We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information provided by those visiting and interacting with this web site. We hold the privacy of your personal information in the highest regard. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.
We recognise the importance of protecting your privacy and our policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site. This policy will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our club’s needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
When you visit this web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis, and web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Registration Information
When you register for access to the site or newsletters, you will provide us information about yourself.
Credit Card Information
If you choose to purchase merchandise, you may need to give personal information and authorisation to charge credit cards. For example, you may need to provide the following information:
-Name
-Mailing address
-Email address
-Credit card number
-Name on credit card
-Credit card billing address
-Business and home phone number
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address, IP address, date and time of your email, and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial web sites, our web site utilises a standard technology called “cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?”) and web server log files to collect information about how our web site is being used. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our web site, and the web sites visited just before and just after our web site.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering the club’s activities, providing communications, to process your payment, to monitor the use of the site, for our marketing and promotional efforts, and to customise our site’s content. These uses improve our web site and better tailor it to meet the club’s needs.
Furthermore, such information may be shared with others on an aggregate basis. Personally identifiable information will not be shared with parties except as required by law.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our website, news, announcements we think you will find useful. You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive our communications by contacting us through this web site.
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a web site, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allows it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our web site will not function as effectively when viewed. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on computer viruses.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you visit and browse our web site, the web site uses cookies to differentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from having to log in more than is necessary. Cookies, in conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantly improve our web site and better serve our club membership. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you, and we do not intentionally store any personal information that your browser provided to us in your cookies.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as traffic data so that data (such as the web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Sharing and Selling Information
We do not share, sell, lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identifies a subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process transactions or provide services that you have requested.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect from this web site and maintain in our database by contacting us from this web site.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights. We may also disclose account information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms of Use (included in this policy) or to protect the safety of our users and the Public.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our web site or the information or content contained therein. Often links to other web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our web site to another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect as you have left our web site. Your browsing and interaction on any other web site, including web sites which have a link on our web site, is subject to that web site’s own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice.
Our Commitment To Data Security
Please note that your information will be stored and processed on our computers which we can access from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection. The laws on holding personal data in Australia may be less stringent than the laws of your Country of residence or citizenship. To prevent unauthorized access, to maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect through this web site.
Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out
This site allows visitors to unsubscribe so that they will not receive future messages. After unsubscribing we will discontinue sending the particular messages as soon as technically feasible. If our messages do not contain an unsubscribe link, please use this web sites contact us form to make a request to unsubscribe from recieving future messages.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our web site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and optional and the user therefore has a choice as to whether or not to disclose their information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as post code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for the purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this web site.
A Special Note About Children
Children are not eligible to use this web site unsupervised and we ask that children (under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use this site only in conjunction with permission and guidance from your parents or guardians.
Acquisition or Changes in Ownership
In the event that the web site (or a substantial portion of its assets) is acquired, your information would be considered part of those assets, and may be part of those assets that are transferred to a new owner.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of this web site, you will not use this web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use this web site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair this web site or the network(s) connected to this web site or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of this web site. You may not attempt to gain unauthorised access to this web site, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to this web site, through hacking, phishing, password mining, or any other means. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this web site.
Use of This Web Site
You agree that when using this web site, you will not:
Use this web site in connection with pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming, or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise); defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and confidentiality) of others; publish, post, upload, distribute, or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, obscene, indecent, or unlawful topic, name, material, or information; publish, post, upload, distribute, or disseminate any topic, name, material or information that incites discrimination, hate, or violence towards one person or a group because of their association to a race, a religion, or a nation, or that insults the victims of crimes against humanity by contesting the existence of those crimes; upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software, or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or confidentiality) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same; use any material or information, including images or photographs, which is made available through this web site in any manner that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary right of any party; upload files that contain viruses, Trojans, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, corrupted files, or any other similar malicious software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer or property of another. You will not harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including email addresses; violate any applicable laws or regulations; create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others; use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity, any directory of users of this web site or other user or usage information or any portion thereof. We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as deemed necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, at our sole discretion.
Liability Disclaimer
The materials on this web site are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind either express or implied. This web site and its owners and operators disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that the functions contained in the materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this web site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the materials on this web site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. You assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall we be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials on this site, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. In no event shall the total liability to you for all damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in contract, tort, including but not limited to, negligence or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you, if any, for accessing and using this web site. Facts and information at this website are believed to be accurate at the time they were placed on the website. Changes may be made at any time without prior notice. All data provided on this website is to be used for information purposes only. The information contained on this website and pages within, is not intended to provide specific legal, financial or tax advice, or any other advice, whatsoever unless expressly stated it is professional advice, for any individual or company and should not be relied upon in that regard. Information provided in our web site is not all-inclusive, and is limited and should not be relied upon as all-inclusive or accurate.
Policy Modifications
We may change this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use in it from time to time. If, or when, changes are made to this policy, we will email users who have given us permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if policy changes are made in future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under this policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this policy, without your prior consent.
