Privacy Policy
1. An overview of data protection
General information
This Privacy Policy explains what happens with personal data when you visit MotorStash. Personal data means any information that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly. This page is intended to give visitors in the United Kingdom and similar markets clear information about the purposes, lawful bases, retention periods, recipients, cookies, affiliate links, and privacy rights connected with this website.
Data recording on this website
Who is responsible for processing data on this website?
The data on this website is processed by the website operator. The operator and contact details are listed below under "Information about the responsible party".
How do we collect your data?
We collect data when you provide it to us, for example if you contact us by email or send a message through a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems or after you consent to optional processing during your website visit. This may include technical information such as browser type, device information, operating system, language settings, referrer URL, time of access, IP-related connection data, consent choices, and similar website usage data.
What do we use your data for?
Some information is used to provide the website securely and without technical errors. Other data may be used to understand site usage, improve content, or support affiliate attribution where the relevant feature is configured and, where required, you have consented.
MotorStash is an affiliate content website. We do not currently sell products directly, process product orders, take card payments, arrange delivery, or provide vehicle repair services. If you click an affiliate or retailer link, you leave MotorStash and the purchase, account, checkout, delivery, and customer-service process is handled by the retailer, such as Amazon, under that retailer's own terms and privacy notice.
What rights do you have?
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to receive information about your personal data, request correction or erasure, restrict processing, object to certain processing, receive data portability, and withdraw consent for future processing where processing is based on consent. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.
Please contact us at contact@motorstash.co.uk if you have questions about this Privacy Policy or data protection.
Analysis tools and third-party tools
Your browsing behaviour may be statistically analysed when you visit this website, but only where the relevant tools have actually been configured and, where required, after you have given consent. For more information about cookies and similar technologies, please also read the Cookie Policy.
2. Hosting
External hosting
This website may be hosted externally by infrastructure or hosting providers engaged for MotorStash. Personal data collected on this website may be stored on the servers of such providers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata, communications, server logs, security logs, and other data generated through website use.
External hosting is used to provide the website securely, quickly, and efficiently. This processing is based on legitimate interests in operating and securing the website. Where consent has been obtained for optional cookies or similar technologies, that processing is carried out on the basis of consent to the extent required by law.
Hosting providers process data only to the extent needed to provide the relevant service and follow the instructions or contractual requirements applicable to that service.
3. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operator of this website takes the protection of personal data seriously. Personal data is handled confidentially and in line with applicable data protection requirements and this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, different types of personal data may be processed. This Privacy Policy explains which categories of data may be collected, why they are used, which lawful bases may apply, and how you can exercise your rights.
Internet transmission can involve security risks, especially email communication. Complete protection against third-party access cannot be guaranteed.
Information about the responsible party (controller)
The data processing controller for this website is:
Denys Hlushko
Ukrainian individual entrepreneur (FOP), trading as MotorStash
Aptechnyi Lane 1
Kobolchyn, Dnistrovskyi Raion
Chernivtsi Oblast
UKRAINE
Email: contact@motorstash.co.uk
The controller is the natural person or legal entity that decides the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Storage duration
Session and security data is retained only as long as needed for active browsing, troubleshooting, abuse prevention, and security. Consent records are retained for the period needed to document privacy choices. Contact messages are retained only as long as needed to respond and keep reasonable records. Affiliate click data and analytics data, if enabled, are retained according to the relevant provider settings and this policy. Legal records are retained for the period required by applicable law.
Legal bases for processing
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, including Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR where applicable. If data is required to respond to a request or take steps before a possible agreement, processing may be based on Article 6(1)(b) UK GDPR. If processing is required for compliance with a legal obligation, it may be based on Article 6(1)(c) UK GDPR. Processing needed to operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website may be based on legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR. Where cookies or similar technologies require consent under PECR or comparable rules, that processing is based on consent and may be withdrawn at any time.
Recipients of personal data
Personal data may be shared with hosting providers, infrastructure providers, security providers, email providers, analytics or advertising vendors if enabled with consent, and Amazon or another retailer when you intentionally follow an affiliate or retailer link. Optional analytics and marketing vendors load only after the relevant consent category has been enabled. We do not sell personal data.
International transfers
MotorStash is operated from Ukraine and may use service providers located in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area, United States, Ukraine, or other countries. Where personal data is processed outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area, MotorStash relies on appropriate safeguards where required, such as adequacy regulations, standard contractual clauses, or another lawful transfer mechanism used by the relevant provider.
Contractual or statutory necessity
Necessary technical data is required to run the website securely, remember privacy choices, and provide requested website functions. Contact details are required only if you choose to contact us. Optional analytics and marketing storage is voluntary and controlled through the cookie settings.
Revocation of consent
Many optional processing activities are possible only if you give consent. You can withdraw consent at any time for the future. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before the withdrawal.
Right to object to processing and direct advertising
If data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. If you object, we will no longer process the affected personal data unless compelling legitimate grounds override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is needed for legal claims.
If personal data is processed for direct advertising, you have the right to object to that processing at any time. MotorStash does not currently run direct email marketing lists, but this right remains available if such processing is introduced in the future.
Right to lodge a complaint
If you believe personal data has been handled unlawfully, you may contact us first at contact@motorstash.co.uk. You may also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the United Kingdom at ico.org.uk or to another competent supervisory authority.
Right to data portability
You may have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of consent or contract in a common, machine-readable format, or to request direct transfer to another controller where technically feasible.
Access, rectification, and erasure
Within the scope of applicable legal requirements, you may request information about personal data stored about you, its source, recipients, and purposes. You may also request correction or erasure of personal data where the legal requirements are met. You can contact us at any time about this.
Restriction of processing
You may have the right to request restriction of processing in certain cases, including where you dispute the accuracy of data, where processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure, where we no longer need the data but you need it for legal claims, or where you have objected and the balancing assessment is pending.
If processing is restricted, personal data may, with the exception of storage, be processed only with your consent, for legal claims, to protect the rights of another person or legal entity, or for important public interest reasons.
SSL and TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect transmitted content, the live website is intended to use SSL or TLS encryption. If an encrypted connection is active, data you transmit cannot be read by third parties in transit in the same way as with an unencrypted connection.
4. Recording of data on this website
Cookies and similar technologies
This website uses cookies, local storage, and similar technologies. Cookies are small data packages stored on your device temporarily for a session or for a longer period, depending on their purpose and configuration.
Cookies may be first-party cookies set by MotorStash or third-party cookies set by external providers. Third-party cookies may be used when third-party services are integrated.
Some cookies and storage are technically necessary because website functions would not work without them, such as maintaining a session, remembering privacy choices, or supporting secure website functions. Other cookies may be used to analyse user behaviour, remember preferences, or support affiliate and marketing attribution.
Cookies or similar technologies required for electronic communication, requested functions, security, or technically sound website operation may be processed on the basis of legitimate interests or another applicable lawful basis. Optional cookies and similar technologies that require consent are processed only after consent is given. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.
You can configure your browser to notify you about cookies, accept cookies only in specific cases, block cookies in general, or delete cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are disabled, some website functions may be limited.
Details about cookies, categories, vendors, retention, and the Cookie settings control are available in the Cookie Policy.
Server log files
The hosting provider or website infrastructure may automatically collect and store information in server log files, which your browser transmits automatically. This may include:
- browser type and version;
- operating system;
- referrer URL;
- hostname or IP-related connection data;
- time of the server request;
- requested URL and technical status information.
This data is not intentionally merged with other data sources for profiling. Server log data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in secure, technically error-free website operation, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, and optimisation.
Contact by email or contact form
If you contact us by email or through a contact form, the information you provide is processed to handle the request and any follow-up questions. This may include your name, email address, message content, timestamps, and technical metadata connected with the message.
Contact data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, or on the basis of pre-contractual steps if your message relates to a specific request. Contact messages are retained only as long as needed to respond and maintain reasonable records.
5. Analysis tools and advertising
Browsing behaviour may be statistically analysed when you visit this website, but only where the relevant tools have actually been configured and, where required, after you have given consent. The current UK baseline for this project does not assume a specific active analytics provider in this Privacy Policy.
If tools such as Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Google Ads, pixels, or similar services are enabled for MotorStash in the future, this Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy should be updated before those tools are used.
6. Automated decision-making and profiling
MotorStash does not intentionally use solely automated decision-making with legal or similarly significant effects. If profiling, fraud scoring, or vendor-specific automated decisions are introduced in the future, this notice and the Cookie Policy must be updated before those features are enabled.
7. Online marketing and partner programs
Affiliate programs on this website
MotorStash participates, or plans to participate, in affiliate partner programs. Product links or retailer links may be placed on the website. If you click one of these links, you will be transferred to the promoted offer or retailer website. If you subsequently complete a qualifying transaction, MotorStash may receive a commission.
To calculate commission, the affiliate program operator may need to identify the link that resulted in a visit or transaction. This may involve URL parameters, cookies, or comparable recognition technologies where lawfully permitted and, where required, subject to your consent.
Affiliate and campaign processing is based on legitimate interests in operating an affiliate-funded content website and calculating affiliate compensation. If consent is required for storing or accessing information on your device, the processing is carried out on the basis of consent and can be withdrawn at any time.
We currently expect to use the following affiliate program:
Amazon Associates Programme
If you click through to Amazon, Amazon processes personal data under Amazon's own privacy notice and cookie rules. Any purchase is completed on Amazon, not on MotorStash.