WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

Terms and Conditions for using this website

BMW Group Australia appreciates your interest in its products and your visit to this website. These terms and conditions apply to the use of this website, including the purchase of goods or services over this website. In using this website for these or any other purposes, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, do not use this website. BMW Group Australia reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time and such amendment will apply upon publication on this website. These terms and conditions must be read in conjunction with any other applicable terms and conditions governing the use of this website or the purchase of goods or services from BMW Group Australia or its dealers.

Copyright

Copyright 1995-2005 BMW Australia Ltd and BMW AG, Munich, Germany. All rights reserved. The text, images, graphics, sound files, animation files, video files and their arrangement on this website are all subject to copyright and other intellectual property protection. These objects may not be copied for commercial use, transmission or distribution and may not be modified or posted to other websites. This website may contain content that is subject to the intellectual property rights of third parties.

Trademarks

Unless otherwise indicated, all trademarks on this website are subject to the trademark rights of BMW Group, including marks, model names, logos and emblems.

No Licences

BMW Group Australia has sought to achieve an innovative and informative website. However, you also need to understand that BMW Group must protect its intellectual property, including its patents, trademarks and copyrights. Accordingly, please appreciate that no licence to use the intellectual property of BMW Group or the intellectual property of third parties has been granted by this website.

Product Information

While BMW Group Australia has endeavoured to ensure that all information, representations, illustrations, specifications and prices contained on this website are accurate at the time of publication, product features, specifications, models and prices are subject to change without notice and BMW Group Australia makes no commitment as to the availability of any good or service. The information on this website should always be read in conjunction with other materials and information available from BMW Group and its dealers. BMW Group will, subject to legal requirements, determine the Model Year designation of its vehicles. The Model Year designation on any particular model may be longer or shorter than twelve months. Some vehicles pictured may contain non-Australian standard equipment. Some models may be shown with optional equipment. Further information can be obtained from your BMW dealer.

Unless otherwise provided, recommended retail prices are shown and exclude dealer charges, stamp duty, statutory charges and on-road charges which vary between dealers.

To the extent permitted by law, BMW Group Australia excludes all express and implied warranties and all liability, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising from negligence or otherwise relating to the use of this website, any inaccuracies and for any non-compliance by any goods or services with any representations, illustrations, specifications, product features, colour or other information contained on this website. Where, by law, BMW Group Australia is not permitted to exclude its liability but is permitted to limit its liability, its liability will be limited to, at its discretion, refunding the price of the goods or services or providing, replacing  or repairing  those goods  or providing those services again (except for goods or services of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption, in respect of which BMW Group Australia’s liability is not limited by virtue of this provision).  Nothing in these terms and conditions should be taken to limit the operation of the statutory warranties implied under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) or related consumer protection laws.

BMW Group Australia is not responsible for the contents of websites that are maintained by third parties and therefore waives its liability for any links from this website to other websites.

Please note that the colours displayed for vehicles within this website may alter from one computer monitor to another. Please consult your BMW dealer when inquiring about vehicle colours and availability.

BMW Group Australia's Privacy Policy

When you visit our website you may be asked to or you may wish to give us your personal information.  It is your decision whether to provide the personal information requested.

Protecting your privacy is important to us. BMW Group Australia will not use the personal information collected on this website for any purpose other than individual customer contact, care and information, customer analysis and the communication of product information, marketing material or special offers. For these purposes, the personal information may be stored, processed and passed on to other companies which are part of the BMW Group, BMW dealers or other third parties such as marketing and other advisers, whether operating within or outside Australia. BMW Group Australia will take reasonable steps to protect all personal information and to ensure that it is treated in accordance with the legislative requirements concerning data protection.

You may gain access to your personal information which is held by BMW Group Australia by contacting the Company Secretary at 783 Springvale Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia 3170 or telephoning (+61 3) 9264 4000.  You should also contact us if you believe that the personal information which we hold about you may be incomplete or inaccurate. 

BMW Group has other websites which are maintained in different countries around the world and are intended for visitors from those countries.  If you provide personal information to those websites it will be maintained in accordance with the laws of the country in which that website is maintained.  You should check the specific privacy provisions on the respective websites.

Cookies

Cookies are small files which are temporarily installed on your hard drive. BMW Group Australia uses cookies to keep track of their users’ preferences and thereby design the website to best meet users’ requirements. You can prevent cookies from being saved on your hard drive by selecting the appropriate setting on your browser – simply follow your particular browser’s instructions. Deactivating cookies could mean that you might no longer be able to enjoy offers from BMW Group Australia in their entirety.

Caution

You may have received an email or other communication stating that you have won a prize and that it is from the BMW Lottery Department.  Please be informed that BMW Australia Ltd does not have a Lottery Department, nor do any of its affiliated companies.  We have every reason to believe that this communication is for “phishing” purposes with the sole and only intention being to illicit your personal information.  DO NOT REPLY TO THIS COMMUNICATION. In the case of emails, to be safe, we recommend you add the sender to your blocked email or SPAM email list.