This Privacy Policy has been adopted by APLINK Group Pty Ltd. Australia
Business Number 92628675221 trading as APLINK Group Pty Ltd. (“APL”,
“we” or “us”) and applies to APL’s handling of personal information. You should
review this Privacy Policy prior to providing us with any personal information.
APL provides and maintains an online directory of businesses trading
within, and information relevant to, the caravan and camping industry. We also
operate social media groups providing an opportunity for group members to share
information relevant to the industry and those interested in it, as well as a
buy / swap / sell group to provide an opportunity for group members to buy,
swap or sell their caravan and camping goods.
APL deals with personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988
(Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles, and to the extent applicable, with
the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
By visiting or using the website located at https://www.aplinkgroup.com/ (“the
Website”), becoming a member of any group on any social media platform that APL
operates, making any purchase from APL or otherwise providing APL with your
personal information for any purpose and by any means, you agree to APL dealing
with your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as may
be varied from time to time, and you hereby acknowledge and consent to APL
collecting, using, storing, and disclosing your personal information as set out
herein.
1. Collection of Personal Information
The types of personal information that APL collects directly from you will
depend on the nature of your dealings with us. We only collect the personal
information that we need to operate the APL business. We may collect your
personal information directly from you via email, by post, by phone, in person,
at shows or events, through the Website (including through providers of
software on the Website) and via our social media accounts.
We may also collect your personal information from other parties if that party
has purchased products for you or has invited you to participate in promotions.
If you provide us with any information relating to a third party, you warrant
to us that you have the right to authorise us to process that information in
accordance with this Privacy Policy.
The following table sets out the personal information we may collect from you
when you deal with us in certain ways and why we need to collect it:
Circumstances
when we might collect personal information from you / how we collect it:
1. When you subscribe to be part of our mailing list
2. When you enter a promotion advertised by APL
3. When you advertise in the APL Directory or on the Website and / or social
media accounts
4. When you purchase a product from us
5. When you create an account on the forum on the Website
6. When you send products to third parties.
7. When you apply for employment or a contractor position with APL
What we might
collect:
1.Your full name and email address
This will depend on the purpose of the promotion and the information we
collect, and what we intend to do with it, which will be set out in the full
terms and conditions for the promotion and made available to you on our social
media accounts and / or the Website.
Your full name, your position title, your business name, your email address,
your address, contact phone number, your social media account handles, your
website domain name, and your credit card details.
Your full name, your email address, your postal address, contact phone number,
and your credit card details.
Your name, email address, gender, contact phone number and your created
username and password
Your name, address, email address and phone number and the information you
provide about those third-parties, such as their name, postal address, email
address and phone number.
Why we need to
collect it
To send you our emails (including our marketing emails) or brochures.
To administer the promotion.
To process payments and to list your advertisements in the APL Directory and /
or social media accounts.
To process your order and for anti-fraud purposes.
To create your account and to maintain the forum on our website.
To fulfill your requests, provide the relevant product, or for anti-fraud
purposes.
To maintain our employee and contractor records and to process payments to
them.
2. Use of Personal Information
The particular purpose for which we collect personal information will either be
explained when we collect that information, is set out in this Privacy Policy
or will be obvious from the context in which it is collected.
In addition to the ways in which we use your personal information in certain
circumstances as set out above, we may also use the personal information we
collect from you in the following ways:
A. To notify you of upcoming shows and events relevant to the caravan and
camping industry.
B. To send you any special offers or promotions available from us or those who
advertise with us.
C. To send important notices, such as communications about purchases, and
changes to our terms, conditions and policies.
D. To help us create, develop, operate, deliver and improve our products,
services, content and advertising, and for loss prevention and anti-fraud
purposes.
E. For internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to
improve APL’s products, services and customer communications.
F. For account and network security purposes.
We will only use personal information for the particular purpose we collected
it for, or for other purposes that are directly related to that purpose. If we
want to use personal information for any other purpose we will obtain your
consent.
3. Disclosure of Personal Information
APL may disclose your personal information to third parties if required by law,
if necessary to report a data breach, or otherwise permitted under the Privacy
Act or other local laws. We may also disclose your personal information to
enforce any of our terms and conditions or to comply with or enforce other
commercial agreements of which we are a party, or to protect our rights or
property.
We may disclose personal information to external service providers who help us
operate or protect our business, for example, IT consultants, software as a
service providers, insurance advisors, independent contractors, lawyers,
accountants and other professional advisors. When APL engages external service
providers, we require those contractors to comply with contractual privacy
obligations that reflect APL’s own privacy obligations.
In the event of a re-organisation, merger or sale, we may transfer any and all
personal information we collect to the relevant third party on a confidential
basis for them to use in the same way that we use that information.
We may also exchange your personal information with third parties for the
purpose of fraud protection.
APL does not rent or sell personal information in its usual course of business.
Your personal information may de-identified and aggregated with other
information to use or disclose the anonymous data.
4. Storage and
security of Personal Information
APL uses Marketplacer’s software as a service (SaaS) to supply and operate its
online marketplace on the Website, which includes the collection, storage and
usage of personal information by both Marketplacer and APL. When APL you create
an account through the Website, purchase goods from APL, advertise on the
Website, or otherwise provide us with your personal information through the
Website, your personal information may also be provided to, stored by, and used
by Marketplacer in accordance with Marketplacer’s Privacy Policy.
Marketplacer may disclose your personal information to companies associated
with them who are located overseas, as set out in the Marketplacer Privacy
Policy. APL does not otherwise disclose your personal information to overseas
recipients.
Personal information provided to APL is stored securely using reasonable
security measures. APL employees and contractors who have a need to access
personal information held by APL. APL employs individuals based in Australia
and retains Australian based contractors and service providers.
When providing
us with your personal information:
You understand and acknowledge that APL utilises the Marketplacer software as a
service (SaaS) on the Website; and
You consent to your personal information being collected, used, disclosed and
stored as set out in the Marketplacer Privacy Policy and agree to abide by
their relevant website terms and conditions.
5. Access,
correction and retention of Personal Information
You have the right to seek access to the records of personal information that APL
holds about you. You also have the right to ask us to correct your personal
information where it is not otherwise correctly recorded.
If you wish to access the personal information that we hold about you, please
set out your request in writing, and send it to us using the contact details
set out at the end of this Privacy Policy.
We will retain your personal information for the shortest period necessary to
fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention
period is required by law.
If you are based in the European Union, you also have the right, under certain conditions:
A. to request that we erase your personal data;
B. to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data;
C. to object to us processing your personal data; and
D. to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another
organisation, or directly to you.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please send that request to us in
writing using the contact details at the end of this Privacy Policy.
6. Management of
privacy online
In general, you can visit the Website without telling us who you are or
revealing any personal information about yourself. There are however times when
we may need to collect personal information from you. For instance, if you
purchase any goods from us, wish to advertise with us, or wish to create an
account on the Website forum, we will need to collect some personal information
from you. At the time of collection, we will seek your permission to send you
further electronic communications, and for your personal information to be
stored in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If at any time after submitting your personal information to us, you would no
longer like to receive information from us, simply “unsubscribe” using the link
the end of the email you receive from us, or contact us using the contact
details at the end of this Privacy Policy.
The Website contains links to third-party websites (such as those who advertise
with us). Information collected by third parties, which may include such things
as location data or contact details, is governed by their privacy practices and
not ours. You should review those policies prior to providing any personal
information via those third-party websites.
We may from time to time use cookies on the Website to measure your use of the
Website and to improve the Website functionality.
Whilst most internet browsers are set to accept cookies, you can set your
internet browser to reject cookies, or to notify you when they are being used.
If you reject cookies, you may limit the functionality of the Website when you
access it.
A Facebook pixel is installed on the Website and captures your use of the
Website for Facebook ad retargeting purposes. We may from time to time use
other pixels and tags for remarketing purposes.
By continuing to use the Website, you consent to our use of cookies and pixels
as set out herein.
If you create any accounts through the Website, you must take all reasonable
steps to create secure passwords and login information and to protect that
information from unauthorised use.
7. Complaints
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to make a
complaint about how APL has handled the personal information we hold about you,
please send us an email to info@aplinkgroup.com out the details of your
question or complaint.
Any complaint will be investigated and the outcome of that investigation
communicated to you within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with the outcome
or the handling of the complaint by us, you can contact the Office of the
Australian Information Commissioner by by sending an email to amia@aplinkgroup.com
APL periodically reviews this Privacy Policy and reserves the right, at its
absolute discretion, to modify or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any
time by publishing revised versions on the Website.