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We recognise that your privacy is very important to you and to most people who use the Internet. Our privacy policy is detailed below and we suggest that you read it thoroughly. This policy may change from time to time and all changes will be posted here on this Web Site so please check back periodically.

We collect personal information only if you are or become an Independent Business Owner (IBO) or a Member and we use that information mainly to help us understand your needs so that we may better service them.

The types of personal information that we may collect from you and how we use it will depend on how you use this Web Site and upon your status as an IBO or Member.

By using the Amway Web Site, you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as detailed in this privacy policy.

Web Security

We understand that when shopping on the Internet security is of paramount importance to you. We guarantee that all reasonable precautions to protect your amway.com.au transactions have been taken so that you can have as safe and secure a shopping experience as can be reasonably provided.

When you place orders on amway.com.au, your transactions are encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology, the industry standard in e-commerce transaction security. Encryption scrambles the information transmitted across the Internet, including your credit card number, name and address. SSL also verifies the identity of the server and confirms that the original message arrives safely at its destination.

You can also be assured that your details are not stored on computers directly connected to the Internet and that personal information such as Credit Card numbers which you may choose to store, are stored in our back-end AS/400 system and not anywhere on the Amway web site. Details, such as your password, which must be stored within the amway.com.au system are encrypted using standard industry methods.

When you enter the secure areas of the Amway web site you will see a padlock symbol in the right hand corner of your screen. This indicates that the screen is in secure mode and any details you provide on this screen will be encrypted for your security.

Definitions

In this Privacy Policy:

'Our', 'Us' and 'We' refers to Amway of Australia, ABN 49 007 807 756 of 46 Carrington Road, Castle Hill, NSW 2154, Australia.

'Personal Information' means any information that can identify an individual.

'Related Company' has the same meaning as Section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and includes various subsidiary companies including Watch 24 Pty Ltd ABN 57 088 863 156, and Xplore Capital Ltd, ABN 79 075 949 478 all of 46 Carrington Road, Castle Hill, NSW 2154.

'Sensitive Information' is information that concerns particular topics including information about health, racial or ethnic origin, political, philosophical or religious views or affiliations; sexual preferences or practices; membership of a professional or trade association or trade union or criminal record.

'You' refers to our Independent Business Owners (IBOs), Members, Clients and other customers and prospective customers. It also generally refers to users of our Web Sites.

Our commitment

We recognise that your privacy is very important to you. We are committed to protecting the privacy of your Personal Information in accordance with the Federal Government's Privacy Act 1988 as amended by the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000.

The Privacy Act details National Privacy Principles that set minimum standards for how private sector organisations should collect, use, disclose, keep secure and provide access to Personal Information.

We are committed to complying with the National Privacy Principles.

Currency and the status of our privacy policy

Our privacy policy is detailed below. It is current on and from 21 December 2001. We suggest that you read it thoroughly.

This policy may change from time to time and all changes will be posted on this Web Site.

Whenever you use our Web Sites you should read our Privacy Policy in conjunction with the Terms of Use of the relevant Web Site.

Collection of personal information

We collect Personal Information only if you are or become an IBO or Client.

The types of Personal Information that we may collect from you and how we use it will depend on the products, services and facilities you use, how you use them and upon your status as an IBO, Member or Client.

BY USING OUR SERVICES AND FACILITIES YOU CONSENT TO OUR COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AS DETAILED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

How we collect personal information

We collect Personal Information from you in various ways and at several different points. We may collect your Personal Information on one of our Web Sites, by telephone, facsimile, when you complete and submit an application form to become an IBO, or Client, enter a competition or voluntarily participate in a survey.

Wherever possible we collect Personal Information directly from you. There may, however, be occasions where we collect your Personal Information from someone else. For example, where you make an application in joint names or where it is provided to us by a third party with your consent.

If you provide Personal Information to us about another person, we rely on you to have made, or make them aware that you will, or may provide their information to us and the kinds of third parties we may provide it to, the relevant purposes we and the third parties will use it for and how they can access it. If you have not done, or will not do these things, you must tell us before you provide the relevant Personal Information.

We do not use cookies to collect information about how our Web Sites are used.

Personal information collected - registration process

All Users

If you wish to register as an IBO, or Client, the Personal Information you must provide includes your: first name; surname; postal address; delivery address; telephone number; sex; and date of birth. If you do not provide this information we may not be able to process your application for registration. Other information such as additional telephone numbers and your e mail address may be requested but you do not have to provide these details in order to register unless you so choose.

Clients

Clients must, in addition, select a confidential password which you will need, together with the identification number that we will assign to you, in order to log on to the password protected areas of www.amway.com.au . Clients will also have to provide your referring IBOs ID Number and surname, and preferably their first name, in order to register.

IBOs

If you wish to register as an IBO you will have to complete and submit a hard copy of the IBO Application that you will find in our Business Pack. An electronic application, which may be submitted through the Amway Web Site by an existing IBO on your behalf, will provide you with temporary status as an IBO; this will need to be confirmed within 30 days with the hard copy application.

In addition to providing the information specified above in the 'All Users' section, the second applicant's first name, surname, sex and date of birth must also be provided in the event that you are applying in joint names. If you wish to apply in the name of a company or a trust, you will need to complete a further relevant application form and provide additional business details.

We do not collect 'Sensitive Information', however, persons who are: incapable of managing their affairs by reason of mental or other condition; suspended or disbarred from practicing their usual trade or profession by any trade or professional association, institute or society; are confined to a corrective institution; or have been convicted of an offence against a child are prohibited from becoming IBOs. Applicants are required to confirm that they do not fall into one of these categories by way of a signed declaration.

If your registration as an IBO is conducted electronically, a temporary (48 hour) password will be allocated to you at the time your registration is processed and provided to your sponsoring IBO in the registration response. Your sponsor will give you the details If your e-mail address is provided on the registration form, the temporary password will also be e-mailed directly to you. This, together with your identification number (noted on the hard copy of the IBO Application in your Business Pack) will enable you to access the password-protected areas of this web site. You should change your temporary password as soon as possible, however, if this is not done, within 48 hours, a new password will be generated and forwarded to you by mail.

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR PASSWORD AND SHOULD NOT LET ANYONE KNOW WHAT IT IS.

Other information collected

We collect Personal Information only if you are or become an IBO or Client.

The types of Personal Information that we may collect from you and how we use it will depend on the products, services and facilities you use, how you use them and upon your status as an IBO, Member or Client.

BY USING OUR SERVICES AND FACILITIES YOU CONSENT TO OUR COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AS DETAILED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

Why we collect and how we use personal information

We generally collect Personal Information to provide the various products and services that we offer and to assist IBOs to operate their Independent Businesses. More specifically, we collect and use Personal Information in order to process applications and orders, calculate and process payments and refunds, confirm identification and protect Personal Information from unauthorised access, and to satisfy legal requirements.

If we do not collect your Personal Information, or if you provide us with inaccurate or incomplete information, we may not be able to provide you with the product or service that you wish, assist IBOs to operate their Independent Businesses or fulfil the other purposes we collect Personal Information, as detailed above.

Your Personal Information may be used by us and our Related Companies for a number of additional purposes including, without limitation, research and statistical analysis and marketing.

Direct Marketing

From time to time we, and our Related Companies, may use your Personal Information to provide you with Direct Marketing information about the products and services that we offer. If you do not wish to receive this information, please let us know by: contacting our Regional Contact centre on 1800 45 46 47; or writing to us at PO Box 202, Castle Hill NSW, 1765. You will be reminded of your option to opt out of receiving Direct Marketing materials each time you receive Direct Marketing communications from us.

Please understand that in some cases, implementing your request may take a reasonable period of time.

PLEASE NOTE: You can change your mind about receiving Direct Marketing information by contacting us as above. Direct Marketing materials will not be sent to persons under the age of 16 years.

Sharing your information with third parties

NOTE: WE NEVER SELL, RENT OR TRADE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

All Users

We may share your Personal Information with Related Companies.

We will not share your Personal Information with any unrelated party except under the following circumstances:

  • where a product or service you wish to acquire is provided or supplied by or through a third party;
  • where a third party, such as a mailing house, carries out activities on our behalf;
  • if disclosure is otherwise required in order to provide you with a particular product or service;
  • in order to ensure our ability to continue providing products and services;
  • if disclosure is required for the purposes of conducting business analysis in order to improve our products and services;
  • if disclosure is required by law;
  • Where you have provided your consent which may be given expressly or may reasonably be implied by your conduct.

Related and unrelated third parties to whom your Personal Information is disclosed are required to keep the information confidential and only use it for the same purposes we are permitted to use it.

Members and Clients

In addition to what is detailed in the 'All Users' section, your name, identification number, contact details and the value of the purchases you have made, will be made available to your referring or sponsoring IBO, or the current IBO servicing you. IBOs upline in your referring IBOs line of sponsorship will also have access to your identification number and the value of your purchases, but not your name and contact details.

IBOs

In addition, to what is detailed in the 'All Users' section, we will disclose your Personal Information (excluding credit card and bank account details) to your sponsoring IBO and your Platinum IBO so that they may fulfil their sponsorship duties. If necessary for business purposes, your Personal Information may also be disclosed to more senior IBOs in your referring IBOs Line of Sponsorship or Line of Affiliation.

IBO Stored Payment Details

If you opt for the details of your credit card(s) to be stored on our back-end computer System, IBOs upline in your Line of Sponsorship may 'manage' your standing orders (excluding DITTO DELIVERY Standing Orders) by placing or altering them on your behalf and charging them to your stored card(s). The details of your stored credit card(s) will not be disclosed to the IBO placing a standing order on your behalf during this process.

If you do not wish IBOs upline in your Line of Sponsorship to manage your standing orders in this way you should advise them and us accordingly; it may also be prudent to elect NOT to store your credit card details with us.

If you arrange to make payment for orders by Direct Debit, IBOs upline in your line of sponsorship will be able to 'manage' standing orders (excluding DITTO DELIVERY Standing Orders) by placing or altering them on your behalf and having payment for these orders debited to your relevant Direct Debit bank account.

If you do not wish IBOs upline in your Line of Sponsorship to manage your standing orders you should advise them and us accordingly.

YOUR SPONSOR AND YOUR UPLINE PLATINUM IBO AND OTHER PLATINUM IBO'S IN YOUR LINE OF SPONSORSHIP OR LINE OF AFFILIATION ARE INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE OBLIGED TO USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, OUR IBO RULES OF CONDUCT AND, WHEN INTERACTING 'ON LINE', WITH THE TERMS OF USE OF THE RELEVANT WEB SITE.

IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY CONCERNS IN RELATION TO THE USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY ANY IBO, YOU SHOULD CONTACT RULES OF CONDUCT ADMINISTRATOR BY TELEPHONE (02) 98432540.

Quality of your personal information

We aim to ensure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up to date.

During the course of your relationship with us we will ask you to inform us of any changes to your Personal Information. You may, however, update your Personal Information or advise us that the information we have is not accurate or complete by contacting our Regional Contact centre on telephone 1800 45 46 47 or by writing to us at PO Box 202, Castle Hill, NSW 1765. You can also make relevant changes by accessing the 'My Details' section of this Web Site.

General security of your personal information

We are committed to keeping your Personal Information secure and will use all reasonable precautions to protect it from loss, misuse or unauthorised alteration, including:

  • Securing external and internal premises;
  • Restricting access to your Personal Information to employees or those who perform services on our behalf who are authorised to handle your Personal Information and on a 'need to know' basis;
  • Entering into confidentiality agreements with relevant employees and third parties;
  • Appropriate training of staff;
  • Retaining your Personal Information for no longer than it is reasonably required;
  • Taking reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify Personal Information that is no longer required.

Access to and correction of your personal information

You may generally access the information we hold about you and request corrections. This right, is however, subject to the exceptions detailed in the National Privacy Principles. For example, we may refuse access where:

  • the information may have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others;
  • the request is frivolous or vexatious;
  • the information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings;
  • the information would reveal our intentions in relation to negotiations in such as way as to prejudice those negotiations.

If we deny you access we will let you know why.

In most cases, you may access your Personal Information at no cost by visiting the 'My Details' section of this Web Site. You can correct, amend or update your Personal Information through this facility. You may also access a summary of your Personal Information by contacting our Regional Contact centre on telephone 1800 45 46 47.

For complex or more detailed requests for access to your Personal Information, for example, access to information that is archived, we may require you to place your request in writing and charge you a fee for our reasonable costs of retrieving and supplying the information to you.

In all cases you will be asked to verify who you are before your Personal Information is provided.

All requests for Personal Information will be handled in a reasonable time.

Web links

The Amway Web Site contains a number of links to the sites of Merchant Suppliers and other third parties which provide additional information, materials, shopping and various goods and services for your convenience and benefit. You may also access the Amway Web Site through the personal Web Site of an IBO or other third party.

All third party Web Sites are owned and operated independently. We have no responsibility or liability for the privacy policies or practices of these independent sites.

Questions, suggestions and complaints

If you have any questions, suggestions or complaints concerning our privacy policy, please contact AMWAY. We will respond to your question, suggestion or complaint as soon as possible.

You can obtain information on privacy issues in Australia by visiting the Federal Privacy Commissioner's Web Site located at www.privacy.gov.au or by telephoning 1300 363 992.
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