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This website is operated by Opel Automobile Ireland Limited (“Opel”) as the controller and the hosting is done by our IT supplier General Motors Holdings LLC (Michigan, USA). All other microsites operated by Opel Automobile Ireland Limited are hosted in Europe by our IT supplier MRM (Frankfurt am Main, Germany). The registered office of Opel Automobile Ireland Limited is situated in Ireland at Opel Automobile Ireland Limited, Fern Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 16.
Please read this policy carefully before using this website because it explains how we will process personal data and how we use cookies. Using this website indicates that you accept this policy.
This website is operated by Opel Automobile Ireland Limited (“Opel”) as the controller and the hosting is done by our IT supplier General Motors Holdings LLC (Michigan, USA). All other microsites operated by Opel Automobile Ireland Limited are hosted in Europe by our IT supplier MRM (Frankfurt am Main, Germany). The registered office of Opel Automobile Ireland Limited is situated in Ireland at Opel Automobile Ireland Limited, Fern Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 16.
Please read this policy carefully before using this website because it explains how we will process personal data and how we use cookies. Using this website indicates that you accept this policy.
Opel cares about your privacy. We collect and process various types of personal data via this website. This includes:
For further details, see section 2.
This website can also contain links to other Opel websites or to websites of our Opel partners, authorized workshops, other affiliated companies or social media websites. When you click on such a link to any of such other Opel or third party websites, please be aware that these websites have their own data privacy policies. Please check their privacy policies when using these websites.
This website can also contain iFrames with content of other Opel websites or of websites of third parties. Opel is not responsible for third-party content presented in iFrames. The information
presented therein is the sole responsibility of those website owners. Opel has no control or responsibility for the content of independent websites and provides this external content to its visitors for their convenience.
As a result, when you visit a page containing such content, you may be presented with cookies from these third party websites. Opel does not control the distribution of these cookies. Please check the third party's
privacy policy for more information.
Please be informed that Opel cannot accept any responsibility or liability for third party websites.
Your personal data will be processed in order to manage and fulfil your requests and - when applicable - for personalised marketing and market research, controlled by us and Opel Automobile GmbH
(Bahnhofsplatz, 65423 Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany) as follows:
The data processing is based on Article 6 (1) a) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in case you provide your respective consent and/or on Article 6 (1) b) GDPR in case of online requests.
We, as controllers, process your personal data as follows:
Data and Purpose(s)
Identification and contact details:
According to the nature of your request additional data elements maybe mandatory:
Business Customer Data:
Marketing
Opt in
Data:
Information collected via cookies:
The data elements marked with a * listed above in section 1-4 are mandatory and necessary to fulfil your request. You are therefore obliged to provide the data. If you don’t provide this data we cannot fulfil your request.
Based on your user behaviour by browsing on our website, a pop-up might be shown to you offering a test drive, or a voucher for your model of interest. Please see Section 7 for detailed information regarding cookies.
Your personal data will be stored for the above-mentioned purposes for further three years after the last contact with Opel.
Recipients
We share your personal data for the below listed purposes with the following recipients:
Identification and contact details:
MRM McCann GmbH
Großer Hasenpfad 44
60598 Frankfurt
Conteam Below GmbH
Am Brand 41
55116 Mainz
When applicable, we share your personal data with your respective selected Opel Partner.
We also share your personal data with the respective IT-Service provider (GM Holdings LLC, Michigan, USA) who is located outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and therefore in a country without adequate level
of data protection. There is no adequacy decision of the European Commission, but there are appropriate safeguards in place, which are in this case respective EU Standard Contractual Clauses (EU SCC’s). In order
to obtain a copy please send an email to privacyrights@opel.com.
Business Customer Data:
MRM McCann GmbH
Großer Hasenpfad 44
60598 Frankfurt
Conteam Below GmbH
Am Brand 41
55116 Mainz
When applicable, we share your personal data with your respective selected Opel Partner.
We also share your personal data with the respective IT-Service provider (GM Holdings LLC, Michigan, USA) who is located outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and therefore in a country without adequate level
of data protection. There is no adequacy decision of the European Commission, but there are appropriate safeguards in place, which are in this case respective EU Standard Contractual Clauses (EU SCC’s). In order
to obtain a copy please send an email to privacyrights@opel.com.
Marketing Opt in Data:
MRM McCann GmbH
Großer Hasenpfad 44
60598 Frankfurt
Conteam Below GmbH
Am Brand 41
55116 Mainz
When applicable, we share your personal data with your respective selected Opel Partner.
We also share your personal data with the respective IT-Service provider (GM Holdings LLC, Michigan, USA) who is located outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and therefore in a country without adequate level
of data protection. There is no adequacy decision of the European Commission, but there are appropriate safeguards in place, which are in this case respective EU Standard Contractual Clauses (EU SCC’s). In order
to obtain a copy please send an email to privacyrights@opel.com.
This website, email messaging, online services, advertisements and interactive applications use “cookies” for optimizing our services.
A “cookie” is a small file, typically of letters and numbers that we send to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk by our web server. The main purpose of a cookie is to allow our web server to present the user with customized web pages that make the experience when visiting the Opel website more personal and better responding to the user’s individual needs.
Some cookies are important for the functionality of this Website and are automatically activated when visited by the users. Some cookies allow us to provide the user with services and functions that best suit their needs, and to tailor our service to them to ensure easy and fast operation of the website.
Opel Automobile Ireland Limited may use three types of cookies on this website:
Cookies are categorized as follows:
Essential Cookies enable our users to navigate the website and use features. Without these Cookies, the requested services cannot be provided, such as our Vehicle Configurator, Dealer Locator Function , or Request
Forms.
We use Essential Cookies to:
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies collect information on how users use our website. They help us to improve the functionality of our website, see which areas are of greater interest to our customers, and to learn more about the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. All this helps us to offer our users the services and functions that best meet their needs.
We use Performance Cookies to:
Some of the Performance cookies are provided by authorized third parties, but we do not allow cookies to be used for purposes other than those mentioned above.
So-called ‘Persistent Cookies’ are stored on the user's computer or device in-between browser sessions. They are used to maintain settings or preferences and to improve the use of the website on the next visit. Some of these cookies are provided by authorized third parties.
We use ‘Persistent Cookies’ to:
Some ‘Persistent Cookies’ are provided by authorized third-parties, but we do not allow cookies to be used for purposes other than those mentioned above.
By using re-targeting cookies, we are able to make offers more interesting for our users. Re-targeting cookies are stored on the computer or on the device of the Internet user during browser sessions. They enable
advertising of Opel products on partner and social media websites for users who have been interested in Opel products.
The insertion of these advertisements is completely anonymous based on a cookie technology. No personal data (such as IP address or similar) will be stored, nor will any user profiles be combined with your personal data. Furthermore, no user-related data about you will be communicated to any partner or social media website. Advertising is also completely anonymous.
These online ad tracking cookies will show you relevant online advertising based on what you have viewed and clicked, as well as pages of our website that you have visited.
Cookie: Google AdWords
Data collected via cookie: The applied cookies store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you have viewed or clicked on.
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor online advertising messages and experiences specific to your preferences.
Provider: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Opt-out: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Cookie: Google DoubleClick
Data collected via cookie: The applied cookies store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you have viewed or clicked on.
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor online advertising messages and experiences specific to your preferences.
Provider: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Opt-out: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Cookie: Facebook Pixel
Data collected via cookie: The applied cookies store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you have viewed or clicked on.
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor online advertising messages and experiences specific to your preferences.
Provider: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Opt-out: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
Cookie: Bing
Data collected via cookie: The applied cookies store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you have viewed or clicked on.
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor online advertising messages and experiences specific to your preferences.
Provider: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Opt-out: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-
us/priv
acystatement
Cookie: Twitter
Data collected via cookie: The applied cookies store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you have viewed or clicked on.
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor online advertising messages and experiences specific to your preferences.
Provider: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
Opt-out: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Cookie: LinkedIn
Data collected via cookie: The applied cookies store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you have viewed or clicked on.
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor online advertising messages and experiences specific to your preferences.
Provider: https://www.linkedin
.com/le
gal/privacy-policy
Opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
Cookie: Signal
Data collected via cookie: The applied cookies store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you have viewed or clicked on.
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor online advertising messages and experiences specific to your preferences.
Provide
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s://www.signal.co/privacy-policy/
Opt-out: https://privacy.signal.co/opt-out.html
Cookie: Google Tag Manager
Data collected via cookie: Opel/ Vauxhaul uses Google Tag Manager to manage the operation of this website.
Purpose(s): Google Tag Manager is the tag management solution passing data.
Provider: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy
Opt-out: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
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Cookie: IgnitionOne (Email: privacy@ignitionone.com)
Data collected via cookies: The cookies we use store information about the pages of our website that you visited and the advertising campaigns you visited or clicked.
Purpose of data collection and processing: The cookie is used to analyze the use of our website to display discount coupon programs for certain usage profiles.
Provider: https://www.ignitionon
e.com/p
rivacy-policy/
Opt-out: https://www.ignitionone.com/cookie-opt-out/
Cookie: LinkedIn Insight Tag
Data collected via cookie: Enables the collection of metadata such as IP address information, timestamp, and events (e.g. page views). The LinkedIn browser cookie is stored in a user's browser until a user deletes the cookie or the cookie expires.
Provider: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie- policy? trk=uno-reg-guest-home-cookie-policy
Opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62931?lang=en
Cookie: Netmining
Data collected via cookie : Netmining is a provider of display targeting solutions, including audience targeting, remarketing, and video, which uses real-time customer behavior to improve advertising spend.
Use of the data collected : The information collected will be used in a pseudonymised form to provide you with a tailored experience based on your preferences on our websites and within our online advertising campaigns.
Provider: https://www.ignitionone.com/privacy-policy/
Opt-out: https://oo.netmng.com/opt out.php
Cookie: ScorecardResearch (privacy@fullcirclestudies.com)
Data collected via cookies: ScorecardResearch, a service of Full Circle Studies, Inc. and part of the comScore, Inc. market research group, collects digital consumption behavior data, which may include information about user activities on their computer or device, online activities, video streaming activities, and other activities, as part of comScore’s broad market research efforts. ScorecardResearch may collect personal information such as your name and contact information when you choose to provide it to us through our Website or otherwise. We may also collect information about your use of websites or applications, and the advertisements that you view on these websites and applications.
Purpose of data collection and processing: The cookie is used to create reports on digital consumption behavior and trends, and to provide research and information products to clients.
Provider: http://www.scorecardresearch.com/privacy.
aspx?ne
wlanguage=1
Opt-out: https://www.scorecardresearch.com/Preferences.aspx?newlanguage=1
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Cookie: Omniture / Adobe Analytics
Data Collected via Cookie: The applied cookies store information about the page of the website that you visited and the advertising
Purpose(s): This information is used in a pseudonymised form to tailor advertising messages and experiences specific to you preferences. It is also used to track your activity on our website.
Provider: https://www.adobe.com/privacy.html
Opt-out: https://www.adob e.com/i e/privacy/opt-out.html
Cookie: Matomo (Piwik Analytics)
Data collected via cookies: Information about the pages of our website that you have visited and information about advertising campaigns that you have seen or clicked on.
Use of the data collected: The information collected will be used in a pseudonymised form to provide you with a tailored experience based on your preferences on our websites and within our online advertising campaigns.
Privacy Policy of the Cookie Provider: https://piwikpro.de/datenschutz/
Allow or block a cookie: https://piwikpro.de/opt-out/
Cookie: Tag Inspector
Data collected via cookies: Tag Inspector may collect pseudomized personal data in the course of testing and validating data collection and unauthorized tag behavior on this website. This data is used to identify the conditions under which unauthorized behavior is occurring for fast and efficient remediation of any data collection problems.
Use of data collected: Testing and validating proper tag behavior on the website.
Privacy Policy of the Cookie Provider: https://app.taginspector.com/privacy_policy
Allow or block a cookie: https://app.taginspector.com/opt_out
Cookie: TV Squared (WyWy)
Data collected via cookies: TV allocated services.
Use of the data collected: For purposes of generating results, through the TV Squared portal, with respect to one or more campaign that allow Opel/Vauxhall (and its agency) to measure and optimize Opel/Vauxhall TV Advertising performance; and create anonymization and aggregation of such data.
Privacy Policy of the Cookie Provider: https://tvsquared.com/privacy-policy/
Allow or block a cookie: https://tvsquared.com/privacy-policy/
The 'Help' menu in the Internet browser's menu bar on your computer tells users:
If Cookies are disabled then much of the content on www.opel.ie will also be disabled e.g., Dealer locator, vehicle configurator and user-relevant offers may not be displayed correctly. To prevent this we recommend that Cookies are enabled.
There are many on-line publications on cookies in case you want to read more. See for example: http://www.allaboutcookies.org
As data subject, you have the right of access, right to rectification, right to erasure (right to be forgotten), right to restriction of processing, right to data portability, right to object to processing of personal data concerning
you which is based on Art. 6 (1) e) or f) GDPR or where the personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes in accordance with the applicable law.
Please note that your above-mentioned rights are restricted by law and must be fulfilled by us possibly only under certain conditions.
If you want to claim your above-mentioned rights please email us at, privacyrights@opel.com or write to: Privacy Rights, Opel Automobile Ireland Limited, Fern Road,
Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 16. to: Privacy Rights, Opel Automobile Ireland Limited, Fern Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 16.
Your personal data can be updated by us as the responsible controller at any time (e.g. change your address) or the update can be performed by yourself at any time, as far as our systems or applications offer this functionality.
To exercise your right to lodge a complaint (Art. 77 GDPR) please contact Data Protection Commissioner, Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, R32 AP23, Co. Laois.
Right to withdraw your consent
You have the right to withdraw your given consent at any time (for this please email, privacyrights@opel.com or write to: Privacy Rights, Opel Automobile Ireland Limited, Fern Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 16. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Opel Automobile Ireland Limited, Fern Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 18 D18 FP98, Ireland, Phone 00353 1 2161000 ,Email : customercare.ie@opel.com / Phone Customer Care: 00353(1)5339818
Contact details for the data protection officer:
Privacy Rights, Opel Automobile Ireland ltd , Fern Road, Sandyford Business Estate, Dublin 18 D18 FP98
E-Mail: privacyrights@opel.com
Version: May 2018
See our Legal Notice for the full company details.
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9. Interaction with Social Media Networks
Customer care and assistance via Social Media
You may contact Opel Automobile Ireland Limited also via our Social Media Channels. E.g., if you send us a message or post something on our Social Media Channels, we may use the information in your message or post to follow-up with you on the issue you contacted us for via the Social Media Channel which you used. In order to give you the assistance you requested, we may ask you to provide via direct or private message further information such as details on the issue, name, email, VIN, phone, location (city/state) and/or make, model and year of the vehicle. The information you provide will not be used for direct marketing; market research for service and product improvement will only be carried out on bases of aggregated (anonymized) data.
Please note that you should not include any sensitive data (such as information on racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical convictions, or health) into you post or message. Be aware that if you post something on a public Social Media Channel, anyone might be able to read it.
Links to Social Media / Social Media Plug ins.
Our web page includes links to social networks.
In order to protect your personal data while visiting our website we do not use social plugins. Instead HTML-links are embedded onto the website, enabling easy sharing onto social media platforms. Embedding the link prevents a direct connection with various social media network servers when opening a page from our website. When clicking on one of the buttons, a browser window opens and directs the user to the respective service provider website on which (after having logged in) for example, the “Like” or “Share” can be used.
For more information on the purpose and scope of data processing and further use of your personal data by the provider and their websites as well as your rights and possible settings to protect your privacy, please refer to the data protection information of the respective service provider.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
You Tube: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/impressum