Privacy
Updated: 6 May, 2008
Our Commitment to You
Welcome to www.sportsplay.net.au (the Website), the exciting sports-oriented online social network where members build and extend strong relationships, via their real-world sports activities, with their team-mates, other fans, and their officials and administrators online.
As the host of the Website, Prime Digitalworks Pty Limited ACN 063 959 357 (PDW) takes your privacy very seriously. To make it easier for you to read and understand our privacy policy, we did the unconventional thing – we wrote this in plain English and tried to keep it to a reasonably short length.
- Your privacy remains strictly under your control
- You can end your membership at any time
- We will never disclose your personal information to any third party for marketing purposes unless you expressly give us permission to. PDW does not spam.
Information Collected by PDW
When you register to become a member of (the Website), you submit information such as your name and email address. As part of your personal profile, you may choose to submit additional information such as age, sports, interests, opinions and other content, such as photos and videos.
As the Website contains discussion forums and chat rooms, you may choose to disclose personal information including sensitive information or opinions about yourself, such as your philosophical beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, political opinions or sexual preferences, on the Website in those discussion forums and chat rooms. You acknowledge that such disclosure is at your own discretion and that by choosing to upload personal or sensitive information to the Website you have consented to the disclosure of that information and to that information becoming public information. Further, by uploading personal and sensitive information to the Website you consent to the collection of such personal and sensitive information, by PDW.
The Website General User Terms and Conditions prohibit Members from providing sensitive information (subject to exceptions), telephone numbers, street addresses, URLs, email addresses or other information about other people without their consent, that would allow Users to identify or contact any individual including a photograph or image of another person posted without that persons consent.
We also collect other data, which may include your IP address and what browser you are using, and information collected as a course of information carriage.
We will only collect and use your personal information that is necessary to assist us in providing our services. In most situations, the information we collect about you will have been provided directly by you. We will not collect sensitive information about you, unless you have submitted that sensitive information to the Website.
Use of Information
We will display your personal information on your profile according to the preferences you set in your account. We will use your name so that we can personalise your experience. We will use your email address to contact you from time to time and we will use your email address for security reasons to confirm that you are who you say you are. You can control the types and frequency of certain emails you receive.
We may use information, like your IP address, to statistically analyze site usage and to customize our site’s content, layout and services. The resulting information will allow us to improve our site and better understand and serve our users.
Unless you object, you consent to this personal information being used to:
- identify you in any discussion forums, bulletin boards and/or chat areas;
- contact you;
- update your records;
- effectively carry on our business;
- assess, process and investigate queries and/or complaints made by you;
- send news, information about our activities and general promotional material which we believe may be of interest to you;
- monitor who accesses the Website or uses services offered on the Website; and
- profile the types of people who access the Website.
We may also need to disclose your information to various organisations and other parties such as information technology service providers, market research agents, business partners, affiliates and related companies of PDW.
We will disclose your personal information if we reasonably believe we are required to do so by law, regulation or other government authority or to protect the rights and property of PDW, its affiliates or the public. We may also cooperate with law enforcement agencies in any official investigation and we may disclose your personal information to the relevant agency in doing so.
Your e-mail message content may be monitored by us for trouble-shooting or maintenance purposes or if any form of e-mail abuse is suspected.
Personal information which we collect may be aggregated for analysis but in such circumstances we would ensure that individuals remain anonymous.
If you request us not to use your personal information in a particular manner or at all, we will adopt all reasonable measures to observe your request.
Reviewing and Changing Your Profile
You may remove yourself from future messages, news, promotional materials and the like by following the instructions found within the sent message. After the Opt-Out request is processed, a final message will be sent to you confirming removal of your address.
Alternatively, you may send your request to unsubscribe@iprime.com.au
We take reasonable steps to ensure that all personal information we hold is accurate, complete and up to date. You should promptly notify us if there are any changes to personal information we hold about you.
You may ask us at any time to correct personal information held by us about you, which you believe is incorrect or out of date. We will deal with such requests within a reasonable time.
If we disagree as to the accuracy of the information, you may request that we attach a statement to that information noting that you consider it to be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.
You can review and revise your personal profile, and who will be given access to your private team zone information, at any time.
Access to Information
You are entitled to request access to any information relating to you that has been supplied to us over this Website. You are also entitled to edit or delete your information unless we are required by law to retain it.
We will process your requests within a reasonable time, usually 14 days for a straightforward request or 30 days if it is more complicated. More time may be needed, depending on the nature of the request. We will confirm your identity before giving you access to your information.
There is no fee charged for requesting access to your personal information, however we may charge you for the reasonable cost of processing your request.
In certain circumstances, we are permitted by the Privacy Act to deny your requests for access, or to limit the access we provide. If we refuse or limit your access to your personal information, we will tell you the reason why.
Internet Awareness
Whenever you voluntarily post personal information in public areas, like journals, webLogs, message boards, chat rooms and discussion forums, you should be aware that this information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by others to send you unsolicited communications. Any information posted online by you will be treated by us as non-confidential. Please exercise discretion in deciding what information you disclose. Please also be aware that any material or information that you post online can be accessed, read, downloaded, adapted, reproduced, stored, distributed, printed, transmitted, displayed or published by others.
Children
Children under the age of thirteen (13) are not eligible to use our service unless the permission/verification of a parent or guardian is received. Once this verification is received, we recommend that children under the age of thirteen (13) restrict their profile to friends and family only, and do not disclose any personal information on the site.
PDW encourages parents and guardians to spend time with their children online, and to be familiar with the sites their children visit.
We encourage all Users and Members to use appropriate warnings and/or labelling systems in respect of Content which is likely to be considered unsuitable for minors according to the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995 (Cth) and Guidelines even though that content may not be Prohibited or Potential Prohibited Content under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (Cth) and the Internet Industry Associations Codes of Practice as registered by the Australian Broadcasting Authority.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are a standard Internet technology, and many major web sites use them to provide useful features for their members. Cookies allow us to store and retrieve login information on a user’s system. A cookie does not identify you personally but it does identify your computer. Cookies provide us with data that we can use to improve the quality of our service and make it easier to use. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you’d prefer, you can set yours to notify you when you receive a cookie and to reject or refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of our web site if you do so.
Third Party Advertising
PDW may share profile information in a personally identifiable manner and aggregate usage information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties in order to present to members more targeted advertising, products and services. Advertisements that appear on this Website are delivered to users by our advertising and sponsorship partners. Our advertising and sponsorship partners may set cookies.
Acquisition
We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of PDW or the Website, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. If an acquiring company should plan to materially change this privacy policy, we will notify you beforehand.
Security
The security of your personal information depends on your protection of your account password. Please do not disclose your account password to unauthorized people. PDW uses industry standard technology designed to help keep your personal information safe and to protect your information from unauthorized access, modification and disclosure to the best of our ability. If you have any other questions about the security of our website, please contact us.
No transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under the control of PDW to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. While we strive to protect your personal information, PDW cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Any such transmission is done at your own risk.
We use secure methods to destroy or de-identify any personal information as soon as the law permits, provided the information is no longer needed by us for any purpose.
Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall PDW, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, agents, sponsors, partners and employees, be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages that result from the use of the information or materials on the Website or other PDW sites, even if PDW or an authorized representative of PDW, has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
We may establish relationships with business partners that allow Users of the Website to access websites operated by these partners through the use of a hyperlink. Some of these websites may be co-branded with the Website or PDWs name, trade mark, logo, slogan, URL address or the like, however, these websites are not operated or maintained by us or on behalf of PDW. These websites may collect personal information from you that may be shared with us. This Privacy Policy will apply to any personal information we obtain in this manner.
PDW is not responsible for the content or practices of websites operated by third parties that are linked to the Website. These links are for the Users convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval by us of the content, policy or practise of those third party websites. Once you have left the Website via such a hyperlink, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party website.
Changes in Privacy Policy
From time to time we may update this Privacy Policy and will post a notice of any significant changes on our website. You should visit this page periodically to review any such changes to the privacy policy. Your continued use of this website or our service and/or continued provision of personally identifiable information to us will be subject to the terms of the then-current Privacy Policy.
Canceling Membership
You always have the option to cancel your membership at any time.
Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this Website or your dealings with this Website, you can contact us via email admin@iprime.com.au, by visiting our help section, or by writing to:
General Manager, Production
Prime Digital Works Pty Limited
Suite 132
19-21 Jones Bay Wharf
26-32 Pirrama Road
PYRMONT NSW 2009
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy statement is effective as of 17 September, 2007.
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