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Privacy Policy

Intro

Taiga Motors Inc. respects its users concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy explains Taiga’s policies and procedures regarding information we collect from or about our customers and their use of our products and services. By providing information to us or by using our products or services, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

Information We May Collect

At this time, we collect information from or about you or your devices in relation to you or your use of our products and services

We may collect information from or about you (such as your name, address, phone number, e-mail, payment information, etc.) or your devices in a variety of ways, including:

Through the Services: We may collect information from or about you through our websites, software applications, social media pages, e-mail messages, or other digital services (the “Services”), e.g., when you sign up for a newsletter, make a purchase, or register your product with us.
From other sources: We also may receive information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, certified installers, third-party vehicle repair or service centers, and social media platforms.
Offline: We may collect information from or about you offline, such as when you attend one of our events, sign up for a test drive, place an order over the phone, or contact our customer services or sales department.
Through your browser or device: Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type and version, and the name and version of the Services you are using. We use this information to ensure that the Services function properly.

When you visit our website or otherwise use our Services, we may use cookies, pixel tags, analytics tools, and other similar technologies to help provide and improve our Services, and as detailed below:

Cookies: Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using. Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited, language preferences, and other web traffic data. Our service providers and we use the information for security purposes, to facilitate online navigation, to display information more effectively, to personalize your experience while using the Services, and to otherwise analyze user activity. We can recognize your computer to assist your use of the Services. We also gather statistical information about the usage of the Services in order to continually improve their design and functionality, understand how the Services are used, and assist us with resolving questions regarding the Services. Cookies further allow us to select which of our advertisements or offers are most likely to appeal to you and to display them to you. We may also use cookies in online advertising to see how you interact with our advertisements, and we may use cookies or other files to understand your use of other websites.
- If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies when using the Taiga Motors website, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to automatically decline cookies or gives you the choice of declining or accepting the transfer to your computer of a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular site. You may also wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html. However, if you do not accept these cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Services. For example, we may not be able to recognize your computer, and you may need to log in every time you visit the applicable Services.
Pixel tags and other similar technologies: Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used in connection with some Services to, among other things, track the actions of users of the Services (including e-mail recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns, and compile statistics about usage of the Services and response rates.
Analytics tools: We use website and application analytics services provided by third parties that use cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about website or application use and to report trends, without identifying individual visitors. The third parties that provide us with these services may also collect information about your use of third-party websites.
- You can learn about Google’s practices in connection with this information collection and how to opt out of it by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

How We May Use Information We Collect

We may use information we collect to communicate with you, to provide and improve our products and services, and for other purposes. Examples of how we use information for these purposes are provided below.

To communicate with you

We may use information we collect to communicate with you, such as:

To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to send you newsletters or product information, information alerts, or brochures.
To set up, evaluate, and provide feedback regarding your Taiga Motors test drive.
To advise you of important safety-related information or to notify first responders in the event of an accident involving your vehicle.
To send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Services and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
To present products and offers tailored to you and to enhance our lists with information from other sources.
To allow you to participate in contests and similar promotions and to administer these activities.
To facilitate social sharing and communications functionality.

Your communication choices:

Receiving electronic communications from us or our affiliates: If you no longer want to receive marketing-related e-mails from us or our affiliates, you may opt out of receiving them by following the opt-out instructions in any e-mail received from us or by contacting us at the address below. Please note that we may still send you important administrative and safety messages even if you opt out of receiving marketing e-mails.
Receiving marketing-related calls from us: If you receive a marketing-related call from us and do not want to receive similar calls in the future, simply ask to be placed on our “do not call” list. Please note that we may still call you regarding administrative, safety, or product service issues even if you opt out of receiving marketing calls.

We may use information we collect to provide and improve our products and services, such as:

To complete and fulfill your purchase, e.g., to process your payments, have your order delivered to you, communicate with you regarding your purchase, and provide you with related customer service.
To deliver any other services you have requested.

We also may use information we collect for other purposes, such as:

For our business purposes, such as: data analysis; audits; fraud monitoring and prevention; identifying usage trends; determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns; and operating and expanding our business activities.
Except as described above and below, Taiga Motors may use or share information that does not personally identify you for any purpose, such as for operational or research purposes, for industry analysis, to improve or modify our products and services, to better tailor our products and services to your needs, and where legally required.

How We May Share Information We Collect

We may share information we collect with our service providers and business partners, with other third parties you authorize, with other third parties when required by law, and in other circumstances. Examples of how we share information with these parties and under these circumstances are provided below.

We may share information with our service providers and business partners when necessary to perform services on our or on your behalf, such as in the following circumstances:

With our third party service providers and channel partners to provide services such as website hosting, data analysis and storage, payment processing, order fulfillment and product installation, wireless connectivity to Taiga Motors products, information technology and related infrastructure, customer service, product maintenance or related services, e-mail delivery, credit card processing, auditing, marketing, voice command processing, and other similar services.
With other third party business partners to the extent that they are involved in your purchase or the service of your Taiga Motors products. We share limited information from or about you to allow you to take advantage of those services if you elect to utilize them, with such partners as finance, leasing, registration, and title companies.

We may share information with other third parties you authorize, such as in the following circumstances:

With our certified installers to facilitate the provision of energy products to you that you have requested.
With third party service centers or providers, if you choose to utilize them. Note that some information about you is stored on certain Taiga Motors products and may be accessible directly to the third party service centers or providers that you choose to utilize to diagnose or service your Taiga Motors product.
With third-party sponsors of contests and similar promotions, if you elect to participate.
With your social media account provider, if you connect your Services account and your social media account. If you do so, you authorize us to share information with your social media account provider and you understand that the use of the information we share will be governed by the social media account provider’s privacy policy.

Taiga Motors may transfer and disclose information, including information that may or may not personally identify you, to third parties to comply with a legal obligation (including, but not limited to, subpoenas); when we believe in good faith that the law requires it; in response to a lawful request by governmental authorities conducting an investigation, including to comply with law enforcement requirements; to verify or enforce our policies and procedures; to respond to an emergency; to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical or legally actionable; or to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of the Services, Taiga Motors, third parties, visitors to our Services, or the public, as determined by us in our sole discretion.

We may share information in other circumstances, such as:

With a third party in connection with any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

We do not share information that personally identifies you with unaffiliated third parties for their marketing purposes unless you opt in to that sharing.

If you wish to opt out of any processing of information for which you have provided your prior explicit opt-in consent, you may do so by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section below.

Country

The Services are controlled and operated from the Canada. Information from or about you or your use of our products or the Services may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided that information. When we transfer information from or about you or your use of our products or the Services to other countries, we will protect it as described in this Privacy Policy. By using our products, the Services, or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the transfer of information from or about you or your use of our products or the Services to countries outside of your country of residence, including the Canada.

User Rights and Choices

As detailed in the sections above, we give you many choices regarding our collection, use, and sharing of information from or about you or your use of our products or the Services. Subject to applicable law, in certain jurisdictions you may also have the rights to request access to and receive information about certain information we maintain about you, update and correct inaccuracies in that information, and have the information blocked or deleted, as appropriate. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by local law. We give you several methods to access, correct, update, or request blocking or deletion of information from or about you including:

If you would like to review, correct, update, suppress, or delete information from or about you that has been previously provided to us by you, you may contact us at the address below.

In your request, please make clear what information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have the information that you have provided to us suppressed from our database, or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of the information that you have provided to us. For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the information associated with the particular e-mail address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request.

We will comply with your request(s) to exercise these rights and choices as soon as reasonably practicable.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping or legal compliance purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting such change or deletion (e.g., when you make a purchase or enter a promotion, you may not be able to change or delete the information provided until after the completion of such purchase or promotion). There may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed.

Security

We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect information within our organization. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with the “How to Contact Us” section below.

Retention Period

We will retain information we collect from or about our customers, our products, and the Services for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Minors

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen (18), and we request that these individuals not provide any information to Taiga Motors.

Links

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which the Services link. The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates, nor does it imply an affiliation with the third party.

Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of other organizations, such as any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, or wireless service provider, including any information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with our software applications or social media pages.

Updates to this Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy. Please take a look at the “Last Updated” legend at the bottom of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services. By using our products, the Services, or otherwise providing information to us following these changes, you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

How to Contact Us

To contact us with a question or comment or to opt out from certain services, please contact us:

via e‐mail atprivacy@taigamotors.ca
via mail at Taiga Motors, Inc., Attn: Legal, 210 Rue Bridge, Montreal, Quebec H3K2C3, Canada.

Please note that e-mail communications are not always secure, so please do not include credit card information or sensitive information in your e-mails to us.

Last Updated February 2018

Terms of Use

Copyrights

Copyright 2015-2018 Taiga Motors Inc. All Rights Reserved. The text, images, graphics, sound files, animation files, video files and their arrangement on Taiga Motors, Inc. internet sites are all subject to copyright and other intellectual property protection. These objects may not be copied for commercial use or distribution, nor may these objects be modified or reposted. Some Taiga Motors, Inc. internet sites also contain material that is subject to the copyright rights of their providers.

Prices

All prices specified are recommended retail prices. Prices are current at the time of publication and subject to change without notice.

Trademarks

Unless otherwise indicated, all marks displayed on Taiga Motors, Inc. internet sites are subject to the trademark rights of Taiga Motors, Inc., including, but not limited to, model name plates and corporate logos and emblems.

No Licenses

Taiga Motors, Inc. strives to achieve innovative and informative internet sites. Taiga Motors, Inc. hopes that you will be as enthusiastic as we are about this creative effort. However, Taiga Motors, Inc. must protect its intellectual property, including its patents, trademarks and copyrights. Accordingly, please be on notice that neither these internet sites, nor any material contained therein shall in any way grant or be taken to grant any person a license to Taiga Motors, Inc.’s intellectual property.

Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Internet pages, investor relations releases, outlooks, presentations, audio and video files of events (live or recorded) and other documents on these internet sites contain among other things forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current views with respect to future events. The words “anticipate”, “assume”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “project” and “should” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: changes in currency exchange rates, interest rates and in raw material prices; introduction of competing products; increased sales incentives; and decline in resale prices of used vehicles.

No Warranties Or Representations

THE INFORMATION ON THESE INTERNET SITES IS PROVIDED BY TAIGA MOTORS, INC. “AS IS” AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON INFRINGEMENT. WHILE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE, IT MAY INCLUDE ERRORS OR INACCURACIES.

THESE INTERNET SITES MAY CONTAIN LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WHICH ARE NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OF TAIGA MOTORS, INC. THEREFORE WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF ANY LINKED SITE. TAIGA MOTORS, INC. IS PROVIDING THESE LINKS TO YOU ONLY AS A CONVENIENCE, AND THE INCLUSION OF ANY LINK DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT BY TAIGA MOTORS, INC. OF THE LINKED SITE.

Payment Terms for Services

These Terms of Service describe your agreement to pay for future services and charges. Taiga Motors may amend these terms and any changes are effective when posted to this page.

Security

We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect information within our organization. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with the “How to Contact Us” section below.

Retention Period

Minors

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of sixteen (16), and we request that these individuals not provide any information to Taiga Motors.

Links

Updates to this Policy

How to Contact Us

To contact us with a question or comment or to opt out from certain services, please contact us:

via e‐mail atprivacy@taigamotors.ca
via mail at Taiga Motors, Inc., Attn: Legal, 210 Rue Bridge, Montreal, Quebec H3K2C3, Canada.

Please note that e-mail communications are not always secure, so please do not include credit card information or sensitive information in your e-mails to us.

Last Updated February 2018