Privacy Policy - Byraveshwara Traders

Privacy policy

At Byraveshwara Traders, there's a reason we collect data from our customers. We want to ensure you have the best experience possible, every time you shop with us, whether in-store or online.

So what data are we talking about? Usually this includes your name, delivery address or contact details. It could also include any information we collect when you visit our stores, website or apps. These details help us complete a transaction with you, make our advertising more relevant and tailor your shopping experience. In some cases, we may also share the information with our parent company Wesfarmers and its other businesses.

What we won't do with your data is use it to fill your inbox with irrelevant or unwanted spam or sell your data to anyone else. That's a promise.

Keeping your personal information safe and secure is our priority.

You also have rights. So if you want to access your data or provide feedback on how we're using your personal information, please email us at info@Byraveshwara Traders.in.

Byraveshwara Traders are committed to protecting your privacy and personal information. We collect, hold, use and disclose personal information to assist us in carrying on our business, including to provide products and services to you. In this policy we explain how we collect your personal information, how we hold, use and disclose it and what controls you have over it and our use of it.
This policy is available on our websites at Byraveshwara Traders.in and Byraveshwara Traders.co.nz. Collection of information

Personal information is information that identifies you or from which you may reasonably be identified. The types of personal information that Byraveshwara Traders may collect about you includes:

Name, gender, date of birth and age
Identification information, including signature, driver’s licence number and student identification number
Contact details, including personal and business addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers
Details of a family member you register for an in-store event, competition or promotion, including name and age
Details about your purchases and orders from us and your product and services preferences
Vehicle number plate details
Employer or business details
Digital information, such as cookies, tags pixels, software versions used, device identifiers (like IP address), location data (where available and not disabled by the user), dates, times, file metadata, referring website, data entered, and user activity such as links clicked app installations, app launches, adding items to a basket, adding items to a wish list and making purchases
Financial information, including bank and cheque account details and credit card details, and information about your credit history
Images from video surveillance and other cameras in our stores (including in car parks, pick up areas and store entrances)
If you apply for employment with us, details regarding your employment history, educational qualifications and similar information.

The main ways we collect personal information about you are

If you purchase or order any product from us
If you visit a Byraveshwara Traders store or if you contact Byraveshwara Traders, including to make an inquiry regarding our products and services, to make a complaint, to provide feedback, to seek a refund, or to attend an event
If you are a supplier or service provider, in connection with the supply of products and services by your business to Byraveshwara Traders;
If you access our website or digital applications (for example, our PowerPass App), including by the use of cookies (which are small data files transferred onto devices when a website is accessed), tags and pixels (which 'tag' devices), which may track what you view on our website or apps and also other websites that you visit. Cookies, tags and pixels may also come from third party services (such as Facebook) for the purpose of collecting data to enable website or app performance measurement and personalised advertising;
If you hire equipment from our stores where we supply that equipment as agent for a third party, that third party may share your hire details with us;
if you arrange a service or quote using a booking service provided by a third party in connection with our business, those third parties may share your details with us;
If you interact with Byraveshwara Traders via social networking services;
If you subscribe to any of our mailing lists or use any of our online applications;
If you participate in any competition that we conduct;
If you apply for a PowerPass account or any other type of credit account with Byraveshwara Traders;
Via our security cameras or other cameras installed in our stores (including in car parks, pick up areas and store entrances);
If you undertake any of Byraveshwara Traders’ induction, safety or compliance processes;
If you engage, request or seek a quotation for a service from a third party that we use to provide a service to you; or
If you submit an employment application to us.

We may also collect personal information about you from

Publicly available sources, including from Australian Government agencies such as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, New Zealand Companies Office, internet search platforms and social media platforms, such as Facebook;
Any person authorised to act on your behalf or authorised to provide your personal information to Byraveshwara Traders;
Credit reporting bodies and other credit providers, if you apply for a PowerPass account or any other type of credit account with Byraveshwara Traders;
Anyone sharing information with us for loss prevention and/or law enforcement purposes;
Any persons you nominate, if you submit an employment application to us; and
Our related companies such as Wesfarmers, Kmart, Target, Officeworks, and Catch (Related Companies) including information about your transactions or other interactions with them, including browsing on their websites and apps.

Use and disclosure of personal information

We use and disclose your personal information in connection with carrying on our business, including to provide products and services to you.

Byraveshwara Traders may use your personal information

To charge you for products and services we provide to you and to prepare invoices and sales records for such purchases
To provide advice regarding our products and services to you (or arrange for others to do so at our request)
To deliver our products and services to you
To consider feedback and complaints that you may make to us
To provide refunds and exchanges
To promote and advertise our products and services (including by including your feedback in our advertising) and to undertake competitions and events
To personalise advertising and content displayed to you (including the layout and content of our website, and advertisements displayed to you on or via third party websites or platforms such as Facebook)
To undertake product recalls
To monitor our sales of products and services and for quality control purposes, including undertaking customer surveys and analysis, or seeking feedback from customers
To determine your product or service preferences and preferred store locations (for example, through the use of our PowerPass mobile application), or to direct you to your closest store when using our websites or mobile applications
To undertake data processing, data analysis and matching, market research or trend analysis
in the case of our suppliers or service providers, to manage the provision of products and services to us
To monitor customer traffic in our stores and identify high traffic areas or frequently visited locations in our stores
To monitor and measure the use of our websites or mobile applications, including web-based referral channels, data entered and user activity such as links clicked
To assist us to develop and deliver new products and services
To assess any application that you make to us for a PowerPass account or other credit account, of any nature
To assist us in ensuring security, health and safety and customer protection in our stores (including car parks, pick up areas and store entrances)
To assist us, our service providers and Related Companies, and other third parties who we share information with for loss prevention or law enforcement purposes in investigating and preventing any potential, suspected or actual breaches of law or fraudulent activities
To recruit our employees or engage contractors
For any other purpose disclosed to you at the time the relevant personal information is collected
For purposes directly related to any of the above.

We work with a number of third parties in carrying on our business and may disclose your personal information to

Third parties to facilitate the provision of products and services to you (including to facilitate repairs and customer recalls), such as to product manufacturers and suppliers, couriers and installers
Third parties, if you hire equipment from us which we supply as an agent for that third party
Marketing, advertising and promotions services providers and event organisers in connection with Byraveshwara Traders’ marketing, advertising and events
Third parties who provide services to Byraveshwara Traders in connection with our business operations, undertaking data monitoring or data analysis and data matching activities, monitoring trends in customer preferences or transactions and the operation and maintenance of our website, as well as our online services or online applications
Third party platforms who display advertising or content (including personalised advertising) based on your personal information or preferences (including social media platforms such as Facebook)
Credit reporting agencies and other credit providers, to assist in assessing any application that you make to us for a PowerPass account or other credit account, of any nature
Third parties who provide other administrative and operational services to Byraveshwara Traders in connection with our business, including for example financial institutions, security services providers, market research or feedback collection companies, IT service providers, payment processers and collectors, mailing houses and card manufacturers
Byraveshwara Traders’ professional advisers, where required to enable any such adviser to provide services to Byraveshwara Traders
third parties necessary to assist us in investigating and preventing any potential, suspected or actual breaches of law or fraudulent activities
third parties who we share information with for loss prevention and law enforcement purposes, in investigating and preventing any potential, suspected or actual breaches of law or fraudulent activities
Law enforcement agencies, government agencies or other third parties, where required under or authorised by law (for example, to comply with a subpoena, a warrant or other order of a court or legal process)
Other persons disclosed to you at the time the relevant personal information is collected
Our Related Companies who may use that information to undertake data analytics and matching to enable them to better understand your requirements and preferences, and (if you interact with that business) to personalise and improve their offer to you and to offer products or providing services to y• our Related Companies who may use that information to undertake data analytics and matching to enable them to better understand your requirements and preferences, and (if you interact with that business) to personalise and improve their offer to you and to offer products or providing services to you or send direct marketing to you (where you have consented to receiving offers or direct marketing from them).
Our Related Companies who may use that information to undertake data analytics and matching to enable them to better understand your requirements and preferences, and (if you interact with that business) to personalise and improve their offer to you and to offer products or providing services to you or send direct marketing to you (where you have consented to receiving offers or direct marketing from them).

Transfer of information overseas

Some of our service providers may be located overseas or may store information (including your personal information) that we provide to them overseas. We may also provide your personal information to Byraveshwara Traders affiliates operating Byraveshwara Traders overseas and to our Related Companies that are located overseas. Therefore, the personal information you provide to us may be held overseas. The jurisdictions in which the personal information you provide to us may be held include Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Personal information you disclose to us will only be held or processed overseas in accordance with all applicable law.

Anonymity

Where practicable you have the option of dealing with Byraveshwara Traders anonymously or by using a pseudonym. However, if you deal with us in this manner, we may not be able to provide all of our products and services to you or interact with you in other ways set out in this policy. For example, we will not be able to deliver products to you if you do not provide us with address details for the delivery.

Marketing, advertising and customer insights

As part of Byraveshwara Traders’ functions and business activities and to promote the services we can provide to you, Byraveshwara Traders may use, and disclose to third parties, personal information that we have collected from you or trusted third parties (including our Related Companies), for the purposes of advertising (including online behavioural advertising and website personalisation) and other direct marketing. We may engage third parties to assist us in ensuring that the marketing and advertising we provide is of interest to you. Direct marketing includes Byraveshwara Traders or third parties

Sending to you and/or contacting you directly in relation to promotions and information about Byraveshwara Traders’ products and services;
Sersonalising the layout of our website to display products and services of interest to you; and
Sroviding targeted advertising content to you (including through third party websites).
We may also collect and use personal information about you from our Related Companies, such as purchase history and webpages visited on their websites and apps, to help personalise our website appearance for you and our direct marketing communications to you.
Generally, we will provide direct marketing to you where you have requested or consented to receiving such information. You can opt out of receiving direct marketing communications from Byraveshwara Traders by using the opt out link or details provided in the direct marketing communication or in the case of online advertising, by managing your preferences in digital platforms such as Google or Facebook.

The third parties we engage to assist us in marketing and advertising may use cookies (that is, small data files transferred onto devices when a website is accessed) and other technologies, such as pixels, to obtain information about your preferences when you access online platforms or websites other than the Byraveshwara Traders’ website. Your preferences collected in this manner may be disclosed to us. You can manage your preferences in relation to targeted online advertising directly through digital platforms such as Google or Facebook.

We may collect, use or disclose information about you in order to combine the information that we hold about you with information about you collected from or held by Related Companies, other trusted partners or from public sources. We may do this to enable us to derive insights about you. This includes being able to better understand your preferences and interests, personalise your experience, enhance the products and services you receive, and to tell you about products and services that may be of interest to you. We may also use Related Companies and trusted service providers to undertake the process of creating these consumer insights.

Security and storage

Byraveshwara Traders will take reasonable steps to protect the security of your personal information that we hold, including both paper and electronic records. We have security measures in place to attempt to reasonably protect personal information under our control from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. For example, Byraveshwara Traders seeks to ensure that personal information in paper form is held securely and personal information held electronically by or for Byraveshwara Traders is held on secured servers in controlled facilities.

No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be secure. As a result, Byraveshwara Traders cannot ensure or warrant the security of any personal information transmitted by you to Byraveshwara Traders over the internet.

Use and disclosure of personal information

You have the right under applicable Australian or New Zealand privacy legislation to request access to, and correction of, personal information about you held by Byraveshwara Traders, at no cost to you. Requests should be made as set out under the heading “How to contact Byraveshwara Traders” below.

Byraveshwara Traders may require you to verify your identity at the time you request access to, or correction of, your personal information so that we can ensure your personal information is disclosed only to you.

Byraveshwara Traders will respond to any requests for access or correction within a reasonable time, but in any event by no later than 30 days after the date you make the request.

If Byraveshwara Traders refuses to provide you with access to the personal information held about you, or if Byraveshwara Traders refuses to correct that information, we will provide reasons for such refusal .If you object to the refusal, you may make a complaint in the manner indicated under the heading “Questions and complaints” below.

Questions and complaints

If you have a question or complaint about this policy, Byraveshwara Traders’ collection of your personal information or the way in which Byraveshwara Traders deals with your personal information, this should be directed to Byraveshwara Traders’ Privacy Officer using the contact details set out under the heading “How to contact Byraveshwara Traders” below.

We will promptly investigate any complaint you make to us and attempt to resolve that complaint. If you are not satisfied with Byraveshwara Traders’ proposed resolution of your complaint, or if we do not respond to you within 30 days of the date you make the complaint, then you may, if you are in Australia, contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner or, if you are in New Zealand, the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner to resolve that complaint:

Address :

Accessing links

Byraveshwara Traders’ website may contain links to other websites. If you access any third party website from Byraveshwara Traders’ website, personal information about you may be collected by that third party website. Byraveshwara Traders is not responsible for ensuring the protection of any of your information collected from any such third party website. Byraveshwara Traders encourages you to be aware of this when you leave our website and to read the privacy policies for every third party website that you access,

How to contact Byraveshwara Traders

You can contact us in writing or by email as set out below:

Changes to this policy

Byraveshwara Traders may update this policy from time to time. We may let you know of significant changes to this policy by posting a notification on our website. The current version of this policy will always be available on our website and was last updated in February 2021.

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