GGE Projects

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This privacy policy governs the manner in which GGE Projects Pty Ltd (“we”, “our” or “us”) collects, uses, maintains and discloses personal information collected from users of the www.ggeprojects.com website (“Site”), our clients and our potential clients (each, a “User”).

This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by us. Please read this policy before submitting any personal information (whether via one of our websites, by email, in person or over the phone). By opting in, you consent to receive marketing materials and other offers from us and to allow us to use and disclose your personal information as set out below. You can opt out via contacting us via the ‘Contact Us' box on our www.ggeprojects.com main page.

Information We Collect - Personal identification information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our Site, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form, through social media and other forms of public platforms and modes of engagement and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. 

Personal information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples include names, email addresses, gender, preferences, credit card details and other information relating to a person’s interactions with her. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. 

Personal information is obtained in many ways including by email, via our website, from media and publications, events, conferences and other publicly available sources (including but not limited to social media and other forms of public platforms and modes of engagement), from cookies and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policies of third parties. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, however it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities with us.

We collect your personal information for the primary purpose of providing services to you, providing information to clients and for 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 opting out of the next communication we send you.

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 (including but not limited to the payment and other software providers connected with our website). To that end, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by third parties.

We use various social networking services including but not limited to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest  and LinkedIn to communicate with the public about our services. When you communicate with us using these services, we may collect your personal information. The social networking service will also handle your personal information for its own purposes. These sites have their own privacy policies.

Information We Collect - Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the internet service providers utilised and other similar information.

Information We Collect - Sensitive information

Sensitive information is 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.

Sensitive information will be used by us only:

· for the primary purpose for which it was obtained

· for a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose

· with your consent, or

· where required or authorised by law.

Information We Collect - Web browser cookies

Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

For EU users – Consent to use cookies

If you are an individual residing in the European Union (EU) or any other jurisdiction that requires us to obtain your consent to use cookies on our Site, then you will have an opportunity to manage your consent preference on our Site, except that certain cookies are required to enable core site functionality, and you cannot opt-out or choose to disable those cookies. If you do not agree to the use of cookies, please disable them by following the instructions for your browser or use the automated disabling tool where available. However, some of the services will not function so well if cookies are disabled.

How We Use Collected Information

We will only use your personal information where we are permitted to do so by applicable law, such as for the following purposes:

· To improve client service
Information you provide helps us respond to your client service requests and support needs more efficiently.

· To personalise user experience
We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.

· To improve our Site
We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services.

· To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Site feature
To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.

· To send periodic emails
We may use the email address to respond to their enquiries, questions, and/or other requests. If a User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

For EU users – Legal bases for processing

If you are an individual residing in the EU, we collect and process information about you only where we have legal bases for doing so under applicable EU laws. The legal bases depend on the services you use. We collect and use your information only where:

· we need it to provide our services, including to provide customer support and personalised features;

· it satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development purposes, to maintain and improve our Site and our services, to promote and market our services, for research and development purposes and to protect our legal rights and interests;

· you give us consent to do so for a specific purpose e.g. where you subscribe to our e-newsletter or request or download our publications;

· we need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation such as performing client due diligence/”know your client”, anti-money laundering, anti-bribery, sanctions or reputational risk screening, identifying conflicts of interests, for the prevention of fraud and/or other relevant background checks as may be required by applicable law and regulation and best practice at any given time (and if false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified or suspected, details may be passed to fraud prevention agencies and may be recorded by us or by them), to enforce our legal rights, to comply with our legal or regulatory reporting obligations and/or to protect the rights of third parties;

· to ensure that we can recover any payments due to us and where necessary to enforce such recovery through the engagement of debt collection agencies or taking other legal action (including the commencement and carrying out of legal and court proceedings); or

· to reorganise or make changes to our business. In the event that we undergo a re-organisation (e.g. if we merge, combine, list or divest a part of our business), we may need to transfer some or all of your personal information to the relevant third party (or its advisors) as part of any due diligence process or transfer to that re-organised entity or third party for the same purposes as set out in this policy or for the purpose of analysing any proposed transaction.

If you have consented to our use of information about you for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time, but this will not affect any processing that has already taken place. 

How We Protect Your Collected Information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

How We Share Your Personal information

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

· with third parties, where you consent to the use or disclosure, and

· where required or authorised by law.

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

Other Important Privacy Information: Security

Your personal information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised 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 it. 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.

Other Important Privacy Information: 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 via admin@ggeprojects.com

We 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.

Other Important Privacy Information: Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information

It is important to us that your personal information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

Under certain circumstances and in accordance with EU or other applicable data protection laws, you may have the right to require us to:

· provide you with further details on the use we make of your personal information;

· provide you with a copy of personal information that we hold about you;

· update any inaccuracies in the personal information we hold;

· delete any personal information that we no longer have a lawful ground to use;

· where processing is based on consent, to withdraw your consent so that we stop that particular processing;

· object to any processing based on the legitimate interests ground unless our reasons for undertaking that processing outweigh any prejudice to your data protection rights; and

· restrict how we use your personal information whilst a complaint is being investigated,

· and we will generally provide you with access, subject to certain exceptions permitted by law.

If you are an individual residing in the EU, you have the right under the General Data Protection Regulation to request from us access to and rectification or erasure of your personal information, data portability, restriction of processing of your personal information, the right to object to processing of your personal information and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To request access to or rectification, portability or erasure of your personal information, or to delete your account, please contact us using the details provided below. If you live in the EU and you wish to exercise your right to restriction of processing or your right to object to processing, please contact us using the details provided below.

Other Important Privacy Information: Changes to this privacy policy

We have the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms 

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, please contact us at:

GGE Projects Pty Ltd

0417061183
admin@ggeprojects.com

Last update

14.02.23