Privacy | Empower Business Advisory

1 May 2024

Purpose of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (Policy) sets out how and why Empower Business Advisory Pty Ltd ABN 17 646 896 746 (“EmpowerBA”, “we” or “us”) collects, stores, uses and discloses your personal information. It also explains how you can access your personal information held by us.

We take your privacy seriously and handle your data in compliance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 (Cth). Additionally, we adhere to The Research Society Code of Professional Behaviour in managing the privacy of our research participants.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically and will notify you by posting the revised policy on our website.

Why we collect personal information

We collect personal information to fulfill our business purposes, which include providing our services, improving our services, and complying with legal obligations. If you participate in our research, we may collect personal information from your responses.

Personal information includes any data that can identify you, such as your name, address, date of birth, employment details, qualifications, and contact information.

Collection of personal information

We collect personally identifiable information that you provide, such as when you participate in our research, inquire about or register for our services, or apply for a job with us. If you are a client or prospective client, we may collect sensitive business information to perform our services. We may also gather personal information from third parties, including publicly available sources.

Use of personal information

If you are a research participant, we use your personal information to conduct our research, deliver any incentives you have opted in to, and invite you to participate in further research if you have joined our research panel. We will not disclose your personal information without your express prior consent, unless required by Australian law or a court/tribunal order. We do not use or disclose your personal information for advertising, promotions, or direct marketing.

For clients or those seeking information about our services, we use your personal information to contact you, provide our services, and manage our relationship with you. Your information may be shared with our affiliates and companies within our corporate group.

Only personnel with a legitimate business need will access your information, which is processed in Australia. We do not sell your personal information to any other organisation or individual.

Storing your personal information

We implement physical, technical, and organisational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental loss, destruction, damage, and unauthorised access, use, alteration, or disclosure. We will delete or de-identify your personal information once it is no longer needed for our research. However, we may be legally required to retain your personal information after our research is completed. In such cases, your personal information will continue to be protected in accordance with this Policy.

Your rights

Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to access any personal information we hold about you, subject to certain exemptions. You can request this information by contacting our Privacy Officer using the details below. You also have the right to request corrections to ensure your personal information is accurate, up-to-date, complete, relevant, and not misleading. We will consider any access or correction requests promptly.

Contacting us

If you have any questions, complaints, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Privacy Officer

Email: Privacy@EmpowerBA.com

Post: Recep Peker, Level 2, 383 George St, Sydney NSW 2000