Scott Turner & Associates Privacy Policy

1. We value your privacy

Scott Turner & Associates ("STA") has developed this Privacy Statement in order to comply with the National Privacy Principles and Privacy Amendment Act. STA considers the guarding of your privacy as of utmost importance and the following outlines our policies for the collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information.

2. Reasons for Collecting Information

STA will only collect personal information that is necessary to conduct business with you and will do so in a fair and lawful manner and not in an intrusive way.

Depending on the nature of your business request, the types of information we collect may include the following: company or client name, postal address, date and place of birth, contact telephone numbers, email address, A.B.N., T.F.N., financial and taxation information and credit card numbers.

The way in which we collect the information may include the following: Email, mail, website, surveys, over the telephone, client meetings and from our affiliates.

3. How we use your information

STA uses the information you supply in ways necessary for us to do business together.  This may include the following: To prepare tax returns, financial statements or business activity statements; to maintain corporate secretarial records; to meet other statutory obligations; to conduct training; to create your data file; product promotion and customer support (e.g. to advise of product updates or special offers); order fulfillment; sending newsletters or other information that may be relevant to your business (if you do not wish to receive this information, please let us know); direct marketing; customer support evaluations.

STA acknowledges that your information is highly confidential and as such, any information collected will only be used for that purpose which is was collected.  In addition, from time to time you may receive direct marketing or quality assurance evaluations from STA where we believe the information may be relevant to you.  However, in this instance there will be provision for you to elect not to receive any future direct marketing material.

STA will not sell or pass on any personal information that you may have provided to us unless we have your express consent to do so. We may however disclose your personal information where we are under a legal duty to do so.

4. Data Quality & Security

STA will endeavor to keep the personal information we collect, use or disclose accurate, complete and up-to-date. STA will also take reasonable steps to protect the personal information we obtain from you from misuse, loss, unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. All computer systems are password protected to ensure that no unauthorized persons can gain access to your personal information.

5. Business Partners/Affiliates

From time to time, STA may engage affiliates to assist in meeting your business request. All contractors will be required to abide by the policy in order to protect your privacy.

6. Useful Links To Other Websites

In order to maximize the usefulness of our website, STA has provided useful links to other websites which are beyond the control of STA. This Privacy policy applies only to the STA website and we cannot vouch or be responsible for the privacy practices of non-STA websites.