Secure FX Trader is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act which impose certain requirements on Secure FX Trader with respect to handling personal information.  Secure FX Trader has implemented procedures to ensure that personal information is handled in accordance with the Act.  Secure FX Trader has issued this policy in compliance with the Act.

Please read the following policy to understand how Secure FX Trader deals with the personal information that it may collect about you from time to time. This policy may change from time to time, so please revisit the policy periodically.

WHO DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM?

While providing our products and services, Secure FX Trader may collect personal information from clients, or potential clients. What types of personal information do we collect?  While providing products and services we may collect:

• Personal Information including names, addresses and other contact details.
• Sensitive Information including government identifiers (such as your TFN), your nationality, country of birth, professional memberships, family court orders and criminal records.

HOW DO WE COLLECT AND HOLD YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

How we collect personal information will largely be dependent upon whose information we are collecting.  If it is reasonable and practical to do so, we collect personal information directly from you.  Where possible, Secure FX Trader has attempted to standardise the collection of personal information by using specifically designed forms.

We may also collect personal information from other people (e.g. a third-party administrator) or independent sources, however, we will only do so where it is not reasonable and practical to collect the information from you directly.

We also use cookies to tell us how you use our website and how we can help you.  Cookies are digital identifiers that are automatically stored on your computer.  These help us personalise our service to you and may collect and store your server address, top level domain name (e.g. .com, .gov, .net etc), the date and time of your visit, country your service address is located in, the type of browser you used, the pages viewed and any downloads made, the previous site you visited and the site you visited next.

Cookies can make your subsequent visits to our website simpler and more efficient.  We may also use the information to assist in improving the website, marketing and product development.

You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.  By not accepting cookies, some pages on the website may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain information.  Cookies can be turned off or deleted at any time through your browser settings.  A server cannot find out a name or email address, or anything about you by using cookies.

We do not store or collect cookie information.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We only use personal information that is reasonably necessary for one or more of our functions or activities (the primary purpose) or for a related secondary purpose that would be reasonably expected by you, or to which you have consented.  Our uses of personal information include but are not limited to:

• Providing you with one or more of our financial services or products;
• To assess your application for a financial product or service; and/or
• To communicate with you about the products and services that we offer.