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FACTS |
WHAT DO AUTONATION, INC. OWNED DEALERSHIPS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
| Why? |
Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
| What? |
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
Social Security number and income
Account balances and payment history
credit history and credit scores |
| How? |
All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons AutoNation, Inc. chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
| Reasons we can share your personal information |
Does AutoNation, Inc. share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes—
such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s),
respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus |
Yes |
No |
For our marketing purposes—
to offer our products and services to you |
Yes |
No |
| For joint marketing with other financial companies |
Yes |
No (see "Other important information" for additional state law rights) |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your transactions and experiences |
Yes |
No |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your creditworthiness |
No |
We don't share |
| For our affiliates to market to you |
No |
We don't share |
| For non-affiliates to market to you |
No |
We don't share |
| Questions? |
Go to http://www.autonation.com/ and click on “Privacy Policy” at the bottom of the page. |
| Who we are |
| Who is providing this notice? |
An AutoNation, Inc. owned dealership |
| What we do |
| How does AutoNation, Inc. protect my personal information? |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. Our employees are also bound by our policies to access your personal information only for legitimate business purposes and to keep information about you confidential. |
| How does AutoNation, Inc. collect my personal information? |
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
- apply for financing
- apply for a lease
- give us your contact information
- give us your employment information
- show your driver’s license
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
| Why can’t I limit all sharing? |
Federal law gives you the right to limit only
- sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information
about your creditworthiness
- affiliates from using your information to market to you
- sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights
to limit sharing. [See below for more on your rights under state
law.] |
| Definitions |
| Affiliates |
Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
Our affiliates include companies within the AutoNation,
Inc. family of companies, such as dealerships and
nonfinancial companies. |
| Nonaffiliates |
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
Nonaffiliates we share with can include government entities
and credit reporting agencies. We may also disclose
information to nonaffiliates in response to a subpoena or
court order, as required by certain federal and state laws,
to help complete a transaction initiated by you and
pursuant to your request or authorization. |
| Joint marketing |
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
Our joint marketing partners include financial institutions,
such as the financing affiliates of motor vehicle
manufacturers and financial product or service marketing
companies. |
| Other Important Information |
You may have other privacy protections under some state laws. We will comply with applicable state laws as to
information about you, including medical information.
- Accounts with California or Vermont addresses will be treated as if you opted out of joint marketing arrangements.
- Accounts with Vermont addresses will be treated as if you opted out of sharing information among our affiliates. | .
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