Privacy Policy

Introduction 

The protection of private and confidential information is fundamental to Blacktown Real Estate.

Blacktown Real Estate committed to safeguarding personal information it holds on behalf of its customers and third parties and is required to do so in accordance with the requirements of the National Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988.

This privacy Policy outlines how personal information is handled (including the collection, storage, access and use of personal information) by Blacktown Real Estate website at www.blacktownrealestate.com.au and applies to use of the website.

By using the website, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy.

Our privacy statement 

All personal information collected by the website is covered by the Privacy Act. Your personal information will be used for the purposes of which you have provided it. We will only record your email address if you join our mailing list or send us an email message, Your email address will be added to our mailing list, You can send an email to us to request the removal of your email address if you join our mailing list at any time. We will not use your personal information for any other purpose or disclose it to another person except where it is necessary for the performance of our functions, or where otherwise authorised or required by law or with consent. Blacktown Real Estate does not warrant the security of any information supplied to Blacktown Real Estate through the website. While Blacktown Real Estate will take all reasonable steps to ensure that its electronic data is transferred and stored securely, Blacktown Real Estate does not warrant any further information supplied through the website is safe in all events and unauthorised access.

Collection of data

When you access the website, our server makes a record of your visit and logs the following information:

• The user's server address
• The user's top level domain name 
• The date and time of visit to the site
• The pages accessed and documents downloaded from the site
• The type of browser used

The data listed above is collected for the following purposes:

• Website and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches
• Enhancement of the website to the user's needs
• Research the development 

No attempt will identify users of their browsing activities, except the unlikely event of an investigation, where the law enforcement agency may exercise its authority to inspect the internet service provider's logs.

The information collected from you will be accessed only by authorised staff or agents of Blacktown Real Estate for the purposes described above. In addition, our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.

We will endeavor to take all reasonable steps to keep any information that we hold about you accurate and up to date. If at any time you discover that information help about you id incorrect or if you otherwise wish to review or correct that information, please contact us.

Cookies 

 As part of its functionality, the website uses "cookies". A "cookie" is a small amount if electronic data that is often used by a "host computer" (for example; the computer on which the website is hosted) and a "local computer" (that is the computer that you use to browse the website) to communicate information back and forth. Cookies may be used by the website in order to obtain statistical data. No personal information will be collected via the use of cookies.

If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature. However, you should note that cookies may be necessary to provide you with some feature of our online services.

Changes to this statement 

Changes may be made from time to time, without notice, to this Privacy Policy as required when new policies or services are introduced.

For further information about privacy issues and the protection of privacy see the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website at http://www.privacy.gov.au.

How current is this privacy policy? 

This Privacy Policy was last updates on 26th September 2011.

Related legal information

Blacktown Real Estate directs users to the disclaimer in relation to use of the website.

Contact us

If you have any queries or comments concerning any aspect of this policy or our practices, you are welcome to contact Blacktown Real Estate on 02 9671 7888 or info@btcre.com.au