Privacy Policy | McNaught Pontiac GMC, Buick, Cadillac Winnipeg

McNAUGHT PONTIAC BUICK CADILLAC LTD.

Your privacy is important to McNaught Pontiac Buick Cadillac Ltd. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to tell you what personal information we collect about you, how we use it, whether we disclose it to anyone else, how long we keep it, and how you can request access to your personal information or how you can obtain more information about McNaught Pontiac Buick Cadillac Ltd.’s Privacy Policy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Personal information means any information about you except your name, business title, business address, business e-mail address, business telephone number or business facsimile number. It does not include your home address and telephone number if these are published in a telephone or other directory.

ACCOUNTABILITY: We are responsible for the personal information under our control and we have designated a Privacy Officer who is responsible for our compliance with this policy and with privacy legislation. If you wish to contact the Privacy Officer, you can do one of the following:

•   By telephone: (204) 786-3811
•   By facsimile: (204) 775-4077
•   By e-mail:
•   By mail:         1717 Waverley Street, Unit 1000, Winnipeg, MB   R3T 6A9

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?: When you purchase or lease a vehicle from us, or when you have us service or repair a vehicle, or if you finance the purchase or lease of a vehicle through us or purchase or lease other products or services from or through us to if you participate in one of our surveys, contests, or promotions, or if you test drive one of our vehicles or contact our dealership staff, we may collect some or all of the following personal information:

•   Your name, address, and telephone number
•   E-mail address and facsimile number
•   Your occupation
•   Information about your driving habits (such as preferred car size, colour, type of vehicle, kilometers driven annually, etc.)
•   Information about your existing vehicle(s) and any trade-in
•   Details of your vehicle and its service history
•   Your driver’s license number
•   The name of your insurance company and agent
•   Your insurance policy number and details about your insurance coverage
•   Similar information about other members of your family
•   Your language preference
•   Your date of birth and/or the date of birth of other members of your family
•   Your Social Insurance Number and/or the Social Insurance Number of other members of your family
•   Financial and credit information about you and/or other members of your family (specific information is set out in the application for credit forms)
•   The principal amount of your loan, interest, and repayment schedule
•   Health information if you are applying for life, health, disability or accident insurance
•   The amount of any life, health, disability or accident insurance and details of that insurance

Provision of your Social Insurance Number is optional. However, you should be aware that most credit reporting agencies use the Social Insurance Number as a unique identifier to ensure proper identification when conducting credit reviews and preparing credit reports. If you do not wish to provide your Social Insurance Number, our ability to obtain a timely and accurate credit report may be affected.

THE SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION: Your personal information is used by us only for the purposes identified below and access to your personal information is limited to those employees of McNaught Pontiac Buick Cadillac Ltd. who need to have access to it.

THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION: Your personal information may be used by us to provide products and services to you such as: to obtain a license for your vehicle, to obtain a credit report if you are financing or leasing your vehicle, to obtain appropriate financing of your vehicle for you, to provide you with a reminder that your vehicle requires servicing, and to provide you with updates and information regarding products and services that we have to offer and which we think will be of interest to you.

SHARING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION: We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share some or all of your personal information with third parties such as the manufacturer of your vehicle and its related companies, the providers of products or services relating to your vehicle, credit reporting agencies, financial institutions or financing companies, your insurance agent or company and companies which provide or insure warranties relating to your vehicle. We may also disclose your personal information where we are required or permitted by law to do so. This may include use or disclosure in order to protect the Company’s interests in civil proceedings and in proceedings involving criminal activity, fraud, or misrepresentation.

RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION: We retain your personal information as long as we believe that you are still the owner of the vehicle. If the information relates to the financing or the lease of the vehicle, we retain personal information relating to the financing or lease arrangements as long as those arrangements are in place. If the information relates to the service or repair of your vehicle, we retain the personal information for as long as is reasonably necessary to address any issues arising from the service or repair of the vehicle or as may be required by law. If there are legal requirements relating to the period of time which we must retain your personal information, we comply with those requirements.

LIMITATIONS ON USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION: Most of the personal information which we collect is necessary for us to sell or lease you your vehicle, to provide products and services related to the vehicle, assist you in the financing or lease of your vehicle or to provide service to your vehicle and we cannot do this without that personal information. Similarly, we must disclose your personal information as described above in order to sell you the vehicle, to provide products and services related to the vehicle, assist you in arrangements for financing or leasing or to provide servicing to your vehicle. If you do not want us to use or disclose your personal information in a particular way, please contact the Privacy Officer as described earlier and we will be pleased to discuss with you how we can limit collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION: You have a right to access the personal information which we have about you and to request that personal information which you believe to be inaccurate be corrected. We will need to validate the identity of anyone making such a request to ensure that we do not provide your information to anyone who does not have the right to that information. If you wish to access your personal information, you should contact the Privacy Officer who will be pleased to assist you.

FOR MORE INFORMATION about this Privacy Policy or about the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information by McNaught Pontiac Buick Cadillac Ltd, please contact the Privacy Officer who will answer your questions and concerns.