What information does Absolute Home Builders collect?
Absolute Home Builders collects personal and sensitive information from several sources. Mostly, the personal and sensitive information we collect comes directly from customers when they register at Absolute Home Builders. Likewise, we also collect information on employees and contractors. Our records collected on customers will generally include contact details and general information needed to give good customer service. This information is regarded as sensitive under the Privacy Act and must be treated with a higher standard of care. Absolute Home Builders only collects this kind of information if a customer provides it to us for a specific purpose.
How we handle personal information
In handling personal and sensitive information with respect to customers, we only process this information for the purpose of providing the services or products that the guest or customer has requested or, in the instance of an emergency, providing those services that the guest or customer reasonably requires. This is often spelled out in our agreements or communications with our customers. We do not use or retain personal and sensitive information for any purpose other than the delivery of the service and for auditing or legal reasons.
Using and disclosing personal information
We process personal and sensitive information relating to our customers to better understand their needs and to provide them with information about our products and services. Your personal and sensitive information is protected so that only those employees with a business requirement to have access to this personal or sensitive information will be granted access. In the instance of a medical emergency, consent to supply sensitive information to a third party for the purposes of administering medical treatment will be deemed to have been granted by the guest or customer. Absolute Home Builders generally explains how it will use or disclose personal and sensitive information at the time it collects the information. In addition, personal and sensitive information may be disclosed when:
- Required by law
- We believe it necessary to provide a guest or customer with a product or service that they have requested
- It is necessary to implement our terms of service
- It is necessary to protect the rights, property or personal safety of another Absolute Home Builders guest or customer, any member of the public or Absolute Home Builders
- The assets and operations of Absolute Home Builders business are transferred to another party as a going concern.
Service Providers
Like most large organisations, we use a range of service providers to help us maximise the quality and efficiency of our services and our business operations. This means that individuals and organisations outside of Absolute Home Builders, such as mail houses, will sometimes have access to personal information held by Absolute Home Builders and may use it on behalf of Absolute Home Builders. We require our service providers to adhere to strict privacy guidelines that require them not to keep this information or use it for any unauthorised purposes. We do not provide guests or customers sensitive information to service providers, except in the case of medical emergencies as outlined above.
Marketing Communications
Like most businesses, marketing is important to Absolute Home Builders continued success. We believe we have a unique range of products and services that we provide to customers at a high standard. We therefore like to stay in touch with customers and let them know about new products and services. When you provide your personal information to Absolute Home Builders, we ask you to choose whether or not you wish to receive further information about new products, services and promotions. If you are receiving promotional material and/or communications from us and you decide you no longer wish to receive them, you may remove your name from our marketing list by contacting us via Email or mail: Absolute Home Builders || 1 Sovereign Court, Birkdale Qld 4159 Australia Please allow up to 28 days for this request to be processed.
Access to information
The Privacy Act sets out the rights that you have as a guest or customer to see any personal or sensitive information that Absolute Home Builders may have concerning you. If you would like to:
- See your personal and/or sensitive information
- Change any inaccurate or out of date personal and/or sensitive information
- Have your personal and/or sensitive information deleted
please contact: Absolute Home Builders || 1 Sovereign Court, Birkdale Qld 4159Australia Our file of your information will be made available to you within 28 days.
Deleting the information
If you request that your personal or sensitive information be deleted, in the manner described in above, we will take all reasonable steps to delete it unless we need to keep it for legal reasons. Personal and sensitive information may also be retained in certain files in order to resolve disputes or for auditing purposes. In addition, personal or sensitive information is never completely removed from our databases due to technical and legal constraints, including stored “back up” systems. Therefore, customers should not expect that all of their personal and sensitive information will be completely removed from our databases in response to their request.
Storage and security
Absolute Home Builders understands the importance of personal and sensitive information security. We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any personal and/or sensitive information which we hold about you, and to keep this personal and/or sensitive information accurate and up to date. We require our employees and service providers to respect the confidentiality of any personal and sensitive information held by Absolute Home Builders.
Website
No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we endeavour to protect your personal and sensitive information, we cannot guarantee the security of any personal and sensitive information you transmit to us when you access our website. Please note that Absolute Home Builders does not control and will not be responsible for the privacy policies of third-party websites, or websites not controlled or authorized by Absolute Home Builders. Third party websites that are accessed through links on our websites have separate privacy and data collection practices, and security measures. We have no responsibility or liability for the practices, policies and security measures implemented by third parties on their websites. We encourage you to contact them to ask questions about their privacy practices, policies and security measures before disclosing personal information.
Changes
Our business will continue to evolve as we introduce new services and products for our customers. As a result, our Privacy Policy may be reviewed from time to time. Absolute Home Builders reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy and insert an updated version of the policy on its website. The amended Privacy Policy will apply between us whether or not we have given you specific notice of any change.
Disclaimer
Whilst every effort is made to keep this site accurate, Absolute Home Builders reserves the right to change the information contained here and makes no guarantee as to the accuracy of the contained information. The information provided by Absolute Home Builders on this site which may include, but is not limited to, general information, advertising, suggested action and advice, products and services, is owned by Absolute Home Builders and subject to copyright. The information compiled by Absolute Home Builders is of general nature and should be used for reference only. Although attempts were made to provide you with accurate information at the time the information was included on the site, you should not, under any circumstances, rely upon the information as comprehensive and/or accurate research or advice in a particular field. Absolute Home Builders accepts no responsibility for any loss, damage, claim or expense suffered by you as a consequence of your reliance on the information provided in this site. This site may contain information of, or links to, other parties and their opinions are not necessarily those of Absolute Home Builders. The presence of any link or information of other parties should not be construed as an endorsement of those parties or the accuracy of their information.
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Last Modified 17/12/2020