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  • This Privacy Statement sets out how Smater Supply’s website collects, shares and handles your Personal Information.

    We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. Our privacy statement outlines our approach to privacy and how we collect, use and protect your personal information. It also sets out your rights in relation to accessing the personal information we collect and hold about you. We are bound by Australian privacy legislation which includes the Australian Privacy Principles (or APPs) in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

    Personal information is defined in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.

    Our website may contain links to third party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of any third party websites. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of each website you visit.

  • We collect personal information for the primary purpose of conducting our business as an online retailer, trader and service provider. The personal information we collect from you will include information you give us when you:

    • register or subscribe to our website or newsletter;

    • complete a transaction with us; and

    • contact us

    The personal information that we collect may include, but is not limited to:

    • your name;

    • your contact details including your email, home/delivery address and billing address;

    • your payment details; and

    • other personal information that we collect in the course of a transaction on our websites.

    We only collect sensitive information in circumstances where you consent to the collection of this information, or it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to the purpose outlined above.

    We may collect personal information from individuals who are not customers of our business but whose personal information is given to us by those individuals via our website or in the course of a transaction.

    Where reasonably practicable, we attempt to collect information directly from individuals. When we collect information, we will generally explain to the individual why we are collecting it, who we give it to and how we will use or disclose it or, alternatively, those matters will be obvious from the circumstances.

    We will collect personal information from you by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way.

    When you visit our website, we, and/or third parties, may place cookies on your browser to enhance and manage our website and improve our business and the services we provide to you. We and/or Google may use this information to optimise and place advertisements, including advertisements of third party vendors and remarketing advertisements based on past visits to this website, on our own and third party websites. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    In addition to personal information, we may collect other information about you or the device you use to access our platforms. By using the website and agreeing to this policy, you grant us permission to place and store cookies on your browser. Cookies may be used by us to collect information about how you use websites you visit, including the following information:

    • your computer or mobile device’s operating system;

    • your computer or mobile device’s browser type and capabilities;

    • your computer or mobile device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address and geolocation;

    • web pages visited, including how you were referred to each web page; and

    • web page usage statistics, including the time spent on each web page.

    In addition, third parties may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons or similar technologies to collect information, including, where applicable, for the Google Trusted Stores program.

    Cookies can be managed by accessing the individual settings in your browser.

    We will not identify users or their browsing activities, except where required by law or in accordance with our Terms and Conditions.

  • We will generally use or disclose your personal information for the primary purpose for which it was collected, or for a related secondary purpose where you would reasonably expect us to use or disclose the personal information for that secondary purpose.

    We may otherwise use and disclose your personal information if you have given us consent in accordance with this Privacy Policy for the use or disclosure or it is required or authorised by law. 

    Generally, we use and disclose your personal information for the purpose of providing you with the goods or services that you have requested, or otherwise to enable us to carry out our business as an online retailer of goods and services.

    We will generally only use personal information for marketing if you have given express or implied consent or it is impracticable to seek consent before this use.

    When registering with us, you consent to us using your personal information, such as your email address or phone number for direct marketing purposes. This includes sending you deal emails or SMS notifications about our products and services. You may opt out of receiving these direct marketing communications at any time and you can manage your subscription preferences in your account.

    When opting into ‘Notify Me’ emails, you consent to us sending you a notification email once a product on your Wishlist is back in stock. You may opt out of receiving these notification emails at any time and you can manage your notification preferences in the Wishlist section of your account.

    You agree and acknowledge that in the event we merge, sell or otherwise change control of our company, our business or the website to a third-party, you consent, without giving of prior notice, to our disclosure of your personal information and other data that we have collected from you to a third party or parties as part of such a transaction.

  • We take steps to protect the personal information we hold against loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure and against other misuse. When no longer required, personal information is destroyed in a secure manner or deleted.

  • Under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), you have certain rights to access the personal information we collect and hold about you.

    Information we hold about you can be accessed by logging into your account on the website and checking the information in the My Account page. You should ensure the information, such as delivery address and email, is up to date and accurate. You can find more information about the information held in your account here. 

    Subject to the exceptions of APP 12.3, you may make a request to receive any additional information we may hold about you, and we will provide this information to you within a reasonable time. When requesting such access please identify the precise type/s of information requested. You may make a request by contacting us.

    We take steps reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the personal information that we collect, use and disclose is accurate, up to date and complete. Where an individual requests to correct information, we will take reasonable steps to correct the information, having regard to the purpose for which it is held.

     To make a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles, which includes how we handle your personal information, you may contact us. We will endeavour to respond to your complaint within a reasonable time after it is received. If you are not satisfied by our response, you may acquire further information regarding privacy from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Terms

  • By using this website (or App and mobile site) and our social media pages (“Website”) you accept these terms and conditions (“Agreement”) and our Privacy Policy. This Agreement is between you and Smarter Supply (referred to in this Agreement as “we”, “us” or “our”). We may change these terms at any time, and changes will be posted on the Website. By continuing to use the Website, you agree to be bound by the changes.

  • You must be a registered member to access some features of the Website or our services. When you register, you will provide us with personal information including your name, address, and a valid email address. You must ensure this information is accurate and current.

    By using the Website and its associated functionality, you grant your express consent to us to send you direct marketing communications to the email address you provide, from which you may unsubscribe at any time. Your consent to receipt of certain communications may be implied from the use of certain functional aspects of our service, such as receiving reminders that items are in your shopping cart if you leave the page during a transaction.

    To register an account or to use the Website you must be at least 18 years old, have a current Australian residential address and have capacity to enter into a legally binding agreement with us.

  • You must only use the Website through the interfaces provided by us and in accordance with these terms and any applicable law.

    You must not (or attempt to):

    • interfere (or attempt to interfere) or disrupt (or attempt to disrupt) our site or the servers or networks that host our site; use (or attempt to use) data mining, robots, screen scraping or similar data gathering and extraction tools on our site;

    • interfere (or attempt to interfere) with security-related or other features of our site; or

    • use, copy or distribute (or attempt to use, copy or distribute) content without our express permission.

    We may refer fraudulent or abusive or illegal activity to the relevant authorities. If you have an account with us, you are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your account (including orders placed using your account), and you must keep your account password secure. We are not responsible for any unauthorised activity on your account if you fail to keep your account login information secure.

    You must not use another member’s account without our, and/or the other user’s, express permission. If you suspect or become aware of any unauthorised use of your account or that your password is no longer secure, you must notify us immediately and take immediate steps to re-secure your account (including by changing your password).

    We do not warrant that the Website will be available at all times and without disruption and we provide no warranties in relation to the content of any other website linked to or from our Website.

  • Information about goods on the Website is based on material provided by third party Sellers, suppliers and/or product manufacturers. Except as required by law (including the Australian Consumer Law) we cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors caused by incorrect information supplied to us or by these third parties.

    You agree to make your own enquiries to verify information provided and to assess the suitability of goods or services before you order the goods or services.

    Due to photographic and screen limitations associated with the representation of goods, some actual goods may differ to a small extent in visual appearance (for example in colour) from the way they appear on the Website. In addition, where it is suitable to do so, some depictions of products or services are created or chosen by us for promotional purposes, and may not be an exact representation of the product or service received.

  • To the fullest extent possible at law, we exclude all liability to you or anyone else for loss or damage of any kind or nature relating in any way to the Website including, but not limited to, loss or damage you might suffer as a result of:

    • errors, mistakes or inaccuracies on the Website or our social media pages; you acting or not acting, on any information contained on or referred to on the Website and/or any linked Website or our social media pages;

    • personal injury or property damage of any nature resulting from your access to or use of the Website;

    • any unauthorised access to or use of our secure servers and/or personal information and/or financial information stored on those servers;

    • any interruption or cessation of transmission to or from the Website;

    • any bugs, viruses, trojan horses or other harmful code or communications which may be transmitted to or through our Website by any third party; and/or

    • the quality of any product or service of any linked sites.

    We do not warrant, endorse, guarantee or assume responsibility for any product or service advertised or offered by a third party through the Website or any linked Website or featured in any banner or other advertising. We will not be a party to or in any way responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third party Sellers of goods and services.

    Where any law (including the Australian Consumer Law) provides a guarantee which may not be lawfully excluded, our liability will be limited to that provided by law.

    Except as required by law, in no event shall we, our affiliates and related entities or our suppliers be liable for any loss or any special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with our Website or this Agreement (however arising, including negligence). You agree to accept sole responsibility for the legality of your actions under the laws that apply to you. You agree that we, our affiliates and related entities or our suppliers have no responsibility for the legality of your actions.

    The following goods are excluded under this policy;

    • Cosmetics & Beauty products (If hygiene seal is broken)

    • Pharmaceutical/Health products

    • Perishable Goods & Food items

    • Personal Care Items

    • Hosiery

    • Underwear & socks

    • Personalised/Made to order Goods

    • Earphones/Headphones (if package has been opened)

  • You will at all times indemnify, and keep indemnified, us and our directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any loss (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) or liability incurred or suffered by you or by us arising from any claim, demand, suit, action or proceeding by any person against you or us where such loss or liability arose out of, in connection with or in respect of your conduct or breach of this Agreement.

    You are responsible for any discrepancies or errors in your order caused by you.

    The promotion of goods or services on the Website does not constitute an offer to sell. It is an invitation to treat only.

    Orders placed by you are offers to purchase either:

    • a voucher for particular goods and/or services under the terms and conditions in this Agreement, and any third party supplier/Seller terms and conditions at the price specified (including delivery and other charges); or

    • goods under the terms and conditions in this Agreement at the price specified (including delivery and other charges).

    • Goods sold by us are not reserved in-cart, and an order is only finalised when you have completed checkout process and received an order confirmation from us and payment is received in full.

    Your order may be rejected in circumstances where we believe there may be a credit card or payment related fraud (detected prior to the goods being shipped), or where your order cannot be shipped, or if there has been an error in the price or product description on the Website. In these circumstances the order will be refunded in full.

    You must review your order carefully before placing it. Once an order is confirmed, you are unable to cancel or change it. If you have any problems with your order, then you must go through the normal returns process outlined in this Agreement. If you change your mind, you can return your goods provided you meet the requirements set out in our Change of Mind Returns policy.

    In the event that we cancel or are unable to fulfil your order, we will provide a full refund of any payment received.

    We reserve the right to notify you that goods for which you placed orders have become unavailable for reasons beyond our control. Your order may be delayed, or you may receive a full refund or store credit (at your election) in the event we cannot fulfil your order.

  • You can make purchases on our Website without creating an account by using our Guest Checkout.

    When you use Guest Checkout, we will collect any personal information you provide, including your name, email and delivery address, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

  • The prices of goods, delivery and other charges shown are in Australian dollars.

    All payments must be received in full prior to dispatch of goods or a voucher being issued. If your payment is not received or is declined by us, your bank or credit card issuer, we cannot and will not hold items against your order.

  • If you have an account with us, any unused portion of your Store Credit shall be credited to your account.

    To the extent permitted by law, we reserve the right to change any of the terms and conditions in relation to its Store Credit upon the provision of reasonable notice, including by notice on the Website.

    Store credits expire after 12 months from the date of issue. Unless otherwise stated in any promotional materials or elsewhere by us, store credits issued for promotional purposes, or otherwise at our discretion (including for goodwill purposes) will expire after 3 months.

  • Subject to this Agreement, goods will be supplied as shown on your order confirmation, which will be provided to you by email.

    We will use our best endeavours to meet stated timeframes for delivery, however, from time to time particularly during busy periods, our shipping service providers may suffer delays beyond our control. Please allow up to 30 days delivery (for standard and express post).

    Standard and express post are subject to different fees and charges. In addition, certain goods (including large and bulky items or special orders) may be subject to additional charges. All shipping charges will be made available to you at checkout.

    Some orders may not require signature and will be left in a safe place at your delivery address in accordance with Australia Post’s standard practices.

    A signature may be required for some deliveries. You are responsible for ensuring you are able to accept delivery. We will not be responsible:

    • for late delivery where attempted delivery has occurred on or before the stated delivery time-frames;

    • for lost or missing parcels that have been signed for at your selected delivery address (regardless of whether or not you have personally accepted delivery);

    • for lost or missing parcels left at your chosen location where you have expressly given authority to leave with the item’s carrier.

  • Smarter Supply will allow a return for store credit or exchange product where you have changed your mind, provided that the item in question is:

    • not a customised product (ie with your branding);

    • returned within 30 days of ordering;

    • as new and is not used, worn, or opened and has all original packaging and tags in-tact (including any package seals (if any) being unbroken);

    • in a resalable condition; and

    • not damaged in any way.

    • We cannot accept change of mind returns on items that come in sealed packages or boxes where seals are damaged or broken.

    To return your item for change or mind, you must follow our returns process.

    You will be responsible for the cost and risk of returning goods, including the cost of return shipping. If the item is not received by us, you will not be eligible for a credit or exchange. We recommend you insure high value items that you return for change of mind.

    You may be provided with a product exchange, refund or store credit only when the returned product is received, and it complies with the requirements of clause 17.1.

    If the returned item does not meet the conditions of this policy, you will be responsible for the cost of receiving your returned goods back to your nominated address

    Change of mind returns are not accepted for intimates, which includes underwear, hosiery, socks, swimwear and adult toys due to hygienic reasons. Remedies for defective goods are still available.

    From Tuesday 17 March 2020 until further notice, the following products are also excluded from our Change of Mind policy:

    • Toilet paper

    • Paper towel

    • Cleaning (Examples: anti-bacterial wipes, sprays and cleaners, disposable gloves)

    • Hand sanitisers

  • If you have a problem with your goods, please contact us via email. We will investigate your issues and advise you whether your product may be returned and, where required, provide you with instructions on how to return your goods.

    If your goods still have a valid manufacturer warranty, we recommend you first contact the manufacturer in relation to any fault or defect, however, you may still contact us.

    Once an item is returned we will either inspect your goods and investigate any claimed defect or in some cases, send the goods to third parties for assessment and/or repair. Where applicable we provide a remedy in relation to your goods.

    If we do not believe a remedy is applicable upon inspecting your goods (for example, where we believe the goods have been misused, or there was a failure to use in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, used it in an abnormal way or there has been a failure to take reasonable care), we will reject your claim and return your goods to you. You must cover the cost of return shipping in order to receive goods we have rejected on inspection, and we will provide you with instructions on how to make this payment. 

    Refunds will be issued using the payment method used for purchase. If you have an account with us, store credits will be issued to the account used to purchase the goods.

    We aim to process refunds and replacements within 14 days of receipt by us of the original product, however, depending on your item and the number of returns in our system, this may take longer.

  • All goods sold on this Website come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement for or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.

  • You understand that all information, such as comments, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds and other materials (“content”) posted on, transmitted through or linked from the Website, our Facebook page, Twitter feed, or forum or other like application or site that allows for the publication of user generated material (“Social Media”), is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated.

    You understand that we do not control and are not responsible for content made available through the Website or Social Media unless it originates from us. Consequently, by using the Website or our Social Media pages you may be exposed to content provided by third parties that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, misleading or otherwise objectionable. You use the Website at your own risk and to the extent permissible at law we do not accept liability in this regard.

    As a member or participant on our Social Media pages, you agree that you are responsible for any content submitted, posted or made available through the Website and you must not post (or allow) content to be posted that:

    • you do not have the right to post;

    • is defamatory or in contempt of any legal or other proceedings;

    • is misleading or deceptive;

    • is offensive or discriminates against any group of persons being a group defined by reference to colour, race, sex, origin, nationality or ethnic or national origins;

    • denounces religious or political beliefs;

    • contains religious or political material;

    • is indecent, obscene, vulgar, pornographic or offensive;

    • infringes any copyright, trade mark, patent or other intellectual property right of another person;

    • contains any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material;

    • contains or links to viruses, malware, spyware or similar software; or

    • impersonates any person or misrepresents your relationship with any person.

    We reserve the right, at our absolute discretion, to pre-screen, refuse or remove any content from the Website or our Social Media pages without giving any reasons.

    You understand and agree that we may retain server and backup copies of your submitted content even if you have altered, removed or deleted your content from public display.

  • All content, graphics, user and visual interfaces, photographs, trade marks, logos, sounds, music, artwork, including but not limited to the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression and arrangement of such material contained or used in the Website is either owned, or controlled by Runsmart and is protected by copyright, patent and trade mark laws and various other intellectual property rights. We reserve all intellectual property rights, including but not limited to, copyright in material and/or services provided or authored by us. Nothing in the Agreement gives you a right to use any of our marketing material, business names, trademarks, logos, domain names or other distinctive brand features.

    You may not:

    • modify or copy the layout or appearance of the Website nor any computer software or code contained in the Website; or

    • decompile or disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover or access any source code related to the Website.

  • We will not be liable for any delay in performing any of our obligations under this Agreement if such delay is caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

    This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Queensland, Australia. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Queensland, Australia.

    If any part of this Agreement is found to be void, unlawful or unenforceable then that part will be deemed to be severable from the balance of this Agreement and the severed part will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

    If we do not exercise or enforce any right or provision under this Agreement, it will not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver of any provision under this Agreement will only be effective if it is in writing and signed by us.

  • If you provide us with any personal information our Privacy Policy will govern how we will use or disclose that information.

    Please review and understand our Privacy Policy.