We acknowledge and
respect the privacy of individuals. This policy sets out the way in
which we will use, manage and protect your personal information in
accordance with the Australian Privacy (Private Sector) Amendment Act
2000.
Unless stated by you
to the contrary, you acknowledge and consent to the use or disclosure of
your personal information including you name, address, email address and
other information you provide to us, in circumstances that are:
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Set out in the
Privacy Policy;
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Clearly explained
to you at the time when the information is collected from you; and
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Permitted under
the Australian privacy legislation.
COLLECTION OF
INFORMATION
We may collect
personal information from you including your name, address, telephone
number and email address, when you knowingly provide us with information
when you visit our website and register your needs, enter into a
competition or promotion, transact through our office, participate in a
survey including ‘after sales service’ follow-up.
USE OF YOUR
INFORMATION
Personal information
that you submit to us may be used by us for reasonable business
purposes, in that we may store (database) and process that information
to better understand your needs and how we can improve our services.
Your personal information may also be used for the following purposes:
For any of the above
purposes we may contact you by electronic or other means.
DISCLOSURE TO THIRD
PARTIES
Personal information
that you submit to us will only be disclosed to a third party, if we are
required or authorised by law to disclose the information. Otherwise we
will not disclose your personal information to any third parties.
ACCESS, ACCURACY AND
SECURITY
We will take
reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is
accurate, complete and up-to-date.
You can access and
request correction of any personal information concerning you at any
time. You may also request that we delete your personal information at
any time. Any such requests should be made directly by contacting us at
the details set out below.
We will take
reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss and
unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
SENSITIVE
INFORMATION
We will not collect
use or disclose sensitive information (such as information about racial
or ethnic origins or political or religious beliefs) except with your
specific consent or in the circumstances permitted in the Australian
Privacy legislation.
PRIVACY AND OUR
WEBSITE
Each time you visit
our website our server collects some anonymous information, including
the type of browser and system you are using; the address of the site
you have come from and move to after your visit; the date and time of
your visit; and your server's IP address.
We may collect this information for statistical purposes to find out how
our website is used and navigated, including the number of hits, the
frequency and duration of visits, most popular session times. We may use
this information to evaluate and improve our web site performance.
Cookies
A Cookie is a piece of information that our web server may send to your
machine when you visit our website. The Cookie is stored on your
machine, but does not identify you or give us any information about your
computer.
A Cookie helps us to recognise you when you re-visit our website and to
co-ordinate your access to different pages on the website. With most
Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive,
block all Cookies, or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. If
you want to do this, refer to your Browser instructions or help screen
to learn more.
MORE ON PRIVACY
You can obtain
further information about privacy in Australia and the protection of
your personal information on the Australian federal Privacy
Commissioner’s website
www.privacy.gov.au
CONTACT US
Please contact us if
you wish to discuss any privacy issues, or if you do not wish to receive
any future communications from us at the details below:
ADDRESS:
Beachside Realty PO Box 116 Mermaid Beach QLD 4218
TEL 07 5538 2888
FAX: 07 5538 1899
EMAIL: