PRIVACY POLICY
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.
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 of 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. Third parties may collect personally identifiable information
about your online activities over time and across different websites when you
use this website.
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.
BROWSER-BASED DO NOT TRACK:
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.
CONTACTING THE WEB SITES:
If you have questions concerning this Privacy
Policy or the practices of these sites, you may contact us.