Privacy Policy
The SCI FI Channel website located at http://www.scifitv.com.au (“the Website”) is owned and operated by the General Entertainment Partnership (ABN 19 094 282 021). For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “the SCI FI Channel” refers to the General Entertainment Partnership and its related corporations, affiliates and licensees (“the SCI FI Channel”). The SCI FI Channel, respects and takes very seriously the privacy of its customers and users of the Website. This statement is to inform you about the SCI FI Channel’s policies for the collection and use of your personally identifiable information (“personal information”).In particular, the purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about:
- Collection of Your Personal Information
- Cookies
- Use of Your Personal Information
- Access to Your Personal Information
- Security of Your Personal Information
- Linked Sites
- Children’s Privacy
This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with the Website Terms and Conditions. Your continued use of the Website is deemed as your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the collection and use of your personal information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
The SCI FI Channel is bound by the National Privacy Principles (“NPP”) under the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 (“the Privacy Act”).
Collection of Your Personal Information
The SCI FI Channel does not collect personal information about you without your knowledge, and all such personal information is collected directly from you. The SCI FI Channel collects personal information about you for example, when you register on the Website, when you order products or services through the SCI FI Channel or the Website, and if you enter any competitions or promotions. The personal information that the SCI FI Channel holds, may include, for example, your email address, name, mailing address, or information provided by you in order to participate in any SCI FI Channel competitions and promotions, to be added to the list to receive email updates on particular SCI FI Channel programs, competitions and events or to conduct other transactions or activities on the Website. You are not required to provide the SCI FI Channel with this information but, if you choose not to, you may not be able to participate in some of the SCI FI Channel’s competitions and promotions, Website activities and other SCI FI Channel activities.
The SCI FI Channel will not send unsolicited emails or other such communications to you. On each email you receive from the SCI FI Channel, you are given the opportunity to unsubscribe. If you choose to unsubscribe, the SCI FI Channel will remove your e-mail address permanently from that mailing list. Alternatively, please contact the SCI FI Channel if you no longer wish to participate in any SCI FI Channel activities or if you have erroneously received an email or other such communication from the SCI FI Channel.
Cookies
Certain non-personal information may be recorded by our systems through cookies. Cookies are used by many websites and are small text file placed on your computer hard drive. Cookies do not personally identify you and the SCI FI Channel does not use cookies to obtain such information. Cookies determine if you have previously visited the Website and identify what pages you have accessed from the Website. You can disable cookies through your internet browser but if you do this, you might not be able to visit or participate in some parts of the Website. The SCI FI Channel may use the information obtained from the cookies for statistics, internal SCI FI Channel purposes and to improve the SCI FI Channel’s services to you. This information will not personally identify you.
Use of Your Personal Information
For competitions conducted by the SCI FI Channel, the SCI FI Channel uses the personal information you provide for the purpose of notifying you if you win a prize and to send the prize to you. The SCI FI Channel does not use the personal information contained in competition entries for any purpose other than as expressly stated in the competition terms and conditions. The SCI FI Channel may also use the personal information you provide for the purpose of contacting you to be involved in studies concerning SCI FI Channel services, but only if you have given the SCI FI Channel permission to do so.
The SCI FI Channel does not share personal information provided by you nor does the SCI FI Channel sell or otherwise provide personal information provided by you to any third party under any circumstances, unless:
- you consent to the SCI FI Channel doing so;
- it is to allow you to participate in SCI FI Channel activities or competitions;
- the SCI FI Channel needs to share your information in order to provide the product or service you have requested;
- the SCI FI Channel is required to do so by law; or
- such disclosure is permitted in accordance with the NPP and the Privacy Act.
If the SCI FI Channel provides your personal information to third parties as set out above, the SCI FI Channel will take all reasonable steps to ensure that these third parties respect the privacy of your personal information and take steps to ensure the security of your personal information.
Access to Your Personal Information
The SCI FI Channel takes all reasonable steps to ensure the information the SCI FI Channel collects from you is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Please contact the SCI FI Channel if you believe that the personal information held by the SCI FI Channel is inaccurate, if you wish to examine your personal information or if you wish to amend the personal information held by the SCI FI Channel. The SCI FI Channel will make such amendments and may retain such information for a period in its back up systems as a precaution against system failures and for longer periods as required by law, contract or auditing requirements.
Security of Your Personal Information
The SCI FI Channel also takes all reasonable steps to maintain the security of all personal information provided by you and to prevent misuse or unauthorised access to that information. The SCI FI Channel has implemented security systems to deal with the physical and electronic security of any personal information held by the SCI FI Channel. However, the internet is not a secure environment and if you use the internet to send any personal information to the SCI FI Channel, it is sent at your own risk.
Linked Sites
The Website may contain links to third party websites. Please review the privacy policies on any of the linked sites that you visit as the SCI FI Channel is not responsible for these linked sites.
Children
If you are under the age of 18, then you will need to ask your parents or legal guardians for permission before you submit any personal information to the Website. Your parents or legal guardians are responsible for supervising your use of the Website.
Contact Us
If you have questions concerning this Privacy Policy, wish to update your personal information, access your personal information held by the SCI FI Channel, or if you think that there has been any inappropriate use or disclosure of your personal information, then please contact the SCI FI Channel:
By Post:
SCI FI Channel
Locked Bag 1
Paddington
NSW 2021
AUSTRALIA
By Fax:
Fax: +61 2 8374 6905
By Email:
galaxy@scifitv.com.au
The SCI FI Channel regularly reviews all its policies and procedures. As a result the SCI FI Channel may edit this Privacy Policy from time to time. Your continued use of the Website following any amendments is valid confirmation of your acceptance to the amendments. This Privacy Policy was updated on 18 July 2007.
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