HyDrive Engineering Privacy Policy
HyDrive Engineering Pty Ltd is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.
- We never collect any more information than we need
- We will never share or sell your data
- We do everything in our power to protect your data
- In the event of a breach, we ensure that the data isn’t usable.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au
What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?
Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers.
This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including in-person, email, telephone, via our website www.hydrive.com.au, from your website, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources, and from cookies. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.
We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by clicking UNSUBSCRIBE on any of our newsletters.
When we collect Personal Information, we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.
Sensitive Information
Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record, or health information.
We do not require any of this information.
Third Parties
Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.
Cookies
We use cookies to analyse our website so we can continue to improve it. We use the GA4 Google tracking code. All of it is anonymous. None of the information we collect can be matched to a specific user. That’s just how GA4 works.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in several circumstances including the following:
- Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and
- Where required or authorised by law.
Security of Personal Information
Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure.
When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years. This is only for accounting purposes.
Access to your Personal Information
You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.
HyDrive Engineering will not charge any fee for your access request but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.
In order to protect your Personal Information, we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.
Policy Updates
This Policy may change from time to time.
Privacy Policy Complaints and Enquiries
If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.