Penske Privacy Policy
Updated 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
others
Penske 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 Cookies
We 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.
Security
The 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.
Links
This 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 Changes
We 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.
Children
Penske 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 Consent
As 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 USE
Penske 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 Information
This 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 You
We 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 Sites
As 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
Liability
This 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.