Commitment to Privacy
Goanna Dreaming is committed to protecting your privacy when collecting and handling
your personal information. Goanna Dreaming is bound by the National Privacy Principles
under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("Act").
Collection of Personal Information
Goanna Dreaming only collects personal information necessary for us to carry out
our functions and activities such as:
to supply you with goods or
services that you have requested;
to process your order made
through our Web site, or by telephone, fax and mail;
to provide you with information
you have requested from us;
to provide you with information
regarding an order you have placed with us;
to provide you with information
about new releases, special offers and new products offered by Goanna Dreaming;
and
to improve your shopping experience.
The types of personal information
that Goanna Dreaming collects generally includes your name, telephone number, shipping
address and email address.
If it is reasonable and practicable
to do so, Goanna Dreaming will collect personal information directly from you. We
may collect personal information when you deal with Goanna Dreaming over the phone,
when you send us correspondence (such as letters, faxes and emails), when you register
on our Web site, or when you submit queries and other forms on our Web site.
A cookie is a small text file created
by a web server and stored on your computer, enabling a unique identification to
be given to your computer. Cookies enable our systems to track your clicks as you
browse and shop online at Goanna Dreaming and move between pages on our site. The
cookie also helps us keep track of the items in your shopping basket without taking
extra time to re-verify your password on each page. We do not use cookies to retrieve
or store personal information about you from your computer. Most Internet browsers
are pre-set to accept cookies. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust
your Internet browser to disable or to warn you when cookies are used. By disabling
cookies, you will not be able to participate in some of the online features offered
by Goanna Dreaming. We recommend that you leave your cookies enabled, otherwise
you will not be able to shop with us online.
Our service provider makes a record
of your visit to our Web site and logs information from your browser - the date
and time of you visit, the pages accessed, documents downloaded and the type of
browser used. This is done as a fraud prevention measure, to enable us to evaluate
our Web site usage and improve our online service. The information collected is
not linked back to individual users except, in the unlikely event of an investigation,
where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the service provider’s
logs. In addition, when you use our online search facility we collect information
about what you are searching for. Goanna Dreaming uses that information to evaluate
our service and determine if we are providing the products and services you desire.
The information collected is not linked back to the individual.
Failure to provide us with the requested
information, particularly the requested information marked with an asterisk on our
Web site, may result in a delay in providing you with goods or services requested
from us or may mean that we cannot provide you with those goods or services.
Goanna Dreaming will only collect
personal information by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive
way.
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
Goanna Dreaming only uses or discloses personal information it collects about you
in compliance with the Act. Goanna Dreaming does not sell or rent your personal
information to any third party without your permission.
Goanna Dreaming will use and disclose
your personal information for the purpose of our business as a retailer or other
purposes related to that purpose such as marketing and where you consent to such
disclosure. Personal information that you submit to Goanna Dreaming may be used
and disclosed by Goanna Dreaming to the extent authorised by you or as reasonably
required in connection with the operation of our business and in compliance with
applicable laws.
Goanna Dreaming may disclose personal
information it collects to third party organisations such as contractors who assist
Goanna Dreaming in the operation of its business and to enable those contractors
to perform functions on behalf of Goanna Dreaming. For example, your personal information
may be supplied to mailing houses to enable the delivery of our mail order catalogues
to you.
Receiving Email and Other Correspondence (Opting-Out)
The Goanna Dreaming Web site may provide users with the opportunity to opt-out of
receiving communications from us at the point where information is requested.
Our online registration form and
other online forms may contain a checkbox indicating that by submitting the form
you will be entitled to receive email correspondence notifying you of events and
information about new releases, special offers and pre-publication specials unless
you opt-out of receiving that email correspondence by checking the box. If you do
not wish to receive that email correspondence please check the relevant box prior
to submitting your information.
If you have already submitted your
registration information and granted your permission to receive email correspondence
you may amend your preferences by completing our
Opt-Out form or by contacting our Privacy Officer at Goanna Dreaming.
You may also opt-out of receiving email correspondence by resending the relevant
email to us and typing “remove” in the subject heading. You may receive a further
email from us confirming your request.
Goanna Dreaming may also use your
postal correspondence information you have supplied to us to provide you with periodic
mailings with information on events, new releases, special offers and pre-publication
specials. If you do not wish to receive such mailings please advise us by contacting
us via the Contact Us page on the website.
Where we receive a request from you
with respect to your privacy options as noted above, we will use our reasonable
efforts to delete the relevant personal information from our records. However, we
cannot guarantee that the information has been deleted as there is a possibility
that a residual copy of the information will be maintained on a back-up system.
Anonymity
Wherever it is lawful and practicable to do so, Goanna Dreaming will provide you
with the option of not identifying yourself when transacting with us. For example,
you may provide us with feedback via our online feedback form, or respond to surveys
or direct marketing activities without identifying yourself. However, we require
personal information concerning you to provide you with services you have requested,
to process your order, to verify your identity and to deliver the goods you have
requested.
Once you register with Goanna Dreaming
you cease to be anonymous.
Quality and Security of your Personal Information
Your personal information is protected from misuse and loss and from unauthorised
access, modification or disclosure by a range of security measures including computer
network security systems, restricted access and building security systems, firewalls,
expert computer monitoring and passwords for checking identity before disclosing
information. Information on our Web site is protected by encryption and firewall
technology.
Only authorised employees are permitted
to access your personal information. All employees must comply with our Privacy
Policy and those who violate it may be subject to disciplinary action.
We will take reasonable steps to
implement and maintain security precautions and endeavour to prevent unauthorised
access to, disclosure or use of submitted information. However, as no data transmission
over the Internet is 100% secure Goanna Dreaming is unable to guarantee that unauthorised
access to submitted information will not occur, either during transmission of that
information or after we receive that information.
Goanna Dreaming takes reasonable
steps to destroy or permanently de-identify any personal information it no longer
requires.
Your user name and password enable
Goanna Dreaming to verify you are a registered customer and to help us to ensure
your personal information is kept secure. You are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your user name and password. We do not disclose your password details
via email or telephone other than in limited circumstances in which case you will
first be required to provide us with information so that we may verify you identity.
If you cannot remember your password you will be required to match a certain level
of information that Goanna Dreaming holds in respect of you so that we may verify
your identity and allow you to set a new password.
You should sign out or close your
browser once you have completed your online shopping within our Web site to ensure
others cannot access your personal information.
Links to other Sites
The Goanna Dreaming Web site may contain links to Web sites of other companies and
organisations. Goanna Dreaming is not responsible for the privacy practices or content
of such Web sites.
Access and Correction of your Personal Information and Data Quality
If you wish to access your personal information held by Goanna Dreaming, send a
written request to our postal address found on the website. So that Goanna Dreaming
can identify you, please include your full name and address as they appear in our
records, your daytime telephone number, your e-mail address if applicable, and the
reason why you require access to our record of your personal information. We will
provide you with access to the personal information held concerning you upon receiving
a request from you except where we may refuse access to that information in conformity
with the Act. If we deny your request for access to personal information, we will
provide you with the reasons for that denial. We may recover an amount from you
to cover our reasonable costs of providing you with access to that personal information.
Goanna Dreaming will take all reasonable
steps to make sure that the personal information it collects uses or discloses is
accurate, complete and up-to-date. To assist us to do this please provide us with
the correct information at the time you provide information to us and inform us
if your details have changed. Make sure you include sufficient information so that
Goanna Dreaming can identify you. If you request that we amend personal information
and we disagree with you about whether the information is accurate, complete and
up-to-date, you may request that we associate a statement with the record of information
as to your contrary view. We will take reasonable steps to comply with that request.
If we refuse to correct personal information we will provide you with a reason for
such denial. You acknowledge that certain information may be stored in a form which
does not readily permit location and modification of that information.
Transfer of personal information overseas
Goanna Dreaming will only transfer your personal information overseas if Goanna
Dreaming reasonably believes that the recipient of the information is subject to
a law, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles for fair
handling of the information that are substantially similar to the National Privacy
Principles, or you consent to the transfer, or the transfer is necessary for the
performance of a contract between you and Goanna Dreaming (such as the delivery
of goods you have requested from us), or the transfer is otherwise in conformity
with the Act.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Goanna Dreaming’s information practices and Privacy Policy will be monitored and,
if necessary, revised from time to time. Goanna Dreaming will notify you of any
amendments to its Privacy Policy by posting an updated version on its Web site www.goannadreaming.com.au
Complaint Process
Goanna Dreaming is committed to dealing quickly and confidentially with any complaint
you make about your privacy in relation to the way Goanna Dreaming collects, uses,
discloses, handles or holds your personal information. If you are concerned that
this Privacy Policy may have been breached or that your privacy may have been compromised
please contact us as per Contact Us page on the web site.