Privacy Notice: March 2026 - Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC Legal

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use your personal information for the following purposes, to: Communicate with you; Verify your identity to prevent fraud in compliance with applicable law; Create your account; Provide you with Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC services including respond to your requests for support; Develop and improve the Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC; Manage your order and our customer relationship; Market and advertise our Services; Perform surveys; Provide internal training and ensure quality assurance; Improve and optimize your interactions with our team; Connect you to and optimize your experience using our Website and Services; Provide customers dashboards and reports; Conduct fraud and threat analysis and, detect and prevent spam or unlawful or abusive activity or other violations of our Acceptable Use Policy; Comply with applicable law including those regulating call detail records; and Perform billing for our Services.

We may use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other similar technology to provide, maintain, support, and improve our Services and our interactions with you.

We do not pass any individual's consent to receive SMS from Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC to any third party. We do not share phone numbers with third parties for the purpose of allowing those third parties to send SMS.

Mobile Opt in, SMS Consent, and phone numbers collected for SMS communication purposes will not be shared with any third party and affiliates for marketing purposes.


Lawful basis for processing personal information (EEA, Switzerland and UK only)

When we collect personal information about you in connection with offering our Website, Apps or Services within the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and the United Kingdom (UK), our lawful basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.

We will normally collect personal information from you where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you (e.g., when you order a Service), or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., to market and provide our Services). In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect and process the personal information in question (i.e. Service Usage Data) or we may process your personal information where we have your consent to do so. You may withdraw your consent at any time as instructed in the communications or in the Apps or Services, or by contacting us as explained below.

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

We use cookies and similar tracking technology (collectively, “Cookies”) to collect and use personal information about you. For further information about the types of Cookies we use, the functions they perform, and how you can control Cookies, please see our Cookie Notice.

HOW, WHY, AND WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES

We may share and disclose your personal information (as identified in the section What Personal Information We Collect) solely for legitimate business or legal purposes as described in this Notice and in accordance with applicable law, with the following third parties:

  • Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC or any of its worldwide affiliates. A list of our current group companies is available on our public filings.
  • Business partners (e.g., resellers and other authorized third party agents) to market or sell our Services;
  • Service providers, contractors, vendors or agents who operate on our behalf to: Operate, deliver, improve and customize our Websites, Apps, and Services; Provide support and technical services; Send marketing and other operational communications related to our Websites, Apps, and Services; Detect fraud, enforce our acceptable use policy and protect our system and network infrastructure; Conduct analytics in order to improve your experience using Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC Websites, Apps and Services; and Provide offers and advertisements to customers based on their interests and interactions with us
  • Any third parties as part of, or in connection with, an actual or prospective corporate business transaction, such as a sale, merger, acquisition, joint venture, financing, corporate change, reorganization or insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership;
  • Law enforcement agencies, regulatory or governmental bodies, or other third parties in order to respond to legal process, comply with any legal obligation; protect or defend our rights, interests or property or that of third parties; or prevent or investigate wrongdoing in connection with the Website, Apps or our Services; and/or
  • Other third parties with your consent.

HOW WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

We provide you with the opportunity to access, review, modify, and delete your personal information that we process.

Requests from End Users regarding personal information we process on behalf of our Customers as a Data Processor or Service provider

We provide our Services and Apps as ordered by our customers and in that context, we act as data processor or service provider on behalf of our customers. In particular, when processing the content of communications such as voicemails, faxes, recordings, etc., in connection with our Services, we do so on behalf of our Customers and in accordance with their instructions as a data processor or service provider. This means that if you believe Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC may have collected or stored personal information about you on behalf of a Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC customer as a data processor or service provider or if you wish to access, review, modify or delete any content of your communications, under applicable law or otherwise, you should direct your request to that Customer.

Your Privacy Rights as an EEA/UK/Swiss Resident

  • Access: You can request more information about the personal information we hold about you. You can request to download a copy of the personal information.
  • Rectification: If you believe that any personal information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can request that we change, correct, or supplement the data. If you are a customer, you can also correct some of this information directly by logging into your Service account. Please contact us as soon as possible if you notice any inaccuracy or incompleteness.
  • Objection: You can let us know that you object to the collection or processing of your personal information for certain purposes.
  • Restriction of Processing: You can ask us to restrict further processing of your personal information. (This just means you can ask us to stop using it for the reasons we have been using it.) This may mean that we have to delete your account.
  • Erasure: You can request that we erase some or all of your personal information from our systems. You can also delete some of this information directly by logging into your Service account, if you are a customer.
  • Portability: You can ask for a downloadable copy of your personal information in a machine-readable format. You can also request that we transmit the data to someone else where it’s technically possible.
  • Withdrawal of Consent: If you have consented to our use of personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time. Any such decision will not affect any processing that has already occurred nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance of lawful processing grounds other than consent. Withdrawing your consent may mean your access to the Services will be limited or suspended, and your accounts may be terminated, as applicable. Where you withdraw your consent, but we are using your information because we or a third party (e.g. your employer) have a legitimate interest in doing so, or we have different legal basis for using your information (for example, fulfilling a contract with you), we may continue to process your information, subject to your rights to access and control your information.
  • Right to File Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint about Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC practices with respect to your personal information with your supervisory authority (contact details available here: for the EU; for the UK; and for Switzerland).
  • No Automated Decision Making: We do not undertake decision-making about you based solely on automated processing, including profiling; however, certain features of our Services could be used by our customers for decision-making purposes.

Your Additional Privacy Rights as a Resident of Certain U.S. states

The rights described in this section apply only if you are a resident of a state within the United States that has an applicable and effective privacy law providing for the below rights.

  • Data portability: You can ask for a downloadable copy of your personal information in a machine-readable format. You can also request that we transmit the data to someone else where it’s technically possible.
  • Knowledge and access: You may have the right to know more about personal information that we have collected and disclosed in the preceding 12 months. You may be able to access, receive details on collection, the purpose of processing, and any sharing that may have occurred.
  • Deletion: You have the right to request Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC to delete the personal information we have collected about you under certain circumstances.
  • Non-discrimination for the exercise of your privacy rights: You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC for the exercise of your privacy rights.
  • Rectification: If you believe that any personal information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can request that we change, correct, or supplement the data. You can also correct some of this information directly by logging into your account, if you are a customer. Please contact us as soon as possible if you notice any inaccuracy or incompleteness.
  • Opt-out of selling or sharing your personal information: You have the right to request Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC to stop sharing your personal information for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising. You may opt out of having your cookie identifiers used for this type of sharing by turning on the Global Privacy Control at the browser level. Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC does not sell your personal information as may be commonly understood. However, you may opt out of having your personal information shared with certain vendors that we use for providing insights about user interactions with our website and for delivering ads to you.
  • No Automated Decision Making: We do not undertake any decision making about you based solely on automated processing, including profiling; however, certain features of our Services could be used by our customers for decision-making purposes.

We will not share your personal information with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes unless you have agreed to such disclosure.

We will verify your request using your name and email. Depending on the nature of your request, we may need additional information to verify your identity. You may authorize an agent to make a request on your behalf to exercise your privacy rights under applicable privacy laws.

Certain U.S. states provide the right to appeal Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC denial of an individual rights request.

To exercise your rights or to allow your authorized agent to exercise your rights, please submit, or have your authorized agent submit, or contact us at dwspecialties@yahoo.com.

Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC Customer Proprietary Network Information (“CPNI”) (US account holders only)

Title 47 of the United States Code, as amended by the Telecommunication Act of 1996, protects, among other things, CPNI of customers that have a US account, and regulates Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC use of CPNI.

CPNI is information that relates to a Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC US customer or end user collected in the course of providing voice services and includes information such as: phone numbers dialed and received by customers; portion of international calls, local or long distance calls; number of phone numbers assigned to an account; precise location of Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC softphones; average length of customer calls; IP address of phone or softphone; internet connection, device type, operating system and software information; call detail records, usage data, service plans, and prices paid. CPNI does not include a customer’s basic contact information (such as name, phone number, and address).

Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC collects CPNI while providing telecommunications and interconnected voice-over-Internet-protocol (interconnected VoIP) services. We use this information for several purposes, including billing and administrative purposes, to prevent fraud and abuse of our services, to provide call location information for public safety and in the provision of emergency services, or to offer personalized offers and services, which you may find valuable, through our agents and affiliates, in compliance with CPNI requirements.

Customers have a right, and Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC has a duty, under federal law, to protect the confidentiality of CPNI. Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC personnel are not permitted to access, use, or share any CPNI unless they are authorized and have a legitimate business need to do so. Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC will not sell, share, disclose, or enable access to CPNI by any third party outside of our own agents and affiliates, except as required by law.

Customers have the right to opt out of Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC use of their CPNI for the purpose of marketing communications-related services, (as defined by the law). The decision to opt out will not affect the Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC service, however, your consent may enhance Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC ability to offer products and services tailored to your needs. If you wish to opt out from receiving any marketing communications based on our use of your CPNI, you can do so at any time by notifying Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC using one of the contact methods below. If you do not opt out, your consent will remain valid until you tell us otherwise.

You can opt out by contacting us at dwspecialties@yahoo.com.

HOW WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURED

Keeping your information secure is important to us. We have taken appropriate steps designed to reduce the risk that your personal information may be subject to loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will retain your personal information for no longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the information was originally collected unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, for legal, tax or regulatory reasons, or other legitimate and lawful business purposes.

Where we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it.

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. Specifically, information collected in the European Economic Area ("EEA") and the UK, may be transferred to and stored on our servers in the United States and Switzerland, and potentially in other countries where our group companies and third-party service providers and partners operate. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws in your country (and in some cases, may not be as protective).

Data Privacy Frameworks (EU-U.S. DPF, UK Extension, Swiss-U.S. DPF)

Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.

Data processed and purposes of data processing

Please see the relevant sections of this Notice, sections WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT and HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, for information regarding the data categories processed by Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC as a controller on our own behalf and the purposes.

As a processor to our customers, Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC processes personal data that customers choose to submit to the services as customer-generated content, call detail records, usage data, and account information. The purposes for such processing is the provision, maintenance, support, and improvement of the services.

Type of third parties to which Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC discloses personal data and purposes

Please see the relevant section of this Notice: HOW, WHY, AND WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES for more information regarding the type of third parties to which Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC discloses personal data and for what purposes.

Independent Recourse Mechanism

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Notice, you may contact us at dwspecialties@yahoo.com. In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC commits to cooperate and comply respectively with the advice of the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) with regard to unresolved complaints concerning our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF. Under certain conditions, individuals may invoke binding arbitration through the Data Privacy Framework Panel. For more information, please see Annex I of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles.

Enforcement Authority

The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF) and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF).

Lawful Requests for Personal Information

We may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

For more information, please visit: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/framework-article/16%E2%80%93Access-Requests-by-Public-Authorities

Individual rights to access and to limit use and disclosure

Please see the relevant section in this Notice HOW WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS for information regarding how individuals can exercise their rights to access their personal data and to limit the use and disclosure of their personal data.

Liability for Onward Transfers

In the context of an onward transfer, Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC has responsibility for the processing of personal information it receives under the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC shall remain liable under the EU-U.S. DPF Principles, the UK extension to the EU-U.S. DPF and the Swiss-U.S. DPF if its agent processes such personal information in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, unless Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

Standard Contractual Clauses

Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC has taken (i) appropriate safeguards, including adherence to the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission for the transfer of your personal information outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland to Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC, and (ii) further technical and organizational measures to ensure that personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Notice and any applicable laws.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC does not knowingly provide products or services directly to children under the age of 16, or knowingly collect or solicit personal information from or about children under the age of 16 outside of the school offering, which is subject to the Children’s COPPA notice. If you believe that a child under the age of 16 has disclosed personal information to Dealer Warranty Specialties, LLC outside of the school offering, please contact dwspecialties@yahoo.com.

THIRD-PARTY SITES

This Notice does not apply to, nor are we responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which the Website or Apps link including but not limited to social media sites. The inclusion of a link on the Website or Apps does not imply our endorsement of the linked site or service. You should check the privacy notices of those sites before providing your personal information to them.

BLOGS AND FORUMS

Our Website offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas is public and may be read, collected, and used by others who access them and may remain on the public forum indefinitely. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, you can submit a request through our online portal. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why. We encourage all users to exercise caution when providing personal information in blogs and community forums.

UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE

We may update this Notice from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. If we make changes to our Notice, we will post those changes on this page in addition to updating the "Last Updated" or effective date at the top of this webpage. If we make material changes, we will notify you either by emailing you or by posting a notice of such changes prominently on this page prior to such material changes taking effect.

SMS Terms & Conditions

1- SMS Consent Communication:

The phone numbers collected as part of the SMS consent process will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes.

2- Types of SMS Communications:

If you choose to opt in to text messages from Dealer Warranty Specialties LLC, you may receive communications related to the following:

  • Appointment reminders
  • Follow-up messages
  • Billing inquiries

3- Message Frequency:

Message frequency may vary. You may receive up to 2 SMS messages per week related to your account status.

4- Potential Fees for SMS Messaging:

Please note that standard message and data rates may apply, depending on your carrier’s pricing plan. These fees may vary if the message is sent domestically or internationally.

5- Opt-In Method:

You may opt-in to receive SMS messages from Dealer Warranty Specialties LLC in the following ways:

  • Verbally, during a conversation
  • By sending an email

6- Opt-Out Method:

You can opt out of receiving SMS messages at any time. To do so, simply reply "STOP" to any SMS message you receive. Alternatively, you can contact us directly to request removal from our messaging list.

7- Help:

If you are experiencing any issues, you can get help by reaching out directly to us.

8- Standard Messaging Disclosures:

  • Message and data rates may apply.
  • You can opt out at any time by texting "STOP."
  • For assistance, reach out directly to us.
  • Message frequency may vary.