 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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