Purpose of Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how Click N Buy Australia and its Affiliates treat the personally identifiable information that is collected about you when you visit the web sites, mobile-optimized versions of the web sites, and digital applications to which this policy is linked. For the purposes of this policy, information that we can use to identify or contact you as an individual, and includes your name, email address, address, telephone number and any other information that we associate with any of the foregoing. By submitting Personally Identifiable Information through any of our Covered Sites, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy and you expressly consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Collection of Information
Information You Provide. Click N Buy Australia generally collects Personally Identifiable Information that you voluntarily provide. For instance, when you enter a sweepstakes or contest, complete a survey, participate in a reader panel, register for those portions that may require registration, make a purchase, participate in our social networking features, subscribe to receive newsletters, promotional correspondence, or other electronic services, or send us an email or feedback, you may be asked to provide information such as your e-mail address, name, phone number, shipping address, and billing information, and we will collect such information as well as any other content you provide us in engaging in any of the above activities. Information such as your age, gender, hobbies or interests may also be requested. If you elect to post material to any blogs, participate in our social networking features or other community boards that may be offered on our Covered Sites, then such materials will be collected and may be publicly available for others to view.
Cookies and Other Technologies
Click N Buy Australia may set and access cookies and similar technologies on your computer. A cookie is a small amount of data (often including a unique identifier), that is sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Some of our cookies may be local shared objects, also known as Flash cookies. If you don’t want cookies, most Web browsers include an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, some portions of our website may not function efficiently.
Use of Information
Click N Buy Australia uses information we collect from you in part to provide you with the service you have requested. We use your information to identify you as a user, improve our website and services, send you administrative notifications, and respond to your inquiries. We might also send out e-mails to users to announce special offers, services and announcements from our site, our partners and/or our advertisers. We also use information in connection with advertising and to serve other content.
Disclosure of Your Information
In addition to the other disclosures described in this policy, Click N Buy Australia may (and you authorize us to) share or disclose Personally Identifiable Information about you to other companies or individuals in the following situation:
We utilize third party service providers to provide products, services or functions on our behalf (such as sending emails), and ask these service providers to agree to maintain the confidentiality of your Personally Identifiable Information and not to use your Personally Identifiable Information for any reason except to carry out the purpose(s) for which we hired them (“Service Provider Exception”).
Advertising and Other Content
In addition to ads and content that we serve you directly, we use third-party advertising companies and marketing services companies to serve ads and other content when you visit our site and elsewhere on the internet. Both we and these companies may use information about your visits to this site and elsewhere to serve ads and other content to you. In the course of doing so, a unique third-party cookie may be placed or recognized on your browser by such companies.
Third Party Partners
Our site may from time to time partner with a retailer or other third party to offer online shopping opportunities, games, services, subscriptions and other applications on a co-branded or cross-promotional basis. Those transactions may take place on a site, or the site of the third party. In either case, Personally Identifiable Information you provide in connection with the transaction may be collected directly by, or shared by Click N Buy Australia with, the third party, as well as with any participating sponsors or advertisers of such opportunities and features.
Marketing provided by Click N Buy Australia
From time to time we may send you promotional materials on behalf of Click N Buy Australia and/or third parties. If you want us to stop sending you promotional materials to your email, you may follow the unsubscribe instructions in the email or contacting us at [email protected].
Protection of Your Personal Information
We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personally Identifiable Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We also require you to enter a password to access your registration information. Please do not disclose your registration password to unauthorized people. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while Click N Buy Australia uses reasonable efforts to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, Click N Buy Australia cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children and Parents
The Covered Sites are not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13. If your children disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so. There are also commercially available tools to help you limits your children’s exposure to material online.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is subject to occasional revision. Continued use of our site, indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.