This is the privacy policy statement for Loans For Cars and Clark Family Pty Ltd in relation to this website.
We have created this privacy policy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discusses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.
Information We Collect and How It's Used
To process your financial services referral request, Loans For Cars requires your name, phone number, Email address, and any other information pertinent to the type of service you are requesting.
This information is used by the third party product and service providers in our network to provide accurate responses to your enquiries. Loans For Cars provides this information to them on your behalf in order for them to provide a product or service to you. (Unless otherwise notified by us, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us)
Personal information, including contact information, will never be released to any other party at any time.
Please Note: This website contains links to other websites. Clark Family Pty Ltd is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites.
Cookies
Loans For Cars uses cookies to record session information and user-specific information on what web pages visitors access or visit in order to track the visitor's progress through our web site, analyze system performance, and ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same promotional material.
Third-Party Advertising
We use third-party advertising companies to serve our ads on our website. These third-party advertising companies employ cookies and 1x1 pixel .gifs or web beacons to measure and improve the effectiveness of ads for their clients. To do so, these companies may use anonymous information about your visits to our website and other websites. This information can include: date/time of banner ad shown, the banner ad that was shown, their cookie, the IP address. This information can also be used for online preference marketing purposes.
Access to Personal Information
You may access your personal information, subject to a number of exceptions permitted by law. We reserve the right to determine the manner in which the information is accessed. If we deny you access we will provide you with written reasons and, depending on the circumstances of the denial, we may provide sufficient access to information through mutually agreeable intermediaries to meet the needs of you and us. If you request access to your personal information, you may be charged a reasonable fee or costs incurred such as photocopying, administration and postage.
If you would like access to your personal information please contact us. To ensure security and protection of your information, we may ask that your request be in writing.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
To ensure that our privacy policy reflects market expectations and needs we will constantly review it and update it from time to time as the need arises.
Queries or Problems
If you have any queries or problems whatsoever in relation to our privacy policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us
Further information about privacy issues and the protection of your personal information is obtainable from the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner on: 1300 363 992.
What if you have a complaint?
If you consider that any action of ours breaches this Privacy Policy or the National Privacy Principles or otherwise does not respect your privacy, you can make a complaint. This will be acted upon promptly. To make a complaint, please contact Loans For Cars in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you can telephone the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner`s hotline on: 1300 363 992.
If you have any question about this privacy statement, the practices of our website, or your dealings with our website, you can contact us.
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Balloon Payment.: A large loan repayment made in order to clear a debt. Usually applied to a short-term fixed-rate loan, which involves small payments for a certain period of time with one large payment for the remaining amount of the principal at a time specified in the future.
