Privacy Policy

1. INTRODUCTION

This is the official Privacy Policy of Wesfarmers LNG Pty Ltd trading as EVOL LNG (referred to here as “EVOL LNG”, “we”, “our”, “us”). This policy explains how we collect, store, use and disclose personal information (including credit-related information) and also explains your rights to access and correct that information or make a complaint about our handling of personal information.

Under the Privacy Act, “personal information” means information which identifies you as an individual or from which your identity can be reasonably ascertained (and regardless of the form of the information, and regardless of whether it is true or not). In this Policy “credit-related information” means credit information, credit eligibility information (as those terms are defined in the Privacy Act) and similar information relating to credit worthiness. Credit-related information includes (but is not limited to) information regarding identification, information regarding your application with us, and credit reporting information that we obtain from credit reporting bodies or which we derive from such reporting information.

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post changes on this page.

2. WHAT TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We only collect personal information if it is necessary for one of our functions or activities. The types of personal information we collect will depend on the reason for collection. Generally, the information we collect about customers includes name; home, delivery or work address; contact/phone number; payment, bank account and billing information; and e-mail addresses records of communications with us. Financial information that is collected via our website is used by us to bill you for products and services. Any credit card and bank account numbers that are collected are collected for the purpose of transaction approval and funds transfer and are securely held.

We may not be able to provide our products or services, or make offers to you without your personal information.

In addition we collect personal information relating to:

our dealers, agents, suppliers and their employees. This information is collected for business-related purposes but contains some limited personal information contact details of the people that we deal with;
people who correspond with us, including through our website, in which case we may keep a copy of that correspondence and relevant contact details;
job applicants: employment and academic histories, the names of their referees and, in some cases, limited health information based on testing undertaken by or for us. We will collect this information directly, from organisations that provide recruitment related services to us, and from third parties who provide job applicants with professional or personal references.

When you visit our websites we collect information using cookies, server logs and Google Analytics. When you visit our sites to read, browse or download information, our system will record/log your IP address (the address which identifies your computer on the internet and which is automatically recognised by our web server), date and time of your visit to our site, the pages viewed and any information downloaded. This information will only be used for the purpose of site analysis and to help us offer you improved online service. We may automatically collect non-personal information about you such as the type of internet browsers you use or the site from which you linked to our websites. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on our Web Sites.

Our site may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or policies of those sites and recommend that you review their privacy policies.

3. HOW WE COLLECT AND HOLD PERSONAL INFORMATION

EVOL LNG collects personal information in a number of ways from individual persons in different situations. In particular, personal information is collected from people in the following situations by EVOL LNG when:

web-site users fill out an on-line registration form or send an e-mail;
people fill out a credit application form and or a guarantee and indemnity form;
people call a customer service centre; or
people enter into a supply agreement or fill out an order form for goods or services (whether through or websites or otherwise).

Where it is reasonable and practicable to do so, we collect your personal information directly from you when you correspond or register your details with us, enter into arrangements with us, or provide feedback to us. Depending on the nature of our interaction with you, we may collect personal information from third parties – for instance, we may collect information from third parties that we disclose information to (eg. transportation contractors). We will also, from time to time, collect personal information from our related companies and credit reporting bodies.

Where you provide us with personal information about someone else you must have their consent to provide their personal information to us based on this Privacy Policy.

We hold personal information electronically and, in some cases, hard copy form, both at our own secure premises and with the assistance of our service providers. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information that we hold is protected from loss, misuse, unauthorised access by ensuring that this information is held on secure servers in controlled facilities and that information stored within our computer systems can only be accessed by those entrusted with authority and computer network password sanctions.

4. WHY WE COLLECT, HOLD AND USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use personal information for the primary purpose for which it is collected (eg. provision of our services, including administration of our services), or for purposes related to the primary purpose where it would reasonably be expected that we would use the information in such a way, or in other limited circumstances set out in the Privacy Act.

We collect, hold and use personal information to:

provide, deliver, source, administer, improve and personalise products or services to you and to process transactions, applications, credit applications, credit checks and collect monies owing to us;
administer your account;
better understand and evaluate the needs of our customers; develop new products and services and tell you about changes to our products and services,
conduct product and market research, personalise and improve our service and to provide offers that are of greater interest or benefit to you;
undertake and administer promotions, competitions, database compilation, analysis of trends and other marketing or promotional activities;
to communicate with customers and suppliers and to operate the customer service centre;
source products for sale, transport products and ensure our suppliers comply with our sourcing policies;
recruit and assess potential employees;
maintain and update our records;
enable third party service providers to provide us and our related companies with services such as information technology, credit checking and debt collection, marketing, auditing, legal advice, printing and mailing services;
investigate feedback and complaints;
correspond with people who have contacted us, and deal with feedback;
where required or permitted by law, or where we think it is required as part of an investigation, on health or safety grounds.

When we request your information we may give more specific details about the way we use or disclose your information.

5. WHY WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We do not disclose personal information to third parties unless we are permitted to do so by law or we have obtained consent to do so. We may disclose personal information for the primary purpose for which it is collected or for purposes related to the primary purpose where it would reasonably be expected that we would use the information in such a way. Also, we are permitted to disclose personal information in circumstances set out in the Privacy Act (including but not limited to disclosures to our related companies).

Third parties we may disclose personal information to include:

our related companies;
our service providers and professional advisors including IT service providers, auditors, legal advisors, print and mail houses, advertising agencies, transport contractors, marketing research advisers, credit reporting bodies, mercantile agents and debt collectors;
Financial institutions;
Regulatory or government agencies.

We take steps to ensure that our service providers are obliged to protect the privacy and security of personal information and use it only for the purpose for which it is disclosed.

The third parties to whom we disclose personal information will usually be located in Australia. Although we do not typically disclose information overseas we may use cloud computing solutions or data storage located overseas in which case information may be stored, under our control, on computer servers located outside of Australia.

6. CREDIT REPORTING AND CREDIT INFORMATION PRIVACY

The way in which we collect, hold, store and use credit-related information about you is similar to the ways in which we collect, hold, store and use other personal information. The types of credit-related information that we collect about you is detailed in sections 1 and 2 of this Policy, in addition, we may sometimes seek information about assets that you hold and (where you are a commercial customer) information about your business trading position and history. We will:

either collect that information from you directly, or we will obtain it through third parties or the credit reporting system as set out in section 3 of this Policy;
use that information for several purposes, including establishing your account with us to enable us to provide you with goods and services and collect monies owing to us; and
disclose that information for several purposes and to several people including legal advisors, print and mail houses, marketing research advisers, credit reporting bodies, mercantile agents and debt collectors.

We participate in the credit reporting system. If you apply for credit with us, we may request a credit report about you from a credit reporting body. These credit reports contain information about you which assists us to assess your application, including information about your credit history with other credit providers.

Credit reporting bodies can provide credit providers with credit reports in certain circumstances, including when an individual makes an application for credit, or when a credit provider is seeking to help an individual avoid defaulting on their credit. Credit reports are designed to assist credit providers to accurately assess an individual’s ability to repay credit.

To request a credit report, we will provide information to the credit reporting body that identifies you, as well as information about your application – including the type and amount of credit you are applying for.

We will often combine the information obtained from a credit reporting body with information that we already hold about you. For example, when we assess your application for credit, we may combine the information you provide on your application with the information contained in your credit report obtained from a credit reporting body to calculate a rating or score. This will determine whether you qualify for the credit you are applying for.

Some information about the credit you hold with us may be disclosed to a credit reporting body so it can be included in your credit report and shared with other credit providers that request a report from that credit reporting body.

We note that:

Credit reporting bodies may include the information in reports provided to credit providers to assist them to assess your credit worthiness;
If you believe (on reasonable grounds) that you have been, or are likely to be a victim of fraud , you have a right to request credit reporting bodies not to use or disclose your credit reports they hold about you. You can do this by contacting them directly. If you make such a request, a credit reporting body will not disclose information about you for 21 days. You can request an extension to this period if you believe you are still, or still likely to be, a victim of fraud;
you may request that credit reporting bodies not use your credit reporting information for the purposes of pre-screening for direct marketing by a credit provider.

The credit reporting body that we typically use is Veda (contact details and privacy policy available at www.veda.com.au).

7. ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND COMPLIANTS AND QUESTIONS

You can request access to your personal information held by us, or request that it be corrected, by contacting us at the address below. To ensure confidentiality, details of your personal information will be passed on to you only if we are satisfied that the information relates to you. A fee will not be charged for an access request, but you may be charged the reasonable expenses we incur (such as search and copying costs). If we refuse to provide you with access or correct the personal information held about you by us (in accordance with the Privacy Act), then we will provide reasons for such refusal.

If you have a question about our Privacy Policy or wish to make a complaint about the way we have collected, used, held or disclosed your personal information, please contact us at the address below. We may need to contact you for further details.

If you wish to make a formal complaint, please make your complaint in writing to our Privacy Officer. We will consider your complaint promptly and contact you to seek to resolve the matter. If we have not responded to you within a reasonable time or if your concerns are not resolved to your satisfaction, you are entitled under the Privacy Act to make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Contact:

EVOL LNG Privacy Officer
Wesfarmers LNG Pty Ltd
Building 161, Car Park 12, Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150
Telephone: (08) 9312 9382
Email: privacy@evollng.com.au

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Website: www.oaic.gov.au
Phone: 1300 363 992.
Last updated: March 2014
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