Privacy Simplified

Introduction


This Organization Privacy Statement provides information required by law about Organization’s online information gathering and dissemination practices. Individual pages on Organization websites may provide additional information.


In addition to the information in this Privacy Statement, Organization’s Terms of Use and Computer, Internet, and Electronic Communications Information Management Policy set forth requirements that you must follow when using Organization’s websites and technology network.


If you are in the European Union, please also review Organization’s Supplemental Privacy Provisions for Persons in the European Union. These EU Supplemental Privacy Provisions provide additional information regarding Organization’s processing of personal data you submit or disclose to Organization (or to a third party that transfers it to Organization for processing) while you are in the European Union, Switzerland, or any other jurisdiction that has enacted similar privacy laws.


○ Securing Your Personal Information

While the Personal Information we collect varies depending upon the nature of the Services provided or used and our interactions with individuals, generally, we may collect the following categories of Personal Information:


  • Name, contact information, and other identifiers: real name, alias, postal address, telephone number(s), unique personal identifier, online identifier, email address, account name, signature, or other similar identifiers
  • Financial information: bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or other financial information
  • Medical information, disability, and health insurance information: to support specific programmatic or regulatory requirements or service requests
  • Demographic information: characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, and marital status
  • Government identification: Social Security, driver’s license, state ID card, and passport number
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information: internet protocol (IP) address including, but not limited to, browsing history; search history; and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet website, application, or advertisement
  • Audio, video, and other electronic data: photos, call recordings, and CCTV footage
  • Inferences drawn from any of above categories of Personal Information: inferences used to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, and abilities

○ Guidelines for Your Data Management

Organization will use your personal information for the following general purposes:


  • (a) provide you the Service.
  • (b) answer your questions and comments.
  • (c) contact you by email (or through other electronic channels) to inform you about the Service.
  • (d) for statistical purposes
  • (e) with any other purpose about which you were informed at the time of data collection.

When you use the Service, you can create your personal profile, establish contacts, send messages, carry out searches, answer questions or use our chat to chat with other users. Organization collects and stores this information in order to provide you with the Service and offer you personalized functions. Organization also receives and records information from your computer and browser, including your IP address, cookie information; software and hardware features and information about the pages you request, regardless of whether you create an account or not.


○ Third-party Data Integration

Users are encouraged to contribute their thoughts, opinions, reviews, and other forms of feedback about our organization and website. By submitting content, users agree to undergo a moderation process. We hold the authority to decline, edit, or remove any content that does not meet our standards of appropriateness, including but not limited to content that is illegal, offensive, slanderous, or violates the rights of others or public policy.


○ Ensuring Privacy and Security

  • The Company is committed to protecting personal information which it collects.
  • The Company adopts the requirements of the APP as reflected in this policy.
  • The Company will only collect:
    • (a) personal information (including sensitive information):
    • (i) by lawful and fair means; and
    • (ii) from the individual to whom the information relates, unless the University is required or authorised by law to collect the information from another person;
    • (b) personal information (other than sensitive personal information) if:
    • (i) the information is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more of the Company’s functions or activities; or
    • (ii) the University is required to collect the information by, or is provided with, the personal information under, an Australian law; and
  • The Company will store personal information securely. The Company will take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss or unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
  • Access to personal information will only be provided to Company Council members, employees, contractors who require access to the information to undertake their role at the Company.

○ Reach Out to Us

Should you need any assistance or have queries regarding our Privacy Policy, please reach out to us.


○ Ancillary Policies

Access to Personal Data


You have the right to access your personal data free of charge. However, we may charge a reasonable fee for clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive requests. In such cases, we may also decline your request. If you wish to access your data or have any queries about our use of your personal data, please contact us via email. We aim to respond to all legitimate requests within a month.


○ Cookies and Website Interaction

Cookies are text files that are placed on your computer to collect standard Internet registration information and visitor behavior information. This information is used to track the use of website visitors and to compile statistical reports on the activity of the website. For more information, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. You can set your browser to not accept cookies and previous websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in some cases, some of the functions of our website may not work as a result.