Website Terms of Use and Disclaimer
1. These Terms of Use govern your use of the Optometry Giving Sight website. By using this website you accept and consent to, without limitation or qualification, all of the Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. Before using this website, please review these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy carefully.
2. We (Optometry Giving Sight ACN 121 084 928) reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use without notice to you at any time; however, we will post the amended Terms of Use onto the website.
3. The content of this website is protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property laws and rights of Optometry Giving Sight and/or its third party licensors.
4. The content, materials, logos and illustrations provided on the website are the property of Optometry Giving Sight and may not be reproduced or redistributed or otherwise used for any other purpose without our permission. You must not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, transmit, distribute or communicate to the public the content (or a substantial part of it) in any way except as expressly provided for in these Terms of Use or applicable laws.
5. While Optometry Giving Sight has attempted to make the information on this site as accurate as possible, the information on this website is for personal and/or educational use only and is provided in good faith without any express or implied warranty. Optometry Giving Sight does not accept responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by use of the information contained on its site nor from any access to the server.We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to this website's operation or the information, content or materials included on this website. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. We will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use or inability to use this website.
6. Optometry Giving Sight has provided hypertext links to a number of other websites as a service to users of this Web server. This service does not mean that Optometry Giving Sight endorses those sites or the material on them. When you leave this website you will be going to websites that are beyond our control. These websites may collect your personal information. This privacy policy does not apply to external links or other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any website you link to from this website.
7. If you have a complaint about our website, please contact us.
8. These Terms of Use are governed by and are to be interpreted in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia.
Your Privacy – An important message
1. This policy sets out how we (Optometry Giving Sight ACN 121 084 928) collect, use and disclose your personal information.
2. We respect the privacy of individuals. We collect, use and disclose personal information in accordance with applicable data privacy laws, including for users in Australia the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988.
3. The aim of this policy is to inform you about:
3.1 What personal information is being collected;
3.2 Who is collecting personal information;
3.3 How personal information is being used;
3.4 Access to personal information collected on our website;
3.5 Security of personal information collected on our website; and
3.6 How you may contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy.
What personal information is being collected?
4. The personal information we collect from you and the purposes for which your information is processed will depend on the way in which you use our site and interact with Optometry Giving Sight.
5. If you choose to make a donation then:
5.1 You will be directed to the eTapestry website for the purpose of processing your payment. eTapestry will collect your name and contact details, credit card and/or bank account details as well as information about your donation(s). eTapestry will process this information in accordance with their privacy policy which can be found at www.etapestry.com.
5.2 Once your payment has been processed, eTapestry will transfer the money to Optometry Giving Sight but will not provide Optometry Giving Sight with any of your bank account details or credit card information.
5.3 eTapestry will provide Optometry Giving Sight with the contact details you provided when making such donation and the amount of such donation, which we will combine with other information we hold about you in order to thank you for your donation, to understand more about our regular donors and to keep you updated with the activities of Optometry Giving Sight and our future fundraising.
6. If you contact us using the details provided on the site, then we will use the information you provide to respond to you and/or to deal with your query.
7. We collect information in a variety of ways, including through personal contact, via our website, telephone, through correspondence and from public sources. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Where we request personal information from you, we will generally explain the purpose of its collection and use and to whom it may be disclosed at the time that we collect it.
8. Whenever you visit our website, our servers may automatically record information about your usage of the website. This information is collected for statistical purposes and to enable us to improve the navigation functions of our website. In order to respond to requests for information or to register users for particular services, only the following information will be collected when you use this site:
8.1 Your server address;
8.2 Your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc);The date and time of your visit to the site;
8.3 The pages you accessed and the document(s) downloaded;
8.4 The previous site you visited;
8.5 The type of browser you are using; and
8.6 The operating system you are using.
How is personal information used and disclosed?
9. In general, we use and disclose personal information for our business purposes. We will only collect personal information that we need to deliver and improve the services or information that we provide. This includes keeping a record of donations and our contact with you, providing receipts and sending you information about Optometry Giving Sight, its activities and further fundraising.
10. Personal information will also be used for financial and accounting purposes, to fulfil legal requirements, quality assurance purposes and management purposes.
11. In some instances Optometry Giving Sight may need to disclose personal information to:
11.1 our related companies in other parts of the world, including in countries which may provide less legal protection for personal information than the country in which you are located; or
11.2 organisations which provide to us support or facilities; or
11.3 to our external service providers that we engage to assist us in the conduct of our business,
Some of these may be overseas and this may mean that your information is transferred to a country which provides less legal protection for personal information than where you are currently located. These people will only be permitted to use that information for the purpose of assisting us and we will always process your information in accordance with this policy. If you are accessing this site from Europe (e.g. in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland), then we will only transfer your personal information outside the European Economic Area in accordance with the applicable European privacy laws.
12. We also use and disclose personal information to protect our rights and property.
13. We may also use and disclose personal information as authorised by you, implicitly or expressly, when you provide that information to us.
14. Your continued use of our website indicates that you accept this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection and use of your personal information in accordance with this Policy.
Access to personal information collected on this site
15. We take reasonable steps to ensure the security of personal information by storing it in a secure environment. Personal information collected on this website will not be used for any purposes which are incompatible with the purposes stated at the time of collection and the purposes stated in this Policy. Your personal information will not be forwarded to any third party except in accordance this Privacy Statement.
Cookies
16. We may collect information about your computer for system administration and to improve our site. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and is not linked to the name or contact details of any individual.
17. We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:
17.1 To estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
17.2 To store information about your preferences and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests;
17.3 To speed up your searches; and
17.4 To recognise you when you return to our site.
18. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Security of personal information collected on this site
19. We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss and unauthorised access, modification, disclosure or use.
20. This site does not provide facilities to guarantee the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Whilst reasonable efforts are used to provide security, users should be aware that there are inherent risks in the transmission of information across the Internet.
21. eTapestry store donor information for the purpose of payment processing in a secure database provided by eTapestry. eTapestry has its own Privacy Statement which can be found at www.etapestry.com
22. Credit card processing is provided to eTapestry by IATS, a Ticketmaster Company. IATS uses the highest levels of security available on the Internet to protect your personal information. IATS has its own Privacy Statement which can be found at www.iats.ticketmaster.com
Your Rights
23. You can request access to your personal information (if any) that we keep on record. If you believe any information that we keep on record is incorrect or out of date you may request that it be corrected. There is no fee for requesting access to your information; however, we may charge you the reasonable cost of processing your request.
24. If you consent, we may from time to time send marketing and fundraising material that we consider will be useful. If you no longer wish to receive information from us, please email our Privacy Officer. Please note that we may be required to send certain information to you under a legal, regulatory or ethical requirement.
Further Information
25. For further information about this Privacy Statement and the Optometry Giving Sight Privacy Policy, to access or correct your information or to make a complaint about an interference with your privacy please contact our Privacy Officer.
Updates to this policy
26. We may amend this policy from time to time, and the policy will be published on our website.
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