Privacy Disclosure Statement and Consent
Each consent given in this document continues until withdrawn in writing.
I/We consent to you using personal, financial and credit information about me/us for the purpose of arranging or providing credit, insuring credit, and for direct marketing of products and services offered by you or any organisation you are affiliated with or represent each of which may contact me/us for such a purpose including by telephone and electronically. In this document “you” means each of Australian Finance Group Ltd (AFG), each subsidiary of AFG, the Appointed Credit Service Provider and their organisation.
The personal information provided by me/us will be held by you. I/We can obtain a copy of AFG’s Privacy Policy at www.afgonline.com.au Your privacy policy contains information about how I may access or seek correction of my personal information, how you manage that information and your complaints process. If I/we do not provide the requested personal information you may be unable to assist in arranging finance or providing other services.
You may disclose personal information about me/us to the following types of entities, some of which may be located overseas (including in USA, Canada, Malaysia, India, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Philippines):
• Persons who provide credit or other products or services to us, or to whom an application has been made for those products or services;
• Financial consultants, accountants, lawyers and advisers;
• Any industry body, tribunal, court or otherwise in connection with any complaint;
• Any person where you are required by law to do so;
• Any of your associates, related entities or contractors (including printing/publication/mailing houses,
IT service providers, cloud storage providers, lawyers/accountants);
• Our referees, such as our employers, to verify information we have provided;
• Any person considering acquiring an interest in your business or assets;
• Any organisation providing online verification of our identities.
Credit Information
I/We hereby authorise you to receive information from any lender about our credit affairs, and to provide any relevant real estate agent, lawyer, conveyancer, agent or person authorised by me to access my information, with details of whether finance has been approved for us, and if it has, the terms of that approval, including providing a copy of any approval letter.
I/We appoint you as our agent and authorise you to obtain our credit information (including both consumer and commercial credit reporting and eligibility information) from a credit reporting body on our behalf. You are authorised to use that information to assist you to provide services, including credit assistance, to me/us and to assist me/us to apply for credit.
Receiving Information Electronically
I/We consent to receiving credit assistance documentation and loan application information electronically. I/We acknowledge and agree that paper documents may no longer be given, electronic communications must be regularly checked for documents and this consent to receive electronic communications may be withdrawn at any time.