DUET Property Group values and respects the privacy of the people we deal with. DUET Property Group is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and other applicable privacy laws and regulations.
This Privacy Policy (Policy) describes how we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information, and how we maintain the quality and security of your personal information.
“Personal information” means any information or opinion, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an identified individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable. In general terms, this includes information or an opinion that personally identifies you either directly (e.g. your name) or indirectly.
The personal information we collect about you depends on the nature of your dealings with us or what you choose to share with us.
The personal information we collect about you may include:
You do not have to provide us with your personal information. Where possible, we will give you the option to interact with us anonymously or by using a pseudonym. However, if you choose to deal with us in this way or choose not to provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our services or otherwise interact with you.
We collect your personal information directly from you when you:
We may also collect your personal information from third parties or through publicly available sources, for example from an enquiry you make from our website or a third party website or from an email you send to us. We collect your personal information from these third parties so that we can stay in contact with you regarding the properties you have expressed interest in or similar properties.
We use personal information for many purposes to communicate with you, including for the following purposes:
For prospective and actual vendors – we use your Personal Information to communicate with you during the appraisal of your property and the sale process. We may use it to engage service providers to assist you to prepare your property for sale, where these people need to contact you or gain access to your property. Your personal details are not used in the marketing of your property unless you expressly consent to this happening. During the selling process your name and contact details will be included in sale documentation that may be provided to potential purchasers and their advisers. If your property is auctioned details in the sale documentation will be made available to prospective purchasers.
For prospective and actual purchasers – where you indicate to us that you are interested in buying a property we may use your Personal Information to communicate with you about properties that are for sale or coming up for sale and inspection opportunities. Where we assist you in the sale process we will communicate with you and keep a written record of our communication on the relevant property file. If you become the purchaser your Personal Information will be used in the conveyancing process.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties in accordance with this Policy in circumstances where you would reasonably expect us to disclose your information. For example, we may disclose your personal information to:
Some of the third-party service providers we disclose personal information to may be based in or have servers located outside of Australia.
Where we disclose your personal information to third parties overseas, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that data security and appropriate privacy practices are maintained. We will only disclose to overseas third parties if:
DUET Property Group will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information that we hold about you is kept confidential and secure, including by:
The DUET Property Group website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers the website puts on your device if you allow it. These cookies recognise when your device has visited our website(s) before, so we can distinguish you from other users of the website. This improves your experience and the DUET Property Group website(s).
We do not use cookies to identify you, just to improve your experience on our website(s). If you do not wish to use the cookies, you can amend the settings on your internet browser so it will not automatically download cookies. However, if you remove or block cookies on your computer, please be aware that your browsing experience and our website’s functionality may be affected.
Our website uses Google Analytics to help us better understand visitor traffic, so we can improve our services.
We may send you direct marketing communications and information about our services, opportunities, or events that we consider may be of interest to you if you have requested or consented to receive such communications. These communications may be sent in various forms, including mail, SMS and email, in accordance with applicable marketing laws, such as the Australian Spam Act 2003 (Cth). You consent to us sending you those direct marketing communications by any of those methods. If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will endeavour to use that method whenever practical to do so.
You may opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by following the instructions to “unsubscribe” set out in the relevant communication or by contacting us using the details set out in the “How to contact us” section below.
In addition, we may also use your personal information or disclose your personal information to third parties for the purposes of advertising, including online behavioural advertising, website personalisation, and to provide targeted or retargeted advertising content to you (including through third party websites).
We will not keep your personal information for longer than we need to. In most cases, this means that we will only retain your personal information for the duration of your relationship with us unless we are required to retain your personal information to comply with applicable laws, for example record-keeping obligations.
DUET Property Group will endeavour to keep your personal information accurate, complete and up to date.
If you wish to make a request to access and / or correct the personal information we hold about you, you should make a request by contacting us and we will usually respond 1-2 business days. Contact details are set out below.
DUET Property Group website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. If you access a third party website through our website(s), personal information may be collected by that third party website. We make no representations or warranties in relation to the privacy practices of any third party provider or website and we are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of any third party provider or website. Third party providers / websites are responsible for informing you about their own privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
For complaints about how DUET Property Group handles, processes or manages your personal information, please contact Michelle Kerr. Note we may require proof of your identity and full details of your request before we can process your complaint.
Please allow up to 5 days for DUET Property Group to respond to your complaint. It will not always be possible to resolve a complaint to everyone’s satisfaction. If you are not satisfied with DUET Property Group’s response to a complaint, you have the right to contact the Office of Australian Information Commissioner (at www.oaic.gov.au/) to lodge a complaint.
If you have a question or concern in relation to our handling of your personal information or this Policy, you can contact us for assistance as follows:
hello@duetproperty.com.au
(08) 6244 7860
Attention: DUET Property Group
Address: 153 Broadway, Nedlands WA 6009