THE DATA POLICE HAVE ARRIVED
Most recently there has been a bold new wave washing over the automotive dealership landscape. Beginning with TrueCar, whose CEO bragged about using data to eliminate dealerships and lower profits below True Cost. He arrogantly taunted us with claims of "Transparency" which has become the "Buzz Word" of every vendor using our own data to virtually put us out of business, to steal our customers information, and sell it, pass it on to their affiliate companies, and otherwise resell it to third and fourth parties.
WELL, the revolution is here... and we, the dealers, managers, and industry loyalists are committed to locking down the DATA. Remember, cockroaches run when you shine a light on them.
We realize that vendors need access to SOME DATA to be able to perform their services BUT, virtually every vendor taking Data from the dealers- Data that ultimately shows up elsewhere being used against us - every vendor is taking far more Data than necessary and making dealers sign agreements that they can resell it, and pass it to affiliates, and that the VENDOR OWNS your customer data.
So many Dealers have signed contracts that THE VENDOR OWNS YOUR DATA.
THAT IS SO WRONG. By what right does any vendor you are paying have to claim to own your customers? That is total backwards crap and you know it. DEALERS-Your data is your BLUE SKY and you are signing contracts that allow vendors to own your customers and steal your legacy.
These vendors include, DMS Providers, CRM Companies, Lead Providers, Third Party Aggregators... and others, there are even OEMs (Manufacturers) stealing data from service and sales and even finance information on your customers and redistributing it.
The purpose of this BLOG is THE FIRST SHOT in the Data Reclamation Revolution.
We intend to educate Dealers as to what vendors are lifting your DATA... what they're doing with Your Data... Who they're selling it to or passing it along to.
Remember, the dealer is legally and liabilally responsible for the privacy and security of your data, not the vendor that contractually stole it and sold it.
AND we urge Dealers to responsibly call all of these vendors to task... either rewrite your contract or Cancel Them.
It is the purpose of this BLOG to expose those vendors and publish the offending parts of their agreements here. Remember, the vendor that screams loudest is probably the most guilty. JIM
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Comment by NANCY SIMMONS on January 20, 2012 at 8:05pm
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Thank you David Gould, for alerting me to this...All I can say is WOW! Speechless......
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Comment by David T. Gould on January 20, 2012 at 6:37pm
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I would like to be the first to suggest that an apology is not enough. How many zeros do you want on the check Zach?
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Comment by James A. Ziegler on January 20, 2012 at 6:24pm
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My wife, my son Zachary and I are all sitting here right now discussing it.
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Thanks Doug, as an influential member of your dealer association, your opinion ranks high.
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Comment by doug wolford on January 20, 2012 at 6:19pm
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Mr. Dietz, Ive read your responses and what seems to be missing is a public apology to Jim and his son Zach. You stepped over the boundary and your wrong for doing so. Admit it and do whats right.
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Zachary is here with me now reading all of this. he will sign on shortly after he joins, with a message for Mr. Dietz.
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Comment by Andrew Myers on January 20, 2012 at 5:59pm -
The only thing you have to evaluate somone in this business on is Character...
You asked "what is your motivation"?
This shows everyone what the character of Steven Dietz is... He is the guy up at night trying to google dirt on your kids, because he is the guy that has abandoned his argument... and resorted to embarrassment to stop the truth from escaping abuot the ONE THING THAT MATTERS. A character deficiency.
. Well the only people who should be embarrased about anything is YOU. Jim clearly isn't embarrased about anything.
CHARACTER
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Comment by Andrew Myers on January 20, 2012 at 5:53pm
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Steven you are a fool. I can only imagine the mistakes your son has made that you keep covered up from the context of your message. This was a "kid" with a suspended license. WHO CARES. I am SURE there is a picture of JIM himself getting arrested for something-somewhere. To bring this up, even in a private email is a character statement about yourself. The fact that you took the time to find this out, copy it, and send it... may actually be illegal in the context it was presented. You are pathetic.
You are talking to car guys... Do you think there are people here that can't relate to a suspended license?? Do you know the Industry you daily insult and piss on at all? 80% of every dealership has or has had a suspended license.
I had a suspended licesnse arrest at one point, I wish I had the picture available. I would post it proudly. Maybe you can look it up for me?
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Comment by Steven Dietz on January 20, 2012 at 5:32pm
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I would never post this publicly and made this clear in my email to you. I simply think your personal attacks on me and GRP are inappropriate and pointed out that while I disagree with you, I have not said anything about you personally on this forum.
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Comment by Steven Dietz on January 20, 2012 at 5:32pm
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Is there a rule on the forum about reposting? Does it apply to Jim?
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