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DealsAway.com Pty Ltd (ABN 29 641 656 788) are part of The Global Work & Travel Group Pty. Ltd. (Group). A list of all Group entities can be found at https://globalworkandtravel.com/terms-and-conditions?tab=pp.
This Privacy Policy is issued on behalf of the Group and any reference in this Privacy Policy to “DealsAway.com”, “we”, “us”, the “Company”, or the “Group” includes DealsAway.com and all other Group entities. All data may be collected, used and shared by Group entities in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Dealsaway.com and the Group are committed to privacy protection. At http://dealsaway.com (“this site”), we understand the importance of keeping personal information private and secure. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes generally how we manage personal information and safeguard privacy. If you would like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us. This Privacy Policy forms part of, and is subject to the provisions of, our Website Terms of Use
( http://dealsaway.com/website-terms).
We will treat all personal information in accordance with any and all obligations that are binding upon us under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”). The Privacy Act lays down 13 key principles in relation to the collection and treatment of personal information, which are called the “Australian Privacy Principles”.
Personal information held by DealsAway.com may include your:
Information provided to Stripe or POLi
All purchases that are made through this site are processed securely and externally by Stripe or POLi. Unless you expressly consent otherwise, we do not see or have access to any personal information that you may provide to these third parties, other than information that is required in order to process your order and deliver your purchased items to you (eg, your name, phone number, address, email address and billing address).
At this site, we only collect personal information that is necessary for us to conduct our business as a marketing and sales agent for travel operators, and for providing booking services for travel related products from a range of suppliers of travel services, which includes (without limitation) enabling users to book travel services with third party Travel Service Providers.
Information that you provide to us
We may collect personal information that you provide to us about yourself when you:
IP addresses
This site may also collect Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. IP addresses are assigned to computers on the internet to uniquely identify them within the global network. DealsAway.com collects and manages IP addresses as part of the service of providing internet session management and for security purposes. DealsAway.com may also collect and use web log, computer and connection information for security purposes and to help prevent and detect any misuse of, or fraudulent activities involving, this site.
This site uses "cookies" to help personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file or a packet of information that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server to identify and interact more effectively with your computer. There are two types of cookies that may be used at this site: a persistent cookie and a session cookie. A persistent cookie is entered by your web browser into the "Cookies" folder on your computer and remains in that folder after you close your browser, and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to this site. A session cookie is held temporarily in your computer’s memory and disappears after you close your browser or shut down your computer. Cookies cannot be used to run programs. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. In some cases, cookies may collect and store personal information about you. DealsAway.com extends the same privacy protection to your personal information, whether gathered via cookies or from other sources.
You can configure your internet browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is sent. Please refer to your internet browser’s instructions to learn more about these functions. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this site.
Why we use cookies
This site uses cookies in order to:
Many of these cookies are removed or cleared when you log out but some may remain so that your preferences are remembered for future sessions.
Third party cookies
In some cases, third parties may place cookies through this site. For example:
Your personal information may be used in order to:
From time to time we may email our customers with news, information and offers relating to our own services, the services offered by the Group, or those of selected partners. Your personal information may also be collected so that DealsAway.com and the Group can promote and market products and services to you. This is to keep you informed of products, services, and special offers we believe you will find valuable and may continue after you cease acquiring products and services from us. If you would prefer not to receive promotional or other material from us, please let us know and we will respect your request. You can unsubscribe from such communications at any time if you choose.
In order to deliver the services you require or for the purposes set out above as well as potentially disclosing your information to other Group entities, DealsAway.com may disclose your personal information to organisations outside DealsAway.com. Your personal information may be disclosed to these organisations only in relation to this site, and DealsAway.com takes reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information. These organisations may carry out or provide:
In particular, you understand and agree that in certain circumstances (such as where you request us to book international travel and/or trips/excursions outside of the country for you), we are permitted to disclose your personal information to overseas recipients. Such recipients may include overseas travel service providers with whom you make a booking. These travel service providers will in most cases receive your personal information in the country in which they will provide the services to you or in which their business is based. We may also disclose your personal information to our overseas related entities and to service providers who perform services for us within or outside of Australia. Generally, we will only disclose your personal information to these organisations in connection with facilitation of your travel booking if applicable and/or to enable the performance of administrative and technical services by them on our behalf. Where we disclose your personal information to any person (including any overseas recipients), you agree that we will not be required to ensure that person’s compliance with Australian privacy laws or otherwise be accountable for how they handle your personal information. When used above, “disclose” includes to transfer, share, send, or otherwise make available or accessible to another person or entity.
In addition, we may disclose your personal information to:
If you would like more information about the way we manage personal information that we hold about you, or are concerned that we may have breached your privacy, please contact us by email or by post.
Access to your personal information
In most cases, you may have access to personal information that we hold about you. We will handle requests for access to your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles. All requests for access to your personal information must be directed to the Privacy Officer by email or by writing to us at our postal address. We will deal with all requests for access to personal information as quickly as possible. Requests for a large amount of information, or information that is not currently in use, may require further time before a response can be given. We may charge you a fee for access if a cost is incurred by us in order to retrieve your information, but in no case will we charge you a fee for your application for access.
In some cases, we may refuse to give you access to personal information that we hold about you. This may include circumstances where giving you access would:
We may also refuse access where the personal information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings, and the information would not be accessible by the process of discovery in those proceedings. If we refuse to give you access, we will provide you with reasons for our refusal.
Correcting your personal information
We will amend any personal information about you that is held by us and that is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date if you request us to do so. If we disagree with your view about the accuracy, completeness or currency of a record of your personal information that is held by us, and you ask us to associate with that record a statement that you have a contrary view, we will take reasonable steps to do so.
We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of the information that you provide us and we will take all reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from unauthorised use or alteration. In our business, personal information may be stored both electronically (on our computer systems and with our website hosting provider) and in hard-copy form. Firewalls, anti-virus software and email filters, as well as passwords, protect all of our electronic information. Likewise, we take all reasonable measures to ensure the security of hard-copy information.
You may click-through to third party websites from this site, in which case we recommend that you refer to the privacy statement of the websites you visit. This Privacy Policy applies to this site only and DealsAway.com assumes no responsibility for the content of any third party websites.
Redirection to third parties
In particular, when you submit an order to us, you may be automatically redirected to a third party in order to complete the required payment. Any payment page that is provided by these third parties is not part of this site. As noted above, we are not privy to any of the bank account, credit card or other personal information that you may provide to these third parties, other than information that is required in order to process your order and deliver your purchased items to you (eg, your name, phone number, address, email address and billing address). We recommend that you refer to the privacy statements of these third parties if you would like more information about how those third parties collect and handle your personal information.
Re-marketing
We may use Google Ads and/or Facebook and/or other social media and advertising or re-marketing services to advertise on third party websites to previous visitors to this site based upon their activity on this site. This allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and to only display advertisements that are relevant to you. Such advertising may be displayed on a Google search results page or a website in the Google Display Network or inside Facebook or other platforms. Google and Facebook may use cookies and/or pixel tags to achieve this. Any data so collected by Google and/or Facebook and/or other platforms will be used in accordance with their own respective privacy policies. None of your personal Google and/or Facebook and/or other platform information is reported to us.
GDPR rights
you may also have a right to:
If you object to the processing of your personal information, or if you have provided your consent to processing and you later choose to withdraw it, we will respect that choice in accordance with our legal obligations. However, please be aware that:
Storage & processing by third parties
Duration of retention of your data
Keeping your information up-to-date
From time to time, it may be necessary for us to revise this Privacy Policy. Any changes will be in accordance with any applicable requirements under the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles. We may notify you about changes to this Privacy Policy by posting an updated version on this site.
If you require any further information about the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles, you can visit the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website (see www.privacy.gov.au).
You can contact us through our website or phone number for any questions regarding this policy, or to contact our Privacy Officer.