Privacy Policy
How Mail Plus Pty Ltd and its franchisees collect, hold, use, disclose and protect your personal — including sensitive — information, in line with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
This Privacy Policy explains how Mail Plus Pty Ltd (ACN 609 801 194) and its franchisees handle your personal and sensitive information. It covers what we collect, how we collect it, why we use it, who we share it with, and how we keep it secure.
We collect the information needed to run our pickup and delivery services and our franchise network — such as your contact, billing, payment and account details — and we store it securely on password-protected servers located in Australia. We are unlikely to send your information overseas.
You can access or correct your information, opt out of marketing, or raise a complaint at any time using the contact details below. This summary is a guide only — the full policy that follows applies.
On this page
- About Mail Plus and this Privacy Policy
- Background
- What information do we collect?
- How do we collect it?
- Why do we collect and use it?
- Who may we disclose it to?
- If you don’t provide it
- How we hold & secure it
- Overseas transfers
- Marketing
- Access & correction
- How we handle complaints
- Further information
- Changes to this Policy
- FAQs
1. About Mail Plus and this Privacy Policy
2. Background
3. What personal (including sensitive) information do we collect?
(a) identifying and contact information (such as name, email address and telephone numbers);
(b) billing and postal address details;
(c) transaction details relating to the services you require and purchases and bookings that have been made with us;
(d) bank account and payment details;
(e) account usernames and passwords;
(f) any personal preferences you select in respect of the services and products we offer including the days and times in which services are provided (and any reasoning for those days and times); and
(g) Australian Business Number.
(a) the business history and experience of the franchisee or individuals behind the operation of the franchisee;
(b) the financial history of the franchisee or individuals behind the operation of the franchisee;
(c) identifying and contact information (such as name, email address, home address, telephone numbers and visa status);
(d) Australian Business Number and other business information such as copies of any trust deed, information from references, copies of tax information, information collected during an audit from bank statements and other business records;
(e) COVID-19 vaccination status and, where relevant, medical contraindication certificates.
(a) Parcels: when you ship a parcel with us, we will capture the details of the parcel including the shipping activities (for tracking purposes), the weight and dimensions of the parcel and the details of the sender and the receiver of the parcel;
(b) Communications: when you communicate with us to inquire about, book or pay for our courier services, we will collect your personal information.
(c) Marketing – we engage in marketing for our Services and may use your personal information to market our Services to you.
(d) Preferences – when you order goods or services from us and our franchisees, your preferences may be recorded and we may use this information to inform you of other services we offer which may be of interest to you.
(e) Business – when you are a franchisee we collect information regarding the operation of the franchised business and we may use this information to monitor compliance and offer suggestions regarding the operation of the business.
(f) COVID-19 Vaccine Status – our strategic partners, customers and/or government regulation may require that only COVID-19 vaccinated people attend locations or interact and we collect your personal (including sensitive) information to facilitate the provision of Services in accordance with strategic partner requirements, customer requirements and regulatory requirements.
(a) our customers;
(b) our franchisees, the franchisee manager and the officers, employees and contractors of the franchisee;
(c) the guarantors of the franchisee; and
(d) third parties providing or receiving goods or services to/from Mail Plus.
4. How do we collect personal (including sensitive) information?
(a) complete an application form to become a customer or a franchisee;
(b) register as a user, or create an account, or enter into a contract with us for our Services;
(c) make a booking for our Services;
(d) use, seek or enquire about our Services;
(e) provide us with feedback;
(f) make an inquiry or a complaint;
(g) as a franchisee, are audited by us; and
(h) otherwise communicate with us (either verbally or in writing).
(a) payment gateways relating to payments made through third party providers;
(b) franchisees; and
(c) your financier or vendor, if you are a franchisee that has entered into an arrangement that encumbers the franchise.
5. Why do we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal (including sensitive) information?
(a) to carry out our functions and activities including providing you with our Services;
(b) to help us better understand the needs of our customers, strategic partners and franchisees so that we can better develop products and services for them or so that the products and services can be more efficiently integrated and managed;
(c) to manage our relationship with you and to contact you for follow up purposes;
(d) to facilitate the management of our franchisees and their manager, officers, employees and contractors, including to address health and safety matters (such as with respect to COVID-19) and ensure compliance with our policies, procedures and requirements;
(e) to verify and update personal (including sensitive) information held by us;
(f) to review, develop and improve our functions and activities and business processes;
(g) to review and address complaints;
(h) to comply with legal or regulatory obligations; and
(i) for other purposes required or authorised by or under law, including purposes for which you have provided your express or implied consent. We may also use and disclose to third parties aggregated de-identified data regarding our franchisees, strategic partners and customers. We may use and disclose data where we are required to do so by law.
6. To whom may we disclose your personal (including sensitive) information?
In order to carry out the above purposes, we may disclose your personal (including sensitive) information to third parties including:
(a) prospective franchisees, your buyer, franchisees and their manager, officers, employees and contractors;
(b) persons or organisations we engage to assist us in carrying out our Services such as our strategic partners who may perform part of the collection and delivery services, data storage providers, IT support, marketing service providers and professional advisors;
(c) government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies, or as required, permitted or authorised by law or where we have a public duty to do so; and
(d) parties involved in a prospective or actual transfer of our assets or business.
7. What happens if you don’t provide your personal (including sensitive) information to us?
8. How do we hold your information and manage its quality and security?
(a) make sure that the personal (including sensitive) information that we collect, hold, use and disclose is accurate, complete and up to date; and
(b) protect the personal (including sensitive) information that we hold from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
9. Do we transfer personal (including sensitive) information overseas?
We are unlikely to disclose your personal (including sensitive) information overseas.
10. Marketing
11. How can you access or correct the information we hold about you?
12. How we handle complaints
13. Further information
Further information about the application of the Privacy Act can be found at the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au.
14. Changes to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective from 6th October 2021. As this Privacy Policy is updated from time to time, to obtain a copy of the latest version at any time, you should visit our website at https://mailplus.com.au/ or contact our Customer Service team at customerservice@mailplus.com.au
Your privacy, answered
Quick answers to common privacy questions. The full policy above always applies.
Questions about your privacy?
Contact our Customer Service team to access or correct your information, opt out of marketing, or raise a concern. Our local team is here Monday to Friday.
