Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy sets out how we handle information about you.
Ironstate Pty Ltd (Ironstate) and its related bodies corporate (‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’) are committed to ensuring the confidentiality and security of your personal information. This Policy outlines why we need to collect personal information and how we manage the personal information we collect about individuals including customers and potential customers.
We may modify or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will display a notice on our website indicating when any such revisions have been made. We encourage you to check our website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
Unless you notify us otherwise, we will assume that you have consented to the collection of all information which is provided to us for use in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us.
2. Collection of personal information
We may collect the following types of personal information:
- name;
- mailing or street address;
- email address;
- telephone number and other contact details;
- age or date of birth;
- details of the investment products and services we have provided to you or that you have enquired about, including any additional information necessary to deliver those products and services and respond to your enquiries;
- any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly through mail or electronic mail ; or
- any other personal information that may be required in order to facilitate your dealings with us.
We may collect personal information from you when you:
- when you onboard with us as a client, we will collect the personal information you provide to us during the ordering process or in the course of your application
- communicate with us through correspondence, chats, email, or when you share information with us from other social applications, services or websites;
- visit our website;
- contact us by any method, such as telephone, email, post, facsimile or in person; or
- or otherwise as notified to you from time to time.
The personal information you provide to us may vary depending on the nature of your interaction with us, but may for example include your name, date of birth, contact details and any communications you send to us.
Where possible, we will allow you to interact with us anonymously or using a pseudonym. For example, if you contact us with a general enquiry, we will not ask for your name unless we need it to adequately handle your enquiry.
However, for most of our functions and activities we usually need your name and contact information.
3. Our Website
- device type;
- operating system;
- geo-location;
- the date and time of your visit;
- the parts of our website you access during your visit;
- your actions on our website; and
- the browser you are using.
In using our websites, your personal information may be collected through the use of cookies. These are small text files placed on your mobile device or computer by our websites which automatically collect information about you without you providing that information to us directly. Most browsers are set by default to accept cookies. However, if you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to either prompt you whether you wish to accept cookies on a particular site, or by default reject cookies.
Please note that rejecting cookies may mean that some or all of the functions on our website will not be available to you.
Sometimes our websites contain links to other websites that may be operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. When you access a website other than our websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of that site. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of each website you visit.
4. Using your personal information
- provide you with information in relation to the investment opportunities we provide;
- to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you;
- to conduct marketing activities and to conduct market research;
- to respond to your questions or suggestions;
- to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our users, and enforce our agreements with third parties;
- to improve the quality of our products or services; or
- to improve the quality of your visit to our Website.
You may opt out of receiving marketing information by notifying us accordingly, or by using any unsubscribe facility we provide for that purpose.
5. Sharing your personal information
We may disclose your personal information to other related entities within our corporate group in Australia for our own business purposes.
We may disclose information to third party contractors, who help us conduct our business. These third parties may be based in Australian or overseas. Where information is shared with these third parties, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that third parties observe the confidential nature of such information and are prohibited from using any or all of this information beyond what is necessary to assist us.
We may also disclose your personal information as permitted or required by law
6. Accessing and correcting your personal information
We will, on request, provide you with access to the information we hold about you, including for the purpose of correcting or updating that information, unless there is an exception to such disclosure which applies under relevant privacy legislation. If you require access to your personal information, please contact us via the contact details below. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons.
For most requests, your information will be provided free of charge, however, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request requires a substantial effort on our part.
If we refuse to provide you with access to the information, we will provide you with reasons for the refusal and inform you of any exceptions relied upon under the APPs (unless it would be unreasonable to do so).
We take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete, and up-to-date whenever we collect or use it. If the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete, irrelevant or out-of-date, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to either correct this information, or if necessary, discuss alternative action with you
7. Protecting your personal information
We are committed to protecting your personal information. We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from misuse, interference or loss, and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. This includes the use of technologies and processes such as access control procedures, network firewalls, encryption and physical security to protect the privacy of your personal information.
8. Change of policy
From time to time it may be necessary for Ironstate to review this statement. Ironstate reserves the right to change this Policy at any time without notification.
9. Links to Third Party Websites
The Ironstate website may have links to external third-party websites that may benefit the user. External websites should contain their own privacy statements and we recommend you review them when using their websites. Please note that third party websites are not covered by our Policy and these websites are not subject to our privacy standards and procedures.
10. Contact information
If you have any queries or complaints with regards to our collection, use or management of your personal information, please contact us at enquiries@ironstate.com.au.
If you make a complaint, we will endeavour to respond to it as soon as possible. If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right to make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by phoning 1300 363 992 or by email at enquiries@oaic.gov.au.