Downer and Maher

Specialists in
Traditional & Contemporary
Homes in the upper
Blue Mountains.

DOWNER & MAHER REAL ESTATE PTY LTD

PRIVACY POLICY

ABN 82 003 527 651

 

Downer & Maher Real Estate Pty Ltd respects your right to privacy.  We are bound by the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988.  Those principles regulate most of our activities with respect to personal information collected, stored, used and disclosed by us.  However, the activities of all organisations directly relating to personal information of current or former employees contained in employee records are not covered by the Principles.

 

1.  SALES

The Agent uses personal information collected from or about the Principal to act as the Principals Agent and to perform their obligations under this agreement.  The Agent may also use such information collected to promote the services of the Agent and /or seek potential clients.

The Agent may disclose information to other parties including media organisations, on the internet, to potential buyers and their advisors, or to clients of the Agent both existing and potential, as well as to parties engaged to evaluate the property, owners corporations, government and statutory bodies, financial institutions and valuers.

The agent will only disclose information to other parties as required to perform their duties under this agreement , to achieve the purposes specified above or as otherwise allowed under the Privacy Act 1988.

If the information is not provided, the Agent may not be able to act on the Principal’s behalf effectively or at all.

 

2.  PURCHASERS/PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS

Downer & Maher Real Estate Pty Ltd use personal information collected from Purchasers and prospective Purchasers to inform them of properties for sale.  Personal information may also be collected during an open house inspection for security purposes and we may contact the prospective Purchaser with respect to that property and other properties which we believe may interest the prospective Purchaser. 

 

3.  LANDLORDS/PROSPECTIVE LANDLORDS

Downer & Maher Real Estate Pty Ltd use personal information collected from Landlords and prospective Landlords to act as the Landlords’ Agent and to perform our obligations under our agreements with Landlords, or to provide market appraisals to prospective landlords.

We may disclose information to other parties including prospective tenants, media organisations, on the internet, or to clients of the agent both existing and potential, as well as to tradespeople, owners’ corporations, government and statutory bodies, financial institutions and to third parties as required or authorised by law.

If the information is not provided, the Agent may not be able to act on the Principal’s behalf effectively or at all.

 

4.  TENANTS/PROSPECTIVE TENANTS

Personal information is collected from tenants or potential tenants in the course of a tenancy application and any subsequent tenancy as is necessary for the agent to process and evaluate the application and to manage the tenancy.

Personal information collected in the application and during the course of the tenancy, including through property inspection reports, may be disclosed to other parties including to the landlord, employment and personal referees, as well as to tradespeople, owners’ corporations, government and statutory authorities, financial institutions and other agents and operators of tenancy reference databases and to third parties as required or authorised by law.  Information already held on tenancy reference databases may also be disclosed to us. 

If the tenant fails to comply with their obligations under the tenancy agreement, that fact may also be disclosed to the landlord, other agents and operators of tenancy reference databases. 

If this information is not provided we may not be able to process the application and manage the tenancy.

   

GENERAL

 We will only disclose the above-mentioned information to other parties as required to perform our duties under any agreement to achieve the purposes specified above, to provide an effective service, or as otherwise allowed under the Privacy Act 1988.  Real Estate and tax law requires some of this information to be collected.

If you would like to access this information you can do so by contacting us at the address below.  You can also correct information if it is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date.

 


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165 Leura Mall, Leura    PO Box 7039, Leura 2780
Phone: (02) 4784 1939   Fax: (02) 4784 3274
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