This page outlines the terms of access to and use of the site BreakFreeProperty (the "site") and any reports available from the site or otherwise via the service and their contents (collectively the "Service"). These terms and conditions and any other terms, policies, and disclaimers contained on this page and elsewhere on this site ('Terms of Use') govern the use of this site and the Service.
Operator of the Website
This site is owned by Ormeau Real Estate Pty Ltd and operated by BreakFree Property Group.
Access to the Website
Your access to, use of and receipt of the Service including service provider reports, proposals, correspondence or communications through e-mail or any media form is conditional upon your acceptance and compliance with the Terms of Use. Any access to the site constitutes your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use without alteration.
We cannot and do not provide any assurance that we have preferred service providers in the area of your choice and we regret that not all regions are currently serviced by our service providers.
You agree that you use the site and provide us with your personal details understanding this to be the case. BreakFree Property Group reserves the right to amend the Terms of Use at any time with or without further notice to you without giving you any explanation or justification for such change, and you should periodically refer to them on this page and elsewhere on the site.
We may terminate access to the site at any time without giving any explanation or justification for the termination of access, and we have no liability for any costs, losses or damages of any kind arising as a consequence of terminating access to the site.
Intellectual Property
You acknowledge and agree that, as between BreakFree Property Group and You.
BreakFree Property Group is and will remain the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and interest in and to the services and product data, including any and all Intellectual Property Rights contained or embodied within the property value services and product data.
You will not, and will not permit any other person or entity to, infringe upon, harm or contest the validity of BreakFree Property Group 's ownership of the services or product data, or the Intellectual Property Rights vesting or embodied within.
Service Providers
The service providers that subscribe to BreakFree Property have represented that they are professionals with expertise and experience in their respective industry however no guarantee or promise is given by BreakFree Property Group that the person will be currently licensed or registered as an agent, broker, home loan professional or consultant. Our service providers use their local knowledge, experience and data sources to provide the user with current market information that is publicly available.
We advise that BreakFree Property Group may receive a fee for providing your personal information to service providers or trusted third parties. BreakFree Property Group does not review the information or content provided by the service providers for accuracy, nor does BreakFree Property Group warrant the accuracy of the information or content provided to you by the service providers.
BreakFree Property Group is not a credit provider. If you decide to apply for a credit product, you will not deal with BreakFree Property Group. The Service may involve providing you with contact details and information relating to, or otherwise facilitating connections with, mortgage brokers, financial institutions, other credit providers, other providers of financial services and/or their representatives, officers or employees ("Others"). The Others are not authorised by or representatives of BreakFree Property Group. You will deal with the Others directly (including in relation to obtaining any advice or service).
BreakFree Property Group is not responsible or liable for any advice, service, activity, conduct, representation, act or omission of or provided by any Other.
Ownership of content on the site
The Service and all related content and material, including (but not limited to) all information, text, materials, graphics, software, tools, results derived from the use of the Service, software and tools, names, service provider reports and advice, logos and trade marks available via the Service (content) are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws, and all intellectual property rights are reserved unless expressly indicated otherwise.
You may not modify, copy, reproduce, sell, store, republish, frame, download onto a computer, upload to a third party, post, transmit or distribute this content in any way except as expressly provided for in these Terms of Use or with the express prior written consent of BreakFree Property Group.
You may view, access or interact with the Service and save a copy, or print out a copy, of parts of this Service solely for your own personal use, information, research or study, but only if you keep all content intact and in the same form as presented via the Service and do not remove any copyright and trade mark notices contained on the content.
Use
Any content as contained within or made available through the Service including any report is for general information purposes only, is to be used as a guide and is not to be taken as financial, investment, or taxation advice. We recommend that you seek professional advice where necessary before acting on any information via this Service. Any property valuation estimates that may be given are general estimates only and are subject to any conditions or limitations as may be notified to you. Some valuation estimates conducted electronically may for instance be based on general market data and may not take into account the individual features of your home.
You may not use the Service in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful or in any manner which violates any right of BreakFree Property Group or other users.
Links
This site may provide links or references to other sites. We are not responsible for these sites and shall not be liable for any damage arising out of their use.
Customer Indemnity
You indemnify, and keep BreakFree Property Group indemnified, from and against any claims or losses (including as a result of any third party claim against BreakFree Property Group) or which BreakFree Property Group may suffer or incur arising out of or in connection with:
- any breach of this Agreement by You;
- any representations or promises made by You to others due to or based on any product data;
- any negligent or willful acts or omissions in connection with this Agreement by You.
Severability
You agree that, in the event that any of these Terms of Use are found to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms of Use remain in full force and effect.
Jurisdiction
This Service's Disclaimer, Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of Qld, Australia without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. You agree to the jurisdiction of the courts of Brisbane and Qld, Australia to determine any dispute arising out of the Service or its Disclaimer, Terms of Use, or Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy
At BreakFree Property Group we understand the importance of protecting the privacy of information collected by us including about visitors to our site and our service (collectively known as the "Service") owned and operated by Ormeau Real Estate Pty Ltd trading as BreakFree Property Group ABN 096 910 244 (referred to as "we", "us", "our"), in particular information that is capable of identifying an individual ("personal information").
This privacy policy explains the manner in which your personal information will be dealt with. We reserve the right, to modify or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time and will post any changes to this Privacy Policy here. This Privacy Policy is to be read in conjunction with the Terms of Use. By providing us with personal information and using the Service, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy as updated.
Personal Information
Personal information is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted by you, either to us or as publically displayed by you online. For example, we may need to collect such information to provide you with our services or to answer any requests or enquiries. It is our intention that this Privacy Policy will protect your personal information.
How We Collect Personal Information
In the process of providing services, we collect personal information in a variety of ways. For example, information is collected when you:
- Enquire about or request our service/s or product/s;
- Ask to be placed on one of our mailing lists;
- Visit our Website;
- During phone call conversations in relation to our service; or
- Becoming a subscriber to our website or client of BreakFree Property Group
It is important to note that there may be circumstances where if you do not provide the information that we request, you may not be able to engage with us and we may not be able to provide services to you.
We may from time to time receive and store certain automatic non-identifiable information relating to your use of, and behaviour on the website. This information is commonly referred to as "clickstream" information. For example, we may record information such as the areas of the website accessed by you, the time, date and URL of the pages requested by you, your browser software, your IP address, and/or the previous website that you have linked to the website from. The recording of such information enables us to identify the areas of our sites that are most popular and to tailor the website accordingly.
We may also collect personal information from third party service providers.
How is personal information used?
Your personal information may be used to: verify your identity; assist you to gain approval or provision of a product or service; provide the services you require; administer and manage those services; inform you of ways the services provided to you could be improved or additional services that you may benefit from; market services (explained below); research and develop our services provided, either directly or referred; contact you on behalf of our corporate partners including to discuss and provide you with valuable related products and services, gain an understanding of your information and needs in order for us to provide you with a better service.
Also, your personal information is collected so that we, and our related entities can promote and market services to you (including by way of direct mail, telemarketing, email, SMS and MMS messages). This is to keep you informed of products, services and special offers and we may continue after you cease holding an active product or service through us. If you do not wish for this to take place or continue, please contact us.
We may sometimes use the personal information we collect for a secondary purpose, that is, for use in a way different from the original reason for collection. We will only do this in the following circumstances:
- Where you have consented;
- Where the secondary purpose is directly related to the primary purpose, and you would reasonably expect us to use or disclose the information in such a way; or
- Where we are permitted or required by law, or it is in the interests of public safety to do so.
We use external organisations
We may use external organisations for customer enquiries; mailing operations; billing and debt-recovery functions; information technology services; marketing and telemarketing market research; and website usage analysis. This means we disclose your personal information (such as name and address) to them. We take reasonable steps to ensure that these organisations are bound by confidentiality and privacy obligations in relation to the protection of your personal information.
When we disclose your personal information
By providing your personal information you consent to us and our corporate partners using your personal information to provide you valuable related services. Based on your preference, this includes making contact with you by telephone, mail or email to discuss products and services. You also consent to us and our corporate partners offering you products and/or services which you may agree to purchase, and this extends to goods or services from us or any third party.
We may share your personal information with our corporate partners including property or loan professionals who may contact you in relation to assisting you in exploring your property or loan options and may offer you related products and services. We may share your personal information with third party suppliers who provide IT, administrative and business support functions and other assistance in relation to the functions as set out in this Privacy Policy. We may also send information to you on behalf of our corporate partners.
We are not however liable for any personal information that you provide directly to our corporate partners including via their websites or over the phone. This personal information will be dealt with in accordance with the individual privacy policy of those partners. You should check these individual privacy policies before you engage with or supply personal information to our corporate partners.
We may disclose personal information:
- Where you have consented;
- Where disclosure is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was submitted;
- To our affiliates when it is necessary to provide you with the goods or services you have requested;
- In special situations where we have reason to believe that doing so is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone damaging, injuring, or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with our Service's rights or property, users of this Service, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities; or
- If we are required or authorised by law to disclose the information.
Cookies & Web Beacons
A 'cookie' is a small text file placed on your computer by a webpage server that may later be retrieved by webpage servers. We use cookies on our website to provide you with a better website experience. When you visit our website or related landing pages to read, browse, submit or download information, our system will record/log your IP address, date and time of your visit to our site, the pages viewed and any information downloaded. We may automatically collect non-personal information about you such as the site from which you linked to our websites. We do not personally identify you by this information. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies or delete existing cookies from your hard drive. Rejecting cookies may have the effect of limiting access to or functionality of parts of our website.
A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image invisible to the user that is placed on a website. The use of a web beacon allows the website to record the simple actions of the user (such as opening the page that contains the beacon) through a tracking pixel. We may use web beacons (and cookies) for purposes such as site usage analytics, advertising auditing and reporting, as well as content and "advertising/marketing personalisation". We may share any data collected from web beacon (and cookies) with third parties to provide you with relevant advertising when browsing third party networks and websites (Third Party Websites) such as Google and Facebook.
E-consent
By providing your email address and then clicking submit on any online application, calculator, tool or query, you consent to receiving notices and other documents from us by email to the email address provided, and you understand that that if you give this consent: we may no longer send you paper copies of notices and other documents; you should regularly check your email address for documents; and you may withdraw your consent to receiving documents by email at any time. You also confirm that you have the facilities to print any notice or document that we send you by email, if desired.
Correcting information
You can also request that information about you be accessed, corrected or deleted by contacting us by email at info@breakfree property.com.au This is part of our commitment to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information we hold about you is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
Security
We strive to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted via our Service. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. However, we will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information you may transmit to us and to ensure its security on our systems. In addition, our employees and the contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us. However, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information. While we take all appropriate measures to safeguard against the unauthorised disclosure of personal information, no responsibility can be accepted for the conduct of third parties outside of our control. We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, disclosure or alteration of your personal information.
