PERSONAL AND CREDIT INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 1988
AUTHORISATION AND CONSENT TO ACT ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS
AND MANAGE PERSONAL INFORMATION
"Urgent Loan" provides access to online finance
through cooperation with several financial institutions.
"Urgent Loan" affiliates deal directly with credit
providers and credit reporting agencies. Completion
of this form will provide authority for "Urgent Loan" to arrange the provision of finance to you.
In this document, unless the context otherwise
requires:
“Act” means the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth);
“Approached Credit Provider” means a credit provider
that "Urgent Loan" may approach in arranging
finance pursuant to the Application;
“Approached Insurance Provider” means an insurance
provider that "Urgent Loan" may approach in arranging
insurance pursuant to the Application;
“"Urgent Loan"” means:
(i) "Urgent Loan" ;
(ii) Affiliated finance companies;
(iii) any and all:
(a) associated entities of "Urgent Loan"
(b) independent contractors appointed by "Urgent Loan"; and
(c) franchisees to whom "Urgent Loan" passes
the Application; and
(d) independent contractors appointed by the franchisees
described at (c) above to whom or which any of the
parties listed at (i) to (iii) above passes the
Application; and
"finance" means any form of financial
accommodation including, but not limited to, loans,
leases, rentals or hiring; and
"insurance" means any form of insurance
facility including, but not limited to, motor vehicle
comprehensive, loan protection, equity protection
("gap"), title, or mechanical breakdown
warranty.
I/We appoint "Urgent Loan" as my/our agents to
arrange, and assist in the management of, finance
or insurance facilities (or both) as detailed in
the application I am/we are completing on this website
(“Application”).
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT INFORMATION
TO A CREDIT REPORTING AGENCY
I/We acknowledge and agree that under Section 18E(8)(c)
of the Act, an Approached Credit Provider may give
a credit reporting agency certain personal information
about my/our Application.
The information which may be given to a credit
reporting agency is covered by Section 18E(1) of
the Act and includes:
information reasonably required to identify me/us;
the fact that I/we have applied for finance and
the amount;
the fact that the Approached Credit Provider is
a current credit provider to me/us;
payments which become overdue more than 60 days,
and for which collection action has commenced;
advice that payments are no longer overdue;
certain cheques drawn by me/us which have been dishonoured
more than once;
in specific circumstances, that in the opinion of
the Approached Credit Provider, I/we have committed
a serious credit infringement; and
that finance provided to me/us by the Approached
Credit Provider has been paid or otherwise discharged.
2. AGREEMENT / AUTHORITY FOR AN APPROACHED CREDIT
PROVIDER TO PERFORM CERTAIN PERMITTED ACTIONS CONCERNING
A FINANCE APPLICATION OR TRANSACTION
I/We agree that,
if it is considered relevant in assessing my/our
Application for personal credit, an Approached Credit
Provider may obtain a report about my/our commercial
activities or commercial credit worthiness from
a business which provides information about the
commercial credit worthiness of persons; and
if it is considered relevant in assessing my/our
Application for commercial credit, an Approached
Credit Provider may obtain from a credit reporting
agency a credit report containing personal credit
information about me/us.
I/We agree that, for the purpose of assessing the
Application or any other purpose permitted by the
Act, an Approached Credit Provider may give to and
seek from any credit providers named in the Application,
and any credit providers that may be named in a
personal or commercial credit report issued by a
credit reporting agency or commercial credit reporting
agency respectively, information about my/our personal
or commercial credit arrangements. I/We understand
that this information may include information about
my/our credit worthiness, credit standing, credit
history or credit capacity that credit providers
are allowed to give or receive from each other under
the Act.
3. AUTHORISATION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS
For the purposes of arranging the finance which
is the subject of my/our Application, I/we authorise
"Urgent Loan" to obtain, on my/our behalf, a
report about my/our consumer and commercial credit
worthiness from a credit reporting agency or a commercial
credit reporting business or from a credit provider
named in my/our Application or referred to in such
reports.
I/We also authorise "Urgent Loan" to pass on
the above obtained reports to such Approached Credit
Providers as are appropriate, for their consideration
of this Application.
4. COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
I/We acknowledge and agree that:
a) it is necessary for "Urgent Loan" to collect
personal information regarding me/us from both ourselves
and other parties, to enable "Urgent Loan" to
apply, on my/our behalf, for the finance and insurance
facilities requested. I/We understand that if I/we
do not provide the information then "Urgent Loan"
will not be able to seek the requested facilities
from Approached Credit Providers and Insurers;
b) the information collected may be disclosed to,
and used by, "Urgent Loan", Approached Credit
Providers and Insurers to the degree that each entity
considers reasonable and necessary in considering
and arranging the requested facilities;
c) subject to the Act and any other applicable
law, "Urgent Loan", Approached Credit Providers
and Insurers may provide information collected as
above to any parties (such as referees, employers
etc) named in the Application to the extent they
deem necessary to assist in assessing and arranging
the requested facilities;
d) "Urgent Loan" is represented by franchisees
in certain areas and I/we agree that where applicable
the Application may be passed to any relevant franchisee
who has agreed to abide by the provisions of this
Authorisation and Consent, and the "Urgent Loan"
Privacy Policy generally;
e) "Urgent Loan" may retain the information
obtained and, at its discretion, provide to me/us,
from time to time information about "Urgent Loan"
products and services. The provision of this information
may be by telephone, mail or electronic media (such
as e-mail);
IF SUCH INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED THEN I/WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS PROVISION MAY BE CANCELLED BY ADVISING
"Urgent Loan" BY PHONING 02 8011 4835.
IF THE CANCELLATION REQUEST RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO "Urgent Loan", OR ONE OF ITS FRANCHISEES
OR CONTRACTORS, THEN "Urgent Loan" SHOULD
BE CONTACTED AT THE ADDRESSES LISTED AT h) BELOW.
f) "Urgent Loan" may disclose relevant parts
of my/our personal information to third parties
it engages, to assist in the provision of its services
to me/us including mailing houses and IT contractors;
g) the appointment provided herein is an ongoing
one and if an Approached Credit Provider or Insurer
has, as a result of an application on my/our behalf
by "Urgent Loan" or Contractors, provided facilities
to me/us then that Credit Provider or Insurer is
authorised to provide information to "Urgent Loan" from time to time relating to the subsequent
conduct of the facility;
h) I/we can gain access to the personal information
I/we have provided, or obtain more information on
the "Urgent Loan" Privacy Policy, by contacting
"Urgent Loan" on ph: 02 8011 4835. I/we can gain
access to personal information held by "Urgent Loan" and its franchisees and contractors to which
it has passed my/our personal information or obtain
more information on "Urgent Loan" privacy policy,
by contacting the "Urgent Loan" privacy officer
on ph: 02 8011 4835 or in writing. I/we understand
that "Urgent Loan" will pass privacy requests
and enquiries to any franchisee or contractor of
"Urgent Loan" where requested to do so and "Urgent Loan" will endeavour to assist with all privacy
enquiries relating to its franchisees and contractors;
i). Without limitation, "Urgent Loan" has no
responsibility or liability in relation to any advice
or information provided by its affiliated financial
institutions.