Privacy
This Website Privacy Statement applies to this website which is operated by Auswide Communications (Vic) Pty Ltd ABN 72 087 763 611 under the domain name www.auswidecomms.com.au . This Website Privacy Statement explains how personal information will be treated as you access and interact with the Website.
Information collected through the Website may be collected by any member of Auswide Communications (referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”) in accordance with this Website Privacy Statement. Auswide Communications treats personal data with respect and integrity.
The information about you which the Website may collect may include:
- contact details, including an email address if you subscribe to any newsletters
- information input or submitted to online facilities such as through the “Feedback” function
- the content of any electronic forms submitted through the Website, requesting us to provide products, services or information
This information may be collected by us and by our third party service providers who assist us in providing the Website.
In common with many websites we or our internet service providers may also collect aggregated information which tells us about visitors to the Website but not the identity of those visitors. For example, we may collect information about the date, time and duration of visits and which pages of the Website are most commonly accessed. This information is used by us to help to administer and improve the Website.
Use and disclosure of information
In addition to providing our services to you, we may use or disclose personal information that we collect about you:
- for the purposes for which it was collected
- where you have consented to the use or disclosure
- to provide you with promotional information about our products and services such as product releases, seminars or other special promotions – in accordance with privacy laws
- for administrative purposes including research, planning, service development, security and risk management
- where a third party acquires or wishes to acquire, or makes inquiries in relation to acquiring, an interest in Auswide Communications
- to the extent that we are required or authorised by law to do so.
We may also share personal information with our related bodies corporate and with third parties. The types of third parties to whom we may disclose personal information includes:
- service providers including organisations that provide archival, auditing, consulting, banking, marketing, advertising, mailing, delivery, recruitment, call centre, technology, research, utility and security services
- government bodies including courts and tribunals.
We may use and disclose aggregated non-personally identifying information collected through this Website as part of our process of constantly improving the Website.
How we handle email and "Feedback" messages
Auswide Communications may preserve the content of any email or "Feedback" or other electronic message that we receive. Any personal information contained in those messages will only be used or disclosed in ways set out in this Website Privacy Statement. The message content may be monitored by our service providers or Auswide Communications employees for purposes including troubleshooting, compliance auditing and maintenance or where email abuse is suspected.
Links
This Website may, from time to time, contain links to the websites of other organisations which may be of interest to visitors. Linked websites are responsible for their own privacy practices and you should check those websites for their respective privacy statements.
Security
We use a number of mechanisms to protect the security and integrity of personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as completely secure. So while we strive to protect such information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us and individuals do so at their own risk. Once any personal information comes into our possession, we will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
From time to time, we may restrict access to certain sections of the Website to registered users with passwords. For your own protection, we require you to keep any such passwords confidential.
Access to information
If you wish to request access to any personal information which we hold about you as a result of our information collection practices outlined in this Website Privacy Statement, please contact us using the "Contact details" set out below. Please provide as much detail as you can about the particular information you seek, in order to help us retrieve it. An access fee may be charged to cover our costs of providing the information to you.
Contact details
If you have any questions, concerns or feedback about privacy, please contact our Office as set out below:
Address: Unit 8/26 Howleys Road
Notting Hill VIC 3168
Phone: 03 9544 7355
Email: info@auswidecomms.com.au
