Privacy statement
The protection of your privacy in the processing of your personal data is an important concern to Mazda, and any personal data collected during visits to our web sites is processed by us according to the legal provisions valid for the countries in which the web sites are maintained. Our web sites may include links to other sites whose content is not under our control and Mazda cannot accept any responsibility for the content within these web sites.

Collecting and processing personal data
When you visit our websites, our web server automatically records the name of your internet service provider, the web site from which you visit us, the web sites you actually visit and the date and length of your visit. Additional personal data is only stored if volunteered by you, for example in the context of a registration or the addition of information to your profile page.

Use and disclosure of personal data and purpose specification
Mazda will use any personal information collected for mx-5.com log-in related administration. Your data will be treated in accordance with current Data Protection legislation.

Security
Mazda uses technical and organisational security measures in order to protect the data we have under our control against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against access by unauthorised persons.

Use of ‘cookies’
Our website uses ‘cookies’. A cookie is a small data record filed on your hard disk. This data record is generated by the web server with which you have established a connection (eg Internet Explorer,Firefox, Safari), and will be sent to you. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information that you provide yourself. Through cookies, you will be ‘recognised’ next time you visit. This means you do not have to re-enter data. Most browsers are currently set by default to automatically accept cookies. However, you can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to check you accept every time one appears. You can also delete cookies on your system at any time. Please use the help function in your operating system for this purpose.

Video and image upload
You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by the forum owners. By You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by the website owners. By submitting content to the website you are attesting that you are the original author of the work and that any citation or appropriation of others people work within its content has been appropriately referenced or otherwise cleared and approved by the relevant copyright holder. Any work submitted to the website remains the property of you, the author, and will be publicly attributed as such via your website display name.

We reserve the right to remove any materials from the website where we reasonably suspect that the use of such material infringes copyright law or is otherwise inappropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that we have no control over content on the website provided by other users, neither do we allege to monitor the whole content of the website.

The images and videos contents and works put on this website by Mazda itself enjoy copyright protection. It is strictly prohibited to copy, redistribute, republish or modify any materials or software contained on the website or in subsequent support without our prior written consent.

Membership Terms & Conditions
When registering on this site, you will be asked to provide a name, email address, and password. For further information as to how that information is used by Mazda see our privacy statement above.You agree to follow these terms and conditions while using the site:

MX-5.com is dedicated to promoting discussion and interactivity between users. It is intended as a social space to share stories, thoughts, ideas, photos, videos etc.

Mazda is not responsible for any comments, images, videos or other media that are posted on this website. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any contribution, and are not responsible for the contents of anything uploaded by a user.

The messages posted by users express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of Mazda. Any user who feels that a posted message, video or photo is objectionable is encouraged to use the facilities provided within the site to report the contribution, or contact us immediately by email (webmaster@mx-5.com). We have the ability to remove objectionable content and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary.

You agree to not provide any false personal information, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission. You will not share your password, let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account. You will not use the site if you are under 13. If you are between 13 and 17, we suggest you get permission from your parents before joining the site.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this site to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to bully or intimidate any other user of the website. You also agree not to send or post commercial communications to other users without the permission of Mazda. You agree, by logging in to this website, that you will not knowingly subvert the functionality of the system. This includes any action that manipulates the underlying software application or other technologies in order to interrupt the service, access information or otherwise derive results that are not part of the intended purpose of this website. This includes the uploading of viruses and the use of bots, spiders or scrapers to collect users’ information. We consider such actions "malicious misuse".

We reserve the right to remove the content where we reasonably suspect that it falls under any of the prohibited categories and to revoke membership of the website and take appropriate legal action if at any time we suspect any user of having such intentions. If you believe that your work has been used by Mazda in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, contact webmaster@mx-5.com.

Governing Law
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with German law.