Privacy Policy.
Search Courses (Registered Australian Business Name: ‘Search Courses’, ABN: 64262127625) operates the website ‘SearchCourses.com.au’. It is Search Courses’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information Search Courses may collect and hold while operating Search Courses’ website and Search Courses’ other media. All non-personally identifying and personally identifying information (as described in Search Courses’ Privacy Policy) collected and held by Search Courses will be governed by Search Courses’ most recent Privacy Policy, available at ‘SearchCourses.com.au/Privacy-Policy/’. Search Courses may, from time to time, review and update its Privacy Policy including consideration of new laws, business functions, regulations and technology. It is the individual’s responsibility to check SearchCourses.com.au/Privacy-Policy/ regularly for the most up-to-date version of Search Courses’ Privacy Policy.
1) What information does Search Courses collect?
1.1) Non-personally identifying information: Search Courses collects non-personally identifying information of the sort that web browsers and services make available, such as Search Courses’ website users’ browser type, activity, language preference and referring site.
1.2) Personally identifying information: Search Courses collects personally identifying information including names, email addresses, financial information and phone numbers from Search Courses’ website users, Search Courses’ other media users and Search Courses’ clients.
2) When does Search Courses Collect such information.
2.1) Non-personally identifying information: Search Courses collects non-personally identifying information when users visit and interact with Search Courses’ website, Search Courses’ other media and Search Courses’ advertisements on third party media.
2.2) Personally identifying information: Search Courses collects personally identifying information when users choose to interact with Search Courses’ website, Search Courses’ other media and Search Courses’ advertisements on third party media in ways which require Search Courses to gather personally identifying information. This includes when users submit a form on Search Courses’ website.
3) Why does Search Courses collect and hold such information?
3.1) Non-personally identifying information: Search Courses’ purpose in collecting and holding non-personally identifying information is to better understand how users use Search Courses’ website and Search Courses’ other media, and to improve our services in accordance with better understanding.
Search Courses also collects and holds non-personally identifying information for marketing purposes including research, targeting and optimisation.
3.2) Personally identifying information: Search Courses collects and holds personally identifying information insofar as is necessary or appropriate to complete and optimise services available at Search Courses, or to fulfil the purpose of the user or client’s interaction with Search Courses. This includes allowing the course provider who delivers the course which the user enquired about (by completing a form) to contact the user directly.
Search Courses also collects and holds personally identifying information for marketing purposes including market research, marketing optimisation and re-marketing such as direct marketing.
4) When might Search Courses disclose such collected and held information?
4.1) Non-personally identifying information: From time to time, Search Courses may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on the trends, statistics and usage Search Courses’ website and Search Courses’ other media.
Search Courses may also disclose non-personally identifying information to third parties for market research, targeting and optimisation.
4.2) Personally identifying information: Search Courses discloses personally identifying information to those of its employees, contractors, third parties and affiliated organisations that need to know the information to provide, fulfil, market and optimise services available at Search Courses.
Search Courses also discloses personally identifying information in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Search Courses believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property rights of Search Courses, third parties or the public at large.
5) How long will Search Courses keep such collected information?
5.1) Non-personally identifying information: Search Courses will keep non-personally identifying information only if required for Search Courses business purposes and otherwise as required by Australian Law.
5.2) Personally identifying information: Search Courses will keep personally identifying information only if required for Search Courses business purposes and otherwise as required by Australian Law.
Otherwise, if you wish to have your personally identifying information destroyed or de-identified, please let Search Courses know (see 11) and Search Courses will take the reasonable steps necessary to do so (unless Search Courses needs to keep your personally identifying information for legal, auditing purposes, or otherwise as required by Australian Law).
6) How Search Courses secures such collected information.
Search Courses will take reasonable steps to protect collected and held information from misuse, interference and loss from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
6.1) Non-personally identifying information: Search Courses implements a variety of security measures to protect non-personally identifying information including storing information on secure servers with regular updates to complex access passwords.
6.2) Personally identifying information: Search Courses implements a variety of security measures to protect personally identifying information. All personally identifying information collected and held by Search Courses is stored on a secure server.
Personally identifying collected and held by Search Courses in hard copy is stored securely on Search Courses premises.
7) Access information Search Courses collected and holds about you.
You are entitled to access personally identifying information Search Courses has collected and holds about you. If you prove your identity (e.g., drivers licence or passport) request access to your personally identifying information, Search Courses will grant your request unless it would unreasonably impact the privacy of others or is not permitted under Australian Law. If Search Courses refuses your request to access your personally identifying information, Search Courses will provide you with reasons for the refusal.
To request access to your personally identifying information, please contact Search Courses (see 11).
8) Updating and correcting your personally identifying information.
Search Courses will take reasonable steps to ensure all personally identifying information collected and held by Search Courses is accurate, up-to-date and complete. If you prove your identity (e.g., drivers licence or passport) you can update your personally identifying information at any time by contacting Search Courses (see 11).
9) Business Transfers.
If Search Courses, or substantially all its assets, were acquired, or if Search Courses goes out of business or enters bankruptcy:
9.1) Non-personally identifying information: Non-personally identifying information collected by Search Courses would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.
9.2) Personally identifying information: Personally identifying information collected by Search Courses would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.
9.3) Acknowledgement: You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Search Courses may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
10) Consent.
By giving your personally identifying information to Search Courses when using Search Courses’ website and Search Courses’ other media, you consent to this Privacy Policy.
11) Contact Search Courses and more information.
If you feel that your privacy has not been respected, or that Search Courses has conducted itself inconsistently with this Privacy Policy, or for any other queries, problems, complaints, or communication in relation to this Privacy Policy, please contact us in the following ways:
Visit: http://www.searchcourses.com.au/contact-us/
