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This policy sets out how comparetravelagencies.com.auuses your personal information and explains:

This policy applies to comparetravelagencies.com.auand explains how comparetravelagencies.com.auuses personal information collected through the 'Site'.

comparetravelagencies.com.auis bound by the National Privacy Principles contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act, except for its activities carried on in the course of journalism which are exempt. comparetravelagencies.com.auhas publicly committed to complying with the Australian Press Council Privacy Standards for the use of personal information in the course of journalism. comparetravelagencies.com.aumay, from time to time, review and update this privacy policy statement to take account of new laws and technology and changes to comparetravelagencies.com.au's operations. All personal information held by comparetravelagencies.com.auwill be governed by comparetravelagencies.com.au's most recent policy, posted on the Site.

What kind of personal information comparetravelagencies.com.aucollects and how it is collected

comparetravelagencies.com.aucollects personal information from a variety of sources, including from members of the public, advertisers, prospective employees, mailing lists, recruitment agencies, contractors and business partners.

In general, the personal information comparetravelagencies.com.aucollects includes (but is not limited to) name, address, contact details, gender, occupation, in some cases membership of professional associations and, where relevant, financial information, including credit card information, banking details and income information.

Personal Information you provide:

We store the personal information you enter on the comparetravelagencies.com.auwebsite or give to comparetravelagencies.com.auin other ways. We obtain most personal information through the posting of ads or discussion forums via the comparetravelagencies.com.auwebsite. You may provide information when you request or acquire a product or service from comparetravelagencies.com.auor its related companies, provide a product or service to comparetravelagencies.com.au, complete a survey or questionnaire, enter a competition, participate in forums or when you communicate with comparetravelagencies.com.auby e-mail, telephone or in writing (for example if you contact customer service or provide feedback).

Automatic collection:

Cookies: We may use a feature of your browser called a cookie to assign your computer a 'User ID'. Cookies do not contain information by which comparetravelagencies.com.aucan identify you. They identify your computer to our servers. You may configure your browser so that you are notified before a cookie is downloaded or so that your browser does not accept cookies. comparetravelagencies.com.aumay use information contained in cookies to make assumptions about the user of the computer and to provide users of that computer with focused advertising which comparetravelagencies.com.aubelieves may be of interest, based on that information. To disable your cookies, please refer to the help menu within your Internet browser.

Indirect collection:

comparetravelagencies.com.auendeavours to collect personal information about an individual only from that individual. In some circumstances comparetravelagencies.com.aumay obtain personal information from a third party. If you provide personal information about another person to comparetravelagencies.com.au, comparetravelagencies.com.aurequires that you inform that person you have done so and provide them with a copy of this policy.

How comparetravelagencies.com.auuses the information you provide

comparetravelagencies.com.aumay use information it collects from you for the primary purpose for which it is collected and for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose of collection.

comparetravelagencies.com.augenerally uses personal information to:

provide you with products or services you have requested personalise and customise your experiences on the comparetravelagencies.com.auwebsite; help comparetravelagencies.com.aumanage and enhance its services; communicate with you; provide you with ongoing information about opportunities on the comparetravelagencies.com.auwebsite in which comparetravelagencies.com.aubelieves you may be interested; give you the opportunity from time to time to receive e-mail from comparetravelagencies.com.au.

If you do not provide comparetravelagencies.com.auwith that information, comparetravelagencies.com.auwill not be able to provide you with the requested product or service.

Disclosure

comparetravelagencies.com.aumay disclose personal information to other companies in the comparetravelagencies.com.auwhich may only use it as set out above.

comparetravelagencies.com.aumay also provide your information to: third parties engaged by comparetravelagencies.com.auto perform functions on its behalf, such as processing credit card information, mailouts, debt collection, marketing, research and advertising; third parties authorised by you to receive information held by comparetravelagencies.com.au;

If comparetravelagencies.com.ausells part of its business, personal information may be part of the assets transferred to the purchaser.

The comparetravelagencies.com.auNetwork contains features where you are invited to send personal information to organisations other than comparetravelagencies.com.au. The choice to send such information to these organisations is entirely yours. You should be aware that any such information you choose to send will not be bound by this policy.

How comparetravelagencies.com.autreats sensitive information

"Sensitive Information" means information relating to a person's racial or ethnic origin, membership of political bodies, religion, membership of a trade union or professional or trade association, sexual preferences, criminal record and health.

comparetravelagencies.com.aumay use and disclose Sensitive Information only for the purpose for which it was provided or a directly related secondary purpose or as allowed by law unless you have agreed otherwise.

Management and security of personal information

comparetravelagencies.com.auprotects the personal information comparetravelagencies.com.auholds from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure by various means including firewalls, pass word access, secure servers and encryption of credit card transactions.

Updating personal information

comparetravelagencies.com.auendeavours to ensure that the personal information it holds is accurate, complete and up-to-date.

You can generally update personal information that is not membership information on the comparetravelagencies.com.auwebsite where you submitted that information. Otherwise, please contact comparetravelagencies.com.auon privacy@ comparetravelagencies.com.auWhere personal information is no longer required by comparetravelagencies.com.au, it will be destroyed or de-identified.

Seeking access to the personal information comparetravelagencies.com.auholds about you

You have the right to seek access the personal information held about you and to advise comparetravelagencies.com.auof any inaccuracy. There are some exceptions to this right set out in the Privacy Act.

If you make an access request, comparetravelagencies.com.auwill ask you to verify your identity and specify what information you require. comparetravelagencies.com.aumay charge a fee to cover the costs of meeting your request.

How to contact comparetravelagencies.com.au

If you have enquiries or wish to provide feedback about this policy, please e-mail

privacy@ comparetravelagencies.com.au