PRIVACY POLICY
At Total Finance Corporation we want to provide the best possible service across our wide range of financial products and services. To achieve this aim we need to make the most efficient use of your personal information.
However it is equally important to us that you are confident that any of your personal
information entrusted to us is treated with the appropriate degree of privacy.
What does “personal information” mean?
Personal information is any information about you that identifies you or by which your identity can be reasonably determined.
Why we collect your personal information?
Collecting your personal information is essential for Total Finance Corporation to be able to
conduct its business of providing financial products and services.
By collecting personal information we, determine your requirements and provide the appropriate product or service assess your financial product or service needs identify you and protect you from unauthorised access to your personal information, accounts or services.
If we do not collect and make use of your personal information, we are unable to do business with you.
How do we collect your personal information?
Where possible we collect your personal information directly from you. Collection may take place in a number of ways such as when you complete an application form for a product or request a product or service over the telephone or internet.
Sometimes personal information may be collected about you from other sources. An example of where we may receive personal information about you from another source would be a credit reference about you from a credit-reporting agency in the course of assessing your application for a loan or obtaining your financial information from your accountant.
However, no matter how your personal information is collected it is dealt with by Total Finance Corporation in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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From time to time we may use your personal information to provide you with information
about our extensive range of financial products and services.
If you do not want to receive any of this information just contact us at our
Head Office on 07 3393 6428.
Total Finance Corporation does not disclose your personal information to any party outside Total Finance Corporation for the purposes of allowing them to direct market their products or services to you.
Do we disclose your personal information to anyone?
Total Finance Corporation may disclose your personal information in certain circumstances.
Sometimes we are required or authorised by law to disclose your personal information. For example we may disclose your personal information to a Court in response to a subpoena or to the Australian Taxation Office following a direction issued under taxation laws.
We may also disclose your personal information where you have consented to us doing so.
Generally however we do not disclose your personal information to a party outside Total Finance Corporation, unless that party is contracted to Total Finance Corporation to provide administrative services or activities on our behalf and that party is bound by the some privacy rules we follow.
An example of parties outside Total Finance Corporation to whom we may disclose your personal information would be various lenders with whom Total Finance Corporation are accredited with.
Is my personal information secure?
The protection of your personal information is a priority for Total Finance Corporation.
This is why we take all reasonable precautions to safeguard your personal information
from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Can I access the personal information Total Finance Corporation holds about me?
You may request access to any of the personal information we hold about you.
In most cases, a summary of personal information such as your name and address details,
contact telephone numbers and the products and services you have with us are freely available to you by calling our Head Office on 07 3393 6428.