Privacy Policy

Hall Contracting does not collect your personal information automatically when you access the Hall Contracting website.

However, we may collection information related to your interaction with the Hall Contracting Website. This may include the following kinds of information:

• Your server address
• Your operating system, for example, Windows, Mac
• Your top-level domain name, for example, .com, .gov, .au, .uk
• The date and time of your visit to our site
• The pages visited and the documents downloaded
• The previous site visited
• The type of browser used, for example, Internet Explorer, Firefox
• The language selected for translation

Some information provided to us is considered personal or private, for example you may provide your name, phone number, email or otherwise when you engage with Hall in the following ways:

• When you contact Hall Contracting or make an enquiry
• When you contact any member of staff at Hall Contracting
• When you sign up to receive the newsletter or event invitations
• When you register to be on the mailing list

Without these details we would not be able to provide our business services to their full potential. We will only collect such personal information if it is necessary for any of our business activities.

Personal information is collected by Hall Contracting in the following ways offline:

• When you give your business card to any member of staff at Hall Contracting
• When you attend an event and sign in on a register

We may use or disclose personal information held about an individual or a business for the primary purpose for which it is collected (ie. Provision of our services,administration of our services, notification to you about changes to our products or services, record-keeping following termination of our services to you and technical maintenance). We may also use your information for a purpose related to the primary purpose of the collection of information and where it would be reasonably expected by you that we would use the information in such a way. This information is only disclosed to persons outside our business in the circumstances outlined in this policy or as otherwise noted to you at the time of collection of the information.

We are also permitted to use or disclose personal information held about you:

• Where you have consented to the use or disclosure;
• Where we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious, immediate threat to someone's health or safety or the public's health or safety;
• Where we reasonably suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in and the use or disclosure is a necessary part of our investigation or in reporting the matter to the relevant authorities;
• Where such use or disclosure is required under or authorised by law (for example, to comply with a subpoena, a warrant or other order of a court or legal process);
• Where we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary for prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes or wrongdoings or the preparation for, conduct of, proceedings before any court or tribunal or the implementation of the orders of a court or tribunal by or on behalf of an enforcement body

Our website contains links to other organisations and their websites. Those organisations may also collect personal information about you. We do not hold any responsibility for the privacy practices of other businesses including content of any websites that are linked to our website. Hall Contracting encourages users to be aware when you leave the Hall Contracting website and to read the privacy policy of each new organisation prior to entering any personal information.

Hall Contracting places a high level of importance and value on the security of all information associated with our clients, tenant companies, customers, and contractors. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control.

Personal information is de-identified and/or destroyed by us when it is no longer needed by us or when the person involved asks to be removed entirely from any method of communication with the Hall Contracting Sunshine Coast.

Hall Contracting retains the information provided to us by you including possibly your contact and credit card details to enable us to monitor and verify transactions and customer details and to retain adequate records for legal and accounting purposes. This information is held on secure servers in controlled facilities, with 24 hour security.

Information stored within our network and computer systems can only be accessed by those within the organisation with authority and computer network password sanctions.

No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100 per cent secure. As a result of this, while we aim to protect the personal information of all users, Hall Contracting can not ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to it from any online product or service and therefore, the users do so at their own risk. Once the information is received by Hall Contracting, every effort is made to ensure the security of the information on the systems.

The user is ultimately responsible for the safe keeping of all login information, passwords, account information and personal data. You should aim to keep all of this secret and be careful and responsible when providing information online.

Hall Contracting wishes to only maintain information about its clients, customers, and contractors that is correct, accurate, timely, relevant and appropriate.

We are more than happy to allow you to access the information we have on record for you so long as that request for information access is in accordance with the National Privacy Principles.

If you notice that your information is not correct, we will correct that information only if we are satisfied that the information relates to you.

Adequate reasoning will be provided should we not provide you with access to the information you have requested for any reason.

Any complaints regarding this privacy policy, collection and / or use of information collected by us should be directed to us via email:  

We will comprehensively investigate any complaints made and attempt to resolve any breach that may have occurred in relation to the collection, use or destruction of personal information held by the Hall Contracting Sunshine Coast in accordance with the Commonwealth Privacy Legislation. If you are not satisfied with the way it is investigated or the outcome of the procedure then you may request an independent person to further investigate your complaint. This is usually the Commonwealth Privacy Officer.

In accordance with the National Privacy Principles we may transfer personal information we have collected about you to someone other than you in a foreign country only if this such transfer is permitted by the National Privacy Principles.

Personal information may be disclosed to an overseas recipient in connection with Hall Contracting's international operations and tenders. This may include, but is not limited to, the disclosure to overseas recipients in Fiji, Tuvalu, The Marshall Islands, Kiribati and Solomon Islands. Where personal information is stored or disclosed overseas Hall Contracting will take reasonable steps to ensure the security of the information.

Hall Contracting collects and analyses information from the site using “IP files”.

Your IP address (the address that indentifies your computer on the internet and is recognised immediately by our web server) will be logged by Hall Contracting anytime you visit our website to read or download information. The information that will be collected by our web server will include the date and time of your visit, the pages your view and any information you download. This information will be used for the sole purpose of our website evaluation and helping us to provide a quality site and continually improving our service.

Our web server also automatically collects non-personal information such as the type of internet browsers you use and the identification of any website you used to click through to our own. This information does not personally identify you and is only used to provide site analysis and helps us provide an effective service on our website.

Should Hall Contracting make any changes to its Privacy Policy, it will post changes on this Privacy Policy page so that regular users are aware of the changes as to what information is collected, how it is used and the way in which their information may be disclosed to others. Therefore, please refer back to this page regularly review amendments and ensure you are up to date with our Privacy Policy

Should you require any further information regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our contact us page

Should you require any further information on privacy legislation or the National Privacy Principles of Australia we recommend that you visit the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website at www.privacy.gov.au.