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United Leasing & Finance Privacy Policy

United Leasing & Finance is committed to treating and using your personal information responsibly. We appreciate the confidence you entrust in us, and as part of our world-class customer service, we want to inform you of our stance in reference to the protection of your Personal Data. Please direct questions concerning this Privacy Policy by email to info@unitedevv.com.

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the ways United Leasing, Inc., and its related entities (collectively, “we” or “us” or “United”) collect, store, use, disclose, and protect Personal Data received from actual and prospective customers and clients. We use the term “Personal Data” in reference to any information relating to a specific individual person. This may include things such as name, address, email address, phone number, login (account number, password), marketing preferences, social media account, social security number, or driver’s license number. Personal Data does not include information that does not identify a specific individual person.

Our Privacy Policy is governed by and operated in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States, and we make no representation that our website is operated in accordance with or governed by the laws of other nations or jurisdictions. If you choose to access the Website from other locations, you do so at your own risk. By using United Leasing and Finance’s services and products, you are consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

We collect Personal Data and other types of information provided by you directly, indirectly, advertently, and inadvertently, which may be obtained from emails, forms, or other manners, including, without limitation, the following:

  • Contact information
  • Personal Identification information, including name, date of birth, social security number, passport number, driver’s license number, home and mobile phone numbers, email addresses, citizenship information, and federal tax ID
  • Transaction data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us
  • Profile data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses
  • IP address
  • Business structure and financial history
  • Ownership information
  • Vendor information
  • Financial statements
  • Credit reports and history
  • Bank account statements
  • Guarantor information
  • Bank account details

We may collect your Personal Data from the following sources:

  • Information You Give Us: You may supply us with Personal Data when you inquire or seek financing from us. Information may come from an application, financial agreements, transactions, subscribing and interacting with emails, and resources that are posted on our website, social media, and sent to you through third-party email service providers.
  • Credit Reporting Agencies and Other Data and Analytics Providers: We use several outside providers such as credit agencies and third parties to supply us with information that we use for a number of business purposes, including the determination of eligibility for financing, the administration and servicing of financial services and contracts, and for marketing purposes.
  • Vendors and Equipment Suppliers: The business supplying the asset in which you are interested in financing or have financed may provide us with your Personal Data.
  • Referral and Sales Relationships: You may have supplied Personal Data to brokers or other financing sources in connection with the financing you are seeking or have received. Those brokers or other financing sources may provide us with your Personal Data that they have collected to enable us to determine your eligibility for financing from us and the terms and conditions thereof or whether we wish to purchase your financing transaction from them.
  • Online Tool and Applications: When you visit our websites, chat with us through our website chat system, fill out online forms, or visit or post information on our social media pages, our systems may automatically collet Personal Data including your IP address domain name, ISP, general geographic location, or the links that you clicked when navigating our websites. This may include internet and browsing history website analytics and applications or ad clicks.
  • Affiliates: Our affiliates or related entities may have collected Personal Data in one or more of the manners described above. We may collect that Personal Data from those affiliates.
  • Other Sources: New sources that we may find to help enhance our business service and offerings in order to offer you the best service possible.

The purpose of collecting your Personal Information is ultimately to provide the best service and products possible for our customers and clients. However, here is a list of possible purposes for the data United has acquired.

  • Determining eligibility for financing
  • Fulfill our contract with you
  • Protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity
  • Performing services
  • Protect our rights, our personnel, our property, and the safety of others
  • Processing payments
  • Verifying customer information
  • Provide financing to you or your business
  • Provide marketing and advertising to you
  • Send out surveys to help us better understand your needs and to better our services and products for you
  • Short-term transient use
  • Creating new features for you
  • Sharing or transferring data to contracted business partners or third-party services for service offerings

As part of our world-class customer service, we will provide opportunities for completion of application(s) for our financing products online at your convenience. Upon providing personal information on the applications, forms, or email responses, we will only use that information for the intended purpose.

In requesting additional personal information for other reasons like marketing, we will request for express consent and always provide you with an opportunity to say no.

You may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of your information, at any time by contacting us at info@unitedevv.com.

Any third-party providers will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. Certain third-party providers have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies. We will provide links to those policies upon request.

Please note that some third-party providers have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction, and your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

If you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act. Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy.

  • Cookies: In collecting information we may utilize cookies – small text files used to store information about users on the users’ own computers – so that our website can recognize you as the same user across different visits on our website. These are also placed in marketing emails to track engagement. You can configure your Internet browser system to warn you each time a cookie is being sent or to refuse cookies completely. Refusing to allow cookies could impact the functionality of our website. Cookies may be used to collect information about your browsing activities in order to provide you with more relevant content and promotional materials, on and off the website, and to help us understand your interests to improve our website for you.
  • Pixel Tags: We use pixel tags, which is a technology that communicates information from your Internet browser to a web server. Pixel tags can be embedded in banners and links on websites, videos, or emails, and permit a web server to read certain types of information from your browser, check whether you have viewed a particular web page or email message, and determine, among other things, the time and date on which you viewed the web beacon, the IP address of your computer, and the URL of the web page from which the web beacon was viewed. We use pixel tags for a variety of purposes, including to analyze the use of our website, and in conjunction with cookies, to improve the website and provide you with more relevant promotional materials.
  • Analytics and Social Media: United utilizes Google Analytics for user analytics, and we may also use social media (e.g., Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, comments, requests, and reviews) for purposes of information collection. Your use of social media sites is governed by the privacy policies of those sites. We do not capture or store your login information or other Personal Data for these services, but session information or cookies may, however, be stored.

We are not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites that you visit after you leave our website, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.

The California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosure provides an overview of how consumers in California receive certain privacy rights and protections.

United understands the importance of your privacy rights and takes their protection very seriously. We recognize that you have placed your trust in us, and we strive to preserve that trust as a priority.

  • We take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices for the protection of your Personal Data to ensure it is not misused, accessed, stolen, altered, destroyed, or disclosed.
  • Personal Data is restricted to employees who need access to that Personal Data to perform their jobs. All employees are instructed to respect customer privacy and receive updated training on a periodic basis which includes up-to-date information and instruction on fraud techniques being used by third parties, including “phishing,” “spearfishing,” “spoofing,” and social engineering.
  • Our computer systems utilize multi-factor authentication password protection to prevent access by unauthorized personnel, and we employ other physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to help protect your non-public Personal Data.
  • However, no security technology is completely secure, and you should remember that email is not a secure means of communication. While we strive to protect the information that we maintain, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot (and do not) guarantee, and make no representation or warranty about, the security of any information that you transmit to us, or which is stored by us. By transmitting data to us, you assume this risk and agree that neither United Leasing & Finance, related entities, or affiliates, nor any of their respective officers, directors, or employees is liable for any such unauthorized third-party access.
  • By using our site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your State or Province of residence. This website is not directed to nor is it intended for individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly solicit or collect information from children.

We store your Personal Data based on business needs and legal requirements. We retain your Personal Data for as long as it’s deemed necessary for processing purpose(s) for which the information was collected, and any other permissible, related purpose. For example, we may retain certain Personal Data to comply with regulatory requirements regarding the retention of such data. When Personal Data is no longer needed, we securely destroy the data.

We may disclose your information if we are required or permitted to do so by law or legal process. We do not sell your information to third-party companies.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Please review our policy frequently. Changes take effect immediately upon posting. If there is a material change to this policy, we will notify you that it has been updated and/or disclose the same to you.

If there are changes in the structure or ownership of our company, your information will be transferred.

Please contact our Privacy Compliance Officer by email at info@unitedevv.com for more information or for general inquiries you may have about your Personal Data.