Return Home SUPPORTERS DIRECTORY - APPLICATION FORM PRIVACY INFO Updated May 2006 BSMA Services Pty Ltd ("BSMA") is bound by the Privacy Act 1988. This act sets out a range of principles concerning the protection of your personal information. BSMA is required to provide information relating to the protection of customers privacy and recommends you keep this information for future reference. Your personal information Personal information held by BSMA may include your Company/Business or Organisation's name, current and registered addresses, phone numbers, e-mail address, bank account or credit card details, website URL and webmaster details, Industry Licence numbers and relevant BSMA passwords. If you choose not to provide us with certain information, we may not be able to provide you with the services you require. Occasionally, you may need to provide extra information on your Company, Business or Organisation or about other individuals (eg: authorised representative). If so we rely on you to inform those individuals that you are providing their personal information to BSMA and advise them to contact BSMA for further information if required. How we collect personal information BSMA collects personal information in a number of ways: 1. Directly from you, when you provide information by phone, fax, application form or when you submit information to us through the Supporters Directory website; 2. Via third parties such as related companies or agents, carriage service providers, credit reporting agencies or your representatives; 3. Via publicly available sources of information 4. From our own records How we use your personal information Your Company and/or Personal information may be used in order to: 1. Verify your Corporate, Business and/or Personal identity; 2. Verify your Licence Numbers or membership status 3. Conduct appropriate checks for credit-worthiness and/or fraud; 4. Provide a range of services/products including directory services, public notices etc 5. Manage the charging, billing and collecting of debts; 6. Make changes to your profile; 7. Respond to any queries you may have; 8. Inform you of services available; 9. Research and development purposes; 10. Maintain and develop our business systems and infrastructure Marketing and promotional material sent by email, post or fax; We may send such material in response to your request or as indicated by an opt-in preference on our web site. When we disclose your personal information In order to deliver the services you require and for the purposes set out above, BSMA may disclose your personal information to organisations outside BSMA. Your personal information is disclosed to these organisations only in relation to BSMA providing our services to you. These organisations may provide: Web site usage analysis - Statistics * Market Research, Customer enquiry services, Mailing system services, Billing and debt-recovery functions, Information technology services, Marketing, telemarketing and sales services. BSMA takes reasonable steps to ensure these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information. We may disclose your personal information to Credit-reporting and fraud-checking agencies, Credit providers (for purposes such as creditworthiness, credit rating, credit provision and financing),Government /Regulatory authorities/Other organisations, as required or authorised by law; BSMA web sites BSMA provides products and services via our various web sites. When you visit our sites, our web servers record anonymous information such as the time, date and URL of the request. This information assists us to improve the structure of our web sites and monitor their performance. BSMA may collect Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. IP addresses are assigned to computers on the internet to uniquely identify them. BSMA may collect and manage IP addresses as part of the service of providing internet session management and for security purposes. Online Publications BSMA publishes some material that is licensed to it by other organisations. BSMA will take reasonable steps to ensure that each organisation which supplies it with material for publication has publicly committed to standards for the purpose of section 7B(4)(b) of the Privacy Act 1988. If BSMA receives a privacy related complaint relating to any material supplied to it by another organisation, then it will formally request that organisation to deal with the privacy complaint in a fair and efficient manner. Third party sites When clicking-through to a third party site from our website, we recommend you refer to the privacy statement of the sites you visit. BSMA's privacy policy applies to BSMA web sites only and BSMA assumes no responsibility for information and content of third party sites. Help us to ensure we hold accurate information BSMA takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal information we collect, use and disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date. However, the accuracy of that information depends to a large extent on the information provided. Please inform BSMA if there are any errors in your personal information or your details have changed. You can access your personal information You have a right to access your personal information, subject to some exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please put your request in writing. BSMA reserves the right to charge a fee for searching for, and providing access to, your information. How to contact us : If you have any questions in relation to privacy, please contact us by email: members@bailiff-sheriffaustralia.com.au Further information: Further information on privacy is available at the website of the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner at http://www.privacy.gov.au

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