Freight Moving Australia

At FreightMovingAustralia, protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information is paramount to us and is fundamental to the way we serve you. Personal information means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database) we hold about you from which we can determine your identity. For example, we may collect and use your name and address details when you acquire or use particular FreightMovingAustralia products or services. Collecting and using this personal information ensures we can deliver our services to you as efficiently as possible. At FreightMovingAustralia, we know that giving your personal information to us imposes a serious responsibility upon us. We are committed to protecting your personal information. Any personal information provided to the Company will only be used for processing and invoicing of your shipment and for company marketing purposes. The Company will not provide these data to any party unless it is necessary to process your shipment. The Company provides a right of access and rectification of personal data under the applicable We believe that our Privacy Policy complies with the requirements of the Privacy Amendment (private sector) Act 1988.

How we collect your personal information

Generally,Freight Moving Australia will collect personal information directly from you, and only to the extent necessary to provide FreightMovingAustralia product or service, including our agency functions, or to carry out our internal administrative operations. For example, we may collect personal information from you when you fill in an application form, deal with us over the telephone, ask us to contact you after visiting our web site or have contact with us in person.An agency function means a service that we provide to you on behalf of another organisation. Examples of this are Road Express and Priority Express services.We will collect personal information from you by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.The type of personal information we may collect from you generallycomprises name, address, age group, gender, contact details (including phone, fax and e-mail) and information collected as a result of you using or acquiring particular Freight Moving Australia products or services.

How we use and disclose your personal information

Generally, we collect your personal information in order to provide you with, or give you access to, a particular FreightMovingAustralia product or service.The personal information wecollect from you ultimately allows us to provide you with better customer service.We may also use or disclose your personal information for purposes related or ancillary to the main purpose for which we collect it and where such use or disclosure would be reasonably expected by you. Some examples are:

Helping us to build a relationship with you
Internal accounting and administration
Regulatory reporting and compliance
Protecting you and FreightMovingAustralia from fraud
Helping us to identify and inform you about other FreightMovingAustralia Products and services that may be of benefit to you.

Also, we sometimes outsource some of our internal functions and activities to other companies. In the course of doing this, we may disclose your personal information, such as name and address details, to enable the service provider to undertake that particular function.Our Privacy Policy requires that confidentiality agreements be in place specifically prohibiting these service providers from using or disclosing your personal information for any purpose other than the reason it was provided to them. Occasionally, we may also collect, use or disclose your personal information for the secondary purpose of facilitating the distribution of marketing materials to you by FreightMovingAustralia or a third party. We will not do this if you ask us not to do so. There are other situations where we are compelled by law to disclose your personal information. For instance,under certain circumstances we may be compelled to provide your personal information to law enforcement agencies, the Australian Electoral Office, the Department of Family Services or the Australian Taxation Office.

Our duty of confidentiality and your consent

We have a duty to keep confidential all personal information we hold about you .Generally, our duty of confidentiality applies except where disclosure of your personalinformation is :

compelled by law
For example, disclosure to various government departments and agencies such as the Australian Taxation Office, and disclosure to courts under subpoena.
in the public interest
For example, where a crime, fraud or misdemeanor is committed or suspected, and disclosure against the customers rights to confidentiality is justified.
with your consent
Your consent is important to us. Your consent may be implied or express and it may also be verbal or written.

You imply consent where we may reasonably conclude that you have given consent by the actions you take or do not take. For example,where you acquire or use an FreightMovingAustralia product, service or agency function, you consent to FreightMovingAustralia storing, using, maintaining and disclosing your personal information to the extent necessary for us to provide that particular FreightMovingAustralia product orservice to you. If you do not consent to certain uses of your personal information we may not be able to provide that particular FreightMovingAustralia product or service to you. We reserve the right to makechanges to the FreightMovingAustralia Privacy Policy and this Privacy Statement from time to time or as required by law.

Direct marketing and your privacy

From time to time we may use the personal information we collect from you to identify particular FreightMovingAustralia products and services which we believe may be of interest and benefit to you. We may then contact you to let you know about these products and services and how they may benefit you. If you do not wish to receive direct marketing information from FreightMovingAustralia, please tell us.

Quality, accuracy and correction of your personal information

If we have accurate personal information about you, it enables us to provide you with the best possible service. FreightMovingAustralia takes reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we collect, use and disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date, please contact us immediately and we will take reasonable steps to ensure it is corrected. Where FreightMovingAustralia does not agree with your view about the accuracy of the information and if you ask us to do so, we will take reasonable steps to note your claim where

Security of your personal information

FreightMovingAustralia takes reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised disclosure or destruction. FreightMovingAustralia has in place generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to keep your personal information safe.

Web site security and privacy

The internet has dramatically changed the way we do business. It allows FreightMovingAustralia to provide our products and services to you from the convenience of your own home or office.We understand that you may be concerned about the confidentiality and security of the personal information we collect from you online. Accordingly, we have systems in place to ensure our online dealings with you are as secure and confidential as your dealings with us in person, or on the telephone.

Information logged on our web site

When you visit the FreightMovingAustralia web site, our server logs the following information which is provided by your browser for statistical purposes only:

the type of browser and operating system you are using.
your Internet Service Provider and top level domain name
(for example - .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc).
the address of any referring web site (for example - the previous web site you visited), and
your computer's IP (Internet Protocol) address (a number which is unique to the machine through which you are connected to the internet).

All of this information is used by FreightMovingAustralia for aggregated statistical analyses or systems administration purposes only. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities, except where required by or under law. All areas of the Company website require registration or a password for access. Information obtained from users of these areas may also be used for the Company's marketing purposes. Failure to disclose relevant information may result in the Company being unable to process your shipment.

Links to other sites

The FreightMovingAustralia site contains links to other sites. In addition, some of the content appearing on the FreightMovingAustralia web site may be supplied by third parties, for example, by framing third party web sites or the incorporation through frameset of content supplied by third party servers. While FreightMovingAustralia will always endeavour to engage in business arrangements with commercial entities of good repute and ethical business practices, we are ultimately not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites. However, our contractual arrangements with these parties seek to ensure that an equivalent level of privacy protection is afforded to you. We encourage you to read and understand the privacy policies on those web sites prior to providing any information to them.

Searches

Search terms that you enter when using our search engine are collected, but are not associated with any other information that we collect. We use these search terms for the purpose of aggregated statistical analyses so we can ascertain what people are looking for on our web site, and to improve the services that we provide. Also, from time to time, we may use external companies to provide us with detailed aggregate statistical analyses of our web site traffic. At no time is any personal information made available to these companies, nor is the aggregate information ever merged with personal information such as your name, address, email address or other information you would consider sensitive or would compromise your privacy.

Children and personal information

At FreightMovingAustralia we recognise the importance of protecting children's privacy. FreightMovingAustralia will endeavour not to collect, use or disclose personal information about anyone under the age of 18 unless we have the consent of a parent or legal

Access to your personal information?

FreightMovingAustralia will, upon your request, and subject to applicable privacy laws, provide you with access to your personal information held by us. However, we ask that you identify, as clearly as possible, the type/s of information requested. FreightMovingAustralia will deal with your request to provide access to your personal information in a reasonable time - usually within 30 days of receipt of your request. We will not charge you for lodging such a request but we may recover from you our reasonable costs incurred in supplying you with access to this information. In certain circumstances, the law permits us to refuse your request to provide you with access to your personal information. Factors affecting your right to access include where: access would pose a serious threat to the life or health of any individual access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others the request is frivolous or vexatious the information relates to a commercially sensitive decision making process access would be unlawful, or access may prejudice enforcement activities, a security function or commercial negotiations
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