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Terms of Use
The following Terms of Use apply to www.voyageronline.com.au
WebSite Copyright
Disclaimer
Links to Third Party Sites
Indemnification
Web Site Community
Privacy Policy
By using the website, you agree to the Terms of Use. Please read
the whole of this page carefully. HarperCollinsPublishers reserves
the right to review and modify any of the Terms of Use at any time.
This page should be reviewed periodically so that you are updated
on any changes. HarperCollinsPublishers welcomes your comments and
feedback. Please send an email with your feedback or comments to
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Website Copyright
© 2001 HarperCollinsPublishers Pty Limited (ABN 36 009 913 517). All
rights reserved.
This site is owned and operated by HarperCollinsPublishers. Australian
and international copyright, trademark, and intellectual property laws
protect the material on this site.
Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism
or review as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part of
this site may be modified, copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded,
posted, transmitted or distributed in any way. Material from the site
may be printed or downloaded for personal use only and all copyright
and other proprietary notices must be kept intact.
Disclaimer
Information contained in the website is provided by HarperCollinsPublishers
in good faith, but HarperCollinsPublishers makes no representations
or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of
the website, or the information, the content, materials or products
included on this website, including but not limited to freedom from
viruses. Except to the extent as provided by law, HarperCollinsPublishers
disclaims all responsibility as to the information, content, materials
or products arising from the use of this website, whether direct, indirect,
consequential or otherwise.
Links to Third Party Sites
The website provides links and pointers to other internet websites,
which are controlled and maintained by third parties. Users of the links
provided by the website are responsible for being aware of which organisation
is hosting the website that they visit. These links are provided as
a convenience, and do not constitute an endorsement of content, policies
or practices of the websites linked or referred to. Once you have left
this site via such a link, you should check the terms of use and privacy
policy of the third party site.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify HarperCollinsPublishers and their agents, and
the contributors to the website against any loss, damages or expenses
arising out of any materials submitted by you and / or resulting from
your use of the content (including software) or the interactive areas
in a manner that breaches the Terms of Use of the web site. You will
be responsible for any loss that HarperCollinsPublishers suffers due
to your wrongful acts or omissions.
Website Community
The community section of the web site is dedicated to providing users
with an opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions. Messages, reader
reviews, e-cards, and any other material posted or circulated by community
members express the opinion of the person posting or communicating the
information. As such, HarperCollinsPublishers does not endorse or support
the information, facts or opinions appearing in these sections of the
site, or guarantee their accuracy. HarperCollinsPublishers does not
assume responsibility or liability for the materials found, nor for
any claims, damages or losses resulting from any use of these services
or the materials contained therein.
Materials and information posted must not be the subject of third party
rights including but not limited to copyright and trademark rights.
By posting material or information, users authorise HarperCollinsPublishers
to deal with the material at the absolute discretion of HarperCollins,
including but not limited to reuse and archiving.
We reserve the right to monitor and publish the content of the
community, and will delete anything we deem as inappropriate. We
expect that as a member of an electronic community you will use
caution and common sense. Discussions regarding religion and/or
politics are not permitted on our messageboards and will be removed.
No material which is offensive may be posted on the website. Commercial
solicitations are not permitted and will be removed.
Statement Regarding Privacy Policy
HarperCollins Publishers Pty Limited (HarperCollins Publishers)
recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of personally
identifiable information collected about our customers. For the
purposes of this Privacy Statement, the word customers includes
visitors to our web sites, subscribers to and users of our services,
purchasers of our products and advertising customers.
We are bound by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy
Act 1988 (Cth) in relation to the handling of personal information.
Where appropriate we will handle personal information relying on
the media exemption (but complying with the Australian Press Council
Privacy Standards), related bodies corporate exemption and the employee
exemption in the Privacy Act.
Personal Information
We collect personal information when we provide our services to
you. Generally we will tell you why we are collecting information
when we collect it and how we plan to use it or these things will
be obvious when we collect the information. We usually collect personal
information directly from you although sometimes we may use agents
or service providers to do this for us. We may also acquire lists
from other sources, both from other companies and from other public
documents.
Use of Information
We usually collect personal information such as your name, address,
telephone number, and in some instances, your financial details.
When you are online, we collect information regarding the pages
within our network which you visit and what you click on. As a general
rule we do not collect sensitive information. However, if we do,
it will usually be for the purposes of providing our goods or services
and if the law requires us to, we will seek your consent to collect
it.
We use your information to provide our services to you, to fulfil
administrative functions associated with these services, for example
billing, to enter into contracts with you or third parties and for
marketing and client relationship purposes.
We may share your information with other companies which are related
to HarperCollins Publishers within Australia. We or they may also
use your personally identifiable information to assist us in improving
our products and services and any of us might be in touch to let
you know about goods, services, or promotions which may interest
you.
Use by Third Parties
News may disclose your information to its service providers and
contractors from time to time to help us to provide and market our
goods and services to you. We may also share your information with
third parties who provide prizes for competitions or reader offers.
If we do this we generally require these parties to protect your
information in the same way we do.
Use of Aggregate Data
We may collect certain non-personal information to optimise our
goods and services including our Web pages for your computer (e.g.,
the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system
you use, your IP address and the domain name of your Internet service
provider). We may use such non-personal information for internal
purposes, including but not limited to improving the content of
our sites.
News may use personally identifiable information in aggregate form
to improve our goods and services including our Web sites and make
them more responsive to the needs of our customers. This statistical
compilation and analysis of information may also be used by News
or provided to others as a summary report for marketing, advertising
or research purposes.
Security
News strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally
identifiable information of our customers. We use a variety of physical
and electronic security measures including restricting physical
access to our offices and firewalls and secure databases to keep
personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use
or disclosure.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed
to be totally secure.
Access to Personal Information
You have a right to access most personal information we hold about
you and if we deny access in some circumstances we will tell you
why.
To request access, please contact our privacy officer as set out
at the end of this document.
Public Information
Any information posted on bulletin boards and/or communicated in
chat areas becomes public information. While News strives to protect
and respect your privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any
information you disclose in a chat room or bulletin board.
Cookies
Cookies are data that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard
drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can facilitate a user's
ongoing access to and use of a site. They allow us to track usage
patterns and to compile data that can help us improve our content
and target advertising. If you do not want information collected
through the use of Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most
browsers that allows you to deny or accept the Cookie feature. But
you should note that Cookies may be necessary to provide you with
features such as merchandise transactions or registered services.
Online Links to Third Party and Co-Branded Sites
News may establish relationships with business partners that allow
visitors to our Internet sites to link directly to sites operated
by these partners. Some of these sites may be "co-branded"
with our logo; however, these sites may not be operated or maintained
by or on our behalf. These sites may collect personal information
from you that may be shared with us. This Privacy Statement will
apply to any personal information we obtain in this manner.
News is not responsible for the content or practices of Web sites
operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. These links
are meant for the user's convenience only. Links to third party
sites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval by
News of the content, policies or practices of those third party
sites. Once you have left our site via such a link, you should check
the applicable privacy policy of the third party site.
What else you should know about privacy on the internet
Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user
session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal
information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone
else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or
Internet café. You as an individual are responsible for the
security of and access to your own computer.
Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the
Internet that this information can be collected and used by others.
In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible
online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties
in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining
the secrecy of your username and passwords and any account information.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the internet.
For further information
Please contact our Privacy Officer to ask for access to your information
or if you have a complaint concerning your information privacy or
if you would like more information about our approach to privacy.
Contact:
Simon Stubbs
Privacy Officer
HarperCollins Publishers Pty Limited
Privacy@harpercollins.com.au
Phone (02) 9952 5080
Facsimile (02) 9952 5577
25 Ryde Road Pymble NSW 2073
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