Murchison-Hume Pty Limited (“Murchison-Hume”) is committed to protecting and maintaining your privacy. This Privacy Policy discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices and describes the types of information we may collect from you and what may happen to that information.
This Privacy Policy is based on the requirements set out in the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Law”).
Collection of Personal Information
We may collect personal information about you including your name, address, telephone number and email address, when you become a member of our site or order products from our site. We collect personal information about you to enable us to process your orders.
Use and Disclosure
Murchison-Hume uses your personal information to conduct business as the seller of goods and to supply those goods to you. We may also use your information to provide you with relevant consumer information or notify you of products and special offers that may be of interest to you. In addition we may contact you for administrative purposes.
Murchison-Hume may disclose your information to:
our professional advisors, accountants, lawyers, auditors
other parties to whom we are authorised or required by law to do so
Accuracy and Security of Personal Information
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal information we collect and store is accurate, complete and up-to-date and to correct any inaccurate personal information. If you become aware that any of your personal information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, or if your personal circumstances change, please inform us immediately so that we can update our records.
We will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse. If, despite taking reasonable steps, we are unable to protect your personal information from misuse then, to the extent permitted by law, we will not be responsible for such misuse. If you suspect that someone has unauthorised access to, or has made unauthorised use of, any of your personal information, please contact us immediately.
Where we no longer require any personal information for the purpose it was collected, we will take reasonable steps to destroy that information by secure means or to permanently de-identify the personal information from the individual.
Access to Personal Information
We will provide you with access to your personal information as soon as possible after you request such access, unless prohibited or exempted under Privacy Law. We will require you to verify your identity and we may charge you a cost for providing the requested information. If we refuse to give you access to your information we will let you know the reason in writing. All requests for information should be addressed to:
The Privacy Officer
Murchison-Hume Pty Limited
Suite 1/87 Great North Rd Five Dock 2046
If you have any questions or complaints, or would like further information about our privacy and information handling practices, please contact us at the address set out above.
Sensitive Information
We will not collect sensitive information such as your race, religion, beliefs or sexual preference except where you have consented or we are permitted or required by law to do so.
Anonymity
When you visit our website you do not have to tell us who you are or reveal any personal information to us. Unless you specifically agree to tell us, we will never know who you are and you are able to interact with our website in a completely anonymous way.
However, in some cases, if you do not provide Murchison-Hume with information requested about yourself, Murchison-Hume may not be able to provide you with the relevant product or service.
Our Website
When you visit our site we automatically log your IP address, your browser type and your access times. We utilize this information to conduct site performance evaluations to see where visitors are coming from and to keep track of click stream data (the screens our users visit on our site). This data helps us to determine what content our members find most appealing so that we can maximize your enjoyment of the site. Log files are not tied to personally identifiable information.
Links to Third Party Websites
Our website may contain links to other sites. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies solely to us and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of any other website. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website that you visit.
Online Ordering
Online ordering is through Payflo Pros payment gateway and your credit card information will be stored on our website. This is a secure transaction environment.
Alteration of our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, however, it will continue to comply with Privacy Law and we will make the changes generally available to you. If you require any further information about Privacy Law and the National Privacy Principles, you can visit the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website at www.oaic.gov.au.