The privacy of your personal information is important to us. Our Privacy Policy governs how we collect, handle, use and disclose your personal information. It also deals with how you can access the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or make a privacy related complaint. This policy explains how we respect your right to privacy in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

We will collect personal information from you via telephone, when you apply to become a Model Mortgages Customer, when we do business with you, and through our website. This may include a broad range of information from your name, address and contact details to other information about your qualifications, employment history and financial information such as your bank details. When we request your personal information, we will identify which information is necessary and which information may be provided at your option. If you choose not to supply any of the information we request, our ability to assist you may be limited.

We will use your personal information:

to conduct our business;

to manage our business relationships with you and with others, including our Panel Lenders;to complete a transaction on your behalf, e.g. processing of application forms for a loan application.From time to time, we will use your contact details to send you direct marketing communications including offers, updates and newsletters that are relevant to the services we provide. We may do so by mail or electronically unless you tell us that you do not wish to receive electronic communications. We always give you the option of electing not to receive these communications in the future. You can unsubscribe by notifying us and we will no longer send this information to you.

How do we hold and protect your information?

We strive to maintain the relevance, accuracy, completeness and currency of the personal information we hold and to protect its privacy and security. We keep personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal or ethical reporting or document retention requirements.

We hold the information we collect from you on our secure database. In some cases, your file is archived and sent to an external data storage provider for a period of time.

We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or exposure. All Model Mortgages staff are required by the terms of their employment to maintain the confidentiality of customer information. Access to your information is restricted to those employees whose job requires that information. Access to our premises and computer systems is restricted through locks, password protection, internet firewalls and routers.

We will take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify your personal information when your personal information is no longer required for our business functions.

Will we disclose the information we collect to anyone?

We do not sell, trade or rent client lists or personal information to any third party. We will disclose personal information about you to our lenders and agents where necessary to do so for the ordinary operation of our business.

In all cases we will only disclose that information that is strictly required, and take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is handled in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles.Otherwise, we will not disclose personal information unless you consent, we are required to do so by law or under some unusual other circumstances which the Privacy Act permits.

How can you access, update or correct the information we are holding?

You have the right to access your information and if necessary, for it to be corrected. Upon receipt of your written request and enough information to allow us to identify the information, we will disclose to you the personal information we hold about you. We may incur costs in giving you that information, in which case we reserve the right to charge you for our reasonable expenses incurred in doing so.

If you believe that we are holding inaccurate, incomplete, irrelevant or out of date data about you, you may ask us to correct it.

You can make a request for access to or correction of your personal information by contacting our Privacy Officer by email at admin@modelmortgages.com.au or by telephone on 0413124262.

In some limited circumstances we may need to refuse access to your information or refuse a request for correction. If this is the case, we will advise you as soon as possible after your request and provide you with our reasons for the refusal.

What happens if you want to complain?

If you have concerns about whether we have complied with the Privacy Act or this Privacy Policy and would like to make a complaint please contact our Privacy Officer by email at admin@modelmortgages.com.au or by telephone on 0413124262. Your complaint will be considered through our internal complaints resolution process and we will try to respond with a decision within 45 days of you making the complaint.

Your consent

By asking us to assist, you consent to the collection and use of the information you have provided to us for the purposes described above.

Model Mortgages

0413124262 

Terms 

Terms of Use 

We do not warrant or represent that the information in this site is free from errors or omissions or is suitable for your intended use. We recommend that you seek independent advice before acting on any information in this site. Subject to any terms implied by law and which cannot be excluded, we accept no responsibility for any loss, damage, cost or expense (whether direct or indirect) incurred by you as a result of any error, omission or misrepresentation in any information in this site. All applications for credit are subject to our usual credit assessment criteria.The products and services described in this site are available only in relation to property in Australia. The information in this site has been prepared in accordance with Australian law for the supply of goods and services.This notice and the information in this site and all matters relating to either are governed by and are to be construed according to the laws applicable in the State of New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia.(“Australian law”).The information may not satisfy the laws of any other country. It is not directed at people in any other country and should not be relied on by people in any country other than Australia. The information in this site is current at the date of publication but may be subject to change.Any advice contained on this website has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on any advice on this website, we recommend that you consider whether it is appropriate for your circumstances.