HBC Milestone Pty Ltd Privacy Notice

HBC Milestone Pty Limited and its affiliates and related bodies corporate (collectively, "HBC") respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Notice applies to personal information we collect

 

(i)            on this website (“Site”),

(ii)           at the Sydney International Watch Fair (SIWF).

 

This Privacy Notice describes the types of personal information we collect about you on this Site and the SIWF, and in other ways described below, how we may use that information, with whom we may share it and the rights you have regarding our use of that information. This Privacy Notice also describes the measures we take to protect the security of your personal information. We also tell you how you can reach us to ask us to (i) access, change or not use the personal information you have provided to us, (ii) withdraw any consent you previously provided to us, (iii) tell us to refrain from communicating with you about our products or services, and (iv) answer any questions you may have about our privacy practices.

 

This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically to reflect changes in relevant laws or our personal information practices. We will indicate at the top of this Privacy Notice when it was updated.

 
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT, HOLD, USE AND DISCLOSE IT

We may collect (or receive from other sources) your personal information (such as name and contact details, either on a voluntary basis or through this Site and during the SIWF. In most cases and where practicable, we collect your personal information directly from you. If this is not practical, the information may be obtained from another person or entity in some circumstances.

 
OUR WEBSITE - PROMOTIONS

HBC Milestone Pty Ltd and the SIWF may use the information you provided to administer our promotions. We also may use the information to communicate with you about our products, services and promotions. You can choose at any time not to receive marketing emails from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link within our marketing emails or by clicking here. There is no charge to you to unsubscribe.

 
CONTACT US

If you communicate with us through the "Contact Us" link on this Site, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address, and telephone number. We use this information to respond to and communicate with you about your questions and comments.

 
INFORMATION WE COLLECT BY AUTOMATED MEANS

We obtain certain information by automated means when you visit our Site, such as the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet and the pages accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor our Site to our visitors and understand what products and services you might prefer. We collect this information through various means, such as "cookies" and "web beacons".

 
COOOKIES

Like many companies, we use "cookies" on this Site. Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer's hard drive when you visit certain websites. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular site. We use cookies, for example, to preserve the contents of your virtual shopping bag between visits. We also use cookies to measure activity on the Site and determine which areas and features of the Site are the most popular.

 

Most browsers will tell you how to block new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie and how to disable existing cookies. Without cookies, however, you may not be able to take full advantage of all our site features.

 
WEB BEACONS

Certain pages on this Site contain "web beacons" (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). Web beacons are used for internal purposes, such as to obtain the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, and the type of browser used to view the page. We also retain service providers who use web beacons to assess the effectiveness of our email communications and learn what pages our visitors viewed.

 
CCTV/Video

We may collect your image on CCTV within the Sydney International Watch Fair for prevention and detection of crime and for protecting the safety of our customers and staff.

 

By attending the SWIF, you agree that your image may appear in videos that may be used for TV news/publicity and/or video marketing material.

 
INFORMATION WE SHARE

We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information about our customers, except as described here. We may share the personal information you provide to us with our group companies, affiliates worldwide, and business partners for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice. We also may share the information with our service providers who performs services on our behalf based on our instructions. These service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.

 

We also may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process (such as a court order), (ii) in response to a request by law enforcement authorities, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity. We also reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your personal information with any inquiries concerning the processing of that information.

 
HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect the personal information you provide on this site against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use and other unlawful forms of processing.

 
TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES

We may transfer the personal information we collect about you to countries other than the country/region in which you originally provided it; these countries/regions include but are not limited to Switzerland. These countries/regions may not have the same data protection laws as the country/region in which you provided the information. When we transfer your information to other countries/regions, we will protect that information as described in this Privacy Notice.

 
ACCESS AND CORRECTION

Subject to applicable law, we provide you with access to personal information we have retained about you and the ability to review, correct, update, block or delete the information where it is inaccurate. We will only limit or deny access where permitted by applicable law and if we do so we will explain the reasons. Please submit your request to the address specified in the "How to Contact Us" section below. Please include your name, email address and telephone number in your request. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period. You may withdraw any consent you have given to the sharing your information with certain of our affiliates and other third parties for their marketing purposes.

 
HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences or if you would like to make a complaint about the manner in which your personal information has been collected or handled by HBC Milestone Pty Ltd or any breach of applicable privacy law by HBC Milestone Pty Ltd/SIWF, please contact us as indicated below. HBC Milestone Pty Ltd/SIWF will give due consideration and respond as appropriate to any question or complaint:

 

Email: admin@sydneyinternationalwatchfair.com.au

 

HBC Milestone Pty Ltd/SIWF will make every effort to remedy complaints received in a reasonably practicable timeframe. In most cases we will ask you to put your request in writing to us. If you are not satisfied with our response or do not receive a response from us within a reasonable timeframe, you should be aware that you may have the right to take your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). Current contact details for the OAIC are available on the OAIC's website at www.oaic.gov.au.