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printer friendly version BC Biogenics Pty Ltd Privacy Policy Last revised and published on 24th March, 2011 Overview This document is a Privacy Policy. The following describes the terms and conditions that govern the use of and access to all information pertaining to users of http:www.bcbiogenics.com (“BCB Website”) as applicable to all Products and Services made available (in any way, shape or form) by BC Biogenics Pty Ltd (“BCB” or “we” or “our” or “ours”) via the BCB Website. As such, the terms and conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy also govern all other Products and Services offered by BCB as stated either directly in this document or indirectly by reference. You must read and agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy before being able to use and access restricted BCB Website Products and Services and/or to gain the access to and use of any other Products and Services made available (in any way, shape or form) by BCB via the BCB Website. BY CLICKING ON THE APPLICABLE CHECK BOX THUS APPLYING A “TICK” SYMBOL AND/OR BY USING YOUR ACCESS TO ANY BCB WEBSITE PRODUCT OR SERVICE YOU AGREE, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, TO BE BOUND BY AND TO COMPLY WITH ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND ANY OTHER POSTED POLICIES, AGREEMENTS, INFORMATION PAGES, GUIDELINES, RULES AND OTHER GENERAL LITERATURE APPLICABLE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL BCB PRODUCT OR SERVICE. ALL SUCH POLICIES, AGREEMENTS, INFORMATION PAGES, GUIDELINES, RULES AND OTHER GENERAL LITERATURE (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS THAT COME INTO AFFECT) ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. BY CLICKING ON THE APPLICABLE CHECK BOX THUS APPLYING A “TICK” SYMBOL AND/OR BY USING YOUR ACCESS TO ANY BCB WEBSITE PRODUCT OR SERVICE YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AGREED WITH AND ACCEPTED THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, DO NOT CLICK ON THE APPLICABLE CHECK BOX APPLYING A “TICK” SYMBOL OR USE YOUR ACCESS TO ANY BCB WEBSITE PRODUCT OR SERVICE. As part of the normal operation of our business activities we collect, use and, in some cases, disclose information about you to third parties. This Privacy Policy governs the information we collect about you and our use of the information you provide to us. By accepting this Privacy Policy, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms and conditions of our User Agreement applicable to BCB Website (which can be found at http://www.bcbiogenics.com/user-agreement.htm). As such, the terms and conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy also govern all Products and Services offered by BCB via the BCB Website as stated either directly in this document or indirectly by reference. Except as stated in other policies, agreements, information pages and other general documents incorporated into this Privacy Policy by reference, the privacy practices of this notice apply to your Membership, to all Products and Services made available by BCB via the BCB Website and to all other general business to consumer related activities between you and BCB via the BCB Website. Further, except as stated in other agreements and policies incorporated into this Privacy Policy by reference, the privacy practices of this notice also apply generally to our affiliates, subsidiaries and joint venture partners' websites, products and services whose specific privacy policies can be found on their own specific websites or by other means made available by such parties. Our affiliates, subsidiaries and joint venture partners operate under similar privacy practices as described in this Privacy Policy and, subject to the requirements of applicable law and, in the case of Australia, the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”). We strive to provide a consistent set of privacy practices throughout our global operations. This document can be reviewed or downloaded by going to http://www.bcbiogenics.com/privacy-policy.htm (“Location”). If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, your questions may be answered by sending an email to us via our contact details (found at www.bcbiogenics.com/contact-us.htm). 1. AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN. Children (persons under the age of 18 years) are not eligible to use our services unsupervised and we ask that children do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under the age of 18 years, you can use this service only in conjunction with and under the supervision of a parent or guardian. 2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, safer and customised experience in relation to the use of our websites. This allows us to provide products, services and features that most likely meet your needs, and to customise our products, services and features so as to try to make your experience using our websites more smoother, efficient, safer and easier. We only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for this purpose and to achieve this goal. To fully use our services, you may need to register using our online registration form, where you will be required to provide us with contact information and other personal information. You may also be required to provide us with a username (“User ID”). Under some circumstances we may require some additional necessary financial information, such as and in order to, but not limited to: if you are purchasing a subscription product/service or purchasing other Products and Services using a credit card or if you are purchasing other Products and Services via one of our other websites. We use your financial information, including credit card information to verify your name, address, and other contact information, as well as to bill you for your purchases of our Products and Services. We automatically track certain information about you based upon your behaviour on the BCB Website. We use this information to do internal research on our users' demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand and serve you and our community. This information is compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on the BCB Website or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on the BCB Website or not), what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the BCB Website. Cookies are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing customised services. We also offer certain features that are only available through the use of cookies. We also use cookies to allow you to enter your Password less frequently during a session. Cookies can also help us provide information which is targeted to your interests. Cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on the BCB Website. Most cookies are "session cookies", meaning that they are automatically deleted at the end of a session (that is, when you log off from a particular service or when you completely close your Internet browser). You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the BCB Website and you may be required to re-enter your User ID and/or Password more frequently during a session. If you use a credit card to pay the fees we charge, we may collect some additional necessary information, including, but not limited to, billing address, credit card number and credit card expiration date. If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the BCB Website, we may collect such information into a file specific to you. If you register for BCB Website Products and Services on another website or use a website providing a service for BCB or a website that helps facilitate your activities with BCB, that website may provide personal information about you and your transactions back to BCB. The same also applies to all non-internet based (also known as “offline”) third parties. 3. OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION We use personal information about you (including, but not limited to, the information in the file we maintain about you, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on our websites) to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, help ensure safe transactions on our websites, and to enforce our User Agreement. You agree that we may use personal information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyse site usage, to improve our content and product offerings and to customise the content, layout, and services of the BCB Website. These uses improve the BCB Website and better tailor it to meet your needs, so as to provide you with a smooth, efficient, safer and customised experience while using our services. You agree that we may use your information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, is targeted to your interests, such as targeted banners, administrative notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the BCB Website and other Products and Services made available by BCB. By accepting this Privacy Policy you expressly agree to receive this information. If you do not wish to receive these communications, you may opt-out of the receipt of certain communications at any time by logging in to Your Membership Information page (found at http://www.tdtseries.com/subscriptions/member.php) and altering your Newsletter Subscriptions. 4. OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION Although BCB uses industry standard practices to protect your personal information, due to technical limitations, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances (further details of which are set out below in the "Legal Requests" section), or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we cannot and do not guarantee, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private. As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any personal information about you to any third party. However, the following describes some of the ways that your personal information may be disclosed, and by agreeing to this Privacy Policy you expressly agree that your personal information may be disclosed by BCB in the following ways: a. Advertisers. We aggregate (gather up data across all user accounts) personal information and disclose such information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to identify you personally. Certain information, such as your name, email address, Password and credit card number are never disclosed to advertisers; b. External Service Providers. There are a number of services offered by external service providers that help you use the BCB Website. If you choose to use these optional services, disclose personal information to the external service providers and/or grant them permission to collect personal information about you, then their use of your personal information is governed by their own privacy policy. We may, for your convenience, provide some of your personal information to the external service provider offering such services. However, before we disclose your personal information to an external service provider, you will have the opportunity to see what data is about to be sent and have the ability to approve the disclosure. To prevent our disclosure of your personal information to an external service provider, you can decline such disclosures or simply not use their services. Because we do not control the privacy practices of these third parties, you should evaluate their practices before deciding to use their services; c. Internal Service Providers. We may use internal service providers to facilitate our present and future services (such as search, discussion boards and surveys) and therefore we may provide some of your personal information directly to them. In some instances, the internal service provider may collect information directly from you (such as the situation where we ask an internal service provider to conduct a survey for us). In these cases, you will be notified of the involvement of the internal service provider, and all information disclosures you make will be strictly optional. In all cases, these internal service providers' use of information we supply them is restricted by confidentiality agreements. If you provide additional information to an internal service provider directly, then their use of Your Information is governed by their own applicable privacy policy; d. Other Corporate Entities. We share much of our data, including personal information about you, with our affiliates, subsidiaries and joint venture partners that are committed to serving your online subscription needs and related services, throughout the world, as allowed by applicable law. The personal information we collect is stored by BCB on its servers located in the United States. To the extent that these entities have access to your information, they will treat it at least as protectively as they treat information they obtain from their other users. Our affiliates, subsidiaries and joint venture partners follow privacy practices no less protective of all users than our practices described in this Privacy Policy, to the extent allowed by applicable law. It is possible that BCB, its affiliates, its subsidiaries, its joint venture partners, or any combination of such, could merge with or be acquired by another business entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect that BCB would share some or all of your information in order to continue to provide the service. You will receive notice of such event (to the extent it occurs) as provided in Section 11 ("Notice") and we will require that the new combined entity follow the practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy; and e. Legal Requests. BCB may lawfully disclose your personal information for law enforcement or regulatory purposes. BCB co-operates with law enforcement inquires and other third parties to enforce laws, intellectual property and other rights. We can (and you authorise us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other governmental officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary, appropriate or as otherwise permitted under the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, piracy or other activity that is illegal or may expose us to legal liability. 5. CONTROL OF YOUR USER ID AND PASSWORD You are responsible for all actions taken with your User ID and Password, including fees. Therefore we do not recommend that you disclose your User ID and/or Password to any third parties. If you choose to share your User ID and/or Password or Your Information with third parties to provide you additional services, you agree that you are responsible for all actions taken with your User ID and/or Password and therefore you should review that third party's privacy policy. If you lose control of your User ID and/or Password, you may lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your User ID and/or Password have been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your Password as detailed in Section 6. 6. ACCESSING, REVIEWING AND CHANGING YOUR INFORMATION Following registration, you can review and change the information you submitted during the registration process, including: a. your Password and email address. If you change your Password or email address we may keep track of your old details; b. your registered personal information such as (but not limited to): name, company, address, city, state, post code, country, primary phone number, secondary phone number, fax number and gender; c. your credit card number and expiration date, and other financial information (if this information is being stored on a database of ours). You must promptly update your personal information if it changes. Changes to Your Information can be made at any time by logging in to Your Membership Information page (found at http://www.tdtseries.com/subscriptions/member.php). Upon your request, we will deactivate your account, contact information, and financial information from our active databases. To make this request, email us via our contact details (posted at www.bcbiogenics.com/contact-us.html). Such information will be deactivated as soon as reasonably possible. We will retain in our files information you have requested to remove in some circumstances, such as to prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our User Agreement and to comply with legal requirements. Further, such prior information is never completely removed from our databases due to technical constraints and the fact that we backup our systems. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personal information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests. However, such information will only be available to select BCB personnel. 7. SECURITY Your Information is stored on BCB’s server located in the United States. We use industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information, such as firewalls and Secure Socket Layers. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet and, as such, “perfect security” should not be expected. 8. NOTICE This document may be amended at any time in our discretion by publishing the amended terms at the specified Location. All BCB Website users accept, without recourse, that it is their individual responsibility to maintain understanding, familiarity and compliance with this Privacy Policy, by keeping themselves up to date with changes to this Privacy Policy as they are published at the specified Location. Except as stated below, all amended terms and conditions shall, according to whichever occurs first, automatically be effective twenty-eight (28) days after they are initially published at the specified Location or as of the next time you log in to your BCB Website account. Unless your BCB Website account is terminated before either of these occurrences, your continued use of your BCB Website account will infer that you are in agreement with all amended terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may not be otherwise amended except in writing signed by you and BCB. This Privacy Policy is effective on the earlier of your registration date or 24th March, 2011 for new registering users. printer friendly version |
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