Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

(a) All emails, documents, images or other recorded information held or used by the Contractor is Personal Information, as defined and referred to in clause (b), and therefore considered Confidential Information. The Contractor acknowledges its obligation in relation to the handling, use, disclosure and processing of Personal Information pursuant to the Privacy Act 1988 (“the Act”) including the Part IIIC of the Act being Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 (NDB) and any statutory requirements, where relevant in a European Economic Area (“EEA”), under the EU Data Privacy Laws (including the General Data Protection Regulation “GDPR”) (collectively, “EU Data Privacy Laws”). The Contractor acknowledges that in the event it becomes aware of any data breaches and/or disclosure of the Customer’s Personal Information, held by the Contractor that may result in serious harm to the Customer, the Contractor will notify the Customer in accordance with the Act and/or the GDPR. Any release of such Personal Information must be in accordance with the Act and the GDPR (where relevant) and must be approved by the Customer by written consent, unless subject to an operation of law.

(b) The Customer agrees for the Contractor to obtain from a credit reporting body (CRB) a credit report containing personal credit information (e.g. name, address, D.O.B, occupation, driver’s license details, electronic contact (email, Facebook or Twitter details), medical insurance details or next of kin and other contact information (where applicable), previous credit applications, credit history) about the Customer in relation to credit provided by the Contractor.

(c) The Customer agrees that the Contractor may exchange information about the Customer with those credit providers and with related body corporates for the following purposes:

1. to assess an application by the Customer; and/or
2. to notify other credit providers of a default by the Customer; and/or
3. to exchange information with other credit providers as to the status of this credit account, where the Customer is in default with other credit providers; and/or
4. to assess the creditworthiness of the Customer including the Customer’s repayment history in the preceding two years.

(d) The Customer consents to the Contractor being given a consumer credit report to collect overdue payment on commercial credit.

(e) The Customer agrees that personal credit information provided may be used and retained by the Contractor for the following purposes (and for other agreed purposes or required by):

1. the provision of Goods/Equipment; and/or
2. analysing, verifying and/or checking the Customer’s credit, payment and/or status in relation to the provision of Goods/Equipment; and/or
3. processing of any payment instructions, direct debit facilities and/or credit facilities requested by the Customer; and/or
4. enabling the collection of amounts outstanding in relation to the Goods/Equipment.

(f) The Contractor may give information about the Customer to a CRB for the following purposes:

1. to obtain a consumer credit report;
2. allow the CRB to create or maintain a credit information file about the Customer including credit history.

(g) The information given to the CRB may include:

1. Personal Information as outlined in (b) above
2. name of the credit provider and that the Contractor is a current credit provider to the Customer;
3. whether the credit provider is a licensee;
4. type of consumer credit;
5. details concerning the Customer’s application for credit or commercial credit (e.g. date of commencement/termination of the credit account and the amount requested);
6. advice of consumer credit defaults (provided the Contractor is a member of an approved QAIC External Disputes Resolution Scheme),overdue accounts, loan repayments or outstanding monies which are overdue by more than sixty (60) days and for which written notice for request of payment has been made and debt recovery action commenced or alternatively that the Customer no longer has any overdue accounts and the Contractor has been paid or otherwise discharged and all details surrounding that discharge(e.g. dates of payments);
7. information that, in the opinion of the Contractor, the Customer has committed a serious credit infringement;
8. advice that the amount of the Customer’s overdue payment is equal to or more than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).

(h) The Customer shall have the right to request (by e-mail) from the Contractor:

1. a copy of the Personal Information about the Customer retained by the Contractor and the right to request that the Contractor correct any incorrect Personal Information; and
2. that the Contractor does not disclose any Personal Information about the Customer for the purpose of direct marketing.

(i) The Contractor will destroy Personal Information upon the Customer’s request (by e-mail) or if it is no longer required unless it is required in order to fulfil the obligations of this Contract or is required to be maintained and/or stored in accordance with the law.

(j) The Customer can make a privacy complaint by contacting the Contractor via e-mail. The Contractor will respond to that complaint within seven (7) days of receipt and will take all reasonable steps to make a decision as to the complaint within thirty (30) days of receipt of the complaint. In the event that the Customer is not satisfied with the resolution provided, the Customer can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au.