Subaru of Sudbury Privacy Policy
Effective: [insert date]
Our dealership takes your privacy seriously and is committed to safeguarding your personal information. We have developed this privacy statement to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard the personal information of our customers, potential customers, and website users. This statement discloses the types of information we gather, how it is used, how it is disclosed, and how you can gain access to and edit any information that we’ve collected about you at any time.
We and Subaru Canada, Inc. (“SCI”), the distributor of Subaru brand vehicles in Canada, necessarily share your information with each other in order to provide you with Subaru vehicles, products and services and to ensure your entire Subaru experience, from start to finish, is seamless.
Accordingly, when you access or use this website, purchase or lease a Subaru vehicle, purchase other Subaru products and services, or otherwise interact with us, you accept the terms of this Privacy Statement and SCI’s General Privacy Policy.
If you access or use SCI’s website, www.subaru.ca, or enroll for MySubaru, you accept the terms of SCI’s General Privacy Policy.
If you enroll for SUBARU STARLINK® Connected Services, you accept the terms of SCI’s SUBARU STARLINK® Connected Services Privacy Policy.
We may modify this Statement from time to time and will notify you by posting the revised Statement on this website with a new effective date.
How we collect personal information
We primarily collect personal information directly from you. For example, when you acquire a Subaru vehicle or other Subaru products and services, subscribe to our email services, or participate in other features of this website. We limit the amount and type of personal information we collect to what we need.
Our dealership maintains a strict “no-spam” policy. Subscribers to our e-mail services (or any other feature/service found on our website) 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 website.
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.
the types of personal information we collect
The information we collect directly from you may include:
If you have questions concerning this Privacy Statement including about our use of service providers outside of Canada or the practices of this website, you may contact us at:
[insert address]
[insert phone number]
[insert email address]
Attention: Privacy Officer
- [Add bullet point list of types of personal information that you collect in the course of your regular business activities]
- Non-Personally Identifiable Data: Anytime you visit our website, 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 website, and compile broad statistical data. In addition, we gather certain navigational information about where you go on our website. This information enables us to determine which areas of the website 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.
- 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 website, 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.
- As required or permitted by applicable law.
- SUBARU CANADA, INC. / OTHER SUBARU ENTITIES: As described above, we necessarily share your personal information with SCI, the distributor of Subaru brand vehicles in Canada, in order to provide you with Subaru vehicles, products and services and to ensure your entire Subaru experience, from start to finish, is seamless. Please review SCI’s General Privacy Policy for a description of how SCI collects, uses and discloses personal information of Subaru customers and potential customers when you purchase or lease Subaru vehicles, purchase other Subaru products and services, and when you visit this website and SCI’s websites and mobile apps. We may also share your personal information with other entities within the Subaru family.
- BUSINESS PARTNERS: Our dealership may partner with select retailers and other companies at various times to provide expanded services to you. As part of such a relationship, we may share information with these companies such as the use of certain interactive website 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.
- SERVICE PROVIDERS / 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 website, the site itself, or the public.
- WITH CONSENT: Other than as set forth in this Privacy Statement, 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.
If you have questions concerning this Privacy Statement including about our use of service providers outside of Canada or the practices of this website, you may contact us at:
[insert address]
[insert phone number]
[insert email address]
Attention: Privacy Officer