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Big Box Self Storage Privacy Policy

Big Box Self Storage is committed to uphold the 10 National Privacy Principles (NPP’s) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth).

Full details of the National Privacy Principles can be found at www.privacy.gov.au

We believe an individual’s right to keep their personal information private is very important. We are committed to protecting and maintaining the privacy, accuracy and security of your personal and financial information.

How we collect your information

We need to collect and use your personal information to provide you with storage. We will only collect information relevant to our business relationship with you.

The information we collect will include your contact details; personal details such as name, address, phone numbers; email address; information about your use of our products and services; and in some instances where requested by you, your financial information including credit card details. We do not collect sensitive information from you (as defined in the Act) without your consent or unless authorised by law.

How we use your information

We will limit the use of your personal information to:

Carrying out business which includes your account management and our product research and analysis
Fulfilling our legal requirements (for example, disclosure to law enforcement agencies or the courts)
Recommending to you, or providing you with information about our products and services. However, you can notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive these offers.

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Who will use your information

We will not share, sell or trade your personal information to any non-related Big Box Self Storage company or person.

We may disclose any information we have about you including your personal information to the following:

In fulfilling our legal requirements we may disclose your information to law inforcement agencies including the police, government departments, investigators, and any person who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the facility a legal or equitable interest in the goods stored; liquidators, administrators or persons appointed to administer the storers financial affairs; debt collection services; your alternative contact person; or agents for the aforementioned.
You have a right to access most personal information we hold about you as required under the Act. This right is subject to some exceptions, for example, you may not obtain access to information relating to existing or anticipated legal proceedings.
You can request access to your information by contacting our Privacy Officer - telephone 1800 244 269
Your request will be acknowledged within 14 days and access arranged.

You make the following authorisation regarding your alternative contact person:

That you have the right to disclose information about them including their personal information.
That you will inform them that you have made this disclosure.
That the facility may use this information as we would personal information collected about you the storer.
That they may access and correct the information held by us in the same manner you, the storer, may correct your personal information.

Your information is secure

We will ensure your personal information is kept secure and confidential.

Only authorised employees of Big Box Self Storage or its related entities will have access to your personal information
We will not retain any information for any longer that it is required by us to fulfil our legal obligations.

Accuracy

If you think that any information we hold about you is inaccurate please contact us and we will, with your help, keep you personal information accurate and up to date.

Big Box Self Storage Privacy on the Internet

We understand that when accessing our website or interacting with us online, the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information is important to you. Big Box Self Storage is committed to safeguarding the personal and financial information you provide to us.

How we collect and capture information

We generally only collect personal information from this website when it is provided voluntarily by you – for example when you fill in a form requesting information about our products or services or supply us with your email address.

When you visit our website, our Internet Service Provider (ISP) makes a record of your visit and records the following information:

Your internet address
Your domain name if applicable and
The time and date of your visit

Technology called cookies is used when you visit our website. Cookies are small pieces of information that can be stored on your hard drive (persistent cookies) or in memory (session cookies). We currently make limited use of cookies on this website.

Most Internet browsers are set up to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may be able to change the settings of your browser to refuse cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your computer, giving you the choice whether to accept it or not.

When you apply for general or storage information on line we may request personal information such as your name, address, email address, phone numbers and details applying to your particular request. We will tell you how we use the information we collect, and how you can access the information if we have retained it.

Security

We use a variety of physical and electronic security measures to secure information. These include:

Restricting access to our offices to only authorised personnel
Firewall and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.

The Internet is not a secure environment. If you use the Internet to send us any information, including your email address, it is sent at your own risk.

Permission to contact you

You can choose not to receive further emails from us by simply advising us at jdoyle@bigboxselfstorage.com.au

Changes to our policy

Any changes to our privacy policy will be flagged on our web site www.bigboxselfstorage.com.au and at each location.

For more information please contact our Privacy Officer on:

Telephone 1800 244 269
E-mail to jdoyle@bigboxselfstorage.com.au

Or mail to:
Privacy Officer
Big Box Self Storage
P.O. Box 788
Ingleburn NSW 1890

Date of Issue: 30th June 2005
Updated: 12th September 2008