Women's Real Estate Network

Privacy Policy

The Women's Real Estate Network is committed to protecting the privacy of all its clients, members and subscribers who utilise our services. In order to ensure that we are consistent in this approach, the Women's Real Estate Network has adopted a Privacy Policy to comply with the National Privacy Principles contained within the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000.

The Women's Real Estate Network is a networking group for women working within the real estate and associated industries and takes its obligations under the Privacy Act seriously. This policy is written to ensure that we respect and keep safe all the personal information you may provide to the Women's Real Estate Network in any transaction you have with us.

We only collect information from you that is necessary for what we do. For example, when you subscribe to or join our network we will ask for your name, address and personal contact details so that we can provide quality services including keeping you updated on industry related issues. We may use the information you provide to us to help improve the services we offer and to measure the interest shown in our services.

The Women's Real Estate Network undertakes to only collect information by lawful and fair means. This means we will never be unreasonably intrusive. The Women's Real Estate Network monitors our web site client, member and subscriber usage. This enables us to make improvements to our site and provide better on-line services to our members.

The Women's Real Estate Network will provide all clients, members and subscribers with the opportunity to "opt-out" of receiving promotional material either electronically or in hard copy.

Personal information is collected for the purpose of responding to your web enquiries; sending our promotional material on services, conferences and other functions and; processing of payments. The Women's Real Estate Network does not provide personal details on any individual clients, members or subscribers to any other commercial organisation outside of the following exception: if you attend one of our networking functions and supply your business card for entry into a sponsor's prize draw, we may provide the information supplied on your business card to these sponsors.

The Women's Real Estate Network endeavours to ensure that all data collected is accurate and well maintained. Any client, member or subscriber who has furnished personal details to the Women's Real Estate Network will have the right to seek out the information we hold on them. The Women's Real Estate Network undertakes to respond to any client, member or subscriber enquiry regarding what information we hold, how we use it and where or how it is disclosed.

Anyone who has provided personal information to the Women's Real Estate Network may access this information and issue corrections if necessary. The Women's Real Estate Network undertakes to ensure that any amendments to information are actioned in a timely and efficient manner. In most cases, you will be asked to verify your identity prior to personal information being disclosed. This ensures that information is only provided to the correct person and that the privacy of others is not undermined.

All requests for information will be dealt with in a confidential manner and requests for access will in no way effect any commercial arrangements that may be in place between yourself and the Women's Real Estate Network.

Our aim is to ensure that we treat all personal information with respect and care. However, should you have a complaint that relates to how we have collected or used the information you have provided on yourself, we would like the opportunity to remedy the problem. Should you have a complaint, please address it to the Director, Women's Real Estate Network PO Box 9284, Wynnum Plaza, Q4178. In the unlikely event that the matter cannot be resolved between the Women's Real Estate Network and an individual, then the matter should be referred to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner.


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