PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Last updated February 2018

The BMW DCT Dealer Communication Team

Privacy Statement

The purpose of this Privacy Statement is to inform you about the types of personal information the Bavarian Dealer Communication Team (“BMW DCT”, “we” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses.  It explains how we use and disclose that information, the choices you have regarding such use and disclosure, and how you may correct that information.

We are proud to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy by complying with the laws and regulations under applicable privacy laws in Canada, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

This Privacy Statement applies to any personal information we collect or receive about you, from any source, including through our website http://www.bmwdct.com (the “Site”).  We encourage you to read this Privacy Statement before providing us with any personal information and before using the Site.  By providing us with any personal information or using the Site, you are signifying that you agree with all of the terms of this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as specified in this Policy Statement, do not use the Site.

 

  1. Collection of Personal Information:

Personal information is any factual or subjective information about an identifiable individual.  Your personal information may include but is not limited to your full name, company/work name (dealership name), position or title, work address, work telephone number, work email address, cellular phone, alternate email, home address, etc. We collect personal information from you at the time you register to access the Site and set up an account (the (“Account Information”). We may also collect personal information that you share with us by email.

We also collect anonymous information about any user of the Site. This anonymous information may include a user’s browser type, type of computer operating system, and the domain name of the website from which the user linked to the Site. This information is collected for the BMW DCT’s internal use, such as to enhance website security, to detect broad demographic trends, to assist the BMW DCT in providing content and to otherwise enhance the user experience on the Site.

We may use a “cookie” or similar technology to assist us to customize the Site.  A “cookie” is a data file that a website sends to a user’s computer while that user is viewing the Site.  These data files include information that allows a website to remember information that will make that user’s use of the website more efficient and helpful to him or her.  Cookies do not damage computer systems or files, and only the website that transferred a particular cookie to you can read, modify or delete such cookie.

If you don’t want to use cookies with our Site, there are simple procedures in most browsers that allow you to delete existing cookies, to automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of particular cookies to your computer.  Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.  You should note that declining cookies may significantly impair your use of our Site.

 

  1. Use of Personal Information:

We collect Account Information for the purposes of providing our members access to our secured member login area.  All members are vetted and authorized prior to being permitted into the BMW DCT secure member area.

We may also use or disclose your personal information if we have reason to believe that using or disclosing such information is necessary to protect our rights, safety or property, including by detecting and preventing fraud.

We may also use your personal information as otherwise permitted by law or with your consent.

 

  1. Disclosure of Personal Information:

We may share personal information with our business partners, including service providers and BMW Canada Inc., who assist us by performing core services related to our operation of the Site. We otherwise do not disclose your personal information to third parties, and where we do, we will identify to whom and for what purposes the disclosure will be made, and will obtain your consent prior to such disclosure.  In any other case, we only disclose your personal information to a third party as permitted or required by law.

 

  1. Service Providers and Personal Information:

Each of our service providers is required by contract or other binding means to comply with our privacy standards to protect the privacy of your personal information, and to only handle your personal information for BMW DCT purposes (and not for their own purposes).

 

  1. Openness, Access, and Security:

The BMW Dealer Communication Team has a variety of convenient methods available that allow you to review, correct, update or otherwise modify information previously collected from you, including communication preferences.

You may:

  • modify your information on your account profile page on the Site;
  • use the Contact Us form on the Site; or
  • call 647-988-2693 (Monday - Friday, 9:00am to 5:00 pm EST).

We will make available to you any specific personal information of yours that we have collected, used, or disclosed, upon your request, to the extent permitted by law.  We will make such information available to you in a form that is generally understandable, including explaining any abbreviations or codes.

We will ensure that your personal information is kept as accurate, complete and up-to-date to the extent possible.  We will not routinely update your personal information, unless such a process is necessary.  We expect you, from time to time, to supply us with updates to your personal information, when required.

 

  1. Storage and Retention:

We store your personal information in our offices and data centres in Canada.  Our service providers may, from time to time, also hold your personal information in connection with purposes for which you provided your consent.  We may keep a record of your personal information, correspondence or comments in a file specific to you.

We will use, disclose or retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and as permitted or required by law. Specifically, we will retain your Account Information for the duration of time you are authorized to access and use the Site.  We have established minimum and maximum retention periods and secure procedures for maintaining and destroying your personal information.

 

  1. Site Security:

The security of all personal information collected through our Site is of utmost importance to us.  We have taken reasonable technical, contractual, organizational, administrative and physical security steps to protect the personal information collected from you through the Site, consistent with standard industry practice and the sensitivity of the personal information collected.  The only personnel who are granted access to your personal information are those with a business “need-to-know” or whose duties reasonably require access to such information. We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect your data. These security measures are periodically reviewed.  However, there are some things that users of our Site can do to help protect the security of their personal information as well. For instance, no user should ever give out their user name and password.  Also, every user should sign out of their Internet account and close their browser window each time they finish using the Internet so that other people using the same computer will not have access to their information.

 

  1. Links to Other Sites

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by the BMW DCT.  The BMW DCT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OR THE CONTENT OF SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING WEBSITES OPERATED BY AFFILIATED ENTITIES.  We provide such links only as a convenience and the inclusion of a link on our Site does not imply endorsement of the linked to website by the BMW DCT.  If you provide any personal information through any such third party websites, your transaction will occur on such third party website (and not on our Site) and the personal information you provide will be collected by and controlled by the privacy policy of that third party.  The BMW DCT recommends that you review the privacy policies of third party websites arrived at from links on our Site before using those websites.

 

  1. Questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement:

If you need further assistance or have concerns about your privacy, please contact the BMW Dealer Communication Team Executive Director by telephone at 647-988-2693 or by contacting him/her via the Contact Us page at www.bmwdct.com

 

  1. Privacy Statement Updates

The BMW DCT reserves the right to make changes in this Privacy Statement.  Such changes will take effect immediately upon posting.  For your convenience, the last revised date of the current Privacy Statement will be posted at the top of this page.  By continuing to interact with us following such changes, including by using our Site, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes.  If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Statement, please do not continue using our Site.