Privacy Policy & Terms & Conditions

PRIVACY POLICY Toyota BC Dealers
( TOYOTA DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA )
Privacy Policy for www.toyotabc.ca
The Toyota Dealers Association of British Columbia (also known herein as " Toyota BC Dealers" or "we" or "us") respects the privacy of visitors to its website and is committed to collecting, using and disclosing personal information responsibly and only to the extent necessary. This policy explains how Toyota BC Dealers collects, uses, maintains and safeguards the personal information visitors to its website may provide from time to time in order to assist Toyota BC Dealers in providing useful information. By using the Toyota BC Dealers website, visitors consent to the collection and use of information as described in this policy.

"Personal information" is any information that may be used to identify an individual, including first and last name, mailing address, financial information and opinions expressed by that individual. Personal information does not include the name, title or business address or telephone number of an employee of an organization.

Collection and use of information
Toyota BC Dealers may collect visitors' personal information to:
enter them in contests; and provide information and consultation on vehicles and vehicle offers; and provide visitors, at their option, to receive emails from Toyota BC Dealers regarding offers or promotions or other information which may be of interest to them.Toyota BC Dealers will not sell, trade, rent or disclose personal information to third parties, except when the purpose and manner of the disclosure has been provided to the visitor prior to their providing the information or unless specifically authorized by the person or as required by law. Toyota BC Dealers website collects non-personal information such as network locations (IP addresses), the pages a visitor visits, time of visits and visitors' operating systems and browsers, in order to generate website traffic reports. TERMS AND CONDITIONS TOYOTA BC DEALERS
(TOYOTA DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA)


Website Terms and Conditions

Who are we?
The Toyota Dealers Association of British Columbia (also known as " Toyota BC Dealers" and sometimes referred to in this document as "We") is the organization which represents all the Toyota dealers in British Columbia .

Agreement between Toyota BC Dealers and visitors to our website
The terms and conditions in this document create a contract between Toyota BC Dealers and visitors to this website (the "Website") and we ask that you please read them carefully. By using this Website, you accept and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

We reserve the right, at any time without notice, to revise or update these terms and conditions, and other content of this Website, by updating this document. By accessing this Website, you agree to be bound by such revisions, and agree to periodically revisit this page to review the current terms and conditions as modified from time to time.

Ownership of Copyright and Trademarks
Copyright : All contents of this Website, including information, text, logos, graphics, images, software, icons and other elements, are the exclusive property of Toyota BC Dealers or, as applicable, its affiliates, suppliers and partners, and are protected under the copyright laws of Canada and other countries. All rights are reserved. This Website and the content thereof may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, modified or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written permission of Toyota BC Dealers. Any infringement of Toyota BC Dealer's rights or those of others will result in appropriate legal action.

Trademarks : Toyota BC Dealer's trademarks and those of its affiliates, suppliers and partners are valuable assets and Toyota BC Dealer's take infringement of them seriously. All names, marks, brands, titles, slogans, logos, icons, graphics, trade dress or trade names, designs and other designations within this Website are registered and unregistered trademarks ("Trademarks") of Toyota BC Dealers, Toyota Canada Inc. and, in some cases, other parties in Canada and elsewhere.

Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as granting (by implication, estoppel, or otherwise) any license or permission or other right to use any Trademark displayed on this Website without the written permission of Toyota BC Dealers or such party that may own the Trademark. Misuse of any Trademark, or any other content owned by Toyota BC Dealers or others and displayed on this Website is strictly prohibited.

Legal Limitations and Indemnification
Disclaimer : While Toyota BC Dealers makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented here, this site is provided on an "as is" basis. Content is provided "as is" without any representation, warranty or condition of any kind, either express, implied, or statutory including, but not limited to, implied representations, warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, non-infringement of intellectual property rights, or inter-operability of products and services. Your use of this Website is at your own risk. Neither Toyota BC Dealers nor any of its partners, suppliers or affiliates or any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Website is liable for any errors or omissions in the context of the Website nor for any direct, special, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your use of the Website or the information contained herein including, but not limited to, business interruption and loss of use, data, information or profits (regardless of the form of action, including but not limited to contract, negligence or other tortious act). This limitation applies even if Toyota BC Dealers have been advised of, or foresees, the possibility of any damages occurring.

Viruses : Toyota BC Dealers assumes no responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages to or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property as a result of your use of the Website or your downloading of any data, text, images, files or other materials from this Website. Your use of this Website is at your own risk.

Governing Law : By accessing this Website, visitors agree that the laws of British Columbia (and those of Canada applicable therein) will govern these terms and conditions and apply to any issue that might arise regarding this site, and that such dispute will be settled or adjudicated in British Columbia. Access to this Website from locations where the content is illegal is prohibited. It is solely your responsibility to determine whether your use of this Website is lawful, and you must comply with all laws applicable in your jurisdiction.

Indemnity : You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Toyota BC Dealers and all of its agents, directors, employees, partners, suppliers, affiliates and related companies harmless from any and all liabilities, costs and expenses, including legal fees, related to any claim or demand arising out of any violation of these terms and conditions by you, or in connection with your use of this Website or its content.

Termination of Access to Website : If you breach any provision of this Agreement, you may no longer access or use this Website or its content. Toyota BC Dealers, in its sole discretion, may terminate your right to use this site or its content at any time, for any reason, without any notice to you and without any liability to you or any other person. If Toyota BC Dealers terminates your right to use this Website, this Agreement will nevertheless continue to apply and be binding upon you in respect of your use of this site prior to the termination of this Agreement, any information or materials obtained by you from this Website, and anything connected with, relating to or arising from those matters.

No Endorsement or Recommendation of Third Party Businesses or Services
The information provided on this Website is for information and reference only. Toyota BC Dealers do not assume responsibility for and have not independently verified the accuracy of any party information. Toyota BC Dealers do provide any endorsement or recommendation of any third party's business identified on this Website or make any representations or warranties as to their reliability, financial condition or suitability for a particular purpose.

Links to Other WebSites
From time to time this Website may facilitate access by hypertext links to other worldwide websites not maintained by or related to Toyota BC Dealers. These hypertext-linked sites are entirely independent of this Website and shall not in any manner be construed as implying any affiliation with or endorsement, representation or warranty by Toyota BC Dealers of such site or entity or its respective products, services, information, materials, opinions or links to other sites. Toyota BC Dealers do not review or monitor such websites and is not responsible or liable for the content or accuracy thereof. The reproduction and use of any content linked to is subject to the conditions that the respective website owners may impose, and is at your own risk. You are encouraged and advised to review the posted terms and conditions of all websites you visit.

Submissions to this Website
All questions, comments, suggestions and other communications provided by a visitor to this Website regarding the content of this Website or any Toyota BC Dealers document shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Toyota BC Dealers shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to any such communication, and shall be free to reproduce, use disclose and distribute such communication or otherwise without limitation. Furthermore, Toyota BC Dealers shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, techniques, or know-how contained in any such communication for any purpose, including but not limited to development, manufacturing and marketing products, or offering services, which incorporate such information.

From time to time you may be requested to voluntarily submit information through this Website. All information you provide through this Website must be true, accurate, and complete. Toyota BC Dealers will rely on the information you provide. If you submit incorrect or incomplete information, you will be responsible for any loss, damage, or additional costs you, Toyota BC Dealers, or others may incur as a result.

Miscellaneous
The products and services referred to on this Website may not be available at all times of the year or in all geographic regions. If you have any questions about this Website, please email us info@toyotabc.ca .

Toyota BC Dealers may send to individuals, from time to time, email or other communications containing information about Toyota BC Dealers , Toyota vehicles and offers, promotions or other information which it believes may be of interest to them, as well as to respond to their inquiries and enhance and assist with their use of this website. Individuals who prefer not to receive this type of information are asked to please let us know by contacting info@toyotabc.ca or regular mail to Toyota Dealers Association of British Columbia, 6200 Fraserwood Place , Richmond , BC V6W 1J4 .

Compliance with privacy obligations
Toyota BC Dealers complies with the requirements of legislation with respect to the collection, use and/or disclosure of personal information by taking appropriate measures including, but not limited to, the following steps:

Accountability : Information is restricted the appropriate persons who may require it for the purposes set out above and is protected via appropriate hardware and software.

Identifying purposes and obtaining consent : Toyota BC Dealers have identified the purposes for which it collects personal information under the heading Collection and Use of Information above. Toyota BC Dealers require the consent of visitors to its website prior to using their personal information for any purpose other than that for which it was originally collected. Toyota BC Dealers are committed to ensuring that visitors are aware of how their personal information is used and that they have consented to provide this information. Where required by law, we may disclose personal information without persons' knowledge and consent.

Limiting use, disclosure and retention : Toyota BC Dealers does not use and/or disclose your personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, unless it has first obtained your consent. We may retain personal information for some period in order to answer any questions which a visitor may have about the information or services we provided to him or her.

Accuracy and safeguards : Toyota BC Dealers are committed to maintaining accurate, complete, and current personal information. If any of your information changes, please inform Toyota BC Dealers so that it can make any necessary changes or, where available, use our website forms to update the information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, technological and organizational measures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that websites commonly send to browsers. A cookie file contains information that can identify individuals anonymously in order to track traffic patterns and add functionality to the web site. Cookies don't identify people personally, but rather identify their computer when they visit our site. A cookie can't read data off hard disks or read cookie files created by other sites. A browser can be set to warn the computer user before accepting cookies. In this case, the computer user will receive the warning message with each cookie. The computer user may choose to refuse cookies by turning them off in their browser. One does not need to have cookies turned on to use the majority of this website, however one may need to them in certain areas of the site to perform certain functions.

Parents
Toyota BC Dealers encourages parents and guardians to be aware of how their children spend their time on the Internet and to participate with them in their online activities. Visitors to this website who are under the age of majority should not submit any information without the consent of a parent or guardian.

Updates and changes
Toyota BC Dealers reserves the right to update or change this policy from time to time. If we decide to update this privacy policy, we will update this page so that visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Questions and concerns
If you have any questions concerning the collection of information on this website, please contact us info@toyotabc.ca . You may request access to your personal information held by Toyota BC Dealers . To protect your privacy and security, Toyota BC Dealers will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access. If you wish to make a formal complaint about Toyota BC Dealers privacy practices, you may make it in writing by sending it to the contact above. Toyota BC Dealers are committed to resolving disputes in a timely manner and will investigate your complaint and respond via email, fax or telephone.