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Loans For Cars Privacy Statement

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This is the privacy policy statement for Loans For Cars and Clark Family Pty Ltd in relation to this website.

We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information when you use our website and related services.

Information We Collect and How It is Used

When you contact Loans For Cars, we may collect your name, contact details and the information you choose to include in your message. We use this information to respond to your questions, feedback or privacy requests.

Loans For Cars provides general information, tools and resources. This website does not accept finance or insurance applications, quote requests or eligibility assessments, or collect borrowing or insurance requirements for referral to brokers, lenders or insurers.

If you choose to subscribe to MoneyTips, the contact details you provide through the subscription process are used to provide and administer your informational newsletter subscription. A MoneyTips subscription is not a finance enquiry, quote request or referral request.

We may also use personal information where reasonably necessary to operate and improve the website, respond to a complaint, maintain appropriate records or meet our legal or regulatory obligations.

If you do not provide the contact information needed for a response or subscription, we may not be able to respond to your message or provide the subscription you request.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose personal information to service providers that assist us in operating the website and administering subscriptions, or where reasonably necessary to respond to an enquiry or complaint or comply with legal or regulatory obligations. We do not pass your contact or subscription details to brokers, lenders or insurers as a finance or insurance referral through this website.

We do not currently disclose personal information to overseas recipients. If our information-handling practices change and personal information is likely to be disclosed to recipients outside Australia, we will update this Privacy Policy as required.

Please note: This website may link to external resources or display third-party advertising. If you visit a third-party website or provide information directly to another organisation, its own privacy policy and terms apply to that interaction.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Loans For Cars uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, maintain session information, understand how visitors interact with our website and improve system performance and user experience.

We use Google Analytics 4 for analytics and measurement, and Google Ads website tagging for advertising measurement and conversion-related functionality. These technologies may collect information about your device, browser, pages visited and interactions with our website. Google Signals and Google Analytics user-provided data collection are disabled, as is personalised advertising through our verified Google Analytics-to-Google Ads links.

Where these technologies involve the collection, use or disclosure of personal information, we take reasonable steps to ensure that they are used consistently with applicable privacy requirements. We seek to limit the information collected to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Where additional consent is required for particular tracking or advertising technologies, we may provide additional notices or consent controls when you use the website.

Security and Retention of Personal Information

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information we hold from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. These measures may include access controls, secure systems, authentication measures and other technical and organisational safeguards appropriate to the information being handled.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including administering subscriptions, responding to enquiries, maintaining appropriate business and compliance records, resolving complaints and meeting legal or regulatory obligations.

When personal information is no longer required to be retained, we take reasonable steps to securely destroy or de-identify it, subject to any legal or record-keeping requirements.

Access and Correction of Personal Information

You may request access to the personal information we hold about you at any time. We will not charge any fee for making a request but may charge you reasonable costs incurred in providing access, such as photocopying or postage.

You may also request correction of your personal information if you believe it is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete or misleading. We will respond to access and correction requests within a reasonable timeframe.

To make a request, please contact us. We may ask you to submit your request in writing or provide information necessary to verify your identity before providing access to personal information.

Complaints and Dispute Resolution

If you have any concerns about how your personal information has been handled, please contact us so that we can investigate and resolve your concern promptly.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC):

Updates to This Policy

We regularly review and update our privacy policy to ensure ongoing compliance with applicable laws and best practices. Updates will be published on this page.

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