PRIVACY POLICY

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information to our web site or telephone service is collected only when you knowingly and voluntarily submit such information. It is our intention that this policy will protect your personal information from being dealt with in any way which is inconsistent with the purpose for which you gave the information and inconsistent with any applicable privacy laws of Australia.

Some information provided to us by clients, customers, contractors and other third parties might be considered private or personal. Without these details we would not be able to carry on our business and provide our services to you. We will only collect such personal information if it is necessary for one of our functions or activities.
In particular, personal information is collected from people in the following situations by www.firsthomeownersgrant.info

If you contact www.firsthomeownersgrant.info, we may keep a record of that correspondence.

USE OF INFORMATION

Any personal information that a visitor provides to us on the use of this site will be used for the purpose of establishing their borrowing capacity, and for any other purpose for which it is submitted unless we disclose other uses in this privacy policy from time to time or at the time of collection. You acknowledge that the information you submit will or may be provided to a Finance Broker for the purpose of providing the service and answering of your inquiry. You acknowledge that the information will then be held by the Finance Broker subject to their privacy obligations and policies.

Further, the information that you provide may be stored for archive and back up purposes as well as record keeping. By your use of the web site or telephone service you acknowledge the use of this information in the matter set out herein.

In addition we are permitted to use or disclose personal information held about you:

Where you have consented to the use or disclosure;

Where we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious, immediate threat to someone's health or safety or the public's health or safety;

Where we reasonably suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in and the use or disclosure is a necessary part of our investigation or in reporting the matter to the relevant authorities;

Where such use or disclosure is required under or authorised by law (for example, to comply with a subpoena, a warrant or other order of a court or legal process);

Where we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary for prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes or wrongdoings, or the preparation for, conduct of, proceedings before any court or tribunal or the implementation of the orders of a court or tribunal by or on behalf of an enforcement body.

Links

Our web site may contain links to other web sites and those third party web sites may collect personal information about you. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other businesses or the content of web sites that are linked to our web site. www.firsthomeownersgtant.info and www.firsthomeownersgrant.info encourages users to be aware when they leave the site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security and storage

www.firsthomeownersgrant.info place great importance on the security of all information associated with our customers, clients and contractors. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control.
Personal information is de-identified or destroyed securely when no longer required by us.
Information stored within our computer systems can only be accessed by those entrusted with authority and computer network password sanctions.
No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 per cent secure. As a result, while we strive to protect user's personal information, www.firsthomeownersgrant.info cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to it or from its online products or services, and users do so at their own risk. Once www.firsthomeownersgrant.info receives your transmission, it makes every effort to ensure its security on its systems.

Access to and correction of personal information

www.firsthomeownersgrant.info is committed to maintaining accurate, timely, relevant and appropriate information about our customers, clients and web-site users.
So long as your request for your personal information is in accordance with the National Privacy Principles, then we will give you access to that information.

GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY

The material on our web site or telephone service and provided to you via the telephone is provided for general information only. It is not intended as advice and must not be relied upon as such. This is not a formal valuation. You should make your own enquiries and take independent advice tailored to your specific circumstances prior to making any decisions in relation to any information you receive from this web site or telephone service.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

www.firsthomeownersgrant.info and its associated agents, affiliates or representatives do not exclude any rights and remedies available to you under the Trade Practice Act (Commonwealth) or any similar State or Territory Legislation which can not be excluded, restricted or modified. Otherwise www.firsthomeownersgrant.info and its associated agents, affiliates or representatives exclude all conditions and warranties which may be implied by law.
You expressly agree and understand that in no circumstances will www.firsthomeownersgrant.info or its associated agents, affiliates or representatives, be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special and or consequential losses or damages or loss of profits of whatever nature howsoever arising (including but not limited to any act or omissions by www.firsthomeownersgrant.info or its associated agents, affiliates or representatives,) which result from:
(i) The use of or access to or any inability to use or access the www.firsthomeownersgrant.info network or any material on the www.firsthomeownersgrant.info network;
(ii) Unauthorised access to alteration of your transmission or data or;
(iii) Statement or conduct of any third party on the www.firsthomeownersgrant.info network.

APPLICABLE LAW

These conditions and all other specified and additional terms which govern your use or access to the www.firsthomeownersgrant.info web site or telephone service will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory and Commonwealth of Australia.


INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy is www.firsthomeownersgrant.info official online privacy policy and it applies to all personal information collected by www.firsthomeownersgrant.info web site, Telephone Service and Mirata. In this policy we explain how and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, and what controls you have over our use of it.

www.firsthomeownersgrant.info is committed to complying with Commonwealth legislation governing privacy of personal information by businesses and to protecting and safeguarding your privacy when you deal with us. You can view the Mirata Copyright and Privacy statement at their web site www.mirata.co.uk 
Collection of information

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