STATEMENT
REGARDING PRIVACY POLICY
High Performance Imports /Express Publications Pty Ltd 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 (but complying with the Australian Press
Council Privacy Standards), 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.
We usually collect personal information directly from you although
sometimes we may use agents or service providers to do this
for us. We may also acquire lists from other sources, both from
other companies and from other public documents.
USE OF INFORMATION
We usually collect personal information such as your name, address,
telephone number. 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 fulfill
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 Australian High Performance Imports/Express Publications, within and outside of Australia. We may also use your personally identifiable information to assist us in improving our products and services and we may also be in touch to let you know about goods, services, or promotions that may interest you. By providing us with this information you acknowledge and consent that we are able to contact you by mail, email (or other electronic communications) or by telephone. 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 methods listed below.
At any time, you may notify us of your preference on this issue
by contacting our privacy officer as set out at the end of this
document. Please allow a reasonable time for your preference
to be implemented.
USE BY THIRD PARTIES
Express 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 AGGRAGATE 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.
High Performance Imports /Express Publications 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 Express or provided
to others as a summary report for marketing, advertising or
research purposes.
SECURITY
High Performance Imports /Express Publications 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 High Performance
Imports /Express Publications 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
High Performance Imports /Express Publications 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.
High Performance Imports /Express Publications 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 High
Performance Imports /Express Publications 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 YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT INTERNET PRIVACY
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, 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 MORE INFORMATION
Please contact Express Publications for more information or
if you have a complaint concerning your information privacy.
+61 2 9741 3800
privacy@expresspublications.com
2 Stanley Street, Silverwater NSW Australia 2128 |
