kajx COMMUNICATIONS 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.
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, and in some
instances, your financial details. 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 fulfil
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. Where your personal information is contained within an
advertisement which we publish for you, we may also use your information for
publication of that same advertisement in other media, in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the initial publication.
We may share your information with other companies which are related to News
Limited, within Australia. We or they may also use your personally identifiable
information to assist us in improving our products and services and any of us
might be in touch to let you know about goods, services, or promotions which
may interest you.
Use by
Third Parties
kajx COMMUNICATIONS may disclose
your information to its service providers and contractors from time to time to
help us to provide and market our goods and services to you. We may also share
your information with third parties who provide prizes for competitions or
reader offers. If we do this we generally require these parties to protect your
information in the same way we do.
Use of
Aggregate 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.
kajx COMMUNICATIONS 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 kajx COMMUNICATIONS or provided to
others as a summary report for marketing, advertising or research purposes.
Security
kajx COMMUNICATIONS 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 officer 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 kajx COMMUNICATIONS 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
kajx COMMUNICATIONS 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.
kajx COMMUNICATIONS 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 kajx COMMUNICATIONS 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 else
should you know about privacy on the internet
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 cafe. 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 that
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
Further Information
Please contact our Privacy Officer to ask for access to your information
or if you have a complaint concerning your information privacy or if you would
like more information about our approach to privacy.
Privacy Officer
Kendall Jennings
0409926654
PO Box 360, KERANG, Victoria, 3579.