Privacy Policy
This following document sets forth the Privacy Policy for the PropertyNow Pty Ltd website, www.PropertyNow.com.au.
WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
This website is owned and operated by PropertyNow PTY LTD and will be referred to as “We”, “our” and “us” in this Privacy Policy. By using this site, you agree to the Internet Privacy Policy of this web site “www.PropertyNow.com.au”, which is set out on this web site page. The Privacy Policy relates to the collection and use of personal information you may supply to us through your conduct on the web site. PropertyNow Pty Ltd is committed to providing you with the best possible customer service experience. PropertyNow Pty Ltd is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Crh), which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals.
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. This Privacy Policy is in addition to any other terms and conditions applicable to the web site. We do not make any representations about third party web sites that may be linked to the web site. We recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of information collected about visitors to our web site, in particular, information that is capable of identifying an individual (“personal information”). This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which your personal information, obtained through the web site, will be dealt with. This Privacy Policy should be reviewed periodically so that you are updated on any changes. We welcome your comments and feedback.
Personal Information
1. There are many aspects of our site which can be viewed without providing personal information, however personal information may be collect by PropertyNow. Personal information about visitors to our site is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted. For example, we may need to collect such information to provide you with further services or to answer or forward any requests or enquiries.
2. Personal information may include but is not limited to contact information, addresses for shipping, usernames and account passwords. It is our intention that this policy will protect your personal information from being dealt with in any way that is inconsistent with applicable privacy laws in Australia.
Use of Information
3. Personal information that visitors submit to our site is used only for the purpose for which it is submitted or for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose, unless we disclose other uses in this Internet Privacy Policy or at the time of collection. Copies of correspondence sent from the site, that may contain personal information, are stored as archives for record-keeping/back-up purposes only.
4. For each visitor to reach the site, we expressively collect the following non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times and referring website address. This collected information is used solely internally for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends and delivering personalized content to you while you are at this Site.
5. From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will use for these new purposes only, data collected from the time of the policy change forward will adhere to our updated practices.
Collecting information on Registered members
6. As part of registering with us, we collect personal information about you in order for you to take full advantage of our services. To do this it may be necessary for you to provide additional information to us as detailed below.
7. Registration is required to become a customer of PropertyNow Pty Ltd and to use our advertising services. Registration includes submitting your name, email address, address, telephone numbers, option on receiving updates and promotional material and other information. You may access this information at any time by logging in and going to your account.
Credit Card Details
8. Credit Card details are only stored for the processing of payment. PropertyNow Pty Ltd does not access full credit card information with their payment provider, nor do we store full credit card information on our server.
Disclosure
9. Apart from where you have consented, or disclosure is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was submitted, personal information may be disclosed in special situations where we have reason to believe that doing so is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone damaging, injuring, or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with our rights or property, users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. Also, we may disclose personal information when we believe in good faith that the law requires disclosure.
10. We may engage third parties to provide you with goods or services on our behalf. In that circumstance, we may disclose your personal information to those third parties in order to meet your request for goods or services. Those companies will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the service. PropertyNow Pty Ltd takes reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information.
Security
11. We strive to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our sites, and we review and update our security measures in light of current technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.
12. We will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information you may transmit to us or from our online products and services. Once we do receive your transmission, we will also make our best efforts to ensure its security on our systems.
13. Our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us. However, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.
Collecting Information from Users
14. IP Addresses. Our web servers gather your IP address to assist with the diagnosis of problems or support issues with our services. Again, information is gathered in aggregate only and cannot be traced to an individual user.
15. Cookies and Applets. We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. These cookies allow us to increase your security by storing your session ID and are a way of monitoring single user access. This aggregate, non-personal information is collated and provided to us to assist in analysing the usage of the site. General Data Protection Regulation 16. We ensure we manage any data we collect from you in accordance with the GDPR where applicable.
Access to Information
16. We will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information which we hold about you, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. If, at any time, you discover that information held about you is incorrect, you may contact us to have the information corrected.
17. You have a right to access your personal information, subject to exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please let us know. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons. Property Now Pty Ltd reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for, and providing access to, your information on a per request basis.
18. In addition, our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.
19. Deletion of data. You may request deletion of your personal data by contacting Property Now Pty Ltd in writing via email to support@propertynow.com.au
Links to other sites
20. We provide links to Web sites outside of our web sites, as well as to third party Web sites. These linked sites are not under our control, and we cannot accept responsibility for the conduct of companies linked to our website. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website, we advise you to examine the terms and conditions of using that Web site and its privacy statement.
Problems or Questions
21. If we become aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with our web site/s, we will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. If you have any further queries relating to our Privacy Policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact us, our contact details can be found via the Contact Us page on our Website or below.
22. For more information about privacy issues in Australia and protecting your privacy, visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner’s web site; http://www.privacy.gov.au/.
Contact Information
PropertyNow Pty Ltd welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and would like further information, please contact us by any of the following means during business hours.
Monday to Friday. Call: 1300 664 773 or E-mail: support@propertynow.com.au Post: Attn: Privacy Policy, PropertyNow Pty Ltd, 96 Cobblestone Avenue Logan Reserve, QLD, 4133 AUSTRALIA