Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 2025

Introduction

In this Privacy Policy, 'us', 'we' or 'our' means FDIstats (ABN [to be assigned]). We are committed to respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, store and disclose your personal information when you use our website and services.

By providing personal information to us, you consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing changes to it on our website. We encourage you to check our website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.

Personal information includes information or an opinion about an individual that is reasonably identifiable. For example, this may include your name, age, gender, postcode and contact details.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

We may collect the following types of personal information:

• name
• mailing or street address
• email address
• telephone number and other contact details
• organization name and role
• details of the services we have provided to you or that you have enquired about, including any additional information necessary to deliver those services and respond to your enquiries
• any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly through our website or indirectly through your use of our website
• information you provide to us through contact forms or surveys
• any other personal information that may be required in order to facilitate your dealings with us

We may collect these types of personal information either directly from you, or from third parties. We may collect this information when you:

• use or access our website
• communicate with us through correspondence, email, or when you share information with us from other applications or services
• subscribe to updates or newsletters
• request services or information
• submit enquiries about potential engagements

Why Do We Collect, Use and Disclose Personal Information?

We may collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:

• to enable you to access and use our website and services
• to respond to your enquiries and provide requested information
• to provide economic research and technical advisory services
• to operate, protect, improve and optimize our website, services, and user experience
• to send you service, support and administrative messages, updates and information
• to send you updates about our research publications, analysis, and other information that may be of interest to you
• to comply with our legal obligations and resolve any disputes

Do We Use Your Personal Information for Direct Marketing?

We may send you communications and information about our research, publications, and services. This may take the form of emails or other forms of communication, in accordance with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) and applicable privacy laws. You may opt-out of receiving marketing materials from us by contacting us using the details set out below or by using the opt-out facilities provided (such as an unsubscribe link).

To Whom Do We Disclose Your Personal Information?

We may disclose personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy to:

• third party suppliers and service providers (including providers for the operation of our website, email services, and hosting providers)
• professional advisers and consultants
• specific third parties authorized by you to receive information held by us
• government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement agencies, or as required, authorized or permitted by law

Disclosure of Personal Information Outside Australia

We may disclose personal information outside of Australia to third party service providers (such as cloud hosting providers) that may be located overseas. When you provide your personal information to us, you acknowledge that we may disclose your information to these overseas recipients. We will, however, take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such personal information in a way that is consistent with Australian privacy laws.

Using Our Website and Cookies

We may collect personal information about you when you use and access our website. While we do not use browsing information to identify you personally, we may record certain information about your use of our website, such as which pages you visit, the time and date of your visit and the internet protocol address assigned to your computer.

We may also use 'cookies' or other similar tracking technologies on our website that help us track your website usage and remember your preferences. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer or device. They enable us to recognize you across different browsing sessions. You can disable cookies through your internet browser but our website may not work as intended for you if you do so.

We may also use cookies to enable us to collect data that may include personal information. For example, where a cookie is linked to your account, it will be considered personal information. We will handle any personal information collected by cookies in the same way that we handle all other personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Security

We may hold your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference and loss, as well as unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. We use a number of physical, administrative, personnel and technical measures to protect your personal information, including secure servers, encryption, and access controls. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted over the internet.

Links to Third Party Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from our Privacy Policy, so we encourage you to read them before using those websites.

Accessing or Correcting Your Personal Information

You can access the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the information below. Sometimes, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of your personal information and, where this is the case, we will tell you why. We may also need to verify your identity when you request your personal information.

If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.

Making a Complaint

If you think we have breached applicable privacy laws, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information, you can contact us using the details below. Please include your name, email address and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you think that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.

Contact Us

For further information about our Privacy Policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us: