Privacy Policy from Owen Sounds Cars

OwenSoundCars.com Privacy Policy 
The following statement discloses the privacy practices of OwenSoundCars.com. Because OwenSoundCars.com wants to demonstrate its commitment to consumer privacy, we have agreed to disclose our information and security practices. 


OwenSoundCars.com Safeguard Policy
OwenSoundCars.com complies with all government regulations in an effort to guard your personal data from misuse. We undertake physical, electronic and procedural steps to ensure your data is safe, and is only used for the purposes outlined in our privacy policy and loan application. 

Acceptance of OwenSoundCars.com Privacy Policy

By using OwenSoundCars.com’s services or web sites, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of OwenSoundCars.com’s Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to these terms and conditions, are not a Canadian resident, or are under 18 years of age, please do not use the site or OwenSoundCars.com services. 

When you just visit one of our sites:

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information. IP addresses and cookies are not linked to personally identifiable information. 

When you provide us with information:

You opt in: 
1) Consent to contact: We ask for consent to follow up with visitors regarding their application or partially completed application.
2) Consent to seek loan approval: We ask for permission to pull credit reports and search for an auto loan approval with banks / lenders on our customer’s behalf.

We use this information to evaluate your applications, locate an appropriate lender, provide you with high quality service, prevent fraud and, with your consent, inform you of offers for other OwenSoundCars.com services offered by third parties. We may also use this information to confirm your identity when you call us to inquire about your accounts. We also ask for information from our visitors at other locations on our web site. This is considered consensually given information and subject to the conditions of this privacy policy. 

Sharing Information

OwenSoundCars.com may disclose information about you to the following types of third parties: OwenSoundCars.com affiliates; service companies (companies that provide services to OwenSoundCars.com in order to process your application); financial institutions, and credit bureaus, collection agencies. Your information is disclosed to the foregoing entities solely for the getting a loan that meets your criteria. Outlined below is the information shared with each type of third party and as appropriate, your options. 

• Sharing Information with Service Companies - In order to provide quality service, OwenSoundCars.com contracts with service providers for essential roles in processing your application. We may disclose some or all of the information we collect to these service providers but only in order to obtain credit for you. All of OwenSoundCars.com‘s service providers have entered into a contract with OwenSoundCars.com that forbids them from using information provided by OwenSoundCars.com for any purpose other than providing the service for OwenSoundCars.com customers. OwenSoundCars.com takes security precautions to monitor the use of the information and prevent the use of the information for any other purpose.

• Information Sharing With Merchants - OwenSoundCars.com does not share any information with unrelated merchants for the purpose of extending offers of goods and services without your consent.

• Information Sharing with Partners - OwenSoundCars.com offers its products in conjunction with financial institutions and other businesses (collectively, OwenSoundCars.com Partners). By completing a credit application with OwenSoundCars.com for the purpose of locating a loan that meets your criteria, you agree to the sharing of information with that partner. These relationships are clearly stated in the application and by completing the application you agree to the information sharing by OwenSoundCars.com and the partner which may include: your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and personal financial information.

• Credit Reports and Other Uses of Information - In applying for credit, you agree that we may request consumer credit reports from one or more credit reporting agencies in connection with your application and the administration of such application. You also authorize us to exchange credit information concerning you or your use of the Account with (and answer questions and requests from) others, such as merchants, other lenders and credit reporting agencies.

• OwenSoundCars.com does not knowingly offer its products and services to minors. Similarly, OwenSoundCars.com does not collect information about children.