Sportscover - Web and Email Privacy Statement

Consistent with the Privacy Act 1988 as amended by the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 (the Act), Sportscover endorses fair information handling practices.

Any information provided, including identification of individuals, will be used only for the purpose for which it has been collected.

Email addresses provided via this site will only be used to respond to specific user queries and will not be added to any mailing lists, nor disclosed to any other party without users' knowledge and consent and as intended, unless required by law.

Sportscover is committed to continually improving this policy. This statement is subject to cyclic review.

Intent

This statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this site.

If you are submitting personal details, credit card numbers, or other information over the internet which you wish to remain private, please note that, while all attempts are made to secure information transmitted to this site, there is a possibility that information you submit could be observed by a third party while in transit.

Information logged

When you visit this site, our server logs the following information which is provided by your browser for statistical purposes only:

• the type of browser and operating system you are using;

• your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc);

• the address of the referring site (for example, the previous site that you visited);

• your server's IP address (a number which is unique to the machine through which you are connected to the Internet: usually one of your service provider's machines).

In addition, our server logs the following information:

• the date and time of your visit; and

• the address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded.

• All of this information we use only for statistical analysis or systems administration purposes. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event of an investigation where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant.

Electronic mail addresses

• Sportscover will only record your e-mail address if you send us a message.

• It will only be used for the purpose for which you provide it, and will not be added to a mailing list unless you request that this be done. Sportscover will not disclose it without your consent.

Subscriptions

• Some pages of this internet site provide the facility for users to subscribe to email mailing lists. To subscribe to these services users must provide a valid email address. These email addresses will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and you will not be added to any other mailing lists unless you specifically request that this be done.

• Email mailing list addresses are stored on a separate server and can only be accessed by authorised Sportscover staff.

• Your email address will not be disclosed without your consent.

Cookies

• A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to your browser and your browser passes it back to the server whenever a page is sent to you.

• Our server generates multiple cookies, which is used to keep track of the pages you have accessed while using our server. The cookies allow you to page back and forwards through the web site and return to pages you have already visited. These cookies exist only for the time you are accessing our server.

• The Sportscover database uses cookies to store the set of databases that a user has selected.

• You do not need to have configured your browser to enable the accepting or sending of cookies in order to use this site (though you will not have access to the full functionality of the Sportscover online Broker facilities, if you do not).

• Cookies are not used for any other purpose at this site. We do not use cookies to collect personal information.

Searches

• Search terms that you enter when using our search engine are collected, but are not associated with any other information that we collect. We use these search terms to ascertain what people are looking for at our site, and to improve the services that we provide.

Links to other sites

• This site contains links to other sites. Sportscover is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

• Our policy discloses the privacy practices for the Sportscover web site, but Sportscover does provide links to other web sites. When you leave the Sportscover Web site (http://www.sportscover.com ) you will be going to sites that are beyond our control. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information.

• The privacy policies and procedures described here for Sportscover do not apply to any external links. Sportscover encourages you to read the privacy policies of any site you link to from ours, especially if you share any personal information.

• If you have questions about Sportscover's privacy policy or other questions about our site use the contact information below.

Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact:

Sportscover Australia
271-273 Wellington Road
Mulgrave
Victoria
Australia 3170
Ph: (03) 8562 9100     +61 3 8562 9100 (Int.)
Fax: (03) 8562 9111    +61 3 8562 9111 (Int.)
Email: Privacy@sportscover.com