This is the Privacy Policy of InvestFox Pty Ltd (ABN 25 651 327 310). This Privacy Policy explains how InvestFox Pty Ltd (InvestFox) deals with privacy issues relating to personal information which is provided by a person or entity (User) who uses the InvestFox website (Website).
In this Privacy Policy Statement –
- “we”, “us” and when relating to us, “our” refer to InvestFox and its group of companies contained in this INVESTFOX website.
- “you” and when relating to you “your”.
- The singular includes the plural and conversely.
- The gender includes all genders.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our contacts, clients, suppliers and employees and complying with the Australian Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act).
The Australian Privacy Principles
We will treat all personal information in accordance with any and all obligations that are binding upon us under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”). The Privacy Act lays down 13 key principles in relation to the collection and treatment of personal information, which are called the “Australian Privacy Principles”.
What personal information we collect?
The kinds of personal information that we collect include:
- contact details such as name, role or position, address, email address, mobile number, landline number and fax number;
- information regarding our communications with you and your attendance at seminars and promotional events held by us;
- if you are an employee or prospective employee, information about your qualifications, skills and work experience;
- if you are a supplier or prospective supplier, information about your business skills, services, products and prices;
- if you are a developer or principal who instructs or engages us in respect of any of our services, information about and relating to your development, property, requirements, views concerning the rates or costs of our services;
- if you are a client, or prospective client, information about your preferences, views concerning our services and what services of ours may be of interest to you;
- statistical information regarding views, access and use by clients and visitors to our website.
How we collect personal information
We collect personal information by various means including when:
- you contact us with a question or inquiry;
- you subscribe to our newsletter or information about our services;
- you attend a seminar or event where we are hosting or presenting;
- you respond to our questionnaire or marketing surveys;
- you instruct or engage us to provide any of our services;
- you provide to us or through your representative contract of sale of your property;
- our clients provide information or feedback relevant to the information or services we are providing;
- we undertake research or investigation or surveys concerning our services;
- you visit our website.
Where practicable we collect personal information about you directly from you. However, we may have collected information about you from a third party such as a client, a third party information provider, a person responding to our questions, surveys or inquiries.
We are required to collect the full name and address of purchasers and vendors in sale of land matters where InvestFox is the stakeholder. Accurate name and address information must also be collected in order to comply with InvestFox trust account record keeping requirements in the Property Stock and Business Regulations 2014.
Collecting user’s personal information
We collect, hold, use and personal information in order to:
- respond to your enquiries;
- provide our services;
- employ competent and diligent personnel;
- monitor or improve the use of and satisfaction with our services; and
- let you know about our services that may be of interest to you.
InvestFox will not collect personal information about a User without that User’s consent and will only collect that personal information which a User voluntarily provides to InvestFox.
Consent for Image and video
I give Investfox Pty ltd (ABN 25 651 327 310), its assigns, successors, licensees, legal representatives, employees and agents (“IF”) the irrevocable right to use my name/photograph/image/audio recording/video recording and likeness in all forms and manner (“My Image”) for the purposes of advertising, media publicity, publication, general display or for any other Company purposes in whole or in part, including but not limited to publication on internet web sites, broadcasts and any other publications as released to or by Investfox (“Publication”).
I waive any interest that I may have in the copyright to My Image now or at any future time and acknowledge that I am not entitled, nor shall in the future be entitled, to receive any payment or consideration in respect of it and agree to make no claim against Investfox for any payments for the Publication of My Image.
I understand Investfox cannot control unauthorised use of My Image by persons not associated with Investfox upon the Publication of My Image. I forever waive any right to inspect or approve any Publication of My Image by Investfox . I release and indemnify Investfox from any loss, damage, costs, expense, or claim (including consequential loss) connected with the Publication of My Image, including action for defamation, libelous material, breach
of privacy, or copyright.
Opting out of marketing communications
We may, from time to time, send you newsletters, invitations and updates about our services. You can opt out of receiving further such communications by notifying us using our contact details below by clicking the “unsubscribe” option at the bottom of any marketing e-mail received from us.
Security
We take reasonable physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorized access, modification and disclosure. For example, we maintain our files in secure offices and limit access to personal information to individuals with a need to know.
Access/correction/updating personal information
You can contact us to access, correct or update your personal information. Unless we are subject to confidentiality obligation or some other restriction on giving access to the information and we are permitted to refuse you access under the Privacy Act, we will endeavour to make your information available to you within 30 days. Examples of circumstances where we may refuse to give you access to your personal information include where:
- giving access would be unlawful;
- we reasonably believe that giving you access would pose a serious threat to the life, health or safety of any individual or to public health or public safety;
- giving access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others;
- the information could reveal the intentions of a party in negotiations;
- giving access could prejudice the taking of appropriate action in relation to unlawful activity;
- giving access could reveal evaluative information in a commercially sensitive decision making process.
If you request to correct your personal information, we will correct, or, if we consider more appropriate, note your request for amendment of the information on your record.
We will not charge you to make a request to access your record but we may charge you to actually provide access depending on the costs associated with obtaining and providing the material.
Cookies and Usage Tracking
InvestFox and any Associate or relevant third party may use small text files called “cookies”: To enable more efficient browsing of the InvestFox Website;
To keep the User logged in to the website as they move from page to page; For statistical purposes, such as to determine which pages visitors view most often, and to provide a better browsing experience. Cookies are stored on the User’s computer until they are deleted. User browser settings may be adjusted to refuse cookies from the website. However, please note that this may affect your ability to use the InvestFox Website.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will send you a copy of our revised policy or post a copy on our website.
Complaints / Contact us
If a breach of this Privacy Policy occurs, a complaint may be made to us by sending it to:
InvestFox Pty Ltd via email at [email protected]
We will endeavour to respond to any complaint within 30 days.
USE OF THIS SITE MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE PRACTICES SET FORTH IN THIS POLICY. YOUR CONTINUED USE INDICATES YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE CHANGES.
