STATEMENT REGARDING PRIVACY POLICY
Advertiser Newspapers (News) recognises the importance of protecting the
privacy of personally identifiable information collected about our
customers. For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, the word customers
includes visitors to our web sites, subscribers to and users of our
services, purchasers of our products and advertising customers.
We are bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988
(Cth) in relation to the handling of personal information. Where appropriate
we will handle personal information relying on the media exemption, related
bodies corporate exemption and the employee exemption in the Privacy Act.
Personal Information
We collect personal information when we provide our services to you.
Generally we will tell you why we are collecting information when we collect
it and how we plan to use it or these things will be obvious when we collect
the information.
Use of Information
We usually collect personal information such as your name, address,
telephone number, and in some instances, your financial details. When you
are online, we collect information regarding the pages within our network
which you visit and what you click on. As a general rule we do not collect
sensitive information. However, if we do, it will usually be for the
purposes of providing our goods or services and if the law requires us to,
we will seek your consent to collect it.
We use your information to provide our services to you, to fulfil
administrative functions associated with these services, for example
billing, to enter into contracts with you or third parties and for marketing
and client relationship purposes.
We may share your information with other companies which are related to News
Limited, within and outside of Australia. We or they may also use your
personally identifiable information to assist us in improving our products
and services and any of us might be in touch to let you know about goods,
services, or promotions which may interest you.
When we collect your information, we will give you the ability to indicate
that you do not want us to use your personal information for disclosed
secondary purposes. At any time, you may notify us of your preference on
this issue by contacting us by any of the following methods:
Please allow a reasonable time for your preference to be implemented.
Use by Third Parties
News may disclose your information to its service providers and contractors
from time to time in Australia or overseas to help us to provide and market
our goods and services to you. If we do this we generally require these
parties to protect your information in the same way we do.
Use of Aggregate Data
We may collect certain non-personal information to optimise our goods and
services including our Web pages for your computer (e.g., the identity of
your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address
and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may use such
non-personal information for internal purposes, including but not limited to
improving the content of our sites.
News may use personally identifiable information in aggregate form to
improve our goods and services including our Web sites and make them more
responsive to the needs of our customers. This statistical compilation and
analysis of information may also be used by News or provided to others as a
summary report for marketing, advertising or research purposes.
Security
News strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally
identifiable information of our customers. We use a variety of physical and
electronic security measures including restricting physical access to our
offices and firewalls and secure databases to keep personal information
secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to
be totally secure.
Access to Personal Information
You have a right to access most personal information we hold about you and
if we deny access in some circumstances we will tell you why.
To request access, please contact our privacy office as set out at the end
of this document.
Public Information
Any information posted on bulletin boards and/or communicated in chat areas
becomes public information. While News strives to protect and respect your
privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose in
a chat room or bulletin board.
Cookies
Cookies are data that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for
record-keeping purposes. Cookies can facilitate a user's ongoing access to
and use of a site. They allow us to track usage patterns and to compile data
that can help us improve our content and target advertising. If you do not
want information collected through the use of Cookies, there is a simple
procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the Cookie
feature. But you should note that Cookies may be necessary to provide you
with features such as merchandise transactions or registered services.
Online Links to Third Party and Co-Branded Sites
News may establish relationships with business partners that allow visitors
to our Internet sites to link directly to sites operated by these partners.
Some of these sites may be "co-branded" with our logo; however, these sites
may not be operated or maintained by or on our behalf. These sites may
collect personal information from you that may be shared with us. This
Privacy Statement will apply to any personal information we obtain in this
manner.
News is not responsible for the content or practices of Web sites operated
by third parties that are linked to our sites. These links are meant for the
user's convenience only. Links to third party sites do not constitute
sponsorship, endorsement or approval by News of the content, policies or
practices of those third party sites. Once you have left our site via such a
link, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party
site.
What else you should know about privacy on the Internet
Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session.
This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and
correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a
computer in a public place like a library or Internet café. You as an
individual are responsible for the security of and access to your own
computer.
Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the Internet
that this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you
post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may
receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you
are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your username and
passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible
whenever you are using the Internet.
For further information
Please contact our Privacy Officer to ask for access to your information or
if you have a complaint concerning your information privacy or if you would
like more information about our approach to privacy.
Rob Moon
(08) 8206 2764
moonr@adv.newsltd.com.au
Box 339 GPO Adelaide SA 5001