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This privacy policy describes how we collect and use information about you
when you use the Site. This privacy policy forms part of our terms and
conditions, which may be accessed by clicking here, and any terms which are
defined in those terms and conditions have the same meaning in this privacy
policy.
Skills Unlimited Services takes its responsibilities under the Privacy Act
1988 seriously. Skills Unlimited Services is subject to that Act and the
National Privacy Principles.
1. Collection and Use of Personal Information
We request and collect information that personally identifies you or allows:
(a) when you register with us to receive information;
(b) when you request information from us by using the email links provided
on the Site;
(c) as a result of your use of the Site; and
(d) in other instances (such as through our enquiry form or a user survey).
Such information may include your name, email address, user identification,
password and other information collected by our cookies (described below)
(collectively Personal Information). ). It may also include the information
which you choose to provide us in the process of submitting questions and
answers while interacting with us and corresponding with us via the Site.
Skills Unlimited Services may also collect Personal Information at the Site
through cookies. Cookies are very small text files placed on your hard drive
by a computer server. A cookie serves as your identification card on the
Site and is uniquely yours. A cookie can only be read by the server that
gave it to you. Cookies tell us that you returned to a specific web page on
our Site, and help us track your preferences and transactional habits.
Cookies help us personalise your experience at the Site by permitting our
computer server to "remember" who you are.
Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. If you do not wish
to receive cookies, you may set your browser to prompt you about cookies or
to refuse to accept cookies. Rejecting cookies may interfere with your use
of the Site.
2. Skills Unlimited Services Use of Your Personal Information
We use your Personal Information to respond to your queries and to complete
any dealings we have with you. Generally, this information will be about our
products and services. If you are an existing or potential customer, Skills
Unlimited Services may also inform you about promotions and other of our
products and services which we think may be of interest to you.
We, the service provider for the Site, and any vendor providing products or
services through the Site, use your Personal Information to operate the
Site, to create and share reports about your transactions among ourselves.
3. Skills Unlimited Services Disclosure to Third Parties
We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties to enable those
third parties to assist us with providing you with our products and
services, such as our web host, but only where those third parties are under
the same obligations in relation to your Personal Information as the
obligations set out in this privacy policy. Please contact us if you would
like to know the identity of any of these third parties.
We may also disclose Personal Information required by applicable law or when
deemed advisable by us. This means that we may make disclosures that are
necessary or advisable to conform to legal and regulatory requirements or
processes and to protect the rights, safety and property of us, users of the
Site, and the public.
4. Access and Correction
We take reasonable steps to ensure that all Personal Information which we
hold is up to date. You have the right to seek access to the Personal
Information which we hold about you and to ask us to correct it if you
consider it to be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. We realise it is
important for you to be able to control your personal details. If you wish
to find out what Personal Information we hold about you, please contact us
at one of the contact points set out at 7 below.
In the first instance, we will generally provide you with a summary of the
information we hold about you. We will assume (unless you tell us otherwise)
that your request relates to our current records about you. These current
records will include personal information about you which is included in our
databases and in paper files, and which may be used by Skills Unlimited
Services on a day-to day-basis.
To provide you with access to this personal information, Skills Unlimited
Services would ordinarily provide you with a printout of the relevant
personal information from our databases, or with photocopies of records that
are held only on paper files. If personal information about you (for
example, your name & address details) is duplicated across different
databases, we will generally provide you with one printout of this
information, rather than multiple printouts. Ordinarily, Skills Unlimited
Services will not charge you for the cost of providing this type of access
to these records.
For legal and administrative reasons, Skills Unlimited Services may also
store records containing personal information in its archives. You may seek
access to the records held by Skills Unlimited Services that are not current
records, but if you do so, we may charge you for the cost of providing
access.
5. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information online through
the use technology such as encryption, access control procedures, firewalls
and physical security.
If Personal Information is held in paper files, we take reasonable steps to
ensure that only authorised personnel are able to access it.
6. Changes To this Privacy Statement
We may make changes to this privacy policy from time to time. We will post
changes to this privacy policy here, so be sure to check back periodically.
We may also notify you of significant changes by email or in other ways.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 10/04/2002.
7. Contacting Skills Unlimited Services about Privacy Issues
If you have any questions or comments about this policy or about how we have
handled your Personal Information, please contact us by:
• telephone: 0418 323 837
• facsimile: (03) 9332 4473
• email: peter@skillsunlimited.com.au or
• letter: PO Box 623, Yarraville Vic 3013 Australia.