Privacy Policy
Personal information is important
Australian Financial Services Limited (AFS) is committed to safeguarding personal privacy.
It recognises that individuals have a right to control how their personal
information is collected and used. Providing personal information is
an act of trust and it is taken seriously. Unless given consent to
do otherwise, AFS will only collect and use personal information as
set out below.
AFS has developed and implemented best practice on privacy policies. These
principles meet and exceed the requirements of the Australian privacy
legislation.
Collecting personal information
AFS will not collect or monitor any personal information about an individual
without their consent. The only personal information collected is what
has been provided voluntarily. At any time users may monitor, change
and delete any personal information about them stored with AFS.
Use of cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to a computer's
hard disk for record keeping purposes. Most web browsers are set to
accept cookies. AFS uses cookies to save non-personally identifiable
information such as site layout settings. The cookies used to not distinguish
between or track users of the site.
Using and disclosing your personal information
Personal Information will be used for the following primary purpose:
- To provide information about current AFS products, services and special
offers.
- To render services related to AFS business.
- To obtain opinions or comments about AFS products, services and special
offers.
AFS recognise the trust with which individuals
provide personal information, and such information will not be used or
disclosed for any other purposed without consent, except in exceptional
cases when disclosure may be required by law or is necessary to protect
the rights or property of AFS, any AFS group company, or any member
of the public, or to lessen a serious threat to a person's health or
safety.
Contact by AFS
AFS may contact individuals using the information which was provided
in order to:
- Provide information that may be of interest about AFS products, services
and special offers and other matters that may be of interest.
- To send newsletters.
AFS does not send advertising information without obtaining prior consent.
If an individual receives communications from AFS which they do not
wish to receive, they may remove their name from the database by contacting AFS.
Individual's right of access
Individuals have the right to review, delete and change the personal
information that may be recorded in the AFS database. Information
may be reviewed, changed and deleted by either contacting AFS or logging
in to the AFS website and clicking on the 'Edit Details' button.
Storage and security of personal information
AFS will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any personal
information recorded, and to keep this information accurate and up
to date. The information is stored on secure servers that are protected
in controlled facilities. AFS employees and data processors are obliged
to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by AFS. However, security of communications over the Internet cannot
be guaranteed, and therefore absolute assurance that information will
be secure at all times cannot be given. AFS will not be held responsible
for events arising from unauthorised access to personal information.
AFS and links to other web sites
AFS provides links to web sites outside of the AFS site. These linked
sites are not under the control of AFS, and AFS is not responsible
for the conduct of companies linked to the AFS website.