Introduction
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This Privacy Policy is Gippsland Ltd official
online privacy policy and it applies to all
personal information collected by Gippsland
Ltd. In this policy we explain how and why
we collect your personal information, how
we use it, and what controls you have over
our use of it. |
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Gippsland Ltd is committed to complying
with Commonwealth legislation governing privacy
of personal information by businesses and
to protecting and safeguarding your privacy
when you deal with us. |
Collection of information
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Some information provided to us by clients,
customers, contractors and other third parties
might be considered private or personal. Without
these details we would not be able to carry
on our business and provide our services to
you. We will only collect such personal information
if it is necessary for one of our functions
or activities. |
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In particular, personal information
is collected from people in the following
situations by Gippsland Ltd:
- If you contact Gippsland Ltd, we may
keep a record of that correspondence.
- When you submit your e-mail address
to our web site mailing list.
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| 5) |
At or before the time the personal information
is collected by us we will take reasonable
steps to ensure that you are made aware of
who we are, the fact that you are able to
gain access to the information held about
you, the purpose of the collection, the type(s)
of organisations to which we usually disclose
the information collected about you, any laws
requiring the collection of the information
and the main consequences for you if all or
part of the information is not collected.
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Use of information
collected and disclosure of personal information
to others
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We may use or disclose personal information
held about an individual for the primary purpose
for which it is collected (eg. provision of
our services, including administration of
our services, notification to you about changes
to our services, record-keeping following
termination of our services to you and technical
maintenance). We may also use such information
for a purpose related to the primary purpose
of collection and where it would reasonably
be expected by you that we would use the information
in such a way. This information is only disclosed
to persons outside our business in the circumstances
set out in this policy or as otherwise notified
to you at the time of collection of the information.
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In addition we are permitted to use
or disclose personal information held about
you:
- Where you have consented to the use
or disclosure;
- Where we reasonably believe that the
use or disclosure is necessary to lessen
or prevent a serious, immediate threat
to someone's health or safety or the public's
health or safety;
- Where we reasonably suspect that unlawful
activity has been, is being or may be
engaged in and the use or disclosure is
a necessary part of our investigation
or in reporting the matter to the relevant
authorities;
- Where such use or disclosure is required
under or authorised by law (for example,
to comply with a subpoena, a warrant or
other order of a court or legal process);
- Where we reasonably believe that the
use or disclosure is reasonably necessary
for prevention, investigation, prosecution
and punishment of crimes or wrongdoings
or the preparation for, conduct of, proceedings
before any court or tribunal or the implementation
of the orders of a court or tribunal by
or on behalf of an enforcement body.
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Links
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Our web site may contain links to other
web sites and those third party web sites
may collect personal information about you.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices
of other businesses or the content of web
sites that are linked to our web site. Gippsland
Ltd encourages users to be aware when they
leave the site and to read the privacy statements
of each and every web site that collects personally
identifiable information. |
Security and storage
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Gippsland Ltd places a great importance
on the security of all information associated
with our customers, clients and contractors.
We have security measures in place to attempt
to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration
of personal information under our control.
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| 10) |
Personal information is de-identified or
destroyed securely when no longer required
by us. |
| 11) |
Gippsland Ltd retains the information you
provide to us including possibly your contact
and credit card details to enable us to verify
transactions and customer details and to retain
adequate records for legal and accounting
purposes. This information is held on secure
servers in controlled facilities. |
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Information stored within our computer
systems can only be accessed by those entrusted
with authority and computer network password
sanctions. |
| 13) |
No data transmission over the Internet can
be guaranteed to be 100 per cent secure. As
a result, while we strive to protect user's
personal information, Gippsland Ltd cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information
transmitted to it or from its online products
or services, and users do so at their own
risk. Once Gippsland Ltd receives your transmission,
it makes every effort to ensure its security
on its systems. |
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Ultimately, you are solely responsible for
keeping your passwords and/or account information
secret. You should be careful and responsible
whenever you are online. |
Access to and correction
of personal information
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Gippsland Ltd is committed to maintaining
accurate, timely, relevant and appropriate
information about our customers, clients and
web-site users. |
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So long as your request for your personal
information is in accordance with the National
Privacy Principles, then we will give you
access to that information. |
| 17) |
Gippsland Ltd retains the information you
provide to us including possibly your contact
and credit card details to enable us to verify
transactions and customer details and to retain
adequate records for legal and accounting
purposes. This information is held on secure
servers in controlled facilities. |
| 18) |
If we refuse to provide you with access
or correct the personal information held about
you by us, then we will provide reasons for
such refusal. |
Complaints
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If you have a complaint about our Privacy
Policy or the collection, use or safe disposal
or destruction of your personal information,
your complaint should be directed in the first
instance to us at E-mail: info@gippslandltd.com |
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We will investigate your complaint and attempt
to resolve any breach that might have occurred
in relation to the collection, use or destruction
of personal information held by us about you
in accordance with the Commonwealth Privacy
legislation. If you are not satisfied with
the outcome of this procedure then you may
request that an independent person (usually
the Commonwealth Privacy Officer) investigate
your complaint. |
Transfer of information
overseas
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Pursuant to the National Privacy Principles
we may transfer personal information we have
collected about you to someone other than
you in a foreign country only if such transfer
is permitted by the National Privacy Principles.
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Cookies
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Gippsland Ltd collects information from
the site using "IP files". |
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When you visit the Gippsland Ltd site to
read, browse or download information, our
system will record/log your IP address (the
address which identifies your computer on
the internet and which is automatically recognised
by our web server), date and time of your
visit to our site, the pages viewed and any
information downloaded. This information will
only be used for the purpose of site analysis
and to help us offer you improved online service.
We may automatically collect non-personal
information about you such as the type of
Internet browsers you use or the site from
which you linked to our Web Sites. You cannot
be identified from this information and it
is only used to assist us in providing an
effective service on our Web Sites. |
Changes to Privacy
Policy
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If Gippsland Ltd decides to change its
Privacy Policy, it will post changes on this
Privacy Policy page so that users are always
aware of what information is collected, how
it is used and the way in which information
may be disclosed. As a result, please remember
to refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly
to review any amendments. |
Contacting us
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If you require further information regarding
our Privacy Policy, please contact us at the
following address: info@gippslandltd.com |
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Should you wish to read more information
on privacy legislation or the National Privacy
Principles we recommend that you visit the
Federal Privacy Commissioner's website at
www.privacy.gov.au
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