Privacy Policy

Peter Warren Automotive is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. This policy document outlines our commitments to you in accordance with the National Privacy Principles contained within the Commonwealth Privacy Act (1988).

The National Privacy Principles regulate the manner in which we handle your personal information from initial collection to use and disclosure, storage, accessibility and disposal. The amount and type of information collected depends on how you use our site.

Normal website usage.
The only information we collect and store during normal website usage is the name of your Internet Service Provider, the website that referred you to us, the pages you request and the date and time of those requests. We use this information to generate statistics and measure website activity to improve the usefulness of customer visits. During normal website usage we do not collect or store personally identifiable information such as name, mailing address, email address or telephone number.

Collection of personally identifiable information.
We may collect your personal information when you request or acquire a product or service from us, complete a survey or questionnaire, enter a competition or event, or when you communicate with us by e-mail, telephone or in writing (for example, in a message containing information about your vehicle or for the purposes of making a service appointment) This information, such as name, mailing address, email address, phone number, type of request and possibly additional information, is collected and stored by Peter Warren Automotive in a manner appropriate to the nature of the data and is used to fulfil your request.

How we use it
In addition to the primary purpose outlined above, we may use the personal information we collect, and you consent to us using your personal information:

• » To provide you with news and information about our products and services, and opportunities that we believe you may be interested in;
• » For purposes necessary or incidental to the provision of goods and services to you;
• » To personalise and customise your experiences;
• » To manage and enhance our products and services;
• » To communicate with you, including by email, mail or telephone;
• » To conduct competitions or promotions;
• » As required or permitted by any law (including the Privacy Act).

If you tell us that the information should not be used as a basis for further contact, we will respect your request. You will generally be given the opportunity to .opt-out. from receiving communications from us. For example, you will be given the opportunity to unsubscribe to e-newsletters sent by us. The information you provide is used by Peter Warren Automotive to improve the services we provide you. It is never provided to any other company for that company's independent use.

Peter Warren Automotive’s use of Cookies

What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent from our web server to your browser, which is saved on the hard drive of your computer. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites, and it will not damage your system. You can change your browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when a cookie is being sent at any time. We do not use cookies to identify you personally, except in the case of our remarketing activities.

How we use cookies?
Please note that Peter Warren Automotive employs the use of cookies. We use general cookies from Google Analytics to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. We also use Google cookies for remarketing to advertise online.

How does our remarketing activity affect you?

• » When you visit our website, our web server will drop a cookie on your browser
• » If you leave our website to visit another website which is part of the Google network, you may be served our ad
• » The remarketing cookie will be valid for 30 days
• » You can remove our remarketing cookie by deleting your Internet browsing history and clearing your cookies. This can be done through the tools/settings function of your Internet browser.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

The information gathered is not shared with third parties. You may turn off your cookies by adjusting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please consult the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to adjust or turn your cookies off. Cookies do not reveal personal information and if you turn off your cookies you may find your enjoyment, ease of use of the Internet, and our site, to be reduced or impaired.

Links to third party websites.
This website contains links to other websites. However, once you have clicked on these links and leave our website, you need to be aware that we do not have any control over the other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such websites and such websites are not governed by this privacy policy. This privacy policy is for this website only. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of each website that collects your personally identifiable information.

For further information regarding Peter Warren Automotive's handling of your personal information or to request a copy of our Privacy Policy or information we hold about you, please contact the Privacy Officer via email.

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy. A revised Privacy Policy will only apply to data collected subsequent to its effective date.

This policy was updated on 29th August, 2012.