We (Ausworkwear & Safety and its retail stores) collect your personal information so we can perform our business functions and activities, including:
If you do not disclose the personal information that we are seeking to collect then we may be unable to respond to you, or provide you with our products or services, or send you information about them.
We may disclose your personal information to our employees, related bodies corporate, contractors, our retail stores or service providers for the purposes of operating of our business or, responding to your requests, or providing our products and services or information about them to you; or to suppliers and third parties with whom we have commercial relationships, for business, purchasing, marketing and related purposes.
Occasionally, we may disclose your personal information to organisations located overseas. This might occur, for example, where:
We require overseas recipients to use personal information only for the purpose provided and to implement reasonable data protection.
Our Privacy Policy (available below) contains information about how you may:
Unless you tell us not to, Ausworkwear or our stores may use your personal information to contact you directly about our products or services that we think may be of interest to you by telephone, email or correspondence using the contact details you have provided. You can ask us not to send you marketing information by contacting our Privacy Officer using the Contact Us form here.
Or you can write to us:
Ausworkwear & Safety
503A Princes Drive
Morwell 3840
Victoria, Australia
Ausworkwear & Safety is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. This policy explains:
We may amend this policy at any time by posting the updated version on our website.
Ausworkwear& Safety is not responsible for the privacy practices of sites that are linked to this website via hyperlinks, banner advertising or otherwise.
Ausworkwear& Safety only collects information that is reasonably necessary for one or more of our functions or activities. Generally, the information we collect about customers includes your name, mailing and/or physical address, delivery address, phone number, payment, credit and billing information, and e-mail addresses. We also collect demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postcode, age, gender and purchasing preferences, interests and favourites. When you visit our websites, we may also collect information about your computer, including your IP address.
We may also collect additional information about customers, including purchase history, location and preferences, either directly, or through third party analytics tools, or our business partners (including other companies in the Wesfarmers Group).
We also collect information about:
Without the above details, Ausworkwear& Safety would not be able to carry on its business and provide products and services to its customers.
Wherever possible, we give you the option of interacting anonymously with us, if practicable and lawful to do so, but in this situation we may not be able to provide you with the full range of products and services available.
Cookie Policy
We also collect information about your use of our website using cookies. You can choose to decline cookies, but if you do so, you may not be able to fully experience our online interactive features.
By using this website you agree to the use of cookies created by the website.
Ausworkwear & Safety and this website use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This enables Ausworkwear & Safety to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website. A cookie is a small file with information that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer.
Cookies contain information that is sent to your computer. We use cookies for many purposes but principally to remember you as a visitor or registered user. For registered users we can remember you if your cookie is valid so that you do not need to sign in. Cookies also enable us to keep your shopping basket information if you leave the site and return at a later time. None of our cookies store any personal information about you. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the website.
You can block and delete cookies in your browser and you can find more information about deleting or blocking cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.
Ausworkwear& Safety collects personal information only by lawful and fair means. Where it is reasonable and practicable to do so, we collect your personal information from you directly when you purchase products or services from us, use our website, provide your details to us at an industry or promotional event, or enter into competitions or other arrangements with us, provide feedback/complaints to us or register your details with us or one of our business partners (including our Retail stores). Depending on the product or service we provide to you, we may collect your personal information from third parties. Information about suppliers’ employees is usually collected from the supplier. Information about potential employees is usually collected during the recruitment process.
If you have applied for credit with us, we may also collect your personal information from credit reporting agencies. By providing your personal information to us, you confirm that you have reviewed this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection and use of your personal information as specified.
We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We take all reasonable efforts to ensure your personal information is stored securely in access controlled electronic or physical locations.
Personal information is de-identified or destroyed securely when no longer required by us.
We collect, hold and use your information to:
From time to time, we may also use your personal information to send you targeted news, offers and promotions of our products and services. If you do not wish to receive these communications you can opt-out by contacting us at the address listed below.
We do not disclose personal information to third parties unless we are permitted to do so by law or you have given us your consent to do so. Third parties we may disclose personal information to include:
We may occasionally disclose your personal information to organisations located overseas, for example where:
We require overseas recipients of your information to use personal information only for the purpose provided and to implement strict confidentiality and data protection arrangements.
In special circumstances – for example, if we were to sell our business or part of our business – your information may be transferred to potential purchasers and their advisers as part of that sale. From time to time, we may provide aggregated and de-identified information to other business partners for various purposes.
Ausworkwear & Safety requires that all account holders be 18 years of age or older. Children are not provided access to any Ausworkwear & Safety services in which any personal data is collected beyond the collection of a visitor's IP address and session status.
If Ausworkwear & Safety becomes aware that any child has accessed Ausworkwear & Safety non-publicly available web sites, the account through which the child has gained access will be terminated.
If you believe Ausworkwear & Safety has collected any information from or about anyone under 18, please contact us immediately.
You can request access to your information or that your information be corrected by contacting us at the address below.
If you have a question about our Privacy Policy or wish to make a complaint about the way we have collected, used, held or disclosed your personal information, please contact us at the address below. We may need to contact you for further details.
If you wish to make a formal complaint, please make your complaint in writing to our Privacy Officer. We will consider your complaint promptly and contact you to seek to resolve the matter. If we have not responded to you within a reasonable time, you are entitled under the Privacy Act to make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Contact
Privacy Officer
You can contact our Privacy Officer using the Contact Us form here.
Or you can write to us:
Ausworkwear & Safety
503A Princes Drive
Morwell 3840
Victoria, Australia