Thank you for using Spotpass, a payment platform that provides a simple and seamless payment method for content producer (Producers) to use on their websites or platforms. Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act), which includes the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) and any related privacy codes.
This Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose and store your personal information and lets you know how you can access that information. This Policy applies to our obligations when handling information in Australia.
Please read this Policy carefully and contact us using the details below if you have questions.
By providing personal information, you consent to us collecting, using, storing and disclosing your personal information in accordance with this Policy or as required or permitted by law.
If you continue using our services, then we will treat your use as your consent to us handling your personal information in accordance with this Policy.
The type of personal information we collect depends on the circumstances of its collection and the nature of your dealings with us.
If you are a consumer, this information may include:
If you are a individual acting on behalf of a Publisher, we may collect your name and work contact details, such as your work email address, phone number and physical address.
If you are a prospective employee or independent contractor applying to work with Spotpass, we may collect the following information:
We do not collect sensitive information. In the unlikely event that we did collect sensitive information, we will only use it for the following purposes relating to our provision of services and to enable you to use our platform.
For general users, we may collect information when you use our website. This may include information:
If you choose not to provide information as requested, it may not be practicable for us to service your needs. For example, it will not be possible for you to create an account if you want to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym. We sometimes receive unsolicited personal information. In circumstances where we receive unsolicited personal information we will usually destroy or de-identify the information as soon as practicable if it is lawful and reasonable to do so unless the unsolicited personal information is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, our functions or activities.
We collect your personal information primarily to provide you with our services and enable your use of our platform.
Some ways we use your personal information are:
In relation to the personal information of contractors or prospective staff members seeking employment at Spotpass, we collect personal information for purposes including to:
You give it to us
We collect personal information directly from you when you:
We collect it
We may also collect your personal information from third parties including:
We will generally obtain consent from the owner of personal information to collect their personal information. Consent will usually be provided in writing; however, sometimes it may be provided orally or may be implied through a person’s conduct. We endeavour to only ask for your personal information if it is reasonably necessary for the activities that you are seeking to be involved in.
We may disclose your personal information to the following third parties:
We may also disclose your personal information if we are required, authorised and permitted by law.
We may send information to third parties that are located overseas. These third parties are located in the United States of America, Asia and Europe, although this list may change from time to time. Disclosure is made to the extent that it is necessary to perform our functions or activities.
From time to time, and in support of our future development and growth, we may use your personal information to contact you to promote and market our products and services.
You can opt-out from being contacted for direct marketing purposes by using the unsubscribe facility included in each direct marketing communication we send, or in the Spotpass Account Portal. Once we receive a request to opt out from receiving marketing information, we will stop sending such information within a reasonable amount of time.
We take all reasonable steps to protect personal information under our control from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We hold your personal information electronically in secure databases operated by our third-party service providers.
We protect the personal information we hold through the use of industry standard techniques including various levels of encryption.
While we take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is protected from loss, misuse and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure, security measures over the internet can never be guaranteed.
If you would like to access your personal information, please contact us using the details below. In certain circumstances, we may not be able to give you access to your personal information in which case we will write to you to explain why we cannot comply with your request.
We try to ensure any personal information we hold about you is accurate, up-to-date, complete and relevant. If you believe the personal information we hold about you should be updated, please contact us using the details below and we will take reasonable steps to ensure it is corrected if appropriate.
We destroy or de-identify personal information when we no longer need it, unless we are otherwise required or authorised by law to retain the information.
If you believe your privacy has been breached or you have a complaint about our handling of your personal information, please contact us using the details below.
We take privacy complaints seriously. If you make a complaint, we aim to respond within 5 business days to acknowledge your complaint. We will try to resolve your complaint within 30 days. When this is not reasonably possible, we will contact you within that time to let you know how long we will take to resolve your complaint.
We will investigate your complaint and write to you to explain our decision as soon as practicable.
If you are not satisfied with our decision, you can refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by phone on 1300 363 992 or online at www.oaic.gov.au.
We may, from time to time, amend this Policy. Any changes to this Policy will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Policy on our website. By continuing to use the services following any changes, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes.
All questions or queries about this Policy and complaints should be directed to:
Privacy Officer
Email: privacy@spotpass.io This Policy was last updated: 27th May 2021.
