Redi.com.au - Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as at 21 October 2008
Privacy Collection Statement
Welcome to the Privacy Policy of Redi Group Pty Limited “Redi”.
This Privacy Collection Statement sets out Redi’s policy relating to its collection, use, handling and disclosure of your personal information. This policy is in addition to Redi’s general Terms of Service governing Redi and its members, and should be read in conjunction with such Terms of Service.
You must agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy before becoming a member of Redi.
As part of the normal operation of our service, Redi will collect, use and disclose information about you to third parties.
Redi understands that your personal information is very important to you and that precautionary steps should be taken to ensure that the collection, use, handling and disclosure of your personal information are done responsibly.
By accepting this Privacy Policy and Redi’s general Terms of Service, you expressly consent to our collection, use, handling and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed by this Privacy Policy and Redi’s general Terms of Service.
Whilst Redi will ensure that all necessary steps are taken to ensure that your personal information is protected from abuse, we cannot guarantee that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information provided to Redi will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. For example, we may be forced to disclose your personal information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications.
We can, and you authorise Redi to, disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as Redi, in its sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose us to legal liability.
As a general proposition, Redi will not sell, rent or willingly supply any personally identifiable information about you to any third party other than as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
Any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy should be directed to Redi’s Privacy Officer.
The Privacy Officer may be contact as follows:
The Privacy Officer
Redi Group Pty Limited
Level 2, 197 Clarence Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
Tel: (02) 9279 2436
Fax: (02) 9279 1027
info@redi.com.au
You may also wish to refer to the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (http://www.privacy.gov.au) for more information on the Privacy Act.
Information Collection
Redi.com.au is an online Relationship, Entertainment, Dating & Interactive service.
Our primary purpose in collecting your personal information is to enable us to effectively meet your needs, and to customise our service to make your experience with Redi both enjoyable and easy to use.
We will only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for this purpose and to achieve this goal.
If you wish to become a member of Redi and make use of the services provided by Redi, you will be required to sign-up as a member. To become a member of Redi and obtain the benefits of membership, you will be required to register your contact details and other personally identifiable information with us and sign in as a member each time you visit Redi.
The type of information we may collect from you on registration includes your gender, date of birth, postcode and email address.
All registered Redi members will be required to check the “PROCEED” checkbox on the sign-up page once they have agreed to Redi’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
If you wish use and obtain the full benefit of the Redi website and service, you may choose to provide further personally identifiable information such as your name, residential address, phone number, smoking habits, drinking habits, work details, income, star sign, political views, height, weight, eye colour, hair colour, living arrangements, marital status, religion and other personal information you choose to provide to us.
Such further personal information is used to allow other Redi users to find and access your profile, to determine whether they wish to communicate with you or to allow you to participate in any service we provide.
If you choose not to provide us with any or all of your personal information, then we may not be able to provide you with an effective service.
You may choose to limit the amount of personal information available to be viewed by the public.
Any personal information you choose to form part of your public profile is public content and can be viewed by any visitor to the Redi site or Redi member. Redi may use the content of your public profile, including your photograph, for marketing purposes.
Third Party Sites
Redi permits certain third parties to advertise their services on our website. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens.
These third party advertisers may also download cookies to your computer, or use other technologies such as JavaScript and "web beacons" (also known as "1x1 gifs") to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise advertising content. Doing this allows the advertising network to recognise your computer each time they send you an advertisement in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise advertising content. In this way, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. Redi does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertisers. Third party advertisers have no access to your contact information stored on Redi unless you choose to share it with them.
Whilst browsing through the Redi website you may click through to these third party advertisements from our site. In such a case we strongly recommend that you visit the privacy statement of these third party sites.
This Privacy Policy is designed and intended only to apply to Redi and its website. Redi assumes no responsibility for the information and content of these third party sites.
Cookies
During your visit to Redi we may use technology called “cookies” to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. A cookie is a collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on your computer, used primarily by Redi to identify users who have previously registered or visited our site.
Most cookies are “session cookies”, meaning that they are automatically deleted at the end of a session. Most internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies, however you can adjust your internet browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas of our website or take advantage of the improved website experience that cookies offer.
Log Files
Redi also collects Internet Protocols (IP) addresses. IP addresses are assigned to computers on the internet to uniquely identify them within the global network. This information is used to diagnose server problems, monitor traffic patterns, analyse trends, administer the website, track member user patters, and identify the most popular areas of the website to deliver content most relevant to registered members.
IP addresses are not linked to personal identifiable information and are only used to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Ensure Your Information is Accurate, Correct, and Up-to-Date.
Registered members of Redi may correct and update their personal information listed on the Redi database by clicking “edit the Profile Information” once signed in. Information will be updated immediately.
Redi members who wish to deactivate their Redi account may do so on the “My account” page. Removed information may persist on backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not generally be available to the public or other Redi members.
How Your Personal Information is Secured
Redi understands that your personal information is important to you and that measures should be taken to ensure that the Redi database and the personal information of its members are securely held.
All personal information will be stored on a secured server behind a firewall.
Access to the Redi database is password protected and only accessible to authorised Redi personnel.
Openness
Redi has a policy of complete openness to its members. Redi members are invited to request, generally, what sort of personal information we hold about you, for what purposes that information is held, and how we collect, hold, use and discloses a member’s personal information.
Changes and/or Revisions to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time.
Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site.
If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy’s new effective date.
If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through a notice on our home page.
We encourage you to refer to this Privacy Policy from time to time so that you understand and are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
Contacting Redi
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact The Privacy Officer.