Virgate Property Group Privacy Policy
November 2023

1. Background

Protecting your privacy is important to Virgate. References to 'Virgate', 'we', 'us' or 'our' are references to Virgate Development ( Mont Albert) Pty LTD ACN 607 305 448 and its related bodies corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)).

Virgate is committed to protecting your privacy, in accordance with applicable Australian privacy laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

This policy ('Privacy Policy') is designed to give you a greater understanding of how we collect, use, disclose and otherwise handle personal information.

2. What is personal information?

Under this privacy policy the term “personal information” has the meaning given to it in the Privacy Act.

The Privacy Act defines 'personal information' as information or an opinion about an individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether the information is true or not and whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.

Personal information can include your name, address, telephone number, email address and profession or occupation.

3. What we collect

General
The type of personal information that we collect about you depends on the type of dealings you have with us. For example, if you:

  • are a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a property , we will collect your name, contact details (such as address, telephone number and email address), date of birth, gender, employment details, details of the property that you are interested in or have agreed to purchase, confirm whether you are an Australian resident, and information relating to your financing arrangements.

  • are a supplier to us, we will collect your name and contact details, details about the goods or services you supply and payment details.

  • send us an enquiry, complete a registration of interest or provide us with feedback, we may collect your name, contact details, details of your enquiry or feedback and information about our response.

  • fill in a contact form at one of our sales offices or attend one of our events, we will collect your name, age, address, contact details, details of the properties you are interested in (including price ranges), what prompted you to inspect the project, whether you are an owner occupier or investor and how your heard about us or the relevant property development.

  • ask us to send you information about our developments or other products and services, we will collect your name, address, contact details, details of the properties you are interested in and how you heard about us or the relevant property development.

  • apply for a job with us, we will collect the information you include in your job application, including your cover letter, resume, contact details and referee reports

  • enter into any promotions, competitions or special offers, we will collect the information you provide when submitting your entry.

In addition to the above, if you interact with Virgate generally, Virgate will collect your details (e.g. name, telephone number, email address), details of the properties you are interested in, how you heard about us or the relevant property development and details of your dealings with us. Other information may be collected from other sources but those sources should provide you with details of what personal information is being collected and why.

The personal information collected may vary depending on your particular interaction with but will be limited to that information necessary to record and manage our interaction with you (e.g. your name, relevant contact details and information about the interaction) and to information required to enable you to participate in our services.

Sensitive information
Sensitive information is a subset of personal information that is generally afforded a higher level of privacy protection, such as health information. We only collect sensitive information where it is reasonably necessary for our functions or activities and either the individual has consented or we are required or authorised by or under law (including applicable privacy legislation) to do so.

Collection of information other than personal information through our website

When you visit our website, some of the information that is collected about your visit is not personal information.

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