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PRIVACY POLICY

1.1
Especials (ABN62 643 587 088)is a business registeredinAustralia(the Business) and is committed to keeping your information safe and secure in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the PrivacyAct) and the Australian Privacy Principles contained therein. By engaging the Business’s services or using the Business’swebsite (the Services), you are giving consent tothe Businessfor the use of your private information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.  

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COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

2.1
The Businessmay collect and use the following kinds of information:

(a)
information about your use of the website or Services (including your IP address; browser type; version and language; operating system; pages viewed while browsing the website or Services; page access times; “cookies”; and referring website address); and
(b)
information about your personal details, if provided, (including name; phone contact details; address information; email; and payment information).

2.2
Information about your personal information may be collected from you in a variety of ways, including but not limited to

(a)
when you register for the Services;
(b)
when you interact with the Businesselectronically or in person;  
(c)
when you access the Business’s website or Services; and  
(d)
when the BusinessprovidesServices to you.

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USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION


3.1
The Businessmay use your personal information to:

(a)
enable your access to the website;
(b)
track usage and measure traffic statistics of the website;
(c)
supply to you theinformation in relation to the products and/orservices;
(d)
receive and/or access information from third party providers for the provision of our Services to you;  
(e)
contact you regarding your use of theServices offered bythe Business;
(f)
contact you in relation to comments, complaints, enquiries or dispute resolution;
(g)
collect payments from you;  
(h)
communicate with third party providers or associate parties with respect to the provision of the Services; and
(i)
send you marketing communications.  

3.2
The Businesswill not disclose personal information about you, unless it is required, incidental or otherwise related to the primary purpose of providing Services to you or a third party for which you have consented to by engaging the Businessor by using the Business’sServices.However, the Businessmay disclose your personal information to its business partners who can provide Services to you. All such business partners are prohibited from using your personal information in any manner except for providing these services and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your business.

3.3
The Business, in its sole discretion, may disclose your personal information if it is required to do so by law or legal process, including:

(a)
in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights;
(b)
as required or authorised by law; or
(c)
to the extent required to permit the Businessto investigate suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of any law, rule or regulation, our policies, or the rights of third parties or any other suspected conduct the Business deem improper.  

3.4
There may be circumstances where the Business is required to disclose personal information about you for a permitted health situation as defined in the Privacy Act. These situations are limited as if or when you require emergency medical treatment and it is unpracticable to obtain your consent.    

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SECURITY AND ACCURACY  

4.1
The Businesswill take commerciallyreasonable stepsto protect your personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modificationand disclosure. However,the Business is not liable for any unauthorised access to this information.  

4.2
The Businesswill take commercially reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer needed for the purposes of providing our Services to you and where the Businessis not required to retain that information by law.  

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ACCESS AND CORRECTION  

5.1
You are responsible to ensure that the information you provide to the Businessis accurate, complete and up-to-date.  

5.2
By request, you may contact the Businessand ask to know what sort of personal information is held about you, for what purposes, and how it is collected, held, used and disclosed.  

5.3
By request, you may access your personal information by contactingthe Businessat [email address].The Business reserves the right to charge a reasonable administration fee for this access.  

5.4
The Businessin its sole discretion, may consider that there is a sound reason under the Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act or other relevant law to withhold personal information, or not make the requestedchanges.

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IDENTIFIERS AND ANONYMITY  

6.1
You acknowledge that the Businessretains, collects and maintains your personal information for statistical analysis purposes (whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes). You agree that the Businessmay share, distribute and/or transfer information which you have provided to the Businessto third parties, after that information has been de-identified.

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TRANS-BORDER DATA FLOWS  

7.1
The Business  may use cloud services, and as such, its servers may be located in Australia or overseas and you acknowledge, agree and understand that your personal information may be transferred and stored in Australia and other foreign jurisdictions which the cloud services may direct the data to be stored. You agree for us to transfer your information into foreign jurisdictions for the purposes of providing you with the Services.  

7.2
In addition to the above, the Businessmay transfer personal information to someone who is in a foreign country where:  

(a)
the Business reasonably believes that the recipient of the information is subject to a law, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles for fair handling of the information that are substantially similar to the Australian Privacy Principles;  
(b)
the individual consents to the transfer;  
(c)
the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract between you and the Business, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken in response to your request;  
(d)
the transfer is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract concluded in your interest between the Businessand a third party;
(e)
all of the following apply:

(i)      the transfer is for your benefit;  

(ii)      it is impracticable to obtain your consent to that transfer; and

(iii)     if it were practicable to obtain such consent, you would be likely to give it; or  

(f)
the Business has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information which it has transferred will not be held, used or disclosed by the recipient of the information inconsistently with the Australian Privacy Principles.  


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SENSITIVE INFORMATION  

8.1
Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.  

8.2
Sensitive information will be used by the Businessonly:  

(a)
for the primary purpose for which it was obtained;  
(b)
for a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose;  
(c)
with your consent; or  
(d)
where required or authorised by law.  

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COMPLAINTS  

9.1
As a valuable customer, if you have any complaints in relation to this Privacy Policy or privacy practice, please feel free to contact the Businessvia [email address].  

9.2
A complaint should identify whether it is about:  

(a)
the collection of personal information;  
(b)
the use of personal information;  
(c)
the disclosure of personal information;  
(d)
the security or storage of personal information;  
(e)
the accuracy of personal information;  
(f)
a refusal to give access to or provide about their personal information; or  
(g)
a refusal to change or delete personal information.  

9.3
The Businessvalues your opinions and takes complaints very seriously. Upon receiving written notice of your complaint about privacy, the Businesswill respond in a timely manner to advise you of the outcome following its enquiring into the same. You will also be invitedto respond toits outcome.If a response is received, the Businesswill assess your response and advise if it has changed its view. If you are unsatisfied with the final outcome, the Businesswill advise further options including, if appropriate, making a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.  

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MISCELLANEOUS  

10.1
Waivers

(a)
In limited circumstances, the Businessmay allow you to waive application of this Privacy Policy. A waiver of this Privacy Policy must be in writing and signed bythe Business. The Businessanticipates that the waiver of this Privacy Policy would only be in exceptional circumstances, and the Businessencourages that you consider the circumstances leading to the waiver request prior to submitting such a request.  

10.2
Governing Law & Jurisdiction

(a)
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia.In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Privacy Policy, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be Brisbane, Australia.  

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VARIATION TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY  

11.1
This Privacy Policy is available online via https://specials.net.au/home/.  

11.2
The Businessreserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, and without any notice, by posting a revised version on its website. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when the Businessposts the revised Privacy Policy on the website. Your use of the website and the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.  

11.3
This policy was last modified on 13-05-2020.  

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CONTACT  

12.1
Please contact the Businessif you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy.   

Email: mark.r.magill@gmail.com