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About Us
This is a privacy policy for Australia China Business Council (ACBC).
Our homepage on the Web is located at http://www.acbc.com.au.
We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy.
You may contact us by e-mail at acbcnational@acbc.com.au.
Introduction
The Australia China Business Council (“ACBC”) follows the National Privacy Principles (“NPPs”) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
ACBC is committed to providing you with the highest levels of customer
service. This includes protecting your privacy. We understand the importance placed on the privacy of your information.
ACBC will take all reasonable steps to protect the privacy of the personal
information that we collect and use. This policy applies to all customers and individuals who provide us with their personal information.
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What is personal information?
Personal information is any information that can be used to identify you.
This includes any personal information about you no matter how it is recorded.
What information do we collect from web browsing?
For the purpose of web site administration, research and development, our web server records information in our access logs about all visitors to the site, including the time, date and URL of your request. Any personally identifiable information gathered from web browsing will be protected in the same manner as other personal information under our Privacy Policy.
The information collected from web browsing includes:
* Click-stream data
* HTTP protocol elements
At the user's option, we may also collect the following data:
* Search terms
What are Cookies?
In visiting our website, the ACBC and its contractors collect information about visits to its website through the use of cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our website may place on your computer and which is stored on your hard disk.
It may identify individual users by an identification number, their browser type and Internet Service Provider. Any personal information gathered through the use of cookies, will be protected in the same manner as other personal information under our Privacy Policy.
You are able to adjust your browser to reject cookies, or to notify you, once a cookie is received. However, if you disable all cookies, you may not be able to access all areas of this website. Cookies are used only for the purpose of retaining your personal preference settings and session tracking.
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What other information may be collected?
Other personal information may be collected only if it is relevant and necessary to providing the services you have requested from ACBC. The provision of such information is optional. If you feel that the information that we are requesting, either on our forms or in our discussions with you, is not information that you wish to provide, please feel free to raise this with us.
In providing services we may ask for :
* name
* email or telephone contact details
* membership profile information
* payment credit card details
We will not use your personal information for any purpose which is not related to the product or service we provide to you or for any purpose for which you would not reasonably expect us to use your personal information.
For security purposes, payment information via credit card details will be deleted immediately after transactions processing and will not remain in our records.
Membership profile information?
The ACBC maintains a membership database on its website (www.acbc.com.au).
This database may contain any information (excluding financial information) relating to members held at any time by the ACBC. All such information published on the ACBC website may be accessed by other ACBC members only. Members will not be included in the membership database without their consent.
All information collected by the ACBC from members (including prospective members) is used for the purposes of maintaining membership of the ACBC and providing members with the benefits of membership of the ACBC. The information will not be disclosed to any other person except with consent or under compulsion of law.
Members may gain access to the information collected and held by the ACBC in accordance with the requirements of the NPPs by contacting the ACBC Branch office in the relevant state.
When do we disclose your personal information?
For the purposes referred to in this policy we may disclose your personal information to external organisations including:
outsourced service providers who manage the services we provide to you including mailing systems, credit card processing for credit related purposes; our professional advisors including our accountants, auditors and lawyers; and our related companies.
Do we send information overseas?
We do send personal information out of Australia.
Access to your personal information
If you would like to access to the information collected and held by the ACBC in accordance with the requirements of the NPPs then please contacting the ACBC Branch office in the relevant state. For security reasons, you may be required to put your request in writing or provide proof of your identity.
Security of your information
We will take all reasonable steps to secure your personal information. Electronic information is protected by various security measures and access to information and databases is restricted to staff of Australia China Business Council that need access to the information in order to perform their duties. Sensitive electronically captured customer data is passed through a secure site using encryption technology to ensure your personal information is protected if it is sent over the internet.
How to contact us
If you would like more information on privacy or have any questions in relation to this policy please contact either your ACBC state officer or our National Officer at acbcnational@acbc.com.au.
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Additional Information
This policy is valid until 1 Jan, 2020 at 12:00:00 EST.
Compact Policy Summary
The compact policy which corresponds to this policy is:
CP="NOI CURa ADMa DEVa TAIa OUR NOR COM NAV INT PRE"
The following table explains the meaning of each field in the compact policy.
Field Meaning
CP= This is the compact policy header; it indicates that what follows is a P3P
compact policy.
NOI No identifiable information is collected, so no access is possible.
CURa The data is used for completion of the current activity.
ADMa The data is used for site administration.
DEVa The data is used for research and development.
TAIa The data is used for tailoring the site.
OUR The data is given to ourselves and our agents.
NOR The data is not kept beyond the current transaction.
COM Computer information is collected.
NAV Navigation and clickstream data is collected.
INT Interactive data is collected.
PRE Preference information is collected.
The compact policy is sent by the Web server along with the cookies it describes. For more information, see the P3P deployment guide at ttp://www.w3.org/TR/p3pdeploymen.
Browser Policy Evaluation
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 will evaluate this policy's compact policy whenever it is used with a cookie. The actions IE will take depend on what privacy level the user has selected in their browser (Low, Medium, Medium High, or High; the default is Medium. In addition, IE will examine whether the cookie's policy is considered satisfactory or unsatisfactory, whether the cookie is a session cookie or a persistent cookie, and whether the cookie is used in a first-party or third-party context. This section will attempt to evaluate this policy's compact policy against Microsoft's stated behavior for IE6.
Note: this evaluation is currently experimental and should not be considered a substitute for testing with a real Web browser.
Satisfactory policy: this compact policy is considered satisfactory according to the rules defined by Internet Explorer 6. IE6 will accept cookies accompanied by this policy under the High, Medium High, Medium, Low, and Accept All Cookies settings. |
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