Privacy Policy
Protecting personal information has always been important to us. The Privacy Act 2020 and its 13 information privacy principles determine how we handle the personal information of customers in New Zealand. This is a summary of our policy on the management, collection, security, integrity, disclosure of and access to personal information about our clients and client’s customers; entities that include but are not limited to individuals, companies, trusts, trustees and their assigns (‘you‘) whose personal information we manage, collect, secure, disclose and correct in accordance with our reasonable business purposes.
| Information | Purpose of collection and disclosure of personal information and how we protect and manage that personal information |
|---|---|
| contact details, date of birth, occupation, driver’s license and other identifying information, government service information, financial information, type of consumer credit, day on which the consumer credit is entered into and terminated, the terms and conditions of the consumer credit that relate to the repayment of the amount of credit, the maximum amount of credit available under the consumer credit, repayment history information, transaction history information, default information, serious credit infringement information, court proceeding information and publicly available information. | If we collect this type of information it is collected for a lawful purpose in accordance with our reasonable business purposes and we will take reasonable steps to ensure you are aware of the collection, why it is collected, who it may be disclosed to and how you can access any personal information we hold. It is generally collected directly from you or from third parties with your authority and disclosed to our clients that may include credit providers and insurers etc. Examples of third party providers of your personal information include:
We may also collect your publicly available information which is credit information and relates to credit worthiness, including:
We may also be required to use and disclose your personal information in accordance with the law (for example by direction of a court/tribunal). |
| Unsolicited or sensitive information | We may sometimes collect sensitive information. Sensitive information is only collected if the information is reasonably necessary for the purpose of performing our functions and activities. We will destroy unsolicited information, whether sensitive or otherwise, unless it is necessary for the reasonable purposes of our business. |
| Anonymity or pseudonymity | We will preserve the anonymity or pseudonymity of an individual or entity where practicable in the circumstances and in accordance with the law. |
| Quality of personal information | We will take reasonable steps to maintain accurate and complete personal information. You may access your personal information and request that your personal information is corrected (see below for further details). |
| Direct Marketing | We will not use and/or disclose personal information for any direct marketing purpose. |
| Government related identifiers | Unless you otherwise authorise us, we will not collect and/or disclose government related identifiers with the exception of your driver’s licence information which may be collected in order to accurately identify you. |
| Overseas Disclosure of de-identified information | Companies or individuals in our organisation or organisations or individuals that support our services and products may be located outside of New Zealand. This may mean your information is held and processed outside of New Zealand. |
Security of Information
We will take reasonable steps to ensure the security of your personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.
While we take reasonable steps in accordance with the law to protect your personal information, if you provide us with personal information the provision of your information is, subject to our obligations at law, at your own risk.
Administration security
We have appointed specialist service providers for our business such as lawyers, document destruction contractors and external information technology contractors. These service providers are authorised to use personal information maintained by our business to the extent that is necessary for them to provide the contracted services. Our service providers are required to treat that information in the strictest confidence in accordance with confidentiality provisions in our agreements with the service providers and otherwise in accordance with the law.
Website Access and Use
Cookies may be used by us to collect information including IP addresses about people from our website. There are many aspects of the site that can be viewed without providing personal information, however, for access to future Credit Sense customer support features you are required to submit personally identifiable information. Cookies allow us to determine who has seen particular pages on our website and how frequently. This can help us to identify your preferences and allow us to recommend content we believe you’d be most interested in or would be most relevant to you.
For each visitor to reach the site, we expressly collect the following non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, version and language, operating system, pages viewed while browsing the Site, page access times and referring website address. This collected information is used solely internally for the purpose of gauging visitor traffic, trends and delivering personalised content to you while you are at this Site.
You may disable cookies by changing the settings on your browser, although this may mean you cannot use all of the features of our website.
Access to and correction of your personal information
Subject to limited exclusions, you can request access to and correction of your personal information that we hold by contacting us by way of the following methods:
- By email to [email protected]
- By using the Information Access and Correction form on our website
- By using the Contact Us form on our website
- By mail to The Compliance Department, Credit Sense Australia, GPO Box 3062, Brisbane QLD 4001
- By telephone on 09 801 0046
We will endeavour to provide you with the copies of the personal information you require or to correct your personal information within a reasonable time following receipt by us of your request.
If a fee will apply to supply the information, or we are permitted by law to withhold certain information, or we are unable to correct your personal information, we will advise you as soon as reasonably possible following receipt of your request for that information or correction.
Destruction of Information
We will destroy personal information upon your request or as required by law. You can contact us on 09 801 0046 or by using the Contact Us form on our website. The exception to this is if the personal information is required in order to fulfil the reasonable purposes of our business or the information is required to be maintained and/or stored in accordance with the law.
Complaint procedure
If you have concerns about how we manage your personal information you may contact our internal dispute resolution team using any of the below methods. We will provide you with an acknowledgement upon receipt of your complaint and seek to resolve it within 20 working days (or at the latest 40 working days).
- By email to [email protected]
- By using the Complaints form on our website
- By using the Contact Us form on our website
- By mail to The Compliance Department, Credit Sense Australia, GPO Box 3062, Brisbane QLD 4001
- By telephone on 09 801 0046
In the event you are not satisfied with the resolution provided you may escalate your complaint to our external dispute resolution scheme Financial Services Complaints Limited (“FSCL”), Credit Sense membership number 6678. The FSCL is a free service and you can get in touch with them online at Financial Services Complaints Limited, by post at PO Box 5967 Wellington 6145, by telephone on 0800 347 257 or email at [email protected]. You may also escalate your complaint online to the Privacy Commissioner or by telephone on 09 302 8680.
For further information about privacy please visit the Privacy Commissioner.