In this Privacy Policy, ‘us’ ‘we’ or ‘our’ means VicReturn Limited ACN 643 014 895. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, store and disclose your personal information. We are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act)
By providing personal information to us, you consent to our collection, use, store and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing changes to it on our website. We encourage you to check our website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
Personal information includes information or an opinion about an individual that is reasonably identifiable. For example, this may include your name, age, gender, postcode and contact details. It may also include financial information, including your bank or credit card details.
This Privacy Policy covers the information we collect about you when you use our products or services, or otherwise interact with us (for example, by communicating with us, using our services, or attending our events either online or in person), unless a different policy is displayed. We offer a wide range of products including websites and applications. We refer to all of these products, together with our other services and websites, as “Services” in this policy.
This policy also explains how we use information about you, which include how you can object to certain uses of information about you and how you can access and update certain information about you. If you do not agree with this policy, do not access or use our Services or interact with any other aspect of our business.
What personal information do we collect?
We may collect the following types of personal information:
We may collect these types of personal information either directly from you, or from third parties. We may collect this information when you:
In addition, when you apply for a job or position with us we may collect certain information from you (including your name, contact details, working history and relevant records checks) from any recruitment consultant, your previous employers and others who may be able to provide information to us to assist in our decision on whether or not to make you an offer of employment or engage you under a contract. This Privacy Policy does not apply to acts and practices in relation to employee records of our current and former employees, which are exempt from the Privacy Act.
Why do we collect, use and disclose personal information?
We may collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
We may also disclose your personal information to trusted third parties, for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and these third parties may also hold other information about you. These third parties may also combine that information in order to enable us to provide the Services, and them and us to develop anonymised consumer insights so that we can better understand your preferences and interests, personalise your experience and enhance the products and services that you receive.
Do we use your personal information for direct marketing?
We and/or our carefully selected business partners may send you direct marketing communications and information about our services. This may take the form of emails, SMS, mail or other forms of communication, in accordance with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) and the Privacy Act. You may opt-out of receiving marketing materials from us by using the opt-out facilities provided (eg. an unsubscribe link) or contacting us by emailing [email protected]
To whom do we disclose your personal information?
We may disclose personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy to:
How long we keep information
How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information, as described in further detail below. After such time, we will de-identify or destroy your information or, if this is not possible (for example, because the information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until de-identification or destruction is possible.
Disclosure of personal information outside Australia
We collect information globally and may transfer, process and store your information outside of your country of residence, to wherever we or our third-party service providers operate for the purpose of providing you the Services.
We may disclose personal information outside of Australia to our third party suppliers and service providers located in overseas countries including but not limited to the Philippines, India, Singapore, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.
We will, however, take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such personal information in a way that is consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles.
Using our website and cookies
We may collect personal information about you when you use and access our website.
While we do not use browsing information to identify you personally, we may record certain information about your use of our website, such as which pages you visit, the time and date of your visit and the internet protocol address assigned to your computer.
We may also use ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies on our website that help us track your website usage and remember your preferences. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, TV, mobile phone or other device. They enable the entity that put the cookie on your device to recognise you across different websites, services, devices and/or browsing sessions. You can disable cookies through your internet browser but our websites may not work as intended for you if you do so.
We may also use cookies to enable us to collect data that may include personal information. For example, where a cookie is linked to your account, it will be considered personal information under the Privacy Act. We will handle any personal information collected by cookies in the same way that we handle all other personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Security
We may hold your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference and loss, as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure and we use a number of physical, administrative, personnel and technical measures to protect your personal information. These include using encryption technologies and deploying anti-malware and anti-virus software. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
Data Protection
We use industry standard technical and organizational measures to secure the information we store. While we implement safeguards designed to protect your information, no security or backup system is impenetrable and due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that information, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on or used in our Services or otherwise in our care, is absolutely safe from intrusion by others.
If you use our Services, responsibility for business continuity, disaster recovery and backup of your information you provide to or receive from the Services rests with you and not us.
Links
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from our Privacy Policy, so we encourage individuals to read them before using those websites.
Accessing or correcting your personal information
You can access the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the information below. Sometimes, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of your personal information and, where this is the case, we will tell you why. We may also need to verify your identity when you request your personal information.
If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
Making a complaint
If you think we have breached the Privacy Act, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information, you can contact us using the details set out. Please include your name, email address and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you think that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.
Our policy towards individuals under 18
The Services are not directed to individuals under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18. If we become aware that an individual under 18 has provided us with personal information, we will, to the extent permitted by law and our agreements with third parties, take steps to delete such information. If you become aware that an individual under 18 has provided us with personal information, please contact the appropriate support team Privacy Policy Officer.
Contact Us
For further information about our Privacy Policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:
Privacy Policy Officer
Effective: 24 July 2023