21 December, 2001
The Commonwealth Government’s Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act, 2000
came into effect on 21st December, 2001. The following is the Jasco Group’s
Privacy Policy Statement which must be available to all those entities with which
we deal. Staff should be aware of the policy and keep this in mind when dealing
with people outside of the Jasco Group.
COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
JASCO takes its privacy obligations seriously and we are committed to the National
Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act 1988. Our Privacy Policy outlines how,
when and why JASCO will collect, use, disclose and store your personal information.
This includes information and opinions about customers that we collect and record
and which could be used to reasonably identify them.
COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The information JASCO generally collects includes your name, address, telephone
number and other contact details.
JASCO does not collect sensitive information, such as your political or religious
beliefs, your ethnicity, sexual preferences or health information.
WHY WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
JASCO collects and uses personal information about customers to provide a range
of products and services and to assist in internal administration and operations,
including accounting, risk management, record keeping, archiving, systems developments.
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
JASCO collects personal information on customers when they apply to open an account
or when they place orders for product with the company, either by written or
verbal contact.
STORAGE AND SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
JASCO stores personal information in a combination of secure computer database
and paper-based files and other records. The database and any hard copies of
personal information kept by JASCO will be secure and accessible only by authorised
personnel.
JASCO is committed to keeping your personal information secure and will take
all reasonable precautions to protect your personally identifiable information
from loss, misuse or alteration.
Additionally JASCO takes reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify
personal information when we no longer need it. Wherever practicable we will
provide you the option of interacting with us anonymously.
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
As the privacy of our customers is of utmost importance to JASCO, we will not
sell, rent or trade your personal information without consent.
However, to ensure a high level of service, we may disclose information to outside
contractors to carry out specialised activities on our behalf, e.g. mailing houses.
If you do not wish to receive marketing information from us, please contact us.
To better protect your privacy, we impose strict requirements of security and
confidentiality on all third parties as to how they handle your personal information.
Outside contractors are not allowed to use information about you for any purpose
except to perform the services we have asked them to provide.
ACCURACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
JASCO aims to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and
up-to-date. To assist with this, please contact us if your details change. If
you believe the information we have about you is not accurate, please contact
us and we will take all reasonable steps to correct or update the information.
ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
Upon request, JASCO will provide you with a copy of any personal information
which we old about you in accordance with our obligations under the Privacy Act.
Before so doing, it may be necessary for you to provide identification.
JASCO is not obliged to provide you with access to this personal information
if:
• It would pose a serious and imminent threat to the life or health of an
individual;
• It would have an unreasonable impact upon the privacy of other individuals;
• The request is frivolous or vexatious;
• The information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings between
JASCO and you, and the information would not be required to be provided to you
in those proceedings;
• It would reveal the intentions of JASCO in relation to negotiations with
you in such a way as to prejudice those negotiations;
• It would be unlawful, may prejudice an investigation of possible unlawful
activity, may prejudice enforcement of laws, or denying access is specifically
authorised by law; or
• It would reveal evaluative information generated by JASCO in connection
with a commercially sensitive decision making process.
JASCO will provide you with reasons if it declines your request for access to
your personal information.
JASCO undertakes to promptly acknowledge and investigate any complaint about
the way we manage personal information.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this policy or if you wish to update information
we hold about your or to make a complaint, please contact us:
Mr. Paul Fraser
Chief Financial Officer,
Jasco Holdings Limited,
118-122 Bowden Street,
Meadowbank NSW 2114
Or: PO Box 135,
West Ryde NSW 1685
Phone: (02) 9807-1555
Fax: (02) 9808-3490
ENVIRONMENT POLICY
The company is committed to achieving compatibility between economic development
and the maintenance of the environment.
It therefore seeks to ensure that, throughout all phases of its activities, Jasco
personnel and contractors give proper consideration to the care of the flora,
fauna, air, land and water, and to the community health and heritage which may
be affected by those activities.
To fulfil this commitment, the company will observe all environmental laws and
will:
• Progressively establish and maintain company-wide environmental standards
for our operations.
• Integrate environmental factors into planning and operational decisions
and processes.
• Access the potential environmental effects of our activities and regularly
monitor and audit our environmental performance.
• Continually improve our environmental performance, including developing
opportunities for recycling, and more efficiently using energy, water and other
resources.
• Promote environmental awareness among company personnel and contractors
to increase understanding of environmental matters.