Introduction
As a valued customer, we want to ensure your private information is kept private and only shared with those companies who are authorized either by yourself or as allowed or required by law. This document explains our privacy policy, gives you reasons why we ask for the type of information we do, and, if we do reserve a right to share information with non-affiliated third parties, lets you "opt-out" of or reservation to do so. Please take a moment to read this entire policy- It is for your protection.
Collection of Information
The purchase of a motor vehicle requires considerable accumulation of nonpublic personal information. For example, if we sell you a vehicle - extending you credit at your request - we will receive information from you in order to determine our creditworthiness. We may also obtain information from a credit-reporting agency. We may also obtain information from third parties such as employers, references, and insurance companies.
Protection Your Information
We safeguard nonpublic personal information according to established industry standards and procedures. We maintain physical and electronic safeguards that comply with state and federal laws. We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees and outside contractors who need to know the information to provide product or service to you. We prohibit our employees and agents from giving information about you to anyone in the manner that would violate any applicable law or our privacy policy.
Information Sharing
Unless you have indicated your desire not to share your nonpublic personal information with non-affiliated third parties, we share information:
a. As permitted by federal or state law.
b. For purposes of processing sale transactions you requested or authorized, such as submitting information to third party financial institutions that may be requested to take an assignment of the contract or verifying insurance coverage information.
c. When using outside service providers to help us provide you with products or services, we enter into a contractual agreement prohibiting them from disclosing or using the information other than for the purpose it was disclosed.
d. With "affiliated companies. Companies that are affiliated with us include any company
that controls us, any company we control, or any company under common control with
us.
