privacy policy

We are committed to protecting privacy online. We believe that greater protection of personal privacy on the web will not only protect consumers, but also increase consumer confidence and ultimately their participation in online activities. We intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. The purpose of our policy is to inform you about the types of information we gather about you when you visit our site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct the information. Our site may contain links to other web sites, including web sites directed to children. We have no control over the privacy practices or the content of any of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide links from our site. You should check the applicable privacy policy of the web site sponsor when linking to other web sites.

I. Information Which We Collect

We may request that you voluntarily supply us with personal information, including your e-mail address, postal address, for purposes such as correspondence, or participating in online contests, surveys or games. If you choose to give us personal information via the Internet that we need to correspond with you, process an order or provide you with a subscription, for example — it is our intent to let you know how we will use such information. Like many other sites, our site may utilise a standard technology called a “cookie” to collect information about how our site is used. Cookies were designed to help a web site recognize a user’s browser as a previous visitor and thus save and remember any preferences that may have been set while the user was browsing the site. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on a computer virus, or capture your e-mail address. Our web site may use cookies to enhance your visit. Cookies can securely store a user’s password, personalize home pages, and identify which parts of a site have been.” Our cookies may collect your domain name and track your selections through our web pages. We only use “cookies” to gather the information indicated in this policy and do not use cookies to gather personal identifying information about you without your consent. No additional identifying information is stored on these cookies.Â

II. Use of User Information

We may perform statistical analyses of aggregate user behavior. This allows us to measure relative consumer interest in the various areas of our web site for development purposes. Any information we collect is used for its own internal purposes to improve the content of the web site, to enhance users’ experiences when visiting our site, to customise the content and/or layout of our pages, and to provide the services required by an individual user. We do not use personal identifying information for any reason that is not disclosed either in this Policy or at the time the information is requested. We never send an unsolicited e-mail to you unless you request a particular service, or consent to being contacted by e-mail. There are instances where you will have the opportunity to subscribe to an e-mail list that will send information about the site or our advertisers to your e-mail address, but this will be done only with your permission and consent.

III. Disclosure to Third Parties

We do not share personal identifying information with any third party without your permission. We disclose only in aggregate form our statistical analyses or demographics of users to third parties, such as advertisers or other business partners. In some instances, we operate shared web sites with businesses affiliated with us. Our privacy policy will apply to these web sites, and our affiliates adhere to our privacy policy and will not share personal information with any third party without your permission. By signing a petition on this site you are providing us with permission to give your supplied details to the organiser of the petition which you sign. We are not responsible for subsequent use of your information after it has been passed to the petition organiser. If you are not happy to have your details passed to the petition organiser, Please do not sign the petition.

IV. Accuracy of User Information

Questions regarding our privacy policy, the accuracy of your personal information or the use of the information collected should be directed via e-mail. These privacy policies are effective as of August 1st, 2007. We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, and will post any changes to this policy as soon as they go into effect.

V. Security of Information

We use our best efforts to ensure the security of personal information submitted by users. When we collect other information from our users, it is stored in an area where the general public does not have access to it.

VI. Opting-out

At any time while assessing our site, any user while online may “opt-out” of further e-mail contact from us (while still allowing access to our sites). For further information about opting-out, contact us.

VII. Use of Materials

The right to download and store or output the materials in our sites is granted for the user’s personal use only, and materials may not be reproduced in any edited form. Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without the express written permission of us is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint or reproduce any materials appearing on these sites may contact us.