Understanding your privacy
Your privacy is important to us. Below we outline how we maintain the privacy of the information we collect about you.
Privacy Collection Statement
As part of the financial planning process, we need to collect information about you. Where possible we will obtain that information directly from you, but if authorised by you we may also obtain it from other sources such as your employer or accountant. If that information is incomplete or inaccurate, this could affect our ability to fully or properly analyse your needs, objectives and financial situation, so our recommendations may not be completely appropriate or suitable for you.
We are also required under the Anti-Money-Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act (AML/CTF) 2006 to implement client identification processes. We will need you to present identification documents such as passports and driver’s licences in order to meet our obligations.
We keep your personal information confidential, and only use it in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Some of the ways we may use this information
are set out below: Your adviser and Watershed may have access to this information when providing financial advice or services to you;
Your adviser may, in the future, disclose information to other financial advisers, brokers and those who are authorised by Watershed to review
customers' needs and circumstances from time to time, including other companies within the Watershed group;
Your information may be disclosed to external service suppliers both here and overseas who supply administrative, financial or other services
to assist your adviser and the Watershed group in providing financial advice and services to you. A list of countries where these service providers
are located can be found in the Watershed Privacy Policy;
Your information may be used to provide ongoing information about opportunities that may be useful or relevant to your financial needs through
direct marketing (subject to your ability to opt-out as set out in the Watershed Privacy Policy); and
Your information may be disclosed as required or authorised by law and to anyone authorised by you.
Your adviser and Watershed will continue to take reasonable steps to protect your information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification
or improper disclosure.
You can request access to the information your adviser or Watershed holds about you at any time to correct or update it as set out in the Watershed Privacy Policy. The Watershed Privacy Policy also contains information about how to make a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles.
For a copy of Watershed’s Privacy Policy visit http://www.watershedgroup.com.au/privacy-policy/ or you can contact us directly on 03 9614 8899