PRIVACY POLICY & COLLECTION NOTICE
The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Act) allows for ‘personal information’, including ‘sensitive information’ (which are defined in the Act) about you to be collected, used and disclosed provided we have provided you with notice and in certain circumstances also obtained your consent. In this Privacy Policy and, where appropriate, a reference to ‘personal information’ includes ‘sensitive information’.
We may (from time to time) update, revise, amend or replace this Privacy Policy by posting any changes to it on our website or by giving you any other form of notification.
This Privacy Policy is available on our website, at our office and may also be made available to you at any property inspection or when we first communicate with you by email.
How we collect Personal Information from you
If you are a prospective or current vendor and you want us to act as your sales agent, then we will collect personal information from you in order to identify you and the property;
How we collect Personal Information from other sources
We can collect personal information about you from other sources in any manner permitted by the Act. We will only collect personal information from other sources where it is reasonably necessary for us to do so in relation to, or in connection with, any services we are supplying in connection with our real estate. Examples of such sources of personal information include:
When the Law authorises or requires collection of Personal Information
There are laws that may require us to collect and disclose your personal information. For example, we may be required to collect and disclose your personal information pursuant to the Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 (NSW), including any regulation under that law.
How your Personal Information may be used
We may collect and disclose your personal information for the following purposes including:
Generally
You can tell us at any time if you no longer wish to receive direct marketing information or offers from us. We will process your request as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of the request.
How we share your Personal Information
Sharing personal information with third parties
We may seek and use personal information about you from, and use or disclose personal information about you to, third parties in relation to the potential or actual rental of a property, the sale and purchase of a property or other business or administrative functions for the real estate. These third parties may include:
Sharing Personal Information with related companies
We may share personal information about you with our related companies for any of the purposes described above.
Sharing personal information outside of Australia
We may store information about you in cloud or other types of networked or electronic storage. As electronic or networked storage can be accessed from various countries through an internet connection it is not always practical to know in which country personal information about you may be held.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas organisation that receives your personal information will comply with the Act.
If you do not provide Personal Information
If you do not provide your personal information to us, it may not be possible to provide you with the service that you have requested or applied for, for example:
Personal Information about other people
If you give us personal information about any other person in relation to, or in connection with, the rental/lease or sale of any property:
Anonymity and Pseudonymity
We are not always able to deal with people who do not wish to identify themselves. This will be particularly the case when we are proposing to, or we do, act for a vendor or a landlord in relation to either the sale or rental/lease of any property. This will also apply where we are also dealing with actual or prospective tenants for any rental property that we manage.
Further, we are not able to allow people through any property inspections who do not wish to identify themselves as this can create security and other concerns for the property owner (among other considerations).
However, where possible, we can provide information of a general nature such as, for example, we can respond to general telephone and related enquiries about a rental/lease or sale property to unidentified individuals. Of course, if an individual makes an enquiry by email or other electronic or written methods then there is every possibility that the mode of communication may identify you.
Information Security
We take reasonable steps to protect all information which we hold (including any personal or sensitive information) from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Marketing and opt-out
We may also use the information, including personal information (excluding sensitive information), provided by you for marketing and research purposes, to analyse and improve products, services and benefits and to inform you of products, services and benefits provided by us, our related entities, suppliers or sponsors which we consider may be of value or interest to you, unless you tell us, or have previously told us not to. We will not use your sensitive information for these purposes without your consent.
Accessing your Personal Information
Unless we are entitled to withhold access to your personal information (and there are various reasons why this may be the case), you have the right to request access to any personal information held by us which relates to you. We may charge a reasonable fee where access to personal information is provided. Any requests for access to your personal information should be made in writing to the Privacy Officer (details specified below). You also have the right to request the correction of any personal information which relates to you that is inaccurate, incomplete, irrelevant, misleading or out-of-date.
If you require any further information about our management of personal information or have any queries or complaints, you should contact:
The Privacy Officer
HEM Property
3/90 Horton Street
Port Macquarie 2444
Telephone : 6583 2324
Email : info@hemproperty.com.au