GLOBAL FIRE PTY LTD – PRIVACY POLICY

Date of implementation: 7 August 2018

 

1.       Background and Purpose

 

GLOBAL FIRE PTY LTD (GLOBAL FIRE, we, us and our) respects your rights to privacy under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and we are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.

This Privacy Policy (this Policy) explains how and why we use, hold and disclose personal information collected through our website at www.globalfire.com.au (Site), or directly from you.  

This Policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by GLOBAL FIRE.

We ask that you read this Policy carefully. This Policy may be amended from time to time with changes, additions and deletions, at our sole discretion. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes.

 

2.       What personal information does GLOBAL FIRE collect?

 

We collect information about you and your interactions with us, for example, when you call us, visit our Site or place an order. We will only collect personal information from you that is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more of our functions or activities.

 

We may collect information such as:

  • Your name;

  • Contact details including your physical address, email address and telephone number;

  • Bank account and credit card details;

  • Details of products and services you have purchased from us or which you have enquired about, together with any additional information necessary to deliver those products and services;

  • Details of enquiries or complaints you make; and

  • Any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly through our Site, or indirectly through the use of our Site or online presence, through our representatives or otherwise.

 

We may also collect some information which is not personal information because it does not identify you or anyone else. For example, information that identifies the location from which you have come to the Site and the pages you have visited and technical data, such as your IP address, the type of device you are using to access the Site, device attributes, browser type, language and operating system.

 

3.       How does GLOBAL FIRE collect your personal information?

 

We may collect your personal information using a variety of methods, including:

  • During communications between you, and our staff or our call center representatives, including in person and over the telephone, through written forms through which you provide information and via the internet,

  • When you make an enquiry;

  • When you enter into a contract with us for goods or services;

  • When you pay for our goods or services with methods other than cash; or

  • Through your access and use of our Site.

 

Our Site may use cookies. A cookie is a small text file that the Site may place on your device to store information. We may use persistent cookies (which remain on your computer even after you close your browser) to store information that may speed up your use of our Site for any of your future visits to the Site or we may use session cookies (which no longer remain after you end your browsing session) to help manage the display and presentation of information on the Site.

 

You may refuse to use cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Site.

 

In some cases, we may also collect information from third parties such as Stripe, which is an online payment processing platform.

 

4.       Why do we collect, hold and use your personal information?

 

We collect personal information about you so that we can perform our business activities and functions and provide you with the best possible quality of customer service.

 

In general, we collect, hold and use your personal information for the following purposes:

 

(a)    to provide products and services to you and manage our relationship with you;

(b)    to answer enquiries and provide information or advice about existing or new products or services;

(c)     for service development and quality control to improve our products and services;

(d)    to update our records and keep your contact details up to date;

(e)    to process and respond to any concerns or complaints you raise;

(f)     to process payments;

(g)    to assess the performance and to improve the operation of our Site;

(h)    to comply with our legal obligations and assist government and law enforcement agencies or regulators.

If you do not provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our services, communicate with you or respond to your enquiries.

 

5.       How does Global Fire protect personal information?

 

Personal information is mainly held in secure electronic databases, paper-based files and other records. We use a range of physical and electronic processes in seeking to ensure the security of personal information we hold. Our staff, contractors and others to whom we choose to disclose personal information are required to maintain confidentiality over personal information we hold.

We will also take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify personal information once we no longer require it for the purposes for which it was collected or for any secondary purpose permitted under the Australian Privacy Principles.

 

6.       Disclosure of personal information

 

We will not use or disclose any information about you without your consent, unless the use or disclosure is:

 

  • For the purpose of disclosing information to companies and individuals we employ to perform business functions and services on our behalf, on the basis that such companies and individuals must protect your personal information and may not disclose or use it for unrelated purposes;

  • Permitted under the Privacy Act;

  • Necessary to provide you with a product or service which you have requested;

  • You have expressly consented to the disclosure or the consent may be reasonably inferred from the circumstances; or

  • We are required or authorised by law to do so.

 

If ownership or control of all or part of our business changes, we may also transfer your personal information to the new owner.

7.       Access to and correction of your personal information

 

You can contact us to access or request correction of personal information that we hold about you. There may be some exceptions to this, but we will let you know at the time.

We will require you to verify your identity and to specify what information you require. There is no charge for requesting access to your personal information, but we may require you to meet our reasonable costs in providing you with access (such as photocopying costs or costs for time spent on collating large amounts of material).

We will respond to your request to access or correct person information in a reasonable time and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold about you remains accurate, up to date and complete.

 

8.       Contacting Us

 

If you have any questions about this Policy, the practices of our Site, are seeking more information about our privacy practices, including accessing or correcting your personal information, or wish to lodge a complaint, please contact us using the details below:

Attention: Privacy Officer

Global Fire Pty Ltd

31/105A Vanessa St, Kingsgrove NSW 2208

Phone: 1300 88 70 18

Email: [email protected]