Privacy Policy

Introduction

This website ('Site') is owned and operated by FOX International Channels Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 70 149 464 531 ('FOX International Channels Australia, we, our, us'). FOX International Channels Australia is committed to the protection of personal information provided by you to the Site.

This Privacy Policy applies to the collection, storage, use and dissemination by FOX International Channels Australia of your personal information ('your personal information'). By ‘personal information’, we mean information such as your name, address, date of birth, phone number, email address or any other information which may be used to contact you or otherwise identify you.

Access to the contents of this Site is conditional upon your approval of the Privacy Policy, which should be read together with the Terms of Use. You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy, together with our Terms of Use, forms our agreement with you in relation to your use of the site.

FOX International Channels Australia is committed to protecting your personal information and we adhere to the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) as outlined in the Privacy Act 1988. Our Privacy Policy contains the following important information regarding your personal information:

    •    Collection of your personal information;
    •    Storage and Security of your personal information;
    •    Use and Disclosure of your personal information;
    •    Access to your personal information;
    •    Disclaimer;
    •    Further Information on Privacy;
    •    Contact Us.

You agree that your use of this Site implies your consent to the collection and use of your personal information (or your children's personal information) in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. 



We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. You should review our Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are satisfied and consent to all amendments to our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Site following any amendments is valid confirmation of your acceptance of the amendments. 



Collection of your personal information



Your personal information is collected to enhance your use of the site and to continually improve and enhance our Site. 



Some of the information collected will not personally identify you but instead track your use of the Site. We obtain this information by our use of 'Cookies'. Cookies are commonly used by websites on the Internet to collect data and are a feature usually placed in your hard drive that recognises and identifies your computer. The Cookie does not contain any information that personally identifies you and we do not use Cookies in order to obtain such information. Your browser should allow you to refuse Cookies if you desire. 



We will collect information that does personally identify you where required (this may include your name, email address, gender, age and subscribers details). We only collect this information to carry out the functions offered on the areas of Site that you choose to enter. 



Storage and security of your personal information 



FOX International Channels Australia will use all reasonable endeavours to maintain the security of your personal information. 



We require our staff and service providers to respect the confidentiality of your personal information.



Due to the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that your personal information will always be secure during transmission or from unauthorised access during storage. Please contact FOX International Channels Australia immediately if you become aware or have reason to believe there has been any unauthorised use of your personal information. 



Use and disclosure of your personal information



FOX International Channels Australia will not disclose your personal information to any third parties, other than those who are contracted to act on our behalf. FOX International Channels Australia will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that such contractors or agents treat your personal information as confidential. We use contractors to perform certain services on our behalf, for example for mailing purposes, overseeing prizing in relation to competitions, market research and polls, sales activities and customer service support. 



Our Site may also contain links to other organisations’ websites and the websites of advertisers or sponsors. FOX International Channels Australia will not disclose information that personally identifies you to advertisers or third parties, however by accessing these third party websites, you should be aware that they may have different rules regarding the collection, storage or use of your personal information, over which we have no control.



FOX International Channels Australia may be required to disclose some information that does not personally identify you to advertisers to provide advertisers with aggregate statistics of people that have seen or linked to their advertisements on our site. This provision of information with advertisers assists FOX International Channels Australia with improvements to the site and assists FOX International Channels Australia to provide access to the site at no cost to the user.



For certain offers, competitions or promotions, FOX International Channels Australia may be required to share your personal information with third parties who are involved in such competitions or promotions. In these instances, you will be given the opportunity to ‘opt in’ to have your personal information passed onto these third parties and/or to receive promotional information from third parties. A failure to ‘opt in’ may render you ineligible for the competition or promotion. If you do ‘opt in’, the storage and use of your personal information will be subject to the relevant privacy policies of those third parties and FOX International Channels Australia will not be liable for any misuse of your personal information. If you later wish to ‘opt out’ of receiving third party information you will need to contact that third party directly. 



In the event that FOX International Channels Australia believes you have broken the law or engaged in illegal activity, FOX International Channels Australia may be required to pass on your personal information to a governmental agency or law enforcement authority for the purpose of investigating and/or resolving any dispute. FOX International Channels Australia may also be obligated to pass on your personal information to a third party in response to a court order such as a subpoena.



FOX International Channels Australia may provide certain information about you to its related bodies corporate. Subject to your prior approval, FOX International Channels Australia commercial sponsors, advertisers, business partners or associates located both in and outside Australia ('FOX International Channels Australia Partners') may wish to send you information about their products or services. 



If you subsequently decide that you do not wish to receive information about the products and services of the FOX International Channels Australia Partners, please contact us with your request to be removed from our mailing list. We will use reasonable endeavours to remove your name within 14 days of receipt of notice. 



Access to your personal information



FOX International Channels Australia will use all reasonable endeavours to keep your personal information accurate. You can contact us to examine your personal information if required. We will use reasonable endeavours to provide a complete list of your personal information within 14 days of receipt of your enquiry.



You may contact us to amend any of your personal Information that is inaccurate or request that your personal information be deleted. We will use reasonable endeavours to amend or delete your records as requested within 14 days of receipt of notice. If applicable, any legal requirement on FOX International Channels Australia to maintain certain records of your personal information will prevail over any of your requests.



Disclaimer



FOX International Channels Australia will only collect, use or disclose information that personally identifies you as set out in this Privacy Policy unless in our opinion FOX International Channels Australia is required by law to protect the rights or property of FOX International Channels Australia or any third party, or to avoid injury to any person. 



In accordance with FOX International Channels Australia established relationships with the FOX International Channels Australia Partners, users of our site may link directly to sites operated by FOX International Channels Australia Partners. Although certain FOX International Channels Australia Partner sites may be co-branded with the FOX International Channels Australia logo or logos of FOX International Channels Australia owned brands, you acknowledge that such sites may not be operated by FOX International Channels Australia. We encourage you to always read the applicable privacy policy of any FOX International Channels Australia Partner on exiting this site. 



FOX International Channels Australia Partner sites may collect additional personal information from you in addition to your personal information supplied to FOX International Channels Australia. You acknowledge that FOX International Channels Australia is not responsible for the content or practices of the sites operated by FOX International Channels Australia Partners including the manner in which they collect, store, use or disseminate your personal information.



Further information on privacy



If you would like any further information about your rights to privacy, please see the Australian Privacy Commissioner's website. 

Contact us 

If you have any queries regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to read, amend or delete any of your personal information, please contact FOX International Channels Australia by email addressed to info@natgeotv.com.au