Privacy Policy
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At Australian Fashion Exchange, we are fully committed to respecting
client’s privacy. Australian Fashion Exchange is bound by
the Privacy Act 1988 and the National Privacy Principles
set by the Federal Privacy Commissioner. For more information,
visit www.privacy.gov.au
The following Privacy Policy has been published to provide
a clear and concise outline of how and when personal information
is collected, stored, and distributed by Australian Fashion Exchange.
This policy also applies to Australian Fashion Exchanges web site:
www.australianfashionexchange.com.au
This policy, and the Privacy Act, does not apply to employee
records held by Australian Fashion Exchange. For Employee privacy,
please see the QMS Human Resources section.
Collection
of Personal Information
Australian Fashion Exchange collects limited personal and or company
information such as title, company name, name, contact details
such as address, phone, mobile, fax and e-mail address.
In some credit scenarios bank account details, credit card
details and drivers licence numbers maybe requested.
If you choose not to provide us with certain personal information,
we may not be able to provide you with the services you
require, or the level of service on which we pride ourselves.
Other
information we may collect
Additional to our core business activities, we also collect
and maintain records of personal information in the below
scenarios:
- Contractor name, address, license, contact and emergency
contact details which are used for the purposes of managing
our various contractors in accordance with the requirements
of our customers and our business requirements, and
- Potential employee resumes and contact details which
are used as a part of the recruitment process for new
employees.
How
we collect Personal Information
We only collect personal information when the client knowingly
provides it. Personal information is collected in a number
of ways, as below;
- Directly from the customer
- Collected over the phone, via email or fax
- Within marketing activities and invitations responses
- When you submit information to us through our website
(eg by email or cookies)
Cookies
When you visit our site, our web servers record anonymous
information such as the time, date and URL of the request.
This information assists us to improve the structure of
our web site and monitor the performance. Australian Fashion Exchange uses 'cookies' which are an industry standard and
most major web sites use them. A cookie is a small text
file that our web site may place on your computer. Usually,
cookies are used as a means for our web site to remember
your preferences. As such, cookies are designed to improve
your experience of our web site.
Australian Fashion Exchange utilises software that minimises privacy
concerns by using exclusively first-party cookies. First-party
cookies do not violate our privacy policy and uses the information
in the first-party cookie to identify unique visitors. Unlike
third-party cookies, which are stored on a third-party server
and may be shared with other applications, the cookies are
stored on our computer and are never shared.
In some cases, cookies may collect and store information
about your webbrowser. Australian Fashion Exchange extends the same
privacy protection to your personal information, whether
gathered via cookies or from other sources. Most internet
browsers are pre-set to accept cookies; however you can
adjust your Internet browser to disable cookies or to warn
you when cookies are being used.
For statistical purposes, we collect anonymous information
on web site activity, such as top pages viewed, the number
of pages viewed, the number of sessions, most popular session
times, web browser info. We use this data to evaluate our
web site performance and to improve the content we display
to you. No personal information is collected on these occasions
How
we use your Personal Information
We may use or request personal information from clients
when they:
- order goods that require delivery
- apply for a credit or an account
- participate in surveys and other types of research
- enter a promotion or contest hosted by Australian Fashion Exchange
- ask for a quote to be prepared
- make a credit card payment
- express interest in a particular Australian Fashion Exchange
service
- subscribe to our newsletter
- administer and manage our services, including charging,
billing and collecting debts
- make changes to your profile
- respond to any queries or feedback you may have
- conduct appropriate checks for credit-worthiness and
for fraud
- maintain and develop our business systems and infrastructure,
including testing and upgrading of these systems.
Use
and Disclosure of Personal Information
We value your trust so all of our staff adheres to the
highest ethical standards in gathering, using, and safeguarding
any information you choose to give us. We may disclose your
personal information to third parties, for example, to our
contractors to whom we contract out certain services. This
again would only be for us to conduct our legitimate business
activities.
Australian Fashion Exchange undertakes not to sell, rent or trade
personal information. We will not disclose personal information
to third parties for them to market goods and services to
you.
We will not otherwise use or disclose your personal information
unless the use or disclosure is authorised under the National
Privacy Principles. Some examples of where use or disclosure
is authorised under the National Privacy Principles are:
- where the use or disclosure is required or authorised
by or under law
- use or disclosure is necessary to prevent a threat to
life, health or safety
- use or disclosure is necessary to investigate suspected
unlawful activity, to prevent or detect a criminal offence
or seriously improper conduct
- use or disclosure is reasonably necessary for the conduct
of or preparation for court proceedings, or
- you have consented, either expressly or impliedly, to
our disclosing the information about you.
Personal
Information - Quality & Security
We take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal
information that we collect and use is accurate, complete
and up-to-date. To assist us with this, please contact us
if any of the details you have provided change. Further,
if you believe that the information we have about you is
not accurate, complete or up-to-date, contact us and we
will correct it.
Australian Fashion Exchange is committed to keeping secure the
data you provide us and we will take all reasonable precautions
to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or
unauthorised access or alteration. We destroy personal information
when it is no longer required by us.
Promotional
and marketing material
As previously stated, your contact details may be used
by us for the purposes of sending marketing correspondence
or invitations to you. We acknowledge and respect an individual’s
choice to opt-out of Australian Fashion Exchange’s direct
marketing communications and activities. Should you decide
you do not wish to receive marketing or promotional materials
from Australian Fashion Exchange please contact us in writing via
email:
, being sure to include your name, address and contact details.
Changes to this statement
Australian Fashion Exchange may make changes to this Privacy Policy
as required for any reason. We will publish those changes
on our web site. This Privacy Policy was last amended on
20 March 2007.
More
information
If you require any further information about our Privacy
Policy or would like to discuss what personal information
we have on yourself, please contact us in writing via email:
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