Pauline
Books & Media On-line Privacy Policy
This on-line Privacy Policy is provided to make you aware of how we collect,
use and manage information of visitors to our Internet Web Site (IWS).
The Publisher and its related entities view the personal privacy of users
as an important issue, and we are committed to maintaining the security
of personal information provided to us by users in accessing our IWS.
This policy forms part of the Terms of Service of the IWS, and describes
how we treat personal information that we receive through your use of
our IWS.
Definitions
The Trustees of the Daughters of St Paul (trading as Pauline Books &
Media) ABN 23 370 778 012 ("the Publisher") is a member of the
Catholic Church Religious Group.
"Pauline Books & Media", "the online book centre",
"we", "us" and "our" means the Pauline Books
& Media and all of its related bodies corporate. A related body corporate
means a related body corporate as defined in the Corporations Law of Australia.
"IWS" refers to the Internet Web Site Pauline Books & Media.
"User/s", "you" and "your" refers to users
and customers of the IWS.
'Hyperlink' means any mechanism of providing a link from one location
on the Internet (or a web page) to another location on the Internet (or
a different web page, or a different location on the same web page), and
includes any mechanism for linking to, or providing access to, files via
the Internet.
'Intellectual Property' means all intellectual property rights as defined
by Article 2 of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Convention
of 1967, in any inventions, designs, trademarks, trade names, circuit
layouts, plant varieties, business and domain names, logos and get-up,
confidential information, matter, materials or works accessible on or
via Pauline Books & Media’s web sites.
"Internet Services" means the supply of Goods and Services
by Pauline Books & Media including without limitation access to the
Pauline Book & Media website at www.paulinebooks.com.au, ordering
through the online book centre, and to anything on Pauline Book &
Media’s website including without limitation subscription to Pauline
Books & Media’s mailing lists.
What Information Do We Collect and How Is It Used?
We collect the following information from visitors to our IWS: domain
name, IP address, information regarding what pages are accessed, information
volunteered by you, such as survey information, e-mail address, and your
preferred means of communication. We collect and log this information
for statistical purposes.
We will also collect additional information in relation to customer orders,
subscribers of Pauline Books & Media’s mailing lists, and customer
book reviews as set out under the heading "Information collected
during Ordering, Mailing List Subscription & Customer Book Reviews",
and that additional information will be used by us for processing customer
orders and subscriber database management purposes and such information
will be provided as necessary to financial institutions. Through the use
of a "cookie" (see under "Cookies"), we can record
the pages you visit and the information you require. On this site cookies
are necessary to add your selected items to your shopping cart.
Other than as stated in the preceding paragraphs, no attempt is made
to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the event of
an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant
to inspect logs, or where we believe it is required to collect and produce
relevant electronic documentation to use and disclose your personal information,
fulfil its obligations to any third parties, including statutory organisations
under local law and regulatory bodies.
We will only use and disclose your personal information if necessary
to protect any copyright or intellectual property in any material on our
IWS, or if it is necessary to enforce our IWS Terms of Service.
We may use third-party advertisers to deliver advertisements to your
web browser whilst you are viewing our IWS. We accept no responsibility
for any information collected by third-party advertisers once you click
on an advertisement and leave our IWS.
Except as specifically stated in this Privacy Policy, we will not share
your personally identifiable information with any individual or organisation
that is not associated with the Publisher.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that web sites may write to your hard drive
when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information, such as a
userID, that the web site uses to track the pages you have visited. The
only personal information a cookie can contain is information you personally
supply. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files
created by other web sites.
Our IWS uses cookies to add your items to the web site’s Shopping
Cart and to then permit you to continue browsing the web site. This cookie
is deleted once your order is finalized, or after a period of time if
you fail to finalise your order. You can set your browser to notify you
when you receive a cookie, providing you with the opportunity to either
accept or reject it. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off
in your browser. However, full web site functionality will require the
use of cookies.
Security
We take all reasonable security measures to protect your personal information
from loss, unauthorised access, destruction, misuse, modification or disclosure
as far as is permissible under law, but we accept no responsibility for
any unauthorised access gained to any of your personal information in
our possession.
Customer Book Reviews
The Publisher reserves the right to reject any review it receives. Customer
book reviews are submitted to an approval process before publishing to
the IWS. Reviews may be edited for length (shortened) before publishing,
and any review that is deemed offensive or in any way inappropriate will
not be published. Customer email addresses collected in the process of
submitting a book review are not published to the IWS with the review.
Information collected during Ordering, Mailing List
Subscription & Customer Book Reviews
In the process of submitting orders, subscribing to one of Pauline Books
& Media’s mailing lists, or submitting a customer book review,
the following information will be required and used by us:
- e-mail address;
- name;
- organisation name;
- address, telephone number and fax number;
- payment details, such as credit card details or your customer account
number with us
Only your email address will be permanently stored in the IWS database.
Customer information collected during ordering is deleted from the IWS
on fulfillment of the order.
Updating this Privacy Policy
As the content of this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time
we suggest that you return to our IWS on a regular basis and carefully
read the information provided.
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