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Business News Australia Pty Ltd Privacy Statement

Business News Australia Pty Ltd 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 websites, 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 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. If you wish to access, delete or modify personal information that you have provided to us or if you have any concerns or questions, please contact us on:

Business News Australia
[email protected]
[email protected]
Brisbane: Ph: 07 3608 2068
Gold Coast: Ph: 07 5575 7400
Sydney: Ph: 02 8002 7710
PO Box 228, Isle of Capri, QLD 4217

Business News Australia Pty Ltd will only store information that is of direct commercial interest to the company. This information is collected for the purposes of providing the services purchased by the customer. We will always use fair and lawful ways to collect personal information.

Reasonable steps will be taken to ensure personal information is relevant, accurate and current.

Passing of information to third parties

Business News Australia Pty Ltd will not pass any information of a sensitive, confidential or personal nature to a third party unless that subscriber consents to us doing so.

Security

We will take reasonable steps to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Access to personal information is restricted to authorised Business News Australia Pty Ltd personnel only.

Business News Australia uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures to safeguard personally identifiable information in its possession against loss, theft, and unauthorised use, disclosure or modification. No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. Remember to close your browser when you have finished a 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. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure.

Cookies

Cookies comprise a small piece of data stored on a user's computer or device by a web browser while the user is browsing a website. Cookies are designed to remember information about the user, such as login credentials, language preferences, items added to a shopping cart, or other user-specific data. This information helps enhance the user experience by allowing websites to tailor content and functionality based on the user's previous interactions with the site.

Cookies serve several purposes, including:

1.      Authentication: Cookies enable websites to identify and authenticate users, allowing them to maintain a user's logged-in state across different pages or sessions.

2.      Preferences: Cookies can store user preferences, such as language settings or display preferences, to provide a personalised browsing experience.

3.      Session management: Cookies help manage user sessions by tracking their activities on a website, such as items added to a shopping cart, pages visited, or form inputs.

4.      Analytics and tracking: Cookies allow website owners to collect data on user behaviour and site usage, enabling them to optimise website performance, improve content, and target advertising more effectively.

There are two main types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when a user closes their browser, while persistent cookies remain on the user's device for a specified period or until they are manually deleted.

It is important to note that cookies can also raise privacy concerns, as they can be used by websites to track users' online activities and collect data about their browsing habits.

Linked websites

To the extent that the website contains links to sites operated by third parties and not related to Business News Australia Pty Ltd services, these linked websites are not controlled by Business News Australia Pty Ltd and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these companies. Business News Australia may establish relationships with business partners that allow visitors to our internet sites to link directly to sites operated by these partners. 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.

Business News Australia is not responsible for the content or practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. Links to third party sites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval by Business News Australia 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.

Editorial queries or complaints

Business News Australia adheres to the principles of fair and balanced reporting, and we pride ourselves on the veracity, relevance and presentation of every story we publish. 

We encourage your feedback as it is conducive to improving the quality and accuracy of our news content, especially in instances where an error has been made. Click here to read more about how we will deal with a query or a complaint.

Editorial guidelines and code of conduct

This policy is intended to provide guidance to our organisation’s editorial guidelines and code of conduct, designed to provide guidance to our staff on the standard of ethical behaviour, editorial standards and expectations across the group, including all business units and locations. Click here for a copy of the guidelines.  www.businessnewsaustralia.com.

Changes to this privacy policy

Business News Australia is continually monitoring privacy developments and, accordingly, from time to time may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law, self-regulatory initiatives and/or technology. Amendments to the Business News Australia Privacy Policy will be posted on www.businessnewsaustralia.com.

Business News Australia
PO Box 228, Isle of Capri, QLD 4217

Brisbane: Ph: 07 3608 2068
Gold Coast: Ph: 07 5575 7400
Sydney: Ph: 02 8002 7710