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Techtronic Industries Australia Pty Ltd ABN 98 002 277 509 (“we”, “our”, or “TTIA”) created this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), and is committed to providing you with the highest levels of professional service. This includes protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the “Privacy Act”) and, in turn, the Australian Privacy Principles (the National Privacy Principles up until March 2014) (“APPs”).
We understand the importance placed on the privacy of your personal information, and will take all reasonable steps to protect the privacy of the personal information that we collect, use or disclose.
This Policy applies to all clients, customers, suppliers and prospective employees (“you” or “your”). This Policy does not apply to acts and practices of TTIA which relate directly to the employee records of TTIA’s current and former employees.
In order for you to access certain services and to order our products via our website, we collect information that personally identifies you (“Personal Information”).
We collect Personal Information necessary to lawfully and ethically carry on our business or to recruit future employees.
Personal Information may include: (i) name, mailing and email addresses; (ii) residential address, city, state, postcode, area code, gender, age, purchase history, income, hobbies and interests (iii) products you own, model numbers, date and place of purchase. If you communicate with us by e-mail, or complete online forms, surveys or contest entries, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information. For example, we may request Personal Information from you when you:
If you would like to access any of our services on an anonymous basis, please tell us. If this is possible and lawful, we will take all reasonable steps to comply with your request. However, we may not be able to provide the services or supply the product in question if we are not provided with the Personal Information requested.
We will not collect sensitive information from you. Sensitive information is a special category of Personal Information and includes, but is not limited to, information about your health, race or ethnic origin, political or religious beliefs, membership of a trade union or association, or criminal record.
We will also destroy any Personal Information if it is no longer needed for a lawful purpose under the APPs.
In some cases, we may not be able to provide you with certain services if you refuse to provide us with the Personal Information we need to perform the service.
Where possible, we collect your Personal Information directly from you. We collect information through various means, including forms and questionnaires. If you feel that the information that we are requesting, either on our forms or in our discussions with you, is not information that you wish to provide, please feel free to raise this with us.
In some situations we may also obtain Personal Information from a third party source. If we collect information about you in this way, we will take reasonable steps to contact you, and ensure that you are aware of the purposes for which we are collecting your Personal Information, and the organisations to which we may disclose your information, subject to any exceptions under the Privacy Act.
We may use your information to better understand your needs and provide you with better service. We may share your Personal Information amongst our Related Bodies Corporate. We may also use your Personal Information:
We will not use your Personal Information in a manner contrary to the Privacy Act or this Policy.
We may also use and disclose it for related or ancillary purposes, such as for the development and marketing of our products & services, and research to enhance customer experiences & services. We guarantee that we will not provide your Personal Information to any third party, except as permitted under this Policy, the Privacy Act or by law.
We will only send Personal Information to third parties when:
Such information remains under TTIA’s custodianship at all times and the agents involved are bound by specific confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations.
We do in some circumstances disclose your Personal Information, such as your name, address and email address to overseas recipients, some of which may not have the same or substantially similar privacy laws, but only to the extent necessary to provide you with the products or services requested by you. The overseas recipients are based in North America.
You hereby acknowledge and agree that Milwaukee Tools North America may obtain, process and use your Personal Information including your e-mail address to address any network and support issues about MILWAUKEE branded products and services in the areas of power tools, hand tools, test and measurement and accessories.
You acknowledge and agree that you are aware and accept that North America, do not provide a level of data protection that is equivalent to Australia. We will take reasonable measures to protect your Personal Information such as ensuring information is de-identified if appropriate before being transmitted or entering into arrangements with the recipient of your Personal Information that safeguards your privacy. However, you acknowledge and agree that if we disclose your Personal Information to overseas recipients, we are not obliged to take steps to ensure the overseas recipients of your personal information comply with the Privacy Act and the APPs.
Generally, you have the right to see or obtain a copy of Personal Information about you that we may hold. To request access to your Personal Information, please contact our Privacy Officer on the details below. If for any reason we refuse to give you access to your Personal Information, we will let you know why in writing. If you believe that we hold Personal Information about you that you consider to be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, please contact us on the details below.
We are committed to ensuring the security of your Personal Information and we will take all reasonable precautions to protect this information from loss, misuse or alteration.
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time for any reason. We will publish those changes on our website. Any change we make applies from the date we post it on the website. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us on the details below.
You can raise any privacy related concern or complaint about breaches of your privacy in writing via the contact details below.
If you have any comments or questions about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us as follows:
Privacy Officer
Techtronic Industries Australia Pty Ltd
PO Box 302,
Mount Waverly, VIC 3149
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 1300 645 928