Who this Privacy Statement applies to

This Privacy Statement applies to Firefly Advisory (ABN 40 410 165 790) We respect your right to privacy and are committed to safeguarding your privacy and handling your personal information in a safe, open, and transparent way.

What this Privacy Statement covers

This Privacy Statement explains how we collect, store, maintain, manage, and protect your personal information when we provide professional services to you or your clients and when you use this website, which we own and administer directly.

Laws that apply to us

We will handle your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and other applicable legislation, including Australian State and Territory health privacy legislation such as the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) in Schedule 1 of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic), the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW), the Information Act 2002 (NT), the Information Privacy Act 2014 (ACT), the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld), the Personal Information and Protection Act 2004 (Tas), and the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA).

Firefly Advisory accepts the responsibility to store, maintain, manage, and dispose of information in a manner that meets or exceeds the requirements of applicable laws. We take our obligations under the APPs, Australian State and Territory privacy legislation, and other applicable data protection laws seriously. Accordingly, in addition to this statement, we also maintain an internal privacy policy related to information and data security, handling, and management.

Personal information that we collect

Firefly Advisory may be provided with personal information by our clients and/or by other stakeholders we interact with in the course of our work. To comply with relevant legislation, our project plans embed Firefly Advisory’s approach to information management. The types of personal information we may collect or be provided with when delivering professional services to our clients include (but are not limited to) contact details (such as e-mail address, postal address, and phone or mobile phone number).

Information we may collect when you use the Firefly Advisory website

You do not need to disclose any personal information when using this website. If you wish, you can simply browse, access, and download information contained within this website without providing Firefly Advisory with any personal information. Where you provide personal information to us (for example, by emailing us via our website or by filling in an online form), we will only use your personal information for the purpose(s) for which you gave it to us. We will hold that information. Your information may be shared with our website developer but only to the extent necessary to provide website hosting and maintenance services.

The following anonymous information is automatically collected when you visit our website:

• the search terms you used
• the pages you accessed on the website and the links you clicked on
• the date and time you visited the website
• the referring website (if any) through which you clicked through to this website
• your device type (e.g., desktop computer, iPhone, or an Android device) and operating system (e.g., Windows 10 Pro or Mac OS)
• the type of web browser you use (e.g., Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox)
• other incidental matters such as screen resolution and the language setting of your browser.

The information referred to above is only accessible by our website developer, administrator, and certain other Firefly Advisory staff. No effort will be made to identify individual visitors.

How we use your information

We use the personal information provided to us to deliver our services to clients in accordance with the terms of our contracts with individual clients. We will only use information for the purpose(s) for which it is provided to us, unless it is necessary to comply with a legal or professional right, obligation, or duty. We will not use or disclose personal information to any other agency or person or for any other purpose(s) without a person’s consent, unless required by law.

How we protect your information

Firefly Advisory will establish systems and processes to ensure confidentiality of client information is maintained. We are working on security measures to protect this information, including technological security measures. This policy will be updated with further details as soon as possible.

If in doubt, our staff will seek permission of clients before discussing relevant projects with any party. We ensure our personnel understand their obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and relevant state legislation.

Where clients set their own reasonable expectations concerning the handling of information, we will meet these expectations to ensure that all confidentiality and information management requirements are being observed.

How you can access or correct your personal information

To view any personal information held by us, or if you have any concerns about personal information that we hold and wish to request correction of this information, please write to:

The Privacy Officer

Firefly Advisory

Brighton, Victoria 3186

Email: info@fireflyadvisory.au

We will take all reasonable steps to correct this information in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act.