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Overview

Effective date: 21 May 2021

Last updated: 11 May 2022

Read about how Payany1 Pty Ltd ABN 51 630 466 303 (us, we or our) collects, protects, uses, and shares your personal information.

Privacy commitment

Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to protecting your privacy and we want to ensure that you have a clear understanding of the information we collect about you, how we use it and whom we share it with.

We provide a number of products and services that require us to collect, store, share and use your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies when you use our products or services or interact with our website. It sets out how we collect information about you, how we use it, and how we keep it secure.

This Privacy Policy also incorporates our Credit Reporting Policy which sets out how we use any credit information we collect. We may change this Privacy Policy by publishing changes to it on our website. Please check our website regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes to this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect?

Personal information is information about you that is reasonably identifiable (i.e. name, email address, contact details). Credit information is personal information that is collected in connection with a credit application. This includes identification information, default information, or repayment history information.

We collect personal information either directly from you or from other people such as:
  • name, address, email address, date of birth, phone number(s);
  • bank account details
  • accounting and financial information;
  • details of your interactions with us;
  • internet protocol address;
  • location information;
  • information about the type of device and operating system used by you;
  • any other relevant information that you give to us for the purpose of providing you with our products or services
In this Privacy Policy, we use the term personal information to refer to both personal information and credit information. The information we may collect (and hold) about you includes:
  • related entities;
  • suppliers and service providers in connection with providing our products and services;/li>
  • your advisers;
  • banks, financial institutions, and other financial product providers;
  • credit reporting bodies;
  • service providers;
  • public sources.
  • We collect information when you:
  • visit our website;
  • submit application forms with us;
  • participate in a phone call with us;
  • email or otherwise correspond with us.
Why we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information?

We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which it was collected (primary purpose) or for a purpose related to the primary purpose if you would reasonably expect us to use the information for that purpose, or otherwise with your consent.

Our primary purposes for collecting, holding, using, and sharing (disclosing) your personal information include:
  • to provide our products and services and customer support;
  • to send you information about events, products, services, and opportunities that may be of interest to you;
  • to conduct market research (where we contact you for feedback on our products or services);
  • to run and improve our website including your experience with our website;
  • to identify and control or minimize risks to our products or services;
  • to enable us to detect and prevent suspicious or fraudulent activity;
  • to monitor compliance with our terms and conditions;
  • to provide information to our advisers, including lawyers and accountants, to help us comply with legal, accounting, or security requirements;
  • to protect our legal rights, interests, and the interests of others, including in connection with legal claims, compliance, regulatory and audit functions, and ensuring data security;
  • to verify your identity pursuant to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act;
  • to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our customers, and enforce our agreements with other people;
  • for any purpose related to the above.
Do we use your personal information for direct marketing?

Yes, we do. However, you can decide not to receive marketing material from us at any time by contacting us using the details set out below or by using the unsubscribe link in any email/SMS.

Sharing (disclosing) your information

We share your personal information with:
  • our related entities;
  • suppliers and service providers in connection with providing our products and services;
  • payment systems operators;
  • banks or other financial institutions;
  • service providers;
  • a purchaser of our business;
  • specific people authorized by you to receive information held by us;
  • government agencies, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies, or as required, authorized, or permitted by law. Information that we provide to other people will be handled in accordance with their privacy policy.

Sharing (disclosing) your information outside Australia

We do not share (disclose) your personal information outside of Australia.

Using our website and cookies

We collect personal information about you when you use and access our website. While we do not use browsing information to identify you personally, we may record certain information about your use of our website, such as which pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the internet protocol address assigned to your computer.

We may also use 'cookies' or other similar tracking technologies on our website that help us track your website usage and remember your preferences. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, TV, mobile phone, or another device. They enable the entity that puts the cookie on your device to recognize you across different websites, services, devices, and/or browsing sessions. You can disable cookies through your internet browser but our websites may not work as intended for you if you do so.

Links

Our website may contain links to websites operated by other people. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in any linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from our Privacy Policy, so please read them before using those websites.

How we hold your information to keep it safe?

We hold your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form.

We take reasonable steps to protect your information from misuse, interference, and loss, as well as unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure and we use a number of physical, administrative, personnel, and technical measures to protect your personal information.

For example we:
  • impose confidentiality requirements on our employees and train them about how to keep your information safe and secure;
  • have policies and procedures in relation to document storage security and security measures to govern access to systems;
  • implement firewalls and virus scanning tools to stop viruses and unauthorized access to our systems;
  • destroy and de-identify data when it is no longer required.

However, we cannot guarantee the security of your information.

Rights to access your information or seek correction

You can access the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the information below. Sometimes, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of your information and, where this is the case, we will tell you why. We may also need to verify your identity when you request your information.

If you think that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.

Right to remain anonymous

You can choose not to provide us with personal information. However, if you do this, we may not be able to provide you with any products or services.

Do we disclose credit information to credit reporting bodies?

We do not disclose any of your credit information to credit reporting bodies including for the purpose of requesting a credit check on you.

How to complain?

If you think we have breached the Privacy Act, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information, you can contact us using the details set out below. Please include your name, email address, and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time.

If you are not satisfied with how we have dealt with your complaint you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner using any of the following details:

GPO Box 5218

Sydney NSW 2001

Phone: 1300 363 992

www.oaic.gov.au

Contact Us

For further information about our Privacy Policy or privacy practices, to access or correct your information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:

Privacy Officer

Telephone: 1300 757 757

Email: info@cashwo.com.au

Address: Level 4, 403/227 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000