THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy is issued by Wholesale Appliance Supplies, (ABN 75 096 154 835) and its related companies ("WAS").
With effect from 21st December 2001 WAS has been bound by new provisions under the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 which set out new principles relating to the protection of your personal information. WAS is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and disclose personal information provided to us in accordance with the National Privacy Principles introduced under the new sections of the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988.
This Privacy policy should be read in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Generally, the personal information we collect and store consists of your name, address, gender and contact details. It is possible that where a specific product or service is involved, we may collect personal information from you that relates to that particular product, service or warranty repair. The information that we collect from you when you interact with us online depends on the tasks you complete on the Site. You further agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WAS, its affiliates and their respective officers, directors and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorney fees, arising out of the use of this Site.
1. (I) BROWSING THIS WEBSITE
When you visit and browse through this Site we collect personal information for statistical and maintenance purposes that enables us to evaluate the performance of this website. Such general information includes:
o the number of users visiting this website and the number of pages viewed
o the date, time and duration of visits; and
o the path taken through this website
This information will not identify you and we will not combine it with any information in a manner whereby we can identify you.
2. (II) APPLYING FOR A PRODUCT OR SERVICE INFORMATION ONLINE OR USING CONTACT US
We need to obtain personal information from you in order to complete your online application for information. When requesting part/product information or when using Contact Us you will need to complete an online form on this Site. Our online forms will ask you to provide personal information for contact purposes, for example, e-mail address and telephone number. You will have the right to choose whether or not to provide additional personal information. Any personal information we collect from you will only be used for the purposes for which the personal information has been collected.
3. (III) E-MAILS
You can Contact Us via the link on this site. You have the choice whether or not to provide personal information other than your e-mail address. Any information provided to us via e-mail will be used only for the purposes outlined, for example for answering your inquiry.
HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
WAS collects personal information in a number of ways, including:
• directly from you such as when you enter your personal details on our websites (for example during checkout) when you provide information via email or over the telephone
• from sources of information which are available to the public.
Any information which is not capable of identifying you, such as the number of users visiting this Site, is collected through code embedded in the pages of this Site. You are unable to disable the code on these pages. Other information, such as browser type, is included in a "cookie". Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual’s computer hard drive for record keeping. Cookies make using our website easier by storing information about your choices on a particular website. This will enable you to take full advantage of the services offered to you. The use of cookies is an industry standard utilised by most major websites. Most Internet browsers are set to accept cookies. If you would prefer not to receive cookies you are able to adjust your Internet browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used.
WAS also gathers information from our website. This information is put together for reporting purposes. Any characteristics which are capable of personally identifying the user are removed. The information is gathered in order to enable us to examine Internet trends and demographics and to assist in improving the structure and ease of use of our websites.
WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use your personal information to:
• provide the services and information relating to parts that you require
• administer and manage the services we provide
• gain a better understanding of your requirements in order for us to provide you with better and more personalised information suited to your needs
• maintain and develop our business systems and infrastructure including testing and upgrading of these systems
HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS PROTECTED AND STORED
WAS takes great care to protect your privacy. Any information provided to us on this website is securely protected. WAS uses Secure Sockets Layer protocols, the strongest form of encryption. The use of these protocols makes it extremely difficult for anybody else to have sight of your information. Where we transfer information from our servers to our mainframe computers we use our best endeavours to ensure that this is done securely. Access to our mainframe computers is protected by a number of firewall security systems to prevent unauthorised access. In addition this website carries an Internet Detection System to monitor potential privacy and security threats.
Any information stored in documents or on WAS systems are protected from unauthorised access by the use of a number of security procedures including user passwords. All of our personnel are trained in the use of all of our security procedures and to handle personal information in accordance with the National Privacy Principles.
WHEN WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
WAS may disclose your personal information to organisations outside of this company. These disclosures are made subject to suitable protection for privacy and confidentiality being in place.
The organisations to whom we would usually disclose your information are:
• government, regulatory or other organisations to whom we are required to disclose your personal information by law.
WAS takes all reasonable steps to ensure that any personal information we collect, disclose and use is as up to date as possible. It is important that you advise us of any changes to your personal information or if there are any errors in the personal information we are holding about you.
Subject to certain exceptions allowed by law, everyone who has provided personal information has the right to access that personal information. For security reasons you will be required to put any request for access to your personal information into writing. You may obtain access to your own personal information by contacting us via the Contact Us page or at the address below. WAS will make a charge of $25 for the retrieval of personal information in order to cover our administration costs. You should also Contact Us if you wish to modify any of your personal information.
HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we manage and deal with personal information, please Contact Us via the Contact Us page or write to the Privacy Manager, Wholesale Appliance Supplies, 48 York Street, East Gosford NSW 2250.
