Privacy Policy
Astrid Healthcare Pty Ltd (ACN 641 752 721) and its Related Bodies Corporate (as defined in s50 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) are committed to respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, store and disclose your personal information. In this Privacy Policy, ‘us’ ‘we’ or ‘our’ means Astrid Healthcare Pty Ltd (ACN 641 752 721) and its Related Bodies Corporate.
From time to time, we may change our Privacy Policy by publishing changes to it on our website. We encourage you to check our website periodically to ensure that you are aware of the most up-to-date version of our Privacy Policy.
By providing personal information to us, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us.
Personal information includes information or an opinion about an individual that is reasonably identifiable. For example, this may include your name, age, gender, postcode, contact details and may also include your credit card information and information about your business and/or personal circumstances.
Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (‘Privacy Act’) to include information or opinions about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin,
What personal information do we collect?
We may collect the following types of personal information:
• name;
• mailing or street address;
• email address;
• telephone number and other contact details;
• age or date of birth;
• credit card information;
• your device ID, device type, geo-location information, computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, advertising data, IP address and standard web log information;
• details of the products and services we have provided to you or that you have enquired about, including any additional information necessary to deliver those products and services and respond to your queries;
• any additional information relating to you that you:
• provide to us directly through our website or apps; or
• indirectly through your use of our website or apps; or
• indirectly through your online presence or through other websites or accounts from which you permit us to collect information;
• information you provide to us collected from our marketing campaigns
• information you provide to us collected from site visits to our office;
• information you provide to us through customer surveys; or
• any other personal information that may be required in order to facilitate your dealings with us.
We may collect these types of personal information either directly from you, or from third parties. We may collect this information when you:
• register on our website or apps;
• communicate with us through correspondence, chats, email, or when you share information with us from other social media/applications, services or websites;
• interact with our sites, services, content and advertising; or
• invest in our business or enquire as to a potential purchase in our business.
If you apply for a job or position with us, we may collect certain information from you (including your name, contact details, working history and relevant records checks), from recruitment consultants, your previous employers and others who may be able to provide us with information to help us decide whether to make you an offer of employment or engage you under a contract. This Privacy Policy does not apply to acts and practices in relation to employee records of our current and former employees, which are exempt from the Privacy Act.
Why do we collect, use and disclose personal information?
We may collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
• record-keeping and administrative purposes;
• to enable you to access and use our website, services and apps;
• to operate, protect, improve and optimise our website, services and apps, business and our users’ experience, such as to perform analytics, conduct research and for advertising and marketing;
• to send you service, support and administrative messages, reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and information requested by you;
• to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you, including information sent by, or on behalf of, our business partners that we think you may find interesting;
• to administer rewards, surveys, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by us or our business partners;
• to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our users, and enforce our agreements with third parties; and
• to consider your employment application.
We may also disclose your personal information to a trusted third party who also holds other information about you. This third party may combine that information in order to enable it and us to develop anonymised consumer insights so that we can better understand your preferences and interests, personalise your experience and enhance the products and services that you receive. Certain third party service providers may have their own privacy policies with respect to the personal information we provide to them, please refer to these privacy policies to understand how your personal information will be handled by these third party service providers. Once you leave our website or application or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any other third-party website, services or application.
Do we use your personal information for direct marketing?
We and/or our carefully selected business partners may send you direct marketing communications and information about our services. This may take the form of emails, SMS, mail or other forms of communication, in accordance with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) and the Privacy Act. You may opt-out of receiving marketing materials from us by contacting us using the details set out in the ‘Contact Us’ section below or by using the opt-out facilities provided (e.g. an unsubscribe link).
To whom do we disclose your personal information?
We may disclose personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy to:
• our employees and Related Bodies Corporate;
• third party suppliers and service providers (including providers for the operation of our websites and/or our business or in connection with providing our products and services to you);
• professional advisers, dealers and agents;
• payment systems operators (e.g. merchants receiving card payments);
• our existing or potential agents, business partners or partners;
• our sponsors or promoters of any competition that we conduct via our services;
• anyone to whom our assets or businesses (or any part of them) are transferred;
• specific third parties authorised by you to receive information held by us; and/or
• other persons, including government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies, or as required, authorised or permitted by law.
Disclosure of personal information outside Australia
We may disclose personal information outside of Australia to third parties (including but not limited to cloud storage providers, for the purpose of storing personal information collected from you) located in various countries.
When you provide your personal information to us, you consent to the disclosure of your information outside of Australia and acknowledge that we are not required to ensure that overseas recipients handle that personal information in compliance with Australian Privacy Law. We will, however, take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such personal information in a way that is consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles, as outlined in the Privacy Act.
Using our website and cookies
When you use and access our website, we may collect personal information about you.
We do not use browsing information to identify you personally, however, we may record certain information about your use of our website, such as:
- • which pages you visit;
- • the time and date of your visit; and
- • the internet protocol address assigned to your computer.
We use ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies on our website, which are small files that store information on your computer, TV, mobile phone or other device. Cookies help us track your website usage and remember your preferences, which enables us to recognise you across different websites, services, devices and/or browsing sessions. You can disable cookies through your internet browser but our websites may not work as intended for you if you do so.
The data collected from cookies about you may also include personal information. For example, where a cookie is linked to your account, it will be considered personal information under the Privacy Act. We handle any personal information collected from cookies in the same way that we handle all other personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Security
We may hold your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference and loss, as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure and we use a number of physical, administrative, personnel and technical
measures to protect your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
Links
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from our Privacy Policy, so we encourage individuals to read them before using those websites.
Accessing or correcting your personal information
To access the personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the information in the ‘Contact Us’ section below. Sometimes, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of your personal information and, where this is the case, we will tell you why. We may also need to verify your identity when you request your personal information (e.g. copies of government-issued identification, such as valid Driver’s Licence, Passport or Identity Card).
If you are concerned that any personal information we hold about you is not accurate, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
Making a complaint
If you think we have breached the Privacy Act, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information, or you wish to withdraw your consent for us to contact you or continue our collection, use or disclosure of information, you can contact us using the details set out in the ‘Contact Us’ section below. Please include your name, email address and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you think that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.
Contact Us
Please contact us using the details set out below for further information about our Privacy Policy or practices, to access or correct your personal information, to make a complaint or any other privacy-related enquiries:
Contact Person:
Privacy Officer
Business Address:
575 Chapel St
South Yarra VIC 3141
Email Address:
complaints@astrid.health
Effective: 01/04/2023
