Biz Buy Int. Does not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

We work to be consistent with industry best practice and have incorporated security and privacy practices accordingly in our websites. We may collect and store information relating to you that you have provided to us or that we may have obtained from other sources. In using our website you agree that we may use your information for the purposes you provided it, or in dealing with complaints and other client or customer related activities. We may collect and store information about your visits to our website to measure visitor activity to different parts of our sites. Any personal information about you and your business held by us is only accessible to Biz Buy Int. personnel who are required to safeguard that information and access it only for business purposes.

Cookies
Information about the use of our websites helps us provide the best possible results and user experience. We may collect and store information about the way our websites are used using cookies. A cookie is a message given to an internet browser by a web server. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This identifies your computer uniquely but does not harm your computer and does not identify you.

Cookies allow you to retain search queries and access certain features, and us to track visits, usage patterns and to compile data that can help us improve our content and target advertising. If you do not wish to have a cookie placed on your computer you may be able to disable all cookies via your browser’s “Options” or “Preferences” menu.

Occasionally we may use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our websites. In the course of serving such advertisements, our third-party advertiser may place or recognise a unique cookie on your computer.

Emails
Protecting your information is important. By registering an account on our website, you consent to the receipt of commercial emails from us. Information sent to us via electronic form or by email will be collected and used for the purposes for which you have provided it. Any Newsletters or Bulletins will contain clear and obvious instructions allowing you to opt-out from that mailing list directly.

Your Login and Password Responsibilities
To become a registered site user you must provide a login name (email) and a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and the activities that occur under your login name. If your security has been breached please change your password and / or contact us directly.

Credit and Debit Card Security
We work diligently to protect the security of your personal information, including credit and debit card information. Your Credit Card details are not held by us, however they may be held by Direct Payment Solutions (DPS) who provide our secure payment gateway services – review their Privacy Policy.

 Changes to Policy

We may change this policy, by adding, changing or removing terms at any time. Any change applies from the time it is published on our websites. It is the user’s responsibility to be familiar with any changes.

 

Please read our full Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions.

1. Types of Personal Information

“Personal Information” means any information directly or indirectly relating to an identified or identifiable individual. Personal Information may not include de-identified or aggregate information, certain publicly available information, or information covered by other legal frameworks.

Category	Examples
Contact information	Name, nickname, mailing address, email address, phone number. This may also include the contact information of individuals that you share with us. This may also include individuals whose contact information you provide to us if you would like to refer them to our Services. We typically send individuals a one-time email to invite them to our Services of Biz Buy Int. We store this information for the limited purpose of sending this one-time email and for tracking the success of our referral program.
Demographics	Gender, date of birth, age, language preference. This may include information that we collect to enhance our business contact records, such as gender and language preferences; as well as additional information we collect as permitted by local laws and regulations.
Business information	Business contact information. This may also include your listing information and contact details.
Log-in credentials	Username and password, if you choose to create an account with us.
Personal images	We may collect pictures that you choose to provide to us or share in other public domains. Some products may offer or require facial recognition as a means of authentication, which requires the collection of your biometric data. For more information about this, please see “Biometric and Geolocation Information.”
Social media information	Username, biography, and other information that you chose to publicly share on social media networks. We may also collect information associated with your social media account if you choose to use that account to log in to our Services.
Audio and visual information, including usage details	Log-on activity and browsing information such as search history, saved searches, and viewed properties. This may include the advertisers or partners you contact and the contents of the messages you send to them, partial or full video clips of your online interactions with us, including cursor movements, scrolling activity, and other items that you download or view. This may also include audio and/or video recordings of your customer service interactions with us, meetings or calls that you host, or other calls you place to inquire about certain listings on the Services.
Technical details	IP address, geolocation information, information about your browser and operating system, unique device or hardware IDs.
Payment and financial information	This includes your credit card or other payment information.
Identification	This includes an identifiable Social Security or Government Issued ID number, (e.g., tax or Company identification number).
Commercial information	We may collect this information through the use of third parties, including third-party tracking tools from data analytics providers and advertising and marketing networks.

Additionally, we may collect any other information that you choose to share with us on the Services. We may use this information and the other information identified in the above table to draw inferences about you regarding your preferences, characteristics, or behavior.

Biometric and Geolocation Information

We use geolocation information to provide you with relevant information that you have requested, such as local searches and corresponding maps or directions. If you don’t want to use these location-based features, you can turn off or disable location services on your device or browser. We also use this information to authenticate you, maintain a secure session, and detect potential abuse and fraudulent use of the Biz Buy Int Products. For example, Biz Buy Int may scan and analyze a photo you submit to us through the use of your device’s camera to confirm your identity for security purposes each time you access our Products. We will retain biometric information until the initial purpose for collecting or obtaining such information has been satisfied or within three years, whichever occurs first. If you have questions regarding CoStar’s use of biometric or geolocation information, please Contact Us.

2. Collection of Personal Information

Biz Buy Int may collect Personal Information using the following methods:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us, or to others through the Services. This includes information you enter into web forms or chatbots, information you provide in phone calls, video conferences, subscription agreements, and contracts or other content you submit to the Services.
• Through your participation in conferences, research, focus groups, surveys, promotions, and contests, whether operated by us or our vendors or business partners.
• From references or sources that you provide or are publicly available online or in other formats, such as brochures, property listings, public records, or industry groups. 
• From third-party vendors including data analytics and email marketing service providers.
• From researching public websites where permitted by the website Terms of Use. For example, this may include company websites, search engines, news websites, and social media platforms.
• Automatically through tracking technologies (such as cookies, web beacons, or log files), including over time and across third-party websites or other online services.

For more information about how we use Personal Information collected through tracking technologies and the ways you may be able to manage it, see Use of Personal Information, our Cookie Policy, and Manage Your Personal Information.

 

3. Use of Personal Information

We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

• Communicating with you.
• Providing you with or otherwise facilitating the Services, or specific products or services requested through the Services.
• Authenticating use, detecting potential fraudulent use, and otherwise maintaining the security of the Services.
• Developing, testing, improving, and demonstrating the Services.
• Creating and maintaining a customer relationship management system, member directories, and invitation lists for Biz Buy Int. events.
• Carrying out our legal and contractual obligations and enforcing our rights, including tax preparation, billing and payment processing.
• Anonymizing and aggregating information for analytics and reporting.
• Advertising, marketing, and selling the Services, including linking together or merging Personal Information with other Personal Information so that we may better understand your needs and inform you about our Services and those of our partners.
• Administering, registering, or enrolling you in, or facilitating your participation in recreational, educational, or entertainment activities; surveys or questionnaires; promotions or any other services, events, or activities sponsored by us or third parties, or offered in connection with our Services.
• Sending you prizes and gifts.
• Training and quality assurance.
• For any other purpose with your consent.

Online Advertising

When you use the Services, we and third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information, including Personal Information, to help us target content to you on the Services or elsewhere. This information may be associated with other information or combined with information from other sources, including information these third parties might track about your online activities over time and across the Internet. Third parties use this information to provide interest-based advertising and retargeting on our behalf, which may include placing our advertisements on other websites you visit, including your social media accounts, or matching a cookie or device ID to your email address so we can send you promotional emails that may be of interest to you.

To make informed choices about targeted advertising, see Manage Your Personal Information.

Automated Decision-Making

We may use an automated process to identify properties that may be of particular interest to you and to bring these to your attention. We may do this by profiling your activity when using the Services. This profiling takes place based on properties you browse, searches you conduct, and your location. It helps us to understand what sort of properties you are interested in and to categorize your activity to help us determine the Services that may be best suited to your needs.

 

4. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose Personal Information:

• To affiliates and other entities within Specialz group of companies, business or distribution partners, and service providers.
• To other Biz Buy Int customers or subscribers to the Services, when you visit their profile page, indicate an interest in a particular listing, or submit a bid or request for more information.
• To other Biz Buy Int. customers or subscribers within the context of any directories or inventories we may provide on the Services or that you opt into.
• To other Biz Buy Int customers or subscribers within the Services within the context of our content sharing or messaging features, or other community forum or pages offered through the Services. Please exercise caution when sharing or posting within our Services, and do not include information that you do not wish to make public.
• To third parties with whom you choose to share content on the Services or otherwise refer to our Services, for example, through our “Email a Listing to Friend” feature or similar features.
• With background check providers and/or consumer credit reporting agencies.
• To third parties when you use a third-party feature in our Services. This may include social media networks when you share content through those networks or use a social media account to log in to our Services.
• To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements or comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including government or regulatory requests.
• To advisors, consultants, auditors, or similar professionals to assess our business, financial, and legal obligations, or operations.
• If we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety Biz Buy Int or others.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide Personal Information.
• With your consent, such as when you choose to provide your information to third parties.

Third Parties for Business Support

Biz Buy Int discloses your Personal Information to third parties to assist us in our business. For example, we use vendors and third-party firms to assist with data analytics, email marketing, payment processing, customer relationship management, and IT infrastructure and support.

 

5. International Transfer of Personal Information

Biz Buy Int is a global business. We may transfer your Personal Information to other countries which may not have the same privacy laws as the country in which you initially provided the information, but we will protect your Personal Information in accordance with this Global Privacy Notice, or as otherwise disclosed to you.

 

6. Security of Personal Information

Biz Buy Int implements security safeguards to protect your Personal Information.

We take steps to secure Personal Information through administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect against the risk of accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. For example, we encrypt payment card information in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and store sensitive information such as geolocation data on Biz Buy Int servers located in Australia with access limited to authorized Biz Buy Int employees.

Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted through the Internet, and where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.

Biz Buy Int has designated a Cybersecurity Team to investigate and respond to all security issues and vulnerabilities regarding its offerings. You can contact this team at: support@bizbuyint.com.

 

7. Retention of Personal Information

Biz Buy Int will retain your information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out on this Global Privacy Notice, for as long as your account is active (i.e., for the lifetime of your Biz Buy Int customer account), or as needed to provide the Services to you. If you no longer want Biz Buy Int to use your information to provide the Services to you, you may close your account. Biz Buy Int will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and as otherwise described in this Global Privacy Notice. Please note that closing an account may not make your email address, username, or property name (if any) available for reuse on a new account. We also retain log files for internal analysis purposes. These log files are retained for a brief period of time, except in cases where they are used to protect the safety and security of the Services, to maintain and improve functionality of the Services, or to comply with legal obligations.

 

8. Manage Your Personal Information

You may manage your Personal Information by making certain choices. If you believe that any Personal Information you have provided to us is out-of-date or inaccurate, you may review and correct such information if it is within your online account by logging in at any time or Contact Us. You may also have additional rights detailed below depending on where you live. As a security precaution, we may need to request information from you to help us confirm your identity when exercising a right related to your Personal Information. When you use the Services, you agree to receive direct mail, email newsletters and other promotional email communications, as well as promotional telephone communications.

Direct Marketing Opt-Out

If you no longer wish to receive direct marketing emails from Biz Buy Int, you may click the “Unsubscribe” link in an email at any time to stop receiving emails for that particular subject. Depending on the Services, you may also be able to manage notification preferences in your account. Note that Biz Buy Int may still contact you about the Terms of Use, Global Privacy Notice, or other legal notices, or in connection with providing you Services you have requested from us.

Tracking/Online Advertising Opt-Out

You may disable or delete browser cookies through your browser settings. Cookies are generally easy to disable or delete, but the method varies between browsers. To learn how you can manage Flash cookies, visit Adobe’s Flash player settings page.. If you disable or delete cookies, or if you are running third-party software that intercepts or deletes cookies, please note that some parts of our websites may not work properly.

You can opt out of third parties collecting your Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes in the United States or Canada by visiting the National Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) opt-out page and the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) opt-out page and in the European Economic Area (EEA) by visiting the Programme’s opt-out page.

Our Services do not recognize “Do Not Track” signals.

Exercising Your Rights

To make a request, please Contact Us by email – support@bizbuyint.com. In order to verify your request, Biz Buy Int may require you to provide additional information to confirm your identity.

For requests related to erasure, restriction of processing, termination of consent to processing, or objection to processing, all further user data collection will stop once a request is verified.

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. To make a request on your behalf, an authorized agent may Contact Us by email with proof of your written and signed permission to do so. Note that Biz Buy Int may also require you to verify your identity and confirm that you gave permission.

 

 

9. Notice to U.S. Residents

If you are a resident of certain U.S. States, you may have some or all of the following rights. Specifically, these states include Nevada, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Iowa. These rights are based on verifiable residency status, and Biz Buy Int reserves the right to honor your request to exercise these rights based on your residency. You may have the right to request the following: (1) that Biz Buy Int disclose and provide a copy of what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell; (2) that Biz Buy Int delete your Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions; (3) that Biz Buy Int correct inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information; (4) opt-out of the sale of Personal Information; (5) opt-out of targeted advertising; (6) opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you, and (7) not receive discriminatory treatment by Biz Buy Int for exercising these rights.

If you are appealing our decision, please email us following the instructions in the below section, Contact Us, and reference and/or attach information to identify your original request. In order to verify your request, Biz Buy Int may require you to provide additional information to confirm your identity.

9.1 Notice to European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom Residents

Where we need to collect Personal Information by law or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that information when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but will notify you first.

We rely on the following lawful bases to process your Personal Information for these non-exhaustive purposes:

Consent

We may obtain your consent to process your Personal Information in certain circumstances, which may include when we send you relevant marketing, you elect to receive information from us, or you Contact Us to register an interest in our Services or company. We may also rely upon our legitimate interest in developing our business as a basis for sending you marketing information and information about our Services (see below).

Performance of a Contract

We rely on this lawful processing ground when we process your Personal Information to perform a contract which we have with you, or when we take steps in anticipation of entering into a contract with you, for example in connection within the provision of our Services to you and the management of our relationships with third parties.

Compliance with a Legal Obligation

We rely on this lawful processing ground when we process your Personal Information to meet legal and regulatory obligations which apply to us.

Legitimate Interests

We rely on this lawful processing ground when we process your Personal Information to provide our Services, to respond to specific requests, to manage our business operations, to manage our relationships with you and with third parties in connection with our business, and when we provide you with marketing information or other information in relation to our Services which we believe may interest you.

If you wish to have more information regarding the legitimate interests assessments we have conducted in order to reach these conclusions, please Contact Us.

For information about how users based in the EEA and United Kingdom can object to our automated decision-making, see Manage Your Personal Information. For more information, please Contact Us.

If you live in the EEA or United Kingdom, we may transfer Personal Information Types of Personal information to countries for which adequacy decisions have been issued, use contractual protections for the transfer of Personal Information to third parties, such as an intra-company agreement or the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or their equivalent under applicable law.

You may Contact Us to obtain a copy of the safeguards we use to transfer Personal Information outside of the EEA or United Kingdom.

If you live in the EEA or United Kingdom, you may have the right to (1) request access to, rectification, or erasure of your Personal Information or restrict the processing of your Personal Information; (2) object to processing; (3) data portability (receive and transfer your Personal Information); (4) lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority; and, (5) where processing of your Personal Information is based on consent, withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing of Personal Information that occurred before you withdraw consent.

To make such a request, please follow the instructions in Section 8 Exercising Your Rights above.

9.2 Notice to Australian Residents

We may use service providers located within Australia, including, without limitation, and may transfer your Personal Information to such service providers for this purpose. When your Personal Information is processed within Australia, it will be subject to the laws of Australia or where the information is processed and may be accessible to law enforcement and national security authorities in accordance with their laws.

You may Contact Us to obtain information about our policies and practices regarding the use of service providers located within Australia.

If you live in Australia, in addition to the other rights you may have hereunder, you may have the right to (1) request access to, review and to correct inaccuracies or omissions in your Personal Information; (2) to withdraw consent for collection, use or disclosure of, or to request deletion of, your Personal Information (provided that, if you do so, we may no longer be able to provide services to you that rely on such Personal Information); (3) to ask questions about our policies and practices, and to lodge complaints about our compliance with them with us or with regulatory authorities.

For all Countries, make such a request, please follow the instructions in Section 8 Exercising Your Rights above.

 

10. Global Privacy Notice Changes

This Global Privacy Notice may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our privacy practices.

We will post changes on this page and identify the date the privacy notice was last revised at the top of the page. If we make material changes to our privacy practices, we will notify you through a notice on the home page of the websites covered by this Global Privacy Notice. If a material change will apply to Personal Information we have already collected, including any new purposes for which the Personal Information will be used or disclosed to which you have not previously consented, we will additionally seek your affirmative consent.

Contact Us

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer to investigate and respond to privacy issues and to be accountable for our compliance with this Global Privacy Notice. You can contact us, depending on the nature of your inquiry, by using the relevant contact information below.

In order to properly respond to your privacy questions or requests about our services, please email us at support@bizbuyint.com

Biz Buy Int
PO Box 6901
Cairns, Qld 4870

Australia

Email: support@biz.buyint.com