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Not sure, but from what I've seen it's possible for anyone to sign up a dealer agreement.. Even if it's not legit. I could even claim I'm an owner and they wouldn't check into it further.. BUT in order for it to hold up in court, the owner, principal, etc must sign the agreement him or herself. So If I signed up the company for a website for a 12 month contract and 6 months and became angry with the company, I could easy explain that the dealer principal or owners never signed it and get out every-time.


If that's the case, the provider should have checked to make sure the person signing the document was the principal or owner. And if it's stated he's not in his title, then it's a clear case. As far as things go aside from that, why would any dealership System Admin give anyone the login info to the DMS? There's absolutely no reason that should be given out unless the owners and principal are overseeing what's going on with their data. Another point, but I'm sure there are people who have this info and are signing up for things left and right with no idea to real harm..


Scott you are not paranoid, I'm exactly the same. I spent the day today and past few months, figuring out a way for out website provider to access the inventory portion only, and nothing else. Even though it's a reputable company, I wouldn't give my main DMS information to anyone for uncontrolled downloads and viewing access. I strongly believe that the DMS should not be accessed by anyone other than the owners. That's private data and it should remain private.. And a lot of companies are stealing it quietly, because let's face it most dealers aren't educated enough or don't have enough time to monitor things like that.