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PRIVACY POLICY

PEUGEOT CITROËN SOUTH AFRICA PRIVACY POLICY

Our Privacy Statement

Peugeot Citroën South Africa (Proprietary) Limited, registration number 2001/023277/07 (“Peugeot” “Citroën” or “we” or “us” or “our“) includes many different brands, namely Peugeot and Citroën. We are an automobile manufacturer who, including but not limited to, sell, provide services and parts for motor vehicles.

We understand the importance of protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out what we do with any personal Information we collect and process about you or that you provide to us, how we use and process this information, when you use the Website, the Mobile Application, our call centres, your attendance at our dealerships, or any other interaction with us.

In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” refers to any information which may be used to identify you or is held in association with information that can be used to identify you, including information such as your name and surname, date of birth, contact details (e.g. your home address, postal address, email address or phone number).

This Privacy Policy complies with the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (“the Act”) and represents our commitment to complying with its obligations under the Act.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your Personal Information and how we will treat it.

Processing of Personal Information

Depending on how you use our services, we process your Personal Information through the www.peugeot.co.za and www.citroen.co.za sites (the “Website”), our Mobile Applications, our call centres, your attendance at our dealerships, or any other interaction with us which is lawful, reasonable, and relevant to our business activities, with the ultimate goal of improving our product and service offerings, the Website, the Mobile Application and your experience on the Website, Mobile Application and us in general.

We will always do our best to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Please note that when you use a third-party website or platform to provide us with your information, that information may also be collected and processed by that third-party. The Privacy Policy of the third-party will then apply to any information the third-party may collect. If our Website contains any links to other websites, we are not accountable for their Privacy Policies and practices as we do not control those websites.

Information We Collect and How We Collect Information

We as the Responsible Party use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve the Website, to develop new services, and to protect us, our services and our users. By accepting these terms, we strive to improve our users’ experience.

We may receive Personal Information about you or from you in several ways. We collect Information when you:

access, or use the Website;
submit a query via the Website;
create an account on “My Peugeot”;
use our “Book Online” function;
contact us via our WhatsApp line;
phone us or exchange or send us correspondence;
submit Personal Information to us for any other reason, or authorize third parties to do so;
call us and our dealers may be recorded and monitored for security purposes and to assist with staff training, under our quality control procedures;
send information within our chat function, post or similar functionality; and
access the Website or Mobile Application, we collect information through analytical tools.

Information collected by us depends on how you use our services, Website and mobile application. Personal information that may be collected includes, but is not limited to:

Your name and surname, email address and phone number, home address, or postal address;
Your IP address, unique device identifier, the nature of the devices which you use (e.g. a computer, a tablet or smart phone), the geographic location from which you access the Website or Mobile Application (i.e. the geographic location of your Access Device), hardware model and settings, operating system type and version, browser language, system activity, crashes; and
Server logs (i.e. our web servers automatically record and maintain a log of their activities when users), which may include your “site activity information”, such as details of how, when and for how long you accessed and used the Website or Mobile Application and other site traffic and use information URLs, which pages you accessed, the number of pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on those pages, the number of clicks, and exit pages.
By using this Website, you consent to the transfer of personal information.

Cookies

Our Website and/or App makes use of “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored when you visit Websites and/or Apps. We use cookies to see how you interact with us and our platforms and to improve your experience when visiting our Website and/or App.

We do not use information collected by cookies to personally identify you. We allow you to accept or deny cookies when you visit our Websites and/or App. Once you accept our cookies notice, you consent to our use of information collected by our cookies.

Cookies are generally used on most websites to improve the users experience by determining preferences and for functionality. If you deny or disable cookies, you may limit your access to certain features on our Website and/or App.

For more information, have a look at our Cookie Policy.

How We Use Your Information

Your information is collected for the following reasons:

to retain and make information available to you on the Website;
maintain and update our customer, or potential customer, databases;
diagnose and deal with technical issues and customer support queries and other user queries;
operate, administer, maintain, secure, and develop the Website and the performance and functionality of the Website;
detect, prevent, or deal with actual or alleged fraud, security or the abuse, misuse, or unauthorised use of the Website and/or contravention of this Privacy Policy;
to conduct market research surveys, research and development;
communicate with you and keep a record of our communications with you and your communications with us;
inform you about any changes to this Privacy Policy or other changes which are relevant to you;
to create user profiles and to analyse and compare how you and other users make use of the Website, including (without limitation) habits, click-patterns, preferences, frequency and times of use, trends and demographics;
to analyse and compare the kinds of Access Devices that you and other users make use of and where you are using them;
for other purposes relevant to our business activities, provided they are lawful; and
for marketing research (including participating in surveys), product analysis and development, sales tracking, or to contact you for marketing or promotional purposes. We may contact you through various media including by telephone, post, email, SMS, or multimedia messaging service.

Sharing Information

As a company, we include many different brands (“Our Group”). We may share your personal information with other entities within our international group of companies, with companies providing a service to us or Our Group including agents and subcontractors, or with our dealers. However, such entities and persons will only use your personal information for the purposes set out above. Please note that, other than the third-parties listed above, we will not disclose your personal information to any other third-party whatsoever without your consent and we will never sell your personal information.

We will not intentionally disclose, for commercial gain or otherwise, your Personal Information other than as set out in this Privacy Policy or with your permission.

Once information has been shared with another company, that company is now the Responsible Party of that information and as such information falls under their Privacy Policy and practices.

Your information may be shared under the following circumstances:

to our agents, advisers, service providers and suppliers which have agreed to be bound by this Privacy Policy;
to our employees, suppliers, service providers and agents if and to the extent that they need to know that information in order to process it for us and/or to provide services for or to us, such as hosting, development and administration, technical support and other support services relating to the Website. For protection, we will authorise any information processing done by a third-party on our behalf, amongst other things by entering into written agreements with those third parties governing our relationship with them and containing confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions;
to our affiliates, which includes our holding companies and subsidiaries;
in order to enforce or apply any contract between you and us;
in order to protect our rights, property or safety or that of our customers, employees, contractors, suppliers, service providers, agents and any other third-party;
to mitigate any actual or reasonably perceived risk to us, our customers, employees, contractors, agents or any other third-party;
to governmental agencies, exchanges and other regulatory or self-regulatory bodies if we are required to do so by law or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to:
comply with the law or with any legal process;
protect and defend the rights, property or safety of us, or our customers, employees, contractors, suppliers, service providers, agents or any third-party;
detect, prevent, or deal with actual or alleged fraud, security or technical issues or the abuse, misuse or unauthorised use of the Website and/or contravention of this Privacy Policy;
protect the rights, property or safety of members of the public (if you provide false or deceptive information about yourself or misrepresent yourself as being someone else, we may proactively disclose such information to the appropriate regulatory bodies and/or commercial entities).

Cross Border Flow of Information

We may share your Information with Our Group which means we will share your Personal Information to our international group in foreign countries.

We may transfer to and/or store your Information to companies for the purposes of collection provided in this Privacy Policy in Our Group in foreign countries. We will ensure that such jurisdictions have adequate levels of protection with regards to the protection of Personal Information or data legislation. If the location that Information is transferred to or stored does not have substantially similar laws which provide for the protection of Personal Information, we will take the legally-required steps to ensure that your Personal Information is adequately protected in that jurisdiction.

In order to ensure the protection of your privacy and Personal Information when transferring and storing your information, we will only do so if we have your consent and are bound by contract.

Social Media

When you use social media forums such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc., it is important to familiarise yourself with how these forums allow you to share your data and personal information. We recommend that you read and understand the Privacy Policies, Terms of Use and Data Protection Information of such social media forums.

Depending on your privacy settings on social media forums, we may receive personal information or data regarding your social media profiles and online activities.

Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to secure the integrity of retained information, using accepted technological standards to prevent unauthorised access to or disclosure of your Personal Information, and protect your Personal Information from misuse, loss, alteration or destruction.

From time to time, we review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to keep up to date with good practice within our sector.

Even by taking the above measures when processing Personal Information, we cannot guarantee that our security considerations are 100% successful.

In the event of a data breach which in any way compromises or might compromise your personal information, we will notify you in accordance with our data breach policy. If you have any reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us using the Contact Details below.

Data Retention

We may keep and Process some or all of your Personal Information if and for as long as:

we are required or permitted by law or a contract with you to keep it;
we reasonably need it for lawful purposes related to our functions and activities;
we reasonably need it for evidentiary purposes; or
you agree to us keeping it for a specified further period.

Minors

The Website is not targeted at people under the age of 18. We will not knowingly collect information from persons in this age group without the required consent to do so.

Directing Marketing

When you provide us with your personal information, you may agree to receive marketing communications from us.

You may refuse to accept, require us to discontinue, or pre-emptively block any approach or communications from us if that approach or communication is primarily for the purpose of direct marketing.

You may opt out of receiving direct marketing communications from us at any time by requesting us (in the manner set out in the communication or by contacting us at the contact details set out below) to desist from initiating any direct marketing to you.

If you have opted out, we may send you confirmation of receipt of your opt-out request, and not send you any further direct marketing communications.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We may, at any time, change this Privacy Policy and will take reasonably practical steps to inform you of the changes. Without limiting the ways we may inform you, we may inform you either by sending you an email or by placing a notification on the Website.

You are encouraged to check the Website regularly for updates to this Policy.

If you do not agree to the changes to this Privacy Policy, you must end your use of the Website.

Your Rights

We take reasonable steps to ensure that your Information is accurate, complete, not misleading, and up to date.

The following rights are afforded to you in terms of the protection of Personal Information:

You may request access to your personal information;
You may withdraw your consent (opt-out) to our use of your personal information;
You may request to correct or change your personal information so that it is accurate and up-to-date;
You may request that we delete your personal information; or
Lodge a complaint with us, however, if you are not happy with how we handle the process, you may lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.

Governing law

South African law applies to this Privacy Policy and any dispute or claim arising from this Privacy Policy.

Disclaimer

The use of our Website and/or App is at your own risk. If any risk or loss arises from the use of our Website and/or App or dependency on information on our Website and/or App, you will take responsibility.

We take all reasonable steps to make sure any information and/or content on our Website and/or App is correct and clear. However, we make no representations or warranties (express or implied) as to the functionality, standard, availability, accessibility, and accuracy of our Website and/or App or any correctness of content and information of our Website and/or App. We will not be bound if any representations or warranties are made on our Website and/or App or by our representatives.

If any damage, loss or expenses (direct or indirect), whether consequential in nature, arising out of or in connection with your access and use of the Website and/or App, we will not be liable unless otherwise provided by law.

General

If any provision of this Privacy Policy is judged to be illegal, void or unenforceable due to applicable law or by order of a court of a competent jurisdiction the offending provision shall be deemed severable from the remaining terms of this policy and deleted. The unaffected portions of this Policy will continue to be in full force and effect and the remainder of the provisions will not be prejudiced.

If we or you do not enforce any right in terms of this Policy, it will not constitute a waiver of that right.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our how we collect and process information, our Privacy Policy, wish to contact us, or any information we have about you is incorrect, incomplete, misleading or out of date, please notify us using contact details set out below.
Please contact us at:

0860 738 472, on Mondays to Fridays (excluding gazetted national public holidays in South Africa) between the hours of 08:00 and 17:00; or
complianceza@stellantis.com

If you have any queries regarding the access to, correction or deletion of your personal information that we hold, please access our PAIA Manual.

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BOOK ONLINE INFORMATION

2. Booking your vehicle online

2.1 You may use the Website to configure and book a new vehicle online on the Website.

2.3 As you continue through your online journey, you will have the option to customise and personalise the vehicle that you’ve selected. Through the course of this process, you may add or remove extras to your selected vehicle.

2.4 When submitting your booking request, your information will be forwarded to one of our Peugeot representatives, who will conduct a credit assessment to assess your eligibility for purchase. Our Peugeot representative will then send your details to your nominated authorised Peugeot dealer, who will contact you.

2.5 When submitting your booking request, we will acknowledge your online booking, but a contract will not be prepared at this stage. A reference number will be assigned to your booking.

2.6 If you do not wish to use the ‘book online’ process, please visit your nearest authorised Peugeot dealer who will assist you.

2.7 Your nearest authorised Peugeot dealer will make available the same or similar offers for new vehicles as presented on the Website in addition to the authorised Peugeot dealers usual offering.

3. Availability of the Website to book vehicles and availability of vehicles

3.1 The website can be used to book vehicles for delivery or collection only in South Africa.

3.2 All customers who book vehicles on the Website must have a valid South African or international drivers licence.

3.3 The images of the vehicles and the size and dimension of icons and indicators on the Website are for illustrative purposes only. Although we have made every effort to display the sizes and colours of our vehicles, accessories and trims accurately, we cannot guarantee that your PC, laptop, tablet or mobile phone will display the sizes or colours accurately to reflect the actual size or colour of the vehicles. Your new vehicle may vary slightly from those images.

3.4 Whilst we make every effort to ensure that the Website runs in an optimal manner, we cannot guarantee that the Website will meet your requirements, or that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error free or that defects in the Website will be corrected timeously, nor that it will be virus free.

3.5 The vehicles available for booking on the Website are from our current manufactured range.

3.6 Certain vehicles or models may not be available depending on the finance package that you select.

3.7 Offers on vehicles always apply “while stocks last”, although this may not be explicitly stated in the respective offers.

3.8 If an advertised vehicle is no longer available, or your nominated authorised Peugeot dealer cannot supply the advertised vehicle, both the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer or Peugeot Citroen South Africa are entitled to reject or to cancel the transaction.

3.9 Should there be an error in respect of vehicle specifications, and/or incorrect pricing information, both the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer or Peugeot Citroen South Africa are entitled to reject or to cancel the transaction. In this case, we or the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer will attempt to inform you immediately of the situation, while trying to provide you with an alternative vehicle offer as quickly as possible.

4. Role of Peugeot dealers

4.1 If Should you book a new vehicle on the Website, you will be taken through the online booking process and which allows you to place a booking for a new vehicle.

4.2 You will be requested to nominate an authorised Peugeot dealer who will supply your new vehicle to you.

4.3 You may either collect your new vehicle from your nominated authorised Peugeot dealer free of charge, or request home delivery which shall be subject to a home delivery fee.

5. Online pricing

5.1 When booking a vehicle through the Website, you will be provided with
5.2 information on the pricing of the vehicle at different stages of your online journey.

5.3 At the start of your online journey, the price displayed on the selected vehicle will be based on the Manufacturer’s Recommended Retail Price (“OEM price”) without any manufacturer discount or savings applied.

5.4 As you continue through your online journey, we, Peugeot Citroen South Africa, or your nominated authorised Peugeot dealer may offer a discount or contribution to the OEM price. Therefore, the price specified in the booking summary or the vehicle purchase contract may be different to the price displayed at the start of your online journey.

5.5 All information and pricing on the vehicles are intended to be up to date at all times, but are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

5.6 Please visit the Website regularly and keep up to date on pricing or contact your nearest authorised Peugeot dealer for the most up-to-date pricing and specification details for all vehicle models.

5.7 The vehicle prices shown are final, subject to any discounts or contributions, any finance fees and delivery costs.

5.8 The vehicle prices include VAT (value added tax), unless expressly stated otherwise.

5.9 The price that you actually pay for your new vehicle will only ever be the OEM price or less.

5.10 Finance Calculator are estimated values. *All calculations made on calculators supplied on this site, together with rates quoted, are guidelines only and are subject to confirmation at the time of finalising any transactions.

6. Contract Information

6.1 You will receive the contract for the purchase of your selected vehicle (or any other suitable vehicle agreed to between you and the authorised Peugeot dealer) from the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer.

6.2 Should you require additional services such as leasing, financing and insurance, you may approach our finance partners.

6.3 Payment is to be made directly to the delivering dealership. Payments relating to finance and leasing contracts have to be made as agreed in the respective contracts.

6.4 Any information contained on the Website cannot be regarded as an offer of acceptance resulting in a legally binding contract.

7. Delivery

7.1 You will take delivery of the vehicle that you selected (or any other suitable vehicle agreed to between you and the authorised Peugeot dealer) from the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer.

7.2 The purchase price including any other charges are payable prior to the delivery or collection of the vehicle.

7.3 Delivery fees will be charged separately by the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer.

7.4 All delivery dates or collection dates of the vehicle are estimated dates only and are not binding.

7.5 If the delivery dates or collection dates of your new vehicle are delayed by an event outside our control or the control of the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know of the delay.

7.6 We and/or the nominated authorised Peugeot dealer will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay and will keep in touch with you in order to update you when the vehicle will be available for delivery or collection.

8. How do we contact you and how do you contact us

8.1 When booking on the Website or when using the Website, Peugeot Citroen South Africa or one of our Peugeot representatives will be available during the hours of 08:30am and 07:00pm on weekdays on 0860 738 472 (excluding bank holidays) to assist you with any questions or comments about the vehicles, finance packages, booking, or delivery process.

8.2 We Peugeot Citroen South Africa or one of our Peugeot representatives may also contact you during the hours of 08:30am and 07:00pm on weekdays (excluding bank holidays) to follow up on the progress of the booking details provided and we will adhere with our Privacy Policy in doing so.

8.3 You agree that you will not attempt to register in the name of any other individual, company or organisation. All information supplied by you as part of the booking process will be protected and used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

8.4 If you have a compliment, query or complaint about the booking process or the Website or in respect of any aspect of the online journey please contact our customer care centre on 0860 738 472.

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COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE

PEUGEOT CITROËN SOUTH AFRICA (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK POLICY FOR WEBSITE

Introduction and Scope

Peugeot Citroën South Africa (Proprietary) Limited, registration number 2001/023277/07 (“Peugeot” “Citroën” or “we” or “us” or “our“) includes the brands Peugeot and Citroën.

The websites of Peugeot and Citroën (and all related pages) including but not limited to the pictures of all makes of vehicles and light commercial vehicles used on this website, trademarks, trade names, logos, slogans, content, software, text, graphics, designs and service marks or other material contained in or electronically distributed on this website (“Website” / “Website Content”) are our exclusive property and protected by law, including but not limited to copyright and trademark law.
The Peugeot and Citroën trademarks, trade names logos and slogans used on our websites are all trademarks registered in the name of the various legal entities that are the proprietors of the trademarks in South Africa and other parts of the world (“Peugeot Citroën Trademarks”).

Strictly prohibited

Any of the below acts are prohibited unless expressly authorised by us in writing. To obtain permissions for the commercial use of any Website Content you must contact us at complianceza@stellantis.com.
You are prohibited from using, reproducing, downloading, storing, posting, broadcasting, transmitting, modifying the Website, or the Website Content or the Peugeot Citroën Trademarks.
You will not acquire any right, title or interest in or to the Website, or the Website Content or the Peugeot Citroën Trademarks.

You will not make a permanent copy of or reproduce this Website and/or the Website Content in any form whatsoever.

You will not incorporate this Website into any other website.

You will not frame this Website without our express written consent.

You may only print, display or download temporary copies of the Website Content to your computer for your own personal non-commercial use.

License

Where any of the Website Content has been licensed to us or belongs to any third party, your rights of use will also be subject to any terms and conditions which that licensor or third party imposes from time to time and you agree to comply with such third party terms and conditions.

COOKIE POLICY

ABOUT THIS COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

HOW CAN I CONTROL THE COOKIE PREFERENCES?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies.

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