Penske Privacy
PolicyUpdated and Effective as of:
06/01/2012
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. is committed
to respecting the privacy rights of our customers and all visitors to
our corporate and dealership website properties. We are publishing this
policy to advise you what information we collect, how we use that
information and how your information is protected. If you have any
questions or concerns regarding this policy or our websites, please
contact us at corporatemarketing@penskeautomotive.com or write to us at
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. 2555 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan 48302, Attn: Chief Privacy Officer.
What information does Penske Automotive
Group collect?We collect information
that you provide on applications, forms, surveys and other
correspondence such as your name, email address, social security number
and income. We collect information about your transactions with us or
others. We receive information from consumer reporting agencies, credit
references, employers and insurance agencies such as your credit
history, credit worthiness and information that we obtain to verify
employment history or that insurance coverage is in force. We collect
information from cookies (see below) and other technology to track your
website usage with us and to provide you with customized content, among
other things.
Disclosure of information to
othersPenske Automotive Group will not
rent or sell your name, address, email address, credit card information
or other personal information to any third party. We may use and
disclose some or all of your information to third parties as set forth
herein. We require these third parties to keep your personally
identifiable information secure in accordance with federal requirements
such as the Gramm Leach Bliley Act, where applicable. We may use and
disclose some or all of the information in accordance with applicable
law as follows:
Service Providers/Marketing Partners - We provide
information to third parties to assist us in servicing accounts,
administering and enforcing our accounts, providing services to our
dealerships or our customers and responding to customer inquiries. We
also may use marketing and other firms to assist us in our own marketing
efforts. These third party service providers may use customer
information to perform contracted services at our request. We require
these third parties to keep your personally identifiable information
secure in accordance with federal and other applicable requirements, and
our contracts with these third parties require that your information be
used only to perform the contracted
services.
Others - We are required to report sale related
information to our manufacturer partners and government agencies. In
addition, we may buy and sell assets or businesses such as automobile
dealerships. When this occurs, customer information generally is
transferred to the acquirer. We also disclose information about you to
third parties in certain other circumstances, as permitted by law, or to
process a transaction requested by you. This privacy policy does not
apply to the use of your information by third
parties.
Audits/Judicial Proceedings - We reserve the
right to disclose your personal information as required by law and when
we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to
comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process served
on our website.
Does this policy apply to Penske
Automotive Group's affiliates or other sites that are linked from this
site?
No, this policy applies only to Penske Automotive Group,
this site and our dealerships' sites. As described above, we may share
information obtained from this site with our partners and other third
parties. While we expect that these others will respect your privacy in a
manner consistent with our policies, we cannot guarantee that they will
do so.
Use of
CookiesWe may use cookies or other
tracking methods to recognize you and your access privileges on this
site, to facilitate the interaction between you and this site, and to
track site usage. In addition, we may embed the services of third
parties to enhance the functionality of our site, and those third
parties may use cookies or other tracking methods in order to provide
these services, track site usage, or for other reasons. You, of course,
have the option of refusing to accept cookies from this or any other
site by, for example, changing your browser preferences or using
commercially-available software. However, if you refuse the cookies from
these sites, you may find that some services do not function properly
or may be considerably slower.
"Cookies" are small
strings of text that are transmitted to a user's computer when the user
accesses a website, and then stored on the user's computer for future
access by the cookie provider. Cookies are part of the flow of
information between a user's computer and web servers, and are widely
used on the web for, among other things, customizing user interaction
with websites.
SecurityThe security of
customer information is very important to us and we take a number of
steps to safeguard it. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard non-public
personal information about you.
When our credit
pre-approval form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as
social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected
with 128-bit or greater SSL encryption software, an industry standard
for reputable organizations. While on a secure page, such as our credit
pre-approval application form, the website address will begin with
https://......
Furthermore, once the information has
been received by us, we use security procedures and policies
commensurate with industry standards to safeguard against loss, theft,
unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification and/or
disclosure.
LinksThis website contains
links to other sites. Please be aware that Penske Automotive Group is
not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the
privacy statements of each website that collects personal information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this
website.
Notification of
ChangesWe retain the right to change
this privacy policy at any time. We will post those changes to this page
so that users are always aware of what information we collect, how we
use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. We will use, share,
and disclose all information in accordance with the privacy policy in
effect at the time the information was
collected.
ChildrenPenske Automotive
Group does not knowingly allow anyone under the age of 16 to participate
in any services offered on our website which requires the submission of
user information. If we learn that a user is under 16 and has submitted
user information to us, we will delete that information as promptly as
possible.
Your
ConsentAs a condition to using the
Penske Automotive Group site, we require your approval to collect this
data. By visiting penskeautomotive.com or any of our affiliated
dealership sites, you agree that we may collect and use this information
as stated in our privacy policy. If we change our privacy policy, we
will post the changes on this page so you are always informed about what
information we collect, how we use, and under what circumstances we
disclose it.
Thank you for taking the time to review
Penske Automotive Group's privacy policy. Should you have questions or
require additional information, please contact us at the email or postal
address in the first paragraph above.
TERMS OF
USEPenske Automotive Group operates
this site and is making it available to you upon these Terms of Use and
subject to our
Privacy Policy. By using this site, you signify that you
accept these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. Do not use the site if
you do not accept these Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy. Please note
that we reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify these Terms of
Use and our Privacy Policy at any time without notice, so you should
check these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy periodically for
modifications. Your continued use of this site following the posting of
such modifications will mean that you accept these Terms of Use and our
Privacy Policy, as modified.
Use of
InformationThis site, including the
information contained on this site, is protected by copyright and
trademark laws under U.S. and International law. Penske Automotive Group
and/or third-party information providers own all information on this
site, and you do not acquire any ownership rights by accessing,
downloading or printing the information.
If you are a personal
user, you may access, download and print information on this site for
your personal, non-commercial home use only. If you are a company user,
you may access, download and print information on this site for your
company's internal use only. In either case: (1) you must retain all
copyright and other proprietary notices on all copies of the downloaded
or printed information, and (2) you may not modify the information, or
reproduce, publicly display, distribute or otherwise use the information
for any public or commercial purpose. The use of any information from
this site on any other website or networked computer environment
(including for purposes of establishing a link to this site) is
prohibited.
Penske Automotive Group does not grant
you any express or implied right under any patents, trademarks,
copyrights or trade secret information, other than the limited right to
access, download and print information as described in the preceding
paragraph. In particular, without prior written authorization from
Penske Automotive Group, you are prohibited from using or copying the
name, mark, logo, picture or image of Penske Automotive Group or any
derivation thereof.
Submissions by YouWe request
that you not send us any unsolicited confidential or proprietary
information, including trade secrets, ideas, concepts or know-how. If
despite our request you or someone acting on your behalf furnishes us
unsolicited information, you acknowledge that Penske Automotive Group
will be under no obligation to treat such information confidentially and
Penske Automotive Group and their affiliates will have an unrestricted,
irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce,
display, transmit and distribute such
information.
Third-Party SitesAs a
convenience to you, we provide links on this site to websites operated
by other entities, including Penske Automotive Group affiliates. These
sites are beyond our control, and the sites may have practices or
policies that are different from those described in these Terms of Use
or our Privacy Policy. Penske Automotive Group makes no representations
or warranties regarding these other websites or any information
appearing on such sites. In addition, links from this site do not imply
that Penske Automotive Group sponsors or endorses these other sites or
any of the products or services described there.
Disclaimer and Limitation of
LiabilityThis site is licensed and
operated by Penske Automotive Group located in Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan, and is an automotive dealership operation consisting of the
dealerships, vehicle models, vehicle inventory and/or marketing content
represented in this site and its subsidiary sites. The information
within this site is provided "as is". No warranty is expressed or
implied to the fullest extent permissible by applicable law. Penske
Automotive Group and any of its providers of information do not warrant
error-free or uninterrupted service of this site. Please note that this
site is operated in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and therefore all
disclaimers are predicated on applicable Michigan or U.S. laws and
standards. Visitors from outside Michigan or U.S. should be aware that
Penske Automotive Group makes no representation that this site and the
information contained herein is appropriate or available for use in
other areas. Those who enter this site from outside Michigan or U.S. do
so at their own initiative and are directly responsible for compliance
with their local laws to the extent those laws
apply.
All vehicles are sold on an "as-is" basis
unless stated otherwise. Prices, sales tax and shop supplies are posted
where applicable. Vehicle pictures may not represent actual vehicle.
Prices and special offers are subject to change. Mileage listings are
estimates and are not necessarily accurate odometer readings. Some
vehicle information and vehicle pricing may be unintentionally missing
or inaccurate, and Penske Automotive will endeavor to correct such
discrepancies in a commercially reasonable manner upon Customer
notification of such errors or omissions, but pricing errors and listing
errors are considered invalid and may or may not be honored at the sole
discretion of Penske Automotive Group and its participating
dealerships. Payment calculator should not be used for exact finance
amounts. Daily changes in inventory may result in the unavailability of
certain vehicles listed on-line.
THIS SITE, AND THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN, MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL
ERRORS. PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR
COMPLETENESS OF THIS SITE, OR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HERE, OR THE
RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION
DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THIS SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY
RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION
WILL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP ALSO DOES NOT WARRANT
THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR
ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE
SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL
COMPONENTS.
THIS SITE, AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED
HEREIN, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR ANY
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
IN NO EVENT WILL PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, OR ANY
OF THEIR AFFILIATES OR ADVERTISERS OR SPONSORS BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTITY
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION,
LOSS OF INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION
HANDLING SYSTEM) THAT ARE RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO
USE, THE CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONS OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED
WEBSITE, EVEN IF ANY OF THEM IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES.