| PRIVACY POLICY OF DCFS USA LLC / DAIMLER FINANCIAL SERVICES / DAIMLER TRUST ("we", "us", and "our") |
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| Categories of Information We Collect |
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| We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources: |
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- Information we receive from you on applications and other forms
- Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; and
- Information we receive from consumer reporting agencies and other outside sources.
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| Categories of Information We Disclose |
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| We may disclose all of the information that we collect, as described above. |
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| Categories of Affiliates and Third Parties to Whom We Disclose Information About Current and Former Customers |
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| We may disclose all of the information that we collect, which relates to our transactions or experiences with you among our affiliated companies. Companies, which are affiliated with us, include any company that controls us, any company we control, or any company under common control with us. In other words, it is any company that is in our "family of companies." |
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| We may disclose all of the information that we collect, as described above and permitted by law, to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements. We may also disclose all of the information that we collect, as described above, with other nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law. |
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| Opting Out of Disclosure and Opting In |
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| Because we only disclose information to nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law or through a joint marketing agreement, opt outs of such disclosures and opt-ins are not required. |
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| Policies and Practices to Protect the Confidentiality and Security of Nonpublic Personal Information |
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| We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees, outside contractors, and businesses which jointly market our products and services, who need or may need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect your nonpublic personal information. |
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| Privacy Policy Changes and Future Disclosures |
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| We may from time to time change our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to disclose any and all information to our affiliates and other nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law. |
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| WEB SITE PRIVACY STATEMENT |
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| This Web Site Privacy Statement explains our practices regarding information received from you when you visit our Web Site and use our online services. |
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| A. Visits to our Web Site |
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If you submit to us a credit application through our Web Site, we collect information we receive from you on the online application, including identifying information such as name, address, and social security number, and additional information such as income. We use such information to process your application.
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| B. Collection and Use of Personal Information |
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| If you submit to us a credit application through our Web Site, we collect information we receive from you on the online application, including identifying information such as name, address, and social security number, and additional information such as income. We use such information to process your application. |
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| If you become an account holder and choose to create an online profile, we will request certain identifying information, such as name, zip code and e-mail address. The provision of your e-mail address is optional. We will use your e-mail address for marketing research and other marketing purposes. We also may share your e-mail address with our affiliates, smart authorized dealerships, and any companies providing marketing, research, or other services for us. |
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| Certain services or functions of our Web Site, such as applying for credit, may not be available if you choose not to provide your information. Your use of an online service will be your consent to the use of your personal information in the way described. |
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| C. Disclosure of Personal Information |
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| We may disclose information we collect with: |
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- Affiliated companies, which include companies that control us, any company we control, and any company under common control with us
- Companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements. This includes authorized smart dealerships
- Other nonaffiliated third parties as permitted by law, such as companies that perform services on our behalf or in response to law enforcement activity. Information we collect may also be transferred in connection with a change or merger of the company
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| D. Changes to our Privacy Statement |
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| Our business and the laws that regulate us change from time to time, and we therefore reserve the right to change our Web Site Privacy Statement. If we make a change to this policy, we will post the revised version on this Site. Any information that we collect now will be used consistently with the Web Site Privacy Statement in effect at the time of use. |
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| E. Security of Information |
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| We have in place security measures to protect your personal information, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect your information during transmission when you utilize our online services. |
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| F. Cookies |
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| A cookie is a small data file sent by a web site to a computer's hard drive through a web browser that enables the site to recognize a visitor's web browser and to record activities on the web site. We use cookies to recognize the login information of account holders when they return to our Site. We also use cookies to recognize visitors to our site when they visit certain other web sites to tailor advertisements that we believe would be of interest to these visitors. |
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| G. Use of Web Site |
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| We intend this Site for use only by adults who are 18 years of age or older. If you are not 18 years of age or older, please do not submit any information to DCFS USA LLC, Daimler Financial Services, or Daimler Trust. |
| This Web Site Privacy Statement is effective on March 3, 2009. |
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