PRIVACY

Personal Information & Privacy

Tradesmen Near Me collects personal information from a variety of sources, including from members of the public, advertisers, mailing lists, contractors and business partners.

In general, the personal information Tradesmen Near Me collects includes (but is not limited to) name, address, contact details, drivers licence, passport and, where relevant, financial information, including credit card information, banking details and income information.

Tradesmen Near Me stores the personal information you enter on the website. Tradesmen Near Me obtains most personal information through the website registration process outline above. You may, however, provide information through a variety of different means (for example if you contact Tradesmen Near Me via email, respond to a survey published on the website or third party survey used by Tradesmen Near Me, or answering questions asked by staff or agents of Tradesmen Near Me over the phone).

The website uses cookies which contain information by which Tradesmen Near Me can identify your computer (or other devices you use to access the website) to our servers and the servers of third parties contracted by Tradesmen Near Me including, but not limited to, third parties providing analytical and advertising services. You may configure your browser so that you are notified before a cookie is downloaded or so that your browser does not accept cookies. Tradesmen Near Me may use information contained in cookies to make assumptions about the user of the device and to provide users of that device with focused advertising that Tradesmen Near Me believes may be of interest, based on that information. You can disable cookies through your Internet browser.

Tradesmen Near Me endeavours to collect personal information about an individual only from that individual. In some circumstances Tradesmen Near Me may obtain personal information from a third party or check your details against records kept by other parties. If you provide personal information about another person to Tradesmen Near Me, Tradesmen Near Me requires that you inform that person you have done so and provide them a copy of this Personal Information & Privacy policy.

How Tradesmen Near Me uses your Personal Information

Tradesmen Near Me may use your personal information for the primary purpose for which it is collected and for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose of collection. Tradesmen Near Me generally uses personal information to:

personalise and customise your experience on the website;

help Tradesmen Near Me manage and enhance its services;

communicate with you by email, SMS message or telephone; and

provide you with ongoing information about opportunities on the website which Tradesmen Near Me believes you may be interested by email, SMS message or telephone.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Tradesmen Near Me may use and disclose information relating to a user’s racial or ethnic origin, membership of political bodies, religion, membership of a trade union or trade association, sexual preferences, criminal record and health only for the purpose for which it was provided or a directly related secondary purpose or as allowed by law unless the user has agreed otherwise.

Management & Security of Personal Information

Oliver Pennington has been appointed privacy officer to oversee the management of personal information in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and the Commonwealth Privacy Act.

Tradesmen Near Me protects the personal information Tradesmen Near Me holds from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure by various means including firewalls, password access, secure servers and data encryption.

Tradesmen Near Me may retain any personal information you provide during your use of the website, including, but not limited to, copies of identification documents, for a minimum period of 12 months after your last interaction with the website. After 12 months Tradesmen Near Me will delete, or anonymise, on your request, specific personal information from our servers, files, and databases, unless Tradesmen Near Me are required by law to retain that information.

Updating Personal Information

Tradesmen Near Me endeavours to ensure the personal information it holds is accurate, complete and up-to-date. You can update your personal information by contacting us on 1800 934 184.

Accessing Personal Information

You have the right to seek access to the personal information Tradesmen Near Me holds about you and to advise Tradesmen Near Me of any inaccuracy. There are some exceptions to this right set out in the Privacy Act.

If you make an access request, Tradesmen Near Me will ask you to verify your identity and specify what information you require. Tradesmen Near Me may charge you a fee to cover the costs of meeting your request.

Licence to Use Your Information

Solely to enable Tradesmen Near Me to use the information you supply us with, so that we are not violating any rights you have in that information, you agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, fee-free right to exercise the copyright and other intellectual property rights you have in that information in any format (including, but not limited to, any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio). You agree that Tradesmen Near Me can use that content in any way, now and in the future. Tradesmen Near Me also reserves the right not to use the content that you submit. You warrant that you have all of the necessary rights, including copyright, in the content you contribute, that your content is not defamatory and that it does not infringe any law within New South Wales or Australia. You indemnify Tradesmen Near Me against any and all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by Tradesmen Near Me as a result of a breach of this warranty. Tradesmen Near Me will only use your information in accordance with our Personal Information & Privacy Policy.