Barrenjoey Capital Partners Group Pty Limited (ACN 640 529 228) and its related bodies corporate (“Barrenjoey”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respect the privacy of people we deal with and are committed to protecting the information provided to us by clients, employees, contractors, service providers, visitors to this website and other persons.
This Privacy Policy explains how Barrenjoey collects, stores, uses and may disclose personal information in accordance with the requirements of the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”) and Australian Privacy Principles (“APP”).
1.1 What is personal information?
Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether or not the information or opinion is true or not; and regardless of how the information or opinion is recorded.
Sensitive personal information is personal information that includes information or an opinion about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin; political opinions or associations; religious or philosophical beliefs; trade union membership or associations; ; criminal record; or health or genetic information.
1.2. What personal information might Barrenjoey collect?
We collect personal information reasonably necessary for us to carry on our business. Personal information we may collect includes:
1.3 How do we collect your personal information?
We collect personal information by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonable or intrusive way. Provided it is reasonable and practicable to do so, we will only collect personal information directly from you. You may choose not to provide us with your personal information. Without such information, we may not be able to provide you with an appropriate level of service. We are unlikely to collect sensitive personal information, unless required or permitted by law or where you consent.
We may collect personal information about you when you or your organisation uses or makes an enquiry via our website, seeks to do business with us or when you or your organisation offers to provide services to us. On occasions, we may also need to collect personal information from third parties, including public sources, your advisers, agents, brokers, statutory and regulatory bodies, and service providers (including credit reporting companies, fraud and financial crime information bodies, and other information service providers).
1.4 How we use and disclose your personal information?
Your personal information will generally only be used or disclosed for the reasons for which it was collected; for a reasonably expected secondary purpose; or as otherwise permitted under the law, including the Privacy Act.
Examples are set out below.
When we may use your personal information:
1.5 When we may disclose your personal information:
We may disclose your personal information:
In some circumstances, the parties to whom we disclose personal information may operate outside of Australia, this includes locations in the countries listed below. When this occurs, Barrenjoey takes reasonable steps to protect personal information against misuse or loss and must comply with certain safeguards under the Privacy Act in respect of the transfer of your data from one jurisdiction to another. Those parties may make such personal information available to their regulators and government of such countries in accordance with their respective local law requirements.
1.7 Storage and security of your personal information
In some circumstances, the parties to whom we disclose personal information may operate outside of Australia, this includes locations in the countries listed below. When this occurs, Barrenjoey takes reasonable steps to protect personal information against misuse or loss and must comply with certain safeguards under the Privacy Act in respect of the transfer of your data from one jurisdiction to another. Those parties may make such personal information available to their regulators and government of such countries in accordance with their respective local law requirements.
1.8 How long will we retain your personal information?
Your personal information will be retained for the period we are legally required to keep records.
1.9 Accessing and correcting your personal information
You can request access to personal information that we hold about you at any time. We will provide the information we hold unless for legal or administrative reasons we are unable to do so. Barrenjoey will respond to a request for access to personal information within a reasonable time and will attempt to provide you with convenient access to this information in the way you have requested.
You are also able to request to have any inaccurate personal information we may have about you corrected, or request us to restrict our ongoing use of your personal information, which we will do if this is practicable and we are legally entitled to do so in the circumstances.
1.10 Opting out of direct marketing
Whilst we do not currently anticipate doing so, we may use or disclose your personal information for direct marketing purposes. If you do not wish to receive direct marketing about us and our products and services, you can opt out at any time by sending us a request using the contact details below.
1.11 Notifiable data breaches
The notifiable data breaches scheme requires Barrenjoey to notify affected individuals and the Australian Information Commissioner of certain data breaches. If a data breach occurs, Barrenjoey will perform an assessment to determine if there has been a ‘eligible data breach’ whereby the access or disclosure of personal information is likely to result in serious harm to the individual(s) to whom the personal information relates. If Barrenjoey determines there has been an eligible data breach, affected individuals will be notified as soon as practicable of the details of the breach and the recommended steps the relevant individual(s) should take in response to it. If required, Barrenjoey will inform the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
1.12 Disclosure to other Countries
Personal information may be disclosed to third parties in jurisdictions outside Australia including: Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, United States, Japan, European member countries.
1.13 Questions and complaints
www.barrenjoey.com is owned and operated by Barrenjoey. You must not use the Barrenjoey website or any of its content in any manner which violates our rights with respect to intellectual property, logos, copyright and trademarks claimed over information and content on this site.
Barrenjoey may collect information about you through your access to this website. We may use or disclose information gathered via your use of this site for general business purposes, other than personal information, which will be dealt with in accordance with this privacy policy.
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