Privacy Policy
This site is a joint venture between:
- Cystic Fibrosis Australia.
- Cystic Fibrosis WA
- Cystic Fibrosis NSW
- Cystic Fibrosis SA
- Cystic Fibrosis ACT
- Cystic Fibrosis Tasmania
Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Cystic Fibrosis Australia, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
Information Cystic Fibrosis Australia gathers and tracks
Cystic Fibrosis Australia gathers two types of information about users:
- Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to submit rental or order forms.
- Information Cystic Fibrosis Australia gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does Cystic Fibrosis Australia divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.
Optional Voluntary Information
We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:
‘Contact Us’ Form SubmissionThroughout the site you are able to contact us via form submissions. All personal information pertaining to your submission is only accessible to staff at the relevant Cystic Fibrosis organisation.
Purchases in our Online Store
Each of our organisations maintain an online store where you may purchase merchandise, tickets to events or make a donation. All personal information pertaining to your orders is only accessible to staff at the relevant Cystic Fibrosis organisation.
Usage tracking
Cystic Fibrosis Australia tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. Cystic Fibrosis Australia does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
Cookies
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain personal information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Cystic Fibrosis Australia uses cookies to:
- Track user traffic patterns (as described above).
- Store items in your shopping cart
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie.
You do not need to have cookies turned on to browse content this site. However, you do need cookies to make a purchase in one of our online stores.
Use of Information
Cystic Fibrosis Australia uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on our website, whether to provide interactive or personalised elements on the site or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas, we do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
Sharing Of the Information
Cystic Fibrosis Australia will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
Security
Cystic Fibrosis Australia operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorised individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.
Your Consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Cystic Fibrosis Australia. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
