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Privacy
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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