Terms of Use
1 — About the Website
Welcome to www.aptleadership.com.au (Website). The Website provides you with an opportunity to learn and enquire about services offered by APT Leadership. Please read these terms and conditions (Terms) carefully.
The Website is operated by APT Leadership (ABN 71 067 439 151). Access to and use of the Website is provided by APT Leadership.
APT Leadership reserves the right to review and change any of the Terms by updating this page at its sole discretion. Any changes to the Terms take immediate effect from the date of their publication.
2 — Acceptance of the Terms
By using, browsing and/or reading the Website, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease using the Website immediately. You may also accept the Terms by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms when making an online enquiry (see Section 4) or other user interface.
3 — Your obligations as a Website user
When either accessing the Website or making an online inquiry
You will use the Website and its functionality only for purposes that are permitted by these Terms and any applicable law;
Access and use of the Website is limited, non-transferable and allows for the sole use of the Website by you for the purposes set out in Section 1 above;
You will not use the Website for any illegal and/or unauthorised use including collecting third party personal information, sending unsolicited email or unauthorised framing of or linking to the Website;
You agree that commercial advertisements, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed from the Website without notice and may result in termination of your access to the Website. Appropriate legal action will be taken by APT Leadership for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Website; and
You acknowledge and agree that any automated use of the Website and its functionality is prohibited.
4 — Online Enquiry
You may contact APT Leadership and make enquiries regarding potential services offered by APT Leadership through online portals provided. Through using a portal, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself (such as identification or contact details), including:
Name and/or preferred name;
Employer, business or position title;
Email address;
Phone number; and
Any other information requested in an online portal.
1. You warrant that any information you give to APT Leadership in the course of completing an enquiry will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
2. All information provided to APT Leadership through an online enquiry will be governed by APT Leadership's Privacy Policy (below).
3. For the avoidance of doubt, by completing the enquiry process, you will agree to be bound by the Terms and APT Leadership’s Privacy Policy [link].
4. Following an online enquiry, APT Leadership may contact you to discuss the potential provision of professional services to you, your employer, your business or nominated third party (Professional Services Offer). APT Leadership is under no obligation to respond to any enquiry or provide particular information, unless required by law.
5. All Professional Services Offers will be governed by written proposal, client brief and separate legal agreement to be agreed with APT Leadership.
6. The provision of this Website by APT Leadership, including any online enquiry via this Website, does not of itself constitute a Professional Services Offer or other agreement to provide services. The Website are provided by APT Leadership for informational purposes only.
5 — Copyright and Intellectual Property
The Website is subject to copyright. The material on the Website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the site content and compilation of the website (including text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips and software) (Content) are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by APT Leadership or its contributors.
APT Leadership retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related content. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer to you:
The business name, trading name, domain name, trade mark, industrial design, patent, registered design or copyright of APT Leadership; or
The right to use or exploit a business name, trading name, domain name, trademark or design; or
Any other intellectual property rights.
You may not, without the prior written permission of APT Leadership and the permission of any other relevant rights owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Content or third-party content for any purpose. This prohibition excludes personal, non-commercial use and Content that is public domain.
6 — Privacy
APT Leadership takes your privacy seriously. Any information provided through your use of the Website are subject to APT Leadership's Privacy Policy (below).
7 — General Disclaimer
All care is taken in the preparation of the information and published materials on this Website. APT Leadership does not make any representations or give any warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose of the Website. To the extent permissible by law, APT Leadership will not be liable for any expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damages) or costs which might be incurred as a result of any engagement with the Website or the information in this Website being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
This Website may contain hypertext links, frames or other references to other parties and their websites. APT Leadership cannot control the contents of those other sites, and make no warranty about the accuracy, timeliness or subject matter of the material located on those sites. APT Leadership do not necessarily approve of, endorse, or sponsor any content or material on such sites. APT Leadership make no warranties or representations that material on other websites to which this Website is linked does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person anywhere in the world.
APT Leadership are not, and must not be taken to be, authorising infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material or other sites by linking or allowing links to, this Website to such material on other sites.
The Website is intended to be viewed by residents of Australia. The Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia. Any dispute relating to the Website or these Terms will be governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.
Issue Date: 16th May 2022
Privacy Policy
In this Policy, ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’ and ‘APT’ means APT Leadership (ABN 71 067 439 151) of 50 Leinster Grove, Thornbury, Victoria, 3071, and ‘you’ and ‘your’ refers to anyone who interacts with our business, including prospective, clients, new clients and visitors to our website.
APT is committed to providing quality services to you and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how and why we collect, use, hold and disclose your personal information, how we use the data and with whom we share it. You consent to us collecting, holding, using and disclosing your personal information in accordance with this policy.
We are subject to the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). The APPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of 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
What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?
Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Personal information we collect may include your name, address, email address, phone numbers, social media names or handles, work details, work history, personal history, personal associations, individual assessment reports and other identifying information you disclose when receiving services from us (Personal Information).
We collect this Personal Information in many ways, including, for example, completing and signing Briefs and Client Services Agreements, telephone and email inquiries, visiting or leaving queries through our website, delivering our services to you (including, without limitation, individual coaching sessions, proprietary assessments completed via third party providers, exchanging emails, receiving work product form you and collaborating on work product together), from viewing websites or social media profiles you provide to us and from third parties.
We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, improving the delivery of our services to you and our other clients. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure.
We will also use your personal information to inform you about discounts, sales and other products and services we believe may be of interest to you, but we will not do so if you tell us not to or unsubscribe from our mailing list by contacting us.
When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.
If you do not wish to provide certain Personal Information to us, please inform us so that we may provide services to you or interact with you in way that allows you to use a pseudonym or remain anonymous.
Sensitive Information
Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
If you disclose sensitive information to us, we will only use it:
for the primary purpose for which it was obtained
for a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose
with your consent; or where required or authorised by law.
Third Parties
Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:
Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure;
Where we are required or authorised by law or the APPs;
Where there is a risk of immediate harm to you or someone close to you;
Where we need to disclose your Personal information to service providers that assist us with our business to provide services to you or do anything that APT may do under this Policy on behalf of APT (see Service Providers and Overseas Disclosures below for further information).
Service Providers and Overseas Disclosures
To help us better provide services to you and to run our business, APT engages a number of third parties to provide services to us, including, for example, online communication, research, data management and storage, customer experience services, and professional services such accounting, tax, legal and finance services.
When receiving services from these service providers, APT may disclose your Personal Information to these providers in the ordinary course of receiving those services. While APT cannot be responsible for the conduct of these third parties, APT only engages reputable providers where APT is confident that any Personal Information disclosed will be accessed and stored in line with relevant law and industry standard data protection practices.
Many of APT’s service providers are online software businesses based overseas, for example:
Microsoft (through MS Office, OneDrive and Windows/Outlook mail products);
Google (through Chrome and its related apps); and
Online video conferencing providers, such as Zoom, WebEx and Microsoft Teams;
It is reasonably likely that your Personal Information, if disclosed to these above providers, may be accessed or stored overseas, including in countries such as the USA or Singapore. If you have any concerns about these providers, APT encourages you to review their publicly available privacy and data management policies.
Security of Personal Information
Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.
When collecting, using and storing Personal Information using online and web-based tools, APT takes reasonably steps to secure your Personal Information in line with standard industry practice, including password protection, hard drive encryption and, where available, multi-factor authentication.
When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.
Access to your Personal Information
You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.
APT will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.
In order to protect your Personal Information we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.
Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information
It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.
Policy Updates
This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.
Privacy Policy Complaints and Enquiries
If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at: Jessica.tonissen@aptleadership.com.au c/o 50 Leinster Grove, Thornbury, Victoria, 3071.
Issue date: 16th May 2022