Privacy Policy
Privacy is important to us
Digital Tomato is a modern and technically focused software consultancy with loads of experience in the areas of enterprise and Internet software development. We recognise that to run our business successfully we must maintain high standards when it comes to how we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information. We recognise your right to privacy and have established a number of protocols to help us keep the information we hold accurate, up-to-date and not misleading.
If any personal information is collected and held by our business, it is covered by the National Privacy Principals (NPPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This policy documents how we manage personal information.
How we collect personal information
There are a number of limited circumstances in which we will collect information from you:
- When you provide the Vehicle Identification Number of a vehicle to perform a REVs check.
The purposes for which we collect personal information
We collect personal information for a variety of different purposes. Some of the purposes for which we collect personal information include:
- To provide products such as REVS check or car history reports to you
How we use and disclose personal information
We use and/or disclose your personal information for the purposes of carrying on our various businesses.
Generally personal information is used and disclosed for the purposes for which it was collected.
Generally, before Digital Tomato discloses your personal information, the entity to whom the information is disclosed must be a client of one of our businesses. However, there may be circumstances where we are required or authorised by law to disclose your personal information to someone who is not a client e.g. to an Ombudsman, tribunal, court, law enforcement agency or government department.
Government identifiers and sensitive information
We do not use or collect any identifier assigned by an agency or a contracted service provider for a Commonwealth contract. We do not use or retain tax file numbers, Medicare card numbers, pensioner card numbers or other similar identifiers.
We do not collect, hold or disclose sensitive information about you such as:
- Political, social, religious or ethical beliefs or affiliations
- Criminal record
- Medical history
- Colour, race, ethnic or national origins
- Sexual preferences or practices
- Lifestyle, character or reputation
How we keep your personal information secure
We use industry standard security and encryption to protect any personal information we hold on you.
Further information about your Privacy rights
For further information about the Australian Privacy Act please visit the Office of the Privacy Commissioner website at www.privacy.gov.au/privacy_rights/index.html.
This policy documents how we manage personal information and reflects our obligations under NPP 5.1 to have a policy on this aspect of our business. This document does not create any additional rights under contract, statute or equity law.