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Buyblitz.com Pty Ltd (ACN 120 200 222) (“Buyblitz”, “we” or “us”) and its related entities are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy and relevant laws. In particular, we will not sell your personal information to third parties, although in some circumstances we may share your information as described in Section 3 below. This Policy applies to personal information collected by us via the BuyBlitz.com Website.
If you do not accept this Privacy Policy and the applicable Terms of Use, then you should not register with us or sign up to any service available via our Website. In such case, you should immediately discontinue your use of our site. This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into and forms part of the Terms of Use.
PayPal, registered merchants and other third parties may require your personal information in order to supply goods or services advertised via the Buyblitz.com Website, in which case this Privacy Policy will not apply. We do not take any responsibility for personal information collected by any third party. You should contact such third party to inquire about its privacy policy.
If you are under the age of 18 you are not eligible to use the Buyblitz.com Website, so please do not submit any personal information via this site.
1. Information Buyblitz will collect
When registering with us you must provide us with the following personal information: your name, nickname (if any), addresses, email address, current phone number(s), credit card, and usernames and passwords for accessing the Buyblitz.com Website and offered services. If you do not provide the personal information requested, we may not be able to provide access to the Buyblitz.com Website or offer services to you.
We will also collect the IP address of your computer, to help us in detecting unauthorized transactions and to better manage Website traffic. Our system uses “cookies” (small data files placed and stored on your computer) to help manage your use of our site for the following purposes:
(a) recognizing you as a regular user, thereby avoiding the need to re-register each time you visit the Buyblitz.com Website and from re-entering your password if you move between different pages on the site and storing your preferences;
(b) reminding us of who you are in order to deliver you better service;
(c) estimating our audience size by determining repeat usage of the Website to help target advertisements based on user interests and behavior;
(d) tracking your progress; and
(e) measuring certain traffic patterns for use as a research tool to understand how our users’ habits are similar or different from one another.
You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. By not accepting cookies, some Website pages may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain information.
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes described in Section 2 below or for six (6) months, whichever is less. We operate servers secured using industry standard techniques such as encryption to process, store, and retain personal information. However, to the extent permitted by law we do not accept responsibility for the security of personal information transmitted over the internet, or the unauthorized access to or use of personal information.
The security of your information also relies on password protection. Do not disclose your password to anyone. We will never ask you to send your password or other sensitive information to us in an email or to enter it via any website other than one with an URL beginning with http://www.buyblitz.com.
2. Purposes for which Buyblitz will use personal information
Where practicable, we will identify the purposes for which we collect personal information at or before the time the information is collected (including via this Privacy Policy). We will use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed at the time of collection or as otherwise set out in this Privacy Policy, unless we have your consent to other use or such other use is authorized or required by law.
Generally, we collect personal information from you for the following purposes:
(a) to provide services to you, to promote and market our services to you and to improve those services;
(b) to enable merchants registered with us to provide goods and services to you and to promote and market their goods and services to you via Buyblitz.com (end users only);
(c) to maintain a commercial relationship with you and to communicate with you (which may include: provision of services, billing, collection, advertising, promotions and account verification);
(d) to identify your needs and/or preferences;
(e) to meet legal and regulatory requirements;
(f) to administer, maintain, manage and improve our business operations; and
(g) as otherwise required by law.
3. Sharing of personal information
We may disclose your personal information to:
(a) merchants registered with us for the provision of goods or services ordered by you from such merchants and promotion to you of goods or services that such merchants believe may be of interest to you;
(b) our legal, financial and other professional advisors;
(c) any person or company involved in the provision, development, operation, promotion, marketing or enhancement of the Buyblitz.com Website or other services;
(d) credit reporting and collections agencies;
(e) government authorities or other organizations;
(f) any person who, in our reasonable opinion, is your agent or legal representative;
(g) our third party contractors and affiliates for administrative purposes (for example, billing, marketing, telephone support etc.);
(h) any person or company involved in the protection against, monitoring of, investigation of or action against unauthorized or fraudulent transactions;
(i) other third parties upon receiving your consent, or as required by law.
We may also disclose your personal information in connection with a sale, transfer or reorganization of one or more of our or our related entities’ businesses.
You acknowledge and agree that disclosures by us may in some cases be to recipients outside of the United States.
We or our authorized third parties may track your usage of our Website. Our Website may provide hyperlinks to third party websites not controlled by us. We are not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these third party websites, and we expressly disclaim any and all liability related to such collection, use, or disclosure.
Except as provided above, we will not share any of your information with any third party without your permission.
4. Contact with you
We may use your email address to contact you from time to time in relation to your Buyblitz.com registration, to send notices required by law, to provide information regarding the Buyblitz.com Website or to investigate or resolve any complaint or suspicious transactions. We may also contact you by telephone for such purposes.
You will only receive promotional communications if you have elected to receive such communications. You can update your preferences at any time through the “Update My Details” link on Buyblitz.com.
5. Access to your personal information
You can review or update your personal information at any time through the “Update My Details” link on Buyblitz.com after login.
You may also ask us to review, update, amend, delete, or correct any personal information we hold about you on written request to our Privacy Officer at the address below, and we will take commercially reasonable steps to comply with your request and provide you with the opportunity to access any personal information we hold about you. We may charge a reasonable fee to cover our costs in providing such access.
6. Other Legal Notices
Any dispute over privacy is subject to this privacy policy and our Terms of Use, including Dispute Resolution and Limitation of Liability. We will try to resolve any concern regarding your privacy in connection with this policy.
7. Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns or would like further information in relation to this Privacy Policy or our use of your personal information, please contact Buyblitz’s Privacy Officer at:
Attention: Privacy Officer, Buyblitz.com Pty Ltd
PO Box 892, Bondi Junction NSW 1355
Telephone: (02) 9386 0690, 9am to 5pm Sydney time.
E-mail: privacyofficer@buyblitz.com or use the “Contact Us” form at www.buyblitz.com.
This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time without notice. Please note that the use of information that we gather is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use. You should check our Website frequently to see any recent Privacy Policy changes.
Effective Date of Privacy Policy: November 9, 2007
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