Our Policy - RenovationBroker.ca

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the personal information that 2nd Chance Automotive. (“2nd chance automotive”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects from or about you when you use our website and our services, how we use that information, and to whom we disclose it. “Personal information” means any data that identifies a user as an individual or is capable of doing so, and does not include general, statistical or aggregated information. Examples of personal information that we may collect, use and disclose include your contact information, your financial information and other information that you may provide to us or that we may obtain from others in conjunction with your use of our website and services. Please read this Policy carefully. If you do not agree with this Policy, you should not access or use our website or services. This Policy should be read in conjunction with the 2nd Chance Automotive website Terms and Conditions available at www.2ndchanceautomotive.com/terms-conditions, into which it is incorporated by reference. This Policy was last updated on January 2, 2016. We reserve the right to revise this Policy at any time and, as such, you should review its terms each time that you use the website or services. Any changes to this Policy will be promptly communicated on this page, but will not go into effect until at least five (5) days after they are posted.

01. Accountability and Openness / Compliance

2nd Chance Automotive is responsible for personal information under our control. We have established policies and procedures to effectively safeguard any confidential personal information that we have on file or which we collect, and to deal with complaints and inquiries. We are committed to maintaining the accuracy, confidentiality and security of your personal information, and we will ensure that you have access to information regarding the policies and procedures that we use to manage your personal information. 2nd Chance Automotive has designated a privacy officer (“Privacy Officer”) who is accountable for our compliance with this Policy, and for ensuring that information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information is easily accessible. All questions or concerns regarding this Policy and our compliance with it should be directed to the Privacy Officer in writing, and sent by email to support@2ndchanceautomotive.com Every complaint or challenge regarding our compliance with this Policy will be investigated, and where a deficiency is found to exist, we will take appropriate measures to address it. This may include amending our policies and procedures as necessary. We will also cooperate with regulatory authorities to resolve any complaints that cannot be resolved between us and an individual user.

03. Collection and Retention of Information

We collect personal information only to the extent that it is necessary for the purposes set out below (see: Purpose – Why We Collect, Use and Disclose Information). Personal information that is collected may include, but is not limited to:

information provided by you during the car loan application process, including your contact information (such as name, age, date of birth, telephone number, mailing address and email address), housing status, employment status, income, type of car you are looking for, payment budget;
information provided by credit reporting agencies about your credit standing;
information provided by third parties that we connect you with through the application process, such as motor vehicle dealerships and financing entities, relating to your application and any resulting transactions that you are involved in; and
information about your internet browsing activities and browser (see: Cookies and Web Beacons).

Subject to any legal or accounting requirements, we will retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Personal information that is no longer required will be destroyed, erased or made anonymous, although copies of deleted information may continue to exist on back-up media. Users may visit our website without telling us who they are, or revealing any information about themselves. However, like many organizations’ websites, our web server automatically logs certain non-identifying information related to a user’s visit to the website, including the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the user’s computer, the user’s Internet service provider (ISP), the type and version of the browser that the user is using, the date and time the user accessed our website, the Internet address of the website from which the user linked directly to our site, the operating system that the user is using, and the pages of the website that the user has visited. We make no attempt to link this information with the identity of individuals visiting our website without express permission. We may, however, review server logs and anonymous traffic for system administration and security purposes, for example to detect intrusions into our network, for planning and improving web services, and to monitor and compile statistics about website usage. The possibility therefore exists that server log data, which contains users’ IP addresses, could in instances of criminal malfeasance be used to trace and identify individuals. In such instances, we may share raw data logs with the appropriate authorities for the purpose of investigating security breaches. If you provide comments or other feedback to us, you agree that such comments or other feedback become the property of 2nd Chance Automotive, and we may use and disclose them for any purpose provided that we do not associate them with your personally identifiable information.

04. Cookies and Web Beacons

A “cookie” is a small piece of information stored on your computer by a web page. It is used to identify you to the web server. It tells the server who you are when you return to a page on the same website. Your browser will only send a cookie back to the domain that originally sent it to you. A cookie cannot run any programs, deliver any viruses, or send back information about your system. We may use cookies to determine your access privileges on our websites, to complete and support a current activity, and to track website usage. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you do not wish to have cookies on your system, you should adjust your browser settings to decline them or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you decline cookies, you will still be able to use our website and services, but your ability to access certain features and functions may be affected. Some of our web pages contain an invisible electronic image known as a “web beacon.” Web beacons are similar in function to cookies, but allow websites on different domains to share information. We may use web beacons to transfer your subscription access information between our websites and domains. Web beacons do not transmit any personal information that we collect to any websites that are not owned by 2nd Chance Automotive or its affiliates. We may also employ third party remarketing services which allows us to reconnect with our past website visitors. Third party marketing service providers, like Google, will display our ads on websites on the Internet. Google, and other remarketing services use cookies to track activity of users. You can opt-out of Google’s service by visiting the Ads Preferences Manager. You can also visit the National Advertising Initiative and opt-out from some or all of the participating remarketing service providers. To protect both you and us, we use services provided by a third-party to help decide whether to accept transactions from personal computers, mobile phones, or other devices. The third-party service checks whether these devices have been identified with fraudulent or abusive transactions in the past, such as reported instances of identity theft, account takeovers, or malware attacks. For this purpose, a cookie file, flash storage token, or other code file may be placed on your device to identify it in the future when you visit our website or connect with our applications. On connection with our site or service, we will transmit that device identification code to the third-party’s server, along with data concerning certain technical attributes of your device such as the model, operating system, and browser version, as well as the IP address, all of which are used to confirm device identification. The third-party’s server responds with a code recommending that transactions be accepted, denied, or reviewed, according to settings we have selected. We also report to the third-party if we conclude that a device has been used in connection with a fraudulent or abusive transaction with us. If you set your browser or device to reject these cookies or tokens, you may not be able to conclude some transactions through our website or application. We share with the third-party referenced above only information about the device you are using, which may also have been used or appropriated by others, and do not identify you or reveal the details of your transaction to that third-party. If your requested transaction is declined, or if you have questions about our use of a “device reputation” service, please contact Customer Service.

05. Purpose – Why We Collect, Use and Disclose Information

We will identify the purposes for which we collect personal information before or when we request the information. We will not collect personal information which is not necessary and, except as specified below, will not use or disclose personal information for any purpose other than the purpose(s) for which it was collected without first obtaining your consent. The information that we collect is used and disclosed only for business purposes. These include:

to process, track and communicate with you about your loan application;
to connect you with motor vehicle dealerships or financing entities that may be able to assist you in purchasing a new or used vehicle including our affiliates;
to establish, maintain and manage business relations with you so that we may provide you with the information, products or services that you request;
internal business purposes, such as administering or improving our website or services;
to perform market research and conduct polls and surveys;
by accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, you also consent to receiving e-mails about additional products and services from us or any of our affiliates.
to provide you with information, solicitations and promotional materials regarding 2nd Chance Automotive and our affiliates;
to sell or otherwise provide your personal information to our affiliates. and our partners. so that subject to your consent they may contact you about products or services directly or indirectly related to the motor vehicle sales industry, including car financing, personal loan financing, and insurance;
to protect us against error, fraud, theft or damage to our goods, our business or our property;
to comply with any legal, accounting and regulatory requirements, including reporting requirements, applicable laws, and any search warrants, subpoenas or court orders; and
any other reasonable purpose for which you provide consent.

We may collect, use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required to do so by applicable law, government request or court order, or based on our good faith belief that it is necessary to do so in order to comply with such law, request or court order, or to protect our assets, the users of our website, or the public.

06. Disclosure to Third Parties

We may disclose your personal information in response to requests from government agencies, law enforcement authorities and regulators, or to satisfy legal or regulatory requirements. We may also disclose your personal information when we buy a business or sell all or part of our business. Subject to your opting out below, we may sell or otherwise provide your personal information to our affiliates and non-affiliated third parties, including motor vehicle dealerships, other wholesale lead providers and other persons or organizations that offer products or services directly or indirectly related to the motor vehicle sales industry, including car financing, personal loan financing and insurance. You acknowledge and agree that our affiliates and the non-affiliated third parties to whom we sell or provide your personal information may, in connection with the purpose for which the information was disclosed, conduct searches in relation to your personal information, including credit checks, or contact you to request additional information. We will use appropriate contractual or other means to require our affiliates and non-affiliated third parties to whom your personal information is disclosed to provide a comparable level of protection while the information is being used by them and to refrain from further disclosing your personal information without your consent, except as provided in this Policy. You may opt out of receiving communications from us at any time by following the opt-out instructions in the email communication, by emailing us at support@2ndChanceAutomotive.com You further acknowledge and agree that, in the course of our supply of services to you, we may delegate our authority to collect, access, use, and disseminate your information to third party subcontractors. Third party subcontractors may include web hosts, payment processors, delivery and logistics providers, social network integrators, and membership vendors. If we transfer any personal information to a third party subcontractor, we will provide the subcontractors only with the information needed to perform the subcontracted service, and will use appropriate contractual or other means to provide a comparable level of protection while the information is being used by them. However, you agree not to hold us liable for the actions of any third party subcontractor, even if we would normally be held vicariously liable for their actions, and understand that you must take legal action against them directly should they commit any tort or other actionable wrong against you.

07. Safeguards – How Information is Protected

We have implemented reasonable physical, organizational, contractual and technological security measures to protect personal information in our possession or under our control from loss or theft, and from unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, regardless of the format in which the information is held. The safeguards applied will depend on the sensitivity of the personal information, with the highest level of protection given to the most sensitive personal information. We use user IDs, passwords, and encryption technology, maintain our servers and paper files in locked premises, and restrict the employees and contractors who have access to personal information to those having a “need to know” and who are bound by confidentiality obligations in order to ensure that information is handled and stored in a confidential and secure manner. When destroying personal information, we delete electronically stored personal information and shred any tangible materials containing personal information. While we will endeavour to destroy all copies of personal information, you acknowledge that deleted information may continue to exist on back-up media but will not be used unless permitted by law. We will continually review and update our security policies and controls as technology evolves. However, no security technology can be guaranteed to be failsafe. Using the Internet or other public means of communication to collect and process personal data may involve the transmission of data on an international basis and across networks not owned and/or operated by us. Therefore, by accessing our website, using our services and/or communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal information in this way and agree that we are not responsible for any personal information which is lost, or which is altered, intercepted or stored by a third party without authorization.

08. Accuracy / Access

2nd Chance Automotive has a responsibility to ensure that all personal information contained in our records or which is disclosed to third parties for the purposes described above is accurate, complete and up-to-date. You may make a request in writing for access to your personal information. We will inform you of your personal information held by us, and provide an account of the use that has been made of the information, as well as identify any third parties to whom the information has been disclosed. You may have reasonable access to your personal information, and if you demonstrate the inaccuracy or incompleteness of personal information, the information will be amended as appropriate. You should advise us immediately if you discover inaccuracies in our data, if your personal information changes, or if you wish to have your information removed from our files. All notices and requests should be in writing and sent to the Privacy Officer at the one of the addresses set out above (see: Accountability and Openness / Compliance).

09. International Transfer and Storage of Information

You acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be transmitted, transferred, processed, and/or stored outside of Canada, including in the United States. We will use reasonable means to ensure that your information is protected, but cannot guarantee that the laws of any foreign jurisdiction will accord the same degree of protection as the laws of Canada. By submitting your personal information to us, you consent to the transmission, transfer, processing and/or storage of your personal information outside of Canada.

10. Third Party Content and Links to other Websites

Our website may contain optional links to advertiser and other third party Internet sites and services. You acknowledge that these third parties may collect data from users or their computers. The accessing and use of third party websites is at your own risk, and we cannot assume responsibility for the privacy practices, policies or actions of the third parties who operate those websites. This Policy applies only to the 2nd Chance Automotive website, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies contained on each Internet site that you use.

11. Minors

Minors (persons under the age of 19 in Ontario, although the age of majority may vary in other jurisdictions) are not eligible to use the website or services unsupervised, and we request that minors do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may only use the website or services in conjunction with and under the supervision of an adult. 2nd Chance Automotive does not knowingly collect personal information from minors.

12. Governing Law

You agree that your access to and use of the 2nd Chance Automotive website, including this Policy, and services is governed exclusively by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (excluding conflicts or choice of laws principles).

Credit Report Notice

You acknowledge and agree that we, or any dealers or other persons or organizations to which we have disclosed your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, may request a credit report for any legitimate purpose associated with your application [for credit, extending credit, modifying the terms of your credit agreement, or collection on your account.] Upon your request we will inform you if we have ordered such a report, and will give you the name and address of the credit reporting agency that furnished the report.

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