Statement of notifiable matters

Our Statement of Notifiable Matters compliments our Credit Reporting Policy (PDF 144KB) and provides information on the entities to whom we may disclose your credit information as well as information on certain rights you have in relation to your credit information.

Credit reporting bodies and your personal information

Credit reporting bodies are allowed under the Privacy Act and the Privacy (Credit Reporting) Code (known as “CR Code”) to handle personal information relating to credit. If you apply for any kind of credit or offer to act as guarantor, we may disclose your personal information to, or collect personal information about you from, a credit reporting body. This information is used for the purpose of determining your eligibility for credit, and we may process the information to create an unsuitability assessment or other ratings of your suitability for credit.

Credit reporting bodies may include your personal information in reports that they provide to credit providers to assist those providers in assessing your credit worthiness (such as when you have applied for a loan from the provider).

Capital Finance deals with the following credit reporting body: Equifax - www.equifax.com.au

For contact details and information on how Equifax manages credit related personal information, please see their privacy policies available at the link above.

Credit reporting bodies offer a service to credit providers wishing to send direct marketing material about credit services to individuals. This is called "credit pre-screening". You have the right to request that the credit reporting bodies do not use your information for this purpose. To opt out of credit pre-screening, contact the credit reporting body, using the contact details on their websites noted above.

You can also ask a credit reporting body not to use or disclose your personal information for a period if you believe on reasonable grounds that you have been or are likely to be a victim of fraud.

The Privacy Act and the CR Code limit what we can do with the information we obtain from a credit reporting body. Generally, it can only be used in relation to the consumer credit products you hold through us. For example, if you fail to meet your payment obligations in relation to consumer credit, or commit a serious credit infringement, we may be entitled to disclose this to a credit reporting body.