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Please note that the information contained in this website is for use by authorised intermediaries only. It is not an advertisement complying with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and as such must not be given or distributed to potential customers.

Dealer Finance is provided, for business use only and subject to satisfactory credit assessment, by Bank of Scotland or a company within the same group as Bank of Scotland. Bank of Scotland subscribes to the Business Banking Code; a copy of which is available on request.

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The provision by us of a website address is not evidence of any endorsement by us of the material held there. We accept no responsibility or liability for the privacy of your personal information on such websites, as these are beyond our control. We will accept no responsibility or liability in respect of any materials on any website that is not under our control.

Data Protection Notice

To see how we use your information and how to give your consent, please read the Data Protection section on our Group website http://www.bankofscotland.co.uk/dataprotection or ask for a printed copy.

We will use your information to contact you by mail, telephone, E-mail, SMS or otherwise about other products and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive this information please visit http://www.bankofscotland.co.uk/dataprotection for details on how to opt out of this service.

We will search credit reference and fraud prevention agencies to check your identity, credit status and help us make decisions. For this application, we will assess you on your own (except where there is another party to this application). By signing/submitting the application, you declare that your financial associate's finances will not affect our decision. We check your declaration and may decline the application if it is inaccurate.

If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified, details will be passed to fraud prevention agencies to prevent fraud and money laundering. Further details explaining how information held by the fraud prevention agencies may be used can be obtained on our Group website http://www.bankofscotland.co.uk/dataprotection or by writing to: Bank of Scotland, PO Box 23588, Level 1 Citymark, 150 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9PE.

By signing/submitting this form you agree that we can use your information in the ways described.

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Nielsen NetRatings, an independent measurement and research company, gathers non-personal data regarding the visitors to our site on our behalf using cookies and code which is embedded in the site. Both the cookies and the embedded code provide non-personal statistical information about visits to pages on the site, the duration of individual page view, paths taken by visitors through the site, data on visitors' screen settings and other general information. Bank of Scotland uses this type of information, as with that obtained from other cookies used on the site, to help it improve the services to its users.

If you wish to reject Nielsen NetRatings's code, you can use the process set out below under "How to find and control your cookies". To disable the embedded code, you will need to send requests directly to privacy@netratings.com. Further information regarding Nielsen NetRatings's privacy statement can be found at www.nielsen-netratings.com (opens new window)

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How to find and control your cookies

If you're using Netscape 6.0:

  1. On your Task Bar, click Edit, then
  2. Preferences
  3. Click on Advanced
  4. Click on Cookies

If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0:

  1. Choose Tools, then
  2. Internet Options
  3. Click on Privacy Tab
  4. Click on Custom Level
  5. Click on the 'Advanced' button
  6. Check the 'override automatic cookie handling' box and select Accept, Block or Prompt for action as appropriate.

If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:

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