Privacy Policy

KARDI is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and disclose personal information provided to us in accordance with the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with the KARDI Terms and Conditions.

KARDI reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.  We will notify you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by publishing the updated Privacy Policy on our Site at https://kardi.com.au/pages/privacy-policy.  Our “Site(s)” are our websites and online applications.

What information we collect:

Generally, the personal information we collect and store consists of your name, address (including email address) and contact details (which may include home, business and mobile phone numbers). It is possible that where a specific product or service is involved, we may collect personal information from you that relates to that particular product, service or warranty repair. We may also collect from your use of your appliances supplied by us to you as well as equipment information (such as network interface addresses).

The information that we collect from you when you interact with us online depends on the tasks you complete on the Site or product. From time to time, you may be able to interact with us anonymously or by pseudonym. However, if you choose not to provide us with certain personal information, we are unlikely to be able to provide you with the products or services that you want or to respond to your inquiry.

Browsing SITES and using our products:

When you visit and browse through our Site or use our products, we collect data for statistical and maintenance purposes that enables us to evaluate the performance of our Site or products. Such general information includes: -

• the number of users visiting our Site or using our products and the number of pages viewed;
• the date, time and duration of visits; and
• the path taken through our Site.

This information will not identify you and we will not combine it with any information in a manner whereby we can identify you.

Applying for a product or service, requesting information online or using contact us:

We need to obtain personal information from you in order to complete your online application for product or service information. When completing Product Registration or requesting other product or service information or when using the contact us form you will need to complete an online form on this Site. Our online forms will ask you to provide personal information for contact purposes, for example, your name, own address, e-mail address, telephone number (which may include home, business or mobile numbers) and purchase information. You will have the right to choose whether or not to provide additional personal information.

E-mails:

You can contact us by e-mail via the link on this Site. You have the choice whether or not to provide personal information other than your name and e-mail address.

How we collect personal data:

KARDI collects personal information in a number of ways, including:

• when you request information concerning a product of interest to you, make other enquiries or place an order for our products or services;
• when you attend an event, enter a competition or participate in a promotion;
• when you register your purchase(s) so you can receive all the benefits to which your purchase(s) entitles you;
• when you enter your personal details on our websites (for example when you sign up to receive our newsletters), through the software applications that we make available to you when you provide information via fax or over the telephone or in documents such as warranty registration forms;
• when you register as a member of one of our loyalty clubs or membership programs; 
• when you provide feedback on our products or services;
• when you engage with us by social media, such as by posting on our Facebook page;
• from third parties such as our related companies, contractors and agents;
• from sources of information which are available to the public;
• from records relating to the use, service and repair of your KARDI products;
• from your employer to provide information to us in the course of conducting or administering our relationship with you;
• when you submit a job application to us; and
• from our other Sites.

Any information which is not capable of identifying you, such as the number of users visiting this Site, is collected through code embedded in the pages of this Site. You are unable to disable the code on these pages.

Other information, such as browser type, is included in a "cookie". Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual’s computer hard drive for record-keeping. Cookies make using our Site easier by storing information about your choices on a particular website. This will enable you to take full advantage of the services offered to you. The use of cookies is an industry-standard utilised by most major websites. Most Internet browsers are set to accept cookies. If you would prefer not to receive cookies you are able to adjust your Internet browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used.

KARDI also gathers information from our websites or other websites. This information is put together for reporting purposes. Any characteristics which are capable of personally identifying the user are removed. The information is gathered in order to enable us to examine Internet trends and demographics, to conduct market and statistical research, to help us to develop better products, to get to know our consumers better and to assist in improving the structure and ease of use of our websites.

This Site may include hyperlinks that enable you to access a number of other websites and online applications operated by KARDI or by our related companies. These other KARDI websites and online applications are subject to this Privacy Policy. Where this Site includes hyperlinks to third-party websites not operated by KARDI we recommend that you read the privacy and security provisions relevant to those sites in order that you understand how those organisations will deal with your personal information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those third-party sites.

What we do with your personal information:

We may use your personal information to:

• identify you and to assist you in your use of our products, services and website services;
• provide the services and information relating to KARDI and its products that you require;
• administer and manage the services we provide;
• gain a better understanding of your requirements in order for us to provide you with better and more personalised information suited to your needs, including sending you personalised messages about special offers and invitations from KARDI and its partners;
• process any job application submitted by you;
• research and develop our products and services; and
• maintain and develop our business systems and infrastructure including testing and upgrading of these systems.

From time to time, KARDI may use your personal information to promote other services and products to you which we consider may be of interest to you. You may also receive marketing communications from third parties such as our contractors, agents, partners and suppliers in relation to their products or services that are related or complementary to the products or services we supply to you. You may be contacted by telephone, email, SMS, mail, social media and other digital channels if you have provided us with those details. You may notify us at any time that you no longer wish to receive any of these marketing communications and opt-out of receiving the particular communication by responding via the channel in which you received the marketing communication, by using the contact us page to enter this request in the "Comments" section provided, or by contacting us at the address given below. If you have installed a mobile application and you want to stop receiving push notifications, you can do so by changing the settings on your mobile phone or in the mobile application.

Certain user profile information, including your name, location, and any video or image content that you have uploaded to the Site, may be displayed to other users to facilitate user interaction within the Site or address your request for our services. Your account privacy settings may allow you to limit the other users who can see the personal information in your user profile and/or what information in your user profile is visible to others.

Please remember that any content you upload to your public user profile, along with any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose online in a manner other users can view (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, etc.) becomes publicly available, and can be collected and used by anyone. Your user name may also be displayed to other users if and when you send messages or comments or upload images or videos through the Site and other users can contact you through messages and comments.

How your personal data is stored:

KARDI takes great care to protect your privacy. Any information provided to us on this Site is protected using Secure Sockets Layer protocols during transmission to us.

When we transfer your personal information between our servers, we use all reasonable endeavors to ensure that this is done securely. Access to our key servers is protected by firewall security systems where required, relative to the risk of the information stored. In addition, we may use an Intrusion Detection System to monitor potential privacy and security threats.

Any information stored in documents or on KARDI systems is protected from unauthorised access by the use of a number of security procedures including user passwords.

While we aim to use our best efforts to secure and protect your personal information held by us, we cannot guarantee the security of any such personal information that is provided or transmitted to us by you.  Any such provision of information is at your own risk.

When we disclose your personal information:

KARDI may disclose your personal information to organisations outside of KARDI and those organisations may be located (and your personal information may be disclosed) overseas. These disclosures are made subject to suitable protection for privacy and confidentiality being in place. The organisations to which we would usually disclose your information include:

• third party organisations who have been retained by KARDI to assist us in providing services to you including delivery, installation, maintenance and repair;
• suppliers, agents and other third parties (including merchants) with whom we have commercial relationships, for business, marketing and related purposes, including to market to you products or services that are related or complementary to the products or services we supply to you;
• market research, marketing and/or telemarketing service providers;
• our professional advisers, for example, our auditors and lawyers, as well as our insurers;
• government, regulatory or other organisations to whom we are required to disclose your personal information by law; and
• our related companies and product partners where we have received a product complaint or claim, for example, to our contract manufacturers, logistic service providers or other third parties in the supply chain, who may be located overseas, depending on where the relevant product or part was manufactured.

We may disclose your personal information to overseas members of the KARDI partners who may communicate with you about certain products or special offers.

We may disclose your information to a purchaser or successor entity in connection with the sale of KARDI or a related body corporate, or a business unit owned by KARDI or a related body corporate, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of KARDI or a related body corporate.

Accessing and correcting your personal information: KARDI takes reasonable steps to ensure that any personal information we collect, disclose and use is as up to date as possible. However, it is important that you advise us of any changes to your personal information or if there are any errors in the personal information we hold about you.

Subject to certain exceptions allowed by law, everyone who has provided personal information has the right to access that personal information. For security reasons, you will be required to put any request for access to your personal information into writing. You may obtain access to your own personal information by contacting us via the contact us page or by email. KARDI may charge you a $25 fee for the retrieval of your personal information in order to cover our reasonable administration costs. You should also contact us if you wish to correct any of your personal information.

How you may make a privacy related complaint:

If you have any concerns about our handling or treatment of your personal information or if you believe that your privacy has been breached, please contact us by email and set out the nature of your complaint.

We will investigate your complaint and endeavor to provide you with our response within a reasonable time of receiving your complaint.  If after receiving our response, you still consider that your privacy complaint has not been resolved, you may refer your complaint to the Australian Privacy Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au/.

How to contact us: If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we manage and deal with personal information, please contact us via the contact us page or email.

Last Updated: Dec 2019