Our dealership takes your privacy seriously and is committed
to safeguarding your privacy online. Because we do gather
certain types of information from visitors to our sites,
we have developed a privacy statement 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 how you can gain access to and edit any data that
we've collected about you at any time.
Guiding Principles:
Our dealership respects the privacy of individuals who
visit our Web sites, send us e-mail, or participate
in features/services we offer online. Accordingly, our
policy regarding online privacy has been developed using
the following guiding principles:
Our dealership maintains a strict "no-spam" policy.
Subscribers to our e-mail services (or any other feature/service
found on our Web site) will not receive unsolicited
e-mail messages from us. Our dealership collects information
online primarily to provide our visitors with a more
relevant experience on our sites. When doing so, we
will make every reasonable effort to avoid excessive
or irrelevant collection of data. Our dealership will
take reasonable physical, electronic and managerial
measures to safeguard and secure any information you
provide to us (e.g. data will be stored in protected
databases on secured servers with restricted access).
Our dealership will not share any information you've
provided to us with anyone without your consent other
than to provide the service you've requested. At the
time you register for any such service, you will be
notified of, and asked to consent to, the sharing of
your information with any particular third party necessary
to the provision of the requested service. Information
Collected
Non-Personally Identifiable
Data:
Anytime you visit our Web site, we may gather certain
non-personally identifiable information regarding the
means you use to access our site. This information may
include the type and version or your browser, your service
provider, your IP address and any search engine you
may have used to locate the site. We use this information
to help diagnose problems with our server, administer
the Web site, and compile broad statistical data. In
addition, we gather certain navigational information
about where you go on our Web sites. This information
enables us to determine which areas of the Web sites
are most frequently visited and helps us to tailor the
sites to the needs and interests of our online visitors.
Such information is gathered by us in the aggregate
and will not be associated with a specific individual
without that individual's consent.
Information Voluntarily Provided:
Any information you provide to us (i.e. name, e-mail
address, etc.) when you enroll in one of our E-Mail
Reminder Services, request information, or use any of
the other interactive portions of our Web sites, is
securely maintained on our Web server and internal systems.
This information may be used to provide you with information
you've requested about our company, our products and
our services, or to provide you with special notices.
You may opt out of receiving future communications at
any time (see opt-out Procedures below). This data may
also be used to tailor your experience on our sites
by providing content that is relevant to your interests
and geographic region.
Information Collected from
Other Sources:
To help us better understand and respond to your needs
and interests, we may in the future receive information
about you from other sources. We will ask any provider
of such information to represent and warrant that the
information has been gathered and maintained in accordance
with all state and federal laws. Any such information
will be maintained by us in accordance with the standards
set forth in this privacy policy along with other personal
information you've provided.
Disclosure of Personal Information:
Our dealership understands the importance of your privacy.
We collect and maintain the personal information of
our consumers for our use and our subsidiaries. We do
not sell, rent, or trade consumer information to third
parties, other than as described below, and never without
your consent.
Business Partners:
Our dealership may partner with select retailers and
other companies at various times to provide expanded
services to our site visitors. As part of such a relationship,
we may share with these companies the use of certain
interactive Web site functions (i.e. the E-Mail Reminder
Service). Information provided by site visitors through
the use of such interactive functions may be available
to both our dealership and our partners.
Agents:
Our dealership may use other companies and individuals
to perform certain functions on our behalf. Examples
include administering e-mail services and running special
promotions. Such parties only have access to the personal
information needed to perform these functions and may
not use or store the information for any other purpose.
Subscribers or site visitors will never receive unsolicited
e-mail messages from agents working on our behalf.
Business Transfers:
In the event that our dealership sells or transfers
a particular portion of its business assets, consumer
information may be one of the business assets transferred
as part of the transaction. If substantially all of
the assets of our dealership are acquired, consumer
information may be transferred as part of the acquisition.
Compliance with Law/Safety:
Our dealership may disclose specific personal information
based on a good faith belief that such disclosure is
necessary to comply with or conform to the law or that
such disclosure is necessary to protect the users of
our Web sites, the sites themselves, or the public.
With Consent:
Other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, you
will be notified when any personally-identifiable information
about you may be shared with third parties, and you
will be given the opportunity to decline to share that
information.
Use of Cookies:
Our dealership may use a browser feature known as a
"cookie." Cookies are small files placed on your hard
drive that assist us in providing you with a customized
browsing experience. Our dealership uses cookies to
provide you with the convenience of not having to reenter
information, such as user IDs and passwords, multiple
times during your visits to our Web sites. Cookies can
also be utilized to help us provide you with information
targeted to your interests, based upon your prior browsing
on our Web sites. The "help" section of the toolbar
on most browsers will inform you on how to prevent your
browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the
browser notify you upon the receipt of a new cookie,
or how to disable the use of cookies completely. As
our Web sites have been designed to take advantage of
the use of cookies. Should you configure your browser
to decline their use, certain features of our Web sites
may not function correctly and you may be required to
renter any user IDs and passwords more frequently
Accessing Our Web Sites from
Outside of the United States:
If you are visiting our Web site from a location outside
of the U.S., your connection will be through and to
servers located in the U.S. Any information you provide
during your visit will be processed and maintained on
our Web server and other internal systems located within
the U.S.
External Links:
Our Web sites contain links to other sites. Our dealership
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of such Web sites. To help ensure the protection
of your privacy, we recommend that you review the privacy
policy of any site you visit via a link from one of
our Web sites.
Passwords:
The personal data record created through your registration
with our Web site can only be accessed with the unique
password associated with that record. To protect the
integrity of the information contained in this record,
you should not disclose or otherwise reveal your password
to third parties.
Public Forums:
Our Web sites may make chat rooms, forums, message boards,
and/or news groups available to its users at various
times. Please remember that, unless otherwise stated,
any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes
public information and you should exercise caution when
deciding to disclose your personal information in these
areas.
opt-out Procedures:
You may always opt-out of receiving future communications
from our dealership. Our sites allow users to opt-out
of receiving such communications at the point where
personal information is requested, or through other
means as identified.
Contacting the Web Sites:
If you have questions concerning this Privacy Policy
or the practices of these sites, you may contact
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