Personal Information

Asset Plant & Machinery collect, hold and use personal information in the following areas:

• Consumers;
• Business Relations¹ and
• Employment².

Consumer information is usually collected via promotions, competitions and consumer purchases. The information may include:

• your name, address, contact number(s) and email address
• information about your preference for goods or services we offer from time to time
• details of any prizes you may have won
• a record of any purchases you have made

Purposes for collecting the information

Wherever possible, Asset Plant & Machinery collect this information directly from you. We use it for the following purposes:

• to contact you directly about Asset Plant & Machinery, our products, special offers and other promotions
• to reward you for being a loyal customer
• to inform you of products or publications we think you might be interested in
• to approve transactions you wish to make
• to confirm your identity
• to provide you with products you have requested
• to follow up or pursue any queries you make
• to conduct consumer research

How we manage personal information

Asset Plant & Machinery is dedicated to keeping personal information secure. This includes physical security, computer and network security, communications security and personnel security.

Important Information on promotions, competitions & other marketing activities for consumers

All entries remain the property of Asset Plant & Machinery.

You may also update the information we hold on you by visiting www.assetplant.com, logging in then updating your personal profile or request an update through us. Contact details are outlined below under 'Access and correction of details'.

Winners details and a description of the prizes will be entered on a database to comply with record-keeping requirements of relevant Australian State and Territory lotteries and gaming legislation. Details will also be published in accordance with the terms and conditions of each promotion.

Entries are held for up to 13 months after the last prize draw. After this, they are then destroyed in a secure manner.

Disclosure

Except where you are otherwise notified, Asset Plant & Machinery do not sell, rent or otherwise make available any personal information to third parties. Asset Plant & Machinery outsource certain business functions to other organisations. For this purpose, and only for the purpose of providing services to Asset Plant & Machinery, personal information may, as required, be transferred to or handled by:

• our related companies
• organisations which provide services to us, such as mailing houses, promotion and advertising agencies and consumer research agencies
• credit reference agencies or other credit providers
• government or statutory authorities.

that may directly contact you on behalf of Asset Plant & Machinery.

Access and correction of details

You can access personal information Asset Plant & Machinery holds on you by contacting the Asset Plant & Machinery in writing. If the information held is inaccurate, incomplete or not up to date you may request Asset Plant & Machinery to correct the information.

If you are concerned about a possible interference with your privacy, please contact us at:

Address: Asset Plant & Machinery
PO Box 4320
Melbourne VIC 3000
Facsimile: (03) 9799-0000

Or, complete the 'Contact Us' form to contact Asset Plant & Machinery via e-mail.

Sending to a friend

1. An email will be sent to each recipient(s) you specify.
2. The email that is sent will display that the email is from your email address and may include your name in the message area.
3. All details are held in accordance with the Asset Plant & Machinery Privacy Policy. The information you provide in the send to a friend feature will not be held for future marketing purposes.
4. If the recipient of the message replies to the message, then the reply will go back to your email address.
5. If an address provided on the send to a friend form is invalid, or if the email cannot be delivered for other reasons, you may receive a failure notice from a remote mail system in response to the message.
6. Should the details of the send to a friend request not comply with any terms and conditions of any promotion associated with the request, the message will not be sent.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

¹ Business Relations Personal information of those with whom we have business relations typically relates to that information necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of business.

² Employment Personal information collected from our contractors, as with Business Relations above, typically relates to that information necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of business, especially in relation to the engagement of the contractor's services. Information is also collected from potential employees in the recruitment process.

For more information about your privacy go to http://privacy.gov.au/