Privacy Policy
Introduction
This Privacy Policy governs the collection and handling of your personal information by Bulk Bullion Pty Ltd (Bulk Bullion).
This Privacy Policy sets out how Bulk Bullion will collect, use, store and disclose your personal information (being any information or opinions about you which are reasonably identifiable) in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act).
In this Privacy Policy, references to “we”, “us”, or “our” are references to Bulk Bullion.
References to “you” or “your” are references to Bulk Bullion’ customers, contractors, suppliers (or potential customers, contractors, suppliers or employees), users of our website, and any other individuals we deal with in the course of running our business.
Acceptance of this Privacy Policy
You accept this Privacy Policy, and authorise the collection, use, disclosure, storage and retention of your information by Bulk Bullion as described in this Privacy Policy when you access or use our Website to buy or sell products or otherwise provide us with any of your personal information.
We may update this policy from time to time and without notice—you should review it periodically for any changes.
Types of personal information we may collect
The type of personal information we might collect about you will ultimately depend on how you access our Website to buy or sell products or otherwise engage with us, but may include:
- your full name and contact details (such as email, postal addresses and telephone numbers);
- your age or date of birth;
- your credit card information, for the purposes of enabling our third party payment gateway provider to process any transactions (please note that Bulk Bullion will not itself collect or store this information);
- your bank or other financial deposit account details, if relevant to enable you to buy products or services;
- details or copies of your government issued identification (such as your passport, drivers licence or Medicare card), or other forms of identification or unique identifiers;
- depending on your browser settings, your device type, ID, geo-location, computer and connection information, and other data or information about your access to our website;
- details of the products or services you have enquired about or we have provided to you and any related information;
- records of your enquiries or communications with us (including recordings of any phone calls);
- any other information you provide to us through our website or otherwise (such as customer surveys, mailing lists etc); and
- if you are a contractor, supplier, or potential employee, any personal information that is relevant to your potential or actual engagement by us.
We don’t expect that we will collect your sensitive or health information as a matter of course, however if this occurs (for example, sensitive information may be evident from other materials we collect), we will ensure that such collection, and our use and disclosure, will comply with relevant laws.
We will generally collect the above types of personal information from you directly, when you engage with us or use our website.
However, there are some circumstances in which we might collect personal information about you from third parties, such as our related bodies corporate, or service providers that help us to verify your identity, process transactions or provide marketing services.
From time to time we may also collect information about you from publicly available sources. You are not required to provide us with your personal information. However, if you don't, or we can't otherwise collect your information, it may affect our ability to engage you or provide you with our products and services.
Using and disclosing your personal information
How we use and disclose your personal information will ultimately depend upon the purpose for which we collected it, but may include:
- responding to your enquiries or sending you any requested information;
- providing our products and services to you;
- assisting you to enquire about, or purchase Products;
- enabling you to access our website;
- operating, protecting, improving and optimising our website, services, users’ experience and business;
- sending you marketing or promotional messages about our products and services, or other third-party products and services that we think might be of interest to you— such messages may take the form of emails, SMS, mail or other forms of communications. You can opt out from these communications at any time by contacting us or using the unsubscribe functionality;
- detecting, preventing and protecting against fraud and crime; or
- any other purpose which you have consented to or that is required or permitted by relevant laws or court orders.
- our service providers, contractors and suppliers that help us to operate our business and fulfil the above purposes (e.g. IT platforms, third parties that help us to enhance the safety and security of the Service, investment providers, cloud storage providers payment gateways, data analytics or research partners, mail-out and marketing providers); and
- any other entities we are required or permitted by law to disclose your personal information to (including domestic and international regulatory authorities).
Some of these service providers are located outside of Australia and may not be subject to Australian privacy laws. We will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to confirm that those organisations are required to provide reasonable security and other protective measures in relation to your personal information. By providing us with your personal information, you authorise such disclosure.
We may share your personal information if we sell to, or merge some or all of our business or assets with, another company.
We can use and share information that does not identify you for any purpose.
Cookies
Cookies and other similar technology are used to remember your browser or device during and between website or app visits. We can use this technology to do things, such as remember your preferences and settings, improve security, analyse traffic and trends, and measure the effectiveness and popularity of features or marketing.This technology is linked to your browser or device rather than you as an individual.
The sort of information collected includes your device type, date and time of use, referring website, IP address, and advertising identifiers. However, from time to time we may link this information to other information we collect about you, which can result in it being identifiable and therefore your personal information.
We may allow others to provide analytics, send messages and ads for us, and to track and report on performance. These entities may use cookies and other similar tech to identify your browser or device when you access our websites, as well as when you visit other online sites and services.
Retaining and deleting your information
We may hold your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form. We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference and loss, as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Once we no longer need it for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy (or otherwise communicated to you), we will permanently delete or destroy the personal information we hold about you, unless otherwise required by law.
We’re committed to keeping your information safe and secure
We continuously implement and update security measures to help protect your information. However, despite all of our measures, we can’t guarantee the security of the transmission or storage of your information.
Your rights regarding your information
You may request:
- access to your information; or
- that we correct information that is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date,
by contacting our Privacy Officer using the details at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
We will take reasonable steps, consistent with our obligations under the Privacy Act, to correct or update that information if you so request. If at any time you no longer wish to receive any additional marketing emails from us or our business partners, or do not want your information disclosed for direct marketing purposes, please contact our Privacy Officer using the details at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
Alternatively, you can opt out using the function in any electronic marketing communications sent from us or our business partners.
Third-party links
Our website and communications may contain links to third-party websites. Our terms don't apply to any third-party websites. We take no responsibility for the content, operation, or privacy practices of other websites.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This document sets out our current Privacy Policy, last updated 22 January 2022. We may review this policy from time to time and will notify you of any changes by posting an updated version on our Website.
Contact usIf you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or wish to access or amend the information that we hold about you, please contact our Privacy Officer at:
Attention: The Privacy Officer
Email: sales@bulkbullion.com.au
If you have concerns that we have not met our obligations to you as required by the Privacy Act, you may contact us and make a complaint at the address and/or email listed above.
More information about your rights and our obligations in respect to privacy and information on making a privacy complaint are available from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at:
Website: www.oaic.gov.au
Phone: 1300 363 992