sme business mastery™ is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. sme business mastery™ is governed by and observes the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This Statement of Privacy applies to the sme business mastery™ Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the sme business mastery™ website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. Collection of your Personal Information sme business mastery™ has accepted and adopted the National Privacy Principles reflected in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) as amended or varied from time to time. In accordance with these principles we will not collect any personal information which may reveal racial or ethical origin, political opinions, philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or details of health, disability, sexual activity or sexual orientation unless you have provided your consent. sme business mastery™ collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. sme business mastery™ also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP or post code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

 

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by sme business mastery™. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by sme business mastery™ for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the sme business mastery™ Web site.

 

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through sme business mastery™ public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: sme business mastery™ does not read any of your private online communications. sme business mastery™ encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from sme business mastery™ so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. sme business mastery™ is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the sme business mastery™ and sme business mastery™ family of Web sites. Your option not to provide your personal information When you enquire about our services, provide us with feedback through our website or register with sme business mastery™ you will need to provide us with your personal information. Providing this information to us is absolutely optional, however, if you do not provide your personal information we may not be able to provide you with the services you request, give you access to those benefits or respond to your enquiry.

 

By providing this information you have consented to the use and disclosure of that information as outlined in this Privacy Statement. Your responsibilities: sme business mastery™ may provide you with a username and password to access parts of our website. You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your username and password at all times.

 

Use of your Personal Information

 

sme business mastery™ collects and uses your personal information to operate the sme business mastery™ Web site and deliver the services you have requested. sme business mastery™ also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from sme business mastery™ and its affiliates. sme business mastery™ may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. sme business mastery™ does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. sme business mastery™ may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, sme business mastery™ may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to sme business mastery™, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. sme business mastery™ does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. sme business mastery™ keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within sme business mastery™, in order to determine what sme business mastery™ services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within sme business mastery™ to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. sme business mastery™ Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to or authorised to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on sme business mastery™ or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of sme business mastery™; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of sme business mastery™, or the public.

 

Use of Cookies

 

The sme business mastery™ Web site uses "cookies" to help you personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalise sme business mastery™ pages, or register with sme business mastery™ site or services, a cookie helps sme business mastery™ to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same sme business mastery™ Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the sme business mastery™ features that you customised. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the sme business mastery™ services or Web sites you visit.

 

Security of your Personal Information

 

sme business mastery™ secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. sme business mastery™ secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

 

Changes to this Statement

 

sme business mastery™ will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. sme business mastery™ encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how sme business mastery™ is protecting your information.

 

Unsubscribe from sme business mastery™ email database

 

To unsubscribe from sme business mastery™'s email database pleas send an email to webmaster@smebusinessmastery.com with UNSUSCRIBE typed in the subject header of your email. Accessing, correcting or updating information You can always access the information and content that you provide to us. Changes to personal information may impact upon our ability to provide you with our services and you should contact us to update this information.

 

Contact Information

 

sme business mastery™ welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that sme business mastery™ has not adhered to this Statement, please contact sme business mastery™ at webmaster@smebusinessmastery.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem. Thank you for taking the time to read our Privacy Statement.

 

© 2005 Payne Partners Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Statement last updated 12 July 2005.

 

Spam Statement

 

sme business mastery™ is committed to complying with its obligations under the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) (Spam Act). sme business mastery™ has a strict policy against unsolicited commercial email, MMS, SMS and instant messaging.

 

Commercial electronic messages sent by sme business mastery™ should meet the following conditions as required by the Spam Act:

 

1. Consent – it must be sent with your consent. You may give express consent, or consent may be inferred from your conduct and ‘existing business or other relationships’;
Identity - it must contain accurate information about the person or organisation that authorised the sending of the message; and

Unsubscribe – it must contain a functional ‘unsubscribe’ facility to allow you to opt out from receiving messages from sme business mastery™ in the future sme business mastery™ assures you that:

 

To assist sme business mastery™ in combating Spam we request your assistance with the following:

 

(i) if you receive an unauthorised commercial or offensive message, which appears to originate from an sme business mastery™ email address, please assume that it has been sent in error and notify us immediately at webmaster@smebusinessmastery.com;

 

(ii) please ensure that you unsubscribe from any of sme business mastery™’s mailing list if you decide you no longer wish to receive commercial messages from sme business mastery™ or its contracted third parties; and

 

(iii) if you do subscribe to sme business mastery™’s mailing list, please ensure that we have your current details at all times, by updating us on any change in or cancellation of your email address. sme business mastery™ welcomes your comments regarding this Spam Statement.

 

Please contact sme business mastery™ at webmaster@smebusinessmastery.com if you wish to discuss or comment on this Statement or sme business mastery™’s comm. Thank you for taking the time to read our Spam Statement.

 

© 2005 Payne Partners Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Spam Statement last updated 12 July 2005.