Privacy Policy

HOW WE ENSURE THE SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

Active Education is committed to ensuring that your identifiable and non-identifiable personal information is secure. We have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to prevent unauthorised access, modification, disclosure, or loss of your identifiable personal information. However, we cannot assure your identifiable and non-identifiable personal information will never be disclosed in a nature that conflicts with this Privacy Policy. Additionally, we are not responsible for any breach of security or actions undertaken by any third parties that receive the information.

COOKIES - HOW WE USE THEM

A cookie is a small file sent to your browser from a Web server to be stored on your computer. A cookie cannot give access to your computer or any information stored on your computer. We use cookies to allow the Site to respond to you as an individual by gathering and remembering information about your preferences when using the Site so when you next visit the Site your preferences for using the Site are already set.  Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. To view more information regarding cookie settings please visit:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx

For Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95647

For Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies

For Apple Safari 5: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html

ONLINE ADVERTISING WE USE

We use Google AdWords & Facebook Remarketing to advertise Active Education across the Internet. Remarketing advertisements will display relevant ads tailored to you based on what parts of the Active Education website you have viewed by placing a cookie on your machine. THIS COOKIE DOES NOT IN ANYWAY IDENTIFY YOU OR GIVE ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER.  Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you.

If you do not wish to participate in our Google AdWords Remarketing, you can opt out by visiting Google's Ads Preferences Manager

You can also opt out of any third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting www.networkadvertising.org/choices/

UPDATES AND CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Occasionally, we may change this Privacy Policy. Should we do so, we will post a notification on the Site. Changes will take effect from the date they are posted.

Privacy Policy

Collection and Use of Information

Active Education may require the collection of personal information from individuals to enable it to provide payroll details etc.

Active Education may collect and hold personal information, such as, but not limited to, names of employees and proprietors of organisations, addresses, telephone numbers, facsimile numbers, email addresses, titles and professional affiliations.  These details are collected for the purpose of providing Active Education services to customers and clients, and the selling and marketing of its products and extended range of services.  Active Education may also use such information to apply customer/member satisfaction surveys and events, such as ‘loyalty’ programs.  Active Education will not disclose this information to any other organisation, nor will it send any information overseas for any purpose whatsoever.

In the event that sensitive information is collected by Active Education, it will not be used for any purpose without the express permission of the individual.  The collection, use and disclosure of information will be in accordance with Active Education's Collection Statement.

Storage, Access and Retention of Personal Information

All personal information collected by Active Education will be retained as part of a database, which will be securely monitored and maintained by Active Education. The data will not be made available to a third party, unless it is legally required and verified, without the authority of the individual who provided the personal information.

Active Education will make available for inspection all personal information, based on the information supplied by the individual, that it holds in relation to an individual, provided reasonable notice is given.  In the event that any part of the personal information that the individual inspects is determined to be incorrect and requires alteration, then Active Education will make such alteration in compliance with the corrected advice provided by the individual.

Active Education will take all reasonable steps to protect the security of the personal information that it holds.  This includes appropriate measures to protect electronic materials and materials stored and generated in hard copy.

Where information held by Active Education is no longer required to be held, and the retention is not required by law, then Active Education will destroy such personal information by secure means.

Compliance

If an individual has any concerns regarding the privacy of personal information, then the individual may make a complaint to Active Education who will then endeavour to resolve the complaint.

Sources of Information

Where possible, Active Education will collect the information directly from individuals, customers and clients.  In some instances Active Educationmay collect personal information from press reports or published mediums and, in this case, it will endeavour to verify such details with the person concerned.

Active Education acknowledges that there is no obligation for an individual to provide personal information.  However, if an individual chooses not to provide Active Education with personal details, it may not be able to provide the individual with a full range of services or may reduce the ability of directly servicing the individual’s organisation.

 

Collection Statement*

Purpose of the Collection

Active Education may require the collection of personal information to satisfy the needs of the organisation.

The personal information may be required for the purpose of:

-            giving the information which a member/customer is entitled to; and

-            supplying to, and administering, the products and services the member/customer requires.

Active Education may also collect the information for the provision of marketing, unless a specific request in writing is provided, detailing what is not required.

 

Active Education may need to give personal information to other organisations to comply with its legal obligations, such as auditors, legal advisers and the Australian Taxation Office (or any other relevant organisations).

 

Disclosure to an Organisation

Active Education may disclose personal information, for the purposes set out above, to any of its subsidiaries, branches, franchises or legally related companies, agents, dealers or contractors.

Active Education acknowledges that there is no obligation for an individual to provide it with personal information.  However, if an individual chooses not to provide Active Education with personal details, it may not be able to provide the individual with a full range of services or may reduce the ability of directly servicing the individual’s organisation.

Access Rights and Contact Details

The Privacy Act 1988 provides the right to access personal information held by Active Education .If the information is inaccurate, a request can be made to correct it.

Active Education reserves the right to charge a nominal fee if required for the retrieval of information requested.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Active Education nominated Privacy Officer.