| Our commitment to protect your privacy
PFG Capital Pty Limited seeks to provide the best possible service to its customers by providing the best possible range of financial products and services. We understand how important it is to protect your personal information. This document sets out our privacy policy commitment in respect of personal information that you may provide to us. Our Privacy Policy ensures your right to privacy as we recognise that any personal information we may collect about you will only be used for the purposes indicated in our policy It is important to us that you are confident that any personal information we collect from you or is received by us, will be treated with appropriate respect ensuring protection of your personal information. Our commitment in respect of personal information is to abide by the National Privacy Principles for the protection of personal information, as set out in the Privacy Act and any other relevant law.
Who is PFG Capital Pty Limited?
PFG Capital Pty Limited is an organisation that offers commercial finance solutions and services within the mortgage industry. We process and assess information in respect of loan applications. We locate funders suitable to provide loans to you. We also market other products..
Personal information
When we refer to personal information we mean information from which your identity is apparent. This information may include information or an opinion about you, from which your identity can reasonably be ascertained.
Why we collect your personal information
We collect and receive personal information from our customers or from other business referrers in order to conduct our business, including assessing and obtaining approval for loans. From time to time we may offer other products and services. To enable us to maintain a successful business relationship with you, we may disclose your personal information with other organisations that provide products or services used or marketed by us. The types of organisations to which we are likely to disclose information about you include other mortgage intermediaries, lenders, valuers, lenders mortgage insurers, surveyors, accountants, credit reporting agencies, and lawyers. We may also disclose your personal information to any other organisation that may have or is considering having an interest in your loan, or in our business.
How do we collect your personal information?
Where reasonable and practical we will collect your personal information only directly from you.
To whom will we disclose your personal information?
Where possible, we will inform you, at or before the time of collecting your personal information, the types of organisations that we intend to disclose your personal information to. Prior to disclosing any of your personal information to another organisation, we will take all reasonable steps to satisfy ourselves that:
(a) the organisation has a commitment to protecting your personal information at least equal to our commitment; and
(b) you have consented to us doing so.
Sometimes we are required or authorised by law to disclose your personal information. Circumstances in which we may disclose your personal information would be to a Court orTribunal in response to a request or in response to a subpoena or to the Australian Taxation Office.
Direct marketing
From time to time we may use your personal information to provide you with current information about mortgage loans, special offers you may find of interest, changes to our organisation, or new products or services being offered by us or any company we are associated with. If you do not wish to receive marketing information, you may at any time decline to receive such information by contacting our offices by telephoning 1300 commercial or by writing to us at PO Box 7043, Norwest Business Park, New South Wales, 2153 or email info@pfgcapital.com.au. We will not charge you for giving effect to your request and will take all reasonable steps to meet your request at the earliest possible opportunity.
Updating your personal information
It is important to our relationship that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. During the course of our relationship with you we will ask you to inform us if any of your personal information has changed. If you wish to make any changes to your personal information, you may contact us. We will generally rely on you to assist us in informing us if the information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete.
Access to your personal information
We will provide you with access to your personal information we hold about you. You may request access to any of the personal information we hold about you at any time. To access personal information that we hold about you use the contact details specified above. We may charge a fee for our costs in retrieving and supplying the information to you.
Denied access to personal information
There may be situations where we are not required to provide you with access to your personal information. For example, such a situation would be information relating to an existing or anticipated legal proceeding with you, or if your request is vexatious.
An explanation will be provided to you, if we deny you access to your personal information we hold.
Business without identifying you
In most circumstances it will be necessary for us to identify you in order to successfully do business with you, however, where, it is lawful and practicable to do so, we will offer you the opportunity of doing business with us, without providing us with personal information. Such a situation would be where you make general inquiries about interest rates or current promotional offers. Where sensitive information is collected, stored, used or transferred about you, we will only use this information if you have consented or in the exercise or defence of a legal claim. Sensitive information is information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political persuasion, memberships in trade or professional association or trade unions, sexual preferences, criminal record, or health.
How safe and secure is your personal information that we hold?
We will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information by storing it in a secure environment, and when the information is no longer needed for any purpose for which the information may be used or disclosed, it will be destroyed or permanently de-identified. We will also take reasonable steps to protect any personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Further information
You may request further information about the way we manage your personal information by writing or emailing.
Change in our privacy policy
We are constantly reviewing all of our policies and attempt to keep up to date with market expectations. Technology is constantly changing, as is the law and market place practice. As a consequence we may change this privacy policy from time to time or as the need arises. This privacy policy came into existence on the 21 December 2001.
This Website
This Web site is provided by PFG Capital Pty Limited. By using the site or downloading materials from the site, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions in this notice.
Whilst PFG Capital Pty Limited provides the information in good faith, it accepts no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information. The information on this site is subject to change without notice and, accordingly, PFG Capital Pty Limited recommends that you make direct contact with the Company before acting upon material on this site.
Website Links
This site may contain links to other websites operated by entities, which do not belong to PFG Capital Pty Limited. These links have been provided solely for you to obtain further information about other relevant entities in the market. PFG Capital Pty Limited has no control over the information on these sites or the products or services on them, and therefore makes no representations regarding the accuracy or suitability of the information, services, or products described on them. You are advised to make your own enquiries in relation to third parties described or linked on this site. Inclusion of a link to a third party site should not be considered as that party's endorsement of this site.
By linking to sites operated by third parties, PFG Capital Pty Limited is not authorising the reproduction of any material on such sites, as such material may be the subject of intellectual property rights.
Copyright and Trademarks
PFG Capital Pty Limited is either the owner or licensed user of the copyright in the material on this site. You may not reproduce, link, broadcast, distribute or in any way transmit the material on this site without the written consent of PFG Capital Pty Limited, other than to the extent necessary to view the material or as permitted by law.
Privacy
PFG Capital Pty Limited is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. Please read PFG Capital Pty Limited’s Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information will be treated when you use this site.
PFG Capital Pty Limited (ABN 78 116 579 803).
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