PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes how GeoExchange Australia PTY Ltd. (GXA) collects, uses and discloses information, and what choices you have with respect to the information.

1.0 PURPOSE

The purpose of this Policy is to outline the Privacy Policy under which GXA bases its operations.

The purpose of this Policy is to outline the GXA Privacy Policy and how the Policy will be integrated into the business activities of GXA. It is the belief of GXA that the adoption of a Privacy Policy is integral to ensure a level of trust with clients and the general public that their private information will be managed responsibly.

2.0 RESPONSIBILITY

It is the responsibility of all GXA personnel to ensure that this policy is implemented and adhered to at all times.

3.0 POLICY STATEMENT

GXA is committed to protecting the privacy of its clients. We strive to keep your personal information confidential. This policy details how GXA handles your personal information.

3.1 WHY WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

GXA collects and uses your personal information to provide superior customer service and to provide convenient access to our products and services. We also use your personal information to keep you up to date on our products, services, and other information we think you’d be interested in. Occasionally, we may use your personal information to contact you to participate in a customer satisfaction survey to assist us in developing better products.

3.2 HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

GXA may collect information from you in several ways. For example, we normally ask for your contact information when you correspond with us, call us, or provide plans or drawings. In addition, when you sign up for access to our Internet-based publishing services, or for access to our file upload service, we collect and store the information you provide in a secured database.

3.3 WHEN WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION

GXA does not disclose your personal information to third parties without your prior consent except when required by applicable law or legal process.

3.4 HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

GXA protects your personal information with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. This includes using industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption on all web pages where personal information is requested or displayed.

3.5 ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Should you wish to access the information GXA holds about you, simply email enquiries@geoexchange.com.au, or use the contact details on our website at www.geoexchange.com.au. GXA may charge a fee for the production of this information. If your request is denied, GXA will inform you of the reason why access has been denied.

3.6 ANONYMOUS INFORMATION COLLECTION

When you browse GXA’s website, you are able to do so anonymously. Generally, we don’t collect personal information when you browse – not even your email address. We do receive some information from your web browser automatically – including your IP address, the time, the page you visited, the page that you linked from to get to our website, and the type of web browser you are using. This information does not reveal any personal information about you. We use this information for aggregate statistical analysis of our website.

Like many other websites, the GXA website uses “cookies” to identify your browser with a unique random number. These cookies do not reveal any personal information about you. We use cookies to study traffic patterns so we can make our web site more effective.

Cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on our site. Most cookies are “session cookies” which means that they are automatically deleted at the end of each session. A cookie itself does not have the ability to automatically collect personal information about you, we use cookies for website statistics purposes only. A cookie can store certain information that identifies your computer to us so that you don’t have to re-enter information as frequently when you use our site.