Privacy Policy
INTRODUCTION
As a valued customer, we want to insure your private
information is kept private and only shared with those companies
who are authorized by you or required by law. This document explains
our privacy policy, explains the reasons why we obtain certain
types of information, and advises you that we reserve the right to
share
information with non-affiliated third parties, and gives you an
opportunity to "opt out". Please take a moment to read this entire
policy as you will be asked to acknowledge your receipt of this Policy
and your option under this notice.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
The purchase of a vehicle or vehicle related
parts and services requires considerable accumulation of nonpublic
personal information. For example, if we sell or lease you a vehicle
- extending credit at your request -- we will receive information
from you in order to assist you with financing options. We may
also obtain information from a credit reporting agency. We may also
obtain
information from third parties such as employers, references and
insurance companies.
Some of the information we obtain from you may be required by state
or federal agencies, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles or
the Internal Revenue Service. Examples would include your drivers
license or social security number.
PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION
We restrict access to nonpublic personal
information about you to those employees and outside third party
entities who need to know information to proved the products or
services you have requested as well as for other purposes.
We prohibit our employees and agents from giving information about
you to anyone in a manner that would violate any applicable law or
our Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION SHARING
While you are a consumer, customer or former
customer we may disclose nonpublic personal information as follows:
As permitted by Federal or State law.
For purposes of processing a sale or lease transaction as you authorize
and request, such as submitting information to third party financial
institutions that may be requested to take an assignment of the contract
or lease or to verify insurance coverage's.
When using outside service providers to help us provide you with
products and services and to assist us in evaluating our services
and products provided to you. Before providing information to our
service providers we will enter into a contractual agreement prohibiting
them from disclosing or using the information other than for the
purpose it was disclosed.
With "Affiliated" companies. These are entities that are
affiliated with us and include any entity that controls us or any
entity that we control or any entity under common control with us.
To entities where certain exceptions under law apply and nonpublic
personal information may be disclosed without notice to you or an
election to "opt out". Any opt out provision elected by
you does not apply to any disclosure that does not, by law, require
an option to opt-out or where an exception to the opt out provision
is provided by law.
We may also disclose, while you are a consumer, customer or former
customer, any information we collect about you to companies that
perform marketing services or other functions on our behalf or to
other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements.
This disclosure is permitted by law and there is no opt out opportunity
available.
NON-AFFILIATED THIRD PARTY SHARING
We will not disclose nonpublic
personal information about you to nonaffiliated third parties (other
than those permitted by law or otherwise permitted by this policy).
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