How we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information.
Private Lending Group Pty Ltd (PLG, we, us, our) respects your privacy. This Policy explains how we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles.
This Policy applies to information collected through our website, our concierge widget, phone, email and in the course of our business as a commercial finance facilitator.
PLG facilitates commercial and private finance transactions between brokers, referrers, lenders and borrowers. PLG does not provide credit assistance in relation to credit regulated by the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth), and does not deal in consumer credit. Where an enquiry relates to regulated consumer credit, we may refer it to a licensed broker.
We may collect:
We do not collect financial information, identification documents, or other sensitive personal information through our website or concierge widget. That information is only collected later, directly from you, once you have entered into the appropriate engagement and privacy consent documentation for a specific transaction.
Our website includes a concierge widget. It asks a short series of set questions to help us understand your enquiry and direct it to the right person. It is a one-way enquiry tool, not a live two-way chat: your responses are submitted to our team, who will follow up with you directly. It is not a substitute for a formal application, and:
We collect information directly from you (via our website, concierge widget, phone or email), and may collect information from brokers, referrers, or other parties involved in a transaction where you have authorised that disclosure.
We use personal information to:
We may disclose personal information to:
We do not sell personal information.
Our website uses analytics tools (including Google Analytics) that collect technical information such as pages visited, device type and general location, using cookies. This information does not identify you personally. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
Some of our service providers (including analytics and hosting providers) may store or process information outside Australia. We take reasonable steps to ensure information handled by these providers is protected consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles.
We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect personal information we hold from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
You may ask us to access or correct personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the details below. We will respond within a reasonable time.
If you have a concern about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us using the details below. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au).
We may update this Policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on our website.
Private Lending Group Pty Ltd
Chifley Tower, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: 1300 911 862
Email: legal@privatelendinggroup.com.au