Privacy Collection Statement – Property buyers
A.P.G Co Pty Ltd (ACN 104 265 652) and its Related Bodies Corporate (as defined by the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) (A.P.G Co, we, us and our) are committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and their personal information and complies with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act).
Please read this carefully as it will have important consequences for you in relation to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (including credit information, where applicable) you provide to A.P.G Co.
You understand that:
- A.P.G Co is the party who is collecting your personal information and can be contacted at info@ariaproperty.com.au or alternatively you can write to us at Level 2 / 56 Boundary Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101 Australia.
- A.P.G Co will collect your personal information directly from you. In certain circumstances, A.P.G Co may be required to collect personal information from third parties, depending on the property purchase.
- The purpose of A.P.G Co collecting and using your personal information is:
- to facilitate your property purchase, or the processing and settlement of your property purchase, including investing your deposit if applicable, or checks for financial standing (as detailed in our Credit Reporting Policy);
- to provide you with our products and services, including applications to FIRB;
- to process payments, including charging, refunds (if applicable), credit card authorisation, verification and debt collection;
- if you interact with us via social media, to facilitate social media interaction, including adding your social media account handle to our marketing database to provide you with customer service related contact, respond to social media messages and comply with our obligations under social media platform rules; and
- to offer you updates on products, events or information that may be of interest to you, such as email alerts, product awareness information and newsletters, and to provide you with direct marketing communications from us or our related entities and associates (using direct mail, telemarketing, email, SMS and MMS messages),
and you acknowledge and agree to your personal information being collected and used for, and in connection with, these purposes and any other purpose described in our Privacy Policy
- If we do not collect this personal information in connection with the purposes in paragraph 3, then:
- A.P.G Co will be unable to facilitate the processing and settlement of your property purchase; and
- we will be unable to send you direct marketing communications (unless you have consented to such communications through your other dealings with A.P.G Co).
- Your personal information may be disclosed to the following classes of people and organisations in connection with the purposes in paragraph 3:
- A.P.G Co, its personnel and related entities;
- third party service providers including without limitation marketing service providers, IT service providers, contractors and sales consultants and other parties who assist us in responding to your enquiry and providing our products and services to you;
- third parties connected with the sales and after sales process including, ecommerce services and financial institutions;
- our lawyers and agents who assist us to prepare documents and to complete your property purchase;
- (if applicable, for credit information) our contractors and agents, including third party providers who undertake our billing and/or credit services;
- the financial institution at which your deposit is invested;
- FIRB and any of their service providers connected with the foreign investment application process;
- third parties connected with depreciation reporting, pre- and post-settlement services and defect rectification;
- third parties, such as the appropriate court, government authority (such as the applicable land titles office or state revenue office) or other entities, including external debt recovery agents, to which we are required by law to disclose personal information; and
- any other organisation as expressly covered in our Privacy Policy and Credit Reporting Policy.
- It is possible that some of the information collected via any sales enquiry may be disclosed to A.P.G Co’s related body corporate or service providers outside of Australia. You consent to your information being disclosed to a destination outside Australia for this purpose, including but not limited to the United States of America, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, France and China and you understand and acknowledge that Australian Privacy Principle 8.1 will not apply to such disclosures of your personal information.
- A.P.G Co’s Privacy Policy sets out the process as to how you can access and correct any of your personal information collected under this form as well as to how you can make a complaint if A.P.G Co has breached the Privacy Act in the handling of your personal information.
Our Privacy Policy and Credit Reporting Policy are available at https://ariaproperty.com.au/privacy or can be otherwise provided by requesting a copy from A.P.G Co.
By continuing with your property enquiry or purchase, you indicate that you have read this collection notification and acknowledge that your personal information will be collected, used and disclosed in accordance with this collection notice and as otherwise detailed in A.P.G Co’s Privacy Policy and, to the extent it is necessary, that you give your voluntary express consent to A.P.G Co collecting, using, storing, disclosing and disposing of your personal information in this manner.