This policy sets out how aboutcats.com.au uses your personal information and explains:
This policy applies to aboutcats.com.au.com.au and explains how aboutcats.com.au uses personal information collected through the 'Site'.
aboutcats.com.au may, from time to time, review and update this privacy policy statement to take account of new laws and technology and changes to aboutcats.com.au's operations. All personal information held by aboutcats.com.au will be governed by aboutcats.com.au's most recent policy, posted on the Site.
What kind of personal information aboutcats.com.au collects and how it is collected
aboutcats.com.au collects personal information from a variety of sources, including from members of the public, advertisers, prospective employees, and business partners.
In general, the personal information aboutcats.com.au collects includes (but is not limited to) name, address, contact details, gender, occupation, in some cases membership of professional associations and, where relevant, financial information, including credit card information, banking details and income information.
Personal Information you provide: We store the personal information you enter on the aboutcats.com.au website or give to aboutcats.com.au in other ways. We obtain most personal information through the posting of ads or discussion forums via the aboutcats.com.au website. You may provide information when you request or acquire a product or service from aboutcats.com.au or its related companies, provide a product or service to aboutcats.com.au, complete a survey or questionnaire, enter a competition, participate in forums or when you communicate with aboutcats.com.au by e-mail, telephone or in writing (for example if you contact customer service or provide feedback).
Automatic collection: Cookies: We may use a feature of your browser called a cookie to assign your computer a 'User ID'. Cookies do not contain information by which aboutcats.com.au can identify you. They identify your computer to our servers. You may configure your browser so that you are notified before a cookie is downloaded or so that your browser does not accept cookies. aboutcats.com.au may use information contained in cookies to make assumptions about the user of the computer and to provide users of that computer with focused advertising which aboutcats.com.au believes may be of interest, based on that information. To disable your cookies, please refer to the help menu within your Internet browser.
Indirect collection: aboutcats.com.au endeavours to collect personal information about an individual only from that individual.
How aboutcats.com.au uses the information you provide
aboutcats.com.au may use information it collects from you for the primary purpose for which it is collected and for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose of collection.
aboutcats.com.au generally uses personal information to:
- provide you with products or services you have requested
- personalise and customise your experiences on the aboutcats.com.au website;
- help aboutcats.com.au manage and enhance its services;
- communicate with you;
- provide you with ongoing information about opportunities on the aboutcats.com.au website in which aboutcats.com.au believes you may be interested;
- give you the opportunity from time to time to receive e-mail from aboutcats.com.au.
If you do not provide aboutcats.com.au with that information, aboutcats.com.au will not be able to provide you with the requested product or service.
How aboutcats.com.au treats sensitive information
"Sensitive Information" means information relating to a person's racial or ethnic origin, membership of political bodies, religion, membership of a trade union or professional or trade association, sexual preferences, criminal record and health.
aboutcats.com.au may use and disclose Sensitive Information only for the purpose for which it was provided or a directly related secondary purpose or as allowed by law unless you have agreed otherwise.
Management and security of personal information
aboutcats.com.au protects the personal information aboutcats.com.au holds from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure by various means including firewalls, pass word access, secure servers and encryption of credit card transactions.
Updating personal information
aboutcats.com.au endeavours to ensure that the personal information it holds is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
You can generally update personal information that is not membership information on the aboutcats.com.au website where you submitted that information. Otherwise, please contact aboutcats.com.au on privacy@aboutcats.com.au. Where personal information is no longer required by aboutcats.com.au, it will be destroyed or de-identified.
Seeking access to the personal information aboutcats.com.au holds about you
You have the right to seek access the personal information held about you and to advise aboutcats.com.au of any inaccuracy. There are some exceptions to this right set out in the Privacy Act.
If you make an access request, aboutcats.com.au will ask you to verify your identity and specify what information you require. aboutcats.com.au may charge a fee to cover the costs of meeting your request.
How to contact aboutcats.com.au
If you have enquiries or wish to provide feedback about this policy, please e-mail privacy@aboutcats.com.au.
