Our Privacy Policies
MOONSHADOW-TQC CRUISES is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au
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Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses, phone and facsimile numbers.
This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including correspondence, by telephone and facsimile, by email, via our website www.moonshadow-tqc.com.au, from your website, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources, from cookies and from third parties or from your booking agent of choice.
Personal information may also be collected through Travel Agents, Wholesalers, Booking Agents and some Tourism Associations.
We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.
We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from any of our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing or clicking the “unsubscribe” link on any electronic correspondence.
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Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
NOTE – “MOONSHADOW-TQC CRUISES DOES NOT COLLECT ANY PERSONS SENSITIVE INFORMATION”
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Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.
When making a booking through our website it is done via a secure server, your information is protected in this process. Online bookings are managed by our booking system software company Fareharbor and credit card payments via online through Stripe www.stripe.com and directly through Commonwealth Bank of Australia www.commbank.com.au
For newsletter email collection data, the services of Mailchimp are used – www.mailchimp.com
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Your Personal Information may be disclosed in several circumstances including the following:
- Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and
- Where required or authorised by law.
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Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.
When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.
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You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.
MOONSHADOW-TQC CRUISES will not charge any fee for your access request but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.
In order to protect your Personal Information, we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.
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It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.
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This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.
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If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at:
P.O Box 192
Nelson Bay, NSW 2315
Australia.
info@moonshadow-tqc.com.au
(02) 49849388
