NEXX Car Rental

Privacy Policy

Our commitment to privacy

The privacy of our renters is of utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy sets out how we manage personal information across our business. It applies to NEXX Car Rental and to the practices of the agents and contractors engaged by us to provide goods and services. It also applies to your use of our website and your dealings with us as a customer.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version will always be located on our website and is also available by contacting our Privacy Officer on +6010 562 1195 or at the address detailed below.

Types of personal information we collect and hold

The types of personal information we collect and hold will vary depending on your dealings with us such as products, services and benefits we (or our agents, contractors and third parties) provide to you, or a request or enquiry you make in relation to such products, benefits and services.

This information may include any or all of the following:

Full Name, Mobile No., Email Address, Date of Birth, Gender

Vehicle details including registration no., model and colour

Driver's license number and/or passport number and, upon our request, a copy of your driver's license or passport;

Transaction details relating to your use of our products, services or other benefits;

Your social media preferences; and any preferences you tell us about or any other information that you provide.

We may collect and hold sensitive information, such as the fact that you are disabled, to allow us to provide our services more effectively to you but only if you provide express consent at the time it is provided.

Why we collect and hold personal information

Generally, we collect, hold and use personal information about our renters to provide them with a range of products, services and benefits. This includes, collecting and using your personal information to complete your rental booking; to provide you services in connection with your rental.

We also collect personal information to assist in identifying ways in which we can serve you better, such as providing our products and services to you more effectively. We also collect and use your personal information to assist our internal administration and operations including accounting, risk management, record keeping, archiving, systems development and testing, and staff training.

Some of the information we collect is for the purpose of improving our interaction with renters, suppliers, business partners and contractors and their involvement with NEXX. We collect personal information about third parties, including family members, for purposes in relation to your and their dealings (either directly or indirectly) with NEXX.

renters who provide personal information about a third party individual need to ensure that those persons are aware of this Privacy Policy, understand it and agree to accept it. If that individual does not have the capacity to understand and agree to these terms, NEXX requires a parent or guardian to give the assurances set out in this paragraph.

How we collect information

Generally, we collect personal information directly from you, such as when you make a reservation or request a product or service, in the course of providing you with that product or service, or when you have other dealings with us. For example, we may collect your personal information from our rental locations or through our in-vehicle technology.

We may collect and update that information over the phone, over the Internet, in person, when you write to us or if you participate in our marketing campaigns. We may also collect personal information through third parties such as:

our related companies

affiliated interstate motorists' clubs;

our business partners who provide customer or loyalty  benefits;

our service providers;

Storage and protection of personal information

We store personal information in a combination of secure computer storage facilities and paper-based files and other records. In so doing, we have taken numerous steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference and loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Additionally we take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information when we no longer need it. We impose strict requirements of security and confidentiality on all third parties as to how they store, handle and deal with your personal information.

How we use and disclose personal

We may use and disclose your personal information for a variety of purposes in connection with servicing you as a customer of NEXX and in relation to our business operations.

This includes: processing and administering your dealings with us as a customer, supplier or contractor; providing you with the products and services you have requested from us; developing processes, products, services and benefits to better meet your needs; and We may also use your personal information to offer or provide you with loyalty benefits, discounts or other information about such schemes that may be operated by us or third parties.

This includes: to give you information and offers about products and services offered by us or these companies; obtaining details about how you acquire and use our products, services and benefits; and rewarding renters for utilizing our products and services through mechanisms such as discounts, special pricing offers and prizes.

We may provide your personal information to our agents, franchisees, contractors, business partners or related companies for the purposes of, or in connection, with the supply of products and services to you and for the same purposes above.

Direct Marketing

We collect personal information so that we can provide our renters with useful and relevant information about our products and services. Generally, we collect this information directly from you.  In some circumstances, however, we may collect personal information from third parties, including from our service providers and social media platforms such as Facebook.  We use the information we, or our service providers, collect to assist us to determine how we can best engage with our renters about our products and services.  To this end, we, or our service providers, may collect information about your social media preferences and activities so that we can engage with our renters on social media sites.  We may also collect certain demographic information and behavioural information from social media platforms to better serve consumers with more targeted advertising.  If we do not collect this information in the ways described above, we may not be able to let you know about our products and services in the most effective way.

We may use and disclose the information we collect for the purpose of providing you with tailored marketing communications about our goods and services, or to conduct market research. Typically, we send these communications to your email address or mailing address.  Occasionally, we may also send marketing communications to your social media accounts, including, for example, your Facebook account.

We may also disclose your personal information to companies in the NEXX, to our other business partners, and its related entities, to give you information and offers about products and services offered by us or these companies.

Opting Out of Direct Marketing

If you do not wish to receive direct marketing information from NEXX, please use the contact details below to opt-out or use the unsubscribe feature on our electronic marketing communications. Please note that if you make such a request:

We may still need to use your personal information to provide you with the services and products you have requested as a customer; and it may not be possible for us to immediately action a request to cease receiving any or all direct marketing material. However, we will respond to such requests as soon as practicable and will make all reasonable efforts to promptly action your request to opt out of receiving future direct marketing material.

We will not sell or rent your personal information without your consent. We may disclose your personal information where we are required or authorised by law to disclose your personal information or for any purposes connected to a fraud, crime prevention or impropriety investigation.

Making a complaint

If you wish to complain about our handling of your personal information, please send a written complaint to the Privacy Officer in the first instance by using the contact details below. We undertake to promptly acknowledge and investigate any complaint about the way we manage personal information.