• About This Security and Privacy Statement
• Security of Information
• Information Collected
• Cookies
• How we Handle Email
• Use and Disclosure of Information
• Acceptance and Changes to Security and Privacy Statement

About This Security and Privacy Statement

This Security and Privacy Statement applies to this website which is operated by DOT AU Pty Limited (ABN 45 093 180 753) ("DOT AU") under the domain name "www.dotaussie.com.au" ("DOT AU Site").

The information described in this Security and Privacy Statement may be shared between members of DOT AU Pty Limited.

This Security and Privacy Statement may also apply to services offered by DOT AU on websites hosted by third parties. If so, express reference to this Security and Privacy Statement will be made on those websites.

DOT AU understands and appreciates that you, as a DOT AU website visitor, are concerned about your privacy and about the confidentiality and security of information we may gain about you online. DOT AU is committed to protecting your privacy. This DOT AU Security and Privacy Statement explains how your personal information will be treated as you access and interact with the DOT AU website.

As the DOT AU website develops and as technology evolves, DOT AU will continue to strive to provide you with better and more customised services and with a more effective website. DOT AU encourages you to review the Security and Privacy Statement periodically because the Security and Privacy Statement may change from time to time.

The DOT AU Privacy Policy explains how DOT AU generally protects your privacy and confidentiality. The principles set out in the DOT AU Privacy Policy also apply to DOT AU websites.

In addition to the provisions of this Security and Privacy Statement, there may also be specific and additional privacy provisions which apply to certain sections of the DOT AU website. Because those specific and additional provisions also relate to your privacy protection, you should review them wherever they are accessible by you on the DOT AU website. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Security and Privacy Statement and those other specific and additional provisions, the specific and additional provisions will prevail.

Security of Information

DOT AU takes reasonable steps to preserve the security of cookie and personal information in accordance with the DOT AU website Terms of Use and this Security and Privacy Statement. If your browser is suitably configured, it will advise you whether the information you are sending us will be secure, (encrypted) or not secure, (unencrypted).

If secure transmission is indicated, DOT AU currently uses 128 bit SSL encryption.

DOT AU regularly reviews developments in security and encryption technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Accordingly, although DOT AU strives to protect such information, DOT AU cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we take reasonable steps to preserve the security of the information in our own systems.

Information Collected

The information that DOT AU collects about you is dependent on how you use the facilities offered by the DOT AU website.

If you visit an unsecured area of the DOT AU website, (that is, an area where you are not required to log on) to read, browse or download information, our system will record the date and time of your visit to our site, the pages viewed and any information downloaded. However, our systems will not record any personally identifiable information.

If you decide to complete an online application form, the information that you enter into the online form will only be collected by DOT AU if you submit your online application. If at any stage you cancel your application or log out prior to submitting your application, the information you have entered up to that point will be automatically deleted. If you suspend or save your application, for example because you wish to complete it at another time, the information that you have entered will be retained in our systems so that you may recover the information when you resume your application. You may only recover this information within 30 days. After this time, the information is deleted. Online applications that have been suspended or saved will not be viewed by us and are not processed by us.

The DOT AU website also contains links to the websites of third party providers of goods and services, ("Third Party websites"). If you have accessed Third Party websites through the DOT AU website and if those third parties collect information about you, DOT AU may also collect or have access to that information as part of our arrangements with those third parties.

Where you access a Third Party website from the DOT AU website, cookie information, information about your preferences or other information you have provided about yourself may be shared between us and the third party. You cannot usually be identified from the information that is shared; if you can be identified from this information, we will seek your consent before sharing such information.

Third Party websites should contain their own privacy statements and those third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices.

Cookies

We use "cookies" as a fundamental part of our interaction with your Internet browser. The purpose is to provide you with better and more customised service and with a more effective website.

A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer by our web page server. A cookie can later be retrieved by our webpage servers. Cookies are frequently used on websites and you can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser.

DOT AU uses cookies for two different purposes. We allocate a cookie to each Internet browser that visits the DOT AU website. This cookie does not allow us to collect personally identifiable information about you. We use this cookie:

• To allocate a DOT AU identification number to your Internet browser, (but we cannot identify you from this number);
• To determine if you have previously visited the DOT AU website;
• To identify pages you have accessed and Third Party websites you have accessed; and
• For security purposes.

Most of the DOT AU website operates by using this type of cookie.

Accordingly, if you wish to make full use of the DOT AU website, it is required that you accept cookies.

DOT AU also uses cookies for secure services, (that is, an area where you are required to log on) on the DOT AU website. These cookies are used for a variety of purposes, including for security and personalisation reasons. If your browser is configured to reject all cookies you will be unable to use secure services on the DOT AU website that require cookies in order to participate. Those services include, (but are not limited to):

• Online Shop Store

You may still be able to use some information-only pages even if you do not accept cookies.

How we Handle Email

We will preserve the content of any e-mail that you send us, if we believe that we have a legal requirement to do so. Your e-mail message content may be monitored by DOT AU employees for security issues including where e-mail abuse is suspected; our response to you may be monitored for quality assurance issues.

Use and Disclosure of Information

We will only use or disclose personal information or information generated by cookies in accordance with the DOT AU Privacy Policy, specific and additional provisions relating to privacy which apply to certain areas of the DOT AU website and as otherwise set out in this Security and Privacy Statement.

Acceptance and Changes to Security and Privacy Statement

You acknowledge and accept that your use of the DOT AU website indicates your acceptance of the DOT AU website Terms of Use and the Security and Privacy Statement.

This is the current Security and Privacy Statement. It replaces any other Security and Privacy Statement for the DOT AU website published on the DOT AU website to date. DOT AU may at any time vary the Security and Privacy Statement by publishing the varied Security and Privacy Statement on the DOT AU website. You accept that by doing this, DOT AU has provided you with sufficient notice of the variation.