PRIVACY STATEMENT

GT BUILDING GROUP – PRIVACY STATEMENT

This Privacy Policy describes how GT Building Group (ABN 79 631 338 415) collect and use your personal information.

GT Building Group respects the rights and privacy of all individuals and is committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles and protecting the personal information GT Building Group holds.

Why does GT Building Group collect personal information? How does GT Building Group use it?

GT Building Group generally collects your personal information as part of providing you its products and services, informing you about them, complying with its contractual and other legal obligations, running promotions and other marketing activities or administering GT Building Group relationship with you by responding to your enquiries and providing you with information about GT Building Group events, products and services that may be of interest to you.

GT Building Group needs your personal information to carry out these aims. GT Building Group may use your personal information for those purposes.

How does GT Building Group collect personal information?

GT Building Group may collect your information in person by sales and customer service staff, via its website, social media pages, smartphone applications or phone calls and other installations on paper forms or electronic devices.

GT Building Group may also collect information from you if you provide products and/or services to GT Building Group and this personal information is generally collected to assist obtaining the products and/or services from you.

What personal information does GT Building Group collect?

GT Building Group collects the types of personal information required to assist with providing GT Building Group products and services and informing you about them.

This includes, personal information such as your name, date of birth, phone number, email and home addresses and information to assist with GT Building Group customer relationship management and market research functions, which may include information relating to your interests, experiences and preferences.

Through Service Provider Channels, GT Building Group may collect information about your employment or trading history and any business, company or related entity you are involved with.

How does GT Building Group use your personal information? To whom will it be disclosed?

GT Building Group may use your personal information for the primary purpose for which it was collected. GT Building Group may also use your personal information for a secondary related purpose.

By submitting your personal information, you consent to GT Building Group using it to:

  1. a) provide you with products or services;
  2. b) complete an activity that you have chosen to undertake;
  3. c) administer GT Building Group relationship with you;
  4. d) monitor online activity on the GT Building Group website
  5. e) market, improve and add to GT Building Group products and services (including online);
  6. f) respond to a serious threat to an individual’s life or to public health or safety;
  7. g) respond to suspected unlawful activity; or
  8. h) where required or authorised by law.

 

GT Building Group may also provide personal information:

  1. a) to third parties engaged by GT Building Group to provide services, including IT services such as storing and managing databases, processing credit card information, mail outs, debt collection, marketing research and advertising; and
  2. b) to third parties authorised by you to receive personal information held by us.

 

Can you remain anonymous or withhold personal information?

Yes. Where practical, you may choose not to identify yourself, deal with us on an anonymous basis or use a pseudonym.

In some instances, if you do not provide GT Building Group with required personal information GT Building Group may not be able to provide you with the requested product or service, allow you to participate in promotion activities or obtain the product or service you are offering.

As a result, GT Building Group may need to cease existing sales processes, suspend, cancel or renew a contract (subject to its terms and conditions and relevant laws), withdraw an invitation or offer or decline your entry into a competition.

Will you receive direct marketing?

If you provide us with your personal information and you consent to receiving direct marketing communications from GT Building Group, you authorise us to send you promotional messages and materials related to GT Building Group products and services, unless you submit a later request not to receive direct marketing communications.

GT Building Group direct marketing messages and materials will contain a prominent statement (including, for electronic messages, a functional unsubscribe facility) that you may request not to receive direct marketing communications.

If you do not wish to receive marketing or other communications from us, please submit a request not to receive direct marketing communications.

Will your information be disclosed overseas?

GT Building Group is unlikely to disclose your personal information to any person or entity outside Australia, but will inform you if and when this is necessary.

How can you access and correct your personal information?

You generally have the right to access your personal information free of charge, subject to some limitations contained in the Privacy Act 1988.

The APPs set out some circumstances in which GT Building Group is not required to provide you with such access. If you ask for your personal information and any of these circumstances exist, you may be given access to the personal information in a way that is permitted under the Privacy Act 1988.

To protect personal information held by GT Building Group, you may need to confirm your identity before access to your personal information is granted. It may take a little time to process your application for access and retrieve information from storage (if applicable).

GT Building Group encourages you to update us so that GT Building Group has accurate, current and complete information. You may correct any errors or request that GT Building Group deletes all or some of your personal information. You may also submit a request not to have any further contact from us.

Does GT Building Group use ‘cookies’?

Yes. When you use GT Building Group website(s) and/or App(s), GT Building Group or its IT service providers may obtain information using technologies such as cookies, tags, web beacons, and navigational data collection (log files, server logs, and clickstream data) to better understand your user experience. For example, GT Building Group or its IT service providers may collect information like the date, time and duration of visits and which web pages are accessed.

This information is generally not linked to your identity, except where it is accessed via links in GT Building Group e-message or where you have identified yourself. GT Building Group may use knowledge of your user experience to better understand what products or services may be of interest to you.

How can you complain about privacy breaches?

If you have a complaint in relation to the collection, use and or disclosure of your personal information, please contact the GT Building Group Privacy Officer via the details provided below. The GT Building Group Privacy Officer will review all complaints received and respond to each complainant upon due consideration (which may require further information to be provided).

Will this Privacy Policy change?

GT Building Group may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon notification on this website.

Who can you contact about your personal information?

To contact GT Building Group about your personal information, concerns or complaints, [email protected]

Alternatively, write to: GT Building Group Privacy Officer, PO Box 343, Aldinga Beach SA 5173

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