Toyota

Privacy Policy

Handling of Personally Identifiable Information

Toyota Al Iraq Company for Trading and Services of Vehicles ltd (hereafter referred to as "TIQ" or "we") regards the protection of your privacy as an issue of paramount importance. TIQ operates the "https://toyota.iq" website (hereafter referred to as "this website"). This page explains our policy with respect to personally identifiable information to help you understand how we collect, use, and store your personal information.


Table of Contents:

  1. Personally Identifiable Information Provided Voluntarily by You
  2. IP Addresses, Cookies, and Web Beacon
  3. SSL Security
  4. Provision of Information to Third Parties and Secondary Usage of Information
  5. Management of Personally Identifiable Information
  6. Your Responsibility

1. Personally Identifiable Information Provided Voluntarily by You

In some cases, to enable us to provide information tailored to your needs, we will ask you for personally identifiable information such as name, location, telephone number, and email address. TIQ regards such information, except required information items, as information you have provided voluntarily.

2. IP Addresses, Cookies, and Web Beacon

To manage this website, TIQ collects information on the IP address used when a customer's computer connects to the Internet. We only use the IP addresses collected through this website to ensure the appropriate, safe management and operation of this website's services. In addition to preventing unauthorized access, the collection of IP addresses enables rapid identification of the cause and restoration of normal operations in the event of a failure of this website. We do not use or disclose IP addresses concerning customers' personally identifiable information.

While we collect information on how you use this website's services, we preserve the anonymity of individual users in the use or disclosure of this information. However, when we deem it necessary to protect this website or its users, we may implement measures by using IP addresses to identify individuals.

TIQ uses cookies and Web beacon technologies to trace the route users follow to access this website, record users' activities on this website, and assess and improve the design for the benefit of customers. However, TIQ does not use cookies and Web beacon technologies to record information concerning individual users; consequently, no information on specific users is stored or used. Users can adjust their browser settings to refuse cookies or alert them when cookies are sent.

3. SSL Security

We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer: an industry-standard security function that encrypts and transmits information online) to ensure that the personally identifiable information you send us via this website is secure. Using an SSL-compatible browser ensures that the personally identifiable information you send and receive is encrypted automatically.

4. Provision of Information to Third Parties and Secondary Usage of Information

In some cases, depending on the type of service you request through this website, we notify third parties of your personally identifiable information to the extent necessary. For example, if you have selected a particular car for a Test Drive, TIQ will provide that information to the car dealer with the chosen model available. Also, TIQ will provide that information to research companies for in-house surveys.

Excluding the abovementioned cases, we will not disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties without your prior consent. However, we may disclose your personally identifiable information without your permission when we deem it necessary in emergencies for the protection of human lives or human rights, when cooperating with requests based on laws and regulations from public agencies such as judicial institutions or police forces, or when acting in accordance with other laws and regulations.

5. Management of Personally Identifiable Information

TIQ implements strict data management practices to ensure that personally identifiable information provided by you via this website is not lost or damaged. Also, we undertake stringent data security measures. Users' personally identifiable information is stored in an environment that can only be accessed by the managers of this website. TIQ ensures that such information is not leaked to third parties or tampered with by outside parties.

When outsourcing work related to the operation of this website and using or managing your personally identifiable information, TIQ carries out rigorous monitoring and management of the commissioned companies' handling of personally identifiable information.

6. Your Responsibility

This website contains links to third-party websites. Please check respective policies about the handling of personally identifiable information on those websites.

You are responsible for your use of this website. TIQ does not assume any responsibility whatsoever for any damages arising from the use of various types of information obtained by using personally identifiable information from this website or third-party websites with links on this website.

We may review and revise the above policies as we think fit. Notification of all such revisions will be given on this page.