Clutch Canada Inc., (“Clutch Canada”, “We” or “Us”), is committed to protecting your privacy. We make available the Clutch Canada website located at www.clutch.ca including all subpages and successor pages (together the “Website”), and the Clutch Canada mobile applications (the “App”), together with our Services as further described in our Terms of Service (the “Services”). This Privacy Policy describes how We collect, use and disclose information about our users through the Website and Services.
By using the Website, the App or our Service, you consent to the use of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, your Personal Information (as defined below) will not be used for any other purpose without your consent. You may withdraw your consent to our processing of your Personal Information at any time. However, withdrawing consent may result in your inability to continue using the Website and/or the Services.
“Personal Information” is any information about an identifiable individual, such as your name, telephone number, address, location, e-mail address, and phone number.
We aim to collect, use and disclose only Personal Information to enable to provide the Services, including processing purchase orders and delivering purchased goods, providing access to third-party financing institution, to maintain our customer/visitor lists, to respond to your inquiries or provide feedback, for identification and authentication purposes and for service improvement.
At the time of collection, We will clearly identify the information being collected and the purposes for which it will be used. It is always your choice whether or not to provide Personal Information but if you choose not to provide certain requested Personal Information you may not be able to use certain features of the Website, App and Services.
We collect Personal Information when you register, schedule a test drive, when you request an interest rate pre-qualification, during communications with you and/or when you make purchases through the Services, through user support, and/or by way of user surveys.
We collect and use information for the following purposes:
If We plan to use your Personal Information in the future for any other purposes not identified above, We will only do so after notifying you.
Except in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise permitted or required by law, We will not disclose or transfer your Personal Information to other third parties without your permission.
From time to time We may employ third parties to help Us improve or otherwise make available features on the Website, App and/or the Services, whether through the provision of maintenance services, database management, Web analytics or otherwise. Clutch Canada may provide Personal Information collected from you, to its service providers as necessary to enable the service provider to perform its obligations to us. They will be subject to contractual restrictions prohibiting them from using or disclosing any Personal Information for any other purpose.
We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties without your consent, where permitted or required by law, for example if We have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property, other users, or anyone else (including the rights or property of anyone else) that could be harmed by such activities. We may disclose Personal Information when We believe in good faith that such disclosure is required by and/or in accordance with the law.
We may also disclose your Personal Information in connection with a corporate re-organization, a merger or amalgamation with another entity, a sale of all or a substantial portion of our assets or stock, including any due diligence exercise carried out in relation to the same, provided that the information disclosed continues to be used for the purposes permitted by this Privacy Policy by the entity acquiring the information.
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We use commercially reasonable efforts to store and maintain your Personal Information in a secure environment. We take technical, contractual, administrative, and physical security steps designed to protect Personal Information that you provide to us. We have implemented procedures designed to limit the dissemination of your Personal Information to only such designated staff or other permitted persons or companies as are reasonably necessary to carry out the stated purposes We have communicated to you.
Our servers are located in Canada and the United States and accordingly your Personal Information may be available to government agencies and/or law enforcement in those countries under a lawful order, irrespective of the safeguards We have put in place for the protection of your Personal Information. By using our Website, App and Services, you consent to the hosting of your Personal Information in Canada and the U.S.
We will keep your Personal Information for as long as it remains necessary for the identified purpose or as required by law, which may extend beyond the termination of our relationship with you. We may retain certain data as necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, Non-personal Information, Account recovery, or if required by law. All retained Personal Information will remain subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. If We decide to change this Privacy Policy in the future, We will post an appropriate notice on the Website or App. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all Personal Information that We have about you. The date on which the latest update was made is indicated at the bottom of this document. We recommend that you print a copy of this Privacy Policy for your reference and revisit this policy from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes. Your continued use of the Website and/or Services signifies your acceptance of any changes.
You have the right to access the Personal Information We hold about you in order to verify the Personal Information We have collected in respect to you and to have a general account of our uses of that Personal Information. Upon receipt of your written request, We will provide you with a copy of your Personal Information although in certain limited circumstances, We may not be able to make all relevant Personal Information available to you, such as where that information also pertains to another individual or as otherwise required or permitted by law. In such circumstances We will provide reasons for the denial to you upon request. We will endeavor to deal with all requests for access and modifications in a timely manner.
We will make every reasonable effort to keep your Personal Information accurate and up to date, and We will provide you with mechanisms to update, correct, delete or add to your Personal Information as appropriate. As appropriate, this amended Personal Information will be transmitted to those parties to which We are permitted to disclose your information. Having accurate Personal Information about you enables Us to give you the best possible service. You can help by keeping Us informed of any changes to your Personal Information.
If you would like to access your information, have any questions, concerns, comments or suggestions, or if you find any errors in our information about you, please contact our Privacy Officer via email at support@clutch.ca or Clutch Canada lnc. 20 Duke St #101, Bedford, NS B4A 2Z5.
Last Updated: September 2, 2020