Qikmaps, Qikreports and The Business Geographics Portal are owned and operated by Business
Geographics Pty. Ltd. Business Geographics is committed to providing quality services to you and
this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal
Information.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the
Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose
of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au.
Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of
Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.
This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including by telephone, by email, via our website
portal.businessgeographics.com.au, from cookies and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links
or policy of authorised third parties.
We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing
information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes
closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use
or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in
writing.
When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why
we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.
Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from
you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such
a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided
to us by the third party.
Our customer portal makes use of third party authentication services, including those operated by:
These services are used by us to allow customer login, account creation, and to monitoring account usage. No other sensitive customer information is shared between us and these services.
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:
Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information.
You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject
to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in
writing.
Business Geographics will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative
fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.
In order to protect your Personal Information we may require identification from you before releasing
the requested information.
It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.
This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.
If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at:
Business Geographics
admin@businessgeographics.com.au
+617 3118 5036