THE SHORT VERSION

If you register to use the Forum on this website, we may e-mail you from time-to-time with relevant information about Council business, but we won't reveal your details to anyone unless compelled to by the law, and we will at all times comply fully with relevant Australian and Federal and State Privacy legislation.

THE LONG VERSION

INTRODUCTION

The Australian Screen Council is committed to protecting your privacy. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Australian Screen Council Web site at www.australianscreencouncil.org and governs data collection and usage. By using the Australian Screen Council website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Australian Screen Council collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.

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

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Australian Screen Council public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. The Australian Screen Council does not read any of your private online communications, but of course any messages you disclose to the public can be read by any visitor to the site.

The Australian Screen Council encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from www.australianscreencouncil.org so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. The Australian Screen Council is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the www.australianscreencouncil.org.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Australian Screen Council collects and uses your personal information to operate the The Australian Screen Council Web site and deliver the services you have requested. The Australian Screen Council may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of the state of the Australian Screen Industry and/or request your involvement in ongoing debates.

The Australian Screen Council does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Australian Screen Council may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, or send you email or postal mail. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Australian Screen Council, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Australian Screen Council will not disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations.

The Australian Screen Council keeps track of the pages our customers visit within www.australianscreencouncil.org, in order to determine what website pages are the most popular. This information is used only to understand the interests of website users and forum members.

The Australian Screen Council Web site will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required 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 The Australian Screen Council or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Australian Screen Council; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Australian Screen Council, or the public.

USE OF COOKIES

The Australian Screen Council Forum uses "cookies" to help you access the Forum. 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.

The only purpose of cookies is to enable certain related functions within the forum site.

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 use the Forum feature of www.australianscreencouncil.org.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Where you have not revealed your information via a Forum posting, The Australian Screen Council will use best efforts to secure your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Australian Screen Council secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

CONTACT DETAILS

The Australian Screen Council welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Australian Screen Council has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Australian Screen Council by e-mailing info@australianscreencouncil.org. We will use all reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.