Privacy Policy

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

1. Personal information Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki and complaints
10. Changes to Privacy Policy

1. Personal information Burwood Suzuki collects

The main types of personal information Burwood Suzuki collects and holds are:

• contact and identification information for individuals seeking to buy or sell vehicles with Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki's customers including vehicle registration, vehicle purchase details, service appointment bookings;
• finance details for Burwood Suzuki's customers seeking finance such as financial, insurance or credit information, marital status, employment details and history;
• contact details for individuals working for Burwood Suzuki'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 Burwood Suzuki.

Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki keeps of telephone calls, or emails received, or messages sent to Burwood Suzuki or posted on Burwood Suzuki's pages on social media);
• Burwood Suzuki's website;
• use of social media;
• employment applications;
• third party service providers; and
• provision of customer service and support.

Where practicable, Burwood Suzuki collects personal information in connection with running its business directly from the individual concerned. On occasion Burwood Suzuki 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

Burwood Suzuki stores personal information in electronic and paper form.

Burwood Suzuki uses and discloses personal information as follows:

• to source vehicles and sell them to Burwood Suzuki'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 Burwood Suzuki's customers and prospective customers;
• to obtain products, services or information from Burwood Suzuki's suppliers;
• to assess what vehicles a person may be interested in purchasing (e.g., based on the person's interests and other information Burwood Suzuki knows about them);
• to operate and manage Burwood Suzuki'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 Burwood Suzuki. For example, Burwood Suzuki may use third party service providers for the organisation of customer care, implementation of promotions, development of offers, communication and contact with customers, organisation of events and for the purpose of obtaining advice and managing its affairs. Burwood Suzuki also uses third party service providers for credit card processing/payment and for IT services (hosting services, database maintenance, etc.).

3. Automated decision making

Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki uses in the operation of the computer program is browsing history on Burwood Suzuki's websites, name, contact information, and other information you may input into Burwood Suzuki's websites. The level of human oversight Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki's staff.

4. Cookies

Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki's web server. Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki's platforms and those social media platforms. Burwood Suzuki'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 Burwood Suzuki's website.

5. Links to other websites

Burwood Suzuki's website may contain links to third party websites. Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki and do not wish to receive these communications from Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki.

7. Overseas transfers

Burwood Suzuki's website/s are hosted in Australia. On occasion, a third party service provider Burwood Suzuki engages or that Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki holds about them by contacting Burwood Suzuki during business hours on 03 9268 1888 or via the contact page.

Burwood Suzuki may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

Burwood Suzuki will aim to respond to all requests promptly and within 30 days.

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

9. Contacting Burwood Suzuki and complaints

If you have any queries, concerns or complaints about how Burwood Suzuki handles your personal information please contact Burwood Suzuki during business hours on 03 9268 1888 or via the contact page. Burwood Suzuki may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

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

Burwood Suzuki 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 Burwood Suzuki's response to your complaint, you may be entitled to refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

• Phone: 03 9268 1888
• Mailing Address: 71 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC, 3125

10. Changes to Privacy Policy

Burwood Suzuki 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.