Privacy Policy
1 Overview
In this Privacy Policy, ‘Us’ ‘We’ or ‘Our’ means Dugong Resort and Our related bodies corporate, and ‘You’ and ‘Your’ means anyone using the Dugong Resort portals, apps, websites and other services (collectively, ‘Dugong Resort Services’). We are committed to respecting Your privacy. Our Privacy Policy sets outs out how We collect, use, store and disclose Your personal information and forms part of the Terms and Conditions of using Dugong Resort. Personal information includes information about an individual that is reasonably identifiable including, for example, Your name, age, gender, contact details, financial, health and/or medical information.
We are obliged to act in accordance with all applicable laws and privacy legislation, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and subsequent amendments, which includes the Australian Privacy Principles and any current Australian Privacy Principle Code (collectively, ‘Privacy Act’). The Australian Privacy Principles set out how We must handle Your personal information during its collection, use and disclosure. This Privacy Policy is designed to comply with relevant privacy legislation and is specifically based on the Australian Privacy Principles and relevant guidance materials published by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
By providing personal information to Us or visiting or using the Dugong Resort Services, You consent to Our collection, use and disclosure of Your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us. We may change Our Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing changes to it on Our website. We encourage You to check Our website periodically to ensure that You are aware of Our current Privacy Policy.
2.0 Privacy Policy
2.1 What personal information do We collect?
Note: All references in this Privacy Policy to personal information include both personal and sensitive information as defined in the Privacy Act.
We may be able to provide some of the Dugong Resort Services to You without requiring You to identify yourself. For example, You may be able to send and receive certain Information or information without having to reveal any of Your personal information. However, by their nature most of the Dugong Resort Services usually require You to disclose Your personal information before We can provide You with any product or service.
We may collect the following types of personal information from You when You use any of the Dugong Resort Services:
Name
email address
telephone number(s)
other contact details
your device ID, device type, geo-location information, computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data, IP address and standard web log information
details of the items You have been browsing, including any additional information necessary to deliver that content and respond to Your enquiries;
any additional information relating to You that You provide to Us directly through the Dugong Resort websites;
information You provide to Us through customer surveys; and/or
any other personal information that may be required in order to facilitate Your dealings with us.
In addition to disclosing Your personal information to enable Us to provide the Dugong Resort content to You, by its nature the Dugong Resort website enables You to send and receive data, documents, information and related meta data (collectively, ‘Information’) that may contain personal and sensitive data including email addresses.
The Dugong Resort Services collect and store Information containing personal and sensitive information with Your consent, in limited situations which the law allows. We may collect and store these types of personal information either directly from You, or from external sources (see below).
If You disclose to Us the personal information of any third party, You must first obtain their consent to Your disclosure and to Our processing of that third party’s personal information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. This includes uploading and collecting Information that contains personal information, in respect of which Information We are only acting as a processor and will process and store such Information in accordance with Your instructions. You will remain the controller of that Information.
2.2 External sources of information
We will not collect Your personal information from external sources.
2.3 Notification
We will take reasonable steps to inform You that We have collected Your personal information, unless:
it is not reasonable to do so;
it is apparent from the circumstances that You are aware of the collection; and/or
you would expect Us to have the information.
2.4 Why do We collect, use and disclose personal information?
We may collect, hold, use and disclose Your personal information for the following purposes:
to enable You to access and use the Dugong Resort website;
to assist with Your application for any product or service You wish to apply for;
to enable the administration of Our products and services which includes responding to Your enquiries, requests for information and managing claims or complaints;
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 operate, protect, improve and optimise the Dugong Resort website, Our business and Our users’ experience, such as to perform analytics, conduct research and for advertising and marketing;
to send You service, support and administrative messages, reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and information requested by You;
to send You marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to You, including information sent by, or on behalf of, Our business partners that We think You may find interesting;
to administer rewards, surveys, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by Us or Our business partners; and/or
to consider Your employment application.
We may also disclose Your personal information to a trusted third party who also holds other information about You. This third party may combine that information in order to enable it and Us to develop anonymised consumer insights so that We can better understand Your preferences and interests, personalise Your experience and enhance the products and services that You receive.
2.5 Do We use Your personal information for direct marketing?
We and/or Our carefully selected business partners may send You direct marketing communications and information about the Dugong Resort Services. This may take the form of emails, SMS, mail or other forms of communication, in accordance with the Spam Act and the Privacy Act. You may opt-out of receiving marketing materials from Us by contacting Us using the details set out below or by using the opt-out facilities provided (eg an unsubscribe link). In the event You opt out of receiving direct marketing communications, We may still communicate with You regarding any existing Dugong Resort Services that You are using in order to provide what You have requested, update You as to pricing or other relevant issues.
2.6 To whom do We disclose Your personal information?
We may disclose Your personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy to:
any entity, including government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies, as required, authorised or permitted by law or a court order;
any person, entity or platform provider authorised by You or acting on Your behalf including, without limitation, Your financial institution, legal, conveyancing, financial or other adviser, hospital, medical practitioner, health services provider, accountant, trustee, administrator, employer, guardian, attorney, agent, or other professional services provider;
our employees and related bodies corporate;
third party suppliers and service providers (including providers for the operation of the Dugong Resort Services and/or Our business or in connection with providing any products and services to You);
professional advisers, dealers and agents;
our sponsors or promoters of any competition that We conduct via the Dugong Resort Services; and/or
anyone to whom Our assets or businesses (or any part of them) are transferred.
2.7 Disclosure of personal information outside Australia
Unless otherwise made clear, all Your Information and personal information is stored and managed on servers located in Australia. We will not, without Your express consent, disclose Your personal information outside of Australia to third party suppliers, cloud storage and service providers located in other countries. In the event that You provide Your consent to the disclosure of Your personal information outside of Australia We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such personal information in a way that is consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles, but You hereby acknowledge and agree that We may not be able to ensure that overseas recipients handle that personal information in compliance with Australian Privacy Law.
2.8 Using Our website and cookies
We may collect personal information about You when You use and access the Dugong Resort Services. While We do not use browsing information to identify You personally, We may record certain information about Your use of Our website, such as which pages You visit, the time and date of Your visit and the internet protocol address assigned to Your computer. We may also use ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies on Our website that help Us track Your website usage and remember Your preferences. Cookies are small files that store information on Your computer, TV, mobile phone or other device. They enable the entity that put the cookie on Your device to recognise You across different websites, services, devices and/or browsing sessions. You can disable cookies through Your internet browser but Our websites may not work as intended if You do so. We may also use cookies to enable Us to collect data that may include personal information. For example, where a cookie is linked to Your account, it will be considered personal information under the Privacy Act. We will handle any personal information collected by cookies in the same way that We handle all other personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
2.9 Security
We may hold Your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form. We take reasonable steps to protect Your personal information from misuse, interference and loss, as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure and We use a number of physical, administrative, personnel and technical measures to protect Your personal information. However, We cannot guarantee the security of Your personal information. We have processes in place to identify, manage and remediate privacy and data breaches in accordance with Our obligations under applicable law, including the notifiable data breach regulations. We educate Our staff about Our obligations to protect Your personal information and impose contractual obligations of confidentiality and strict controls over their access to any personal data. We will co-operate with Our customers, agents, and partners to promptly notify them of any privacy and data breaches in cases where there is a likelihood of a real risk of serious harm given the circumstances of the breach.
2.10 Links
The Dugong Resort Services may contain links to other websites or services operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, We are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites or services, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites or services. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites or services may differ substantially from Our Privacy Policy, so We encourage individuals to read them before using those websites or services.
2.11 Accessing or correcting Your personal information
You can access the personal information We hold about You by contacting Us using the Contact Us section of Our website or similar function. Your access to Your personal information is subject to some exceptions permitted by applicable law, including any situation in which We reasonably believe that:
providing access would pose a serious threat to the life, health or safety of You or any other person;
access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of any other person;
the information is protected from disclosure by applicable law;
release of the information would be prejudicial to Us in relation to a legal or administrative dispute or complaint; or
the information is protected by confidentiality obligations or is Our intellectual property and disclosure would be contrary to Our legal or commercial interests.
If We refuse to provide You with access to Your personal information We will, if reasonable to do so, provide You with a written explanation outlining the reasons for Our refusal. The explanation will also outline the steps available to You to complain about Our refusal. We may also need to verify Your identity when You request Your personal information. If You think that any personal information We hold about You is inaccurate, please contact Us and We will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
2.12 Making a complaint
If You think We have breached the Privacy Act, or You wish to make a complaint about the way We have handled Your personal information, You can contact Us at info@dugongresort.com or via the Contact Us function on Our website. Please include Your name, email address and/or telephone number and clearly describe Your complaint. We will handle Your complaint in accordance with our IDR Policy. If You think that We have failed to resolve Your complaint satisfactorily, We will provide You with information about further steps You can take, including escalating the complaint to the appropriate external dispute resolution body. In cases of privacy related complaints, this is generally the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). There is specific information about the OAIC complaints and investigation process on the OAIC website at http://www.oaic.gov.au/ and contact details are:
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
Email: enquiries@oaic.gov.au
Phone: 1300 363 992
Address: GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW
2.13 Contact
For further information about Our Privacy Policy or practices, or to access or correct Your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact Us using the details set out below:
Privacy Manager
Dugong Resort
Email: info@dugongresort.com
Phone: +61 2 92146777
Address: Level 2, 6 The Corso, Manly NSW 2095
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