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Privacy PolicyHassall & Associates Pty Ltd is committed to complying with the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act). From 21 December 2001, the NPPs govern how organisations in the private sector handle “personal information” (being information or an opinion that can identify you). What Personal Information Do We Collect?The types of personal information we collect will depend on the nature of your dealings with us. If you are one of our business contacts (eg a contact person in one of our suppliers, or in a government agency or company with which we deal), we may collect basic business contact information from you (eg your name, title and work contact details). Generally, we will not ask to collect sensitive information about you (such as details of your race, political beliefs, religion or health) unless it is needed for the purposes of conducting our business. If we ask to collect sensitive information, we will advise you of the necessity at the time of collection. How Do We Use Personal Information?We need to collect personal information so we can conduct our services, and operate our business. Our policy is only to use personal information collected from business contacts for the business purpose for which it was collected. Will Your Personal Information be Available to Anyone Else?We may disclose personal information to external service providers who help us operate our business. In all other cases, we will only disclose personal information if required by law or as permitted under the Privacy Act. Security of Personal InformationWe take reasonable steps to ensure the security of your personal information. The premises in which your personal information is kept are secure buildings. Our IT systems are password protected and we conduct regular audit and data integrity checks. We frequently update our anti-virus software in order to protect our systems (and the data contained in those systems) from computer viruses. In addition, all of our employees and contractors are required, as a condition of employment, to treat personal information held by us as confidential. Access and CorrectionUnder the Privacy Act, you have the right to seek access to your personal information that we hold. You also have the right to ask us to update or correct your personal information when it is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. If you wish to access the personal information we hold about you, please set out your request in writing, and forward to our Chief Financial Officer using the contact details set out at the end of this Privacy Policy. To provide you with access to your personal information held by us on our current records, we can provide you with a copy of the relevant personal information (ordinarily, an electronic print-out or a photocopy). We may charge you for the reasonable cost of providing this type of access to these current records. For legal and administrative reasons, we may also archive non-current records containing personal information, such as back up data files and off-site storage. We note that you only have a legal right to seek access to personal information about you collected by us prior to 21 December 2001 if we use or disclose that personal information after that date, and if providing access will not cause us an unreasonable administrative burden or unreasonable expense. If you do wish to seek access to personal information collected by us prior to 21 December 2001, please contact our Chief Financial Officer to discuss whether access may be available. Please note that if we do provide access to old records, we may charge you for the cost of providing such access. If you are of the view that personal information about you is inaccurate or out of date, or if you have any other queries about access and correction, please contact us. Additional Privacy Information and How to Contact UsOur Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Corporate Policy-MGT014 (Privacy Policy & Procedures) will be made available on request. If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy, or would like a copy of Corporate Policy-MGT014, please contact our Chief Financial Officer using the following contact details below: Chief Financial Officer For further information about privacy issues and the protection of privacy visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website at http://www.privacy.gov.au/ |
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