Discover Threads recognises
and values the protection of your personal information. We are aware of our
obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and we will ensure that we fulfil
our obligations under that Act.
We also recognise that you
may have concerns about our collection of your personal information via our
website, which is located at http://www.discoverthreads.com/ and how we may use
that information.
We have implemented this
Privacy Policy in order to inform you about how we will collect, store, use
your personal information and under what circumstances we may disclose your
personal information.
Information we collect from
you
From time to time, we may
ask you to supply personal information such as your name, address, date of
birth, telephone number or e-mail address. However, under no circumstances will
we request or collect any information from you that may disclose your:
- political,
religious or philosophical beliefs or affiliations;
- health and
sexuality;
- racial or ethnic
origin; or
- criminal
convictions.
We may also conduct surveys
or market research and may seek other information from you on a periodic basis.
These surveys will provide us with information that allows improvement in the
types and quality of services offered to you, and the manner in which those
services are offered to you.
Personal information via
the Website
Most commercial websites
use ‘cookies’, which are pieces of information that websites send to the
browser and are stored in the computer hard-drive. Cookies make using the
Website easier by storing information about your preferences on the Website.
This allows the Website to be tailored to you for any of your return visits.
Cookies will not identify you personally.
If you would prefer not to
receive cookies, you can alter your security settings on your web browser to
disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. However, by
disabling the cookie function in your web browser you may impede your ability
to use parts of the Website.
Your option not to provide
your personal information
Providing us with your
personal information is absolutely optional, and whenever it is optional for
you to provide us with your personal information, we will make this clear to
you. When you provide us with your personal information, you are consenting to
our storage, use and disclosure of that information as outlined in this Privacy
Policy.
We may from time to time
run competitions or offer additional benefits to you and we may ask you to
provide us with your personal details for these purposes. Providing us with
this information is absolutely optional to you. However, if you do not provide
your personal information to us we may not be able to contact you or give you
access to the additional benefits.
You may opt out of these
additional communications at any time and can do so by emailing us.
Use and disclosure of your
personal information
Your personal information,
including your e-mail address, will be used for the following primary purposes:
1.
to
process and finalise orders made via the Website;
2.
to ensure
the proper functioning of the Website; and
3.
to assist
Discover Threads with our marketing, planning, product development and research
requirements.
We will not use or disclose
(or permit the use or disclosure of) personal information that could be used to
identify an individual member in any circumstances except:
- to ensure the
proper functioning of our business and the Website
- to communicate
promotional offers and special events to you;
- where the law
requires us, or authorises us to do so; or
- where you have
given express consent to us for a prescribed purpose.
We will not sell,
distribute, rent, licence, disclose, share or pass your personal information
onto any third parties, other than those who are contracted to us to keep the
information confidential whether subject to a statute or a scheme which imposes
similar restrictions to the National Privacy Principles contained in the
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) regarding the handling of personal information.
We will take all reasonable
steps to ensure that all information collected from you is accurate, up to
date, complete and stored in a secure environment and accessed only by our authorised
personnel.
Please note that no
information transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
However, we will endeavour to protect your personal information as best as
possible but we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you
transmit to us, or receive from us. The transmission and exchange of
information is carried out at your own risk.
Unsubscribing from our
e-mail database
To unsubscribe from our
e-mail database, please send an e-mail to with
“UNSUBSCRIBE” typed into the subject line of the e-mail.
We reserve our right to
modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Should any significant
amendments occur, notification would be provided by publication on the Website.
For further information about privacy, please refer to the Australian Privacy
Commissioner’s website www.privacy.gov.au.