PRIVACY STATEMENT

Rich Corporation Pty Ltd trading as propertybuyer understands that privacy is important to you.

Propertybuyer is also subject to the requirements of the National Privacy Principles which are contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act) and which govern how private sector organisations handle personal information.

Our Privacy Policy is designed protect clients personal information. The policy below outlines how propertybuyer collects, stores, uses, protects and manages information provided by clients.

In order for propertybuyer to assist you in purchasing a property, propertybuyer will need to obtain personal information.

This Agency will not disclose any personal information, unless:

• It is to be used to assist in the search and negotiation of a property that fits your requirements; or
• It is to be used to market the Agency with your consent; or
• Such information as required by law to be disclosed

You may access this Agency’s file relating to your brief, at any time. This shall be done by contacting the Licensee-In-Charge of the Agency. You also have the right to correct any information that may be inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date.

What personal information does propertybuyer collect?

Personal information means any information that can identify you.

propertybuyer may obtain personal information in order to provide you with our services or manage our relationship with you.

If you acquire services from propertybuyer, we may ask you to provide certain details including, for example, your name and contact information, your preferences for a property, budget for the purchase, your birth date, your income and other financial details.

Sometimes, we may need to collect personal information about individuals who are not customers of propertybuyer (for example, business contact details of a company representative with whom we deal).

Generally, we will not collect sensitive information about you (such as your race, political beliefs, religion or health) unless this is required to enable us to provide you with services. If we need sensitive information, we will ask for your consent when we collect this information (unless an exception applies).

How is personal information collected and stored?

This will depend on how you interact with us or the services you request from us.

We may collect personal information about you from an enquiry form on this website, completion of the buyers brief, or verbally from a personal consultation if you meet directly with our team of buyers’ agents.

Propertybuyer 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.

How is personal information used?

propertybuyer policy is to use personal information only for the main business purposes for which it was collected.

The personal information collected from you by propertybuyer may be used to:

• Provide you with our services or with other information you have requested;
• Notify you about other propertybuyer services or promotions from time to time; or
• Manage our relationship with you

If at any time you no longer wish to be notified about other propertybuyer services or promotions please let us know.

In providing your personal information, you consent to receiving communication replies from us via phone calls, SMS message and email. 

Will personal information be given to anyone else?

Our policy is designed to maintain the confidentiality of all personal information held by propertybuyer and prevent its misuse.

propertybuyer does not sell, rent or trade personal information to, or with, third parties.

In some circumstances, however, personal information may be disclosed outside propertybuyer. For example:

• For legal reasons, disclosures may need to be made to law enforcement agencies, government agencies, courts or external advisers
• In some circumstances, personal information is disclosed to third parties where this is related to the supply of our services. If propertybuyer makes disclosures of this kind, you will be advised of these disclosures at the time you request propertybuyer to supply you with our services.
• Personal information may be disclosed to third parties to whom propertybuyer contracts out specialised functions, such as mailing houses and printing companies. If so, we take steps to ensure that those contractors comply with the Privacy Act, and are authorised only to use personal information in order to perform the functions required by propertybuyer.

How can you access and correct your personal information?

Under the Privacy Act, you have a right to seek access to information which we hold about you, although there are some exceptions to this. You also have the right to ask us to correct information about you which is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. propertybuyer’s policy is to consider any requests for access or correction in a timely way.

To provide you with access to your personal information, propertybuyer would ordinarily provide you with a print-out of the relevant personal information from our current databases, or with photocopies of records which are held only on current paper files.

Questions

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, if you wish to complain about how we have handled personal information about you, or if you wish to access or correct your personal information, please contact propertybuyer:

Telephone: (+ 61 2) 9975 3311
Facsimile: (+ 61 2) 9975 7944
E-mail: click here to email
Letter:
Managing Director
Rich Corporation Pty Ltd trading as propertybuyer
PO Box 139
Forestville NSW 2087

This privacy policy may change from time to time.
Date: August 2008