Privacy Policy

South Nowra Nissan is committed to safeguarding the privacy of individuals. This Privacy Policy sets out how South Nowra Nissan manages personal information. It is structured as follows:

1. Personal information South Nowra Nissan collects
2. Use and disclosure of personal information
3. Automated decision making
4. Cookies
5. Links to other websites
6. Marketing
7. Overseas transfers
8. Access and correction
9. Contacting South Nowra Nissan and complaints
10. Changes to Privacy Policy

1. Personal information South Nowra Nissan collects

The main types of personal information South Nowra Nissan collects and holds are:

• contact and identification information for individuals seeking to buy or sell vehicles with South Nowra Nissan such as name, date of birth, contact number(s), email address(es), residential and/or business address(es), demographic information (such as postcode, age, gender) and driver's licence details;
• vehicle and servicing details for South Nowra Nissan's customers including vehicle registration, vehicle purchase details, service appointment bookings;
• finance details for South Nowra Nissan's customers seeking finance such as financial, insurance or credit information, marital status, employment details and history;
• contact details for individuals working for South Nowra Nissan's business partners and suppliers;
• information provided by an individual as part of a recruitment process such as name, contact details, prior employment history, qualifications, referee details and, if applicable, details for background checks; and
• other information provided by individuals while interacting with South Nowra Nissan.

South Nowra Nissan collects personal information in the course of running its business in a range of different ways, typically through:

• interactions with individuals (e.g. through any records South Nowra Nissan keeps of telephone calls, or emails received, or messages sent to South Nowra Nissan or posted on South Nowra Nissan's pages on social media);
• South Nowra Nissan's website;
• use of social media;
• employment applications;
• third party service providers; and
• provision of customer service and support.

Where practicable, South Nowra Nissan collects personal information in connection with running its business directly from the individual concerned. On occasion South Nowra Nissan may collect personal information from someone else such as when speaking to a referee for a job applicant or doing screening for onboarding a new supplier or customer.

2. Use and disclosure of personal information

South Nowra Nissan stores personal information in electronic and paper form.

South Nowra Nissan uses and discloses personal information as follows:

• to source vehicles and sell them to South Nowra Nissan's customers and to provide other related services to customers such as vehicle servicing and assist with arranging financing to purchase a vehicle;
• to manage arrangements with South Nowra Nissan's customers and prospective customers;
• to obtain products, services or information from South Nowra Nissan's suppliers;
• to assess what vehicles a person may be interested in purchasing (e.g., based on the person's interests and other information South Nowra Nissan knows about them);
• to operate and manage South Nowra Nissan's website, social media and other communications and media channels;
• subject to applicable laws, to conduct marketing;
• for processing and assessing employment applications; and
• for such other purposes authorised or required by law.

It may be necessary to share personal information with organisations that provide products or services to South Nowra Nissan. For example, South Nowra Nissan may use third party service providers for the organisation of customer care, implementation of promotions, development of offers, communication and contact with customers, organization of events and for the purpose of obtaining advice and managing its affairs. South Nowra Nissan also uses third party service providers for credit card processing/payment and for IT services (hosting services, database maintenance, etc.).

3. Automated decision making

South Nowra Nissan uses computer programs to make decisions affecting a person's interests to offer products or services that could be of interest. This is typically done via AI Agents within website chat or SMS. The sorts of personal information South Nowra Nissan uses in the operation of the computer program is browsing history on South Nowra Nissan's websites, name, contact information, and other information you may input into South Nowra Nissan's websites. The level of human oversight South Nowra Nissan provides over these decisions is limited — responses and recommendations may be generated automatically, with human review available where a person requests it or where required for follow-up by South Nowra Nissan's staff.

4. Cookies

South Nowra Nissan uses cookies on its website. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the website user's browser when they visit a website. This identifies the browser used and can be recognised by South Nowra Nissan's web server. South Nowra Nissan may use cookies to associate a user with social media platforms and, if the user so chooses, enable interaction between the user's activities on South Nowra Nissan's platforms and those social media platforms. South Nowra Nissan's website also uses cookies to analyse website traffic and help provide a better website visitor experience. Website users can make certain choices about the use of cookies through their browser settings. However, if the user disables certain cookies, this may prevent the user from taking full advantage of South Nowra Nissan's website.

5. Links to other websites

South Nowra Nissan's website may contain links to third party websites. South Nowra Nissan does not control or otherwise determine the privacy practices of these third party sites. To find out about their privacy practices, you should check their websites for their privacy policy, or otherwise ask them about their privacy practices.

6. Marketing

If you have received a direct marketing communication from South Nowra Nissan and do not wish to receive these communications from South Nowra Nissan in the future, just use the “unsubscribe” function in the email or SMS, or tick the opt out box on postal communications and return the mailed item to South Nowra Nissan.

7. Overseas transfers

South Nowra Nissan's website/s are hosted in Australia. On occasion, a third party service provider South Nowra Nissan engages or that South Nowra Nissan is instructed to provide information to may be outside of Australia however, the location of the third party would depend on the specific situation.

8. Access and correction

An individual may request access to or correction of any of the personal information South Nowra Nissan holds about them by contacting South Nowra Nissan during business hours on 02 4428 8222 or via the contact page.

South Nowra Nissan may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

South Nowra Nissan will aim to respond to all requests promptly and within 30 days.

South Nowra Nissan may refuse a request where permitted or required by law. South Nowra Nissan will comply with any regulatory requirement to give reasons for its decision.

9. Contacting South Nowra Nissan and complaints

If you have any queries, concerns or complaints about how South Nowra Nissan handles your personal information please contact South Nowra Nissan during business hours on 02 4428 8222 or via the contact page. South Nowra Nissan may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

Please provide sufficient details so that South Nowra Nissan can understand the nature of your concern. In most cases, South Nowra Nissan will ask that you put your request in writing.

South Nowra Nissan takes all complaints seriously and will use reasonable endeavours to investigate and respond to a complaint in writing within 30 days of receiving the written complaint. If you remain unsatisfied by South Nowra Nissan's response to your complaint, you may be entitled to refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

• Phone: 02 4428 8222
• Mailing Address: 128 Princes Hwy, South Nowra, NSW, 2541

10. Changes to Privacy Policy

South Nowra Nissan may make changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the revised policy on its website. Please check back from time to time to review this Privacy Policy.