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Podiatry Care and your Privacy

Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. Privacy Policy

  1. Introduction

    Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. respects and upholds your rights to privacy protection under the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988. The National Privacy Principles apply to us. This policy describes how we manage any personal information we have about you.

  2. What personal information about me does Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. hold?

    Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. may hold the following information about you:

    • name, address, telephone number(s);
    • date of birth;
    • email address;
    • occupation;
    • any additional information provided to us by you;
    • any information you have provided to us through client surveys;

    Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. will destroy or de-identify personal information due to redundancy after its legal obligations to retain the information have expired.

  3. What does Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. do with my personal information?

    Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. does not distribute unsolicited bulk advertising via email (spam). Also, we do not share email addresses with outside companies. Any email address(es) provided by the visitor remain strictly confidential.
    We conform to all governing laws regarding this issue. We use personal information about you:
    - to service your particular needs;
    - to assist with any calls you make to us;
    - for our internal administrative requirements;
    - to process requests or orders;
    and with your consent:
    - to communicate promotional offers and special events of benefit to you;
    - Fundraising;
    - Marketing;
    - Service Planning;
    - Research & Development.
    Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. will not disclose personal information about you to any person except on a confidential basis with your express permission to agents that we use in the ordinary operation of our business, such as for data processing, printing or mailing.
    You may at any time opt out of receiving any communications from us other than as required for the operation of our business, (e.g. regarding essential information regarding payment of accounts).

  4. Storage

    Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. stores personal information:
    - contained in paper based and other hard copy documents in a dedicated storage facility--located in our facility;
    - contained in electronic records in a secure environment.
    Such records are only accessible by those persons who require access to the personal information for the purpose of carrying out their employment with Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd., or by contractors engaged by Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. for the purpose of maintaining Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. computer systems.

  5. Disclosure

    You may request access to personal information we hold about you by writing to The Privacy Officer, Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. at the address below. You do not have to provide a reason for requesting access. Where we hold information that you are entitled to access, we will endeavour to provide you with a suitable range of choices as to how you may access it.
    If you believe that personal information we hold about you is incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate, then you may request amendment of it. We will consider if the information requires amendment. If we do not agree that there are grounds for amendment, then we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with it.
    Our contact details are as follows:
    Privacy Officer
    Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd.
    Suite 2A/1020 North East Road
    Modbury
    South Australia 5092
    Phone: (61) 08 8265 4130
    Fax: (61) 08 8265 4003

  6. Miscellaneous

    In this policy "personal information" and "practice information" have the same meaning as under the Privacy Act.
    This document represents our policy as at 1st February 2003. We may change this policy from time to time. Although we intend to observe this policy at all times, it is not legally binding in any way on Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd.. From time to time we may regard it as necessary or desirable to act outside the policy. Podiatry Care Australasia Pty. Ltd. may do so, subject only to any other applicable contractual rights you have and any statutory rights you have under the Privacy Act or other applicable legislation.