PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us. Verda Directors respects your privacy and complies with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you, including across our website and mobile site at www.verdadirectors.com.au, and any other sites we own and operate. In this Privacy Policy, we, us or our means Verda Directors.

This Policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.

We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (‘Privacy Act’). The APPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.

A copy of the APPs may be obtained from the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/.

What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?

Personal Information is information or an opinion, whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual who is identified or reasonably identifiable. Examples of Personal Information we may collect includes names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.

This Personal Information may be obtained in many ways, including by telephone, by email, via our website www.verdadirectors.com.au, through our CONTACT US page, from cookies and from third parties.

We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing services and information to you. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure.

When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.

Sensitive Information

Sensitive Information is a sub-set of Personal Information that is given a higher level of protection. Sensitive Information means information relating to an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information or biometric information. 

We do not actively request Sensitive Information about you. However, it is possible that in the course of providing our services, we may collect, or come across such sensitive information in different situations. Unless otherwise permitted by law, we will not collect Sensitive Information about you without first obtaining your consent.

Sensitive Information, should we obtain it, will be used by us only:

• For the primary purpose for which it was obtained

• For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose

• With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.

Use of cookies

We may use cookies on our website. Cookies are text files placed in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information. However, they do recognise you when you return to our website. If and when you choose to provide our website with personal information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access all or parts of our website.

Third parties and links to other websites

Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.

Our website may contain links to other parties’ websites. We do not have any control over those websites and we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide while visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

• Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and

• Where required or authorised by law.

Security of Personal Information

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in digital format that will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

Access to your Personal Information

You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing via our CONTACT US page.

Verda Directors will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.

In order to protect your Personal Information we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

Maintaining the quality of your Personal Information

It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services and information.

Updates

This Policy may change from time to time, and updates will be made available on our website in a timely manner.

Complaints or enquiries

If you have any queries or complaints about this Privacy Policy please contact us via our CONTACT US page.

Last updated: February 2025