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Privacy Policy

Connecta Buddy obtains, stores and utilises information in accord with the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles therein contained. In addition, we ensure compliance with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) where necessary.

This Privacy Policy outlines our policies in respect of personal information management and associated issues. It applies to our website, mobile applications and print media.

What kinds of personal information do we collect and hold?

We In the conduct of our business it is necessary and desirable to collect and store your personal information, such as your:

Business and residential addresses.
Contact telephone numbers and email addresses.
Business details, such as the equipment or services that you supply or hire through our service.
Subscription information, such as payments made and services rendered and purchased.
Browsing history on our website.
Communications with us and other subscribers through our website.
Any other information that you choose to include in the “comments” section of our website.

How do we collect and hold your personal information?

We primarily receive your personal information directly from you. This includes when you use our website to communicate by one means or another with other users.

In limited circumstances, information personal to you may be received from third parties. Such circumstances include our receipt of recommendations or complaints made in relation to you.

For what purposes do we collect and hold your personal information?

It is necessary that we collect and hold some of your personal so that we may:

Appropriately market your equipment and services through our website; and/or
Facilitate your contact with third parties in the event that you propose to engage the use of equipment or services; and
Where necessary, disclose your information to third parties in circumstances required by law.

Use and Disclosure of your personal information

We will not use or disclose information personal to you unless it is:

Reasonably necessary in order to achieve the purposes outlined above;
For one of the purposes expressly permitted under the Privacy Act 1998.
Necessary to protect the rights, property, health or personal safety of a user of our website or a member of the public and it is unreasonable or impracticable to obtain your consent.
Reasonably suspected by us that unlawful activity that relates to our website has been, or may be, engaged in by you or somebody with whom you are associated and we are of the view that appropriate action is necessary.
The assets and operations of our business are transferred to another entity as a going concern.
It is necessary to obtain third party services, for example to carry out data analysis or to provide website maintenance and related services. In such circumstances, the use of your information will be strictly controlled by us.
With your express consent.

In order for you to properly use and obtain value from our website, it will be necessary for you to create a profile through our website. The information that you enter into your profile will be disclosed to third parties through viewing our website. Where you enter personal information into your profile and permit it to remain active you consent to such information being made publicly available through our website and through publicly available search engines – which may continue to be stored in the public domain following the removal of your profile. You acknowledge that we cannot control the dissemination of your personal information made available through our website and agree not to hold us responsible for any loss or damage occasioned by third party access to the information that you have made available.

If you do not want your personal information to be available

In the event that you no longer want your personal information to be made available through our website then it is necessary that you:

Remove or disable your advertisement with our website;
Advise us in writing that you no longer wish for your personal information to be made available to third parties.

Upon receiving your request to remove your personal information from the public domain we will use our best endeavours to remove such information from our website. We are, however, unable guarantee that your personal information will be removed from databases from which search engines operate in a timely manner. We will nonetheless exercise our best efforts in protecting your information where necessary.

Access and correction of your personal information

You have the right to access your personal information and amend it where it is incorrect or otherwise desirable to amend it. Your personal information may be amended by you from time to time through our website. If, however, you are unable to amend your personal information in that manner then a request must be made in writing to us.

There are circumstances in which we may, by operation of law, refrain from amending your personal information or making it available to you. Such circumstances include, and are not limited to:

We believe on reasonable grounds that giving access would give rise to a serious threat to life, health or safety of any individual.
Where we believe that facilitation of access to your information would unreasonably grant access to a third party’s personal information.
Your request is considered frivolous and/or vexatious.
The information sought by you relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings between you and us the information would not be accessible through the process of legal discovery during legal proceedings.
Providing access would be unlawful by operation of law.

Further Information

In the event that the information outlined in this Policy does not address your enquiries, we ask that you contact us for any further information. If we are unable or unwilling to properly address your enquiries you are permitted to contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by using the form available by following this link: http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/making-a-privacy-complaint.