Privacy Policy

01 Controller & Contact Information

This Privacy Policy governs how AUTO REPAIR D&J LLC, operating the Quitalo platform, collects, uses, and protects personal information through quitalo.shop and associated editorial channels. Using this platform indicates your acknowledgment of this policy.

AUTO REPAIR D&J LLC is a documentary media project rooted in Miami's NW 7th Avenue corridor. We document the independent entrepreneurs and families behind the small businesses that define Miami's neighborhood character. We are writers and photographers. We do not provide automotive repair services, sell vehicles or parts, perform mechanical work, or offer any commercial automotive service. Our activity is entirely journalistic and editorial.

02 Data We Collect

Provided by You

• Name and email address, submitted when subscribing to our editorial newsletter
• Written correspondence directed to the Quitalo editorial team through site contact channels

Collected Automatically

• IP address and approximate geographic location derived from it
• Device type, operating system, and browser type and version
• Pages visited, stories read, time spent, scroll behavior, and navigation path
• Referral source indicating how you arrived at quitalo.shop

Cookies

• Essential cookies — required for site functionality; cannot be disabled without affecting performance
• Analytics cookies — collect anonymized data on reading behavior to help us understand editorial performance and improve our documentary coverage
• Advertising cookies — placed by third-party platforms including Google to support interest-based and remarketing advertising, subject to your consent

03 Legal Bases for Processing

We process personal data only where a recognized legal basis exists:

• Service delivery — sending newsletter content to readers who subscribed to it is a core editorial service
• Legitimate interest — site security, anonymized analytics to improve our editorial work, and fraud prevention represent operational interests that do not override reader rights
• Legal compliance — applicable Florida or federal law may require retention of certain records
• Consent — non-essential cookies are placed only with your consent, which may be withdrawn at any time without affecting prior lawful processing

04 How We Use Your Data

• To deliver Quitalo documentary features and neighborhood stories to newsletter subscribers
• To manage our subscriber list in line with your stated preferences
• To analyze anonymized reading behavior across quitalo.shop to improve our editorial output and platform organization
• To maintain the technical security and availability of the platform
• To support interest-based advertising and remarketing through third-party platforms where advertising cookie consent is active
• To comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements

05 Cookies, Google Ads & Google Analytics

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how readers engage with Quitalo's documentary content. The service records anonymized behavioral data—which stories are read, how long readers engage, what devices are used, and broad geographic information. No individual is identified. This data informs only our editorial decisions.

Google Ads

We use Google Ads programs including remarketing, which may show Quitalo content to previous platform visitors as they browse the Google Display Network or use Google Search. Google facilitates these campaigns using the DoubleClick cookie and related tracking mechanisms.

We also use Google Ads conversion measurement to understand which advertising activities result in reader engagement with quitalo.shop. This data is used only to optimize our advertising and is not used to build individual reader profiles.

Opting Out

• Google personalized advertising: adssettings.google.com
• Digital Advertising Alliance: optout.aboutads.info
• Network Advertising Initiative: optout.networkadvertising.org

Browser Cookie Controls

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

06 Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data. Sharing is limited to service providers required to operate this platform, each engaged under data processing agreements that prevent independent use of your data:

• Hosting and infrastructure — to maintain quitalo.shop's availability and security
• Email delivery — to distribute newsletter features to confirmed subscribers
• Analytics — Google Analytics, for anonymized audience measurement
• Advertising — Google Ads, for remarketing and interest-based advertising where consent is active

We will share data where required by law, regulation, or valid legal process, and where necessary to protect the safety or rights of this platform or its readers.

07 International Transfers

AUTO REPAIR D&J LLC is based in Miami, Florida. Personal data collected through quitalo.shop is primarily processed in the United States. Third-party service providers including Google LLC may process data in other countries.

Where data transfers cross international borders, we ensure that appropriate safeguards apply—including standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions, or equivalent mechanisms—to maintain appropriate protection of your information regardless of jurisdiction.

08 Data Retention

• Newsletter subscribers — held for the active subscription period; deleted upon unsubscription or verified deletion request
• Editorial correspondence — retained for up to 24 months from the final communication
• Analytics data — retained under Google Analytics default settings, generally up to 14 months, then automatically deleted
• Advertising data — governed by Google Ads platform and campaign policies
• Legal records — held for the period required by applicable Florida and federal law

Data no longer needed for its original purpose is deleted or anonymized on a rolling basis unless a legal obligation requires otherwise.

09 Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the following rights in relation to personal data we process:

• Access — to request a copy of personal data we hold about you
• Correction — to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete records
• Deletion — to request erasure of your data, subject to legal retention requirements
• Consent withdrawal — to withdraw consent for non-essential cookies at any time, without affecting prior lawful processing
• Portability — to receive a structured copy of data you have provided in a machine-readable format
• Objection — to object to processing based on legitimate interest where your personal circumstances warrant it

California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to opt out of the sale of personal information. AUTO REPAIR D&J LLC does not sell personal information. Verified California resident requests will be addressed within 45 days.

Submit requests through the editorial contact channels at quitalo.shop. We respond to all verified requests within 30 days.

10 Security Measures

We apply technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards to protect reader data against unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or loss:

• HTTPS/TLS encryption on all data transmitted through quitalo.shop
• Access controls limiting personal data access to authorized personnel within AUTO REPAIR D&J LLC
• Data processing agreements with all third-party service providers
• No storage of payment data, financial credentials, vehicle service records, or automotive transaction data—this platform conducts no commercial transactions of any kind

No electronic system is entirely without risk. If you have reason to believe your information has been compromised through this platform, contact us promptly through our editorial channels.

11 Children & Minors

quitalo.shop is a documentary media platform intended for adult readers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 13, or the applicable minimum age in other jurisdictions, without verified parental or guardian authorization in compliance with applicable law.

If we learn that a minor has submitted personal data without appropriate authorization, we will delete it promptly. If you believe this has occurred, please notify us through our editorial contact channels and we will act without delay.

12 Updates to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised periodically to reflect changes in our editorial operations, applicable data protection law, or the services we use. Any revision will be reflected in the "Last updated" date at the top of this document.

Where changes are material, active newsletter subscribers will receive advance email notification where practicable. Continued use of quitalo.shop after a revised policy is published constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

Questions about this policy may be directed to [email protected] or through the contact channels on our site.