
PRIVACY POLICY
POLICIES
Barnes Building Inspections is committed to protecting your privacy and handling personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), where applicable.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information when you interact with us or use our website and services.
1. Personal Information We Collect
We may collect personal information including, but not limited to:
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Full name
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Phone number
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Email address
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Property address
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Booking and inspection details
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Details about your building project
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Information provided through enquiry forms, booking forms or email communication
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Any other information you voluntarily provide to us in connection with our services
2. How We Collect Personal Information
We may collect personal information when you:
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Contact us through our website, email or phone
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Submit an enquiry or booking form
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Request a quote
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Book an inspection
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Engage our inspection services
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Communicate with us about your building project or inspection
Where practical, we collect personal information directly from you.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use your personal information to:
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Respond to enquiries and provide quotes
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Schedule and carry out inspections
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Prepare and provide inspection reports
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Communicate with you regarding your inspection, booking or services
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Process payments where applicable
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Maintain business and service records
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Improve our services and website
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Comply with legal and regulatory requirements
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
4. Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose your personal information where reasonably necessary to:
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Service providers who assist us in delivering our services, such as website, reporting, technology or payment providers
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Contractors or professionals assisting us with the delivery of our services
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Comply with legal obligations or lawful requests
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Protect our legal rights, property or the safety of others
We take reasonable steps to ensure that service providers handling personal information on our behalf do so securely and appropriately.
Overseas providers: Some service providers we use may store or process information outside Australia. Where this occurs, we take reasonable steps to ensure your information is handled appropriately.
5. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Personal information is stored using appropriate systems and is only accessible to authorised personnel and service providers where necessary to provide our services.
6. Access & Correction
You may request access to the personal information we hold about you or ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.
Requests can be made by contacting us using the contact details provided on our website.
We will respond to reasonable requests in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.
7. Cookies & Website Data
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, user experience and website performance.
Cookies may collect information such as browser type, device information, pages visited and general website usage information.
Some cookies may be provided by third-party services used on our website.
8. Retention of Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, or meet legal and regulatory requirements.
When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to securely delete or de-identify it where appropriate.
9. Complaints
If you believe we have mishandled your personal information or breached your privacy rights, please contact us first so we can investigate and address your concerns.
We will review and respond to your complaint within a reasonable period.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to make a complaint.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, services, website or privacy obligations.
The most current version will be published on our website.
