Privacy Policy

Introduction. 

We are committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information you have provided to us. We are bound by the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), established under the Privacy Act 1998 (the ‘Act’), which require you to be informed about this process and how we may use and disclose the information you provide us. The Privacy Policy sets out our policy on collecting (either online via this website, in-store, via Apps, Platforms, Social Media or elsewhere through another channel controlled by us) and handling your personal information. 

This Privacy Policy applies to Kings Currency Exchange Pty Ltd (“Kings” or “we” or “us” or “our” or “Crown Currency Exchange” as the context requires). 

When will we collect personal information from you? 

We may collect personal information from you in the following circumstances: 

The type of information we collect may vary depending on the product or service you request. The information may be supplied directly by you when you call us, when you transact via our retail stores or online/mobile channels or when you deal with our partners or agents who sell you our products or services. 

If you apply for a position with us, we will collect personal information as part of the recruitment process. We only seek your consent for sensitive information. 

We may be required to collect your personal information because of a regulatory requirement, such as under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act). 

Surveys provide you with a chance to tell us how we are doing, so we can improve our products and services or address our employee needs. Competitions offer a chance to win a prize. 

Video surveillance: is utilised in our Stores to protect you and our staff. These images may constitute personal information for the purpose of the Act and are kept for a limited time. 

Cookies: When you visit or interact with us on our website, mobile site or partner sites, we send cookies to your device to identify the browser type and Internet Protocol address. 

The above list is not exhaustive, as there may be other situations or circumstances in which we may be required to collect personal information from you. We will endeavour to notify you when we collect your personal information before, during or as soon as practicable thereafter. We will not collect any personal information from you except when you have knowingly provided that information to us, or you have authorised a third party to provide that information to us. 

Types of personal information we may collect from you. 

The information collected will generally be records of information that identifies you, such as your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email, CCTV image, ID copy, occupation, credit card or bank account details, transaction history or any other information that may be required for payment or identification purposes. We also collect information you post on our website or Social Media accounts. 

If you do not provide the requested information, we may be unable to provide certain products or services.

Use of your personal information. 

We will only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more of our functions and activities, such as, the provision of the products and services you have requested. Generally, we do not collect sensitive information. However, if we do, we will seek your consent before collection. We will not use information about you other than for a purpose made known to you, a purpose you would reasonably expect, a purpose required, authorised or permitted by law, or a purpose otherwise authorised by you. These purposes include: 

• Verification of your identity in order to provide the products or services you have requested;
• Administration of those products and services;
• Contacting you either by phone, SMS or email, in case of a transactional error;
• Compliance with laws, regulations and industry standards;
• Providing you with information about products and/or services that are or may be relevant to you;
• To process payments and refunds.

Disclosure of your personal information. 

We may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances: 

• Where we have contracted an external organisation to provide us with support services. Such services may include, but are not limited to, processing applications or orders, marketing support, market research, debt collection, insurance, information technology arrangements, records management, regulatory monitoring and screening;
• To companies within our group to better understand your needs and provide you with information about products and services from across our business that are or may be relevant to you;
• To third-party organisations that are or may be relevant to you in respect to a product or service we offer (e.g. Travel Cards or other products and services);
• To comply with our legal obligations;
• Where we suspect that unlawful activity has been or may be engaged in and the personal information is a necessary part of our investigation or reporting of the matter;
• Where organisations cooperate with us in offering products and services (where the privacy policy of such organisation(s) applies to the use of your information);
• To service providers such as credit reporting agencies to conduct credit and/or compliance verification checks; and
• To anyone else you authorise us to disclose information to, from time to time.

Only information pertinent to the supply of our products or services is provided and strict confidentiality requirements are adhered to. Where personal information is disclosed to an external company operating in a foreign country, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipient does not breach the APPs in relation to your information. 

We take our obligation to protect your information seriously and only deal with ethical suppliers and business partners who demonstrate similar values and are bound by the APPs or are subject to privacy laws of the same standard as Australia. 

Quality of the Personal Information. 

We collect and verify your information directly from you, or from independent specialist sources, thereby upholding the quality and accuracy of your personal information. 

Before we use or disclose your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete, relevant, up-to-date, and is not misleading. If you believe the information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date, contact us and we will endeavour to either correct the information in our systems or if necessary, discuss alternative action. 

Storage and Security of Information. 

We are committed to keeping the personal information you have provided to us secure. We will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. 

We understand our customers require peace of mind when it comes to the security of digital information. We use modern security measures such as secure firewalls, servers, databases and data encryption, to safeguard the personal information provided by you. 

We will not keep your information for longer than necessary, and where we no longer need your information, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify it. 

Access and Corrections to your personal information. 

You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you. If you wish to access your information, contact us (see ‘Contacting us’ below). We will need to verify your identity prior to meeting your requests. Unless a lawful exception applies, we will endeavour to grant you access to personal information that we hold about you within 30 days. 

If you find that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or out-of-date, we will endeavour to correct it within 30 days upon receiving your request in writing. 

If we are unable to grant you access to your personal information or are unable to correct your personal information, we will provide you with a written explanation, as well as the complaint mechanism available to you. Exceptions to this include: 

• Where providing access would cause a serious threat to the life or health of any individual or pose an unreasonable impact on the privacy of an individual;
• Where your request for access or correction is, in our sole opinion, frivolous or vexatious;
• Where the information relates to existing legal proceedings between us and you; or
• Where providing access would be unlawful or may prejudice an investigation of possible unlawful activity.

How to make a Privacy-related complaint. 

If you wish to complain about any breach or potential breach of this Policy or the Australian Privacy Principles, you should contact us (see ‘Contacting us’ below) and forward your complaint to the Privacy Officer. 

We will use our best endeavours to respond and resolve any complaint to your reasonable satisfaction. If you are unhappy with our response, you may apply to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to have your complaint investigated. 

For more information on how you may lodge a complaint with the OAIC, please contact the Commissioner’s hotline service on 1300 363 992, or visit their website at www.oaic.gov.au. 

Links to other sites. 

Our websites may contain links to other websites whose operators may or may not adhere to a Privacy Policy or be governed by privacy laws. We are not responsible for the content or practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. These links are for the user’s convenience only. Links to third-party sites do not constitute approval by us of the content, policies or practices of those third-party sites. Once you have left our site via such a link, you should check the applicable Privacy Policy of that site. 

We may establish relationships with business partners that allow visitors to our website to link directly to sites operated by these partners. Some of these sites may be “co-branded” with us; however, these sites may not be operated or maintained by us or on our behalf. These sites may collect personal information from you that may be shared with us. This Privacy Policy will apply to any personal information we obtain in this manner. 

Use of cookies. 

We collect online activity information using cookies. When you visit or interact with us on our website, mobile site or partner sites, we send cookies to your device. 

A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to here as a “device”) browser and is stored on your device’s hard drive. Please note unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our system will automatically issue cookies when you access our website. A notification is displayed on our website to alert you of the use of cookies. 

We use cookie information to track usage patterns and provide us with statistics to analyse and improve our website for a better browsing and usage experience. Such information can be the number of users who visit our site, the date and time of visits, the number and type of pages viewed and navigation patterns. 

Cookies do not identify individual users, although they do identify a user’s browser type, Internet Protocol address, location, screen size, etc. 

This website uses Google Analytics & Google AdWords to collect information on visitor patterns for the purpose of improving our website and services. The information gathered from Google Analytics & Google AdWords is not used to identify any personal information about visitors. 

For 3rd party cookies, such as advertising cookies sent from Google AdWords, Yahoo or Bing, you can choose to permanently opt out by visiting Google’s Ads Settings and downloading the browser plugin or visiting Yahoo or Bing’s websites to turn off their 3rd party interest-based ads. You also can configure your browser to accept or decline all cookies or notify you when a cookie is sent. For more information on disabling and enabling cookies, you should search or lookup ‘Cookies’ in your Operating System Documentation. If you disable or reject some or all cookies, you may not be able to view or use parts of our website, and you may not have full access to all the applications and information on our website. 

Opting out of marketing, promotions or related activities. 

You may be contacted by mail, telephone or email regarding our products, promotions, newsletters, customer surveys and similar materials that we may conduct or distribute from time to time. If you do not wish to receive any such communications, you may advise us that you wish to opt-out: 

• By utilising the unsubscribe (opt-out) functionality or link provided in the direct marketing communications we send you; or
• By mail addressed to The Privacy Officer, Crown Currency Exchange, GPO Box 412 Hobart TAS 7001.

Contacting Us. 

If you have any privacy-related enquiries, you may contact us by: 

•  Calling us on 1300 392 426; or
•  Sending an email to: info@crowncurrency.com.au; or
•  Writing to us – The Privacy Officer, Crown Currency Exchange GPO Box 412 Hobart TAS 7001.

Changes to our Privacy Policy 

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make a change to the Privacy Policy, the revised version will be posted on our website.  It is your responsibility, and we encourage you, to check the website from time to time in order to determine whether there have been any changes.  

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 14 November 2024.