Privacy Policy

Lakeside Lepas is committed to safeguarding the privacy of individuals. This Privacy Policy sets out how Lakeside Lepas manages personal information. It is structured as follows:

1. Personal information Lakeside Lepas collects
2. Use and disclosure of personal information
3. Automated decision making
4. Cookies
5. Links to other websites
6. Marketing
7. Overseas transfers
8. Access and correction
9. Contacting Lakeside Lepas and complaints
10. Changes to Privacy Policy

1. Personal information Lakeside Lepas collects

The main types of personal information Lakeside Lepas collects and holds are:

• contact and identification information for individuals seeking to buy or sell vehicles with Lakeside Lepas such as name, date of birth, contact number(s), email address(es), residential and/or business address(es), demographic information (such as postcode, age, gender) and driver's licence details;
• vehicle and servicing details for Lakeside Lepas's customers including vehicle registration, vehicle purchase details, service appointment bookings;
• finance details for Lakeside Lepas's customers seeking finance such as financial, insurance or credit information, marital status, employment details and history;
• contact details for individuals working for Lakeside Lepas's business partners and suppliers;
• information provided by an individual as part of a recruitment process such as name, contact details, prior employment history, qualifications, referee details and, if applicable, details for background checks; and
• other information provided by individuals while interacting with Lakeside Lepas.

Lakeside Lepas collects personal information in the course of running its business in a range of different ways, typically through:

• interactions with individuals (e.g. through any records Lakeside Lepas keeps of telephone calls, or emails received, or messages sent to Lakeside Lepas or posted on Lakeside Lepas's pages on social media);
• Lakeside Lepas's website;
• use of social media;
• employment applications;
• third party service providers; and
• provision of customer service and support.

Where practicable, Lakeside Lepas collects personal information in connection with running its business directly from the individual concerned. On occasion Lakeside Lepas may collect personal information from someone else such as when speaking to a referee for a job applicant or doing screening for onboarding a new supplier or customer.

2. Use and disclosure of personal information

Lakeside Lepas stores personal information in electronic and paper form.

Lakeside Lepas uses and discloses personal information as follows:

• to source vehicles and sell them to Lakeside Lepas's customers and to provide other related services to customers such as vehicle servicing and assist with arranging financing to purchase a vehicle;
• to manage arrangements with Lakeside Lepas's customers and prospective customers;
• to obtain products, services or information from Lakeside Lepas's suppliers;
• to assess what vehicles a person may be interested in purchasing (e.g., based on the person's interests and other information Lakeside Lepas knows about them);
• to operate and manage Lakeside Lepas's website, social media and other communications and media channels;
• subject to applicable laws, to conduct marketing;
• for processing and assessing employment applications; and
• for such other purposes authorised or required by law.

It may be necessary to share personal information with organisations that provide products or services to Lakeside Lepas. For example, Lakeside Lepas may use third party service providers for the organisation of customer care, implementation of promotions, development of offers, communication and contact with customers, organization of events and for the purpose of obtaining advice and managing its affairs. Lakeside Lepas also uses third party service providers for credit card processing/payment and for IT services (hosting services, database maintenance, etc.).

3. Automated decision making

Lakeside Lepas uses computer programs to make decisions affecting a person's interests to offer products or services that could be of interest. This is typically done via AI Agents within website chat or SMS. The sorts of personal information Lakeside Lepas uses in the operation of the computer program is browsing history on Lakeside Lepas's websites, name, contact information, and other information you may input into Lakeside Lepas's websites. The level of human oversight Lakeside Lepas provides over these decisions is limited — responses and recommendations may be generated automatically, with human review available where a person requests it or where required for follow-up by Lakeside Lepas's staff.

4. Cookies

Lakeside Lepas uses cookies on its website. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the website user's browser when they visit a website. This identifies the browser used and can be recognised by Lakeside Lepas's web server. Lakeside Lepas may use cookies to associate a user with social media platforms and, if the user so chooses, enable interaction between the user's activities on Lakeside Lepas's platforms and those social media platforms. Lakeside Lepas's website also uses cookies to analyse website traffic and help provide a better website visitor experience. Website users can make certain choices about the use of cookies through their browser settings. However, if the user disables certain cookies, this may prevent the user from taking full advantage of Lakeside Lepas's website.

5. Links to other websites

Lakeside Lepas's website may contain links to third party websites. Lakeside Lepas does not control or otherwise determine the privacy practices of these third party sites. To find out about their privacy practices, you should check their websites for their privacy policy, or otherwise ask them about their privacy practices.

6. Marketing

If you have received a direct marketing communication from Lakeside Lepas and do not wish to receive these communications from Lakeside Lepas in the future, just use the “unsubscribe” function in the email or SMS, or tick the opt out box on postal communications and return the mailed item to Lakeside Lepas.

7. Overseas transfers

Lakeside Lepas's website/s are hosted in Australia. On occasion, a third party service provider Lakeside Lepas engages or that Lakeside Lepas is instructed to provide information to may be outside of Australia however, the location of the third party would depend on the specific situation.

8. Access and correction

An individual may request access to or correction of any of the personal information Lakeside Lepas holds about them by contacting Lakeside Lepas during business hours on 03 9021 3859 or via the contact page.

Lakeside Lepas may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

Lakeside Lepas will aim to respond to all requests promptly and within 30 days.

Lakeside Lepas may refuse a request where permitted or required by law. Lakeside Lepas will comply with any regulatory requirement to give reasons for its decision.

9. Contacting Lakeside Lepas and complaints

If you have any queries, concerns or complaints about how Lakeside Lepas handles your personal information please contact Lakeside Lepas during business hours on 03 9021 3859 or via the contact page. Lakeside Lepas may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

Please provide sufficient details so that Lakeside Lepas can understand the nature of your concern. In most cases, Lakeside Lepas will ask that you put your request in writing.

Lakeside Lepas takes all complaints seriously and will use reasonable endeavours to investigate and respond to a complaint in writing within 30 days of receiving the written complaint. If you remain unsatisfied by Lakeside Lepas's response to your complaint, you may be entitled to refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

• Phone: 03 9021 3859
• Mailing Address: 1141 Ballarat Rd, Caroline Springs, VIC, 3023

10. Changes to Privacy Policy

Lakeside Lepas may make changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the revised policy on its website. Please check back from time to time to review this Privacy Policy.