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Privacy Consent Notice

Iress Limited (incorporated in Australia, ABN 47 060 313 359), and all companies within its Group, (together ("Iress", "us" or "we"), is a technology company providing software and services to the financial services industry.

We are required to comply with all applicable privacy legislation, including delegated legislation, in the jurisdictions in which we conduct our business. In Australia, this includes the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”) and 13 Australian Privacy Principles (“APPs”) contained within.

This Notice describes the personal information we may collect, and how we may use, disclose, share, store, and protect (“handle”) that personal information in relation to our Advisely platform, Lead Partner Referrals, and Business and Advice Efficiency tool (collectively, “services”) by users. By providing us with your personal information, you consent to us handling your personal information as set out in this Notice.

Collection of personal information

For the purposes of providing our services, we collect personal information from you, which may include the following, depending on how you use our services:

Service

Personal Information

Advisely platform

An editorial and discussion platform for financial advice practices to engage with the advice community.

  • Full name;
  • Username;
  • Email address;
  • Phone number;
  • Occupation;
  • Place of employment;
  • User biographical information;
  • User profile (facial image) photo;
  • Geographic (IP address) location;
  • User interactions with the Advisely platform; and
  • Social media profile links (e.g. Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, etc.). 

Lead Partner Referrals

An optional referral gateway for financial advice practices to connect with industry experts in a range of areas.

  • Full name;
  • Email address; and
  • Phone number

Business and Advice Efficiency tool

An optional survey for financial advice practices to discover gaps in their advice and practice efficiency.

  • Practice financial information (e.g. revenue and expenses).

Note: If you choose not to provide the requested personal information, we may be unable to provide our services.

Purpose and use of personal information

The purpose of our collection of your personal information is to enable you to participate in our services, and provide you with direct marketing material (if you choose to opt in to this) in compliance with applicable privacy legislation, as well as the Spam Act 2003 (Cth).

Disclosure of personal information

We keep your personal information safe in a secured location, and only accessible and disclosed to authorised internal Australia-based staff members, our contracted service providers (and their sub-contracted service providers) (for example, Khoros, LLC and Business Health Pty Ltd) and external partners (for example, members of our Lead Partners Referral Program) for the purposes of facilitating our services, or to meet our contractual and regulatory obligations. 

Security of personal informationWWe will securely destroy your personal information either at your request or as otherwise required to comply with law / internal policies. Further, where personal information is collected and is not relevant for the purpose of collection, we will destroy or de-identify that personal information as soon as practicable if it is lawful and reasonable to do so.

Access and correction of personal information

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at corporate@iress.com, or +61 3 9018 5800, or Level 16, 385 Bourke St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000.

Other important matters

For further information on our handling of personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy located on our website Privacy Policy, alternatively, we can provide you with a copy of our Privacy Policy at your request via the above mentioned contact details.

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