Privacy Policy

businessbuysell.com.au is a registered business in Queensland BN 19978066 and is a wholly owned entity of Transfers Pty Ltd ABN 39 120 057 782 and this statement sets out the policies on collecting and handling personal information. Transfers Pty Ltd is in the business of connecting buyers and sellers of businesses through the internet and we consider our relationship with our customers as our most valuable asset.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all the individuals we deal with and by submitting your information; you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy, we will post the changes on this page, so that you may be aware at all times of the information we collect and how we use it, continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

Your personal information

We need to collect certain personal information from you in order for you to register as a seller of your business. If you do not send us the information we require, we will not be able to accept your listing. We do not sell or disclose your information to any third parties. Personal information held by Transfers Pty Ltd may include your name, date of birth, current and previous addresses, telephone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, bank account or credit card details, occupation and driver's licence number.

Occasionally, you may need to provide personal information about other individuals to Transfers Pty Ltd (e.g. about your authorised representatives). If so, we rely on you to inform those individuals that you are providing their personal information to us and advise them that we can be contacted for further information. Personal information is collected by Transfers Pty Ltd to enable us to provide you with the products and services you have requested and to assist us improve our products and services.

How we collect information

Personal information may be collected directly from you such as through an application submitted online, by email, by mail or by phone for products or services. Indirectly from you such as through monitoring your usage of products and services, (e.g. the collection of information of your usage of our website including through cookies), or third parties such as credit reporting agencies, your representatives, or consumers.

How we use your personal information

Your personal information may be used in order to:

• Provide the products and services you require, including advertising on the internet;
• Administer and manage those products and services, including charging, billing and collecting debts;
• Inform you of ways the products and services provided to you could be improved;
• Conduct appropriate checks for credit-worthiness and for fraud;
• Market research and developing our products and services;
• Gain an understanding of your needs in order for us to provide you with a better service;
• Maintain and develop our business systems and infrastructure, including testing and upgrading of these systems;
• To allow us to identify our customers via usernames and passwords and to interpret customers' pre-stored attributes and parameters for using features and functions of the website and
• Comply with any laws.

Transfers Pty Ltd provides products and services via our website and when you visit our site, our web servers record anonymous information such as the time, date, and URL of the request. This information assists us to improve the structure of our websites and monitor their performance.

Transfers Pty Ltd may use cookies on its website; cookies are an industry standard and most major websites use them. A cookie is a small text file that our websites may place on your computer. Usually, cookies are used as a means for our website to remember your preferences. As such, cookies are designed to improve your experience of our website.

In some cases, cookies may collect and store personal information about you and Transfers Pty Ltd extends the same privacy protection to your personal information, whether gathered via cookies or from other sources. Most internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies; however, you can adjust your Internet browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas of our websites or take advantage of the improved website experience that cookies offer.

Transfers Pty Ltd also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. IP addresses are assigned to computers on the internet to uniquely identify them within the global network. Transfers Pty Ltd collects and manages IP addresses as part of the service of providing internet session management and for security purposes.

When we disclose your personal information

For the purposes set out above, we may disclose your personal information to organisations outside Transfers Pty Ltd. These organisations include:

• Third party organisations engaged to enable us to provide or manage the services we provide to you, such as customer enquiries and database maintenance, mailing systems, billing and debt-recovery functions, information technology services, marketing, telemarketing and door-knocking services, market research, and website usage analysis;
• Your authorised representatives or legal advisors;
• Credit reporting and fraud checking agencies;
• Credit providers for credit related purpose such as creditworthiness, credit rating, credit provision and financing;
• Government and regulatory authorities as required by law;
• Our professional advisors including our accountants, auditors, and lawyers, and
• Organisations involved in a transfer/sale of all or part of our assets or business (including accounts and trade receivables) or managing our corporate risk and funding functions (e.g. securitisation).
• Transfers Pty Ltd takes reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information.

Third party sites

You may click-through to third party sites from our site, in which case we recommend that you refer to the privacy statement of the sites you visit Transfers Pty Ltd assumes no responsibility for information and content of third party sites.

You can access your personal information

You have a right to access your personal information, subject to some exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please let us know. You may be required to put your request in writing for security reasons.

Help us to ensure we hold accurate information

Transfers Pty Ltd takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal information we collect and disclose is accurate, complete, and up-to-date. However, the accuracy of that information relies largely on the information you provide. We recommend that you:

• Let us know if there are any errors in your personal information, and
• Keep us up to date with changes to personal information, by contacting us.

Further information

Further information on privacy is available at the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner website.