1.
About this Privacy Policy
1.1
Phoenix Property Investors (Australia) Limited (ABN 99 620 283 614) (Phoenix, we,
us or our) has
implemented this Privacy Policy to provide information about what kinds of Personal Information we may
collect
or hold, how we collect, hold, use and disclose that Personal Information, choices you have regarding our
use
of that Personal Information, and your ability to access or correct that Personal Information. If you wish
to
make any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact us in any of the ways specified in
paragraph 15.
1.2
From time to time, Phoenix may be related to other companies and entities (related entities). This
Privacy Policy applies to the use of your Personal Information by us and by those related entities. Those
related entities may also have their own privacy policies which set out additional detail or differences
in
their privacy practices. To the extent that those privacy policies are inconsistent with this Privacy
Policy,
those privacy policies will prevail over this Privacy Policy in relation to the actions of those related
entities. A reference in this Privacy Policy to Phoenix, we, us or our is also a reference to those
related
entities.
3.
What Personal Information do we collect and hold?
3.1
The types of Personal Information we may collect about an individual will depend upon the nature of our
interaction with them. Personal Information that we collect may include (but is not limited to) the
following:
(b)
age and/or date of birth
(c)
contact details including telephone numbers (landline and/or mobile)
(d)
address (including postal address)
(g)
identification information such as driving licence details, including driving
licence number
(h)
payment details, such as your credit card or bank account details
(i)
Australian Business Number (ABN)
(j)
occupation and employment details including employment status and any previous work
experience; and
(k)
information from or in connection with your resume or job application if you apply
for a position with us.
3.2
We collect and record Personal Information about individuals such as:
(a)
our customers/clients, potential customers/clients and their representatives
(b)
our investors and shareholders
(c)
our suppliers and potential suppliers and their representatives, directors, partners, proprietors and
shareholders
(d)
contractors and subcontractors and potential contractors and subcontractors and their representatives in
relation to providing goods and services to us, and
(e)
any other person who comes into contact with us.
4.
How and when do we collect Personal Information?
4.1
We collect your Personal Information to allow us to conduct our business functions, to provide, market
and
sell our products and services and for the specified purposes set out in paragraph 6. In some
circumstances
the collection of Personal Information may be required by law.
4.2
We may collect your Personal Information in the course of providing you with our services, or:
(a)
when you engage or use our services
(b)
when you provide us, or you offer or apply to supply us, with goods or services
(c)
when you provide information to us in any way (including by completing a form, disclosing information
over the phone or via email, or providing us a business card)
(d)
when you request information about us or our services
(e)
when you provide feedback to us
(f)
when you visit or fill in a form on our Website (see paragraph 5)
(g)
when you visit premises from which we operate
(h)
when you submit a job application to us
(i)
(i)when you (or your employer) provide that information to us in the course of conducting or administering
our relationship with you, or when you are carrying out activities in connection with our business
operations;
(j)
when you otherwise contact us by telephone, fax, email, social media, post or in person, or
(k)
where we are otherwise required or authorised by law to do so.
4.3
Generally, when providing our services, dealing with our personnel, or obtaining goods and services from
our service providers, suppliers or contractors, we collect Personal Information directly from the
relevant
individual where reasonable and practicable.
4.4
We may also collect Personal Information about you from third parties and other sources such
as:
(a)
your nominated representatives (eg spouse, accountant, power of attorney, brokers and other professional
advisors)
(b)
publicly available sources of information, or
(c)
related entities, companies and businesses of Phoenix.
(d)
credit reporting bodies who provide information about consumer credit worthiness (see paragraph 3.2),
but we will only collect your Personal Information in this way if it is unreasonable or impracticable to
collect this information directly from you or if we are otherwise permitted to do so.
4.5
If the Personal Information we collect includes sensitive information, including health information and
biometric information, we will ask for your consent to collect sensitive information, unless the law
allows
us to collect it without your consent.
4.6
Where we engage with you multiple times over a short period in relation to the same matter, we may not
provide you with a separate notice about privacy each time we engage with you.
4.7
In most cases, If you choose not to provide your Personal Information to us for the purposes set out
in this Privacy Policy, or if we do not or are unable to collect the Personal Information we require, we
may
not be able to provide you with requested information, services, or to effectively conduct our
relationship
with you.
5.
Information collected via our Website
5.1
Personal Information may be collected by us and by our third party service providers who assist us in
operating our website at www.ppinvestors.com/en/, including its subdomains and any other website we
operate
from time to time (collectively the Website).
5.2
We may use various technological methods from time to time to track the visiting patterns of individuals
accessing our Website including but not limited to the methods set out in this paragraph 5.
Cookies
5.3
Our Website may use 'cookies' from time to time. Cookies are small text files that are transferred to a
user's computer hard drive by a website for the purpose of storing information about a user's identity,
browser type or website visiting patterns. Cookies may be used on our Website to monitor web traffic, for
example the time of visit, pages visited and some system information about the type of computer being
used.
We use this information to enhance the content and services offered on our Website.
5.4
Cookies are sometimes also used to collect information about what pages you visit and the type of
software you are using. If you access our Website or click-through to our Website from a link in an email
we
send you, a cookie may be downloaded onto your computer's hard drive.
5.5
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is
sent. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your
cookie
preferences.
5.6
If you disable the use of cookies on your web browser or remove or reject specific cookies from our
Website or linked sites then you may not be able to gain access to all of the content and facilities in
those websites.
Third party content (eg social media links)
5.7
Some of the content on our Website may include applications made available by third parties, such as
social media buttons or links that allow you to share content or links to our Website through the relevant
third party platforms. These third party applications themselves may facilitate collection of information
by
those third parties, through your interaction with the applications and sometimes even if you do not
interact directly with them. We are not responsible for the technical operation of these applications or
the
collection and use practices of the relevant third parties. Please visit the relevant third party websites
to understand their privacy practices and options they may make available to you in relation to their
collection of your Personal Information.
6.
How do we use your Personal Information?
6.1
We use the Personal Information we collect about you for our business functions and activities, in order
to operate our business efficiently, and to market our products and services for the benefit of our
customers/clients.
6.2
We may collect, hold and use your personal information:
(a)
to identify and communicate with you
(b)
to enable us to provide you with requested information or services
(c)
to otherwise assist customers/clients by providing them with information and support
(d)
to collect and process payments
(e)
to help us to manage and enhance services we provide to you
(f)
to help us to manage and enhance goods and services we procure from our suppliers and subcontractors
(g)
to personalise and customise your experiences on our Website
(h)
to manage and administer any account you may hold with us
(i)
to carry out debt recovery functions
(j)
to protect you and us from fraud
(k)
to help us manage our business operations
(l)
for business support purposes including maintenance, backup and audit
(m)
to respond to any queries or complaints you may have
(n)
to investigate, review, mitigate risks associated with, and inform you of, a data or other security breach
involving your personal information, or
(o)
to comply with our statutory and legal obligations.
6.3
We may aggregate personal information for reporting, statistical and analysis purposes, and for
business,
product and service improvement purposes. This allows us to better inform ourselves and anticipate our
customers' preferences and requirements, and to monitor and improve the effectiveness of our business,
products and services. We may also de-identify information for inclusion in such aggregated databases or
reports.
6.4
We reserve the right at all times to monitor, review, retain, and/or disclose any information as
necessary
to satisfy any applicable law, but we have no obligation to monitor the use of the Website or to retain
the
content of any user session.
6.5
You consent to us using your Personal Information in the above ways and as set out in this Privacy
Policy.
6.6
We may otherwise collect, use or disclose your Personal Information where the collection, use or
disclosure is:
(a)
in accordance with this Privacy Policy or any agreement you enter into with us, or
(b)
required or authorised by law, including without limitation the Australian Privacy Principles under the
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
7.
When do we disclose your Personal Information?
7.1
We may disclose, or provide access to, your Personal Information to third parties in connection with the
purposes described in paragraph 6. Depending on the circumstances and the nature of your engagement with
us,
we may disclose your Personal Information to our related entities, to third parties that provide
products
and services to us or through us, or to other third parties.
7.2
We may also disclose your Personal Information to:
(a)
any of Phoenix's internal divisions, business units or departments
(b)
your nominated representatives
(c)
other organisations or individuals who assist us in providing services to you
(d)
professional service providers and advisors who perform functions on our behalf, such as lawyers
(e)
representatives, agents or contractors who are appointed by us in the ordinary operation of our
business to assist us in providing our services or administering our business (such as for data storage or
processing, printing, mailing, marketing, planning and service development)
(f)
credit reporting bodies and debt collecting agencies (see paragraph 3.2)
(h)
banks, lenders, valuers, insurers, brokers, auditors, business consultants and IT service providers, and
(i)
Government, regulatory authorities and other organisations as required or authorised by law.
7.3
We may also disclose your Personal Information to our Website host or software application providers in
certain limited circumstances, for example when our Website experiences a technical problem or to ensure
that it operates in an effective and secure manner.
7.4
As we continue to develop our business, we may buy, merge or partner with other companies or
organisations, and in so doing, acquire customer Personal Information. In such transactions, Personal
Information may be among the transferred assets. Similarly, in the event that a portion or substantially
all of our business or assets are sold or transferred to a third party, we may also disclose certain
information including your Personal Information to a purchaser or potential purchaser in connection with
the sale or potential sale of us, our business or any of our assets, including in insolvency.
8.1
Some of your Personal Information may be disclosed, transferred, stored, processed or used overseas by us,
or by third party service providers. This may happen if:
(a)
our offices or related entities are overseas
(b)
we outsource certain activities overseas
(c)
transactions, information, services or products have an overseas connection, or
(d)
our computer systems including IT servers are located overseas.
8.2
You consent to the collection, use, storage, and processing of your Personal Information outside of
Australia as set out in this Privacy Policy.
8.3
In particular, your Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea,
China, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Luxemburg, and such other countries in which those
parties or their, or our, computer systems may be located from time to time, where it may be used for the
purposes described in this Privacy Policy. In these circumstances, you consent to the collection, use,
storage and processing of your Personal Information in those countries, without us being responsible under
the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) for such use (or for any breach). Where
such parties are located
overseas, you may have rights to enforce such parties' compliance with applicable data protection laws,
but you might not have recourse against those parties under the Privacy Act in relation to how those
parties treat your personal information.
10.1
You consent to us using your Personal Information for sending you information, including promotional
material, about us or our services, as well as the products and services of our related entities and third
parties, now and in the future. You also consent to us sending you such information by means of email, SMS
and MMS messages.
10.2
If you do not want to receive marketing information from us, you can unsubscribe in any of the following
ways:
(a)
clicking on the 'Unsubscribe' or subscription preferences link in a direct marketing email that you have
received from us, or
(b)
contacting us using the contact details specified in paragraph 15.
12.
You can access and update your Personal Information
12.1
You are generally entitled to access Personal Information that we hold about you. If you request
access to your Personal Information, in ordinary circumstances we will give you full access to your
Personal Information. Depending on the nature of the request, Phoenix may charge for providing access to
this information, however such charge will not be excessive. However, there may be some legal or
administrative reasons to deny access. If we refuse your request to access your Personal Information, we
will provide you with reasons for the refusal where we are required by law to give those reasons.
12.2
We take all reasonable steps to ensure that any Personal Information we collect and use is accurate,
complete and up-to-date. To assist us in this, you need to provide true, accurate, current and complete
information about yourself as requested, and properly update the information provided to us to keep it
true, accurate, current and complete.
12.3
Please contact us in any of the ways specified in paragraph 15 if you believe that the Personal
Information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, and we will use all reasonable efforts to correct
the information.
12.4
It would assist us to ensure we properly understand your request, and allow us to respond more
promptly, if requests are made in writing and include as much detail as possible.
15.
What to do if you have a question, problem or complaint, or want to contact us about our use of your
Personal Information or this Privacy Policy
(a)
have a query or concern about this Privacy Policy or our Personal Information handling processes
(b)
wish to make a complaint in relation to a breach of your privacy
(c)
would like to access your Personal Information held by us
(d)
would like to update or correct your Personal Information held by us, or
(e)
would like to opt out of direct marketing,
please contact Trent Winduss in any of the following ways:
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Email Address:
twinduss@ppinvestors.com
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Mailing Address:
Level 22, 25 Bligh Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia