Auswalk Walking Holidays Pty Ltd (“we,” “us,” or “our”) are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). This privacy policy explains how we collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information.
A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au

1. What Personal Information Do We Collect?

We collect personal information that is reasonably necessary for us to carry out our business functions and activities. This may include:

  • Your name.
  • Your contact details (including postal address, email address, and phone number).
  • Payment details.
  • Travel preferences and requirements.
  • Health information (where necessary for your trip).
  • Information you provide when you make an enquiry or booking.
  • Information you provide when you partially complete a booking form on our website.
  • Information you provide when you subscribe to our mailing list.
  • Information you provide when you contact us with queries or feedback.
  • Information about your use of our website (including IP address and browsing behaviour, collected via cookies).
  • Feedback you provide in post-trip surveys.

2. How Do We Collect Your Personal Information?

We may collect your personal information directly from you when you:

  • Enquire about our services.
  • Book a trip with us.
  • Partially complete a booking form on our website.
  • Subscribe to our mailing list.
  • Contact us via phone, email, or our website.
  • Participate in post-trip surveys.
  • Use our website.

We may also collect your personal information from third parties, such as:

  • Travel agents or other booking intermediaries (with your consent).

3. Why Do We Collect, Hold, Use and Disclose Your Personal Information?

We collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:  

  • To provide you with the services you have requested.
  • To communicate with you about your bookings and enquiries.  
  • To follow up with you if you have partially completed a booking form.
  • To process your payments.
  • To tailor your travel arrangements to your preferences and requirements.
  • To ensure your health and safety during your trip (where necessary).
  • To send you marketing materials (where you have provided your consent or as otherwise permitted by law).
  • To improve our website, products, and services, including through analysis of website usage and post-trip survey feedback.
  • For our internal administrative purposes.
  • To comply with our legal obligations.

4. Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to:
Our service providers who assist us in operating our business (such as accommodation providers, transport companies, IT service providers, and marketing agencies).
Our professional advisors (such as lawyers and accountants).
Travel agents or other booking intermediaries (where you have used them).
Government authorities or regulatory bodies if required or authorised by law.

5. Overseas Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to overseas recipients in order to facilitate your travel arrangements. These countries may include:

  • New Zealand
  • Japan
  • Nepal
  • Spain
  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
  • Portugal
  • France
  • Croatia
  • Turkey
  • Switzerland

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient handles your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles or a comparable privacy framework. 

6. Security of Your Personal Information

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. These steps include:  

  • Implementing physical security measures at our premises.
  • Using secure servers and encryption for online transactions and data storage.
  • Implementing firewalls and other IT security measures.
  • Limiting access to personal information to authorised personnel on a need-to-know basis.

7. Access to and Correction of Your Personal Information

You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to request corrections if you believe it is inaccurate, incomplete, out-of-date, or misleading. To make a request, please contact us using the details below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period. We may require you to verify your identity before providing access to or correcting your personal information. 

8. How to Make a Complaint

If you have a complaint about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us using the details below. We will investigate your complaint and aim to respond to you within a reasonable period. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). For more information, please visit the OAIC website at www.oaic.gov.au. 

9. How to Contact Us

If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at:

Address:
4/844 Nepean Highway
Hampton East, VIC, 3188
Australia

E-mail:
info@auswalk.com.au

Telephone:
+61 3 9597 9767

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.