Farmweld is committed to the protection of your personal information in accordance with the National Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
In general, you can view the Farmweld website without revealing any information about yourself. However, there are times Farmweld may seek and collect information from you such as when you contact us for information or a quote. This Privacy Policy tells you about your privacy and describes the manner in which Farmweld collects, holds and uses personal information collected through our website. If you wish to make any enquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact Farmweld by email at the following address: sales@farmweld.com.au.
Farmweld may from time to time, review and update this Website Privacy Policy to take account new laws and technology. All personal information held by Farmweld will be governed by its most recent policy, posted on the Website.
- What is “Personal Information”
- “Personal information” is any information (recorded in any form) about a person, whether true or not, from which that person may be identified.
- Farmweld collects personal information from its users when you email us or contact us by telephone or mail.
- Information collected via Farmweld Website
- Farmweld will not collect any personal information about visitors to the Website except when they knowingly provide it or as otherwise described below. For example, we will collect personal information from users to the Website when you enquire about products or request information from us.
- When you visit and browse the Website, our service provider records visits and logs the following information for statistical purposes – the user’s server address, the user’s top level domain name (eg. .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.), the date and time of the visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded and the type of browser used. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the service provider’s logs.
- Cookies
- Cookies are small text files that are transferred to a user’s computer hard drive by a website for the purpose of storing information about a user’s ISP, browser type or website visiting patterns.
- If you access the Website, a cookie may be downloaded onto your computer’s hard drive
- What information Farmweld collects about youFarmweld collects or may collect the following kinds of information about users:
- ‘contact information’. This may include an email address so Farmweld can contact you. It may also include your name, mobile phone number, other phone numbers and address details. Your email address is recorded when you send us a message. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and should it ever be added to a mailing list, you will be given the opportunity to ‘opt out’ from further communication.
- Communications (by email or other means, which pass through the Farmweld systems) between yourself and Farmweld.
- Other personal information provided voluntarily by you. This could be in response to information required to provide you with a quote or information requested by you.
- How Farmweld uses the personal information it collects about you
Farmweld uses the information it collects from you for the primary purpose for which it is collected and for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose of collection, e.g. to advise you of ‘specials’ or send Christmas greetings. Farmweld generally uses personal information to:
- Provide you with products or services you have requested.
- Direct marketing in relation to promotional activities where it is impracticable for Farmweld to obtain your prior written consent.
- Who we disclose your personal information to
- Farmweld does not disclose your information to any other third party.
- Farmweld may disclose your personal information to its Website host and technology service providers in certain limited circumstances, for example, when the Website experiences a technical problem, to ensure that it operates in an effective and secure manner.
- Farmweld will not disclose any of your personal information to any other organisation unless the disclosure is required by law or is otherwise permitted by the National Privacy Principles.
- Your consent
- Farmweld will only collect and use personal information as described above or otherwise with your consent and only within the limits of this Website Privacy Policy.
- If you choose not to provide your personal information to Farmweld for the purposes set out in this Farmweld Website Privacy Policy, the only negative consequence for you will be that we will not be able to provide you with the requested product or service.
- Updating, storage and security of personal information held by Farmweld
- Farmweld aims to keep your personal information secure and up to date. Any personal information that is collected via the Website or which is held on Farmweld’s computer systems is protected by safeguards including physical, technical (firewalls, SSL encryptions etc) and procedural methods.
- Farmweld does not collect sensitive or financial information about its users via the Website. Personal information that is held by Farmweld in hard copy is stored securely on its premises and is only disclosed or used for the purposes described in this Farmweld Website Privacy Policy.
- What to do if you have a question, problem or complaint about our use of your personal information
- If you feel that your privacy has not been respected or that Farmweld has conducted itself inconsistently with this Privacy Policy in respect to your personal information, please contact Farmweld.