Your privacy is important to us! This document sets out the policies of Austin Auto Leasing,  (Austin Auto Leasing) regarding the protection of the rights of persons to privacy. Its purpose is to explain to contacts and all others who deal with Austin Auto Leasing and what types of personal information Austin Auto Leasing collects and how that information is used. This policy reflects no commitment by, nor is it binding upon any party or parties other than Austin Auto Leasing. At times, Austin Auto Leasing collects certain personal information about people with whom it deals, either in their personal capacities or as representatives of client institutions, vehicle and lease financing vehicle and lease financing suppliers or other businesses. Such people are referred to in this policy as "Austin Auto Leasing’s contacts" or as simply as "contacts". Austin Auto Leasing collects identifiable personal data as well as non-identifiable personal information. Items of identifiable personal information, such as names and contact details, are collected and used as a matter of course in Austin Auto Leasing’s daily work. Often a person’s identifiable personal information includes the role or roles the person plays on behalf of his or her employer in the employer’s business relationship with Austin Auto Leasing. Austin Auto Leasing’s Information Manual describes how any person may request Austin Auto Leasing to provide a copy of all personal information held by Austin Auto Leasing about that person. The Information Manual can be read or downloaded from Austin Auto Leasing’s web site (www.InterstateAutoLeasing.com). 

Collection of Personal Data .Austin Auto Leasing collects personal data about contacts. Contacts include those employees of client institutions with whom Austin Auto Leasing will deal in the normal course of business. This information is collected when institutions first procure services from, or enter into an Service Agreement with Austin Auto Leasing, when they instruct Austin Auto Leasing, as their provider or Agent, to provide services or undertake service procurement or other actions on their behalf. Contacts also include persons within supplier and other organizations with which Austin Auto Leasing has a business relationship – i.e. persons that work for vehicle and lease financing vehicle and lease financing suppliers,  or other organizations. Austin Auto Leasing does not collect personal information about end users of client institution’s networks, i.e. "where you work", unless needed to provide service. Use of Personal Data. Austin Auto Leasing uses personal information to ensure effective business communications with contact persons that represent client institutions, vehicle and lease financing vehicle and lease financing suppliers and other organizations with which Austin Auto Leasing has dealings. In its capacity as the agent of client institutions, Austin Auto Leasing provides personal information about contact persons of client institutions to vehicle and lease financing suppliers, where the supplier needs to use this information to communicate directly with the client institution. For example, Austin Auto Leasing supplies the contact details of site managers to third party vendors when third party vendors has been instructed by Austin Auto Leasing to install or upgrade a data communications service to that site. Similarly, Austin Auto Leasing provides contact details of vehicle and lease financing suppliers’ personnel to client institutions where this is needed for the furtherance of the business relationship. Confidentiality. Austin Auto Leasing respects the privacy of the individual and undertakes to protect the confidentiality of personal information about contacts that is supplied in the course of business relationships with Austin Auto Leasing. Austin Auto Leasing undertakes to use personal information solely for the purposes described above, and will not otherwise, unless legally obliged to do so, provide personal information to third parties. Reservation of Rights. Austin Auto Leasing reserves the right to disclose personal information in its possession where it is required to do so by law or to exercise its legal rights or to defend itself against legal claims. Austin Auto Leasing reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy. Where a major change is made, contacts will be informed by e-mail notification or through a notice on our website. Contacts share the responsibility to read the changes.