Privacy Act Acknowledgement
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the privacy policies of HeavyEquipment.com.au Pty Ltd with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information, including in respect of HeavyEquipment’s website located at www.HeavyEquipment.com.au .This Privacy Policy may be changed or modified by arrangements entered into between HeavyEquipment.com.au and an individual from time to time. In this Privacy Policy, “personal information” means any information about an identifiable individual, excluding any information that has been made anonymous or that is excluded from the definition of “personal information” under applicable laws.
This statement will notify you of:
a) The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information under our control.
b) What personal information or third party personal information is collected through the HeavyEquipment.com.au web site.
c) How the information can be used.
d) Who the information may be shared with.
e) The alternatives that are available to you regarding collection, use and distribution of personal information.
f) How you can correct any inaccuracies in your personal information.
Table of Contents (in alphabetical order)
- Changes & Acceptance of Privacy Statement
- Choice
- Cookies
- Correction / Updating Personal Information
- Information Collection
- Information Disclosure
- Information Use
- Links
- Minors
- Online Registration
- Security
- Special Offers, and Site and Service Updates
- Special Offers, and Site and Service Updates
- Usage Data
- Web Server Traffic Log Files
Changes & Acceptance of Privacy Statement:By using the HeavyEquipment.com.au website and services, you signify your acceptance of this privacy policy. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time without notice to the user. If a user continues to use the HeavyEquipment.com.au website it will indicate the user’s acceptance of those changes. If we change our privacy policy we will update the “Revised Date” listed at the end of the policy document. We collect and use personal information in accordance with this privacy policy and if at any point we decide to use personal information in a different way to what is stated we will notify all users. If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please send an e-mail to admin@heavyequipment.com.au
Choice:When registering for access to the “members” section of the website, users can de-select the checkbox that asks if they would like periodic email marketing notice’s, however, as mentioned in the “Special Offers, Surveys and Updates” section, some messages are not optional for web site registrants. To ensure that you do not receive optional email notifications, please send an email to admin@heavyequipment.com.au with the word 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line.
The use of Cookies: A cookie is a piece of data containing information about a user and is stored on the user's hard drive. Use of a cookie can be linked to personal information while on our site. The cookies have long term expirations to provide convenience to users so that a user has to log in a password only once while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they will be able to use our site, but will be unable to access some areas. Cookies also enable us to track the interests of our users, allowing us to personalize and enhance their experience on our website.
Updating Information: A registrant may change or update its personal information or remove itself from our service, by emailing us at admin@heavyequipment.com.au
Information Collection: Except where otherwise required or permitted by law, HeavyEquipment.com.au will inform individuals of the purposes for the collection, use, or disclosure of the individual's personal information prior to collecting, using or disclosing the personal information. HeavyEquipment.com.au collects personal information from individuals through various means, including through HeavyEquipment.com.au. Requirements for consent to collection, use, or disclosure of personal information vary depending on circumstances and on the type of personal information that is intended to be collected, used, or disclosed. In determining whether consent is required and, if so, which form of consent is appropriate, HeavyEquipment.com.au will take into account both the sensitivity of the personal information and the purposes for which HeavyEquipment.com.au will use the information. Consent may be express, implied or deemed. For example, if a user provides their mailing address and requests information regarding a particular product, consent to use the address to mail product information to the individual is implied. On giving reasonable written notice to HeavyEquipment.com.au, a user may withdraw consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of their personal information. Upon receipt of this withdrawal, HeavyEquipment.com.au will notify the user of the likely consequences of withdrawing their consent. Except where otherwise required or permitted by law, HeavyEquipment.com.au will then stop collecting, using or disclosing the user’s personal information.
Information Disclosure: We are the sole owner of the information collected on this site and will not share or rent this information to others in any way other than as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. HeavyEquipment.com.au may disclose certain personal information to a third party service providers and to associated entities in order to carry out work on behalf of HeavyEquipment.com.au. However HeavyEquipment.com.au will take appropriate steps to ensure that such recipients safeguard the personal information and use the information only for authorised purposes. If we form and association with another party to provide specific service’s, and a user registers for these services, we will share the contact information or other information necessary for the third party to provide the requested services. HeavyEquipment.com.au may also disclose personal information to legal, financial, and other professional advisors and to its lenders or insurers in connection with the operation of its business, or in connection with the sale or reorganisation of all or part of its business or operations. In an effort to assist HeavyEquipment.com.au with the detection fraudulent activities and prevention their efforts to investigate of unlawful activities, HeavyEquipment.com.au may collect and disclose user information in cooperation with law enforcement authorities. By using the HeavyEquipment.com.au website, you agree to allow HeavyEquipment.com.au to use your remarks, suggestions, writings or comments as HeavyEquipment.com.au so determines without your further consent and without compensation or any other interests or rights. However, HeavyEquipment.com.au will not identify the specific source of the comments by name or email address without your permission. You also agree that HeavyEquipment.com.au will not be liable for use or acquisition of your information by any third party without the express written consent from HeavyEquipment.com.au.
Information Use: HeavyEquipment.com.au uses information collected from individuals to provide products or services, to respond to requests for information regarding the products and services offered by HeavyEquipment.com.au and for additional purposes that may be identified at or before the time that the information is collected. The information gathered will be used for general corporate marketing purposes, thereby enabling HeavyEquipment.com.au to refine and improve our service and better meet our customers' needs. HeavyEquipment.com.au will not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the user or as required or permitted by law. Once the information is no longer required for its intended purposes, and is no longer required or permitted to be retained for legal or business purposes, it will be destroyed, erased, or made anonymous.
Links: This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that HeavyEquipment.com.au is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy policy of all websites that collect personal information.
Minors: HeavyEquipment.com.au does not attempt to collect personal information from minors and states in their terms and conditions that a user must be 18 years old or older.
Note: HeavyEquipment.com.au cannot always determine if a user of our web site is a minor.
Online Registration: To use certain areas of this website, participate in Internet bidding, or subscribe to receive email notices, a user must first complete the registration form on the HeavyEquipment.com.au web site and provide contact information (such as name and email address). Registration for an email notification subscription requires that registrants submit personal information including name, address, email address, industry, job title etc. Registration is required for access to the member’s area of the web site and requires registrants to submit personal information, including that required for email notification, subscription plus company name, mailing address, and telephone number. Registration and the provision of this information are required to access these areas of the web site. Visitors who do not input the required information will not have access to these areas.
Security: We take every precaution to protect our users' personal information. When users submit sensitive information, their information is protected both online and off-line. When users are asked to provide information on our website, that information is encrypted and is protected with industry-standard encryption software. While we use encryption software to protect sensitive information online, we also protect user-information off-line. Access to all of our user’s information is restricted to the management of HeavyEquipment.com.au. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. All employees are required to strictly observe our security and privacy practices. In addition the servers and backup tapes on which we store personal information are kept in a secure environment.
Special Offers, Surveys and Updates: We may send registrants via email, fax, mail or phone offers and updates as well as information regarding changes to our services plus information on upcoming events that we think may be of interest to them. Occasional surveys may be conducted on the HeavyEquipment.com.au web site. Survey information will be used to help us monitor and improve the use of this site and our services.
Usage Data: The website also collects other information through some of the features available on the site. Information including unique ID, access time, equipment search parameters and visitor feedback is collected.
Web Server Traffic Log Files: Web server logs collect visitor information including IP address, browser type & version, referring URLs, referring search engines and specified search strings. This information helps us to design improvements to the services and navigational structure of our website.
Last Revised: 1st of May 2009