The protection of your privacy is important to us. That is why we have prepared this document to ensure you are aware of your rights and our commitment to your privacy. Under the Privacy Act there are National Privacy Principles ("NPP's"). These are rules which apply to many private sector organisations including us which regulate the way in which we deal with your personal information.

In this Policy the words "we", "our" or "us" means us and our websites related entities.

B.1. The type of personal information we collect about you includes:

B.1.1. your name and address;

B.1.2. your telephone numbers;

B.1.3. your email address;

B.1.4. your computer IP address from our website;

B.1.5. details of your previous dealings with us;

B.1.6. your financial information (eg. personal credit information when you make payments to us);

B.2. We may collect your personal information in the following ways:

B.2.1. in any contact we have with you whether in person or by telephone;

B.2.3. through our accounts and payments you make;

B.2.4. through our website or email server;

B.3. If we collect personal information about an individual from you, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that the individual will or has been made aware of this privacy policy and:

B.3.1. Our identity and how to contact us;

B.3.2. That he or she can access the information;

B.3.3. The purpose for which we have collected the information;

B.3.4. The organisations or types of organisations that we usually disclose the information to;

B.3.5. Any law that requires particular information to be collected; and

B.3.6. The main consequences (if any) for the individual if all or part of the information is not provided.

C.1. We collect your personal information for the following purposes:

C.1.1. to provide you with information and updates;

C.1.2 to create and maintain our members database;

C.1.3. to compose diagnostic and statistical information for our computer network;

C.1.4. for billing purposes; and

C.1.5. to evaluate the effectiveness of our website.

C.2. If you do not wish to receive our information and updates, you may "opt out" of our list and your name will be removed from our list. In this event, you will also be removed from our members directory.