Last updated May 4, 2021.
- Introduction
1.1 Hello, we’re Smartsami Trading Pty Ltd (ACN 608 448 246) (Smartsami, we, us). This Smartsami Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) is provided to ensure you understand your rights and obligations when you access, use and navigate our application, platforms and applications located at Smartsami.com.au (Application).
1.2 This policy sets out:
• what is considered personal information;
• what personal information we collect and hold;
• how we collect, hold, use or disclose personal information;
• the purposes for which we collect personal information;
• what happens if we are not able to collect personal information;
• how to seek access to and correct your personal information;
• whether we disclose personal information outside Australia; and
• how to contact us.
1.3 Smartsami respects the rights and privacy of all individuals and is committed to complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles and protecting the personal information we hold.
1.4 We may, from time to time, review and update this policy, including taking account of new or amended laws, new technology and/or changes to our operations. All personal information held by us will be governed by the most recently updated policy and we will give you notice of our revised policy by posting to our Application.
- What is personal information?
In general terms, it is any information that can be used to personally identify you. This may include (but is not limited to) your name, age, gender, postcode and contact details (including phone numbers and email addresses) and possibly financial information, including your credit card or direct debit account information. If the information we collect personally identifies you, or you are reasonably identifiable from it, the information will be considered personal information.
- Consent
3.1 Your consent to this Privacy Policy is the legal basis upon which we can collect, use, store, process and disclose your personal information. You acknowledge and accept that by using our application, platforms, applications, products or services (Services), you are consenting to providing us with your personal information and agree to your personal information being collected, used, stored, processed and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
3.2 If you do not wish to provide us with your personal information, then you are not required to do so. However, by deciding not to provide us with your personal information we may not be able to provide you with access to the Application, either to the same standard as if you had provided the required personal information, or at all.
- What personal information does Smartsami collect and hold?
4.1 We collect your personal information directly from you unless it is unreasonable or impractical to do so.
We do this in ways including:
• when you validate your phone number, you are registering as a user of the Application;
• via your access and use of our Application; and
• during conversations between you and us via phone or email (if any).
4.2 By using our Services and providing us with your personal information, you authorise us to disclose some of your information to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This includes disclosing your personal information to our customers (the Venue) who you are transacting with. Your personal information (excluding any credit/debit card information) is provided to the Venue via their Smartsami admin login. The Venue must use this information in accordance with the Spam Act 2003.
4.3 We strictly do not share your personal information with other Smartsami customers in our network unless the Venue is part of a larger related party group (Group), in which case we may share your personal information with that Group only.
4.4 Smartsami does not share your credit/debit card information with the Venue. This information is stored as a secure customer token on the Smartsami database and this token can only be charged by the Smartsami application. The only allowance the Venue has to instigate a transaction with your payment method is for the purpose of proving you with a refund for your transaction with the Venue.
4.5 We may also provide your information to other third parties engaged by Smartsami to perform functions on its behalf, such as processing credit card information, as well as third parties authorised by you to receive information held by Smartsami.
4.6 We may collect and disclose personal information to the Venue and other third parties for the purposes described in this policy.
These purposes include but are not limited to:
• efficient communications between you, Smartsami and the Venue.
• secure storage and management of your files to allow Smartsami to provide you proper access to the Application.
• where you have consented to the use or disclosure;
• where we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious, immediate threat to someone’s health or safety or the public’s health or safety;
• where we reasonably suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in and the use or disclosure is a necessary part of our investigation or in reporting the matter to the relevant authorities;
• where such use or disclosure is required under or authorised by law (for example,COVID19 regulations or to comply with a warrant or court order;
• where we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary for the prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes or wrongdoings or the preparation for, or conduct of, proceedings before any court or tribunal (or the implementation of orders of a court or tribunal or on behalf of an enforcement body);
• to develop and improve the products and services;
• to facilitate your participation in loyalty programs;
• for research and analysis in relation to our (and our related entities’) business, products and services;
• for our internal accounting and administration; and
• to facilitate any authorised payments through the payment gateway.
4.7 The primary purpose for which we collect information about you is to allow the communities and suppliers you have chosen to connect with, to listen, learn, and improve the way they service you.
4.12 Your personal information will not be shared, sold, rented or disclosed other than as described in this Privacy Policy.
4.13 We may disclose your personal information to:
• our employees, contractors, licensees or external service providers for the operation of our application or our business, fulfilling requests by you, including without limitation IT systems administrators or payment processors;
• specific third parties authorised by you to receive information held by us (e.g. a venue that you have opted in to receive marketing information from);
• the police, any relevant authority or enforcement body, or your Internet Service Provider or network administrator, for example, if we have reason to suspect that you have committed a breach of any of our terms and conditions, or have otherwise been engaged in any unlawful activity, and we reasonably believe that disclosure is necessary;
• as required or permitted by any law (including the Privacy Act).
- What happens if we can’t collect your personal information?
5.1 Where practical, such as when just viewing the menu without making a purchase, you may choose not to identify yourself to the supplier.
5.2 In some instances, if you do not provide us with required personal information described in this policy, we may not be able to provide you with access to the Application, either to the same standard as if you had provided the required personal information, or at all.
- Use of financial information
6.1 If you use our Application to make purchases or other financial transactions (such as payment of invoices through the Application for products or services you purchase from a third party user or Venue), we may collect information about the purchase or transaction. This includes payment information, such as your credit card or debit card number (stored as a secure token), billing details and other account and contact information (Financial Information).
6.2 We will only collect Financial Information from you with your prior knowledge. You can access and browse our Application without disclosing Financial Information.
6.3 We use your Financial Information solely to process payments for products or services you request or purchase through the use of our Application. We only use and retain your Financial Information to complete payments you initiate, any Financial Information that is collected is solely for the purpose of transaction approval and the transfer of funds.
6.4 We provide data encryption throughout the payment process and only share your Financial Information with your credit card provider, third party payment processor or financial institution to process payments. The Financial Information we collect from you is strictly confidential and held on secured servers in controlled facilities.
6.5 We store your Financial Information against your verified phone number after the transaction is complete for your convenience, so you don’t have to type in your credit card each time you use Smartsami. You can contact us if you wish to remove your user account and/or card details from your database and we will do this immediately.
6.6 We may use third party agents to manage online payment processing. These agents are not permitted to store, retain, or use your Financial Information or other personally identifiable information, except for the sole purpose of payment processing on our behalf. Any third party agent used by us is not authorized to use your Financial Information in anyway other than to process payments and is required to keep any Financial Information it uses or collects confidential.
- Direct marketing materials
7.1 You will only receive marketing from the communities and suppliers you have chosen to connect with. These communications may be sent in various forms, including mail, SMS or email, in accordance with applicable marketing laws, such as the Spam Act 2004 (Cth). If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will endeavour to use that method whenever practical to do so.
7.2 You may opt-out of receiving marketing by unsubscribing from the community or supplier you are connected with.
7.3 We do not share your personal information to other organisations (other than the Venue) for the purposes of direct marketing unless expressly authorised by you.
- Third-party hosting
8.1 Our Application is hosted by third party service providers.
- Will your information be disclosed overseas?
9.1 We will not disclose your personal information to any person or entity outside of the region you are in.
- How can you access and correct your personal information?
10.1 You may request access to any personal information we hold about you at any time by contacting us at support@Smartsami.com.au.
10.2 Where we hold information that you are entitled to access, we will try to provide you with suitable means of accessing it (for example, by mailing or emailing it to you). We will not charge for simply making a request and will not charge for making any corrections to your personal information. If you make an access request, we will ask you to verify your identity. There may be instances where we cannot grant you access to the personal information we hold. For example, we may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others, or if it would result in a breach of confidentiality. If that happens, we will give you written reasons for any refusal.
10.3 If you believe that personal information we hold about you is incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate, then you may request us to amend it. We will consider if the information requires amendment. If we do not agree that there are grounds for amendment, then we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with it.
10.4 We request that you keep your information as current as possible so that we may continue to improve our service to you.
- How will Smartsami make sure your information is secure?
11.1 We will take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, loss, or unauthorised access, including by means of firewalls, password access, secure servers and encryption of credit card transactions.
11.2 If you suspect any misuse or loss of, or unauthorised access to, your personal information, please let us know immediately.
11.3 If we suspect any misuse or loss of, or unauthorised access to, your personal information we may inform you of that suspicion and take immediate steps to limit any further access to, or distribution of, your personal information. If we determine that the breach is likely to result in serious harm to you and we are unable to prevent the likely risk of serious harm with remedial action, we will take action in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
11.4 If we receive unsolicited personal information that we are not permitted to collect under this privacy policy, or within the confines of the law, we will destroy or de-identify the unsolicited personal information as soon as practicable if it is lawful and reasonable to do so. We will destroy or de-identify your personal information if we no longer require it to deliver our services as soon as practicable if it is lawful and reasonable to do so.
- Does Smartsami use “cookies”?
12.1 When you use our Application via a phone or browser, Smartsami or our service providers may obtain information using technologies such as cookies, tags, web beacons, and navigational data collection (log files, server logs, and clickstream data) to better understand your user experience. For example, Smartsami or our service providers may collect information like the date, time and duration of visits and which pages are accessed.
12.2 When you access our Application, we may send a “cookie” (which is a small summary file containing a unique ID number) to your computer or mobile device.
12.3 We also use cookies to measure traffic patterns, to determine which areas of our applications have been visited, and to measure transaction patterns in the aggregate. We use this to research our users’ habits so that we can improve our online services.
12.4 We may also log IP addresses (the electronic addresses of computers connected to the internet) to analyse trends, administer the application, track user movements, and gather broad demographic information.
13.5 This information is generally not linked to your identity, except where it is accessed via links in Smartsami emails or where you have identified yourself.
13.6 We may also collect anonymous data (which is not personal information) relating to your activity on our application (including IP addresses) via cookies. We generally use this information to report statistics, analyse trends, administer our services, diagnose problems and target and improve the quality of our services.
- How can you complain about privacy breaches?
14.1 If you believe your privacy has been breached by us, have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy please, contact us using the email support@Smartsami.com.au and provide details of the incident so that we can investigate it.
14.2 We are genuinely committed to the rules, ethos and intent detailed in this Privacy Policy and we aim to ensure that your requests or complaints are treated confidentially. Our representative will contact you within a reasonable time after receipt of your complaint to discuss your concerns and outline options regarding how they may be resolved. We will aim to ensure that your complaint is resolved in a timely and appropriate manner.
14.3 If you are not satisfied with the outcome of our investigation, then you may request that an independent person (usually the Commonwealth Privacy Officer) investigate your complaint.
- Who can you contact about your personal information?
To contact Smartsami about your personal information, concerns or complaints, email at support@Smartsami.com.au or alternatively, write to Smartsami, PO Box 1304 Double Bay 1360 NSW or call 1800 821 141.
The data protection officer at Smartsami is Daniel Bowling and will receive emails sent to support@Smartsami.com.au