2.1 By signing this Credit Application, You consent to and authorise Us:
(a) to obtain any information about any of Your consumer or commercial credit or business history or Your commercial activities or commercial credit worthiness from Your bank or any trade referee disclosed in this Credit Application and any other credit provider or credit reporting agency for the purposes of assessing the application for credit, or in connection with any guarantee and to disclose such information to a credit reporting agency;
(b) to give to a person who is currently a guarantor, or whom You have indicated is considering becoming a guarantor, a credit report containing information about You for the purpose of the Guarantor deciding whether to act as guarantor, or to keep the Guarantor informed about the guarantee. You understand that the information disclosed can include anything about Your credit worthiness, credit standing, credit history or credit capacity that credit providers are allowed to disclose under the Privacy Act 1988, and includes a credit report.
(c) unless otherwise prevented by law to collect from, store, use, disclose to or exchange with any of the parties named in clause 2.1 (a) above or any Guarantors or other credit providers named in this Credit Application or named in a consumer credit report issued by a credit reporting agency, third party providers, solicitors, mercantile agents, insolvency administrators, insurers and insurance brokers, persons involved with the collection of trade bills or the factoring of trade debt, information about Your personal or commercial credit worthiness or business history in order to assess the Credit Application (including whether to accept as Guarantor any person signing), monitor the credit worthiness or withdraw credit facilities, notify of Your default, issue trade bills, insure risk, process any payment instructions, direct debit facilities and or credit facilities requested by You and or Guarantor/s to enable the daily operation of Your Credit Account and collect overdue accounts; and
(d) to the extent permitted by law, to disclose the contents of a credit report by a credit reporting agency to Our solicitors or mercantile agents.
2.2 Unless otherwise prevented by law, You consent to the use and storing of any personal information provided for the following purposes and any other purposes as shall be agreed between Us and You from time to time: (a) to manage our business relationship with the You; (b) to administer and manage Our services and systems; (c) to enforce Our legal rights; (d) to enter into contracts with You or third parties, and (e) to market to and maintain a client relationship with You.
2.3 We agree that, in dealing with information disclosed to Us by You pursuant to clause 2.1 and 2.2, We will deal with that information in accordance with the Terms of Hire, Privacy Policy, Credit Reporting Policy, the Australian Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act 1988.
2.4 Copies of Our Privacy Policy and Credit Reporting Policy are available upon request, or at www.coateshire.com.au