Propertyreview.com.au Privacy Policy

Last updated October 1, 2003

This policy discloses the privacy practices for the online publication (propertyreview.com.au) and its headline brief service delivered by email.

Propertyreview.com.au has adopted a set of information management guidelines which serve as the basis for our customer and sponsor relationships. These guidelines have been developed with the recognition that Internet technologies are rapidly evolving, and that underlying business models are still not established. Accordingly, guidelines are subject to change. Any such changes will be posted on this page. If the changes represent a material departure from our current practices with respect to the use of personal information, the changes will be posted on this page thirty days prior to taking effect and registered users will be notified via email.

Propertyreview.com.au is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of Web sites to which it may link.

What information does Propertyreview.com.au gather/track about you?

Registration: During a free registration process prior to receiving Propertyreview.com.au on email, Propertyreview.com.au requires that you supply your full name, your position in your organisation, name of organisation and e-mail address. You must agree to the terms of our Subscriber Agreement.

Premium Products and Services from Propertyreview.com.au: The premium products and services are offered free of charge from Propertyreview.com.au.

Premium Products and Services from Third Parties or Partners: From time to time, Propertyreview.com.au may offer products or services from our partners or third parties. Where you are so notified the information you provided at registration may be shared with the provider of the product or service.

Contests, Special Offers, Surveys: On occasion, Propertyreview.com.au also collects additional personal information from subscribers in connection with optional contests or optional special offers. If this information is to be shared with a third party, we will notify you at the time of collection.

Additionally, Propertyreview.com.au may collect additional personal information from subscribers in connection with optional surveys. Information that you provide in answer to optional survey questions may be shared, but only in the aggregate, with advertisers and partners unless we notify you at the time of collection.

Cookies: Propertyreview.com.au does not employs cookies to track site usage.

We use a proprietary advertising server to display ads on our site. In addition, sponsors may elect to use third-party advertising companies to serve ads onto our Web site. In the course of serving these advertisements, the third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser. We do not have access to these cookies or any information that they may contain. If you would like more information about this practice and about your option not to accept cookies placed by these companies, please click here. Acceptance of cookies from domains other than propertyreview.com.au is optional.

Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs): We use a proprietary advertising serving system to display ads on our site. In addition, advertisers may elect to use third party advertising companies to serve ads onto our website, and in these instances may use a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs/action tags) to help better manage advertising on our site. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. Clear gifs may ping or alert the advertiser's server about the online movements of Web users. For instance, advertisers may place a clear gif allowing them to recognize an existing cookie on your browser if from the same service. The main difference between cookies and clear gifs is that clear gifs are invisible on the page and are much smaller, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Please keep in mind we do not have access to any information collected by these clear gifs nor additional information they may be tied to by the advertiser.

IP Addresses: Propertyreview.com.au logs IP addresses, or the location of your computer on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We do not use IP address logs to track your session or your behavior on our site.

Log Files: Log data is only used in aggregate to analyze usage of our web-site.

What does Propertyreview.com.au do with the information it gathers/tracks?

Statistical Analysis and Banner Advertising: Propertyreview.com.au may perform statistical analyses of user behavior in order to measure interest in the various areas of our site (for product development purposes) and to inform advertisers as to how many consumers have seen or "clicked" their advertising banners. We also use demographic and preference information to allow advertising banners on our Web site to be targeted, in aggregate, to the users for whom they are most pertinent. This means that users see advertising that is most likely to interest them, and advertisers send their messages to people who are most likely to be receptive, improving both the viewer's experience and the effectiveness of the ads. In this statistical analyses and banner advertisement targeting, we will disclose information to third parties only in aggregate form. Personal information about you as an individual subscriber will not be provided to any third party without your consent, except under the circumstances described in Compliance with Legal Process below.

E-Mail: If you subscribe to Propertyreview.com.au, Propertyreview.com.au will send you a regular headline brief on stories published by Propertyreview.com.au. Additionally, the email address provided by you at registration may be used by Propertyreview.com.au to contact you regarding (1) account status (including confirmation of registration), (2) major changes to the website and or to the Subscriber Agreement and Privacy Policy, and (3) participation in user surveys, asking for feedback on the website and existing or prospective products and services, as well as information to better understand our users. User surveys greatly help us to improve our website, and any information we obtain in such surveys will not be shared with third parties, except in aggregate form.

We use e-mail links located in the Site Help area our Member Center to allow you to contact us directly with any questions or comments you may have. We will use your email address to respond directly to these questions or comments.

Except as permitted by this policy, Propertyreview.com.au does not send unsolicited e-mail.

Data Security: To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to protect the information we collect online.

With whom does Propertyreview.com.au share the information it gathers/tracks?

Propertyreview.com.au shares the information it gathers, in aggregate form only, with advertisers and other partners. We will not release personal information about you as an individual to third parties, except under the circumstances described in Compliance with Legal Process below.

How do I change or update my personal information?

Please contact administrator@propertyreview.com.au to update your personal information.

Compliance with Legal Process

We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of Propertyreview.com.au; or (4) protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public (among other things, this means that if you provide false information or attempt to pose as someone else, information about you may be disclosed as part of any investigation into your actions).