Thew & McCann Pty Ltd Privacy Policy

In all matters relating to information held by our company, we respect the privacy of individuals and the commercial interests of our business partners, including customers and suppliers.

For the purposes of this policy, “information” means any computer records, manual records or records on any other medium whatsoever pertaining to you as an individual, or as a customer, supplier or other business partner of our company. “We”, “our” and “our company” refers to Thew & McCann Pty Ltd.

We do not normally hold information which is considered as “personal information” under the Privacy Act and amendments. Unless such information is freely available in the public domain, all information we hold is treated as “commercial in confidence”.

We will ensure that information we hold relating to you is:
collected only in the ordinary course of our business;
limited in extent to that necessary for our reasonable business purposes;
relevant, accurate and complete;
accessed only by our people who have a need to do so;
held physically and electronically secure from unauthorised access; and
destroyed securely, completely and irretrievably when we have no business need to maintain the information.

We will not:
use information held by us for transmission of material to you for any reason other than our normal business activities;
disclose information to any other party, except for the purposes of a credit check or similar legitimate business purpose, or where we are required by law to do so;
disclose, where we are required to do so, any more than the minimum which is necessary for this purpose
disclose information for any other purpose without your prior consent.

If we have been referred to you by another person or organisation in the course of our business, we will advise you of that referral.

We will give you the opportunity to reject any material which is sent by us to you. Where you request it, we will ensure no such material is subsequently sent to you.

Our internal policy gives all of our staff clear instructions in the maintenance and use of information relating to our customers and business partners.

Our staff respect your privacy, and are aware of the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act and amendments.

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact our company at the addresses on our website, and you may ask for me personally to clarify any matter relating to our privacy policy.

Charles Williamson
Chief Executive