Privacy Policy
Effective: 19 September 2025
1. Introduction
fleet-trade.com (“we,” “our,” or “the Platform”) is a B2B classifieds platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you use our website and services.
By using the Platform, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information that you provide directly to us:
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Account and Contact Data: Name, email address, telephone number, and data from social login profiles.
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User Content: Files, such as photos and videos, that you upload to the Platform. Please note: Any information you include in your public listings (including contact details and uploaded files) will be visible to other users and the public.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)
We process your personal data on the following legal grounds:
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Performance of a Contract: To provide you with our services, including publishing your listings, operating the Platform, and handling your support requests.
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Your Consent: For sending you marketing and promotional communications. You may withdraw this consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us.
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Legitimate Interests: For purposes such as analyzing the use of the Platform to improve our services, ensuring network and information security, and preventing fraud.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
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Operate, maintain, and improve the Platform.
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Publish and display your listings, including the contact details you choose to share within them.
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Communicate with you, including responding to your comments and support requests.
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Send you technical notices, security alerts, and administrative messages.
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Send you marketing and promotional communications (where you have consented).
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Protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
5. Data Sharing and Third-Party Service Providers
We share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating the Platform. These partners are bound by contractual obligations to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes we specify:
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Hosting Provider: Our servers are located in Turkey. Our hosting provider has the technical capability to access data to maintain the service.
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Email Marketing: We use MailPoet for managing and sending our email communications.
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Performance and Security: We use Cloudflare for content delivery network (CDN), DDoS mitigation, and security services. Cloudflare may collect certain technical data as part of its services.
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Fonts: We use Google Fonts to display fonts on our website. When a page is loaded, your IP address may be transmitted to Google’s servers to facilitate this service.
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Payment Processors: All payments are processed by third-party payment providers. We do not store or process your full credit/debit card details on our servers.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage. These measures include:
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Encryption: Using secure protocols (HTTPS/SSL) to encrypt data in transit.
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Access Control: Restricting access to your personal data to authorized personnel on a need-to-know basis.
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Security Software: Utilizing firewalls and security software to protect our infrastructure.
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Regular Backups: Performing regular backups of our systems.
While we take these steps, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
7. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, or as required by law. Specifically, we retain your data:
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While your account is active.
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For a period of 1 year after you deactivate your account, to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
After this period, your data will be securely deleted or anonymized.
8. International Data Transfers
Your personal data is stored on servers located in Turkey. We do not transfer your data to other countries unless adequate levels of protection are ensured. We take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
9. Your Rights
Under applicable data protection laws (such as GDPR), you have the right to:
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Access your personal data.
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Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
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Erase your personal data (“right to be forgotten”).
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Restrict or object to our processing of your data.
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Data portability.
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Withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
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Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence.
10. Contact Us / Data Protection Officer (DPO)
To exercise any of your rights, ask questions, or raise concerns about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
Email: info@fleet-trade.com
DPO: Our Data Protection Officer can be reached at the same email address.
We will respond to your request within 30 days.