Privacy Statement and Cookies Policy
Windsor Motors respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform what we do with your personal data that you and others may provide us, including when you access this website or other websites controlled by a company within our group, when you enquire about a product or service, when you purchase a product or service from us, through your dealings with our staff, enter a competition, promotion or survey and when you report a problem with our website.
You have a number of rights in relation to your information including the right to object to processing of your personal information where that processing is carried out for our legitimate interests and the right to object at any time where we process your personal information for direct marketing.
In this regard, it is important that you read this Privacy Statement and understand our use of your personal data.
It is important that you read this privacy statement together with any other privacy policy or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them
Who we are and how to contact us
The terms “we”, “us”, “our” throughout this document refer to Windsor Motor Group and any associated companies from time to time.
The Windsor Motor Group means Windsor Motors Unlimited Company and any subsidiaries or associated companies from time to time.
If you have any questions about how your information is stored or managed, any questions about this statement or wish to exercise any of your privacy rights please contact our data protection compliance team at:
We collect your personal information for a number of different purposes and rely on a number of different legal grounds to do so.
We mainly use your personal information so that we can provide you with quality car sales and services together with finance and leasing services’ options when requested by you.
We will always give you the option not to receive marketing communications from us.
We may also use your personal information for our everyday business needs, such as auditing and business management.
However, more specifically, we may use the personal information that we gather for any or all the following purposes):
Lawful Basis for Processing
Purchasing a Vehicle or Part / Booking Vehicle Service
We may process your personal data to make a booking and send you a reminder of that booking.
We may process your data in order to provide you with a product or service which you have requested, including the purchase by us of a trade in vehicle.
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party.
Service and warranty reminders
We may use your personal information to remind you when your service is due or to advise you when your warranty is due to expire.
We rely on our legitimate interest to connect with our customers.
We assist customers in obtaining car financing and / or leasing from a variety of third parties
The processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract to which the data subject is party.
Marketing to Potential Customers and Customers
Information is collected by our Sales, Service and/or Marketing staff when any customer, or potential customer, contacts the dealership.
This information may also be collected through our websites when you make an enquiry, purchase a product or service from us.
Where you are a potential customer:
The data subject has given explicit consent to the processing. This consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Where you are a customer:
The data subject has not opted out to the processing. We rely on the lawful processing ground of legitimate interest to send direct marketing to our customers. Our legitimate interest is in connection with our customers. You can opt out of the receipt of direct marketing at any time.
Customer Satisfaction Survey
We carry out customer satisfaction surveys, by post, phone and email to ensure we are providing a good service to customers and potential customers.
The processing is in our legitimate interests to ensure the quality of services provided by our staff.
Quality Improvement / Staff Training
All phone-calls, written communications and communications received through the web are stored by us.
The processing is in our legitimate interests in providing a high standard of services to our customers, by assessing the ongoing development and identifying areas for improvement.
We operate a CCTV system on our premises to protect the safety and security of our staff and property.
The processing is in our legitimate interests as a private company regarding Safety and Security.
We use your personal data to comply with anti-money-laundering regulations.
The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
Change of Ownership Documentation
We process change of ownership documentation (i.e. vehicle registration certificates) for customers through the Revenue Online Service.
The processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract to which the data subject is party.
Safety Incidents / Product recall
We may use your personal data to contact you regarding an urgent safety measure and / or a product recall.
The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
We may use your personal information to comply with various legal obligations to which we are subject including make a payment of VAT or VRT in respect of the sale of a new car or where the car is being first registered in the state.
The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject
Dealing with sales and other enquiries both through our websites and in our dealerships
To respond to correspondence you send to us and fulfil the requests you make to us (for example: test drives, service requests, finance enquires, brochure requests or information about specific vehicles);
To takes steps prior to the entry into a contract with you.
To understand our customer base
We may use your personal information on an aggregate basis for market research purposes to help us understand our customer base
We rely on our legitimate interest in order to understand our customer base.
We may also use your personal information to manage our everyday business needs, including accounting, sharing your information within our company group for administrative purposes, and to prevent fraud.
We rely on our legitimate interest in the effective management of our business
To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise)
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
We may process your information in order to arrange car hire for you at your request.
The processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract to which the data subject is party
To provide quotations for the purposes of work carried out in accordance with your insurer
We may process your information in order to provide you or your insurance company with a quotation for the provision of repair services to you vehicle. This may involve passing your information to a motor assessor also
The processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract to which the data subject is party
To provide you with range of insurance products
We may process your information where we, in our capacity as an insurance intermediary provide you arrange insurance for you.
The processing is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract to which the data subject is party.
To provide you with a free quotation
When you leave your car in for a service, we may contact you throughout the day to provide you with a quotation on cost of changing your vehicle
We rely on the lawful processing ground of legitimate interest to make connections with our customers.
If you do not provide us with all the information we require, the resulting action may be that we are not able to provide you with the services you have requested from us. We will advise you if this is the case.