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BMP PRIVACY POLICY

This policy sets out:

• what is considered personal information;
• what personal information we collect and hold;
• how we collect, hold, use or disclose personal information;
• the purposes for which we collect personal information;
• what happens if we are not able to collect personal information;
• how to seek access to and correct your personal information;
• whether we disclose personal information outside Australia; and 
• how to contact us.

We are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (subject to exemptions that apply to us under that Act). However, due to the nature of some of our business activities, from time to time, we will handle personal information relying on the media exemption in the Act where appropriate. Where we do so, we will ensure that we comply with the Australian Press Council Privacy Standards. We may also rely on related bodies corporate, employee records and other exemptions in the Act. If you require more information on the collection and use of personal information in the course of journalism, please visit the Australian Press Council Privacy Standards at www.presscouncil.org.au/privacy­principles .

We may, from time to time, review and update this policy, including taking account of new or amended laws, new technology and/or changes to our operations. All personal information held by us will be governed by the most recent updated policy. Your privacy matters to us, so whether you are new to or are a long time user, please take the time to get to know our practices.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION

When used in this policy, the term "personal information" has the meaning given to it in the Act. In general terms, it is any information that can be used to personally identify you. This may include (but is not limited to) your name, postcode and contact details (including phone numbers and email addresses) and possibly financial information, such as intended borrow amount when making a finance enquiry. If the information we collect personally identifies you, or you are reasonably identifiable from it, the information will be considered personal information.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOLD

We may collect the following types of personal information;

• name;
• email address;
• telephone number;
• details of the 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 and to respond to your enquiries;
• any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly through our websites or indirectly through use of our website or online presence through  our representatives  or  otherwise;
• information  you  provide  to  us  through  our  service  centre,  customer  surveys  or  visits  by our  representatives  from  time  to  time.

COOKIES

In some cases we may also collect your personal information through the use of cookies and other tracking devices. When you access our website, we may send a "cookie" (which is a small summary file containing a unique ID number) to your computer. This enables us to recognise your computer and greet you each time you visit our website, without bothering you with a request to register or log­in. It also helps us keep track of products or services you view, so that we can send you news about those products or services. We also use cookies to measure traffic patterns, to determine which areas of our websites have been visited, and to measure transaction patterns in the aggregate. We use this to research our users' habits so that we can improve our online products and services. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can set your browser so that your computer does not accept them. We may also log IP addresses (the electronic addresses of computers connected to the internet) to analyse trends, administer the website, track user movements, and gather broad demographic information.

We may also collect anonymous data (which is not personal information) relating to your activity on our websites (including IP addresses) via cookies, or we may collect information from you in response to a survey. We generally use this information to report statistics, analyse trends, administer our services, diagnose problems and target and improve the quality of our products and services. To the extent this information does not constitute personal information because it does not identify you or anyone else, the Australian Privacy Principles do not apply and we may use this information for any purpose and by and means whatsoever

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect your personal information directly from you unless it is unreasonable or impractical to do so. We do this in ways including:

• through  your  access  and  use  of  our  website,  apps  or  sending  SMS  or  making  calls  via our  click  to  call  features;
• through  someone  else  who  has  provided  us  with  your  information  (e.g.  a  gift subscription,  or  Live  Chat  lead  creation);
• during  conversations  between  you  and  our  representatives;  and
• when  you  complete  an  enquiry.

We may also collect personal information from third parties including:

• advertisers;
• mailing  lists;
• recruitment  agencies;
• contractors  and  business  partners.

WHY DO WE COLLECT, HOLD, USE AND DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION

The primary purpose for which we collect information about you is to enable us to perform our business activities and functions and to provide best possible quality of customer experience. We collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:

• to  provide  products  and  services  to  you;
• to  provide  you  with  news,  information  or  advice  about  our  existing  and  new  products and  services;
• to  communicate  with  you,  including  but  not  limited  to,  by  email,  mail,  SMS  or telephone;
• to  manage  and  enhance  our  products  and  services;
• to  personalise  and  customise  your  experience;
• to  provide  you  with  access  to  protected  areas  of  our  websites;
• to  conduct  competitions  or  promotions  on  behalf  BMP  and  selected  third parties;
• to  verify  your  identity;
• to  provide  as  part  of  business  data  to  third  parties  if  you  have  authorised  us  to  do  so;
• to  conduct  business  processing  functions  for  operation  of  our  websites  or  our business;
• for  our  administrative,  marketing  (including  direct  marketing),  promotional,  planning, product/service  development,  quality  control  and  research  purposes,  or  those  of  our contractors  or  external  service  providers;
• to  provide  your  updated  personal  information  to  us,  our  contractors  or  external  service providers;
• to  investigate  any  complaints  about  or  made  by  you,  or  if  we  have  reason  to  suspect that  you  are  in  breach  of  any  of  our  terms  and  conditions  or  that  you  are  or  have  been otherwise  engaged  in  any  unlawful  activity;  and/or
• as  required  or  permitted  by  any  law  (including  the  Privacy  Act).

Your personal information will not be shared, sold, rented or disclosed other than as described in this Privacy Policy.

WHAT HAPPENS IF WE CAN'T COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you do not provide us with the personal information described in this policy, some or all of the following may happen:

• we  may  not  be  able  to  provide  you  with  the  products  or  services  you  requested,  either to  the  same  standard,  or  at  all  (for  example,  if  you  do  not  register  as  a  member  of  a website,  you  will  not  be  able  to  access  features  or  services  that  are  reserved  for members  only);
• we  may  not  be  able  to  provide  you  with  information  about  products  and  services  that you  may  want,  including  information  about  discounts  sales  or  special  promotions;  or
• we  may  be  unable  to  tailor  the  content  of  our  websites  to  your  preferences  and  your experience  of  our  websites  may  not  be  as  enjoyable  or  useful.

HOW DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may disclose your personal information to:

• our employees, related bodies corporate, partnerships, joint venture entities, contractors or external service providers for the operation of our websites or our business, fulfilling requests by you, and otherwise provide products and services to you, including without limitation, web hosting providers,  IT  systems  administrators, mailing  houses,  newsagents,  couriers,  payment  processors,  photographic  analysers, data  entry  service  providers,  electronic  network  administrators,  debt  collectors,  and professional  advisers  such  as  accountants,  solicitors,  business  advisors  and consultants;
• our  existing  or  potential  agents  and/or  business  partners;
• our  sponsors,  or  promoters  of  any  competition  that  we  conduct  or  promote  via  our services;
• specific  third  parties  authorised  by  you  to  receive  information  held  by  us;
• the  police,  any  relevant  authority  or  enforcement  body,  or  your  Internet  Service Provider  or  network  administrator,  for  example,  if  we  have  reason  to  suspect  that  you have  committed  a  breach  of  any  of  our  terms  and  conditions,  or  have  otherwise  been engaged  in  any  unlawful  activity,  and  we  reasonably  believe  that  disclosure  is necessary;
• as  required  or  permitted  by  any  law  (including  the  Privacy  Act).

DIRECT MARKETING MATERIALS

We may send you direct marketing communications and information about products and services that we consider may be of interest to you. These communications may be sent in various forms, including mail, SMS or email, in accordance with applicable marketing laws, such as the Spam Act 2004 (Cth). If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will endeavour to use that method whenever practical to do so.

In addition, at any time, you may opt­out of receiving marketing communications from us by contacting us (details below) or by using the opt­out facilities provided (e.g. an unsubscribe link), or by updating your personal details on our "Dnet Members" webpage. We will then ensure that your name is removed from our mailing list. We do not provide your personal information to other organisations for the purpose of direct marketing unless expressly authorised by you.

If you receive communications from us that you believe have been sent to you other than in accordance with this policy, or in breach of any law, please contact us using the details provided below.

ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may request access to any personal information we hold about you at any time by contacting us (details below). Where we hold information that you are entitled to access, we will try and provide you with suitable means of accessing it (for example, by mailing or emailing it to you). We will not charge for simply making a request and will not charge for making any corrections to your personal information. If you make an access request, we will ask you to verify your identity. There may be instances where we cannot grant you access to the personal information we hold. For example, we may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others, or if it would result in a breach of confidentiality. If that happens, we will give you written reasons for any refusal.

If you believe that personal information we hold about you is incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate, then you may request us to amend it. We will consider if the information requires amendment. If we do not agree that there are grounds for amendment, then we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with it.

Members of our websites will generally be able to access and update their membership details online. We request that you keep your information as current as possible so that we may continue to improve our service to you.

HOW YOU CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT A BREACH OF PRIVACY

If you believe your privacy has been breached by us, have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy please, contact us using the contact information below and provide details of the incident so that we can investigate it.

We have a formal procedure for investigating and dealing with privacy breaches. Once the Privacy Officer receives a complaint, whether it is in writing or verbal means, the Privacy Officer will commence an investigation with the relevant business unit from which the alleged breach stemmed. The investigator will endeavour to determine the nature of the breach and how it occurred. We may contact you during the process to seek further clarification if necessary. If a breach is found, the Privacy Officer will escalate the matter to management so that the process can be rectified to prevent any further breaches from taking place. We will also contact you to inform you of the outcome of the investigation. We will endeavour to resolve all investigations within a reasonable time.

We will treat your requests or complaints confidentially. Our representatives will contact you within a reasonable time after receipt of your complaint to discuss your concerns and outline options regarding how they may be resolved. We will aim to ensure that your complaint is resolved in a timely and appropriate manner.

Please contact our Privacy Officer at:

Privacy Officer
BM Prestige
277 Abbotsford Road Bowen Hills, QLD, 4006

Tel: 07 3889 3332
Email: admin@bmprestige.com.au

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA

We may disclose personal information to our related bodies corporate, partnerships, joint venture entities and external service providers located overseas for some of the purposes listed above. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipients of your personal information do not breach the privacy obligations relating to your personal information.

We may disclose your personal information to entities located outside of Australia, including the following:

• our  related  bodies  corporate  partnerships  and  joint  venture  entities,  located  in  New Zealand  and  South  East  Asia;
• our  data   hosting  and  Cloud­based  IT  service  providers;
• other  external  service  providers  located  in  the  Philippines  and  U.S.;  and
• other  third  parties  operating  in  jurisdictions  including  China,  India,  Indonesia,  New Zealand,  Hong  Kong  and  the  United  States  where  you  have  authorised  us  to  do  so.

SECURITY

We will take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, loss or unauthorised access, including by means of firewalls, password access, secure servers and encryption of credit card transactions.

If you suspect any misuse or loss of, or unauthorised access to, your personal information, please let us know immediately.

LINKS

Our website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. We make no representations or warranties in relation to the privacy practices of any third party website and we are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of any third party website. Third party websites are responsible for informing you about their own privacy practices.

TRACKING AND TARGETING

BMP and its related bodies corporate, partnerships and joint venture entities (we, us or our) collects data about your browsing activity on our network. We may also use non­personal information that we collect about you on our network to identify you on third party websites where we have an arrangement in place to serve ads on those third party websites. We may also collect anonymous internet usage data from third parties.

One of the reasons we collect usage data is to display targeted advertisements or content on our network and also on third party websites. For that purpose, usage data is collected and assigned to one or more pre­defined categories (for example “holiday seekers”). If this infers a particular interest, a cookie is placed in your web browser which may determine the type of targeted advertising or content that you receive. We target advertisements and content in order to improve your user experience so that you are served advertisements and content that we believe may be more relevant or useful to you.

To create consumer profiles, we also collate data from other sources across our network including memberships, surveys and competitions. We will only use this data in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), our Privacy Policy and other applicable laws.

Advertisements or content may also be "targeted" to users based on:

• the  type  of  content  displayed  on  a  given  web  page;
• the  geographical  location  of  a  user  (ie.  identified  by  an  IP  address);
• specific  searches  undertaken  by  a  user;  or
• the  type  of  customer  (e.g.  member  versus  subscriber).

Other reasons we may collect anonymous usage data include:

• to  limit  the  number  of  times  users  are  served  certain  ads;
• to  monitor  the  performance  of  advertising  campaigns;
• to  audit,  research,  and  analyse  usage  in  order  to  maintain  and  improve  our  services, and  to  develop  new  services;
• to  ensure  that  our  ad­serving  technologies  function  properly;  and
• to  provide  you  with  recommendations,  based  on  your  usage  patterns.
• We  will  not  collect  usage  data  or  target  advertisements  based  on  the  following  market  segments:
• racial  or  ethnic  origin;  or
• political  opinions;  or
• membership  of  a  political  association;  or
• religious  beliefs  or  affiliations;  or
• philosophical  beliefs;  or
• membership  of  a  professional  or  trade  association;  or
• membership  of  a  trade  union;  or
• sexual  preferences  or  practices;  or
• criminal  record;  or
• health  information;  or
• genetic  information  that  is  not  otherwise  health  information.

If we ever seek to target advertisements based on the above market segments, we will first obtain your express consent.

We will not create categories designed to target children under the age of 13 years (however, this does not prevent us from marketing children’s products to an adult audience).Third party advertisers purchase advertising products from us that enable them to target particular types of users of our network, for advertisements served both on our network and also on third party websites.

We also permit advertisers to embed their own cookies in advertisements and we allow other third parties to use cookies and other tracking technologies on our websites. Generally, advertisers will embed cookies in advertisements to monitor the performance of their advertising campaign, but they may also collect anonymous usage data relating to browsing activity on our network. We encourage advertisers to have a privacy policy that outlines their data collection activities and usage. Please refer to such third party privacy policies for more information.

We will not provide any personal information to an advertiser or any other third party without your express consent or in accordance with our Privacy Policy. However, to the extent that anonymous user data does not constitute personal information, we are entitled to deal with that information in any manner we see fit.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. Any updated versions of this privacy policy will be posted on this page. This privacy policy was last updated in April 2018

Our properties may feature Nielsen proprietary measurement software, which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Digital Content Ratings. To learn more about the information that Nielsen software may collect and your choices with regard to it, please see the Nielsen Digital Measurement Privacy Policy athttp://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy

Our properties may feature Nielsen proprietary measurement software, which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Digital Content Ratings. To learn more about the information that Nielsen software may collect and your choices with regard to it, please see the Nielsen Digital Measurement Privacy Policy athttp://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy