Wealth for Health is committed to the protection of any client information held. Our Privacy Policy sets out the processes that Wealth for Health has in place to protect your information. A PDF copy of the Policy can be downloaded here, and is also outlined below.
Wealth for Health is committed to the protection of the information that it holds about you. This policy sets out the processes that Wealth for Health has in place to protect your information. This policy covers the collection, use, disclosure and security of your information. It also explains how you can access and correct information that we hold about you and how you may make enquiries or complaints about how we manage the information that we hold about you.
All representatives of Wealth for Health (which include employees, contractors, temporary staff, authorised and non- authorised representatives) are required to comply with this policy.
This policy is intended to meet the needs of the Wealth for Health client base which primarily consists of members of industry superannuation funds with which Wealth for Health has contractual arrangements (e.g. QIEC Super and Club Super), as well as private clients who may not be members of these funds, existing and prospective representatives of Wealth for Health and members of the general public visiting the Wealth for Health website.
The General Manager (GM) of Wealth for Health holds ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the requirements set out in section 1.0 of this policy are met. The management of this policy itself is to be carried out by the Team Leader, Operations (TLO) in consultation with the GM.
Wealth for Health is required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act), which provides a legislative framework governing the management of personal information held. Specifically, Wealth for Health is required to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). The APPs are a set of rules that organisations must comply with in managing personal information about individuals.
This Privacy Policy is publicly available on the Wealth for Health website at www.wealthforhealth.com.au. A copy of the Privacy Policy may also be requested, free of charge, and will be issued within seven days of the request. To request of copy of the Privacy Policy you can contact Wealth for Health on 08 70995077.
Wealth for Health will only collect information about you where it is fair and lawful to do so. When we collect information from a person or organisation other than yourself, it is usually done because we are required to do it and it will only be with your written consent. We will not collect information about you in an unreasonably intrusive manner.
From time to time we may receive unsolicited information from you. If this occurs we will:
You have the right to anonymity or the use of a pseudonym when dealing with us. However, if you request anonymity, we will not be able to disclose or discuss personal information we hold in relation to you, as personal identification is required to access personal information.
We collect personal information about you in order to provide recommendations that meet your goals and needs. Without gathering this information, any recommendations may not meet your goals and needs and therefore may not be suitable for you.
The types of information that we collect about you are your name, contact details, tax file number, gender, date of birth, occupation, income, expenses, assets, liabilities, insurance details and estate planning details.
With your consent, we may collect information about you from yourself, another superannuation fund or investment manager, Centrelink or other service providers.
We will collect information from you by completing a Client Fact Find document, by having you sign an Authority to Disclose Information form or collecting copies of documents from you. We may also obtain personal information from you for the completion of insurance quotes or insurance applications.
Wealth for Health may collect information relating to you that you provide to us directly through our website or indirectly through the use of our websites or online presence such as "cookies".
Wealth for Health will not use your personal information for direct marketing by third party entities. We will also not disclose information about you to other organisations for their marketing purposes. Wealth for Health may disclose information to a third party in the following circumstances:
If we use or disclose your personal information for enforcement related activities, we will make a written record of this.
We will only use and disclose the information we hold about you for the following purposes (primary purpose):
We may also use or disclose your information for the following purposes (secondary purpose) as ASIC legislation requires us to:
All of these organisations require appropriate Privacy Policies and systems in place.
We will only use your personal information for direct marketing under the following circumstances:
We may use your personal information to let you know about third party products and services that may be of interest to you. We will only do this if you have provided your consent. You may request at any time to not receive direct marketing communications from us. If you make such a request, we will not charge you for the making of or given effect to your request.
We will only use and disclose the information we hold about you for the following purposes (primary purpose):
Wealth for Health will ensure that the information that we hold about you is accurate, complete and up to date.
Wealth for Health will review your personal details each time we meet or speak with you.
Wealth for Health will ensure that the information that we hold about you is secure and is protected from misuse, interference and loss, or from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
We will do this by ensuring comprehensive policies and controls are in place relating to data security. This includes both comprehensive IT security arrangements as well as appropriate physical security arrangements such as the locking away of physical files in secure compactus.
If Wealth for Health has determined that we no longer need information about you, we will either securely archive or destroy the information, depending on the circumstances or policy to which the information relates. We will however, keep information for certain time periods as required by law.
Where Wealth for Health becomes aware of a breach of data security (ie. unauthorised disclosure, access or loss), it will implement processes to assess the impact of the data breach. In accordance with the requirements of the privacy regulations, Wealth for Health will notify eligible data breaches to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and affected individuals as soon as practicable after Wealth for Health becomes aware that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been an eligible data breach.
You are entitled to access the information that Wealth for Health holds about you. If you want to check that your personal details are correct or to see what personal information Wealth for Health holds about you, you may request access to this information at any time. Requests for information may be made in person, via the phone or via email. A copy of the requested information can be sent by post or email.
For security reasons, Wealth for Health will not give any information over the phone unless the person making the enquiry is able to answer appropriate security questions to confirm their identity. Written requests for information must be signed by you.
Wealth for Health is not obliged to give you certain information if it:
If you request access, Wealth for Health must respond to your request within a reasonable period (30 days) after you make the request. Wealth for Health will endeavour to respond to such requests at the earliest opportunity. We must give you access in the manner you request, except where it is unreasonable or impracticable to do so.
The APP regime provides that requests for access to personal information may be denied in limited circumstances. If Wealth for Health refuses access (for example, giving access would have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of other individuals), we must advise in writing of:
Wealth for Health will not charge you a fee for making a request or accessing information held about you.
Wealth for Health may correct the information we hold about you if we believe it is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading. We will do this by applying internal procedures to update information. If Wealth for Health corrects information that we hold that we have also given to a third party (under approved means), if you request it, we can also ask that entity to correct the information held about you.
The APP regime provides that Wealth for Health may refuse to correct the information we hold about you in limited circumstances. If we do that, we will advise you of:
If Wealth for Health refuses to correct, you have the right to ask us to associate with the information a statement that you believe the information is inaccurate, out-of-date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading. Wealth for Health must then take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to associate the statement in such a way that will make the statement apparent to users of the information.
Wealth for Health must respond to your request within a reasonable period (30 days) and we will not charge you for the making of the request, correcting the personal information or for associating the statement with the personal information. Wealth for Health will endeavour to respond to such requests at the earliest opportunity.
Wealth for Health takes complaints about privacy breaches seriously. We have established an internal Complaints Policy which will consider any complaints made about breaches of privacy and attempt to resolve them promptly.
Complaints can be made to Wealth for Health via email to info@wealthforhealth.com.au, via phone to ( 08 70995077, verbally in person or via an Engaged Marketing NPS survey reponse.
Wealth for Health will address your concerns and try to resolve them quickly. Wealth for Health aims to resolve any complaints as soon as possible but no longer than 45 days from the time of receipt.
If you are dissatisfied with our handling of your complaint or the final decision, you may contact the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA is an external dispute handling body that assists consumers and financial service providers to resolve disputes that cannot be resolved directly. They are independent, impartial and offer an accessible alternative to the court system for resolving disputes.