Privacy Statement
Purpose
For the Purpose of this Privacy Statement, it includes visitors to our web site, subscribers to and users of our services, purchasers of our products and advertising customers.
The Encouragement Foundation is committed to the new Australian privacy legislation in the way it collects, uses, secures and discloses personal information.
Statement of intent
In order to access the services we provide and to provide us with feedback, you will be asked to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name, address, and telephone number).
By entering your details The Encouragement Foundation will be able to provide you with the services you select. Whenever you provide personal information, we undertake to treat that information in accordance with this policy.We have created this policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information.
We will never share, sell, or rent individual personal information with anyone unless ordered by a court of law, or unless we have your written consent. We use return email addresses to answer emails we receive, we do not share them with any outside parties.
Submitting personal information
When you supply personal information to The Encouragement Foundation we have legal obligations towards you in the way we deal with that information. We have to process information within the framework of our statutory duties and powers and in addition we have to collect the information fairly.
Use and disclosure of personal information
The Encouragement Foundation may establish relationships with business partners that allow visitors to our Internet sites to link directly to sites operated by these partners. Some of these sites may be “co-branded” with our logo; however, these sites may not be operated or maintained by or on our behalf. These sites may collect personal information from you that may be shared with us. The Privacy Statement will apply to any personal information we obtain in this manner.
The Encouragement Foundation is not responsible for the content or practices of Web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. These links are meant for the user’s convenience only.
Security of personal information
We share the general concern over the safety and security of personal information on the Internet and have implemented procedures to promote the safety and security of information we collect online. We have implemented industry standard controls to try to ensure confidentiality, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure; however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We cannot therefore guarantee that personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
Cookies
Cookies are text files, which identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used.
Through modification of browser preferences, you can elect to accept all cookies, receive notification when a cookie is set, or decline all cookies.