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PRIVACY STATEMENT
eTradeSoft Pty Ltd, ACN 134 086 392 (TradeSoft) takes your privacy seriously.
If you are unsure about the contents of this privacy statement please contact TradeSoft for more information at: admin@tradesoft.com.au.
This Privacy Statement applies to this Website and sets out how TradeSoft may collect, use, disclose and manage information about you. These issues are discussed under the following headings:
- Information Collected
- Use of Information
- Disclosure of Personal Information
- Security Measures
- Access to Information
- Statement Changes
We are bound by the National Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988 and are committed to safeguarding you and your customers or clients personal information we may hold from time to time in accordance with the those Principles.
"Personal information" for the purposes of this statement is information about, and which identifies, individuals. It includes information obtained from an individual or a third party In general, we will not use or disclose personal information collected about you otherwise than for a purpose set out in this statement, for a purpose you would reasonably expect, a purpose required or permitted by law, or a purpose otherwise disclosed to, or authorised by, you.
In respect of particular services that we offer or provide to you through this Website, we may make other privacy disclosures to you or request further information from you or seek your authority to use your personal information in ways which are different from or more specific than those stated in this statement. Such privacy disclosures or requests may be contained in the Service Agreement. You may need to refer to your Service Agreement as entering into a Service Agreement requires that you disclose more information than disclosed in this Privacy statement, such as credit card or bank account details. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this statement and those other disclosures, the other disclosures will prevail.
Collection of Personal Information
The information TradeSoft collects depends on what services it provides to you.
If you contact TradeSoft, including via the "Contact Us" form as displayed on the Website, TradeSoft may collect information such as your name, the name of your organisation, current address, home/business/mobile telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses. Without some of this information TradeSoft may be unable to supply services to you.
TradeSoft may also collect information about the date and time of your visit to the site(s) and the pages you accessed and the documents downloaded. Such information, however, will not be used or viewed by TradeSoft and its employees except in an anonymous context. Such information will be used for the purposes of determining site usage including site visit frequency and services used or accessed the most generally in order to improve the service and the relevancy of the materials on the site(s). We will not ordinarily collect any information about you except where you provide it to us or it is provided to us with your authority.
In some circumstances, we may also collect personal information which may be deemed sensitive. Unless the collection of sensitive information is required or permitted by or under law, we will obtain your consent to its collection. If the sensitive information relates directly to your ability to meet a financial obligation to us, you consent to our collection of it.
We only collect information about you that is necessary for our functions and activities and, ordinarily, you will be told the purposes for which we collect that information when it is collected.
As a general rule, the collection of your personal information will be necessary for us to provide a service to you or to maintain our relationship with you.
Additionally, the purposes for which we will generally collect and use your personal information will include, where relevant:
- complying with legislative and regulatory requirements;
- conducting market or customer satisfaction research;
- informing you of products and services, usually in the form of real estate and property listings that match your self-disclosed preferences and that may be of interest you; and
If at any time you supply us with personal information about another person (for example, a referee or a person to whom you may wish a payment to be directed), you should ensure that you are authorised to do so and you must agree to inform that person who we are, that we will use and disclose their personal information and that they may gain access to it should we hold that information.
Use of Information
TradeSoft uses the information about you for any one or more of the following purposes:
- to identify you;
- to register you as a website services Subscriber;
- to reply to your requests for information;
- to provide customer support;
- to keep you informed of new developments or other services of TradeSoft.
Except in the circumstances set out in the Disclosure part, TradeSoft will not use the personal information for any purposes not set out above without your prior consent.
If we no longer require your information, we will destroy or de-identify it.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as set out in this Statement or in your application form, TradeSoft will not disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent. TradeSoft may need to disclose information about you to third parties in the following situations:
- where TradeSoft suspects that unlawful activity is or has been engaged in and use of the information is necessary;
- where authorised or required by law or where reasonably necessary to enforce the law.
Security Measures
The internet is not a totally secure method of transmitting information.
TradeSoft takes reasonable measures to protect the security of information it holds about you. TradeSoft maintains strict procedures and standards and takes all reasonable care to prevent unauthorised access to, and modification and disclosure of, your personal information. We will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse and loss. Only authorised personnel (including employees of TradeSoft and employees of any of the entities or persons to whom you have authorised disclosure) have access to your personal information.
We also protect the security of your personal information when transmitted over the Internet. We use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to transfer personal information between you and our web servers, and DSS encryption when we transfer data to third parties, should it be deemed necessary. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as fully secure. Accordingly, TradeSoft cannot accept responsibility for the security of information you send to TradeSoft or receive from TradeSoft over the internet or for any unauthorised access to or use of that information and TradeSoft does not guarantee or warrant the security of any information you send to us using email, our webforms or our forums. You submit information over the Internet at your own risk.
Access To Your Information
Except as set out in this part, you (in the case where you are the individual to which the information relates) can access all personal information that TradeSoft is holding about you by writing to TradeSoft at 158 Gaudrons Rd SAPPHIRE BEACH NSW 2450 or by calling us at (02) 6653 6987, or by emailing to admin@tradesoft.com.au and providing evidence of your identity that is satisfactory to TradeSoft. TradeSoft will provide you with a copy of your file if it is satisfied as to your identity. TradeSoft may charge a reasonable amount for providing access.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. However, if at any time you believe that personal information that we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, please advise us by writing to TradeSoft at 158 Gaudrons Rd SAPPHIRE BEACH NSW 2450 or by calling us at (02) 6653 6987, or by email to admin@tradesoft.com.au and providing evidence of your identity satisfactory to TradeSoft and we will take all reasonable steps to check and if appropriate update the information we are holding.
If you wish to have any information about you removed, please advise TradeSoft and it will delete that information. TradeSoft will give you reasons if it declines to grant access, or allow correction of any information.
Changes To This Statement
This Statement sets out our current privacy policy. Please note that TradeSoft may change this Statement from time to time and we encourage you to periodically check our Privacy Statement for any policy changes.
Any changes will apply to information collected before or after the date of the change. Updated versions of this Privacy Statement will be posted on TradeSoft website at http://tradesoft.com.au/ as soon as practicable.
Complaints About Breaches of Privacy
If you believe that the privacy of your personal information has been compromised or is not being adequately protected, you should contact us by contacting our office at admin@tradesoft.com.au . We will make every effort to resolve your complaint internally and as soon as practicable.
If we do not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you may apply to the Federal Privacy Commissioner to have your complaint investigated. For more information about how you may lodge a complaint with the Federal Privacy Commissioner, please contact the Commissioner's hotline service on 1300 363 992.
This Statement Applies to This Website
This Privacy Statement applies to any website operated by us under the domain name http://tradesoft.com.au/ and http://tradesoft.net.au/.
When you use a link from this Website to the websites of third parties, those websites are not subject to our privacy standards. Those third parties are responsible for informing you of their own privacy policies.
If personal information about you is collected by third parties on any websites you have accessed through this Website, we may also collect or have access to that information as part of our arrangement with those third parties.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement or would like more information about the way we manage your personal information, telephone us on (02) 6653 6987 or email us at admin@tradesoft.com.au.
Last revised: 26.11.08
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