| |
The protection of your nonpublic personal information is important
to our dealerships and our affiliated third parties (a company that
is related by common ownership or corporate control) and, in some
cases, with nonaffiliated third parties. Because we recognize that
keeping your nonpublic personal information private is important to
you,we would like to take this opportunity to explain our Privacy
Policy.
ABOUT OUR PRIVACY POLICY: Our privacy policy applies
to those persons who obtain from us financial products or services
to be used for personal, family, or household purposes. Our goal
is to respond to your inquiries, to provide better customer service,
and to provide products, services, and other information we believe
may help meet your needs or to be of interest to you. This Privacy
Policy explains: *The types of information we may collect from you.*The
types of information we may disclose to third parties.*The types
of third parties to whom we may disclose information.*How we protect
the nonpublic personal information we collect about you.*How you
may instruct us not to disclose certain information about you which
we are not otherwise permitted to disclose by law.
TYPES OF INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT ABOUT YOU:
We may collect nonpublic personal information about you from the
following sources:*Information we receive from you on applications
or others forms, such as your name, address, telephone numbers,
e-mail addresses ,birth date, social security #,income, and employment
history.*Information about your transactions with us, our affiliated
third parties, or others, such as your account balance, payment
history, and your creditworthiness.*Information we receive from
your consumer credit reports or a consumer reporting agency, such
as your creditworthiness, credit score, or credit history.*Representations
made by you to us, such as you employment history, your account
balances, and payment histories, and your relationships with other
persons or entities whom you have listed as a reference.* Information
we collect or that you provide to us when you visit our website,
such as your name, address, telephone numbers, or e-mail addresses;
if you request e-mail contact from us or send us an e-mail, we may
retain your e-mail address and the messages themselves. We do utilize
"cookies" in connection with our website. A "cookie"
is an online device used to determine when a visit to the site has
occurred and to track your activity within the site. Cookies are
often used online and do not harm your computer. You have the option
of programming your computer to prevent a cookie from being accepted.
THE CATEGORIES OF THIRD PARTIES TO WHOM WE MAY DISCLOSE
INFORMATION ABOUT YOU: We may disclose all of the nonpublic
personal information that we collect about you, as described, to
third parties that perform marketing services on our behalf or to
other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements,
such as third parties who manufacture or supply our goods and services,
advertise or market our products and services, make customer satisfaction
inquiries on our behalf, or provide internet related marketing services.
We are permitted by law to disclose information about you to third
parties that perform marketing services on our behalf and/or to
other financial institutions with which we have joint marketing
agreements. We are not required to give you opportunity to opt out
of such disclosures.
HOW WE PROTECT THE NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
ABOUT YOU. We take our responsibility to protect your nonpublic
personal information very seriously. Whenever we collect information
about you, we restrict access to your nonpublic personal information
to our employees and those third parties who need the information
to respond to your inquiries, to provide better customer service,
and to provide products, services, and other promotional information
we believe may help meet your needs or be of interest to you. We
explain the importance of protecting your nonpublic personal information
to our employees and take appropriate measures to enforce employee
responsibilities regarding our Privacy Policy. We also maintain
physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality
and security of the information we collect. We require any third
party who receives information about you from us to agree to keep
that information confidential and to use the information only for
the purposes for which it was disclosed.
THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLIES TO OUR DEALERSHIPS AS WELL
AS OUR AFFILIATED THIRD PARTY. We appreciate your business
and the opportunity to assist you in understanding our Privacy Policy.
We hope that you have found this information to be useful and appreciate
the opportunity to continue to serve you in the future.
|