PRIVACY POLICY

We need to collect personal information about you to provide you with our broking and related services. This privacy statement tells you how we collect your information, what we use the information for and who we share the information with. If we collect information that can be used to identify you, we will take reasonable steps to notify you of that collection.

How information is collected from you
We will collect your information from you directly whenever we can, like from enquiries we make of you when you seek credit assistance from us. We may verify that information from sources referred to in the responses to those enquiries or in this privacy statement.

How information is collected from other sources
Sometimes we will collect information about you from other sources as the Privacy Act 1988 permits. We will do this only if it’s reasonably necessary to do so, for example, where:

• we collect information from third parties about a loan or lease in relation to which you seek our services;
• we can’t get hold of you and we rely on public information to update your contact details; or
• we exchange information with your legal or financial advisers or other representatives.

When the law authorises or requires collection of information
Some law may require us to collect personal information about you. For example, we may require your information to verify your identity under Australian Anti-Money Laundering law.

How your information may be used
We may use your information for purposes including:

• giving you credit assistance;
• giving you information about loan products or related services;
• considering whether you are eligible for a loan or lease or any related service you requested;
• assisting you to prepare an application for a lease or a loan;
• administering services we provide, for example, to answer requests or deal with complaints;
• administering payments we receive, or any payments we make, relating to your loan or lease;
• identifying you;
• telling you about other products or services we make available and that may be of interest to you, unless you tell us not to;
• telling you about other suppliers, with whom we have arrangements, that supply goods or services that may be of interest to you;
• allowing us to run our business efficiently and perform general administrative tasks;
• preventing or investigating any fraud or crime or any suspected fraud or crime;
• as required by law, regulation or codes binding us; and
• any purpose to which you have consented.

You can let us know at any time if you no longer wish to receive direct marketing offers from us. We will process your request as soon as practicable.

What happens if you don’t provide information
If you don’t provide your information to us, it may not be possible to:

• assist in finding a loan or lease relevant to your circumstances;
• verify your identity or protect against fraud; or
• let you know about products or services that might be suitable for your financial needs.

Sharing Your Information
General
We may use and share your information with other organisations for any purpose described above.

Sharing with your representatives and referees
We may share your information with:

• your representative or any person acting on your behalf (for example, lawyers, settlement agents, accountants or real estate agents); and
• your referees, like your employer, to confirm details about you.

Sharing with third parties
We may share your information with third parties in relation to services we provide to you or goods or services in which we reasonably consider you may be interested. Those third parties may include:

• the mortgage aggregator through whom we may submit loan or lease applications to lenders or lessors on the mortgage aggregator’s panel;
• referrers that referred your business to us;
• financial services suppliers with whom we have arrangements;
• valuers;
• lenders, lessors, lender’s mortgage insurers and other loan or lease intermediaries;
• organisations, like fraud reporting agencies, that may identify, investigate and/or prevent fraud, suspected fraud, crimes, suspected crimes, or other misconduct;
• government or regulatory bodies as required or authorised by law. In some instances, these bodies may share the information with relevant foreign authorities;
• guarantors and prospective guarantors of your loan or lease;
• service providers, agents, contractors and advisers that assist us to conduct our business;
• any organisation that wishes to take an interest in our business or assets; and
• any third party to which you consent to us sharing your information.

Sharing outside of Australia

We may use Australian companies to process data, specifically for finance and administration purposes, and those companies generally utilise employees overseas. For instance – we typically use xSource (http://xsource.com.au/) for the processing and follow up of loan applications – their privacy policy is available on their website http://xsource.com.au/privacy-policy/. We may store your information in cloud or other types of networked or electronic storage. As electronic or networked storage can be accessed from various countries via an internet connection, it’s not always practicable to know in which country your information may be held.

Information about other people

• we have collected their information to provide those services or for any other purpose set out in this privacy notice;
• we may exchange this information with other organisations set out in this privacy notice;
• we handle their personal information in the way set out in our Privacy Policy and this privacy notice and they can:
  • access or request a copy of that privacy policy or this privacy notice; or
  • access the information we hold about that other person, by using our contact details above; and we may not be able to provide those services to you unless we obtain their information.