Privacy policy

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This is a concept site

Bluestem Auto Sales is fictional. The forms on this site work in your browser only: nothing you type is sent or stored, and no one will call you.

The rest of this page is the plain-language privacy policy a dealership like this would publish.

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What we collect

When you ask about a car or book a test drive: your name, phone number, email, the car and the time you pick, and anything you write in the message box.

When you apply for pre-approval: your name, date of birth, address, how long you've lived there, your housing payment, your employer, your income and how you'd rate your credit. We never ask for your Social Security number on this website; the lender asks for it later, directly, if you go ahead.

When you value a trade-in: your car's year, make, model, miles, condition and VIN if you give it, and any photos you add.

We don't use advertising trackers, and this site sets no cookies for advertising.

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How we use it

To answer you, hold the car or the time you asked for, prepare a trade-in offer, and follow up about it.

We call or text you only if you tick the box that says we may. Reply STOP to any text to opt out. Agreeing to calls or texts is never a condition of buying a car.

We don't sell your information.

04

Financing applications

If you apply for pre-approval, we send your application only to the lenders named on the form, so they can decide whether to offer you credit. A lender may check your credit; the form tells you whether that check is soft (no effect on your score) or hard.

Because a dealer that arranges financing is a financial institution under federal law (the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act), we give you our full privacy notice in writing when you apply in person, and we keep finance documents under a written information security program.

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Who else sees it

Only the services we use to run the dealership, such as our email and text providers and our dealer management software, and only to do the job you asked for. Vehicle history providers see a car's VIN, never your details.

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How long we keep it

Questions and test drive requests: up to 2 years, then deleted. Signed sale and finance paperwork: as long as Texas and federal law require us to keep it. Trade-in photos: deleted 90 days after the offer if you don't sell us the car.

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Your choices

You can ask to see, correct or delete what we hold about you, except records the law requires us to keep. Call, text or email us and we'll do it within 30 days.