Privacy Policy

1. Openness and transparency

Shoppersworld.com.au Holdings Pty Ltd, shoppersworld.com.au Ltd, its affiliates and subsidiaries (including Dick Smith IP Electronics Pty Ltd and Matt Blatt Pty Ltd), collectively referred to in this policy as “Shoppersworld”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and respect and uphold your rights under the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”). By using this website or providing us with your personal information, you agree to, and consent to the collection, use, holding and disclosure of personal information by Shoppersworld as set out in this policy.

2. Personal information

Personal information is information or an opinion about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can be reasonably ascertained, from that information or opinion. Personal information we may collect from you includes, without limitation, your name, address, email address, telephone number(s) and date of birth. If you link an account (for example, a Facebook account) to your Shoppersworld customer account, we also collect your username, gender and avatar.

Personal information also includes credit information. Credit information is personal information or an opinion about you that has a bearing on credit that has been provided to you or that you have applied for. Credit information includes information about credit that was applied for or provided to you for domestic, household, personal or other investment purposes as well as information about you where you are a guarantor of a loan.

3. Collection

Shoppersworld will collect personal information only by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way. If it is reasonable and practical to do so, Shoppersworld will only collect personal information about you directly from you. Shoppersworld may collect your personal information from reputable third party lead generation sources for marketing purposes, but only where you have consented to the disclosure of your information to Shoppersworld and for Shoppersworld to send you marketing communications. Shoppersworld will not collect personal information unless the information is reasonably necessary for our functions and activities.

Personal information may be collected by Shoppersworld in a number of circumstances, including when you:

  • make an enquiry with us via email or telephone;
  • visit our websites;
  • lodge an enquiry or application in relation to any of Shoppersworld products or services;
  • log in to your Shoppersworld customer account using another account, such as your Facebook account; or
  • apply for employment with Shoppersworld.

Shoppersworld may enter into arrangements with third parties (including third parties with whom Shoppersworld has partnered to provide you with its various products or services using the Shoppersworld brand) to collect your personal information in circumstances where the third party notifies you, at the time of collection, that your personal information will be provided to Shoppersworld. If you are applying for a product or service offered on Shoppersworld.com.au, Shoppersworld or our third party partners may also collect credit-related personal information about you as a result of credit checks that third parties carry out in connection with your application.

The kinds of credit-related personal information Shoppersworld may collect about you includes:

  • information about your identity, including government issued documents like drivers’ licence, Passport, Medicare etc;
  • information about consumer credit loans that you currently have applied for including:
  • repayment history information;
  • the type and amount of credit sought in each application;
  • default and payment information;
  • information about any court proceedings;
  • credit eligibility information, which is credit reporting information supplied to us by a credit reporting body, and any information that we derive from it.

If you use a pseudonym when dealing with us or you do not provide identifiable information Shoppersworld may not be able to provide you with any or all of our services as requested. If you wish to remain anonymous when you use our website do not sign into it or provide any information that might identify you.

Shoppersworld requires individuals to provide accurate, up-to-date and complete personal information at the time it is collected.

4. What does Shoppersworld do with your personal information?

In addition to any purpose notified to you at the time of collection Shoppersworld uses your personal information for the purpose for which it has been provided, for reasonably related secondary purposes and for the purpose of:

  • providing our products and services to you;
  • providing Shoppersworld branded products and services that are provided by our third party partners;
  • our internal management, analytics and tracking needs;
  • keeping your Shoppersworld customer account updated, including with a record of products and services you previously purchased;
  • our marketing activities, including marketing activities relating to Shoppersworld branded products and services that are provided by our third party partners;
  • responding to any inquiries or comments that you submit to us;
  • improving our business, products, services or the customer experience;
  • assessing, processing and managing your applications for Shoppersworld products and services or Shoppersworld branded products and services offered by our third party partners, including to assess your credit risk and our risk;
  • any other purpose you have consented to;
  • any use which is required or authorised by law; and
  • verifying your identity for high value item(s)

5. Disclosure of personal information

Shoppersworld may disclose your personal information:

  • to third-parties we ordinarily engage for the above purposes;
  • organisations that provide products or services used or marketed by Shoppersworld;
  • any person or entity to whom you have consented to Shoppersworld disclosing your personal information to; and
  • any person or entity to whom we are required or authorised to disclose your personal information to in accordance with the law.

6. Access and Management

You may request access to your personal information Shoppersworld holds about you, or seek correction of it, by contacting our customer service team. See section 9: Contact information.

Shoppersworld may charge a reasonable fee that is not excessive to cover the charges of retrieving your personal information from our customer account databases. Shoppersworld will not charge you for making the request.

If you believe that Shoppersworld holds personal information about you in our customer account database that is not accurate, complete, up-to-date, relevant or information that is misleading then you may request its amendment and Shoppersworld will respond to your request within a reasonable time. Shoppersworld will not charge you for correcting your personal information 2022.

If you would like to unlink an account from your Shoppersworld customer account (such as a Facebook account you used to log in) or deactivate your Shoppersworld customer account, you can follow these steps.

If Shoppersworld no longer needs your personal information for any of the purposes set out in this policy, or as otherwise required by law, Shoppersworld will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to destroy the information or to de-identify it.

Shoppersworld will take reasonable steps to protect the personal information it holds from misuse, interference and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

7. Opting Out / Unsubscribe

At any time you may opt out of receiving marketing communications you have previously subscribed to. Unless you opt out, your consent to receive direct marketing communications from us and to the handling of your personal information as detailed above, will continue. Each of our marketing emails will have an unsubscribe function which will allow you to unsubscribe from all future marketing communications. All of our marketing SMS messages will also contain an unsubscribe feature. Outside of these channels, you can opt out from receiving marketing communications at any time by emailing:

If you choose to opt out or unsubscribe from one of our brands, this does not automatically unsubscribe you from marketing communications from other brands.

8. Cross-border disclosure

Shoppersworld may disclose your personal information to recipients overseas (including in the Philippines, Hong Kong and New Zealand) to assist Shoppersworld in providing you with products or services.

Shoppersworld will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the information that is transferred to third parties located outside of Australia will not be held, used or disclosed by the recipient of the information in a manner that is inconsistent with the Australian Privacy Principles.

9. Contact information

If you require further information regarding this policy or wish to make a complaint about a breach of the APPs by Shoppersworld, please contact us by email below.

For mail enquiries or complaints, please send mail to Attn: Privacy Officer, specifying either Shoppersworld.

A senior member of staff will review your complaint within 5-7 business days and respond to you in writing advising what action(s) we will take as a result of your complaint.

10. Shoppersworld websites

When transmitting personal information from your computer to a Shoppersworld website or to a Shoppersworld branded website operated by one of our third party partners, you must keep in mind that the transmission of information over the Internet is not always completely secure or error-free. Other than liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, Shoppersworld will not be liable in any way in relation to any breach of security or any unintended loss or disclosure of that information.

Shoppersworld operated websites and Shoppersworld branded websites operated by our third party partners may use “cookies” to help personalise your online experience and save you time across the Shoppersworld websites (including, but not limited to shoppersworld.com.au . You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Shoppersworld websites. Some Shoppersworld websites are operated and maintained by third parties to whom the Shoppersworld has partnered with to provide you with their products and services under the Shoppersworld brand. These websites will be subject to the website terms and conditions of the third party partner who operates the website, and any transactions you conduct on these websites will be between you and the third party partner.

11. Miscellaneous

Shoppersworld reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy in whole or in part from time to time without notice and amendments will be effective immediately upon posting of the amended Privacy Policy on the Shoppersworld website.

Updated on 24/05/2025.