RICEGROWERS' ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
PRIVACY POLICY
Welcome to the Environmental Champions Website operated
by the Ricegrowers' Association of Australia ("RGA")!
The RGA respects the privacy of every individual who
visits our web site. We are committed to protecting your privacy and to complying with the
National Privacy Principles. This Privacy Policy outlines how in the context of this web
site the RGA may collect your personal information and how we will use, record and protect
that information.
Personal Data: The RGA will not collect any
personally identifiable information about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone number or
email address ("personal data")) through our web site unless you have provided it to us
voluntarily. If you do not want your personal data collected, please do not submit it to us.
When you do provide us with personal data, we may use
that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise: we will use that
information to contact you to provide you with the information you have requested us to
provide to you; and we may store and process that information to better understand your
needs and how we can improve our products and services.
The information provided by you online may be disclosed
to our agents, contractors or third party service providers who provide administrative,
telecommunications, computer or other services to us in connection with the operation of our
business and this web site and who are under duties to the RGA to keep such information
confidential and secure.
We may also provide third parties with aggregate,
de-identified - but not individual - information about visitors to or users of our web site.
We do not now and do not intend to sell, rent or market
personal data about you to third parties.
Additional Information Collected Automatically:
In some cases, we may automatically (i.e., not via registration) collect technical
information when you connect to our web site that is not personally-identifiable. Examples
of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of
computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the web site from which you
linked to our web site.
Information Placed Automatically on Your Computer -
Cookies: When you view our web site, we may store some information on your computer.
This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and can help us in many
ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a web site to better match your interests and
preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard
drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to
your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.
Security: We maintain strict standards and
security procedures to prevent unauthorised access to your personal information and ensure
correct use of information. We use encryption technology to ensure your information is
protected when being sent over the Internet.
While we strive to protect your personal information, we
cannot ensure the security of any information that you transmit to us over the Internet and
you do so at your own risk. However, once we receive your transmission, we take all
reasonable steps to ensure that your information is secure on our systems and those of our
agents.
Your access to your information: Generally
speaking, you may access and update your personal information at any time. If you wish to do
so, please contact us.
The RGA will always try to maintain accurate, complete
and up-to-date information regarding individuals who contact the RGA. If you think that your
personal information retained by the RGA may require changing or updating, please contact
us. We will then take all reasonable steps to correct the information so that it is
accurate, complete and up-to-date.
Complaints: If you have a complaint regarding the
way in which your personal information is being handled by us, please contact us in the
first instance. If we are unable to reach a satisfactory solution through negotiation, you
may wish to request an independent person to investigate the complaint such as the Privacy
Commissioner.
Links to other sites: Our web site may contain
links to other web sites and this statement has no application to these other web sites. We
are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites.
How to contact us: If you have any questions or
require feedback about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Privacy Officer
Ricegrowers' Association of Australia
PO Box 706, Leeton, NSW, 2705
E-mail: ecp@rga.org.au
Telephone: + 61 2 6953 0433
Fax: +61 2 6953 3823 |
