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PRIVACY POLICY

  1. INTRODUCTION
    • This document sets out the privacy policy of PROCURACON PTY LTD ABN 29 629 025 225 operating under the registered business name Procuracon (referred to in this privacy policy as ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’).
    • We take our privacy obligations seriously and we’ve created this privacy policy to explain how we store, maintain, use and disclose personal information. We are committed to complying with all applicable privacy laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and its amendments.
    • By providing personal information to us, you consent to our storage, maintenance, use and disclosing of personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.
    • We may change this privacy policy from time to time to ensure ongoing compliance and to reflect our updated privacy practices, by posting an updated copy on our website and we encourage you to check our website regularly to ensure that you are aware of our most current privacy policy.
  2. TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
    • The personal information we collect may include the following:
      1. name;
      2. mailing or street address;
      3. email address;
      4. social media information;
      5. telephone number and other contact details;
      6. age;
      7. date of birth;
      8. profession and resume information;
      9. photographs of you;
      10. credit card or other payment information;
      11. information about your business or personal circumstances including financial information, projects, key personnel, key personnel resume information and other business information you choose to provide us with;
      12. information in connection with client surveys, questionnaires and promotions;
      13. your device identity and type, I.P. address, geo-location information, page view statistics, advertising data and standard web log information;
      14. your user activity when you use our marketplace or website, including profiles you have viewed, searched, compared and shortlisted;
      15. information about third parties; and
      16. any other information provided by you to us via our website, our marketplace or our online presence, or otherwise required by us or provided by you.
    • (Providing personal information for others) If you provide any information to us which includes personal information of another person, including but not limited to information contained on resumes, you must first obtain consent from that person before giving us their personal information. By providing that information to us, you represent and warrant that you have obtained such consent. 
    • (Sensitive Information) Sensitive information is a sub-set of personal information that is given a higher level of protection. Sensitive information means information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information or biometric information. We do not actively request sensitive information about you. If at any time we need to collect sensitive information about you, unless otherwise permitted by law, we will first obtain your consent and we will only use it as required or authorised by law.
  3. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
    • We may collect personal information either directly from you, or from third parties and publicly available sources, including where you:
      1. contact us through our website;
      2. receive goods or services from us;
      3. submit any of our online sign up forms;
      4. communicate with us via email, telephone, SMS, social applications (such as LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter) or otherwise;
      5. interact with our website, social applications, services, content and advertising; and
      6. invest in our business or enquire as to a potential purchase in our business.
    • We may also collect personal information from you when you use or access our website or our social media pages. This may be done through use of web analytics tools, ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies that allow us to track and analyse your website usage. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, mobile phone or other device and enable and allow the creator of the cookie to identify when you visit different websites. If you do not wish information to be stored as a cookie, you can disable cookies in your web browser.
    • We may use Google Analytics to collect and process data, including when you use third party websites or apps. To find out more see How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.
  4. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
    • We collect and use personal information for the following purposes:
      1. to provide goods, services or information to you, including on our marketplace;
      2. for record keeping and administrative purposes;
      3. to provide information about you to our contractors, employees, consultants, agents or other third parties for the purpose of providing goods or services to you;
      4. to improve and optimise our service offering and customer experience;
      5. to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce our agreements with third parties;
      6. to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you and for the purpose of direct marketing (in accordance with the Spam Act). In this regard, we may use email, SMS, social media or mail to send you direct marketing communications. You can opt out of receiving marketing materials from us by using the opt-out facility provided (e.g. an unsubscribe link);
      7. to send you administrative messages, reminders, notices, updates, security alerts, and other information requested by you;
      8. for statistics and market research; and
      9. to consider an application of employment from you.
    • We may disclose your personal information to cloud-providers, contractors and other third parties located inside or outside of Australia. If we do so, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient deals with such personal information in a manner consistent with how we deal with it.
    • Be aware that when engaging with us on our marketplace that other users may be overseas and before you upload or supply any personal information it is your responsibility to check where any other user is located and how this concerns your personal information. It is your choice if you engage with overseas users.
  5. SECURITY
    • We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is secure and protected from misuse or unauthorised access. Our information technology systems are password protected, and we use a range of administrative and technical measures to protect these systems. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. We recommend that you take all necessary precautions to protect your personal information while you are online, including installing appropriate operating system updates, browser updates, virus protection software and firewall software. 
  6. COOKIES
    • We may use cookies on our website from time to time. Cookies are text files placed in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information. However, they do recognise you when you return to our online website and allow third parties to cause our advertisements to appear on your social media and online media feeds as part of our retargeting campaigns. If and when you choose to provide our online website with personal information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
    • You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
  7. LINKS
    • Our website may contain links to other websites. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those linked websites and we suggest you review the privacy policies of those websites before using them.
  8. YOUR CHOICE
    • Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you provide personal information to us, you understand we will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect our ability to do business with you.
  9. REQUESTING ACCESS OR CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
    • If you wish to request access to the personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the contact details set out below including your name and contact details. We may need to verify your identity before providing you with your personal information. In some cases, we may be unable to provide you with access to all your personal information and where this occurs, we will explain why. We will deal with all requests for access to personal information within a reasonable timeframe.
    • If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us using the contact details set out below and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
  10. OVERSEAS STORAGE
    • We store your personal information in Australia. Where we disclose your personal information to third parties, those third parties may store, transfer or access personal information outside of Australia, including but not limited to the United States of America. We will only disclose your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles.
  11. RESTRICT AND UNSUBSCRIBE
    • To object to processing for direct marketing/unsubscribe from our email database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us using the details below or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.
  12. COMPLAINTS
    • If you wish to complain about how we handle your personal information held by us, please contact us using the details set out below including your name and contact details. We will investigate your complaint promptly and respond to you within a reasonable timeframe.
  13. CONTACT US
    • For further information about our privacy policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:
    • Email: support@procuracon.com.au
    • Our privacy policy was last updated on 10 September 2024.