Privacy Policy
Under law, your rights to privacy are protected. The Australian Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) place strict requirements on how to handle your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how Hamton JV (Hawthorn) Pty Ltd manages the personal information that we collect, hold, use and disclose and how to contact us if you have any further queries about our management of your personal information.
What personal information we collect
The types of personal information we may collect and hold about you may vary depending on the nature of our interaction with you and may include:
- your name and contact details;
- some personal details disclosed in online registration forms (including but not limited to residency status and postcode); and
- other information that you will supply to us via the online registration form.
Why we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information
In general, we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for the following purposes:
- to assist in providing you with relevant consumer information and to notify you of products and special offers that may be of interest to you. We may also provide value-added services and offers;
- to manage our relationship with you and to contact you for follow up purposes;
- to verify and update personal information held by us;
- to review, develop and improve our functions and activities and business processes;
- to comply with legal and regulatory obligations; and
- for other purposes required or authorised by or under law, including purposes for which you have provided your express or implied consent.
Where we collect personal information from
We collect the following information that you may be unaware of:
- the name of the domain from which you access the internet;
- the date and time you access our site; and
- the internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site.
To whom we may disclose your personal information
In order to carry out the above purposes, we may disclose your personal information to:
- persons or organisations engaged by us to assist us in carrying out the above purposes, namely Hamton Real Estate
- related bodies corporate; and
- parties involved in a prospective or actual transfer of our assets or business.
We will not disclose your personal information outside of Australia.
What happens if you don't provide us with your personal information?
If you do not provide personal information requested of you to us, we may be unable to provide the products and services you or others request of us.
Retention policies and how we manage the data quality and security of your personal information
We store your personal information on servers located in Australia with access only available by password.
To the extent required by the Privacy Act1988 (Cth), we will take reasonable steps to:
- make sure that the personal information that we collect, hold, use and disclose is accurate, complete and up to date;and
- protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Any information that we no longer require is destroyed securely. An exception to this may be retention of the information for data analysis. However, if this occurs then the information will be retained in a form that does not allow you to be identified from that information.
Marketing
We may use your personal information to contact you (including by telephone call, SMS or email) in relation to products, services or other offers we think may be of interest to you.
You may opt-out of receiving marketing information from us at any time by contacting us using the contact details which appear below under the heading "Disputes".
Access and correction
Please contact us if you would like to seek access to or request that we correct the personal information we hold about you using the contact details which appear below under the heading "Disputes".
We will generally provide you with access to your personal information if practicable, and will take reasonable steps to amend any personal information about you which is inaccurate or out of date. In some circumstances and in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), we may not permit you access to your personal information, or may refuse to correct your personal information, in which case we will provide you reasons for this decision.
Disputes
If you believe that our organisation has breached your privacy rights in any way, or you would like to discuss any issues about our privacy policy please contact us:
Post: Suite 8/111 High Street, Prahran VIC 3181
Telephone: 03 9522 8444
E-mail: info@hamton.com.au
Your concern or complaint will be considered or investigated and we will endeavour to respond to your complaint within 14 days.
It is our intention to use our best endeavours to resolve any complaint to your satisfaction. However, if you are unhappy with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner who may investigate your complaint further.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective from 7 October 2024. As this Privacy Policy is updated from time to time, to obtain a copy of the latest version at any time, you should visit our website athttps://www.scotchhillgardens.com.au or contact us using the details above.
