Privacy Statement
This Privacy Policy applies to all the publicly accessible pages on the Security of Payments
website located at http://www.securityofpayment.com.au/. Security of
Payments does not have any responsibility for the privacy policies or practices of third party
sites linked to the Security of Payments website.
Users of the Security of Payments website are entitled to expect that any information gathered
as a result of that use will be treated within the terms of the New South Wales government's
privacy responsibilities and obligations. The New South Wales government's privacy practices are
regulated by the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act
1988.
What information do we collect?
When you look at the pages on the Security of Payments website, the computers on which the
site is hosted automatically record information that identifies, for each page accessed:
the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the machine which has
accessed it
your top-level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au,
.uk, etc.)
the address of your server
the date and time of your visit to the site
the pages accessed and documents downloaded
the previous site or page visited
the time you spend browsing the site
the type of browser and operating system you have used
Cookies are not used on the Security of Payments site to collect information. Nor does the
Security of Payments website link information automatically gathered through its website with
personal data about specific individuals.
How do we use the information collected?
The information collected during each visit is aggregated with similar logged information
and published in statistical reports in order for to identify usage patterns for the site. This
will assist us in improving the Security of Payments website and the services offered on it.
Security of Payments will not disclose or publish information that identifies individual machines,
or potentially identifies sub-groupings of addresses, without consent or otherwise in accordance
with the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1988.
What exceptions are there to this rule?
Security of Payments will collect, use and disclose more extensive information than stated
above in the following circumstances:
unauthorised attempts to access files which are not
published on the Security of Payments website pages
unauthorised tampering or interference with files published
on the Security of Payments website
unauthorised attempts to index the contents of the
Security of Payments website by other sites
attempts to intercept messages of other users of the
Security of Payments website
communications which are defamatory, abusive, vilify
individuals or groups or which give rise to a suspicion that an offence is being committed
attempts to otherwise compromise the security of the web
server, breach the laws of the State of New South Wales or Commonwealth of Australia, or interfere
with the use of the Security of Payments website by other users.
Security of Payments reserves the right to make disclosures to relevant authorities where the
use of the Security of Payments website raises a suspicion that an offence is being, or has been,
committed.
In the event of an investigation, the Security of Payments will provide access to data to any
law enforcement agency that may exercise a warrant to inspect our logs.
Is the information stored securely?
Yes. Information collected is stored in an appropriately secure format and held for archival purposes. When the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected it is deleted.
Will this policy be updated over time?
Due to the developing nature of privacy principles for online communication, this policy may
be modified or expanded in light of new developments or issues that may arise from time to time.
The amended policy will be posted to this site and will operate from the time it is posted.
This policy is current at 20th April 2008.
