Privacy Policy

Pittwater Real Estate respects your right to privacy. It is our policy to maintain your privacy when you visit our Website. If you choose to provide your email address it will be kept confidential. We may use your email address to contact you in the future if you so choose. We will not sell or pass on your details to third parties.

We are bound by the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988, The Privacy Act 2000 (“Amendment Act”) and also the Privacy Principles as amended in September 2001 (“NPPs”) Those Principles regulate most of our activities with respect to personal information collected, stored, used and disclosed by us.

This privacy statement applies to our website www.pittwaterrealestate.com  as well as the day-to-day operations of our business, Pittwater Real Estate.

You consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy by requesting our services or otherwise communicating with us.

Vendors/Prospective Vendors & Purchasers/Prospective Purchasers

In our agency we use personal information collected from vendors and prospective vendors, which is to act as the vendor's agent and to perform our obligations under our agreement with vendors, or to provide market appraisals to prospective vendors.

We use personal information collected from purchasers and prospective purchasers, which is to inform them of properties of 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.

We may use the information for direct marketing purposes and to seek potential clients through the promotional activities of our agency. In providing the information the parties agree to this use unless they advise us differently.

We may disclose information to other parties including to potential purchasers or vendors, or to media organisations, on the Internet, or to clients of the agent both existing and potential, as well as to parties engaged to evaluate the property. For example pest and building inspectors, etc., and to owners' corporations, government and statutory bodies, financial institutions and to third parties as required by law.

Landlords/Prospective Landlords

We use personal information collected from landlords and prospective landlords to act as the landlord's agent and to perform our obligations under our agreements with landlords, or to provide market appraisals to prospective landlords.

We may also use that information for direct marketing purposes and to seek potential clients through the promotional activities of our agency. In providing the information the parties agree to this use unless they advise us differently.

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

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 verify the potential tenant's identity, 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 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 and to provide an effective service, or as otherwise allowed under the Privacy Act 1988.

If you would like to access this information you can do so by contacting The Privacy Officer at:

Pittwater Real Estate
366 Barrenjoey Road
NEWPORT NSW 2106
Tel: 02 9997 4311
Fax: 02 9997 7957
sales@pittwaterrealestate.com

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate. You can access and request correction of any personal information concerning you at any time. You may also request that we delete your email address from our database at any time.

Changes to this Policy

We may make changes to this policy from time to time, so you may like to check it each time you visit our web site or office.

You can obtain further information about privacy in Australia by visiting www.privacy.gov.au

This policy has been issued by Zamoit Pty Ltd ABN 43 003 533 524 Trading as Pittwater Real Estate.
 

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Pittwater Real Estate
366 Barrenjoey Road, Newport NSW 2106, Australia
Tel: 02 9997 4311 - Fax: 02 9997 7957
sales@pittwaterrealestate.com - www.pittwaterrealestate.com

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