Privacy Policy

John Mooney Real Estate (A.C.N. 079 141 343) is committed to complying with its obligations under the Privacy Act 1988.

The Act allows personal information to be collected, used and disclosed for the purposes for which it was collected in accordance with the Act.

This Privacy Policy only applies to the extent we collect, use and disclose personal information in connection with this website.

We also have a privacy policy which details our policy in connection with our real estate and/or strata agency business.  A copy of this privacy policy can be accessed here.

This Privacy Policy may be revised, updated or replaced from time to time and we may subsequently notify users of any changes to it by posting the revised, updated or replaced Privacy Policy on this website.  Any changes to it take effect on the date on which the revised, updated or replaced Privacy Policy is posted to this website.

What information do we collect?

       We collect personal information that is reasonably necessary for one or more of its functions or activities.

       The type of information that we collect and hold may depend on your relationship with us. For example:

       Candidate: if you are a candidate seeking employment with us, we may collect and hold information including your name, address, email address, contact telephone number, gender, age, employment history, references, resume, medical history, emergency contact, taxation details, qualifications and payment details.

       Customer: if you are a customer of the Company, the Company may collect and hold information including your name, address, email address, contact telephone number, gender and age.

       Supplier: if you are a supplier of the Company, the Company may collect and hold information including your name, address, email address, contact telephone number, business records, billing information, information about goods and services supplied by you

       Sensitive information: we will only collect sensitive information where you consent to the collection of the information and the information is reasonably necessary for one or more of the Company’s functions or activities. Sensitive information includes, but is not limited to, information or an opinion about racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences, criminal record, health information or genetic information.

       If you feel that the personal information that we are requesting at any point is not information that you wish to provide, please feel free to raise this with us.

Employee records

       This policy does not apply to the collection, holding, use or disclosure of personal information that is an employee record.

An employee record is a record of personal information relating to the employment of an employee. Examples of personal information relating to the employment of the employee include, but are not limited to, health information and information about the engagement, training, disciplining, resignation, termination, terms and conditions of employment of the employee.

Why do we collect this information?

We collect personal information from you for the following purposes:

• To allow us to lawfully carry out our real estate functions and activities;
• To enable us to deliver the products and services that you requested;
• To provide you with further information about the products and services you requested;
• To personalise and customise your experiences with us;
• To help us review, manage and enhance our services;
• To communicate more effectively with you;
• For administration purposes, including charging, billing and collecting debts;
• To promote and market our products and services which we consider may be of interest to you;
• When considering making offers to job applicants and prospective employees or for employment purposes;
• To receive services from you or the organisation which employs you.

We may also collect, hold, use and/or disclose personal information if you consent or if required or authorised under law.

Automated Decision Making (ADM)

ADM is when:

• we use a computer program to make, or do a thing that is substantially and directly related to making, a decision; and
• the decision could reasonably be expected to significantly affect the rights or interests of an individual; and

• the kinds of personal information used in the operation of such computer programs are::
  • Name, address, email address, contact phone number

• the kinds of such decisions made solely by the operation of such computer programs are:
  • Suitability of properties

• the kinds of such decisions for which a thing, that is substantially and directly related to making the decision, is done by the operation of such computer programs are:
  • Reapit – Property Management Software
  • Locked On – CRM

Information disclosed

We will use and disclose personal information only for the purposes for which it is collected in accordance with the Act, including:

• providing services and customer support, including service updates;
• maintaining and updating our records;
• comparing information for accuracy, and verifying it with third parties; and
• providing information as authorised or required by law or a relevant government body or authority.

Overseas disclosure

We do not disclose personal information overseas. 

We may use cloud storage and IT servers that may be located overseas to store the personal information we hold.  As electronic or networked storage can be accessed from various countries through an internet connection it is not always practical to know in which country information about an individual may be held.

Please note that in some cases countries to which we transfer information may not have laws or binding schemes that have the effect of protecting your information in a way that overall is at least substantially similar to the way in which the Australian Privacy Principles protect your information, and there may not be any mechanism or binding scheme that you can access to take action to enforce legal protections.

Anonymity and pseudonyms

General users of the website do not need to disclose their identity to us in order to use this website.   This website does not, therefore, collect personal information about people who generally access it except in the circumstances described above.

Please note that we may not be able to provide you with some or all of our services if you are anonymous or use a pseudonym.

Cookies

A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to the user’s browser which passes it back to the server whenever a page is sent to the user.   Our servers may generate cookies which are used to keep track of the pages that users have accessed while using the website. The cookie also allows data to be inputted into a form or template and temporarily stored until the user chooses to save that form or template.  Cookies generally remain on the user’s computer even after an internet session is ended and the computer rebooted. The cookie can be read by the server that placed it there during a subsequent visit to that same server. Their exact behavior is server specific.

When users visit this website, our server may log certain information, including the type of browser and operating system the user is using, the top level domain name (for example .com, .net, .au, etc), the address of the referring site (for example, the previous site visited), the server’s IP address, the date and time of visit and the address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded.  This information is generally only for internal statistical analysis and system administration purposes.  

Any other information supplied to us (for example, if a user sends an email or enters any personal information into our website) is treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information security

We take reasonable steps to protect all information which we hold (including personal information) from misuse, loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

We may store information about you in cloud or other types of networked or electronic storage.  As electronic or networked storage can be accessed from various countries through an internet connection it is not always practical to know in which country personal information about you may be held. 

Where appropriate, we use secure transmission facilities.  However, no transmission of information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure and we do not warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the internet.

Links to other websites

This website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites.  This Privacy Policy does not extend to those linked websites.

Marketing and opt-out

We may also use the information, including personal information (excluding sensitive information), provided by users of this website for marketing and research purposes, to analyse and improve products, benefits and services and to inform users of products, services and benefits provided by us, our related entities, suppliers or sponsors which we consider may be of value or interest to users, unless the user tells us, or has previously told us, not to.  If a user does not wish to receive any information about such products, services and benefits they can contact the Privacy Officer (details specified below).  We will not use your sensitive information for these purposes without your consent.

Accessing your Personal Information

Users of the website whose information we either collect, use or disclose have the right to request access to any personal information held by us which relates to them, unless we are permitted to withhold that information. We may charge a reasonable fee where access to personal information is provided.  Any requests for access to a user’s personal information should be made in writing to the Privacy Officer (details specified below).  The user also has the right to request the correction of any personal information which relates to them that is inaccurate, incomplete, irrelevant, misleading or out-of-date.

If the user requires any further information about our management of personal information or has any queries or complaints, they should contact:

John Mooney Real Estate

252 Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

Tel: 02 69211 255

Email: [email protected]

The Office of the Information Commissioner can be contacted as follows:

Acceptance of this Privacy Policy

By using this website, accessing any of our products, services or features, the user acknowledges that it has read, understands and accepts this Privacy Policy and the permissions to collect, use and disclose personal information, and the user authorises us to collect, use and disclose, in accordance with the Act, their personal information for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.