YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT TO US

1. Benson Partners Pty Ltd (BPPL) has created this Privacy Policy and Collection Statement (together referred to as “this Privacy Policy”) in order to demonstrate its firm commitment to privacy.
2. BPPL is bound by the Privacy Act and the National Privacy Principles.
3. BPPL will update our Privacy Policy as required. If it is changed, the changes will be posted on our website www.bensonpartners.biz so that you are always aware of the sort of information collected, how the information may be used, and under what circumstances it may be disclosed by BPPL.
4. Please note that if at any time BPPL is required by law to release information about you or your organisation, BPPL must cooperate fully.
5. This Privacy Policy does not apply to acts or practices of BPPL that are directly related to employee records of current or former employees.

WHAT SORT OF INFORMATION DOES BPPL COLLECT?

1. BPPL collects information ("the Information") about you in several different ways:

The information can be:

1. Provided by you upon commencement of your work or during the engagement. In most cases BPPL will collect your name, contact details and financial information prior to our engagement.
2. BPPL collects information when you engage the organisation so that BPPL may provide you with financial planning, tax, audit and other primary purpose services;
3. BPPL may collect information via telephone, fax or email.
4. When you post BPPL information we may store the contents to help in the preparation of your Income Tax Return and Financial Statements. We may record your postal address or fax number and contact you and send you our Newsletters or Tax Briefings.
5. When you send BPPL an e-mail, we may record your email address and contact you and send you our Newsletters or Tax Briefings.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT FROM OUR WEBSITE?

1. When you submit information to our Site, BPPL will collect personally identifiable information from you that may include your name, business and company name, e-mail address, residential and business address and other such information necessary to provide you with the services offered by the Site.
2. As a general principle, BPPL will only collect personally identifiable information that is needed to operate the Site, to provide you with the services offered by the Site and to communicate to you information and services that BPPL believe would be of interest to you.
3. BPPL automatically collect IP addresses and web site usage information from visitors to the Site. This information helps us evaluate how visitors and subscribers use and navigate the Site on an aggregate basis, including the number and frequency of visitors and subscribers to each web page and the length of their visits.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE THE INFORMATION?

1. BPPL will be unable to prepare your Income Tax Return accurately or offer the service requested.
2. BPPL collects the Information to provide you with a specific service. For example, we may use the Information you provide us to complete your Income Tax Return, prepare Financial Statements, prepare Cashflow Forecasts, and Budget Projections, Analyse your Financial Security or other primary purpose services.

WHY DOES BPPL COLLECT THE INFORMATION AND HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION USED BY BPPL?

1. BPPL also uses the Information to send you information (either by e-mail, fax or post) that you request. If at any time you receive material that you did not request or do not want to receive such material any more, please contact us.
2. BPPL may use the Information you provide on our Website for the purposes for which you specifically provided the information, including providing you with feed back or advice about services offered by BPPL or informing you about upcoming seminars, events and conferences;

WHO DOES BPPL DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO?

1. BPPL will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise supply to third parties any personal information obtained from you unless you consent.
2. BPPL will disclose this information to the Australian Taxation Office and Australian Securities & Investment Commission, and other government bodies required by law.
3. BPPL may provide personal information to Hillross Financial to allow the company to complete the financial planning matters that you have requested they attend to.
4. BPPL does not engage subcontractors and therefore will not provide any personal information to them.
5. BPPL develops aggregate (ie. not individual) reports, which incorporate some of the Information. The reports are for use by our business partners. However, these reports do not include any personally identifiable information.

HOW WILL BPPL KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE?

BPPL has security measures designed to protect against the loss, misuse and/or alteration of the Information under its control.

These security measures are:

1. Restricted Access: Our computer network is protected by a password system with regular changes, which are enforced.
2. Anti-virus software is installed and is updated daily.
3. Our servers (main data storage areas) are protected from loss of power by Uninterruptable Power Supply units.
4. Computer operating system updates are installed regularly to maintain a high level of data protection.
5. BPPL have installed an Internet Firewall to protect our computer network against computer hackers and intruders.
6. BPPL have clauses in employee agreements requiring confidentiality

CORRECTING & UPDATING YOUR PROFILE

BPPL gives you the following options for accessing and modifying Information previously provided:

1. You may gain access to Information that BPPL has collected about you, by contacting the person named below. BPPL will not charge you for responding to such a request, unless we incur costs in providing the information.
2. You may also contact us via Mail Fax, or Email to notify us of any corrections/updates to the information we hold.

CONTACTING

If you have any questions about this Collection Statement, you should contact: Erina Merriweather.