1. ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY

1.1 Nano Blue Pty Ltd AFT Nano Blue Trust ABN 79 419 269 118 (referred to as Nano Blue, we, us or our) has implemented this Privacy Policy to provide information about what kinds of Personal Information we may collect or hold, how we collect, hold, use and disclose that Personal Information, choices you have regarding our use of that Personal Information, and your ability to access or correct that Personal Information. If you wish to make any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact our Privacy Officer in any of the ways specified in paragraph 15.

1.2 Nano Blue is related to other companies and entities (related entities). This Privacy Policy applies to the use of your Personal Information by us and by those related entities. Those related entities may also have their own privacy policies which set out additional detail or differences in their privacy practices. To the extent that those privacy policies are inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, those privacy policies will prevail over this Privacy Policy in relation to the actions of those related entities. A reference in this Privacy Policy to Nano Blue, we, us or our is also a reference to those related entities.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION

2.1 “Personal Information” is information or an opinion, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an identified individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.

3. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOLD?

3.1 The types of Personal Information we may collect about an individual will depend upon the nature of our interaction with them. Personal Information that we collect may include (but is not limited to) the following:

⦁ name
⦁ contact details including telephone numbers (landline and/or mobile)
⦁ current address (including postal address and billing address)
⦁ email address
⦁ payment details, such as your credit card or bank account details
⦁ account information (eg user name and password)
⦁ details about your current role such as job title, company (including details such as revenue and size of company) and industry
⦁ occupation and employment details including employment status and any previous work experience (for example, this may be relevant for job applicants)
⦁ information from or in connection with your resume or job application if you apply for a position with us
⦁ geographical location (country of residence)
⦁ company name and company identification number (where applicable), eg Australian Business Number (ABN)
⦁ credit history
⦁ trade references, credit references or reports from a third party, including information obtained via company searches and bankruptcy searches in your jurisdiction (eg ASIC company searches in Australia), in respect of trading account applications
⦁ credit information
⦁ commercial credit reports
⦁ consumption habits and preference information from publicly available social media accounts and profiles
⦁ if you are a current partner with Nano Blue, your self-reported usage statistics, and
⦁ Nano Blue programs and solutions that may be of interest to you
3.2 We collect and record Personal Information about individuals such as:
⦁ our customers and partners, potential customers and partners, and their respective representatives
⦁ our investors and shareholders
⦁ our suppliers and potential suppliers and their representatives, directors, partners, proprietors and shareholders
⦁ contractors and subcontractors and potential contractors and subcontractors and their representatives in relation to providing goods and services to us
⦁ our employees past and present, including applicants, and
⦁ any other person who comes into contact with Nano Blue.

3.3 We may be authorised to collect tax file numbers (TFNs) by the Australian Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) and other applicable laws. It is not generally compulsory for you to provide your TFN for our products and services or when you otherwise interact with us, but if you do not, taxation law may require additional deductions to be made from amounts payable to you.

4. HOW AND WHEN DO WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION?

4.1 We collect your Personal Information to allow us to conduct our business functions, to provide, market and sell our products and services and for the specified purposes set out in paragraph 6. In some circumstances the collection of Personal Information may be required by applicable data protection laws.

4.2 We may collect your Personal Information in the course of providing you with goods or services, or:

⦁ when you use or buy our products or services
⦁ when you provide us, or you offer or apply to supply us, with goods or services
⦁ when you provide information to us in any way (including by completing a form, disclosing information over the phone or via email, or providing us a business card)
⦁ when you request information about us, our products or our services, including by filling out our online contact form requesting more information about a product or service
⦁ when you sign up to become one of our partners
⦁ when you provide feedback to us
⦁ when you visit or fill in a form on our Website (see paragraph 5)
⦁ when you register for or use an account on our Website
⦁ when you visit premises from which we operate
⦁ when you (or your employer) provide that information to us in the course of conducting or administering our relationship with you, or when you are carrying out activities in connection with our business operations
⦁ when you submit a job application to us
⦁ when you otherwise contact us by telephone, fax, email, social media, post or in person, or
⦁ where we are otherwise required or authorised by applicable data protection laws to do so.

4.3 Generally, when providing our products and services, dealing with our personnel, or obtaining goods and services from our service providers, suppliers or contractors, we collect personal information directly from the relevant individual where reasonable and practicable.

4.4 We may also collect Personal Information about you from third parties and other sources such as:

⦁ our customers, in order to provide services such as product support directly to you on behalf of those customers
⦁ your nominated representatives (eg spouse, accountant, power of attorney, brokers and other professional advisors)
⦁ our share registry service provider
⦁ publicly available sources of information
⦁ related entities, companies and businesses of Nano Blue, or
⦁ credit reporting bodies who provide information about commercial credit worthiness.

4.5 If the Personal Information we collect includes sensitive information (eg during our recruitment processes), including health information, we will ask for your consent to collect such information, unless the applicable data protection laws allow us to collect it without your consent.

4.6 Where we engage with you multiple times over a short period in relation to the same matter, we may not provide you with a separate notice about privacy each time we engage with you.

4.7 If you choose not to provide your Personal Information to us for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, or if we do not or are unable to collect the Personal Information we require, it may adversely affect our ability to process your request or serve you as a customer, and we may not be able to provide you with requested information, products or services, or to effectively conduct our relationship with you.

5. INFORMATION COLLECTED VIA OUR WEBSITE

5.1 Personal information may be collected by us and by our third party service providers who assist us in operating our website at www.Nano Blue.com, including its subdomains and any other website we operate from time to time (collectively the Website).

5.2 We may use various technological methods from time to time to track the visiting patterns of individuals accessing our Website, including but not limited to the methods set out in this paragraph 5.
Google Analytics

5.3 We use Google Analytics to help analyse how you use our Website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers.  The information generated is used to create reports about the use of our Website.  Google will store this information.

5.4 If you do not want your Website visit data reported by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. For more details on installing and uninstalling the add-on, please visit the Google Analytics opt-out page at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Click Stream Data

5.5 When you read, browse or download information from our Website, we or our internet service provider may also collect information such as the date, time and duration of a visit, the pages accessed, the IP address of your computer, and any information downloaded. This information may be used for purposes including statistical, reporting and website administration, maintenance and improvement purposes.
Cookies

5.6 Our Website may use ‘cookies’ from time to time. Cookies are small text files that are transferred to a user’s computer hard drive by a website for the purpose of storing information about a user’s identity, browser type or website visiting patterns.  Cookies may be used on our Website to monitor web traffic, for example the time of visit, pages visited and some system information about the type of computer being used.  We use this information to enhance the content and services offered on our Website.

5.7 Cookies are sometimes also used to collect information about what pages you visit and the type of software you are using. If you access our Website or click-through to our Website from a link in an email we send you, a cookie may be downloaded onto your computer’s hard drive.

5.8 Cookies may also be used for other purposes on our Website.

5.9 You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is sent. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

5.10 If you disable the use of cookies on your web browser or remove or reject specific cookies from our Website or linked sites then you may not be able to gain access to all of the content and facilities in those websites.
Web Beacons

5.11 Web beacons are images that originate from a third party site to track visitor activities. We may use web beacons to track the visiting patterns of individuals accessing our Website.
Third party content (eg social media links)

5.12 Some of the content on our Website includes applications made available by third parties, such as social media buttons or links that allow you to share content or links to our Website through the relevant third party platforms. These third party applications themselves may facilitate collection of information by those third parties, through your interaction with the applications and sometimes even if you do not interact directly with them.  We are not responsible for the technical operation of these applications or the collection and use practices of the relevant third parties.  Please visit the relevant third party websites to understand their privacy practices and options they may make available to you in relation to their collection of your Personal Information.

5.13 Our Website also contains links to other websites operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites, including any sites that may indicate a special relationship or partnership with Nano Blue (such as co-branded pages or pages where this relationship is otherwise identified).  You should review the privacy policy of the relevant website operator before providing your personal details to any third party websites.

6. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

6.1 We use the Personal Information we collect about you for our business functions and activities, in order to operate our business efficiently, and to market our products and services for the benefit of our customers.

6.2 We may collect, hold and use your personal information:

⦁ to identify and communicate with you
⦁ to enable us to provide you with requested information, products or services
⦁ to otherwise assist customers by providing them with information and support
⦁ to invoice, collect and process payments, including for products and services
⦁ to help us to manage and enhance products or services we provide to you
⦁ to help us to manage and enhance goods and services we procure from our suppliers and subcontractors
⦁ to help us manage and respond to a general or specific shareholder enquiry
⦁ to process share applications and service shareholders’ needs
⦁ to provide facilities and services a shareholder may request
⦁ to carry out appropriate administration in relation to our shareholders and our share registry
⦁ to personalise and customise your experiences on our Website
⦁ to manage and administer any account you may hold with us
⦁ to manage and maintain accounts for the provision of goods or services
⦁ to carry out credit checks and credit reporting where appropriate
⦁ to carry out debt recovery functions
⦁ to promote and market our products and services to you
⦁ to provide you with information that we believe may be of interest to you or that you may be interested in receiving, including advertising material, regarding us, our clients, and our business partners (subject to your prior approval if required by applicable data protection laws)
⦁ to provide our newsletter updating you on the latest Nano Blue news, promotions and product updates
⦁ to conduct research for the purposes of improving existing products or services or creating new products or services
⦁ to help us research the needs of our customers to enable us to market our products and services with a better understanding of your needs and the needs of customers generally
⦁ to analyse our shareholder base and for product development and planning
⦁ to provide for the safety and security of workers and onsite visitors
⦁ to help us manage our business operations
⦁ for business support purposes including maintenance, backup and audit
⦁ to process any job application submitted by you
⦁ to respond to any queries or complaints you may have, or
⦁ to comply with our statutory and legal obligations.

6.3 We reserve the right at all times to monitor, review, retain, and/or disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, but we have no obligation to monitor the use of the Website or to retain the content of any user session.

6.4 You consent to us using your Personal Information in the above ways and as set out in this Privacy Policy.

6.5 We may otherwise collect, use or disclose your Personal Information where the collection, use or disclosure is:

⦁ in accordance with this Privacy Policy or any agreement you enter into with us, or
⦁ required or authorised by applicable data protection laws, including without limitation the Australian Privacy Principles under the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Australian Privacy Act).

7. WHEN DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

7.1 Nano Blue may disclose, or provide access to, your Personal Information to third parties in connection with the purposes described in paragraph 6. Depending on the circumstances and the nature of your engagement with us, we may disclose your Personal Information to our related entities, to third parties that provide products and services to us or through us, or to other third parties where requested or indicated by you (such as your referee(s) in connection with a job application you have submitted).  We may also disclose your information in the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to comply with applicable legal process, respond to any claims against us or to protect the rights, property or personal safety of Nano Blue, our customers or the public.

7.2 We may also disclose your Personal Information to:

⦁ any of Nano Blue’s internal divisions, business units or departments
⦁ your nominated representatives
⦁ other organisations or individuals who assist us in providing products and services to you
⦁ professional service providers and advisors who perform functions on our behalf, such as lawyers, accounting firms, auditors and management consultants
⦁ medical providers including medical and rehabilitation practitioners for assessing insurance claims
⦁ representatives, agents or contractors who are appointed by us in the ordinary operation of our business to assist us in providing goods or services or administering our business (such as for data storage or processing, printing, mailing, marketing, planning and product or service development)
⦁ credit reporting bodies and mercantile reporting agencies
⦁ debt collecting agencies
⦁ other entities who are your credit providers or trade suppliers
⦁ banks, valuers, insurers, brokers, auditors, business consultants and IT service providers, and
⦁ Government, regulatory authorities and other organisations as required or authorised by applicable data protection laws.

7.3 We may also disclose your Personal Information to our Website host or software application providers in certain limited circumstances, for example when our Website experiences a technical problem or to ensure that it operates in an effective and secure manner.

7.4 We may also disclose your Personal Information to a purchaser or potential purchaser in connection with the sale or potential sale of Nano Blue, our business or any of our assets, including in insolvency, in circumstances which require the purchaser or potential purchaser to use such Personal Information consistently with this Privacy Policy.

8. INTERNATIONAL DISCLOSURES

8.1 Some of your Personal Information may be disclosed, transferred, stored, processed or used outside of Australia or your country of residence by us, or by third party service providers. This may happen if:

⦁ our offices or related entities are in located in those countries
⦁ we outsource certain activities to those countries
⦁ you request a product or service offered through the Website which is provided by a company which is located in such a country
⦁ transactions, information, services or products have an international connection, or
⦁ our computer systems including IT servers are located in those countries.

8.2 You consent to the collection, use, storage, and processing of your Personal Information outside of Australia or your country of residence as set out in this Privacy Policy.

8.3 In particular, your Personal Information may be disclosed to our related entities and offices internationally (see https://www.nanoblue.com/about/contact-us/ for a list of countries in which our offices are currently located) and to third parties in New Zealand, India, and such other countries in which those parties or their, or our, computer systems may be located from time to time, where it may be used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. In these circumstances, you consent to the collection, use, storage and processing of your Personal Information in those countries, without us being responsible under applicable data protection laws (eg the Australian Privacy Act) for such use (or for any breach).  Wherever such parties are located, as the case may be, you may have rights to enforce such parties’ compliance with applicable data protection laws, but you might not have recourse against those parties under the Australian Privacy Act (or other applicable data protection laws in your country of residence) in relation to how those parties treat your personal information.

9. OTHER USES AND DISCLOSURES

9.1 We may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information for other purposes not listed in this Privacy Policy. If we do so, we will make it known to you at the time we collect or use your Personal Information.

10. MARKETING

10.1 You consent to us using your Personal Information to send you information, including promotional material, about us or our products and services, as well as the products and services of our related entities and third parties, now and in the future (subject to your prior consent, if required by applicable data protection law). We may also send you, from time to time, such information by means of direct mail, telemarketing, email, SMS and MMS messages (again subject to your prior consent, if required by applicable data protection law).

10.2 If you do not want to receive marketing information from us or if you want to stop receiving telemarketing, you can unsubscribe in any of the following ways:

⦁ clicking on the ‘Unsubscribe’ or subscription preferences link in a direct marketing email that you have received from us
⦁ editing your communication preferences via our Website, or
⦁ contacting us using the contact details specified in paragraph 15.

11. STORAGE AND SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION HELD BY US

11.1 We aim to keep your Personal Information secure. Any Personal Information that is collected via our Website or which is held on our computer systems is protected by safeguards including physical, technical (firewalls, SSL encryption etc) and procedural methods.

11.2 If we find that we no longer require or have no further need for your Personal Information we may de-identify it or remove it from our systems and destroy all record of it.

12. YOU CAN ACCESS AND UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

12.1 You are generally entitled to access Personal Information that we hold about you. If you request access to your Personal Information, in ordinary circumstances we will give you full access to your Personal Information.  Depending on the nature of the request, Nano Blue may charge for providing access to this information, however such charge will not be excessive.  However, there may be some legal or administrative reasons to deny access.  If we refuse your request to access your Personal Information, we will provide you with reasons for the refusal where we are required by applicable law to give those reasons.

12.2 If you are a registered user, you can access and correct some of your Personal Information through the Nano Blue Portal on the Website by logging into your account and updating or editing your profile at any time. In all other cases, a request for access can be made by contacting our Privacy Officer in any of the ways specified in paragraph 15.

12.3 We take all reasonable steps to ensure that any Personal Information we collect and use is accurate, complete and up-to-date. To assist us in this, you need to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as requested, and properly update the information provided to us to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

12.4 Please contact us in any of the ways specified in paragraph 15 if you believe that the Personal Information is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, and we will use all reasonable efforts to correct the information.

12.5 It would assist us to ensure we properly understand your request, and allow us to respond more promptly, if requests are made in writing and include as much detail as possible.

13. HOW DO WE DEAL WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT PRIVACY?

13.1 If you feel that we have not respected your privacy or that we have conducted ourselves inconsistently with this Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy Officer in any of the ways specified in paragraph 15 and advise us as soon as possible. We treat all complaints on a case by case basis and will investigate your queries and privacy complaints within a reasonable period of time depending on the complexity of the complaint.

13.2 It would assist us to respond to your complaint promptly if it is made in writing. Please detail information relevant to your complaint.

13.3 We will notify you of the outcome of our investigation.

14. UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

14.1 We may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy, including to take into account new laws, regulations, practices and technology. All Personal Information held by us will be governed by our most recent Privacy Policy, posted on our Website at: https://www.nanoblue.com/about/privacy-policy where the Privacy Policy will be located.  Any changes to this Privacy Policy may be advised to you by updating this page on our Website.  We encourage you to check this page from time to time for any changes.

15. WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PROBLEM OR WANT TO CONTACT US ABOUT OUR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR THIS PRIVACY POLICY

15.1 If you:

⦁ have a query or concern about this Privacy Policy or our Personal Information handling processes
⦁ wish to make a complaint in relation to a breach of your privacy
⦁ would like to access your Personal Information held by us
⦁ would like to update or correct your Personal Information held by us, or
⦁ would like to opt out of direct marketing,
please contact our Privacy Officer in any of the following ways:
⦁ Email Address: ⦁ team@nanoblue.com, or
⦁ Mailing Address: PO Box 180, Lennox Head NSW 2478, Australia.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1 April 2021.