Privacy Policy

PrefectWatch respects and values the privacy or our Clients and Customers and complies with the national Privacy Principles as applied by the Privacy Act in respect of Clients’ and Customers’ personal information.

COLLECTION

1.1 PrefectWatch will not collect personal information unless the information is necessary for:

(a) providing data and reviews on the Website;
(b) our internal management needs; or
(c) our marketing activities,
unless you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of that personal information for another specific purpose.

1.2 PrefectWatch will collect personal information only by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.

1.3 At or before the time PrefectWatch collects personal information about an individual from the individual, PrefectWatch will take reasonable steps to ensure that the individual is aware of:

(a) the identity of PrefectWatch and how to contact PrefectWatch;
(b) the fact that you are able to gain access to the information;
(c) the purposes for which the information is collected;
(d) organisations (or the types of organisations) to which PrefectWatch usually discloses information of that kind;
(e) any law that requires the particular information to be collected; and
(f) the main consequences (if any) if all or part of the information is not provided.

1.4 PrefectWatch will act to protect your personal information in accordance with the National Privacy Principles or an industry privacy code.

1.5 PrefectWatch may disclose relevant personal information to external organisations that assist us to provide our products and services.

WHY PrefectWatch COLLECTS PERSONAL INFORMATION

2.1 We collect personal information so that we may:
(a) administer our Client and Customer relationships; and
(b) provide Clients and Customers with the products and services they request.

2.2 Personal information may also be used for:
(a) marketing and research activities;
(b) monitoring and evaluating products and services;
(c) gathering and aggregating information for statistical, prudential, actuarial and research purposes; and
(d) assisting Clients and Customers with queries.

QUALITY

We will take reasonable steps to make sure that the personal information we collect, use or disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date.

OPENNESS

4.1 We have set out in this document our policies on the management of personal information. We will make this document available to anyone who asks for it.