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Any personal information that you submit will be protected by our secure server. We might, on occasions, use this information to notify you of any important changes to our site or any special promotions that may be of interest to you.
However, W.M. Ritchie (Aust) Services Pty Ltd (to be referred to as "W.M. Ritchie") will not sell or trade your personal information to any third party organisations or individuals without your consent other than third party suppliers in the delivery of services you have agreed to accept from W.M. Ritchie or if we are requested to do so by a law enforcement agency in relation to a suspected breach of any law. By using the www.sandler.com.au site, you are consenting to the collection of information by W.M. Ritchie. If any changes to these policies occur, we will notify our customers by updating this section of our website.
Copyright
Unless otherwise indicated, copyright in the information on this web site is owned by W.M. Ritchie. All rights reserved. Except for the purpose of a bona fide use of this site or as otherwise permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, this site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, re-sold or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by W.M. Ritchie.
PRIVACY POLICY
Protecting your privacy is important to W.M. Ritchie. We are committed to the protection of your personal privacy and have adopted a set of privacy principles based on compliance with the Privacy Act 1988. Whenever we collect or otherwise deal with Personal Information we are governed by the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) and this policy supports our compliance with these.
Policy
This policy sets out the principles that W.M. Ritchie has adopted in order to protect information about individuals.
This policy applies to all personal information under the control of W.M. Ritchie.
These principles deal with the types of information we gather, what we do with this information and who we share it with. It also considers how we store or destroy this information in order to protect it from misuse, loss or alteration as well as addressing how you can gain access to this information and how we can be contacted in relation to any privacy queries.
Collection
W.M. Ritchie will only collect personal information that is necessary for the operation of one or more of our functions or business activities. The types of information which will be collected will usually be some or all of the following: your name, address, phone number, and email address.
This personal information will only be collected through lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way. The type of personal information collected will be related directly to the specified purpose it has been collected for and only information specifically required for that purpose will be collected.
At or before the time that this personal information is collected or as soon as practicable, W.M. Ritchie will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are aware of our identity, the fact that information is being held about you, the purposes for which this information is collected and the fact that it is accessible. You will also be informed of whom W.M. Ritchie will usually disclose information of this type to as well as any law that requires the information to be collected and the main consequences if all or part of the information is not provided.
If at the time of collection it is not feasible to notify you of the purpose of collection, then we will as soon as practical take reasonable steps to do so.
Where it is reasonable to do so, we will only collect personal information from the subject of the information. Where personal information is collected from a third party, W.M. Ritchie will take reasonable steps to ensure that the subject of the information is or has been made aware of the relevant information regarding the points above.
Use
The main purposes for which we collect your personal information will include the mailing list membership.
This personal information we collect from you will only be used for a secondary purpose if the secondary purpose is related to the primary purpose and you would reasonably expect this information to be used in this way, or if prior consent has been given.
We may use your personal information for the purpose of direct marketing not associated with the original purpose of collection. Where it is impracticable for us to seek your consent before using the information you will be provided with the opportunity to decline to receive any further direct marketing at the first point of contact thereafter or at any time upon request at no cost to you.
Disclosure
The information that we collect from you is strictly confidential. We will not reveal, disclose, sell share or pass that information on to any third parties other than those who are contracted to W.M. Ritchie to keep your information confidential
In using your personal information W.M. Ritchie may be required to make disclosures to our Suppliers, Agents and other Third parties; such as mailing houses, banks, accounting firms and official auditors. Where disclosures take place, we employ stringent safeguards to ensure the security of your personal information and compliance with the Privacy Act.
Data Quality
W.M. Ritchie will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information it collects, uses or discloses is accurate, complete and up to date for the purpose for which it is to be used both at the time of collection and before each use.
Security
Your personal information will be stored securely for a reasonable amount of time as required by law or as deemed necessary to fulfil the requirements of the purpose it was collected for. This information will only be accessed by those people required to make use of it for the specified purpose.
When no longer required, the information will be destroyed or made anonymous in a controlled and secure manner in order to prevent any unauthorised persons having access to that information.
Access and Correction
All requests to delete your details from our mailing list can be made in writing to:
The Privacy Officer W.M. Ritchie (Aust) Services Pty Ltd
112- 118 Dunning Avenue Rosebery 2018
At least 14 days from the date received will be required in order to process these requests.
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