Last Updated: 21^th February 2024

Southern Geoscience Consultants Pty Ltd (“SGC”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information of our clients and website visitors. We adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This policy sets out how we collect and treat personal information. “Personal Information” is information we hold that is identifiable as being about you.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information you voluntarily provide us when interacting with our website. This information may include:

• Contact information (such as name, email address, phone number, and mailing address).
• Professional information (job title, company name, and industry).
• Information is provided when you communicate with us, such as through email or inquiry forms.
• Usage data, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and other technical information, is collected automatically when you visit our Site.

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our services.
• To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
• To send you newsletters, marketing communications, and other updates about our services, events, or promotions (you may opt out of receiving these communications at any time).
• To analyse and improve the functionality of our Site.
• To comply with legal obligations.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.

Personal information is only supplied to a third party when it is required to deliver our services.

We may sometimes need to disclose personal information to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or warrant, during a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request.

Information that we collect may, from time to time, be stored, processed, or transferred between parties located in countries outside of Australia. If there is a change of control in our business or a sale or transfer of business assets, we reserve the right to transfer to the extent permissible at law our user databases, together with any personal information and non-personal information contained in those databases. This information may be disclosed to a potential purchaser under an agreement to maintain confidentiality. We would seek only to disclose information in good faith and where required by any of the above circumstances.

By providing us with personal information, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the types of disclosure covered by this Policy. Where we disclose your personal information to third parties, we will request that the third party follow this Policy regarding handling your personal information.

Data Security

We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Complaints about Privacy

If you have any complaints about our privacy practises, please feel free to send in details of your complaints to 39 Richardson Street, West Perth WA 6005. We take complaints very seriously and will respond shortly after receiving written notice of your complaint.

Website

When you visit our website

When you come to our website (sgc.com.au) we may collect certain information such as browser type, operating system, website visited immediately before coming to our site, etc. This information is used in an aggregated manner to analyse how people use our site, such that we can improve our service.

Cookies

We may, from time to time, use cookies on our website. Cookies are very small files which a website uses to identify you when you come back to the site and to store details about your use of the site. Cookies are not malicious programs that access or damage your computer. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to reject cookies by changing your browser settings. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website. Our website may from time to time use cookies to analyse website traffic and help us provide a better website visitor experience. In addition, cookies may be used to serve relevant ads to website visitors through third-party services such as Google Adwords. These ads may appear on this website or other websites you visit.

Third party sites

Our site may from time to time have links to other websites not owned or controlled by us. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third-party websites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites. Please be aware that SGC is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such websites. We encourage our users to be aware, when they leave our website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal identifiable information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last Updated” date will be revised accordingly. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at geophysics@sgc.com.au.