Privacy Policy

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

1. Personal information John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi and complaints
10. Changes to Privacy Policy

1. Personal information John Hughes Mitsubishi collects

The main types of personal information John Hughes Mitsubishi collects and holds are:

• contact and identification information for individuals seeking to buy or sell vehicles with John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi's customers including vehicle registration, vehicle purchase details, service appointment bookings;
• finance details for John Hughes Mitsubishi's customers seeking finance such as financial, insurance or credit information, marital status, employment details and history;
• contact details for individuals working for John Hughes Mitsubishi'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 John Hughes Mitsubishi.

John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi keeps of telephone calls, or emails received, or messages sent to John Hughes Mitsubishi or posted on John Hughes Mitsubishi's pages on social media);
• John Hughes Mitsubishi's website;
• use of social media;
• employment applications;
• third party service providers; and
• provision of customer service and support.

Where practicable, John Hughes Mitsubishi collects personal information in connection with running its business directly from the individual concerned. On occasion John Hughes Mitsubishi 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

John Hughes Mitsubishi stores personal information in electronic and paper form.

John Hughes Mitsubishi uses and discloses personal information as follows:

• to source vehicles and sell them to John Hughes Mitsubishi'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 John Hughes Mitsubishi's customers and prospective customers;
• to obtain products, services or information from John Hughes Mitsubishi's suppliers;
• to assess what vehicles a person may be interested in purchasing (e.g., based on the person's interests and other information John Hughes Mitsubishi knows about them);
• to operate and manage John Hughes Mitsubishi'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 John Hughes Mitsubishi. For example, John Hughes Mitsubishi 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. John Hughes Mitsubishi also uses third party service providers for credit card processing/payment and for IT services (hosting services, database maintenance, etc.).

3. Automated decision making

John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi uses in the operation of the computer program is browsing history on John Hughes Mitsubishi's websites, name, contact information, and other information you may input into John Hughes Mitsubishi's websites. The level of human oversight John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi's staff.

4. Cookies

John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi's web server. John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi's platforms and those social media platforms. John Hughes Mitsubishi'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 John Hughes Mitsubishi's website.

5. Links to other websites

John Hughes Mitsubishi's website may contain links to third party websites. John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi and do not wish to receive these communications from John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi.

7. Overseas transfers

John Hughes Mitsubishi's website/s are hosted in Australia. On occasion, a third party service provider John Hughes Mitsubishi engages or that John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi holds about them by contacting John Hughes Mitsubishi during business hours on (08) 9415 0000 or via the contact page.

John Hughes Mitsubishi may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

John Hughes Mitsubishi will aim to respond to all requests promptly and within 30 days.

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

9. Contacting John Hughes Mitsubishi and complaints

If you have any queries, concerns or complaints about how John Hughes Mitsubishi handles your personal information please contact John Hughes Mitsubishi during business hours on (08) 9415 0000 or via the contact page. John Hughes Mitsubishi may require an individual making a request to verify their identity before processing their request.

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

John Hughes Mitsubishi 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 John Hughes Mitsubishi's response to your complaint, you may be entitled to refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

• Phone: (08) 9415 0000
• Mailing Address: 49 Shepperton Rd, Victoria Park, WA, 6100

10. Changes to Privacy Policy

John Hughes Mitsubishi 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.