Privacy Policy
Watts Up Solar and Electrical Pty Ltd have an obligation under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) regarding the collection and retention of your Personal Information collected by (including, but not limited to) interacting with our website, filling in forms, submitting requests, online inquiries, emails, telephone calls, newsletter subscribers and social media. In certain circumstances, we are required to collect your personal information relating to business and client interactions.
Your Personal Information will be used solely for the purpose of the intended sale; for future marketing of products and services that relate to the sale and business/client interactions and in the instance where we contact you via means such as a newsletter for future marketing, it will be accompanied by the option to opt-out of receiving such material.
Your personal information will not be shared with anyone other than for internal administration, installers, document creations such as contracts, and where appropriate 3rd parties that offer services relating to the sale of a product. Where we need to make applications on your behalf, such as Grid Approvals we will share your information with such bodies as required. Where a payment plan or financial arrangement has been agreed upon, we will share your relevant details with the corresponding Financial Institution/Credit Lender as required.
Your personal identifying information is securely stored in our CRM (Client Relations Management) system and is not accessible by a 3rd Party. We do not store or collect banking information such as Direct Debit details or Credit Card identifiable details.
Considers respect for privacy and confidentiality to be fundamental principles for good business practice. We are committed to treating the personal information we collect in accordance with the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
This privacy policy sets out the approach that we will take to maintain high standards in the treatment of personal information. It includes information on how Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltd collects, uses, discloses and secure your personal information. It also describes how we share information and the options that you have to correct your information.
Personal information we collect
Depending on the circumstances, we may collect and hold different information about you. For example, this may include:
- Your name, email address, telephone number, address, date of birth, occupation; information about your access and use of this website.
Information about which of our products and services are of interest to you.
Information through our websites, software applications, social media pages, e-mail messages, or other digital services.
Information from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, certified installers and social media platforms
Information regarding invoices, contracts or receipts relating to payments you make to entities with whom we have a referral or brokerage relationship, excluding however your personal bank account or credit card information and
Where necessary, additional information required by Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltdor entities with whom we have a referral or brokerage relationship, to supply a product or service.
Use of personal information
Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltd collects personal information for a number of purposes, including:
- To provide access to market intelligence.
To provide business development advice.
To maintain contact with our clients and other industry stakeholders.
To keep our clients and other contacts informed of our services, industry developments and to notify of training and education programs.
- For administrative purposes.
- For recruitment purposes.
- For purposes relating to the employment of our personnel.
For the engagement of service providers, contractors or suppliers relating to the operation of our business.
- For other business-related purposes
Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltd may also use your personal information for the marketing of its services. If you do not wish to receive marketing material from us, you can contact us as detailed below or use the unsubscribe function on electronic communication, or the notification function on other marketing material. If you do not provide us with the personal information we request, we may not be able to complete or fulfill the purpose for which such information was collected, including providing details with the services we were engaged to perform.
Disclosure of personal information
Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltd will not disclose your personal information to third parties unless:
- To provide products and services and information about those products and services to you, to assist you with enquiries, or to improve our customer service.
- For our billing and account purposes.
To maintain our business relationships where you are a business partner, a user of our website and services, or a customer, to allow our related companies, business partners, service providers, energy retailers, solar system installers, battery storage system installers, related solar products and/or service providers, and other third parties to provide services to you or to assist us in providing services to you and managing our business.
If you are an employee, a contractor or supplier of services to a client, then we may disclose your personal information as part of providing services to that client as set out in this Privacy Policy permitted by law by your consent.
We do not disclose personal information to third parties for the purpose of allowing them to send marketing material to you. However, we may share non-personal, de-identified or aggregated information to them for research or promotional purposes.
Security and retention of personal information
We take reasonable steps to protect any personal information that we hold from misuse and loss. We also take reasonable steps to protect it from unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. The security measures we take include physical security measures (alarmed and video surveillance monitored offices) and technology security measures (including restriction of access, firewalls, the use of encryption, passwords and digital certificates). The personal information you provide to us will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the information was collected, as required by law or in accordance with our documentation retention policies.
Privacy on our website
You have several choices regarding your use of https://wattsupsolarandelectrical.com.au/ website. In general, you are not required to provide personal information when you visit our websites. However, if you apply to receive information about our services and industry updates, we may require you to provide certain personal information.
https://wattsupsolarandelectrical.com.au/ website may contain links to third parties’ websites, including sites maintained by other industry stakeholders. Those other websites are not subject to our privacy policies and procedures. You will need to review those websites directly to view a copy of their privacy policies. Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltd does not endorse, approve or recommend the services or products provided on those third-party websites.
Keeping personal information current
If you believe that any personal information Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltd has collected about you is inaccurate, incomplete or not up to date, please contact Wattsup solar and electrical pty ltd as soon as possible and we will take reasonable steps to correct it in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://wattsupsolarandelectrical.com.au
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
