Privacy Policy
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Introduction
Advanced Fresh Concepts Pty Ltd ABN 35 605 455 936 trading as Sushi Izu
(
AFC
,
we
,
our
,
us
) recognises the importance of protecting the privacy and the
rights of individuals in relation to their personal information in the course of
running our business. This document is our privacy policy and it tells you how we
collect and manage your personal information.
We respect your rights to privacy under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (
Privacy Act
)
and we comply with all of the Privacy Act’s requirements
in respect of the
collection, management and disclosure of your personal information.
This Privacy Policy (other than section 15) explains how we manage personal
information about individuals other than employees. Section 15 explains the
position of employees.
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What is personal information?
When used in this privacy policy, the term “personal information” has the
meaning given to it in the Privacy Act. In general terms, it means information or
an opinion about an identified individual or an individual who is reasonably
identifiable, whether true or not.
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What types of personal information do we collect and hold?
The types of personal information we collect about you depends on the
circumstances in which the information is collected. Without limitation, we may
collect the following types of personal information about you:
your name and contact details (such as address, email address, telephone,
mobile and facsimile numbers);
payment details such as your debit or credit card details and billing
information;
if you have visited, posted on or interacted with our website located at:
www.sushiizu.com.au (
Website
) or our social media pages (including
Facebook, Instagram), the information that you have shared with us on
those platforms (such as your social media account name, your email
address and any photographs that you shared);
if you download and access our mobile application (
App
), we record your
device details, operating system and geographical location of your device
(where you have provided us with permission), and details of your activities
via the App;
if you are a customer and have participated in any promotional activities
that we or our franchisees may run from time to time (including our Loyalty
Program), information that you submit to us as part of the promotional
activities;
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if you are a customer and have lodged a complaint or claim against us or
one of our franchisees or contractors, any personal information (including
date of birth and health information) that you may have submitted as part
of the complaint or claim;
if you are an employee or contractor, your resume, qualifications, birth date,
current and former employment details, bank details and health information
relating to your employment or engagement with us;
if you are prospective franchisee or a franchisee, information that you
provide to us as part of the application process or during your time as a
franchisee (such as the details of your background and experience, your
previous employment, your financial information and your credit
information);
if you are a franchisee, information about your franchise with us; and
any additional personal information relating to you that you provide to us
directly through our Website, or through our representatives or otherwise.
We may also collect some information that is not personal information because it
does not identify you or anyone else. For example, we may collect aggregated
information about how users use our Website or App.
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How do we collect your personal information?
We collect and hold your personal information in a fair and lawful manner.
Where it is reasonably practicable to do so, we will collect your personal directly
from you. When collecting personal information from you, we may collect it in
the following ways:
when you make an inquiry or order in relation to our goods or services;
via our App;
if you are a prospective franchisee or a franchisee, when you submit your
franchise application to us, throughout the application process, and also
through your franchise relationship with us;
if you are an employee or contractor or a job applicant, when you submit
your application to us, or through your relationship with us;
when you submit any complaint or claim against us or one of our
franchisees;
when you participate in our promotional activities and Loyalty Program
(including online promotional activities conducted on our Website, App or
social media pages);
when you access and upload content or interact in an identifiable manner
with our Website, App and our social media pages (including by posting any
messages or photographs, or “liking” us); or
during conversations and correspondence (whether in writing or
electronically) between you and our representatives.
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Sometimes we may collect your personal information from third parties where it
is unreasonable or impractical for us to collect it from you directly, including the
following:
your referees, if you are a prospective franchisee, a franchisee or job
applicant;
AFC franchisees, contractors and insurers, if you have submitted any
complaint or claim against us or a franchisee;
where you download and use the App, from the providers of the Apple App or Google
Play stores and from AFC franchisees that you pick up products from after
ordering products via the App; and
more generally, from law enforcement agencies and other government
entities.
We only collect sensitive information about you with your consent, or otherwise in
accordance with the Privacy Act. "Sensitive information" has the meaning set out in the
Privacy Act, and includes certain specific types of personal information such as health
information, and information about a person's racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or
practices, criminal record, religious beliefs or affiliations, political opinions, membership of a
political, professional or trade association, and biometric and genetic information.
The main types of sensitive information we may collect include:
details of injuries (ie. health information) that may occur on our premises or
arising through the use of our goods or services; and
details of disabilities or allergies (i.e. health information) so we can
accommodate any special requirements.
If you do provide sensitive information to us for any reason (for example, if you provide us
with information about a disability or allergy you have), you consent to us collecting that
information and to us using and disclosing that information for the purpose for which you
disclosed it to us and as permitted by the Privacy Act and other relevant laws.
In addition to the types of personal information identified above, we may collect personal
information as otherwise permitted or required by law.
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What happens if we cant collect your personal information?
If you do not provide us with the personal information described above, some or
all of the following may happen:
we may not be able to consider your application to become a franchisee;
we may not be able to continue our relationship with you under the
franchise agreement;
you may not be able to participate in our loyalty program and promotional
activities;
we may not be able to provide you with our goods and services, such as
processing your orders and arranging collection of those orders through our
App;
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we may not be able to process, manage and/or investigate a complaint or
claim made by you against us or our franchisee or contractor; or
we may be unable to tailor the content of our Website or App to your
preferences and your experience of our Website or App may not be as
enjoyable or useful.
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For what purposes do we collect, hold, use and disclose your
personal information?
We collect personal information about you so that we can perform our business
activities and functions and to provide best possible quality of customer service.
We may use or disclose your personal information:
for the purposes for which we collected it (and related purposes which
would be reasonably expected by you);
for other purposes to which you have consented; and
as otherwise authorised or required by law.
Some of the specific purposes for which we collect, hold, use and disclose your
personal information include the following:
if you are a prospective franchisee or job applicant, to consider your
application and to manage the application process;
if you are a franchisee, employee or contractor of us, to manage and
maintain our relationship with you;
if you are a customer or potential customer, to provide you with our goods
and services and to conduct promotional and marketing activities (such as
managing our loyalty program);
if you have interacted with our Website or social media pages, to respond to
your posts and comments and to conduct promotional, marketing and
advertising activities;
if you download and use the App, so that we can provide and allow you to
access and have the benefit of the App and its functionality;
to conduct business processing functions including providing personal
information to our related bodies corporate, contractors, service providers
or other third parties;
for the administrative, marketing (including direct marketing), planning,
product or service development, quality control and research purposes of us
and our franchisees;
to update our records and keep your contact details up to date;
if you have submitted a complaint or claim against us or one of our
franchisees, to process, investigate, manage and respond to the complaint
or claim, to inform and liaise with our insurer;
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to comply with any law, rule, regulation, lawful and binding determination,
decision or direction of a regulator, or in co-operation with any
governmental authority; and
to contact you regarding the above, including via electronic messaging such as SMS
and email, by mail, by phone or in any other lawful manner.
Your personal information will not be shared, sold, rented or disclosed other than
as described in this privacy policy.
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Our online and social media presence
Our privacy policy also applies to our Website , App and our social media pages.
Website logs
We or our hosting service provider may log IP addresses (that is, the electronic
addresses of computers connected to the internet) date and time of your visit to
the site or App, pages you accessed, type of browser you are using and referring
site to administer our Website and gather broad demographic information.
Security
As our Website and App is linked to the internet, and the internet is inherently
insecure, we cannot provide any assurance regarding the security of
transmission of information you communicate to us online. We also cannot
guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being
transmitted over the internet. Accordingly, any personal information or other
information which you transmit to us online is transmitted at your own risk.
Links
Our Website or App may contain links to other websites operated by third
parties. We make no representations or warranties in relation to the privacy
practices of any third party website and we are not responsible for the privacy
policies or the content of any third party website. Third party websites are
responsible for informing you about their own privacy practices.
Social media platforms
We do not operate, host or control any social media platforms on which we may
have a presence. We therefore make no representations or warranties in relation
to the privacy practices of the social media platform operators, and we are not
responsible for how the social media platform operators may collect, use, store
or host your personal information. You should inform yourself about their
privacy practices.
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Who do we disclose your information to?
We may disclose your personal information to:
our employees, related bodies corporate, franchisees, suppliers, contractors
or service providers for the purposes of operation of our Website, App or
our business, fulfilling requests by you, and to otherwise provide services to
you including, without limitation, web hosting providers, IT systems
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administrators, mailing houses, couriers, payment processors, data entry
service providers, electronic network administrators, debt collectors, and
professional advisors such as accountants, solicitors, business advisors and
consultants;
our insurers for claims management purposes;
suppliers and other third parties with whom we have commercial
relationships, for business, marketing, and related purposes; and
any organisation for any authorised purpose with your express consent.
We may combine or share any information that we collect from you with
information collected by any of our related bodies corporate.
We may also disclose your personal information in accordance with any consent
you give or where disclosure is authorised, compelled or permitted by law.
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Direct marketing materials
If you are a customer, we may send you direct marketing communications and
information about our products that we consider may be of interest to you.
These communications may be sent in various forms, including mail, SMS, fax
and email and if applicable, social media platforms, in accordance with
applicable marketing laws, such as the Spam Act 2003 (Cth).
If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will endeavour
to use that method whenever practical to do so. In addition, at any time you may
opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us by contacting us (see
the details below) or by using opt-out facilities provided in the marketing
communications and we will then ensure that your name is removed from our
mailing list.
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Do we disclose your personal information to anyone outside
Australia?
We may disclose personal information to our related bodies corporate and third
party suppliers and service providers located overseas for some of the purposes
listed above.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipients of your personal
information do not breach the privacy obligations relating to your personal
information.
We may disclose your personal information to entities located outside of
Australia, including our related bodies corporate, located in the United States.
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Security and data quality
We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is protected from
misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
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We may hold your information in either electronic or hard copy form. Personal
information is destroyed or de-identified when no longer needed or when we are
no longer required by law to retain it (whichever is the later).
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How can you access and correct your personal information?
You may request access to any personal information we hold about you and/or to
make corrections to that information at any time by contacting us (see the contact
details in section 14 below).
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 may charge you a reasonable fee to cover our administrative and
other reasonable costs in providing the information to you. We will not charge
for simply making the request and will not charge for making any corrections to
your personal information. As part of this request, we may need 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.
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 provide written notice to you stating our
reasons for refusing your correction request.
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What is the process for complaining about a breach of privacy?
If you believe that your privacy has been breached, please contact us using the
contact information in section 14 below and provide details of the incident in
writing so that we can investigate it. We will treat your complaint confidentially,
investigate your complaint and respond to your complaint within a reasonable
time (and in any event within the time required by the Privacy Act, if applicable).
After we have completed our enquiries, we will contact you, usually in writing, to
advise the outcome and invite a response to our conclusions about the
complaint. If we receive a response from you, we will assess it and advise if we
have changed our view.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your complaint, you may contact the
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner:
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001
Telephone: 1300 363 992
Email: enquiries@oaic.gov.au
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Contacting us
The contact details for our Privacy Officer are as follows:
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Post: Privacy Officer
Unit 12, 512 Gardeners Road
Mascot NSW 2020
Tel: (02) 9667 5800
Email: privacy@afcsushi.com.au
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Employees
We collect information in relation to employees as part of their application and
during the course of their employment, either from them or in some cases from
third parties such as recruitment agencies. Such information may include
contact details, qualifications, resume, current and former employment details,
pay rate and salary, bank details, feedback from supervisors, training records and
logs of your usage of our equipment (e.g. phones, computers and vehicles).
Under the Privacy Act, personal information about a current or former employee
may be held, used or disclosed in any way that is directly connected to the
employment relationship. We handle employee information in accordance with
legal requirements and our applicable policies in force from time to time.
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Changes to our privacy policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time. Any updated versions of
this privacy policy will be posted on our Website and will be effective from the
date of posting.
Where applicable privacy laws provide for exceptions or exemptions, we may
rely on those exceptions or exemptions in our information handling practices.
This privacy policy was last updated on 21 January 2021.
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