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Personal information collected through this website is
handled in accordance with the applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Australia
and the state of New South Wales, Australia. This Privacy Statement describes
the ways in which NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd (“NSi”, “we” or “us”) deal with
personal information and other data which may be collected through this
website.
What is Personal Information?
Personal Information is defined in the Privacy
Act 1988 (Cmth) as being information or an opinion about an individual
whose identity is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained from that
information or opinion. Personal Information includes, for example, names,
addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and passport
numbers.
Users who provide us with a name, email address or phone number will expect to
receive communications from us and are considered to have disclosed such data
for this purpose.
Information that you disclose in online forums or other interactive media is
considered by us to be public information and may therefore not be subject to
protection under the Act.
Automatic collection of Personal Information
We may collect Personal Information and other data from you through the use of
a Cookie or other automated means including server logs. A Cookie is a packet
of data that a website puts on your computer's hard disk to identify you as a
visitor to that website. The information collected by us through Cookies and
other means may include: your server address; your domain name; your IP
address; the date and time of your visit; the pages accessed and documents
downloaded; the previous site visited; the type of browser you used. You may
choose to disallow Cookies through your web browser settings.
Use and disclosure of Personal Information
Personal information provided by you to us will be used for the primary purpose
for which you provided it and for other secondary purposes directly related to
that primary purpose.
The information that is automatically collected during each visit to this
website is aggregated by us with similar logged information. This aggregated
information may be published in internal reports to assist us identify patterns
of website usage and to improve and maintain the service of our website and any
services offered. Aggregated information does not identify individual users and
does not include personal information.
We will not otherwise disclose your Personal Information without your consent
unless otherwise authorized by law. We may disclose Personal Information to a
third party if the disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and
imminent threat to the life or health of you or another person.
We
will collect, use and disclose more extensive information than stated above if
we can identify unauthorised attempts to access files, tampering or
interference with files, attempts to intercept messages of other users of the website,
attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web server, breach the
laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere
with the enjoyment of the website by other users. We reserve the right to make disclosures to
relevant authorities where the use of the website raises a suspicion that an
offence is being, or has been, committed. In the event of an investigation, we
will provide access to data to any law enforcement agency that has authority to
inspect our logs.
If
you would like to access information held about you by us, or you have a
complaint regarding the way in which your Personal Information is being handled
by us, please contact us in the first instance.
Our
website may contain links to other web sites and this statement has no
application to these other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of these other web sites.
If you have any questions or require feedback about this statement, please
contact us
Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication,
this policy may be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues
that may arise from time to time. The amended policy will be posted to this
site and will operate from the time it is posted.
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