Privacy Policy
At PSMG strata, we are committed to providing you with the high level of customer service and ensuring the protection of your personal privacy.
Why we collect & purpose
Collecting your personal information is essential for us to be able to perform our job under our agreement with the scheme.
PSMG strata complies with the Privacy Act 1988 which regulates how we may collect, use, disclose and store personal information and how individuals may access and correct personal information held about them. Our policy is that personal information must only be collected, disclosed and used by it for the purposes of managing the affairs of those organization , according to the laws to which they and the Company are subject. In particular, any relevant legislation and any other associated Acts that require the collection of personal information about those individuals. The following list showing the purposes may need your information for:
- The protection, maintenance and repair of the property
- The insurance of the organisation and the property
- The raising and distribution of moneys
- The election of representatives
- The enforcement of by-laws and other applicable laws
- Compliance with the requirements of statutory and judicial bodies
- The making of decisions about the organisation’s affairs
- The collection of rent and various outgoings from tenants
- The collection of information relating to the sale or lease of a property
How we collect
We may collect personal information about you when you deal with us over the telephone, send us correspondence (whether by letter or email), visit this website, make levy payments or the internet or when you have contact with us in person. As well as collecting information directly from you, we also collect information about you from third parties. For example:
- from your agent or solicitor transmitting notices pursuant to sec. 22 of the Act;
- from your real estate agent, where an agent has been appointed to manage your strata property.
Types of personal information collected and held
Personal information is information about you, whether recorded in a material form or not, from which your identity could reasonably be ascertained. The types of personal information we may collect includes name, gender, address, telephone numbers, email contact details, occupational details, and information about the property/s you own under our management. We only collect personal information that is necessary to perform our strata management agency functions. We only use personal information provided for the purposes for which it was collected.
Access to and correction of information we hold about you
We will, on request, provide you with access to the information we hold about you, unless there is an exception which applies under the Privacy law including for the purpose of correcting or updating that information.
If we refuse to provide you with access to the information, we will provide you with reasons for the refusal and inform you of any exceptions relied upon under the National Privacy Principles.
Data quality & store personal information
We take steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate, up to date and complete. These steps include maintaining and updating personal information when we are advised by individuals that their personal information has changed, and at other times as necessary.
We take all reasonable steps to keep secure any personal information which we hold about you and to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or an unauthorized alteration. All personal information collected by us is stored on secure servers. We also maintain physical security procedures to manage and protect the use and storage of records containing personal information. Access to personal information is limited to those of our personnel who specifically need it to carry out their business responsibilities. To help us protect your privacy, you should maintain the secrecy of your access credentials (ie. user name and password) you use to access and use our website.