Mercedes-Benz South Africa appreciates your interest in its
products and your visit to this web site. Your privacy is
important to us and we want you to feel comfortable visiting
our site. The protection of your privacy in the processing
of your personal data is an important concern to which we
pay special attention during our business processes. Personal
data collected during visits to our web site are processed
by us according to the legal provisions valid for the countries
in which the web sites are maintained. In addition, our
data protection policy complies with the Data Protection
Code of Conduct applicable company-wide for Mercedes-Benz
South Africa. The Mercedes-Benz South Africa web site may
include, however, links to other web sites which are not
covered by this privacy statement.
Collection and Processing of Personal Data
When you visit our web site, our web server
automatically records your IP address, the web site from which you
visit us, the web pages you actually visit and the date and length of
your visit. Personal data is only stored if volunteered by you, for
example in the context of a registration, a survey, a contest or in
execution of a contract.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Data and Purpose Specification
Mercedes-Benz South Africa will use your personal
data for the sole purpose of technical administration of the web site,
customer administration, product surveys and marketing, only to the
extent necessary in each specific case. We will only disclose your
data to governmental authorities in cases where it is required by law.
Our employees, agencies, and retailers are obliged by us to respect
confidentiality.
Freedom of Choice
We should like to use your data to inform you about
our products and services and where applicable request your opinion.
Naturally your participation is completely voluntary. Should you not
consent, you can inform us at any time so that we can block your data
accordingly. Please refer to the respective web site for further
information.
Cookies
Mercedes-Benz South Africa uses cookies to record
the preferences of visitors, and therefore to be able to optimize the
design of its web site. Cookies are small files which are stored on
your hard drive. They ease navigation, and increase the
user-friendliness of a web site. Cookies also help us to identify the
most popular sections of our web site. This enables us to provide
content that is more accurately suited to your needs, and in so doing
improve our service. Cookies can be used to determine whether there
has been any contact between ourselves and your computer in the past.
Only the cookie on your computer is identified. Personal details can
be saved in cookies, provided that you have consented to this, for
example, in order to facilitate secure online access so that you not
need to enter your user ID and password again.
Of course, you can also visit our web site without
cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can prevent
cookies from being stored on your hard drive by setting your browser
to not accept cookies. The exact instructions for this can be found in
the manual for your browser. You can delete cookies already on your
hard drive at any time. However, if you choose not to accept cookies,
this may result in a reduced availability of the services provided by
our web site.
Security
Mercedes-Benz South Africa uses technical and
organisational security measures to protect the data we have under our
control against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss,
destruction and against access by unauthorised persons. Our security
procedures are continually enhanced as new technology becomes
available.
Freedom of Information
Upon request, Mercedes-Benz South Africa or its
representatives will inform you without delay by letter as defined by
the applicable law what personal data is stored by us. As a registered
user you also have the option of viewing, deleting or amending your
personal data yourself. Should such data be incorrect, in spite of our
efforts to keep it correct and up to date, we will correct it for you
once you have drawn our attention to the error.