GC Leasing Melbourne Pty Ltd ACN 615 220 196 and GC Leasing Sydney Pty Ltd ACN 615 226 045 (collectively, grenke) understand the importance of protecting the privacy of an individual’s personal information. This policy sets out how grenke aims to protect the privacy of your personal in- formation, your rights in relation to your personal information managed by grenke and the way grenke collects, holds, uses and discloses your personal information.
In handling your personal information, grenke will comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and with the 13 Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act. To the extent grenke handles your credit information, grenke will also comply with the Credit Reporting Code. This policy may be updated from time to time.
Personal information is information or an opinion about an identified, or reasonably identifiable, individual. During the provision of its products and services, grenke may collect your personal information.
Generally, the kinds of personal information grenke collects are (noting that the following personal information may be collected about you in your capacity as an employee, director or other representative of a corporate customer of grenke, as applicable):
In some circumstances grenke may also hold other personal information provided by you.
Are you obligated to provide personal information?
As part of your business relationship with grenke, you must provide the personal information required in order to enter into a business relationship and perform its associated contractual obligations, or the personal information that grenke is required to collect by law. Without this information, grenke will generally not be able to enter into or perform the contract with you.
In particular, according to the money laundering legislation, grenke is obligated to identify you prior to entering into a business relationship with you. To verify your identity we use the credit reporting bodies listed in section 5 below by lodging a verification request which includes your personal information such as your name, date of birth, and address. In order for us to be able to fulfil this legal obligation, you must provide us with the necessary information and documents in accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Act 2006 (Cth) and immediately notify us of any changes during the course of the business relationship. If you do not provide us with the necessary information and documents, we may not enter into or continue your desired business relationship.
Generally, grenke collects your personal information directly from you, through the completion of a manual or online form, an interaction or exchange in person or by way of telephone, facsimile, email, post, through the use of the grenke website or through a third party. There may be occasions when grenke collects your personal information from other sources such as from:
or other representative, where necessary for grenke to provide its products and services to the corporate entity through you;
Generally, grenke will only collect your personal information from sources other than you if it is unreasonable or impracticable to collect your personal information from you.
grenke collects, holds, uses and discloses your personal in- formation where it is reasonably necessary for the purposes of:
grenke may also use your personal information for purposes related to the above purposes and for which you would reasonably expect grenke to do so in the circumstances,
or where you have consented or the use is otherwise in accordance with law.
Where personal information is used or disclosed, grenke takes steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure it is relevant to the purpose for which it is to be used or disclosed. You are under no obligation to provide your personal information to grenke. However, without certain information from you, grenke may not be able to provide its products and / or services to you.
grenke discloses your personal information for the purpose for which grenke collects it. That is, generally, grenke will only disclose your personal information for a purpose set out at paragraph 4. This may include disclosing your personal information to:
grenke may also disclose your personal information, including your credit information, to lenders, other credit providers and credit reporting bodies, Equifax/CreditorWatch (contactable on the details set out below). In particular, grenke may disclose to Equifax/CreditorWatch information about you failing to meet your payment obligations or if you commit a serious credit infringement. Equifax/CreditorWatch may include any information provided to it by grenke in reports that are then provided to other credit providers for the purpose of such credit providers assessing your credit worthiness.
grenke’s disclosures of your personal information to third parties are on a confidential basis, in accordance with relevant non-disclosure agreements, and / or otherwise in accordance with law. grenke may also disclose your personal information with your consent or if disclosure is required or authorised by law.
Equifax/CreditorWatch can be contacted:
grenke may disclose personal information, including credit related personal information, to overseas recipients in order to provide its products and / or services and for administrative, data storage or other business management purposes. Recipients of such disclosures include its parent company, grenke AG, grenke Digital GmbH and the website provider port-neo GmbH, all of which are , located in Germany.
By providing your personal information to grenke, you consent to grenke disclosing your personal information to any such overseas recipients for purposes necessary or useful in the course of operating our business, and agree that APP 8.1 will not apply to such disclosures. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that an overseas recipient breaches the Australian Privacy Principles, that entity will not be bound by, and you will not be able seek redress under, the Privacy Act. If you have any queries or objections to such disclosures, please contact grenke’s Privacy Compliance Officer on the details set out in paragraph 11.
grenke may use and disclose your personal information in order to inform you of products and services that may be of interest to you. In the event you do not wish to receive such communications, you can opt-out by contacting grenke via the contact details set out in paragraph 11 or through any opt-out mechanism contained in a marketing communication to you.
grenke will not use or disclose credit-related personal information for direct marketing purposes except to the extent permitted under the Privacy Act, for the purpose of Equifax/CreditorWatch assessing your eligibility to receive direct marketing communications sent on behalf of grenke. You may make a request directly to Equifax/CreditorWatch not to use your credit-related personal information for these purposes.
grenke takes steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the personal information it holds is protected from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. grenke holds personal information in both hard copy and electronic forms in secure databases on secure premises, accessible only by authorised staff. Credit eligibility information, such as information grenke receives from Equifax/Creditor Watch for the purpose of assessing credit worthiness, is stored through equally secure methods.
Unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, the usage data and personal information regarding your registration with grenke is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended use and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.
grenke processes and stores other personal information as long as it is necessary for the fulfilment of our contractual and legal obligations. It should be noted that our business relationship is a continuing obligation, which is designed to last for years. If the personal information is no longer required for the fulfilment of contractual or legal obligations, it is regularly deleted, unless its - temporary - further processing is necessary for the following purposes:
If you believe on reasonable grounds that you have been, or are likely to be, a victim of fraud, you may request Equifax/CreditorWatch not to use or disclose credit related personal information it holds about you by contacting Equifax/CreditorWatch on the details set out in paragraph 5.
grenke takes steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure personal information it holds is accurate, up-to-date, complete, relevant and not misleading. Under the Privacy Act, you have a right to access and seek correction of your personal information that is collected and held by grenke.
If at any time you would like to access or correct the personal information that grenke holds about you, or you would like more information on grenke's approach to privacy, please contact grenke’s Privacy Compliance Officer on the details set out in paragraph 11 below. grenke will grant access to the extent required or authorised by the Privacy Act or other law and take steps reasonable in the circumstances to correct personal information where necessary and appropriate.
Where necessary to resolve a request for correction of your credit related personal information, grenke may also consult with other relevant entities, including but not limited to Equifax. grenke’s use or disclosure of your credit related personal information for correction purposes is permitted by the Privacy Act.
To obtain access to your personal information:
Alternatively, if you would like to access personal information held about you by Equifax/CreditorWatch, please contact Equifax/CreditorWatch on the contact details set out in paragraph 5.
grenke will endeavour to respond to your request to access or correct your personal information within 30 days from your request. If grenke refuses your request to access or correct your personal information, grenke will provide you with written reasons for the refusal and details of complaint mechanisms. grenke will also take steps reasonable in the circumstance to provide you with access in a manner that meets your needs and the needs of grenke.
If you are dissatisfied with grenke’s refusal to grant access to, or correct, your credit related personal information, you may make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
For further information or enquiries regarding your personal information, or if you would like to opt-out of receiving any promotional or marketing communications, please contact grenke 's Privacy Compliance Officer at service@grenke.com.au.
Please direct all privacy complaints to grenke’s Privacy
Compliance Officer. At all times, privacy complaints:
Specifically, if your complaint relates to credit related personal information and / or grenke’s failure to comply with its obligations regarding credit related personal information under the Privacy Act and / or the Credit Reporting Code: