MTF Group is committed to protecing your privacy. This Privacy Statement outlines how we collect, store, use and share your personal information. For more information, read our full Privacy Policy. By submitting your personal information into our systems, you consent to our use of your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and this Privacy Statement.
MTF means Motor Trade Finance Limited and includes any third party transferred MTF rights.
MTF Finance Group, we, us, or our means MTF Finance, MTF Finance subsidiaries and related entities, and the network of franchises and approved dealers who provide MTF Finance products and services.
You and your means our customers and other individuals who engage with us directly or indirectly.
We may collect personal information about you, either directly from you or from other parties and we may generate information about you when we carry out our business.
The types of personal information we collect about you may include your:
If you provide us with any other person’s information (such as a guarantor, or beneficial owner or additional account contact), or allow collection of that information, you confirm that that person has allowed MTF Group to collect, use and share their personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020, our Privacy Policy and this Privacy Statement.
You also confirm that you have informed them of their rights to access their personal information set out in our Privacy Policy and this Privacy Statement.
We collect and use your personal information to provide the information, products and services that you request from us, and to provide you with information about other services we consider appropriate.
We may use your information:
We share this information with third parties who enable us to provide you with our products and services. Sharing means collecting information from and disclosing information to third parties including:
We will only share your personal information with third parties where it is necessary to help us do the things listed under ‘What do we do with it?’ or where it is required by law. You give us authority to collect and share your information with these third parties by consenting to our Privacy Statement and Privacy Policy.
We require these third parties to adhere to our strict confidentiality requirements for handling personal information and we seek to ensure that they comply with the Privacy Act.
MTF Group may use the services of credit reporting agencies, which include Centrix Group Limited and Equifax Pty Ltd, on an on-going basis. We may exchange information about you with those agencies (including information about your default and repayment history). Those agencies will collect your credit information for the purpose of providing credit reporting services to us and other subscribers to their consumer credit reporting services and will use and disclose your credit information in accordance with their internal Privacy Statement and Terms and Conditions.
You have rights of access to, and correction of your credit information and any other personal information held by Centrix or Equifax
Details of how to contact Centrix and further details of how it handles your personal information can be found on the Centrix website.
Details of how to contact Equifax and further details of how it handles your personal information can be found on the Equifax website.
We use third party cloud service providers to store and process the information we collect. We use cloud service providers in New Zealand, Australia, Europe, the US and our own servers. We ensure that our cloud-based service providers are subject to appropriate security and information handling arrangements and that the information stored or processed by them remains subject to confidentiality obligations.
You do not have to provide information to us. If you choose not to provide necessary personal information when requested, we maybe be unable to provide certain information or services to you. You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or you would like to ask for a copy of the information, we hold on you, or to have it corrected, please contact us at:
Motor Trade Finance Limited
Phone: 03 477 0530
E-mail: [email protected]
Postal Address: PO Box 885, Dunedin 9054
If we refuse you access to your personal information, we will explain why. The Privacy Act sets out reasons we may withhold information from you.
You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us, or object at any time on legitimate grounds to the processing of your personal information. Withdrawing your consent to use or disclosure of your personal information may mean that we can no longer provide you with certain products or services.
Approved by
Chief Executive Officer
March 2025
Content owner and review date
Privacy Officer
Review March 2027