Meridien
Marinas is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that
gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of
Privacy applies to the Meridien Marinas Web site and governs data collection
and usage. By using the Meridien Marinas website, you consent to the data
practices described in this statement.
Collection
of your Personal Information
Meridien
Marinas collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Meridien Marinas also
collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your post code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites.
There is
also information about your computer hardware and software that is
automatically collected by Meridien Marinas. This information can include: your
IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site
addresses. This information is used by Meridien Marinas for the operation of
the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general
statistics regarding use of the Meridien Marinas Web site.
Please
keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through Meridien Marinas public message boards,
this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Meridien Marinas
does not read any of your private online communications.
Meridien
Marinas encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose
to link to from Meridien Marinas so that you can understand how those Web sites
collect, use and share your information. Meridien Marinas is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Meridien
Marinas and Meridien family of Web sites.
Use of
your Personal Information
Meridien
Marinas collects and uses your personal information to operate the Meridien
Marinas Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Meridien Marinas
also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products
or services available from Meridien Marinas and its affiliates. Meridien
Marinas may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion
of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Meridien
Marinas does not sell, rent or lease its customer href="http://three.mettromagic.com/index.cfm to third parties. Meridien
Marinas may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business
partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those
cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address,
telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Meridien
Marinas may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical
analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange
for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal
information except to provide these services to Meridien Marinas, and they are
required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Meridien
Marinas does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race,
religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Meridien
Marinas keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Meridien
Marinas, in order to determine what Meridien Marinas services are the most
popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
Meridien Marinas to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Meridien
Marinas Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only
if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process
served on Meridien Marinas or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or
property of Meridien Marinas; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of users of Meridien Marinas, or the public.
Use of
Cookies
The Meridien
Marinas Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online
experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web
page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your
computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web
server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of
the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you
time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Meridien Marinas pages, or
register with Meridien Marinas site or services, a cookie helps Meridien
Marinas to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This
simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing
addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Meridien
Marinas Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so
you can easily use the Meridien Marinas features that you customized.
You have
the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline
cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to
fully experience the interactive features of the Meridien Marinas services or
Web sites you visit.
Security
of your Personal Information
Meridien
Marinas secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or
disclosure. Meridien Marinas secures the personally identifiable information
you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected
from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as
a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected
through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes
to this Statement
Meridien
Marinas will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company
and customer feedback. Meridien Marinas encourages you to periodically review
this Statement to be informed of how Meridien Marinas is protecting your
information.
Contact
Information
Meridien
Marinas welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you
believe that Meridien Marinas has not adhered to this Statement, please contact
Meridien Marinas at info@meridien.com.au.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy
the problem.
