Privacy Policy

Information You Provide

When you contact us or upload photos, you may provide:

• Email address (when contacting us)
• Photos you upload (wheel images)

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we automatically collect:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Pages visited and time spent
• Referring website
• Device information

Cookies and Local Storage

We use:

• Essential cookies: Required for the website to function
• Analytics cookies: Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site
• Local storage: To save My Garage, favorites, and review preferences on your device
• Stilmeister analytics: With analytics consent, a salted device identifier records game discovery, completed sessions, scores, streaks, and improvement. Raw IP addresses are not stored in these tables.
• Optional push reminders: If you explicitly turn them on, we store the browser push subscription, recent streak, timezone offset, and usual play hour. Reminders are off by default and can be disabled on the game page.

We use collected data to:

• Provide and maintain our website
• Respond to your inquiries
• Process photo uploads you submit
• Record whether you separately allowed an uploaded photo to appear on our official social accounts
• Analyze website usage to improve our service
• Detect and prevent technical issues

We process your personal data based on:

• Legitimate interests: To operate and improve our website
• Consent: For analytics cookies (you can opt out)
• Contract: To respond to your requests or process uploads

We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with:

• Google Analytics: For website analytics (anonymized)
• Hosting provider (SiteGround): To deliver the website

These providers are bound by their own privacy policies and data processing agreements.

• Contact emails: Retained for up to 2 years
• Uploaded photos: Retained indefinitely if approved, deleted if rejected
• Analytics data: Retained for 14 months (Google Analytics default)
• First-party Stilmeister analytics: Automatically deleted after 400 days

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access: Request a copy of your personal data
• Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Erasure: Request deletion of your data
• Portability: Request transfer of your data
• Object: Object to processing of your data
• Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, contact us at bmwoemwheelstyles@gmail.com.

You can change your choice at any time. Removing the preference makes the consent question appear again.

Reset analytics preference

You can also opt out by:

• Installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
• Using browser settings to block cookies
• Using a privacy-focused browser

Our website is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.