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Privacy Policy

AUTHORISATION AND CONSENT TO ACT ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS AND MANAGE PERSONAL INFORMATION
www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au provides access to online finance through cooperation with several financial institutions. www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au affiliates deal directly with credit providers and credit reporting agencies. Completion of this form will provide authority for www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au to arrange the provision of finance to you.

In this document, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Act” means the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth);
“Approached Credit Provider” means a credit provider that www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au may approach in arranging finance pursuant to the Application;
“Approached Insurance Provider” means an insurance provider that www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au may approach in arranging insurance pursuant to the Application;
“www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au” means:
(i) www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au ;
(ii) Affiliated finance companies;
(iii) any and all:
(a) associated entities of www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au
(b) independent contractors appointed by www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au; and
(c) franchisees to whom www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au passes the Application; and
(d) independent contractors appointed by the franchisees described at (c) above to whom or which any of the parties listed at (i) to (iii) above passes the Application; and
"finance" means any form of financial accommodation including, but not limited to, loans, leases, rentals or hiring; and
"insurance" means any form of insurance facility including, but not limited to, motor vehicle comprehensive, loan protection, equity protection ("gap"), title, or mechanical breakdown warranty.
I/We appoint www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au as my/our agents to arrange, and assist in the management of, finance or insurance facilities (or both) as detailed in the application I am/we are completing on this website (“Application”).

1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT INFORMATION TO A CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY
I/We acknowledge and agree that under Section 18E(8)(c) of the Act, an Approached Credit Provider may give a credit reporting agency certain personal information about my/our Application.

The information which may be given to a credit reporting agency is covered by Section 18E(1) of the Act and includes:

information reasonably required to identify me/us;
the fact that I/we have applied for finance and the amount;
the fact that the Approached Credit Provider is a current credit provider to me/us;
payments which become overdue more than 60 days, and for which collection action has commenced;
advice that payments are no longer overdue;
certain cheques drawn by me/us which have been dishonoured more than once;
in specific circumstances, that in the opinion of the Approached Credit Provider, I/we have committed a serious credit infringement; and
that finance provided to me/us by the Approached Credit Provider has been paid or otherwise discharged.
2. AGREEMENT / AUTHORITY FOR AN APPROACHED CREDIT PROVIDER TO PERFORM CERTAIN PERMITTED ACTIONS CONCERNING A FINANCE APPLICATION OR TRANSACTION
I/We agree that,

if it is considered relevant in assessing my/our Application for personal credit, an Approached Credit Provider may obtain a report about my/our commercial activities or commercial credit worthiness from a business which provides information about the commercial credit worthiness of persons; and
if it is considered relevant in assessing my/our Application for commercial credit, an Approached Credit Provider may obtain from a credit reporting agency a credit report containing personal credit information about me/us.
I/We agree that, for the purpose of assessing the Application or any other purpose permitted by the Act, an Approached Credit Provider may give to and seek from any credit providers named in the Application, and any credit providers that may be named in a personal or commercial credit report issued by a credit reporting agency or commercial credit reporting agency respectively, information about my/our personal or commercial credit arrangements. I/We understand that this information may include information about my/our credit worthiness, credit standing, credit history or credit capacity that credit providers are allowed to give or receive from each other under the Act.

3. AUTHORISATION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS
For the purposes of arranging the finance which is the subject of my/our Application, I/we authorise www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au to obtain, on my/our behalf, a report about my/our consumer and commercial credit worthiness from a credit reporting agency or a commercial credit reporting business or from a credit provider named in my/our Application or referred to in such reports.

I/We also authorise www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au to pass on the above obtained reports to such Approached Credit Providers as are appropriate, for their consideration of this Application.

4. COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
I/We acknowledge and agree that:

a) it is necessary for www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au to collect personal information regarding me/us from both ourselves and other parties, to enable www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au to apply, on my/our behalf, for the finance and insurance facilities requested. I/We understand that if I/we do not provide the information then www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au will not be able to seek the requested facilities from Approached Credit Providers and Insurers;

b) the information collected may be disclosed to, and used by, www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au, Approached Credit Providers and Insurers to the degree that each entity considers reasonable and necessary in considering and arranging the requested facilities;

c) subject to the Act and any other applicable law, www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au, Approached Credit Providers and Insurers may provide information collected as above to any parties (such as referees, employers etc) named in the Application to the extent they deem necessary to assist in assessing and arranging the requested facilities;

d) www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au is represented by franchisees in certain areas and I/we agree that where applicable the Application may be passed to any relevant franchisee who has agreed to abide by the provisions of this Authorisation and Consent, and the www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au Privacy Policy generally;

e) www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au may retain the information obtained and, at its discretion, provide to me/us, from time to time information about www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au products and services. The provision of this information may be by telephone, mail or electronic media (such as e-mail);

IF SUCH INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED THEN I/WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROVISION MAY BE CANCELLED BY ADVISING www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au BY PHONING 02 6684 1198. IF THE CANCELLATION REQUEST RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au, OR ONE OF ITS FRANCHISEES OR CONTRACTORS, THEN www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au SHOULD BE CONTACTED AT THE ADDRESSES LISTED AT h) BELOW.

f) www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au may disclose relevant parts of my/our personal information to third parties it engages, to assist in the provision of its services to me/us including mailing houses and IT contractors;

g) the appointment provided herein is an ongoing one and if an Approached Credit Provider or Insurer has, as a result of an application on my/our behalf by www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au or Contractors, provided facilities to me/us then that Credit Provider or Insurer is authorised to provide information to www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au from time to time relating to the subsequent conduct of the facility;

h) I/we can gain access to the personal information I/we have provided, or obtain more information on the www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au Privacy Policy, by contacting www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au. I/we can gain access to personal information held by www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au and its franchisees and contractors to which it has passed my/our personal information or obtain more information on www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au privacy policy, by contacting the www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au. I/we understand that www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au will pass privacy requests and enquiries to any franchisee or contractor of www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au where requested to do so and www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au will endeavour to assist with all privacy enquiries relating to its franchisees and contractors;

i). Without limitation, www.HomeLoanSwitch.com.au has no responsibility or liability in relation to any advice or information provided by its affiliated financial institutions.