Central to the success of SUMMIT Accountants | Business Advisors (“SUMMIT”) is our commitment to our clients. We honour without reservation our obligation to respect and protect the privacy of the personal information of individuals with whom we deal.

 

 

 

Whenever it is reasonable and practicable to do so, we only collect information about you directly from you. We only collect personal information about you that is reasonably necessary to:

 

• provide you quality products or services

• consider applications and approaches you make to us

• maintain your contact details

We generally hold personal information relating to:

 

• the services we provide or have provided to you

• your tax and financial information

• your contact details

We do not generally collect sensitive information about you unless required by applicable laws or rules. Sensitive information includes information relating to:

• race

• political or religious beliefs

• sexual preferences

• criminal convictions

• membership of professional or trade associations or unions

• health information

We collect information relating to membership of professional or trade associations or unions only where our customers elect to supply such information. We do not use or share that information for any other purpose other than the provision of our services, or as otherwise disclosed to the customer when the information was collected.

 

How That Information is Used

We only use and disclose personal information about you for the purpose for which it was disclosed to us or related purposes which would reasonably be expected without your permission. For example, we may from time to time use your personal information to inform you of related services that we expect may be of interest to you. However, we do respect your right to ask us not to do this. We do not sell personal information to other organisations to allow them to do this. We may disclose personal information to service providers who provide services.

 

Keeping Information Accurate and Up to Date

We take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information we hold is as accurate as is possible. You are able to contact us at any time and ask for its correction if you feel the information we have about you is inaccurate or incomplete.

 

Keeping Information Secure

We use security procedures and the latest technology to protect the information we hold. Access to and use of personal information within SUMMIT is appropriately limited to prevent misuse or unlawful disclosure of the information. If other organisations provide support services, we require them to appropriately safeguard the privacy of the information provided to them. Where the personal information we collect is no longer required, we delete the information or permanently de-identify it.

 

How You Can Access Your Information

You can contact us to request access to your information. In normal circumstances we will give you full access to your information. However, there may be some legal or administrative reasons to deny access. If access is denied, we will provide you with the reason why.

 

Dealing with SUMMIT Online

If you visit SUMMIT's website to browse, read or download information, our system will log these movements. These web site logs are not personally identifiable and SUMMIT makes no attempt to link them with the individuals who browse the site. If you visit SUMMIT's website to log into our secure areas, we use cookies to enable us to identify you. This is for security reasons only, and the cookie is deleted when you shut down your web browser and is not stored on your computer’s hard drive. Your account information is password protected and we recommend you do not divulge your password to anyone. To further protect your personal information, your log-in time will automatically expire after a certain period of inactivity.

 

Links

SUMMIT cannot guarantee or accept responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of web sites to which we provide links. 

 

TERMS OF USE

Welcome to the website of SUMMIT Accountants & Business Advisors Pty Ltd. Use of this website, and information distributed in conjunction with this website is offered to you on your acceptance of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website. Your use of this website or of any content presented in any and all areas of the website indicates your acknowledgment and agreement to these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy and other notices posted on this website. If you do not agree to be bound by and comply with the Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, you may not access or use our current information, services, or website. We suggest you print a copy of each of these documents for your records.

SUMMIT Accountants & Business Advisors Pty Ltd shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions of these Terms of Use without notice or liability to you. Any changes to these Terms of Use shall be effective immediately following the posting of such changes on this website. You agree to review these Terms of Use from time to time and agree that any subsequent use by you of this website following changes to these Terms of Use shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes. These Terms of Use were last modified on 1st May, 2007.