by hosting, security, payment, analytics, communications, customer-support, mapping, fraud-prevention, advertising or social-media providers.
A third-party provider may receive identifiers, device information and interaction events directly from the User’s browser or application and may process that information under its own privacy or cookie notice where it determines its own purposes and methods. Carzoo will identify the relevant provider and link to available provider information in the Schedule below where reasonably practicable.
Use of a third-party Technology does not authorize the provider to use Carzoo Booking or customer information for unrelated purposes contrary to CARZOO’s contractual restrictions or applicable law.
6. USER CHOICES AND COOKIE SETTINGS
A User may review or change available choices at any time by selecting “Cookie Settings” in the Platform footer. Necessary Technologies are always active because they are required to provide or secure core Platform functionality. Functionality, Analytics and Advertising Technologies are optional and, where consent is required, will not be activated unless the User enables the relevant category.
Withdrawing a choice will apply prospectively and will not affect processing lawfully carried out before the change. Where technically practicable, Carzoo will remove Carzoo-controlled optional cookies or similar storage associated with a category after the User withdraws the relevant choice.
Carzoo stores the User's cookie preferences on the relevant browser or device for 12 months. If that preference record expires or is deleted, the Platform will ask the User to make a new selection.
7. BROWSER, DEVICE AND MOBILE-APPLICATION CONTROLS
Most browsers allow Users to view, block or delete cookies and to restrict third-party cookies. Browser controls vary by provider and version. Blocking all cookies may prevent account login, secure sessions, Booking checkout or other requested functions.
Browser settings do not necessarily control mobile SDKs, application storage, push-notification tokens or device advertising identifiers. Technologies may be controlled through the Platform’s settings, the mobile operating system, device permissions or the relevant provider’s controls.
8. DURATION AND RETENTION
Session Technologies generally expire when the relevant browser or application session ends. Persistent Technologies remain for the exact duration stated in the Schedule, unless the User deletes them earlier or they are replaced.
Carzoo will not retain a Technology or the Personal Data obtained through it for longer than reasonably necessary for its identified purpose or any period required or permitted by applicable law. Server-side records created from Technology events may have a different retention period stated in the Privacy Notice or Carzoo’s internal retention schedule.
9. SECURITY, DATA MINIMIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL PROCESSING
Carzoo will take reasonable technical and organizational measures appropriate to the nature of the information and the risks of the relevant processing. Carzoo will configure Technologies to collect only information reasonably necessary for their stated purposes and will restrict service-provider access according to role and need.
A provider may operate or access data from outside Lebanon. The relevant countries, recipients and safeguards must be addressed in the Carzoo Privacy Notice and where useful for transparency, identified in the Schedule below.
10. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
Carzoo may update this Notice to reflect changes to the Platform, Technologies, providers, legal requirements or operational practices. The updated Notice and its effective date will be made available on the Platform.
A material change to an optional Technology or its purpose will not override an existing User choice where applicable law requires a new notice or renewed choice.
11. CONTACTS, COMPLAINTS AND LANGUAGE
Responsible entity: CARZOO S.A.R.L.
Commercial Registration: Beirut Commercial Register No. 2083036
Registered office: Sheile, Rue 113, Blue Zone, Kesrouane, Lebanon
Website: carzooapp.com
Privacy and cookie enquiries: privacy@carzooapp.com
Customer Support: help@carzooapp.com | Telephone/WhatsApp: +96171000438
Questions or complaints may be submitted using the details above. This does not affect any right to apply to a competent Lebanese court or authority where the matter falls within its jurisdiction.
This Notice is issued in English and Arabic, and both versions are intended to have the same meaning. If an inconsistency cannot reasonably be reconciled, the Arabic version prevails to the extent permitted by applicable law.
SCHEDULE — TECHNOLOGIES CURRENTLY USED
The following table identifies the principal cookies and similar Technologies currently used through the Platform. Technologies used by third-party providers may change from time to time as those providers update their services.
Technology / Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Category | Party | Duration |
carzoo-cookie-consent (local storage) | Carzoo | Stores the User's cookie choices | Strictly Necessary | First-party | 12 months |
sb-…-auth-token (local storage) | Carzoo / Lovable Cloud | Maintains the User's sign-in session and supports account and Booking security | Strictly Necessary | First-party | Until sign-out or cleared |
mapbox.eventData, .uuid, .uuidTimestamp (local storage) | Mapbox | Provides anonymous identifiers used in connection with map-load measurement for the pick-up-location map | Strictly Necessary – mapping functionality | Third-party | No fixed expiry; identifier generally rotates approximately every 30 days |
Dealer-console panel preferences (local storage) | Carzoo | Remembers optional dealer-console display preferences | Preference and Functionality | First-party | Until cleared |
_ga | Google Analytics 4 | Distinguishes visitors for Platform analytics | Analytics and Performance | First-party | 400 days |
ga4L8QDTQCF5 | Google Analytics 4 | Maintains analytics session and property state | Analytics and Performance | First-party | 400 days |
Google tag (gtag.js) | Loads permitted Google Analytics and/or Google Ads functionality according to the User's choices | Analytics and Performance / Advertising and Campaign Measurement, as applicable | Third-party | Not stored | |
gclau | Google Ads | Measures advertising conversions and attribution | Advertising and Campaign Measurement | First-party | 90 days |
gclls (local storage) | Google Ads | Stores advertising click and attribution state | Advertising and Campaign Measurement | First-party | Until cleared |
test_cookie | DoubleClick / Google | Tests whether the browser supports cookies for advertising functionality | Advertising and Campaign Measurement | Third-party | Approximately 15 minutes |
IDE | DoubleClick / Google | Advertising measurement and attribution | Advertising and Campaign Measurement | Third-party | 400 days |
Mapbox. Carzoo uses Mapbox to provide interactive mapping functionality that is necessary for Users to view and select certain pick-up locations and complete the relevant Booking flow. The Mapbox library may generate technical or usage identifiers as part of providing that functionality. Because the mapping service is required to provide the User-requested location and Booking functionality, these Technologies may operate regardless of the User's optional Analytics preference.