Australian Druze Community (ADC) Web Site Privacy and Security
At ADC, your right to privacy and data security is a primary concern. When you visit www.druze.org.au, we help you to maintain control over your personal data on the Internet. We use the following guidelines for protecting the information you provide us during a visit to our site.
We will not misuse information you provide
Use of e-mail addresses
Opting out
Links to other sites
SECURITY FAQ's
ADC's Online Security
We will not misuse information you provide.
ADC does not make your personally identifiable information available for marketing to third parties under any circumstances.
When we request information from you, we ask for information we need to provide the service to communicate within our community. When we provide you the opportunity to receive newsletters or other information, we may ask for information about your details to determine which of our committee units can best serve you.
When you set up your details, please maintain that information, we use the information you provide us about yourself so we can complete our community database. We do not share this information with outside parties.
When you register for events or volunteer to help a committee unit from our site, we give you the opportunity to receive additional information and updates on our related services. We will not use information you submit to our Web site for this purpose unless you give us your consent on either our online forms or email.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our Web site and to share with our community. For example, we may tell a publisher that a certain number of individuals visited a certain area on our Web site or that a certain number filled out a registration form, but we do not disclose anything that could be used to identify the individuals.
We never use or share the personally-identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to those described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated use.
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Use of e-mail addresses
Return e-mail addresses:
We use return e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail we receive. Such addresses
are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
E-mail messages to existing customers:
Out of respect for the privacy of our community we present the option
not to receive e-mail messages related to events and services. Please
see "Opting out" below.
E-mail addresses obtained from events:
We use e-mail addresses that we obtain through online forms at
events, registration, seminars, and business reply cards to market our products and services.
If you receive an e-mail message from us following such an event, we will give you the
option not to receive future e-mail messages related to product promotions and services by
replying to the message.
How to contact us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies; send us an e-mail at
webmaster@druze.org.au
Opting out
When we ask for information, our users are given the opportunity to "opt-out" of
having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site. For example, our
online forms have an opt-out option. Also, users who no longer wish to receive our promotional
materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by e-mailing us at
webmaster@druze.org.au
Links to other sites
This Web site contains links to other Web sites. Please be aware that ADC is not responsible
for the privacy practices of other Web sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave
our site of the privacy statements of each Web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
SECURITY FAQ's
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a piece of data stored on your computer that is tagged as belonging
to the Web site that placed it there. This is a widely used method for making visits
to a Web site more personal. It allows the Web site to recognize you when you return
and to tailor pages according to your preferences. To read more information on the
purpose of cookies for users of Microsoft®
Internet Explorer go to
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm. For users
of Netscape, please go to
http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19970226-2.html.
Does druze.org.au require cookies to be enabled on the browser?
The architecture of this Web site requires that your browser accepts cookies in order
to function properly. If your browser does not accept cookies (or if you turn off the
capability) then you will not be able to perform any of our online catalog functions.
Once you've registed, you can identify yourself at any time with a name and password.
Once the account is set up in this manner, you will have one-click access to all your
details and information.
Are cookies used for any sensitive information?
When you login to the online catalog, cookies are used to verify your
MEMBER ID and PASSWORD; however, this is no less secure than you entering such information directly.
ADC's Online Security
ADC understands that online security is important to you.
We use multiple methods to maintain security while keeping the site as accessible
as possible to our valued community members. See
Terms and Conditions for limitations
on ADC's responsibility to maintain security. ADC
uses the following security technology to protect your privacy. They are:
- Secure Socket Layer with real-time encryption: ADC's Catalog is built
on Netscape's Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft
Windows® Internet Explorer users. The Secure Socket Layer prevents unauthorized access
to your personal information. As long as you are using a Secure Socket Layer browser like
Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can conduct end-to-end encrypted
transactions without fear of an intermediary obtaining your credit card information. SSL is
the industry standard for security. If you do not see the Key icon (Netscape) or the Padlock
icon (Internet Explorer) it is because the page you are viewing is being displayed within a
frame. If you look at the URL for that page you can tell it is an encrypted link by the "s" in
"https://..."
- In addition to the external protection
provided by SSL, ADC has its own firewall and hardware. These are designed to
prevent others from accessing your data or accessing Software Spectrum's internal networks
that store your data.