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This
Privacy Policy sets out the approach which The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace will take in relation to
the treatment of Personal Information. It
includes information on how The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace collects, uses, discloses and keeps
secure, individuals' Personal Information. This
policy has been drafted having regard to The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace obligations under the
Privacy Act 1988 (including the new National
Privacy Principles) (the Privacy Act). This
Policy is a public document and has been
prepared in light of National Privacy Principle
5, Openness.
1.
COLLECTION
1.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will only collect Personal
Information where the information is necessary
for The Wagga Wagga Marketplace to perform one
or more of its functions or activities. In this
context, "collect" means gather, acquire or
obtain by any means, information in
circumstances where the individual is
identifiable or identified.
1.2 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace collects Personal Information
primarily to supply customers with the products
and services ordered from it and its related
companies. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace also
collects and uses Personal Information for
secondary purposes including:
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i. billing and
account management
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ii. business
planning and product development; and
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iii. to provide
individuals with information about
promotions, as well as the products and
services of The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
affiliated companies and other
organisations.
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iv. to enhance
the online shopping experience by displaying
products and/or services that match the
personal preferences of individuals based on
their previous website browsing history
and/or buying activity.
1.3 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will not collect Sensitive
Information from individuals except with consent
and only where it is necessary for The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace to collect such information
for an activity or function.
1.4 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will not collect Personal
Information secretly or in an underhanded way.
1.5 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will take steps to ensure that
individuals on purchased lists are or have been
notified of the information as outlined at 1.3.
2. USE
2.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will obtain an individual's
consent for Use of non-sensitive Personal
Information for Secondary Purposes at the time
of collection, unless the Use is a related
Secondary Purpose which would be within the
relevant individual's Reasonable Expectations.
2.2 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace Uses Personal Information
primarily for the purposes listed in 1.2 above.
2.3 If The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace relies on the Direct Marketing
exception to Direct Market to individuals it
will ensure that:
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i. the
individual is clearly notified of their
right to Opt Out from further Direct
Marketing;
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ii. there is
only one Use of the information before the
Opt Out right is given and this Use applies
across all The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
Related Bodies Corporate (if the information
is shared between those Related Bodies
Corporate);
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iii. the
individual is given an Opt Out in all
further instances of Direct Marketing if
they have not previously chosen to Opt Out;
and
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iv. if the
individual Opts Out of all Direct Marketing
the Opt Out will be respected by The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace and all its Related Bodies
Corporate.
2.4 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will not use Sensitive
Information for Direct Marketing.
2.5 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace may use Personal Information
to avoid an imminent threat to a person's life
or to public safety. It may also use Personal
Information for reasons related to law
enforcement or internal investigations into
unlawful activities.
2.6 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will not use Personal
Information without taking reasonable steps to
ensure that the information is accurate,
complete and up to date.
3.
DISCLOSURE
3.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace may Disclose Personal
Information to related or unrelated third
parties if consent has been obtained from the
individual. This will include obtaining the
individual's consent for Disclosures made under
the credit reporting requirements of the Privacy
Act.
3.2 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace may Disclose Personal
Information between Related Bodies Corporate.
Where information is Disclosed to such a Related
Body Corporate, that Related Body Corporate is
bound by the original Primary Purpose for which
the information was collected.
3.3 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace may Disclose Personal
Information to unrelated third parties to enable
outsourcing of functions (such as billing,
customer relations management and order
fulfillment), where that is Disclosure or Use
for a related Secondary Purpose and has been
notified to individuals or where such Disclosure
is within the individual's Reasonable
Expectations.
3.4 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will take reasonable steps to
ensure that its contracts with third parties
include requirements for third parties to comply
with the Use and Disclosure requirements of the
Privacy Act.
3.5 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace may Disclose Personal
Information to law enforcement agencies,
government agencies, courts or external advisers
where permitted or required by law.
3.6 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace may Disclose Personal
Information to avoid an imminent threat to a
person's life or to public safety.
3.7 If a
Disclosure is not for a Primary Purpose; is not
for a related Secondary Purpose; or upfront
consent has not been obtained, The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace will not Disclose Personal
Information otherwise than in accordance with
the exceptions set out at 3.1 to 3.6 above.
3.8 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace does not generally sell or
share its customer lists on a commercial basis
with third parties but if it did, it would only
do so if we had the appropriate consent of the
individual involved. If the consent provided is
conditional, The Wagga Wagga Marketplace will
take steps to ensure (by contract) that the use
of its customer list by third parties does not
exceed the scope of the consent.
4.
INFORMATION QUALITY
4.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will review, on a regular and
ongoing basis, its collection and storage
practices to ascertain how improvements to
accuracy can be achieved.
4.2 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will take steps to destroy or
de-identify Personal Information after as short
a time as possible and after a maximum of seven
years from the date of the last customer
interaction, unless the law requires otherwise.
5.
INFORMATION SECURITY
5.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace requires employees and
contractors to perform their duties in a manner
that is consistent with The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace legal responsibilities in relation
to privacy.
5.2 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will take all reasonable steps
to ensure that paper and electronic records
containing Personal Information are stored in
facilities that are only accessible by people
within The Wagga Wagga Marketplace who have a
genuine "need to know" as well as "right to
know".
5.3 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will review, on a regular and
ongoing basis, its information security
practices to ascertain how ongoing
responsibilities can be achieved and maintained.
6.
ACCESS AND CORRECTION
6.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will allow its records
containing Personal Information to be accessed
by the individual concerned in accordance with
the Privacy Act.
6.2 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will correct its records
containing Personal Information as soon as
practically possible, at the request of the
individual concerned in accordance with the
Privacy Act.
6.3 Individuals
wishing to lodge a request to access and/or
correct their Personal Information should do so
by contacting The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
Customer Service, as per the details on the
website.
6.4 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace can charge a fee for
processing an access request but will generally
not do so unless the request is complex or is
resource intensive.
7.
OPENNESS
7.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace Customer Service
representatives will be the first point of
contact for inquiries about privacy issues.
Individuals wishing to make an inquiry or
complaint regarding privacy, should do so by
contacting The Wagga Wagga Marketplace Customer
Service, as per the details on the The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace website.
7.2 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace websites will contain a
prominently displayed privacy statement and will
include a copy of this The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace Privacy Policy.
8.
ANONYMOUS TRANSACTIONS
8.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will not make it mandatory for
visitors to its web sites to provide Personal
Information unless such Personal Information is
required to answer an inquiry or provide a
service. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace may however
request visitors to provide Personal Information
voluntarily to The Wagga Wagga Marketplace (for
example, as part of a competition or
questionnaire).
9.
TRANSFERRING PERSONAL INFORMATION OVERSEAS
9.1 The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace will take reasonable steps to
limit the amount of Personal Information it
sends to unrelated organisations overseas.
9.2 If Personal
Information must be sent by The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace overseas for sound business reasons,
The Wagga Wagga Marketplace will require the
overseas organisation receiving the information
to provide a binding undertaking that it will
handle that information in accordance with the
National Privacy Principles, preferably as part
of the services contract.
10.
GLOSSARY
Collection
Information means the information outlined in
1.3 notified to individuals prior to, or as soon
as practical after, the collection of their
Personal Information.
Direct Marketing
means the marketing of goods or services through
means of communication including written, verbal
or electronic means. The goods or services which
are marketed may be those of The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace or a Related Body Corporate or those
of an independent third party organisation.
Disclosure
generally means the release of information
outside The Wagga Wagga Marketplace, including
under a contract to carry out an "outsourced
function".
Health
Information means: a. information or an opinion
about: i. the health or a disability (at any
time) of an individual; or ii. an individual's
expressed wishes about the future provision of
health services to him or her; or iii. a health
service provided or to be provided to an
individual; that is also personal information;
or b. other personal information collected to
provide or in providing a health service; or c.
other personal information about an individual
collected in connection with the donation; or
intended donation by the individual of his or
her body parts or body substances.
Opt Out means an
individual's expressed request not to receive
further Direct Marketing.
The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace means all companies in the The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace (aust.) Pty Ltd group.
Personal
Information means information or an opinion
(including information or an opinion forming
part of a database), whether true or not and
whether recorded in a material form or not,
about an individual whose identity is apparent,
or can reasonably be ascertained from the
information or opinion.
Primary Purpose
is the dominant or fundamental reason for
information being collected in a particular
transaction.
Reasonable
Expectation means a reasonable individual's
expectation that their personal information
might be Used or Disclosed for the particular
purpose.
Related Body
Corporate means that where a body corporate is:
a holding company of another body corporate; a
subsidiary of another body corporate; or a
subsidiary of a holding company of another body
corporate, the first mentioned body corporate
and the other body corporate are deemed to be
related to each other.
Sensitive
Information means:
Use means the
handling of Personal Information within The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace.
The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace Privacy Statement
Please read for
information on privacy safeguards on our web
sites. This includes information as to how we
collect, use and disclose information gathered
on our web sites, including the use of cookies.
1. What Personal
Information does The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
collect?
The types of
personal information that The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace records will depend on your usage of
our site. If you carry out a transaction online
or send us an email, The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
will record information that may differ from the
information The Wagga Wagga Marketplace collects
if you simply visit our site.
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i. Purchasing
products or services:
If you purchase products or services or
apply to become a The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace customer, The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace requires you to provide certain
details so that we can establish an account
(if applicable) and provide you with the
product or service. This includes details
such as your name and contact information,
or in the case of businesses, information
about the company, department or association
making the purchase or setting up the
account. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
requires this information to help us process
and manage your account. The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace also requests information to
help us assess your credit worthiness (if
applicable). Further details about this can
be found in the terms and conditions for the
product or service you are purchasing. If
you purchase a product or service The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace also requires your credit
card details in order to process the
purchase. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace may
also request information about you in order
to help you decide which product or service
would best suit your needs.
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ii. Paying your
account online or making other enquiries
about your account:
If you pay your account online, The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace requires you to provide
your account details and credit card details
in order to process the payment. If you make
an online query about your account you will
be required to provide your account details,
password and contact details so that your
inquiry can be resolved as soon as possible.
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iii. General
requests:
You can use the online forms for a number of
other purposes such as to request further
information about other The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace products and services. In order
to process your request, we will require you
to provide us with certain personal
information. This includes such details as
your name and contact information and
information about any existing account. If
you send us an email request, we will ask
for similar information. We require this
information to process your request and to
improve the services we provide to you. When
you are carrying out a transaction or simply
making a query, The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
may also ask for information such as details
about yourself or your company in order that
The Wagga Wagga Marketplace can better
tailor its services or products to your
needs and to provide you with information
about a range of The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
services or products you might be interested
in. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace may also
conduct voluntary surveys or request other
voluntary information from time to time.
These surveys provide The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace with important information that
enables improvement in the types and quality
of services offered and the manner in which
those services are offered. It will always
be clear whether the information requested
is mandatory or voluntary.
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iv. Navigation
Information:
Each time you visit The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace web site, anonymous navigation
information is collected by our servers.
This information includes: the type of
browser and operating system you are using;
the address of the referring site (ie the
previous site you had visited) and the
website you leave our site to visit; o the
date and time of your visit; your server's
IP address (a number which is unique to the
machine); and the address of the pages you
accessed. This provides The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace with information about how the
web site is used and navigated, including
the number of hits, the frequency of visits
and the duration of visits to each web page
on the site. It does not personally identify
individual users unless the user has
previously elected to identify themselves by
submitting personal information. In
addition, The Wagga Wagga Marketplace web
site, like many others, uses cookies. A
cookie is a piece of information that the
website sends to your browser and which is
stored on your hard disk. A cookie helps to
identify your browser to the website when
you return to visit the site and identifies
the previous requests your browser has made.
This allows the site to be tailored to you
on your return visits. Cookies cannot
identify you personally. If you do not wish
to receive cookies it is likely that you can
disable their use by altering the security
settings on your web browser however this
may impede your ability to use parts of the
site (for example, the shopping trolley).
Your web browser might also contain a
mechanism that warns you that a site you are
visiting makes use of cookies.
2. What Happens
with Your Personal Information?
The personal
information collected from you at this site is
or may be used:
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for credit
verification purposes;
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for billing
purposes;
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to maintain your
account;
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to notify you
about other or new services or promotions
from time to time;
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to provide
customer support;
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in order to
provide you with the products, services or
information you have requested.
Aspects of these
functions may be outsourced to third parties who
are only authorised by The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace to use this information for these
purposes. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace may also
use its customer database, including information
provided by you through this web site, to
distribute information about other The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace services and other
organisations' services to you. If at any time
you no longer wish to receive email or postal
communications from The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
or from third parties, you can contact The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace customer service at any time
and make an 'opt out' request, as per details at
the end of this Statement. Information collected
on this site may also be combined and
de-identified to provide The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace with anonymous demographic and usage
information. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace can
then use this aggregated information to develop
new and/or more appropriate services and
products to offer to customers and may also be
provided to third parties. In addition,
anonymous navigation information may be used for
statistical analysis of the site, for marketing
purposes and to tailor the content of the site
to the needs of The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
customers. Statistical information is not
disclosed in connection with your personal
information.
3. Will personal
information be given to anyone else?
Personal
information collected at this site will only be
disclosed to third parties in accordance with
this Privacy Statement and with the terms and
conditions of any relevant service. You should
check the terms and conditions of individual
products and services for information about
disclosures. Information collected at this site
may be disclosed to third parties where
functions are being outsourced. The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace may also disclose personal
information to law enforcement agencies,
government agencies, courts or external advisors
where permitted or required by law.
4. Access and
Correction
Once you have
registered as a The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
customer, you may access your account details
and correct your personal information, by
logging into your The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
Customer Account. You can lodge an access
request with The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
customer service at any time as per the details
at the end of this Statement.
5. Are personal
account details safe when being transmitted?
The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace strives to protect your personal
information during its transmission. Customer
account information provided through this site
is held in a secure server environment behind
The Wagga Wagga Marketplace firewalls. The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace secure server software (SSL)
is the industry standard and among the best
software available today for secure commerce
transactions. It encrypts all of your personal
information, including your name and address, so
that it cannot be read as the information
travels over the Internet. However, while The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace maintains high standards
in protecting your security, no transmission
over the Internet or storage of information on
servers connected to the Internet can be
guaranteed to be absolutely secure.
6. Are personal
account details stored safely
The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace takes reasonable steps to ensure the
security of personal information held by it from
such risks as loss or unauthorised access,
destruction, use, modification or disclosure of
data. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace only permits
your details to be accessed by authorised
personnel. For what purpose does The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace require your Personal Information?
The Wagga Wagga Marketplace collects and uses
Personal Information about you primarily to
supply you with the products and services you
order from it and its related companies (The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace Group Companies). The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace also collects and uses
Personal Information for related (or secondary)
purposes including:
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a. billing and
account management;
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b. business
planning and product development; and
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c. to provide
you with information about promotions, as
well as the products and services
The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace Group companies and other
organisations. How The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
may use your Personal Information? The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace may disclose Personal
Information about you (for the purposes set out
in clause 1) to:
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a. any of the The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace Group companies;
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b. The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace agents, dealers,
contractors and franchisees;
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c. The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace suppliers who need access
to the Personal Information to provide The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace with services,
enabling The Wagga Wagga Marketplace Group
companies to supply you with the products
and services you have ordered.
When and how can
you opt out?
If you wish only
to receive communications that are
account-related or legally required, you may
request not to receive other communications (ie
you may "opt out"). If you wish to make a
request to opt-out, you can do so at any time by
letting The Wagga Wagga Marketplace know of your
request by following the Unsubscribe
instructions on any piece of electronic mail
from The Wagga Wagga Marketplace or by
contacting the The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
customer service by clicking here. If you
provide The Wagga Wagga Marketplace with an
opt-out request, The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
will activate your request as soon as reasonably
possible after receiving it. The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace will not charge you for processing a
request to opt-out.
Your right to
access your records.
You may request
access to Personal Information The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace holds about you, and The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace will grant you access unless it is
required or permitted to refuse such a request.
You may also request that information about you
be corrected if you think that it is not
accurate. You should contact us if you require
more information. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
rights to disclose your credit information. For
the purpose of processing some orders and
ongoing credit management of your account, The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace may need to disclose to
a credit reporting agency:
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a. personal
identifying details, including your name,
current and previous addresses, driver's
licence number, date of birth and employer;
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b. the fact you
have purchased a The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
product or service, and any credit limit on
your account;
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c. the amount of
any payments which are overdue for at least
sixty (60) days, when steps have been taken
by The Wagga Wagga Marketplace to recover
those overdue payments;
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d. where an
overdue payment has been previously
reported, advice that the payment is no
longer overdue;
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e. cheques or
credit card payments which have been
dishonoured;
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f. court
judgments or bankruptcy orders made against
you;
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g. that, in the
opinion of The Wagga Wagga Marketplace, you
have committed a serious credit
infringement; and
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h. when The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace ceases to provide products or
services to you.
You authorise The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace to disclose the
information described in clause 7 to a credit
reporting agency. You also authorise The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace to seek from or give to any
credit providers authorised by you or named in a
credit report or to other telecommunications
providers (carriers or carriage service
providers), and The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
franchisees, agents, contractors and outlets,
the same information and any other information
on this form and any other information on your
credit worthiness, credit history or credit
capacity that credit providers are allowed to
give under the Privacy Act. You authorise The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace to obtain and use
personal credit information (eg; your existing
household loans and personal credit card
history) for the purpose of considering an
application by you for commercial credit; (to
use the The Wagga Wagga Marketplace service and
your phone as a sole trader.) You authorise The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace to obtain and use
commercial information about your commercial
credit worthiness or commercial history (your
existing credit record as a sole trader) when
considering an application for consumer credit,
for example where the Service will be used for
domestic purposes. The Wagga Wagga Marketplace
may refuse or cancel the supply of products or
services on the basis of its credit assessment
of you. You are entitled to see, and to correct,
any credit information which The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace holds about you.
Contacting The
Wagga Wagga Marketplace
The Wagga Wagga
Marketplace is concerned to ensure that your
Internet experience is a safe and enjoyable one.
If you have any questions or comments about this
Privacy Statement you can contact The Wagga
Wagga Marketplace on:
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Telephone: (02)
6931 7277
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By email:
sheridan.marien@ap.jll.com.
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By mail:
Forsyth, Morgan & Berry
Streets
87 Baylis Street / PO Box 2480
This Privacy
Statement may change from time to time. Any
changes to The Wagga Wagga Marketplace Privacy
Statement will be highlighted in this area from
time to time. This policy was last updated on
1st of June 2006. |