Privacy Policy
By explaining our privacy policy to you we (the Dealership) trust
that this notice will allow you to better understand how we keep certain information
private and secure while using it to serve you better. This notice is provided to
you as required by the federal Financial Privacy Law and refers to our policies
and practices effective on and after July 1, 2001. The notice explains the following:
• Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of Consumer Information
• Who is Covered by the Privacy Policy & Revisions to the Policy
• The Types of Information We Have About You and Where It Comes From
• Sharing Information with Affiliated Companies
• Sharing Information for Legal, Business, and Joint Marketing Purposes
Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of Consumer Information
We take seriously our responsibility to respect the confidentiality and security
of nonpublic personal information called "Consumer Information" in this notice.
Our policy calls for safeguards to protect Consumer Information from unauthorized
access, alteration, and destruction. For example, our policies authorize access
to Consumer Information only by those who need access to do their work. The same
holds true for our affiliated companies, which are companies that, now or in the
future, we own (or control), or are owned (or Controlled) by, or are under common
ownership (control) with. We also may maintain, as required by applicable federal
regulations, physical, electronics, and procedure safeguards to guard your nonpublic
personal information.
Who is Covered by the Privacy Policy & Revisions to the Policy
Our privacy policy apples to individuals (and their legal representatives) who are
our consumers or customers in connection with financial services primarily for personal,
family, or household purposes, such as leases, installment purchases of vehicles,
and insurance. It covers both current and former and treats them the same. This
notice also describes the privacy policy of our affiliated companies, except as
stated in separate notices they give you. Consumers who transact financial services
business with the Dealership through the Internet may also be covered by privacy
policies that may be posted on the web sites they visit. We reserve the option of
revising this notice and our privacy policy from time to time, but we will give
you notice of the revised policy before disclosing Consumer Information about you
other than as described in this notice.
The Information We Collect
We collect and use information about you from various sources. The amount and nature
of the information collected and used carries from transaction to transaction, but
the information can include the information described in the following five types:
1.) Information About You
Information you provide to us on applications, other forms and by other means, such
as your name, address, social security number, assets, income, and debt;
2.) Information from our experience and our Affiliated Companies' experiences
Information about your transactions and account experience with us or our affiliated
companies, such as parties to transactions, contract or lease balances, payment
history, and communications and correspondence;
3.) Information from the experience of Other Parties
Information from other outside sources regarding their employment, credit or other
relationships, account experience, or transaction with you, or verifying representation
made by you, such as your employment history, credit balances, or your property
or liability insurance coverage;
4.) Information from Credit Reports
Information supplied by consumer reporting agencies, such as information regarding
your creditworthiness or credit history;
5.) Other General Information
Other general information we obtain about you (such as demographic information)
that is not assembled for the purpose of determining your eligibility for credit,
insurance, employment or other products or services.
Sharing Information with Affiliated Companies
We may disclose to our affiliated companies all of the information we collect about
you as described in each of the five categories above. Our affiliated companies
can be financial service providers such as leasing companies, insurance companies
and payment processing companies and nonfinancial companies such as automotive repair
facilities and data processing companies. This sharing permits us to give you superior
service, make a wider range of products available, and operates our business more
effectively. We do not share information with nonaffiliated third parties, other
than described below under "Sharing Information for Legal and Routine Business Reasons
and for Joint Marketing." Where they apply, we observe limits and restrictions set
by law as to sharing certain kinds of information with our affiliates. For example,
unless you authorize the sharing, we do not disclose creditworthiness information
about you from credit reports.
Sharing Information for Legal, Business, and Joint Marketing Purposes
We may disclose any of the above five types of Consumer Information to credit bureaus
and similar organizations, and otherwise when permitted by law. For example, this
may include a disclosure in connection with a subpoena or similar legal process,
a fraud investigation, recording motor vehicle registration and other documents
in public records, and audit or examination, or the sale of your account to another
financial institution. We may also share any of the above five types of Consumer
Information outside of our affiliated companies if we have your consent, such as
when you’ve requested to be contacted by other companies we work with. We may also
share all five types of Consumer Information above with companies that work for
us, possibly including some of our own affiliated companies, to perform services
for us, or functions on our behalf. These companies may include financial service
providers such as banks, finance companies, insurance companies and payment processing
companies, and nonfinancial companies such as automobile manufacturers and data
processing companies, and other organizations, such as nonprofit organizations that
might provide educational, training, or certification services to businesses such
as ours. We may share any of the five types of Consumer Information above with companies
that work for us to provide marketing and other services or with financial institutions
with whom we have joint marketing agreements, such as banks or financing divisions
of motor vehicle manufacturers. These companies act on our behalf and, within the
time required by law, will be required by our policy to be contractually obligated
to keep the information that we provide to them confidential and to use that information
only to provide the services we’ve asked them to perform for you or us. Thank you
for reading this notice and learning about our privacy policy.
Thank you for reading this notice, and learning about our privacy policy.