Privacy

Social Phix Pty Ltd (ACN 626 356 778 )

Application

This privacy policy (this policy) applies to the collection and use of your personal information by Social Phix Pty Ltd ACN 626 356 778 (we, us or our).

We are committed to the protection of your personal information and meeting the standards set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

By interacting with us or providing any of your personal information to us via, or in any way using, our website (the Site), you agree to be bound by the terms set out in this policy.

Any terms that are defined in bold font in the Terms and Conditions appearing on our Site, but which are not defined in this policy, are given the meaning set out in the Site Terms.

Why we collect personal information

Generally, we collect personal information in order to provide you, our customer, with better products and services and to manage our relationship with you. We also collect personal information for marketing purposes and to run various promotions and activities relating to the Site, and to provide you with information, including about other organisations and agencies, that may be of interest to you and provide you with up-to-date information about events, products, and services.

Kinds of personal information we collect and hold

We may collect various types of personal information including (but not limited to) your name, address, email, phone number, age, payment details, gender, interests or other information relevant to your use of the Site.

How we collect personal information

We normally collect personal information directly from you when you use the Site or otherwise interact with us, for example when you:

call us;
subscribe to the site;
configure and use the site;
send us an email, including via our websites;
post an entry on our websites or social media assets;
purchase products from us using a credit card/s or otherwise; or
attend an event or activity that we have organised, sponsored or otherwise been involved with.

We will not collect any personal information about you without your consent. However, by accessing and using the Site, including registering your personal information on the Site, otherwise interacting with us or otherwise providing your personal information to us, you are deemed to have given your consent.

Collection from third parties

We may also obtain details about you from marketing databases or other sources that are publicly available such as websites, journals, directories and phone books. We will only collect information about you from third parties in rare circumstances, for example where one of your friends indicates to us that one of our products or services may be of interest to you. If we do collect personal information in this manner, we will endeavour to make you aware of who we are, the fact and manner of collection of this information and this policy. We will ask the third party to tell you that they have provided us with your personal information and direct you to a copy of this policy.

We may also collect anonymous information through the use of cookies on the Site, our websites and social media assets. Cookies are pieces of information that are stored on your computer by the web browser that you use. You can configure your web browser to reject or accept cookies, but if you reject cookies this may prevent you from using the Site or may reduce the level of functionality available to you via the Site.

By giving your personal information to us you consent to us using your personal information in the following ways and for the following purposes:

to provide you with the site and our other products or services;
to manage our relationship with you;
to allow the relevant Site Partner to contact you, arrange for your Subscription, manage your account and carry out other lawful activities relating to the Site;
to facilitate the running of and your participation in events, competitions and activities relating to the Site;
to monitor activity on the Site and on our websites and social media assets;
to administer and enforce the Site Terms;
for internal administrative purposes, such as procedural assessments, compliance, risk management, staff training, accounting, billing, product and service reviews;
to identify and inform you about other products or services that may be of interest to you;
to market, improve and add to our products and services including the Site, our websites and our social media assets;
where there is a serious threat to an individual’s life or to public health or safety;
where there is reason to suspect unlawful activity has been engaged in;
where required or authorised by law; or
where required by an enforcement body.

If you provide us with your mobile telephone number, email address, or other contact method that is capable of receiving messages, you authorise us to send you promotional messages related to the Site and other products and services that we promote. These messages will be accompanied by a functional unsubscribe facility.

If you do not wish to receive marketing or other communications from us, please contact us using the details below so that we can update your preferences.

Disclosure

We may disclose personal information across our related bodies corporate in accordance with this policy. We may also provide personal information to:

Site Partners for the purpose of marketing, reselling and managing the Site including your activities on the Site (and related activities);
third parties engaged by us to perform functions for us such as storing and managing databases, processing credit card information, mail outs, debt collection, marketing research and advertising; and
third parties that you have authorised to receive your personal information held by us.

These third parties do not have permission to use, sell or transfer your personal information in any way except as expressly permitted by us in terms of and under this policy.

We may also disclose personal information to unrelated third parties (for example, our professional advisers and government authorities or agencies) where that disclosure is reasonably required by law or to obtain advice, prepare legal proceedings, investigate suspected improper conduct or wrongdoing, or otherwise assist a lawful authority in the discharge of its duties.

Where we hold promotions in conjunction with other organisations and agencies, we will offer you the opportunity to be contacted by those entities. We will not provide your personal information to those entities unless you have opted in to having such personal information passed on.

To better protect your privacy, we impose strict requirements of security and confidentiality on all third parties as to how they handle your personal information. Despite this, we cannot be held responsible for any misuse or unauthorised disclosure of your personal information by these third parties.

Data quality

We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up to date. If your personal information is incorrect or changes, please contact us using the details below so that we can update your personal information and continue providing you with access to the Site.

Data security

Your personal information is stored in a number of secure computer storage facilities, on paper files, and in other records. We have taken, and will continue to take, all reasonable precautions to ensure that your personal information is protected from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Once we no longer need your personal information, we take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify your personal information.

Openness

If you have any questions whatsoever on our handling of your personal information, or the kind of personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the details below and we’ll try to assist you with your request.

Access and correction

You normally have the right to access your personal information and we will provide you with a copy of any personal information we hold on request. The APPs set out some circumstances in which we are not required to provide you with such access. If you ask for your personal information and any of these circumstances reasonably apply, we may give you access to the personal information in a way that meets our needs and yours, or give you access through a mutually agreed intermediary.

We may charge a fee for retrieving personal information, in which case we will notify you of any fee and will require that you pay us the fee before providing the information to you.

Identifiers and anonymity

As required by the APPs, we do not collect or use Commonwealth government identifiers when interacting with you.

Where practicable, we will permit you to deal with us on an anonymous basis or by using a pseudonym. In some instances, because of the services we provide, if you do not provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with the requested product or service (for example, if we require your details to activate your Site access or contact you in relation to the site).

Transferring information overseas

We are not likely to disclose your personal information to overseas recipients except to personnel at our associated overseas offices. In any case, we will not send your personal information outside of Australia unless we first obtain agreement from the overseas recipient to protect your information in accordance with Australian privacy laws and to abide by the terms of this policy.

Sensitive information

Sensitive information has the meaning given in to that term in the Privacy Act (and includes for example, information about your race, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information etc.). We do not normally ask for sensitive information, but may do so occasionally -for example, as part of a promotion or survey if it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, the Site. We do require you to provide sensitive personal information unless:

you have consented to providing the information (and consent is deemed when you submit the information to us); or
collection of the information is specifically authorised or required by law.

Feedback and complaints

If you have feedback or a complaint regarding our collection and handling of your personal information, please contact us. We will review and respond to all complaints received.

Contacting us

If you have any queries about this policy, please contact us.