Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice

At Thrive FS Pty Ltd we are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This Policy describes our current policies and practices in relation to the collection, handling, use and disclosure of personal information. It also deals with how you can complain about a breach of the privacy laws, how you can access the personal information we hold about you and how to have that information corrected.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

When we advise about your financial affairs, we ask you for the information we need to understand your financial situation, needs and objectives. This can include a broad range of information ranging from your name, address, contact details and age to other information about your personal affairs including income, assets and liabilities, insurances, superannuation, health and well-being.

We may provide the information that you provide to staff and product providers to enable them to assist in implementing your financial plan.

We also use your information to enable us to manage your ongoing requirements and our relationship with you, e.g. portfolio and other product reporting and invoicing. We may do so by mail or electronically unless you tell us that you do not wish to receive electronic communications.

From time to time we will use your contact details to send you offers, updates, events, articles, newsletters or other information about products and services that we believe will be of interest to you. We may also send you regular updates by email or by post. We will always give you the option of electing not to receive these communications and you can unsubscribe at any time by notifying us that you wish to do so.

We may also use your information internally to help us improve our services and help resolve any problems.

What if you don’t provide some information to us?

If you do not provide us with some or all of the information that we ask for, we may not be able to provide you with advice that is appropriate to your circumstances.

How do we hold and protect your information?

We strive to maintain the relevance, reliability, accuracy, completeness and currency of the personal information we hold and to protect its privacy and security. We keep personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or to comply with any applicable legal or ethical reporting or document retention requirements.

We hold the information we collect from you electronically on our secure server and in hard copy files. In some cases, your file is archived and sent to an external data storage provider for a period of time. We only use storage providers in Australia who are also regulated by the Privacy Act.

We ensure that your information is safe by restricting access by staff members who do not require access to it and we maintain physical security over our paper and electronic data and premises, by using locks and security systems.

Will we disclose the information we collect to anyone?

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We may need to provide your information to contractors who supply services to us, e.g. to handle mailings on our behalf, external data storage providers, or to other companies in the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganisation, dissolution or similar event. However, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that they protect your information in the same way that we do.

We may also provide your information to others if we are required to do so by law or under some unusual other circumstances which the Privacy Act permits. We will not provide your information to disclose it to overseas recipients.

How can you check, update or change the information we are holding?

Upon receipt of your written request and enough information to allow us to identify the information, we will disclose to you the personal information we hold about you. We will also correct, amend or delete any personal information that we agree is inaccurate, irrelevant, out of date or incomplete.

If you wish to access or correct your personal information please write to our Privacy Officer at PO Box 566, North Lakes QLD 4509 or admin@thrivefs.com.au.

We do not charge for receiving a request for access to personal information or for complying with a correction request. We do not charge for providing access to personal information.

In some limited cases, we may need to refuse access to your information or refuse a request for correction. We will advise you as soon as possible after your request if this is the case and the reasons for our refusal.

WEBSITE DATA

You may provide information to us on our website via our contact us form. The information provided via this form will be used purely to contact you to address your query.

Anonymous data – We use technology to collect anonymous information about the use of our website, for example when you browse our website our service provider logs your server address, the date and time of your visit, the pages and links accessed and the type of browser used. It does not identify you personally and we only use this information for statistical purposes and to improve the content and functionality of our website, to better understand our clients and markets and to improve our services.

Cookies – In order to collect this anonymous data we may use “cookies”. Cookies are small pieces of information which are sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Sometimes they identify users where the website requires information to be retained from one page to the next. This is purely to increase the functionality of the site. Cookies by themselves cannot be used to discover the identity of the user. Cookies do not damage your computer and you can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie so that you can decide if you want to accept it. If you use only temporary cookies, insert “Once you leave the site, the cookie is destroyed and no personal or other information about you is stored.” If you use permanent cookies, insert “They allow the website to recognise your computer when you return in the future”.

What happens if you want to complain?

If you have any concerns about whether we have complied with the Privacy Act or this Privacy Policy when collecting of handling your personal information, please write to our Privacy Officer at PO Box 566, North Lakes QLD 4509 or admin@thrivefs.com.au.

We will consider your complaint through our internal complaints resolution process and we will try to respond with a decision within 45 days of you making the complaint.

Your consent

By asking us to assist with your financial planning needs, you consent to the collection and use of the information you have provided to us for the purposes described above.

Tell us what you think

We welcome your questions and comments about privacy. If you have any concerns or complaints, please write to our Privacy Officer at PO Box 566, North Lakes QLD 4509 or admin@thrivefs.com.au.

MAKING A COMPLAINT (Thrive FS PTY LTD)

We endeavour to provide you with the best advice and service at all times. If you are not satisfied with our services, then we encourage you to contact us.

Please call us, send us an email or put your complaint in writing to our office. You can direct your complaint to your financial adviser or to one of our directors.

We aim to resolve complaints immediately. Where this is not possible, we will acknowledge the receipt of your complaint within 48 hours. We will then explain our process to resolve your complaint and tell you who will handle your complaint.

If you are not satisfied with our response after 30 days, you can lodge your complaint with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

You can contact AFCA on 1800 931 678 or via their website www.afca.org.au. AFCA provides fair and independent financial services complaint resolution which is free to consumers.

MAKING A COMPLAINT (Thrive finance qld)

What to do if you have a dispute or complaint?

We hope you are delighted with our services, but if you have a complaint please let us know so we can work towards resolving it promptly and fairly.

Making a complaint to us is free.

You can make a complaint verbally or in writing by contacting your broker directly or by using any of the following:

• Email: resolutions@blssa.com.au
• Phone: 03 9320 1082 or 1800 763 486 (toll free) Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (AEST)
• Mail: BLSSA Advice Complaints, Level 15, 360 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Accessing our policy

You can access our policy here https://www.thrivefs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/tt03-1.pdf

If you require accessibility assistance (including language and translations), please use the details above so we can help.

External Dispute Resolution Scheme

If we do not reach an agreement on your complaint, you may refer the complaint to an ASIC Approved External Dispute Resolution (EDR) Scheme. Our external dispute resolution provider is the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA).

You can contact AFCA using any of the following:

• Online: www.afca.org.au
• Email: info@afca.org.au
• Telephone: 1800 931 678 (toll free)
• Mail: GPO Box 3, Melbourne Vic 3001

External dispute resolution is a free service established to provide you with an independent mechanism to resolve specific complaints. You may refer the matter to AFCA at any time, but if our internal process is still in progress, they may request that our internal processes be completed before considering the matter further.

You can obtain further details about our dispute resolution procedures and obtain details of our privacy policy on request.