Privacy Policy

Compass Polling Pty Ltd - Privacy Policy

Compass Polling Pty Ltd ABN 38 645 974 607 (we, us or our), understands that protecting your personal information is important. This Privacy Policy sets out our commitment to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to us, or otherwise collected by us when providing our website, consulting projects and software as a service platform (Services) or when otherwise interacting with you.

The information we collect

Personal information: is information or an opinion, whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual who is identified or reasonably identifiable.

The types of personal information we may collect about you include:

  • Your name;

  • Your contact details, including email address and/or telephone number;

  • Your employer and job title;

  • Your credit card or other payment details (where applicable, and through our third party payment processor);

  • Information you provide to us, including through feedback, customer surveys or otherwise;

  • Details of products and services we have provided to you and/or that you have enquired about, and our response to you

  • Support requests submitted to us and our response to you;

  • Additional personal information that you provide to us, directly or indirectly, through your use of our Services; and

  • Any other personal information requested by us and/or provided by you or a third party.

Sensitive information: is a sub-set of personal information that is given a higher level of protection. Sensitive information means information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information or biometric information.

We do not actively request sensitive information about you. If at any time we need to collect sensitive information about you, unless otherwise permitted by law, we will first obtain your consent and we will only use it as required or authorised by law.

How we collect personal information

We collect personal information in a variety of ways, including:

  • Directly: We collect personal information which you directly provide to us, including when you register for an account, through the ‘contact us’ form on our website or when you request our assistance via email, or over the telephone.

  • Indirectly: We may collect personal information which you indirectly provide to us while interacting with us, such as when you use our website, in emails, over the telephone and in your online enquiries.

  • From third parties: We collect personal information from third parties, such as from your employer where they wish to set you up with an account for the Services.

Why we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information

We may collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for the following purposes.

  • To enable you to access and use our Services, including to provide you with a login;

  • To contact and communicate with you about our Services, including in response to any support requests you lodge with us or other enquiries you make with us;

  • For internal record keeping, administrative, invoicing and billing purposes;

  • For analytics, market research and business development, including to operate and improve our Services;

  • For advertising and marketing, including to send you promotional information about our products and services and other information that we consider may be of interest to you;

  • To comply with our legal obligations and resolve any disputes that we may have; and

  • If otherwise required or authorised by law.

Our disclosures of personal information to third parties

We may disclose personal information to:

  • Third party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services, to us, including (without limitation IT service providers, data storage, web-hosting and server providers, email marketing providers, debt collectors, maintenance or problem-solving providers, marketing or advertising providers, professional advisors and payment systems operators;

  • Our employees, contractors and/or related entities;

  • Our existing or potential agents or business partners;

  • Anyone to whom our business or assets (or any part of them) are, or may (in good faith) be, transferred;

  • Courts, tribunals and regulatory authorities, in the event you fail to pay for goods or services we have provided to you;

  • Courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities and law enforcement officers, as required or authorised by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights; and

  • Any other third parties as required or permitted by law, such as where we receive a subpoena.

Overseas disclosure

While we store personal information in Australia, where we disclose your personal information to the third parties listed above, these third parties may store, transfer or access personal information outside of Australia.

Your rights and controlling your personal information

Your choice: Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you provide personal information to us, you understand we will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect our ability to provide our Services to you and your use of our Services.

Information from third parties: If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.

Restrict and unsubscribe: To object to processing for direct marketing/unsubscribe from our email database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us using the details below or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.

Access: You may request access to the personal information that we hold about you.  An administrative fee may be payable for the provision of such information. Please note, in some situations, we may be legally permitted to withhold access to your personal information. If we cannot provide access to your information, we will advise you as soon as reasonably possible and provide you with the reasons for our refusal and any mechanism available to complain about the refusal. If we can provide access to your information in another form that still meets your needs, then we will take reasonable steps to give you such access.

Correction: If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us using the details below. We will take reasonable steps to promptly correct any information found to be inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading. Please note, in some situations, we may be legally permitted to not correct your personal information. If we cannot correct your information, we will advise you as soon as reasonably possible and provide you with the reasons for our refusal and any mechanism available to complain about the refusal.

Complaints: If you wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the complaint. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take in response to your complaint.

Storage and security

We are committed to ensuring that the personal information we collect is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures, to safeguard and secure personal information and protect it from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.

While we are committed to security, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that is transmitted to or by us over the Internet. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk.

Cookies

We do not use cookies on our website or in the course of providing our Services.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other party’s websites. We do not have any control over those websites and we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide whilst visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.

Amendments

We may, at any time and at our discretion, vary this Privacy Policy by publishing the amended Privacy Policy on our website. We recommend you check our website regularly to ensure you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.

For any questions or notices, please contact us at:

Compass Polling Pty Ltd ABN 38 645 974 607

Email: support@compasspolling.com

Last update: 17 October 2024