The
purpose of this Privacy Policy is to tell you what kind of information
we may gather about you when you visit our site or enrol in a service
with us, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it
to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your
ability to correct this information. Our policy allows you to choose
what kind and how much information you provide to us and to control
how we use whatever information you give us. Our goal is to provide
you with a satisfying experience while allowing you to control your
privacy and to give you a means to voice any questions or concerns
you may have.
This
policy applies only to Deep Sea Divers Den and not to other companies'
or organisations' web sites to which DSDD is linked.
Collection of information
Information
is collected from you primarily to make it easier and more rewarding
for you to use our services. Depending on the service you are accessing,
you could be asked to provide information such as your name, email
address or information about what you like and do not like. It is
entirely your choice whether to respond to these questions or not.
DSDD
collects two types of information. The first type is anonymous information.
For instance, we may collect information to tell us that one thousand
people visited this Privacy Policy today, but we do not know their
names, where they live or their date of birth - they are 'anonymous'
to us. Many of the individuals who access our services are anonymous
to us.
The
second type of information that DSDD collects is personal information.
DSDD will collect personal information that lets us know the specifics
of who you are such as your name, email address, or postal address,
when you provide it to us. With this information, DSDD can
provide a variety of personalised and enhanced services that are
not available to anonymous users. We hope that you will find it
beneficial to provide individually identifiable information about
yourself to us because it will make our services more valuable to
you.
Sometimes, we may specifically ask
for personal information about you when you sign up to use a service.
Certain information may be required, such as your name, age, internet
address or screen name, billing address, type of computer, credit
card number, in order to provide that service or product to you.
This information may also be used to inform you of additional products
and services that may interest you. You can choose not to receive
such information when you are undertaking product or service registration
on our web site We may also ask about your interests, but it is
your choice whether to respond. How much of your personal information
that you choose to disclose to DSDD is completely up to you. The
only way we know something about you personally is if you provide
it to us, for example when you take part in a discussion forum or
make an entry in our guestbook.
Use
of anonymous information
Deep
Sea Divers Den automatically gathers anonymous information to monitor
the use of our web site, like the numbers and frequency of visitors
to this site and its areas. We only use such data in the aggregate.
This collective data helps us determine how many people use parts
of the site, so we can improve the site and its contents to assure
that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many users as possible.
DSDD may publish or provide this aggregate data to other people.
Use
of personal information
DSDD
will only use the personal information you have chosen to provide
us for the purpose for which you provided it. DSDD will not use
it for any other purpose without your consent.
Children
We
will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information on
users under the age of 14 without parental consent. Parents have
the ability to control what personal information about their child
may be disclosed to third parties, and we believe that this is just
the way things should be.
Cookies
Some
parts of the DSDD web site use a technology called 'cookies'. A
cookie is simply
an identifying code
that is sent to your browser (e.g.,
Internet Explorer 4.0) from a web server and stored on your computer's hard
drive in a specially named file.
Only the Web server that sends the cookie can retrieve the cookie.
Cookies
do not damage your computer. The
cookie information is not linked to any other information and is
not accessible by any other party. The cookie does not allow
us to see where else you have surfed on the net. If you have concerns
about how cookies work, see http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm
You can decide if you want to accept
cookies by changing the settings on your computer. You can reset
your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show
you when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, then
some of our features will not work as we intended them to work.
Sites
where you are prompted to login or that can be customised typically
require that you accept cookies. The cookies used by DSDD do not
collect personal information and we do not combine information collected
through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you
are, your screen name or e-mail address.
We use cookies to measure certain
traffic patterns, including which areas of the DSDD network of web
sites you have visited, and your visiting patterns in the aggregate.
We use this research to understand our users' habits and to determine
what appeals to users, so that we can improve our site visits and
make each visit as efficient and appealing as possible. Currently
DSDD does not use cookies to enable users to personalise content,
banners and promotions they see on our sites. If and when DSDD does
decide to offer this service, you will be given the opportunity
to accept or decline. If subsequently you decide to opt out of this
service, you will again always have the opportunity to decline the
service.
Disclosure
There
will be occasions where it will be necessary for DSDD to disclose
your personal information to third parties. DSDD may be required
by law to disclose the information, or DSDD may be required to disclose
your personal information to third parties to provide the service
you have requested, for example, if you purchase products online
from us or make a reservation for a particular service, DSDD will
need to disclose your personal information to third parties in order
to bill and deliver your products. However, the disclosure will
only be made where it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which
you disclosed your personal information. Otherwise than stated above,
we do not disclose personal information that you may give us, such
as your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any
organisation or person outside Deep Sea Divers Den unless you
have authorised us to do so. For example, when you contribute
to an online forum or our guest book, you may want to publish your
name and email address.
No
sale of personal information
Under
no circumstances will Deep Sea Divers Den sell or receive payment
for licensing or disclosing your personal information.
Interacting
with DSDD online
There
are several interactive features on the Deep Sea Divers Den web
site that you can contribute to. These include: Guest books, Feedback
forms, Reviews, Mailing Lists and Email.
When
interacting with the Deep Sea Divers Den web site, we suggest that
you use your discretion and exercise caution when providing your
personal information.
Note
that whenever you post personal information in publicly accessible
places, such as chat rooms or message boards, this information becomes
available to anyone with access to the internet. This information
can be collected and used by others.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible
for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any personal
information. Be responsible whenever you are online.
Access
and correction: personal data
If
Deep Sea Divers Den holds your personal information DSDD will where
possible provide you with access to the information. Should
giving access to personal information involve revealing evaluative
information generated within DSDD in connection with a commercially
sensitive decision making process, DSDD reserves the right to give
the individual an explanation for the decision made rather than
direct access to the relevant information.
If
an individual advises Deep Sea Divers Den that personal information
held on them is inaccurate, incomplete or not up to date, DSDD will
take reasonable steps to update the information accordingly.
DSDD
reserves the right to levy a reasonable charge to meet the costs
of providing access to personal information, although there will
be no charge for the act of making the request for access.
Security
DSDD
will take reasonable steps to protect all personal information in
its possession, to ensure integrity of the information and that
it is only accessed by those people whom DSDD authorises to do so.
For example, we impose strict
rules on our employees who have access to the databases that store
user information or to the servers that host our services or to
the physical storage areas where our hard copy records are kept.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data
will not occur, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
By law, DSDD must retain some client
details for a minimum of 7 years. However, DSDD does not retain
clients' personal information longer than is necessary for the purposes
of compliance with the law and routine administration. Personal
information that is no longer needed by DSDD nor required to be
held by law will be destroyed by secure means, or modified so that
the data cannot be traced back to the person concerned.
Liability
Disclaimer
DEEP
SEA DIVERS DEN WILL USE ALL REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS TO PROTECT AND
KEEP CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IN ITS
POSSESSION IN RELATION TO ITS CLIENTS AND STAFF. IF ANY CONFIDENTIAL
OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS ACCESSED BY A THIRD PARTY,
WHETHER BY NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE OF DEEP SEA DIVERS DEN, ITS AGENTS,
CONTRACTORS, RELATED BODIES CORPORATE, AFFILIATES OR ASSOCIATED
PARTIES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DEEP SEA DIVERS DEN IS
NOT LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY PERSON CLAIMING THROUGH YOU IN ANY WAY
FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, COSTS, LIABILITY OR OTHER FORM OF CONTRIBUTION.
Changes
to DSDD privacy policy
DSDD
is constantly improving and enhancing its services to clients, and
may update this privacy policy from time to time. We reserve the
right to change this policy at any time. If we decide to change
the DSDD Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here.
If you have any complaints relating
to online privacy issues on our web sites, please notify DSDD at
info@diversden.com.au.
While DSDD accepts no liability for any material or links posted
to the service, we will investigate all complaints.
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