Property Space

We collect personal information in the following ways:

• when you create an account and provide login details and passwords;
• when you fill in and return to us a signed form/s;
• when you submit personal information through our website (such as when you send us a message or fill out an online form);
• in person, for example, when you engage with our HelpDesk, Transitions and Implementations teams; 
• when you connect to a third party or connect to our services via a third party, for example, an integration partner; and
• in the course of providing services to you.

We may also collect information about you from third party suppliers and government database services.

We store personal information in computer storage facilities and paper-based files. We take steps to protect your personal information against loss, unauthorised access, use modification or disclosure. Some examples of the steps we take to protect your personal information include:

• ensuring there are suitable password protection measures and access privileges in place to monitor and control access to our IT systems;
• imposing restrictions on physical access to paper files;
• requiring any third parties engaged by FollowIt Australia to provide appropriate assurances to handle your personal information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Act; and
• taking reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify personal information after we no longer need it for our business or to comply with the law.

Information that may identify you as a user may be gathered during your access with our websites.

Our websites include pages that use ‘cookies’. A cookie is a unique identification number that allows the server to identify and interact more effectively with your computer. The cookie assists us in identifying what our users find interesting on our website.

A cookie will be allocated each time you use our website. The cookie does not identify you as an individual in our data collection process, however it does identify your Internet Service Provider.

You can configure your web browser to refuse cookies. If you do so, you may not be able to use all or part of our website.

We use Analytical software to help us analyse how users use our site and our products. This data is not able to identify your personal details.

Followit Australia, or its related body corporates, may collect some personal information that is a government related identifier.

Personal information from identity documents may be provided to the document issuer or official record holder via third party systems for the purpose of confirming your identity, for example, the Australian Government’s Document Verification Service (DVS). Where FollowIt Australia does collect government related identifiers, they are maintained on a separate database for audit and compliance purposes.

FollowIt Australia may use or disclose a government related identifier where: 

• it is reasonably necessary for FollowIt Australia to verify the identity of the individual for the purposes of our business activities or functions; or
• as required or authorised by law or in accordance with the order of a Court or Tribunal, or where it is otherwise permitted to do so under the Privacy Act.

We collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for a variety of business purposes including:

• to provide the products or services you have requested from us;
• to process payments;
• to improve our business, products and services;
• to promote our business to you;
• to market other FollowIt Australia services or products to you;
• to handle and respond to your enquiries, complaints or concerns; and
• to provide personal information to third parties as set out in this Privacy Policy. 

We also collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information to:

• notify you about the details of new services and products offered by us;
• notify you of the details of meetings, events and seminars that may be of interest to our customers and clients;
• send you our newsletters and other marketing publications;
• administer our databases for client service, marketing and financial accounting purposes; and
• to comply with our legal requirements regarding the collection and retention of information concerning the products and services that we provide.

If you do not wish to disclose your personal information for the purpose of direct marketing or you would like to opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications, you can do so by contacting the FollowIt Australia Privacy Officer using the contact details set out in our website, or by following the instructions to unsubscribe which are contained in a communication that you receive from us.

We may disclose your personal information to third party service providers who assist us in providing the services you request, including public authorities and providers of information services.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties who work with us in our business to promote, market or improve the services that we provide, including:

• providers of customer relations management database services and marketing database services;
• marketing consultants, promotion companies and website hosts; and
• consultants and professional advisers.

We may also combine your personal information with information available from other sources, to help us provide better services to you.

Where we do share information with third parties, we require that there are contracts in place that only allow use and disclosure of personal information to provide the service and that protect your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act. Otherwise, we will disclose personal information to others if you’ve given us permission, or if the disclosure relates to the main purpose for which we collected the information and you would reasonably expect us to do so.

You will be promoted when information is to be shared, at which time you can opt out of sharing data. 

We do not presently disclose personal information to any organisations located overseas; however, we do disclose information in Australia, for the purposes described above, to some multinational organisations that are located both in Australia and overseas, including the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand.

You have a right to request access to your personal information which we hold about you and to request its correction. You can make such a request by contacting the FollowIt Australia Privacy Officer using the contact details set out in the relevant website.

We will respond to any such request for access as soon as reasonably practicable. Where access is to be given, we will provide you with a copy or details of your personal information in the manner requested by you where it is reasonable and practicable to do so.

We will not charge you a fee for making a request to access your personal information. However, we may charge you a reasonable fee for giving you access to your personal information.

In some cases, we may refuse to give you access to the information you have requested or only give you access to certain information. If we do this, we will provide you with a written statement setting out our reasons for refusal, except where it would be unreasonable to do so.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, if you wish to correct or update information we hold about you or if you wish to request access or correction of your personal information or make a complaint about a breach by FollowIt Australia of the Australian Privacy Principles (including the way we have collected, disclosed or used your personal information), please contact our office from the contact details on our website. 

We will acknowledge and investigate any complaint about the way we manage personal information as soon as practicable. We will take reasonable steps to remedy any failure to comply with our privacy obligations. If you are unhappy with our handling of the complaint, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/