PRIVACY STATEMENT FOR THE VHETTA WEBSITE
We have created this statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following sections disclose the information gathering and dissemination practices that are operating on our website.
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Adherence to 10 National Privacy Principles
VHETTA adheres to and supports the 10 National Privacy Principles (amendment to Privacy Act 1988).
- Collection of data
- Use and disclosure
- Data quality
- Data security
- Openess
- Access and correction
- Identifiers
- Anonymity
- Transborder data flows
- Sensitive information
1. Collection of data
This website only collects personal information that is necessary for the function of site activities.
When you visit this website, we may make a record of your visit and log some or all of the following information for statistical or maintenance purposes:
- Your server or IP address (the name or number which uniquely identify the computer through which you are connected to the Internet)
- The address of the referring site
- The date and time of your visit
- Your top level domain name (eg .org.au,gov.au etc)
- The address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded
- The type of browser you used
2. Use and disclosure
The information collected is used in the following ways:
- We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information, but it is not logged in our web server logs against any of your personal information.
- Our site uses cookies to keep track of your user session when you log into the VHETTA website. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, if any such interests have been specified in your membership profile.
- Our site's contact form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address). We use customer contact information from this form to send the user information about our company. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners. This site gives users the option for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service.
You can visit the following URL to specify your desire to no longer receive information from us: http://www.vhetta.com.au/contact/
3. Data Quality
VHETTA is dedicated to ensuring that all personal information that is collected or used is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you would like to change or update any information previously supplied to VHETTA, please visit this URL and note down any amendments: http://www.vhetta.com.au/contact/
4. Data security
VHETTA takes all reasonable steps to protect the personal information it holds from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
Once the collected information is no longer needed, VHETTA will take all reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify records of personal data.
5. Openess
This page details our organisation's privacy policies. It outlines the type of information we collect, how we use it and why we collect it. If you would like further information on our privacy standards, please contact us at: http://www.vhetta.com.au/contact/
6. Access & Correction
This site gives users the option for changing and modifying information previously provided.
Visit http://www.vhetta.com.au/contact/ to make a request.
7. Identifiers
We do not collect nor use any Commonwealth government or agency identifiers to distinguish our users.
8. Anonymity
Users have the option of not identifying themselves while using the VHETTA Internet site. Use of the members section, however, requires users to identify themselves via a prearranged login username and password to access privileged information.
9. Transborder data flows
VHETTA will only transfer personal information about an individual to someone (other than the organisation or the individual) who is in a foreign country if the individual consents to the transfer.
10. Sensitive information
The VHETTA website will not collect information that is deemed sensitive.
Sensitive information encompasses information or opinion about an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices, criminal record or health information about an individual. Back to top
Access to third party information
This site contains links to other sites. VHETTA is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
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Contacting the website
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this
site, or your dealings with this Website,
click here to visit our contact details page.
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