Privacy Policy
Who Are We?
This privacy policy pertains to the businesses registered as Wall Planning Group and Planning Approval Group (ABN: 75 634 301 750). We offer Town Planning, Strategic Planning, Social Impact Assessment, Master Plan and Community & Stakeholder Consultation services.
Our head office is located in Brisbane, Queensland, with a remote team across Queensland. Services are available Australia-wide.
This privacy policy is written with regard to both online and offline practices. By using our website and accepting our services, it is implied that you also accept this privacy policy.
Section 1 – What Do We Do With Your Information?
When you book a consulting session and/or purchase our services, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address, phone number, and email address.
When you visit our website, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
Email & Social Media Marketing:
We may send you emails about our business, services, products, updates, and offers. There will always be an unsubscribe link available at the bottom of our emails. Once unsubscribe has been triggered, our system will not allow the sending of further marketing emails to that email address.
Section 2 – Consent
How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information during consultations and/or throughout the duration of the services you have purchased, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that and newsletter purpose only. Newsletters can be unsubscribed from at any time.
If we ask for your personal information specifically for a secondary reason (for instance, marketing such as newsletters, downloadable content etc), we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
How do I withdraw my consent?
You may, at any time, withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information.
All consent withdrawals and requests may be sent directly to Planning Approval Group at mail@planningapprovalgroup.com.au and will be processed as soon as possible. Marketing contact can also be unsubscribed from, at any time, via the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of communications.
Section 3 – Disclosure
We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.
Section 4 – Financial Transactions
Website:
Our website is https://www.planningapprovalgroup.com.au. This is an informational, booking, and contact platform. Payment is available on the website for select services.
Your data is stored through Planning Approval Group’s own data storage and databases. Your data is stored on a secure server behind a firewall.
Payments:
Payments for the majority of our services are by EFT (invoiced), cash, and cheque only. Your data may be stored on our third-party financial software.
If you choose a direct payment gateway on our website to complete your purchase, then Planning Approval Group’s chosen merchant service provider may store your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
Section 5 – Third Party Services
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So, if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Australia and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
Links:
When you click on links on our website, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
Section 6 – Security
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
Cookies:
Here is a list of cookies that we may use. We’ve listed them here so you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.
_session_id, unique token, sessional - Allows Planning Approval Group to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).
_lsite_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit - Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits
_lsite_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day - Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks - Stores information about the contents of your cart.
_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite - If the shop/page/media has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.
Section 7 – Age of Consent
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
Section 8 – Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our company is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to provide services to you.
Questions and Contact Information
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact Planning Approval Group at mail@planningapprovalgroup.com.au
Review and Improvement
DATE OF UPDATE / REVIEW:
June 2025
NEXT REVIEW DUE:
June 2026