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PRIVACY
This
document ('Privacy Policy') describes the information we collect
about you and explains what may happen to that information. By
using the Discover Something Different website, you accept the
Privacy Policy as set under the following headings:
1. Our
Commitment to best privacy practices
2. Collecting
information about you
3. Our use of 'cookies'
4. Our
use and disclosure of your personal information
5. How
to access, correct or update your information
6. What else
you should know about privacy
7. If you have a problem
8. More on privacy
1.
Discover Something Different is committed to best-practice privacy
standards
We are committed to protecting your personal information
and letting you know the type of information we collect and how
this information is used. Our Policy is based on the National
Privacy Principles, developed by the Office of the Australian
Federal Privacy Commissioner which came into effect 21 December
2001.
Discover Something Different also intends to comply with any
guidelines or laws introduced in Australia to strengthen
protections for your privacy.
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2. Collecting
information about you
The amount of information we collect about you depends on
your use of our website. The only personal information we collect
is what you tell us about yourself, for instance through surveys
and newsletter registrations.
We
use your personal information for research or to improve our site
and the services we offer you. We analyse the data for certain
trends and statistics, such as which parts of our site users are
visiting and how long they spend there. This information is
compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis. We may share this
aggregated information with our content providers to assist them
in understanding our services but we do not give our content
providers aggregated information that would allow them to identify
you personally.
We also use your personal information to notify you of updates to
the web site via email or our newsletter (if you have subscribed
to one of our services). Please contact
us if you no longer wish to receive emails or newsletters from
us.
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3. Our use of 'cookies'
Some of the pages found on the Discover Something
Different website use 'cookies' to help us remember who you are.
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your
browser on your computer's hard drive for record-keeping purposes.
Cookies help us provide you with services and features that are
tailored to your needs when you visit the Discover Something
Different web site again.
Cookies
in themselves do not personally identify users, although they do
identify a user's browsers. The cookies simply operate as a unique
identifier. This lets us know what you find interesting and
useful, which allows us to keep improving our web site and provide
you with a personalised service.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. If you do not wish to
receive any cookies you may set your browser to refuse them,
although this means you may not be able to use certain features on
our site and you may be required to re-enter your password more
frequently during a session.
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4.
Our use and disclosure of your personal information
Discover Something Different will not use or disclose any
information about you without your consent unless legally required
to do so or if we consider it necessary to:
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implement
our terms of service;
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provide
you with the service you have requested
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protect
the rights or property of Discover Something Different, any
user of Discover Something Different or any member of the
public; or
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lessen
or prevent a serious threat to a person's life, health or
safety.
Discover
Something Different will seek to take all reasonable steps to keep
any information we hold about you secure, accurate and up to date.
Your information is stored on secure servers that are protected in
controlled facilities.
Discover Something Different will take all reasonable steps to
ensure that our employees and contractors respect the
confidentiality of any personal information held by Discover
Something Different. You should notify us immediately if there is
any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of
security. However, Discover Something Different does not accept
responsibility for any consequences of the unauthorised access to
your information.
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5.
How to access, correct or update your information
If at any time you want to know exactly what personal
information any part of our web site is holding about you, you may
request your details of that information by contacting us. We will
endeavour to provide you with the Information within seven days.
If you want to correct or update your information, please contact
us.
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6. What
else you should know about privacy
You should always close your browser upon leaving the
website, especially if you share a computer with someone else or
are using a computer in a public place to ensure that others
cannot access your personal information and correspondence. You
are responsible for the security of and access to your own
computer.
To the extent that you disclose information on the Internet to
parties other than Discover Something Different, different rules
may apply to the use and disclosure of your personal information.
Since we do not control the privacy policies of third parties, you
are subject to their privacy customs and policies. We encourage
you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information
to others. Ultimately you are solely responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your username and passwords and any account
information.
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7. If you have a problem
Our customers are very valuable to us. If you have an
inquiry relating to privacy or our Terms of Use, please contact
us. If you have any problems with our website or a general
problem or complaint, please contact
us. We take these issues seriously and will endeavour to
address your concerns in the shortest possible time.
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8. More on privacy
You can obtain further information about privacy in
Australia and the protection of your personal information on the Australian
Federal Privacy Commissioner's web site.
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