Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us.

MoneyBrilliant understands and appreciates that you are concerned about your privacy, including the
confidentiality and security of the information we may gain about you online. MoneyBrilliant therefore takes
pride in being proactive when it comes to safeguarding your privacy and any information you might provide
in the course of your dealings with us.

MoneyBrilliant's commitment to openness, transparency and your privacy

MoneyBrilliant’s commitment to openness, transparency and your privacy has been unwavering since its inception and is wholly aligned with the Australian Privacy Principles. Beyond being legal obligations, MoneyBrilliant considers these principles to be good business practice.

This Privacy Policy sets out:

How you identify yourself to us and the kinds of information we may ask you to provide
The purposes for which we do so
The safeguards we have in place to keep this information secure
The steps you can take to correct or update information you have provided, or how to make a complaint if you feel we have not lived up to our end of the bargain

MoneyBrilliant is also committed to providing you with a better online experience and more personalised services, and will endeavour to do so as technology evolves and new products become available. It will be necessary for our Privacy Policy to change from time to time to account for further developments of the MoneyBrilliant Service and we will provide you with reasonable notice of any significant changes. Please note that this Privacy Policy is specific to MoneyBrilliant and the services it provides, and does not apply to any third party services or sites you may access via the MoneyBrilliant Service. We encourage you to consult the privacy policy of any third party prior to using their services.

Detailed information on the Australian Privacy Principles can be accessed through the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.

Your identity and the information MoneyBrilliant collects

MoneyBrilliant believes you should have complete control over your money and your online identity. The information MoneyBrilliant collects from you or about your use of the MoneyBrilliant Service is dependent on how you access and use the features we offer.

Information from Visitors to MoneyBrilliant

If you are a visitor to MoneyBrilliant, we do not collect personal or sensitive information from or about you from the unsecure areas of the MoneyBrilliant website. If you are a visitor who does not log in to the MoneyBrilliant Service with a username and password, you therefore remain anonymous.

Information from Users of the MoneyBrilliant Service

In order to access the secure, password protected features of the MoneyBrilliant Service, such as functionality to optimise your banking structure and manage your spending more wisely, you will need to register an account with MoneyBrilliant, either through the MoneyBrilliant website or a MoneyBrilliant mobile application. When you do, you will be asked to provide:

an email address
basic personal information (first and last name, date of birth and gender)
personal information about your situation (income range, occupation, family structure and location)
your account credentials required to log in to various third party accounts (“Account Credentials”)

To use the MoneyBrilliant service we always require an email address and basic personal information including your first name, last name, date of birth and gender. We use this information to identify your account and configure the MoneyBrilliant service for your use.

You can tell us as much or as little as you like about your situation and your account credentials. However, the more you tell us the more we can help you. If you choose not to provide some information you may be unable to use some of the features we offer.

Other personal information we collect from you will depend on what information you choose to disclose to us and how you use the MoneyBrilliant Services. Other personal information that we may collect from you includes, credit card details, (for payment purposes only) and mobile phone number.

MoneyBrilliant may also ask you for additional information about, for instance, your experience of the MoneyBrilliant Service or your purchasing habits or offer you the opportunity to participate in promotions and giveaways. Any information submitted in relation to these activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy, except as specifically set forth in the rules for those promotions and giveaways.

You consent to our use of your Account Credentials, as your authorised agent for the purpose of accessing your Account Information from third party financial institutions (e.g., banks, mortgage brokers, and superannuation funds) in order to provide you with the services you access through MoneyBrilliant. This collection is made on our behalf through an account aggregation service provider, currently Yodlee, Inc. Further information about this process can be found below.

You acknowledge that when we use your Account Credentials we can access your Account Information with third party financial institutions on your behalf and in doing so you may not be in compliance with the terms and conditions of your financial institution.

When MoneyBrilliant collects your personal information it is held digitally on secure servers accessible by MoneyBrilliant staff only and in accordance with our Customer Data and Privacy Policy.

You also agree that, if you provide us with, or authorise us to access, personal information about any other person, you must inform that person that we have collected their personal information and of the contents of this Privacy Policy. In accordance with our Terms of Access, you must only provide us with, or authorise us to access, personal information about another person where you have that person’s consent. This includes where you provide us with Account Credentials for an account you hold jointly with another person.

Information from Financial Partners

A Financial Partner is a company or professional who subscribes to the MoneyBrilliant Financial Partner Services to access the financial data of their customers via their MoneyBrilliant accounts.

In order to access the secure, password protected features of the MoneyBrilliant Financial Partner Website, Financial Partners are asked to provide:

email address
their full name and phone number
business name and ABN/ACN
credit card details (for payment purposes only)

We collect this information for the purposes of validating that a Financial Partner is authorised to provide financial services to their customers.

Government related identifiers and unsolicited personal information

MoneyBrilliant doesn’t ask for, use or disclose government related identifiers of an individual (e.g., your tax file number). Generally, we will also only obtain personal information directly from you and the third parties described in this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Access. Should MoneyBrilliant come into possession of any unsolicited personal information about you not which is not information we may collect under the Australian Privacy Principles, we will take steps to de-identify and destroy the information as soon as practicable.

IP addresses and cookies and aggregate data

It is necessary for MoneyBrilliant to collect the Internet Protocol (IP) address (i.e., the identifier for your computer when you are using the Internet) of Website users for their interaction with various parts of the MoneyBrilliant Service. In the case that MoneyBrilliant has recorded your IP address, such as when you log in, it is stored for security and audit purposes only. Your IP address will not be used by us or released to any third party except in relation to issues pertaining to security, inappropriate behaviour and/or fraud, which may include issues such as unauthorised access to your computer, our systems, or fraudulent transactions.

The MoneyBrilliant Website uses “cookies” in order to provide you with the best online experience possible, assist with managing your Account, and to identify you on return visits. These cookies are small data files sent and stored in your web browser on your computer’s hard drive. MoneyBrilliant may access these to understand more about your preferences in order to deliver a more relevant service. For instance, MoneyBrilliant may learn from these what kind of offers you like and be able to limit the amount of times you see offers not relevant to you. If you wish to know when or if you receive cookies from the MoneyBrilliant Website, you can manually set your browser to notify you of this or, in the case you do not wish to receive cookies, to reject cookies.

Although MoneyBrilliant’s systems do not collect any personal or sensitive information from or about Website visitors, they do collect metadata such as the date and time of each unique visit, any pages viewed, and any content downloaded. They also log the number of times Website visitors click on content featured on the Website. This information is collected only to further develop the MoneyBrilliant Service and improve the facilities and/or services we are able to offer.

We may use third party service providers to help us analyse certain online activities. For example, these service providers may help us measure the performance of our online campaigns or analyse visitor activity on MoneyBrilliant. We may permit these service providers to use cookies and other technologies to perform these services for MoneyBrilliant. We do not share any personal information about our customers with these third party service providers, and these service providers do not collect such information on our behalf. Our third party service providers are required to comply fully with this Privacy Policy.

How we use your data and personal information

We will use your personal information for the purpose disclosed at the time of collection, or otherwise as set out in this Privacy Policy. Except as specifically set out in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell or disclose your personal information to any other person or use your personal information for any other purpose without your prior consent, unless authorised or required by law. Generally, we will only use and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:

to provide you with information you request about us or the products or services we offer through the MoneyBrilliant Service
to provide information to persons expressly authorised by you
to manage the MoneyBrilliant Service (including your Account)
to arrange for and provide products or services you request from time to time
to access or directly link to Third Party Websites and your Third Party Accounts
to determine and notify you of what products or services (including third party products and services) we consider may be of interest to you
to process and obtain payment for any products or services you apply for through the MoneyBrilliant Service
to understand how you use the MoneyBrilliant Service and to help us improve the MoneyBrilliant Service, our marketing or the way we do business
if necessary, to verify your identity or age (i.e. over 18)
to contact you for direct marketing and promotional purposes including providing you with information about new products or services (including third party products and services), events and special offers, unless you tell us that you do not wish to receive this type of information

We may use your data and any personal information which you have provided to us to enhance the service we are providing to you. MoneyBrilliant and its related bodies corporate may use, and may permit our service providers to use, deidentified and aggregated data from our customers for purposes including developing a better understanding of the way customers use the MoneyBrilliant Service, and may disclose this information in a deidentified manner to third parties, including to:

advertisers and other third parties for their marketing and promotional purposes such as how many users clicked on their advertisement
other users of the MoneyBrilliant Service in order to provide them benchmarks for comparing themselves against the broader MoneyBrilliant community
approved companies wishing to conduct research into consumer spending
partners who provide their customer with a partner sponsored version of the MoneyBrilliant Service
our service providers’ commercial partners

MoneyBrilliant takes all reasonable steps to allow you control over your data. You may cancel your Account at any time by accessing the delete account option (http://www.moneybrilliant.com.au/help/how-do-i-delete-my-account/) available through the Website. Your Account will be disabled immediately and we will disconnect any connection with your Account Information we have established. MoneyBrilliant reserves the right to use any aggregated and deidentified data derived from your utilisation of the service up to this point.

We may obtain a commercial benefit from the disclosure of aggregated and deidentified data.

We may disclose your Account Credentials to our account aggregation service provider. Our current provider is Yodlee Inc (“Yodlee”), headquartered in California, United Sates. Yodlee is a leading financial services and technology provider. Yodlee maintains offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and India.

The disclosure of this information to Yodlee is strictly governed by our privacy and security obligations to you, and is necessary as Yodlee provides the means by which you can link your financial data to your MoneyBrilliant Account. We may enter into arrangements with alternative providers from time to time.

You consent to our disclosure of this information as your authorised agent for the purpose of allowing our account aggregation service provider to access your Account Information with third party financial institutions (e.g., banks, mortgage brokers, and superannuation funds) in order to allow us to provide you with the services you request. When the service provider accesses your Account Information your identity is not directly ascertainable from the transaction data which is part of your Account Information.

We may also disclose your personal information to our service providers throughout the world, including to the United States and Japan, for the purpose of providing our service to you.

Access provided to a Financial Partner

A Financial Partner may access a MoneyBrilliant user’s data if that user accepts a MoneyBrilliant Financial Partner Access Invitation sent by them. Access can be revoked at any time by either the user or Financial Partner. Where a user has accepted an invitation, the Financial Partner has full access to the user’s data and the features available through the users Account (excluding Account Settings), including the ability to make changes to the data in your Account and provide additional personal information about you. The Financial Partner is subject to Terms of Access that govern use of a user’s data and they agree to use the data in accordance with this Policy. If you believe any personal information your Financial Partner has provided is inaccurate, you can edit the information yourself, contact your Financial Partner to rectify the error, or alternatively contact us for assistance.

How MoneyBrilliant secures your information

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as entirely secure. We will use reasonable endeavours to protect information and materials in the MoneyBrilliant Service from misuse, interference and loss, and from unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. Once we have received your information, we take reasonable steps to preserve the electronic and physical security of this information in accordance with the MoneyBrilliant Terms of Access and this Privacy Policy. Among other things, MoneyBrilliant:

Regularly reviews and adopts new developments in electronic security and encryption technologies. The authenticity and security of the MoneyBrilliant Website has received the security seal of world-leading Internet security firm McAfee, who conducts daily security checks and malware scanning of the MoneyBrilliant Website.
Ensures the physical security of any information you might share with us at a third party facility under the constant surveillance of security personnel. Our legally-binding agreements with this third party outline the appropriate use and handling of your information and prohibit them from using any of your personal information for purposes unrelated to the service they have been engaged to provide. This third party is bound by our own stringent privacy and security obligations to you, and will be subject to discipline, termination and/or criminal prosecution should they not meet these obligations in their entirety.

For more information on the steps we take to secure your information, see our Security Practices and Security FAQs.

Direct communications and disclosure of personal information

When you register to use the MoneyBrilliant Service, you can configure whether you want MoneyBrilliant to send direct communications to you. These include communications related to transactional activity on your financial accounts or direct marketing communications. You can opt out or configure how you receive communications on transactional activity by accessing the “Alert Settings” within your Account Settings. You can opt out of direct marketing communications by selecting unsubscribe from any marketing emails that you receive.

There are, however, certain forms of essential correspondence that users of the MoneyBrilliant Service cannot opt out of receiving, which include correspondence pertaining to confirmation of your registration with MoneyBrilliant, notifications of changes to this Privacy Policy, or anything else we are required or authorised to send to you in accordance with Australian law.

Accessing your personal information or making a complaint

In most cases you can access, correct or edit the personal information you choose to share with MoneyBrilliant via your MoneyBrilliant Account. You may request access to any personal information we hold about you at any time by contacting us (see the details below). Where we hold information that you are entitled to access, we will try to provide you with suitable means of accessing it (for example, by mailing or emailing it to you). We may charge you a fee to cover our administrative and other reasonable costs in providing the information to you. We will not charge for simply making the request and will not charge for making any corrections to your personal information.

There may be instances where we cannot grant you access to the personal information we hold. For example, we may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others or if it would result in a breach of confidentiality. If that happens, we will give you written reasons for any refusal.

If you believe that personal information we hold about you is incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate, then you may request us to amend it. We will consider if the information requires amendment. If we do not agree that there are grounds for amendment then we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with it.

What is the process for complaining about a breach of privacy?

If you believe that your privacy has been breached, please contact us through our complaints process using the contact information below and provide details of your complaint. We will investigate your complaint and provide you with a written response (which could include email) as soon as we can and normally within 10 business days but no later than 45 days from the date you first contacted us.

You can submit a complaint by:

Email: support@moneybrilliant.com.au

Phone: 02 8014 8611 or 1300 41 40 84

You can also submit any written communications via the “submit a request” tool on the Help page of the MoneyBrilliant Website.

You may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) if you have raised a complaint with us and you’re not happy with our response or have concerns about the way we handle your personal information. The contact details for the OAIC are set out below.

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001

Phone: 1300 363 992

Online: www.oaic.gov.au

Email: forms.business.gov.au/smartforms/landing.htm?formCode=APC_PC

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Last updated: 7 February 2022