Bunbury Toyota Privacy Policy
Direct Motors Pty Ltd (ACN 008 716 676) (Bunbury Toyota) aims to provide its customers with the best possible products and services. We also want our customers to have confidence that we afford personal information an appropriate level of privacy, consistent with Australian Privacy Principles.
Please note that Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited (Toyota Australia) operates separately to Bunbury Toyota. For details of Toyota Australia's Privacy Policy, see http://www.toyota.com/help/privacy.html
What is Personal Information?
Personal information is information in any recorded form that identifies an individual or from which an individual's identity can reasonably be ascertained. Examples include an individual's name, address, contact number and email address.
Why does Bunbury Toyota collect personal Information?
Bunbury Toyota collects personal information for a range of purposes, including to:
- Respond to customer queries about the products and services that we offer
- Confirm that customers are properly licensed for the purposes of taking a test drive or using one of our hire vehicles
- Supply products and services (including new and pre-owned vehicles, parts, accessories and any applicable warranties)
- Process payment for products and services (including considering applications for credit where relevant)
- To coordinate delivery of your vehicle and ensure that your vehicle is delivered to your satisfaction
- Consider, process and record the purchase of trade-in vehicles
- Carry out vehicle repairs and servicing, supply parts and accessories, supply products such as lubricants and automotive fluids and maintain any applicable warranties
- Arrange for products and services to be supplied to customers by third parties (including Bunbury Toyota sub-contractors) where appropriate (for example, extended warranty and roadside assistance services and financial and insurance products in respect of vehicles purchased from us; or fitment of non-genuine parts and accessories, panel beating services or windscreen replacement in respect of vehicles we are repairing) (these people may contact you directly for this purpose);
- To conduct competitions
Bunbury Toyota also uses the personal information that it collects to:
- Maintain records for accounting and administration purposes
- Administer warranty claims
- Provide customer support
- Respond to customer complaints
- Administer safety-related product recalls
- Analyse customer needs and develop customer strategies
- Meet legal and regulatory requirements
Customer satisfaction surveys, service reminders and direct marketing
From time to time, Bunbury Toyota surveys its customers on a range of issues, including new vehicle satisfaction and the quality of our service. These surveys help us to improve our products and services and tailor the way that we do business with you. If you do not wish to participate in these surveys, please contact the Bunbury Toyota Customer Relations Manager.
If you consent, Bunbury Toyota may use your personal information to send you service reminders and information about our products and services, including special offers. We may also send our customers information about products and services of businesses associated with Bunbury Toyota. If you no longer wish to receive this information, please contact the Bunbury Toyota Customer Relations Manager (details provided at the end of this policy).
If you do not wish to receive Customer Satisfaction Surveys or other marketing information from Toyota Australia, please contact Toyota Australia directly on 1800 252 0976 (you will still receive safety-related messages).
What sort of personal information does Bunbury Toyota collect?
The type of personal information that we collect will depend on the circumstances of collection. For example, we may collect your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address and vehicle purchase and service history. For vehicle purchases, we also collect information such as the vehicle make, model and colour, options and accessories supplied, price paid, trade-in details, vehicle identification number, registration details, driver's licence number, odometer reading, finance and insurance details and details of any roadside assistance services or extended warranty purchased. We may also collect details of other interactions that you have with us, together with any other information that you choose to provide us with.
The collection of sensitive information is restricted by the Privacy Act. Bunbury Toyota will not collect sensitive information about an individual unless this is necessary for one of Bunbury Toyota's functions or activities and the individual has consented to that collection, or Bunbury Toyota is otherwise required or authorised by or under law to do so.
How does Bunbury Toyota collect personal information?
Much of the personal information that we hold is collected when you purchase a vehicle or parts and accessories from us, when you trade-in a vehicle or when you have your vehicle repaired or serviced by us. We may also collect personal information in a number of other ways, for example when you:
Contact us with a query (whether in person, or by phone, fax, email, through the forms on the Bunbury Toyota website or through carsales.com.au or drive.com.au)
Take a vehicle for a test drive or use one of our hire vehicles
Enter a competition conducted by us
Respond to one of our direct marketing campaigns
If you have purchased a vehicle with the Toyota Link system, information such as vehicle diagnostic data, odometer reading, vehicle location and vehicle speed will be collected directly from your vehicle. Please refer to the Toyota Link Subscription Agreement for further details.
Website Collection of Information
Some of the information that is collected on our website is not personal information, because it does not reveal your identity. For example, we may record your server address, domain name, the date and time of your visit to this site and the pages that you viewed. This information is used by us in anonymous, aggregated form only, for statistical and web site development purposes.
However, Bunbury Toyota reserves its right to use or disclose this information to try to locate an individual if it reasonably believes that the individual may have engaged in any unlawful or inappropriate activity in connection with this website.
A cookie is a small data file that a web site transfers to your internet browser for identification purposes. The cookies that we use do not identify you individually. Instead, they identify your internet browser.
We use cookies to maintain session information about you when you log into our website, which enables us to personalise your current visit.
Most internet browsers are set to accept cookies. If you prefer not to receive them, you can adjust your browser to reject cookies, or to notify you when they are being used. There are also software products available that can manage cookies for you. Rejecting cookies can however limit the functionality of this website.
Third Party Collection of Information
Sometimes, we may collect your personal information from third parties, for example where:
- You respond to a Customer Satisfaction Survey conducted by Toyota Australia or a vehicle industry survey and the survey results are provided to Bunbury Toyota
- We collect information such as your warranty details and service history from Toyota Australia or from another authorised Toyota dealer, to facilitate the provision of services to you
- We have arranged for third parties to supply you with products and services and those third parties provide us with information about the products or services that you have purchased from them (please note that we do not collect your credit or financial details from finance or insurance suppliers)
OneToyota Network
Bunbury Toyota is part of the OneToyota network of Toyota organisations in Australia (each a OneToyota organisation), comprising:
- Authorised Toyota dealers in Australia;
- Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited;
- Toyota Finance Australia Limited;
- Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company Australia Pty Ltd trading as Toyota Insurance; and
- Toyota Western Australia (comprising Prestige Motors Pty Ltd as trustee for the Prestige Toyota Unit Trust and Eastpoint Pty Ltd).
Bunbury Toyota and other OneToyota organisations collect and share with each other customer and guest information, including data collected from Connected Services, to provide you an integrated OneToyota guest experience, such as allowing you to be known across the network regardless of which OneToyota organisation you deal with and to provide you with products, services, information and assistance, respond to your enquiries and help keep your information up to date. Your information may be disclosed to OneToyota network service providers in Australia and overseas for these purposes.
For more information about how Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited and Toyota Finance Australia Limited handle your information, please see their combined Privacy Policy at www.toyota.com.au/privacy. The privacy policies of Toyota Insurance and Toyota Western Australia are each also available at that address.
OneToyota Marketing
OneToyota organisations may send you marketing to inform you about products or services, special offers, promotions and events that may be of interest to you. These marketing communications may include joint promotions with promotion partners, and may be sent to you using any contact details provided by you, such as post, phone, email or SMS.
Please note that each of the OneToyota organisations are separate organisations. If you do not wish to receive marketing from one organisation, you can let that organisation know at any time using the contact details in their privacy policy (available on their website or toyota.com.au/privacy) or using the “unsubscribe” or other opt-out function offered by the organisation.
Your consent to receive marketing from a OneToyota organisation will be deemed to be ongoing if you do not opt out when you are offered the opportunity to do so, or unless and until you advise the relevant organisation otherwise.
What if you don't provide your personal information to Bunbury Toyota?
If Bunbury Toyota is unable to collect personal information from or about you, it may prove difficult to do business with you or the organisation with which you are connected.
When does Bunbury Toyota disclose personal information to third parties?
In providing our customers with products or services, we may disclose personal information to third parties. In particular, your personal information may be disclosed to Toyota Australia, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota's Japanese parent company) and their related bodies corporate. Information such as warranty details and service history may also be disclosed to other authorised Toyota dealers, to help them better serve your needs.
Other third parties with whom we may share your personal information include, where appropriate:
- Finance, insurance, extended warranty and roadside assistance providers (where you have requested that they supply products and services to you)
- Providers (including Bunbury Toyota sub-contractors) of outsourced vehicle repair and maintenance services (such as panel beaters and windscreen repairers) (these people may contact you directly for this purpose)
- Valuers (to assess the value of your vehicle) and vehicle registries (to check whether a trade in vehicle is encumbered)
- Government authorities (for example for vehicle registration and compulsory third party (bodily injury) insurance or as required under financial transactions reporting or anti-money laundering legislation) police, local council authorities or our insurers if a test drive or hire vehicle is involved in any parking or traffic infringements or is damaged whilst in your possession
- Financial institutions for payment processing referees, referrals or guarantors whose details you have provided to us
Bunbury Toyota's contracted service providers, including:
- Website designers and information technology service providers
- Marketing and communications agencies
- Call centres and call training centres
- Mailing houses, freight and courier services
- Printers and distributors of direct marketing material
- External business advisors (such as auditors, lawyers and debt collectors)
In the case of contracted service providers, we may disclose personal information to the contracted service provider and the contracted service provider may in turn provide us with personal information collected from you in the course of providing the relevant products or services. We take steps to help ensure that our contracted service providers comply with the NPPs when they collect and handle your personal information.
We may also disclose personal information to third parties where required or authorised by or under law to do so with your consent (which may be written, verbal or implied from your conduct).
Spam
We will not send you any commercial electronic messages such as sms or emails without your consent. Any commercial electronic message that we send will identify Bunbury Toyota as the sender and will incorporate our contact details. The message will also provide an unsubscribe facility. If you do not wish to receive commercial electronic messages from us, please contact the Bunbury Toyota Customer Relations Manager (details provided at the end of this policy).
Competitions and Promotions
Bunbury Toyota is collecting your personal information to allow us to contact entrants of our competitions/promotions and from time to time, Bunbury Toyota may also use your personal information to contact you about Toyota products and services, special offers or promotions and events that it thinks may be of interest to you. Bunbury Toyota may share your personal information with Toyota Australia, other companies in the Toyota group such as Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota Australia’s Japanese parent company) Toyota Finance Australia Limited, Toyota W.A. Distributor, and Bunbury Toyota’s contractors and agents (such as information technology providers, customer service centre providers, mailing houses and printers, and organisations that assist Bunbury Toyota to conduct promotions and market research) for the purposes outlined in this privacy collection statement. Some of Bunbury Toyota’s contractors and agents and companies in the Toyota group are located overseas, including in Japan, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden, and as a result your personal information may be disclosed overseas. If Bunbury Toyota is not provided with your personal information, it may not be able to allow your entry into the competition/promotion.
If you have any concerns or queries about the way your personal information is managed by Bunbury Toyota, please contact us in any of the ways set out at the bottom of this document. A copy of Bunbury Toyota’s privacy policy can be viewed at www.bunburytoyota.com.au. The privacy policy contains information about how you can gain access to or seek correction of personal information that Bunbury Toyota holds about you. It also contains information about how you can make a privacy complaint and how Bunbury Toyota will deal with it. Please note that Bunbury Toyota is a separate organisation to Toyota Australia.
You can contact Bunbury Toyota by:
Emailing us at: info@bunburytoyota.com.au
Writing to us at: 34 Spencer Street, Bunbury WA, 6230
Telephoning us on (08) 9722 2333
OneToyota
Bunbury Toyota (“Dealer”) collects and shares with other organisations in the OneToyota network* your information to provide you an integrated guest experience across the network regardless of which OneToyota organisation you deal with. Further, Bunbury Toyota and other OneToyota organisations may use the information in this form to send you marketing and information about Toyota products, services, special offers, promotions, surveys and events that may be of interest to you (unless and until you advise the relevant organisation otherwise). If you do not wish to receive these communications, please let the relevant organisation know using contact details provided in their privacy policy or opt out using means provided in each marketing communication. Entrants’ information may be disclosed to OneToyota service providers located within Australia and overseas for the purposes above.
You also agree to the Dealer sharing that information with other organisations in the OneToyota network* so that OneToyota can provide you an integrated guest experience across the network. Further, Bunbury Toyota and other OneToyota organisations may use the information in this form to send you marketing and information about Toyota products, services, special offers, promotions, surveys and events that may be of interest to you (unless and until you advise the relevant organisation otherwise, or opt out using means provided in each marketing communication). If you do not wish to receive these communications, please let the relevant organisation know. Entrants’ information may be disclosed to OneToyota service providers located within Australia and overseas for the purposes above.
Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the Dealer Privacy Policy available at www.bunburytoyota.com.au and the privacy policies of the other OneToyota organisations that deal with you (if any) available at www.toyota.com.au/privacy. These privacy policies contain information about how you can access or correct your information or make a privacy complaint.
* OneToyota comprises: authorised Toyota dealers, Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited, Toyota Finance Australia Limited, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company Australia Pty Ltd trading as Toyota Insurance, and Toyota Western Australia (comprising Prestige Motors Pty Ltd as trustee for the Prestige Toyota Unit Trust and Eastpoint Pty Ltd)
Ensuring personal information is up-to-date
We rely on the personal information we hold in conducting our business.
We appreciate your help in keeping your details up-to-date by contacting us when such information changes. Please email us changes to your name, address, phone, email or vehicle ownership.
You have rights to access your personal information held by us subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). If you would like to correct or update your personal information, or seek access to your information, please contact us either by phone, email or at our physical address.
If you have any comments in regard to the information contained within this page or should you want to make an enquiry regarding personal information relating to you that we may in our possession, please contact us via phone, email or at our physical address.
Security of personal information
The security of information is important to Bunbury Toyota and we take precautions to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Some of the ways we protect personal information include:
- External and internal premises security
- Restricted access to personal information to staff who need it to perform their day to day functions
- Conducting training to ensure that staff are aware that they must only access, use and disclose personal information for appropriate purposes
- Requiring staff who have access to personal information to agree to protect the privacy of that information
- Maintaining technology products to prevent unauthorised computer access, including identifiers and passwords
- Maintaining physical security over paper records
How long does Bunbury Toyota keep personal information?
We will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information that is no longer needed for any purpose that is permitted by the Privacy Act.
Use of Commonwealth government identifiers
We will not use Commonwealth government identifiers ("Identifiers") (such as Medicare numbers) as our own identifier of individuals. We will only use or disclose Identifiers in the circumstances permitted by the Privacy Act.
Transfer of personal information overseas
If Bunbury Toyota transfers your personal information outside Australia, we will comply with requirements of the Privacy Act that relate to trans-border data flows. Please note that some of the servers on which Toyota Australia's customer information is held are located overseas and owned by Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota Australia's Japanese parent company). As a result, personal information collected and held by Toyota Australia may be transferred overseas to be held on these servers.
Access to personal information by individuals
Please contact the Bunbury Toyota Customer Relations Manager (details provided at the end of this policy) if you would like to access or correct the personal information that we hold about you. We will generally provide you with access to your personal information. Depending on the amount of information requested, Bunbury Toyota may charge an access fee to cover the cost of retrieving the information and supplying it to you.
Access to personal information may be refused in a number of circumstances, such as where the information relates to anticipated legal proceedings or the request for access is frivolous or vexatious. If we deny or restrict your access, we will explain why. Similarly, in some limited circumstances we may not make requested corrections to personal information, in which case we will provide you with reasons for this decision.
Job applicants and employees
Any personal information provided to Bunbury Toyota in connection with job applications may be used to consider the applicant for current and future employment and may be disclosed to our third party advisors to assist us in the selection and recruitment process.
If your application for employment is successful, Bunbury Toyota will rely on the exemption in the Privacy Act relating to employee records where applicable.
Resolving concerns
If you have any concerns about the way your personal information is managed by Bunbury Toyota, or believe that a breach of your privacy has occurred, please let us know by contacting the Bunbury Toyota Customer Relationship Consultant (details provided below). We will respond to your concerns as soon as possible.
Contact details and additional information
If you would like more information about Bunbury Toyota's approach to privacy, or if you wish to contact us regarding the information set out in this policy, please contact us:
Phone: (08) 9722 2333
Email: customerexperience@bunburytoyota.com.au
Address:
Customer Relationship Consultant,
Bunbury Toyota,
34 Spencer Street,
Bunbury WA 6230
Changes to this policy
We may amend this policy from time to time at our discretion. Amended versions will be posted on our website at www.bunburytoyota.com.au and will be available from the Bunbury Toyota Customer Relations Manager.