Privacy & Cookies Policies
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Lightly Medical Pty Ltd respects your right to privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information of our customers, suppliers, healthcare partners and website visitors. We handle personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we collect and use it, who we share it with, and how you can access, correct or raise concerns about it.
“Personal information” means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether the information is true or not.
Personal Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you provide to us directly, including through our website, over the phone, by email, in person, or when you place an order. This may include:
- Basic contact details, such as your name, phone number, address and email address;
- Order, billing and delivery information needed to process and fulfil purchases;
- Professional details, such as your role, organisation and (where relevant) practitioner registration information;
- Information about the products you use, or your intended purpose of use, where relevant to product support, complaints or adverse event handling;
- Feedback, survey responses, and details you provide when contacting our customer support team; and
- Any other information you choose to share with us.
We do not seek to collect sensitive information, including health information, except where reasonably necessary for our role as an importer, sponsor or distributor of medical devices — for example, investigating a product complaint or adverse event — and, where required, we will seek your consent or rely on an available exception under the Privacy Act.
How We Collect Personal Information
We collect personal information when you interact with us electronically (including via our website or social media), in person, or when we supply products or services to you. We may also collect personal information when you sign up to receive marketing communications, or when we supply products on behalf of a manufacturer or third party with whom you have a relationship.
We may also receive personal information about you from third parties, such as your employer, a healthcare provider you are associated with, our distribution partners, or publicly available sources. Where we do, we handle it in accordance with this Policy.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We use personal information to provide products, services, order fulfilment and after-sales support, and to keep you informed about matters relevant to products you have purchased, including safety notices or recalls. We may also use your information to:
- Improve our products, services and website, and better understand customer needs;
- Conduct statistical analysis, surveys and market research to develop or enhance our offering;
- Communicate with you about industry events, education sessions or conferences we host or attend;
- Send you newsletters, product updates, or marketing communications by phone, email or SMS, where you have not opted out; and
- Meet our legal, regulatory and risk-management obligations, including our obligations as an importer/sponsor of medical devices under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth), and to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
You may opt out of marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe option provided, or by contacting us using the details in section 10. This will not affect service-related communications necessary to fulfil an existing order or regulatory obligation.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information
We may disclose your personal information, where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, to:
- Our employees, officers, professional advisers and insurers;
- Freight, logistics, warehousing and payment service providers engaged to fulfil your order;
- Device manufacturers and healthcare providers, where you are an end user of a product and disclosure is necessary for product support, warranty, or complaint and adverse event handling;
- Regulatory bodies, including the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), where required by law or necessary to meet our regulatory obligations; and
- Any related body corporate or company under common ownership or control with us.
We may also disclose personal information where required by law, including in response to a subpoena, warrant, court order, or a lawful request from a law enforcement or regulatory agency, or where necessary to protect our legal rights, property, or the safety of Lightly Medical, our customers or third parties.
If Lightly Medical undergoes a change of control, or a sale or transfer of all or part of its business or assets, personal information may be transferred to the new owner as part of that transaction, subject to confidentiality obligations and to the extent permitted by law. We do not sell personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Security of Your Personal Information
We take reasonable technical, physical and organisational steps to protect the personal information we hold from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Where we share personal information with a third-party provider, we expect that provider to handle it consistently with this Policy.
No method of storage or transmission over the internet is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to safeguard personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security, and transmission of information to or from us is at your own risk.
Access to and Correction of Your Personal Information
You may request access to the personal information we hold about you and ask that it be corrected if it is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading. Depending on the nature of your relationship with us, you may also be able to ask us to restrict our handling of your personal information, or to stop disclosing it to a particular third party.
Where you have given consent to a particular use of your personal information (for example, marketing), you may withdraw that consent at any time, and we will respect your choice, subject to our legal and regulatory obligations (which may require us to retain certain records relating to medical devices for a period after supply).
To make a request, or if you believe information we hold about you is incorrect, please email us at info@lightlymedical.com.au. We will respond within a reasonable time. A reasonable administrative fee may apply to providing access, but not to making the request. There may be circumstances, set out in the Privacy Act, in which we are entitled to decline an access or correction request, in which case we will explain our reasons.
Complaints About Privacy
If you have a complaint about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us at info@lightlymedical.com.au or write to us at PO Box 4188, Ringwood VIC 3134, with sufficient detail for us to investigate. We take privacy complaints seriously and will respond within a reasonable time. If you remain dissatisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au.
Our Website and Cookies
When you visit our website at www.lightlymedical.com.au, we may automatically collect certain technical information, such as browser type, operating system, and the pages you visit, which we use in aggregate to understand how visitors use our site and to improve it.
Our website may use cookies to recognise returning visitors, remember preferences, and analyse website traffic. Cookies may also be used to display relevant advertising to you on our site or other websites through third-party advertising services. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can adjust your browser settings to reject them; doing so may limit some website functionality. Further detail is available in our separate Cookie Policy.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience. These links do not imply our endorsement, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.
Contact Us
For any questions about this Privacy Policy, or to make an access, correction or complaint request, please contact us at info@lightlymedical.com.au
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Updates take effect once posted on our website, and we encourage you to check back periodically. This Policy was last updated on 10 August 2026.