McConaghy Group
(McConaghy Corporate Services Pty Ltd, McConaghy Built Pty Ltd, and
McConaghy Shopping Centres Pty Ltd in its own right and as managing agent of
various shopping centres)
PRIVACY POLICY
In order to demonstrate our commitment to privacy, McConaghy Group makes
the following statement to explain our policy relating to the collection,
storage and use of personal information.
Compliance with Privacy Legislation
McConaghy Group takes seriously its obligation to safeguard personal
information regarding its customers. McConaghy Group is bound by the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy
Principles.
Collection of Personal Information
McConaghy Group collects personal information in different ways:
·
McConaghy Group collects information from visitors to our shopping
centres when entry forms for competitions and promotions are completed. McConaghy Group also collects information on
our websites when you signup to receive our newsletters. The information may include customers name, address,
telephone number, email address, sex, age and an indication of the nature of
your interest in the activities of our shopping centres.
·
McConaghy Group collects information when tenants lease, or propose to
lease, retail and casual tenancies in our managed shopping centres. This information may include name, address, birth
date, telephone numbers, financial and other sensitive information.
·
McConaghy Group collects information when: you are employed by a tenant
in our shopping centres; you are a contractor/employed by a contractor to
supply goods and services to our businesses; you are seeking employment with
us. This information may include your name, address, telephone numbers, and
financial, insurance and other sensitive information.
·
McConaghy Group collects information where there is an incident
affecting, or potentially affecting, the security or health of persons in our
managed shopping centres. This
information may include details of the incident, name, address, telephone
number, health and other sensitive information.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
McConaghy Group policy is to only use or disclose personal information
for the purpose which was either specified or reasonably apparent at the time
when the information was collected. McConaghy Group may also use or disclose
the information collected for any other related purpose for which a customer
would reasonably expect it to be used.
If you are involved in an incident, McConaghy Group uses the Information
as a factual account of the incident for use in managing the safety and health
of persons in our shopping centres, and obtaining advice from any relevant
experts including our insurers and claims managers.
We may use and disclose aggregated non-personally identifiable
information collected through the website as part of our process of constantly
improving the website.
If McConaghy Group wish to use or disclose the personal information in
other circumstances it would obtain the customer's consent to do so, except
when we are required to disclose information under law.
Sharing Information with Other Organisations
McConaghy Group does not sell personal information to third parties.
External organisations may be given access to McConaghy Group customer
personal information when McConaghy Group contractors and service providers are
assisting McConaghy Group in the operation of its business, or to provide a
customer service. McConaghy Group requires these organisations to agree to
McConaghy Group Privacy Policy and to strict conditions governing how this
information may be used.
Where incidents occur in our shopping centres, personal information may
be released to our insurers – both in Australia and overseas - and any relevant
experts they may consult including health workers, investigators, lawyers, loss
adjusters and building consultants, for use in the normal course of insurance
and risk management.
Marketing
McConaghy Group may send advertising mail and email to its customers
where the advertising mail is related to the purpose for which the information
was collected. McConaghy Group utilises
MailChimp, a specialist email marketing and email list manager, to allow our
shopping centres to provide you with news, special offers and promotions that
you have signed up to receive. The
detailed privacy policy of MailChimp is available on signing up. MailChimp servers may be located in any
country. You can unsubscribe from
receiving any of our marketing material at any time.
Alternatively, if the customer no longer wishes to receive promotional
information from McConaghy Group, the customer should advise the person named
below.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that may be placed on the computer of a
web user (usually in the browser software folder) the first time a computer
visits a web site which operates cookies. Cookies may be necessary to
facilitate the efficient operation on the website. If customers do not wish to
receive any cookies they should set their browser to refuse cookies. McConaghy Group
does not use cookies to keep personal profiles of its customers' use of its web
sites.
Security of Personal Information
McConaghy Group has security measures designed to protect against the
loss, misuse and/or alteration of the Information under its control. These
security measures include restrictions on access to physical records and
computer records, and clauses in employee agreements requiring confidentiality.
Accessing and Updating Personal Information
You can access or modify personal information that McConaghy Group has
collected about you, by contacting the person named below. We will not charge you
for responding to such a request, unless we incur costs in providing the
information. In some circumstances, access may be denied under the Privacy Act or other law. Examples
of these circumstances are: where providing access will pose an
unreasonable impact on the privacy of an individual; and where providing access
will be unlawful, would pose a threat to the life or health of an individual,
may prejudice an investigation of possible unlawful activity, may prejudice
enforcement of laws or denying access is specifically authorised by
law. If access is denied, we will provide you with reasons for our
decision.
Changes in the Future
McConaghy Group will update this privacy policy as required. If it is
changed, the changes will be available at any of our offices so that you are
always aware of the sort of information collected, how the information may be
used, and under what circumstances it may be disclosed by McConaghy Group.
Contact
For further information about this privacy policy; if you wish to have
access to or make corrections to your personal information we may hold; or if
you wish to make a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy
Principles that we may have made, you should contact:
The Privacy Officer
McConaghy Group
GPO Box 5265 Brisbane QLD 4001
Ph: (07) 3248 8000
Email: privacy@mcconaghygroup.com