Effective Date: July 1, 2016
Our
dealership respects the privacy of individuals who visit our websites,
send us an e-mail, or participate in features and services we offer
online. We take the privacy of you, the website user, seriously and
utilize security measures to safeguard your privacy online. Because our
dealership gathers information from visitors to our sites, we have
developed this privacy policy to help you understand the terms and
conditions surrounding the collection and use of that information. This
statement discloses the types of information we gather, how it is used,
and for what purposes.
Our online privacy policies and procedures regarding online privacy have been developed using the following guiding principles:
No-Spam:
We avoid sending unwanted communications by limiting our contact to
individuals who have voluntarily provided their contact information,
agreed to receive our communications, inquired about our products and
services, and/or who have done business with us in the past. We allow
email and telephone communication recipients to easily opt-out of future
communications.
Collection
for Users: We collect information online primarily to provide our
visitors with a more relevant experience on our sites, such as catering
search results or communications to match the vehicles or features they
are interested in.
Security: We take reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial measures to safeguard information you provide to us.
Sharing:
We carefully share information with our business partners (such as
finance companies) for the purpose of providing you with relevant
products and services. We avoid selling or otherwise transferring your
personal information to third-parties who are not involved in providing
you with our products, services and related services.
Website User Agreement
Please
read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices
regarding your information and how we use it. If you do not agree with
our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our websites. By
accessing or using our websites, you agree to this privacy policy. This
policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of any of our
websites after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those
changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our
websites are not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one
under age 13 may provide any information to or on the websites. We do
not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If
you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website
or on or through any of their features, register on our websites, make
any purchases through our websites, use any of the interactive features
of our websites or provide any information about yourself to us,
including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any
screenname or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or
received personal information from a child under 13 without verification
of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we
might have any information from or about a child under 13, please
contact us at the information provided in the "Contact Us" section
provided at the end of this policy.
Data Security
We
have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information
from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and
disclosure. Contact information that you provide to us (such as your
email address, mailing address, or telephone number) is security stored
on our webservers and we use encryption technologies for payment and
financial information.
But
the safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where
we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to
certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this
password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with
anyone. Using an unsecured internet connection (such as public unsecured
WiFi) may also result in your information being jeopardized by third
parties.
Unfortunately,
the transmission of information via the internet is never completely
secure. Although we endeavor to protect your personal information, we
cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted
to our websites. Any transmission of personal information is at your own
risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings
or security measures contained on our websites.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our websites, including:
Information
that is about your use of our websites and how you access them, such as
information about your browser, service provider, internet connection,
IP address and search engines used to find our websites.
Information
that you decide to provide to us (such as by filling in forms or
applications on our websites), by which you may be personally
identified, such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone
number, any other information collected that can be used to identify
you, or any other identifying information by which you may be contacted
online or offline ("Personally Identifiable Information"). Our use of
Personally Identifiable Information includes providing you with
information you've requested about our products or services, and for
marketing and promoting such products and services.
Records
and copies of your correspondence with us, if you contact us (such as
emails, live chat features, and telephone records).
Details
of transactions you initiate or carry out through our websites,
including financial information (such as credit applications submitted
through our websites)
Information
that is about you, but individually does not identify you, such as
navigational information on what links you click on our websites, search
inquiries, and any other information you produce in interacting with
our websites, which may or may not be stored along with Personal
Information.
We collect this information:
Directly from you when you provide it to us (such as when you submit online forms or applications to us).
Automatically as you navigate through our websites (as explained in further detail in the next section of this policy).
From
third parties, such as advertising companies that help us locate
potential customers. We maintain such information in accordance with the
standards set forth in this privacy policy, as we do with all other
Personal Information that you provide.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.
We
use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain
information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns,
including: details of your visits to our websites, such as traffic data,
location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources
that you access and use on the Websites such as information about your
computer and internet connection, such as your IP address, operating
system, and browser type.
The
information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not
include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it
with personal information we collect in other ways, or receive from
third parties. This information is typically used to help us to improve
our websites to deliver a better and more personalized service including
by enabling us to: estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
compile broad statistical data; analyze visitor use of our websites and
tailor sites to meet their interests; store website user preference and
speed up their searches; and recognize return visitors.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
Cookies
(or "browser cookies"). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard
drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies, or
otherwise limit their use, by activating the appropriate setting on your
browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to
access certain parts of our websites or you may be required to reenter
information more frequently. Unless you have adjusted your browser
setting so that it will refuse cookies (or otherwise limit their use),
our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our
websites.
Flash
Cookies. Certain features of our websites may use local stored objects
(or "Flash cookies") to collect and store information about your
preferences and navigation to, from, and on our websites. These may also
be disabled or otherwise limited by activating the appropriate settings
on your browser.
Web
Beacons. Our websites or email communications may also contain small
electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as "clear gifs,"
"pixel tags," and "single-pixel gifs") that permit our dealership, for
example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email
and for other related website statistics.
Similar Technologies. Our dealership may adopt other similar technologies for similar purposes.
How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We use information collected about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information:
To present our websites and their contents to you.
To provide you with information, or offers regarding our products, services, or financing of our products or services.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide information.
To provide you with notices regarding any accounts or payments you have with our dealership.
To
carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any
contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and
collection.
To notify you about changes to our websites or any products or services we offer or provide through them.
To allow you to participate in interactive features on our websites.
In any other way we describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your affirmative consent.
We
may disclose aggregated or statistical information about our users, and
information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To
contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to
support our business (such as finance companies that you authorize to
use your Personal Information in order to provide offers of credit).
To
fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you
request that we contact a vehicle manufacturer with a specific inquiry,
we may transmit the contents of that email and your email address to
such recipients.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
We may also disclose your personal information:
If
our dealership has a good faith belief that such disclosure is
appropriate in order to comply with any court order, law, or legal
process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
In
the event that our dealership sells or otherwise transfers
substantially all, or even a particular portion of its business assets
(such as selling the business to new owners), consumer information may
be transferred as part of the transaction, whether by sale, merger,
divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other asset
transfer, whether as a going concern or as part of any bankruptcy,
liquidation, similar proceeding or sale of assets.
To
enforce or apply the terms of any sales or lease contract we have with
you, or other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If
our dealership has a good faith belief that disclosure is appropriate
to protect the rights, property, or safety of our dealership, our
customers, or others. This may include exchanging information with other
companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and
credit risk reduction.
We do not:
Share customer personal information with other companies for their direct marketing use.
Sell, rent, or trade consumer information to third parties, other than as described herein.
Have
any responsibility for any third parties who collect personally
identifiable information about your online activities over time and
across different websites when you use our websites.
Provide
website visitors with the ability to review and correct personal
information that has previously been submitted. However, should you wish
to update your current email address, mailing address, or any other
information, please contact us as the email address or telephone number
provided at the bottom of this policy.
Agents
From
time to time, our dealership uses other companies and individuals to
perform certain functions on our behalf. Examples include administering
email services and running special promotions. Such parties will have
access to personal information relevant to perform these functions and
may not use or store the information for any other purpose. Subscribers
or site visitors will not receive unsolicited email messages from agents
working on our behalf.
Accessing Our Web Sites from Outside of the United States
Our
websites are designed for, and intended to be used exclusively by,
United States residents. We are not responsible for their use in any
foreign nation or territory. If you are visiting our websites from a
location outside of the United States your connection will be through
and to servers located in the United States. Any information you provide
during your visit will be processed and maintained on our webserver and
other internal systems located within the United States.
External Links
Our
websites contain links to other sites run by third parties. Our
dealership is not responsible in any way for such third-party websites,
including, without limitation the privacy practices or the content of
such sites. To help ensure the protection of your privacy, we recommend
that you review the privacy policy of any site you visit.
Public Forums
Our
websites may utilize chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or similar
forum technologies at various times. Unless otherwise stated, any
information that is disclosed in these areas is public information and
you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any information in
these areas, especially any personal information.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We
strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information
you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the
following control over your information:
Tracking
Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or
some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If
you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site
may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Opt-Out
Procedures. If you do not wish to have your email address used by the
Company to promote our products or services, you can opt-out by sending
us an email stating your request to the email address listed at the
bottom of this policy. Our websites allow users to opt-out of receiving
communications at the point where personal information is requested, or
through other identified means. If we have sent you a promotional email,
you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email
distributions or use the unsubscribe link provided in our email to you.
This opt out does not apply to non-advertising information provided to
the Company as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration,
product service experience or other transactions (for example, our
dealership may need to contact you regarding a vehicle warranty issue).
If you have any difficultly in opting-out of any communications from our
dealership, please immediately contact us at the phone number and email
listed below.
Additionally,
some browsers incorporate a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that, when
turned on, signals to websites and online services that you do not want
to be tracked. Because there is not yet an accepted standard for how to
respond to a DNT signal, we do not currently respond to DNT signals on
this website or on websites where we provide advertisements, content, or
other services.
Changes to this Policy / Effective Date
We
post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page and include
a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the homepage(s) of
our website(s). If we make material changes to how we treat our users'
personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the
homepage(s) of our website(s) and may, in our discretion, contact you by
email to notify you as well.
The
Effective Date is identified at the top of this policy (i.e. the date
this Privacy Policy was most recently revised). You are responsible for
ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for
you, and for periodically visiting our websites and this privacy policy
to check for any changes.
Contact Information
If you have questions concerning this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us by clicking here.
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