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Thomas Noble & Russell has a commitment to respecting your privacy and complying with the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 (Cth) ("The Act") and the National Privacy Principles ("NPPs").
As a chartered accounting firm, Thomas Noble & Russell collects and holds a large range of highly sensitive personal and commercial information. For these reasons, Thomas Noble & Russell places a high priority on the security of information held by our firm. We have developed this policy to inform you how we manage your personal information to maintain its integrity and security.
To comply with our obligations under the NPPs, we have developed a Privacy Policy that sets out how we manage privacy in our organisation.
Privacy and Confidentiality
As responsible corporate citizens, we appreciate the importance of confidentiality. This part of the obligation remains unchanged by this privacy policy. This privacy policy deals with your additional right to privacy and is independent to our contractual and ethical obligations.
Who is Thomas Noble & Russell
Thomas Noble & Russell is a business consulting and chartered accounting firm in New South Wales.
Collection
Thomas Noble & Russell collects personal information in order to conduct our business, to provide and market our services and to comply with our legal obligations.
The type of personal information that TNR collects and holds includes, but is not limited to, name, address, contact details, date of birth, occupation, financial information and other information which assist us in conducting our business, providing and marketing our services and complying with our legal obligations.
Use and Disclosure
We will only use and disclose your personal information for the primary purpose for which it is collected, for a secondary purpose which is related to the primary purpose, where that relationship is reasonably expected and in other circumstances authorised by the Act. We collect, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
- To conduct our business;
- To provide services and products to you;
- To market our services and products;
- To communicate with you;
- To purchase from you;
- To comply with our legal obligations; and
- To help us manage and improve our services.
We will only disclose your personal information to:
- Other companies or individuals who assist us in providing services or who perform functions on our behalf;
- Entities associated with Thomas Noble & Russell; and
- Anyone else to whom you authorise us to disclose it.
How will we keep your personal information secure?
Thomas Noble & Russell will take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information it holds. Our staff are required to respect the confidentiality of personal information and the privacy of individuals. We take reasonable steps to protect against the loss, misuse and/or alteration of the personal information under our control, e.g. by the use of physical security, information destruction devices and the restriction of access to and the modification of electronic records.
Where we no longer require your personal information for a permitted purpose under the Act, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify the information.
Accessing and Correcting your Personal Information
Subject to the exceptions set out in the Act, you may gain access to the personal information we hold about you. Please contact our Privacy Officer to ask for information. You will be required to verify your identity and specify the information that you require. We will not charge you to respond to such a request, unless we incur costs in providing the information. If a fee is to be charged, we will attempt to advise you of the likely cost in advance. We will make all efforts to ensure that personal information that we hold is accurate, complete and up-to-date. We encourage you to contact us in order to update any personal information we hold about you. Please contact your regular TNR representative in the first instance.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or privacy related issues, contact our Privacy Officer on 02 6621 8544.
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