How Connect Corner Clinic handles your privacy
Connect Corner Clinic, and their legalaffiliates, employees, managers, officers, agents and partners (collectively “Connect Corner Clinic”) have created and manage Connect CornerClinic's website and any other affiliated products (the “Services”) for Your use or assistance.
Connect Corner Clinic understands the importance of protecting theprivacy of an individual’s personal information. This statement sets out how Connect Corner Clinic aims to protect the privacy of Your personal information,Your rights in relation to Your personal information managed by us and the waythe Connect Corner Clinic collects, holds, uses and discloses Your personalinformation.
Connect Corner Clinic is basedin Australia. Therefore, in handling Your personal information, Connect CornerClinic will comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("Privacy Act") and with the 13Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act.
Connect Corner Clinic does not represent that its Privacy Policy conforms to the legislation in alljurisdictions where the Services may be viewed or used. You must ensure that access to and use of Connect Corner Clinic and the Services is in accordance with the laws of Your jurisdiction.
Connect Corner Clinic also complies with the Spam Act 2003, which deals with restrictions on sending emails. Connect Corner Clinic may modify this policy from time to time by publishing it on our website. We encourage You to check our website periodically to ensure that You are aware of Connect Corner Clinic’s current privacy policy.
WHAT KIND OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DOESCONNECT CORNER CLINIC COLLECTAND WHY?
The types of personalinformation Connect Corner Clinic collects includes but is not limited to; name, contact details, identification information, household details, records of Your interactions with us, and details/history of preferences, interests and behaviour relating to activity with our digital services.
Indirect Collection
Connect Corner Clinic may collect information about You via technology such as cookies from the Connect Corner Clinic’s websites when You visit. This information is added to any ofthe existing details about You we have collected and is used in conjunctionwith existing information for various purposes, including for the purpose ofenhancing Your experience whilst using Connect Corner Clinic’s websites.
Cookies are small pieces ofcomputer code which remain on Your computer and contain information which helpConnect Corner Clinic identify Your browser and previous information viewed inrelation to Connect Corner Clinic’s websites or services. When You visitConnect Corner Clinic’s websites the cookies record certain details includingthe date, time and advertising content of that site. The information ConnectCorner Clinic collects in this way may include the following:
· Your Internet service provider’s address;
· the date and time of Your visit;
· the pages You accessed; and
· the type of browser You used.
You can elect to preventConnect Corner Clinic using cookies or be notified when they are being usedwhen You visit Connect Corner Clinic’s websites by changing Your browsersettings. If You do not allow cookies to be used, some or all of Connect CornerClinic’s websites might not be accessible to You.
Connect Corner Clinic may collect information about You from third parties and will take reasonable stepsto ensure You are aware of the information collected and the circumstances ofcollection.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES
When You visit Connect CornerClinic’s websites, register or sign up to any Connect Corner Clinic website, athird party cookie may be set or installed on Your browser. Third party cookiesallow advertisers to target or customise their online advertisements.
HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
We use Your information to provide and market our services to You, to enhance and develop our relationship with You and to comply with certain laws and regulations. This may involvesending Your personal information overseas. Connect Corner Clinic may alsodisclose Your information to service providers, agents and contractors fromtime to time to help us to provide and market our services to You or as otherwise required or authorised by law.
We handle personal informationrelying on the employee and related bodies corporate exemptions in the Privacy Act where those exemptions are relevant.
We will continue to treat andprotect information we receive (including any personal information) inaccordance with these obligations. Connect Corner Clinic may disclose personalinformation to any person or authority where Connect Corner Clinic are required to by law.
Other than set out in our Privacy Policy, Connect Corner Clinic will not disclosure Your personalinformation without Your prior consent.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Connect Corner Clinic is committed to ensuring security of personal information it holds.Connect Corner Clinic takes reasonable steps to protect the personal information it holds from misuse andloss and from unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. This includesthe use of access control via unique encrypted user passwords; however, eachuser is personally responsible for maintaining the security of his or heraccount. A user should not share account information such as their user-name,and is responsible for keeping it confidential.
Connect Corner Clinic will destroy or de-identify personal information in circumstances where it is nolonger required, unless Connect Corner Clinic are otherwise required orauthorised by law to retain the information.
Connect Corner Clinic notes that it does not have control over information while in transit over the Internet and it cannot guarantee security of personal information duringtransmission over the Internet. As well, our web site may include web links toother websites. Connect Corner Clinic are not responsible for and do notendorse the content of those other websites or their privacy practices.
Connect Corner Clinic recommends You review the privacy policies of those websites.
OVERSEAS DISCLOSURE & THIRDPARTY WEBSITES
You should be aware that thirdparties including marketing partners and suppliers to whom Your information maybe disclosed might be based in countries outside Australia whose laws providefor a different standard of protection for Your personal data than thatprovided under Australian law.
Connect Corner Clinic will take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipient does not breach theAustralian Privacy Principles in relation to Your personal information.
This website also contains anumber of links to other websites, including the websites of our commercialpartners. If You use those links to access those websites, be sure to checkthat website’s privacy policy and opt-in statements. Connect Corner Clinic arenot responsible for privacy policies or practices of other websites.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Connect Corner Clinic disclaims all liability for the actions of anysponsors or other third parties to whom Your personal information is disclosed.Connect Corner Clinic makes no warranty that third parties to whom personalinformation is disclosed will comply with any applicable laws in relation totheir handling, use and disclosure of personal information.
OPTING-OUT AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
Connect Corner Clinic works to ensure that all personal information about You that Connect Corner Cliniccollects uses or discloses is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Under the Privacy Act, You have a right to access and/or seek correction of Your personal information that is collected and held by us.
If at any time You would like to access or correct the personal information that Connect Corner Clinic holdabout You or delete Your personal information from our database, You may do soby contacting us in writing via one of the channels below. Connect Corner Clinic will endeavour to resolve Your query within 7 days.Connect Corner Clinic may charge a reasonable fee to cover our costs of responding to Your information requests.
If You wish to opt out of receiving direct marketing communications from Connect Corner Clinic, You maydo so at any time by using the “Unsubscribe” hyperlink clearly labelled at thebottom of all Connect Corner Clinic mailings or by contacting us via one of thechannels below.
Administration Manager,
ConnectCorner Clinic,
(Level 1, Suite 498Clunies Ross Court, Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113 or info@connectcorner.com.au)
You may be required to opt outof third party websites via those third party offers or websites. ConnectCorner Clinic is not responsible for any difficulties or issues that arise withrespect to third party opt out practices.
MAKING A PRIVACY COMPLAINT
Connect Corner Clinic takes anycomplaint seriously. You can make a complaint through our website or in writingto our Admin Officer, Connect Corner Clinic.
We will acknowledge Yourcomplaint within 5 working days of receipt and respond within 30 working days.
If we don’t resolve Yourcomplaint to a satisfactory level, and after attempts to resolve this matterwith us are made You can continue Your complaint through Office of the Australian Information Commissioner here:
http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/making-a-privacy-complaint
