Privacy statement
Personal information submitted to Aussie Immi Consultants will remain private
Aussie Immi Advice ABN 33647288237 (“we”, “us”, and “our”) recognizes the importance of privacy issues. This Privacy Policy briefly tells you how we manage the personal information that we collect, use and disclose and also how to contact us if you have any queries. This Privacy Policy does not cover personal information collected or held by us about our employees and is to be read subject to any overriding provisions of law or contract.
The Privacy Act 1988 defines personal information as 'information or an opinion, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion'. There are special provisions which apply to the collection of some personal information which is known as sensitive information. This includes health information and information about a persons' race, ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of political, professional or trade associations, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual preferences and criminal history.
Aussie Immi Advice treats personal information as private & confidential.
The Privacy Act 1988 protects from your rights and prevent misuse of personal information collected the information received is also protected from unauthorized use and disclosure by virtue of specific provisions in the Migration Act 1958, Crimes Act 1914, Public Service Act 1999 and the Public Service Regulations 1999.
As a general rule, we do not collect personal information about you when you visit this site. You can generally visit this site without telling us who you are, unless you choose to provide such information.
The Aussie Immi website contains some links to other sites and Aussie Immi Advice is not responsible for the content and the privacy practices of other websites.
Security of information
The Privacy Act 1988 has specific provisions that prohibits any agent or DIAC officer, using or disclosing anyone's personal information to any other agency or person, except in performing their duties and the situations permitted by law.
Your personal information will not be disclosed unless the law permits it or you have allowed with your consent, we advice you to be aware of inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet.
Collection, use and disclosure of personal information
The personal information provided to us remains confidential and will only be used and/or disclosed in accordance of your consent and/or the provisions of the Migration Act 1958 and Privacy Act 1988 .
How your personal information will be used
We collect your personal information so that we can use it for our functions and activities, which include, amongst other things:
administering the immigration related processing and providing products or services relating to the immigration related processing ;
addressing any feedback or complaints you may have;
answering any queries you may have; and
any purposes for which it was requested and directly related purposes.
If you do not provide us with your personal information, we will be unable to do one or more of the above (including being unable to process your membership application).
We will assume you consent to management of your personal information in the manner specified in this Privacy Policy (which may change from time to time) until you tell us to the contrary by following the instructions contained in our website or contacting us using our contact details below.
Exchange of personal information with third parties
Personal information we collect from you may be disclosed:
to any entity to which we are required or authorized by or under law to disclose such information (for instance, law enforcement agencies and investigative agencies, courts, various other government bodies);
to others that you have been informed of at the time any personal information is collected from you;
to our professional advisors and other staff members; or
with your consent (express or implied), to others.
Such disclosure may include the transfer of your personal information between countries, collection of information other than personal information
Complaints
If you have a complaint about the way we have dealt with your personal information, please contact us at the above telephone numbers and ask to speak with our Privacy Officer.
We will make all reasonable attempts to respond to your complaints or requests.
Updates to Privacy Policy
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time. If we do so, we will post the amended Privacy Policy on our website so that you will always be aware of how we manage your personal information.
Further information
Please contact our Privacy Officer if you have any queries about the personal information that we hold about you or the way we handle that personal information.