CCRES 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 CCRES website and governs data collection and usage. By using the CCRES website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
CCRES collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. CCRES also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by CCRES. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by CCRES for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the CCRES website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through CCRES public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: CCRES does not read any of your private online communications.
CCRES encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from CCRES so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. CCRES is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the CCRES and CCRES family of websites.
CCRES collects and uses your personal information to operate the CCRES website and deliver the services you have requested. CCRES also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from CCRES and its affiliates. CCRES may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
CCRES does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. CCRES 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, CCRES 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 CCRES, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
CCRES does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
CCRES keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within CCRES, in order to determine what CCRES services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within CCRES to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
CCRES websites 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 CCRES or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of CCRES; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of CCRES, or the public.
The CCRES website 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 CCRES pages, or register with CCRES site or services, a cookie helps CCRES 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 CCRES website, the information you previously provided can beretrieved, so you can easily use the CCRES 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 CCRES services or websites you visit.
CCRES secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. CCRES 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.
CCRES will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. CCRES encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how CCRES is protecting your information.
CCRES welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that CCRES has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Liz Izquierdo (07 3443 3144 or l.izquierdo@uq.edu.au). We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem