Here at Talking Footy, we understand the importance of respecting and safeguarding the privacy of our members and visitors to this web site. This statement sets out our policy for dealing with personal information and it explains what types of information we collect through this web site, how we use that information, to whom we may disclose it and how you can contact us if you have any questions about this policy.

The types of personal information that we collect from you will depend on how you use this web site. Irrespective of the nature of the information that you provide to us, you can be certain that we will handle it confidentially and only use or disclose that information in ways that are explained in this statement or where we are required to use or disclose the information by law.


The types of information that we collect and what we do with it

We usually collect personal information such as your email address when you subscribe to our message board services or provide information to our web site (eg: news, opinions). We do not collect information on pages you visit on the site, other than to collect the aggregate totals of all visitors to each page.

Such information is used to provide our services to you and to fulfil the administrative functions associated with this web site.

On our forums or message boards, your email address is used to allow us or other users to contact you; however, your email address is never publicly printed allowing readers or spam aggregators to find your email address.

We may collect certain non-personal information (eg: the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may use such non-personal information for administrative purposes, such as protecting ourselves in moderating discussion boards.


If you send us an email

Should you send us an email containing personal information, we will take reasonable steps to ensure the confidentiality of that information.

We do not share your email address or personal details captured with any other person, company or identity.


Disclosure of information about you to a third party

Although such situations are rare, you should be aware that we may disclose your personal information to third parties in any of the following circumstances:

• where an investigation of fraud or unlawful activity has been or is being conducted by us and the information is disclosed to the relevant persons or authorities; or
• where the disclosure is required or authorised by law; or
• where we believe that the disclosure is reasonably necessary to assist a law enforcement agency or an agency responsible for national security in the performance of its functions; or
• for the preparation for or the conduct of legal proceedings or for the implementation of the orders of a court of tribunal.
  

Public information and cookies

Any information posted on forums or message boards and/or communicated in chat areas becomes public information.

Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the Internet, this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your username and passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the Internet.

Cookies are data that a web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies are only used to allow ongoing access to and use of selected areas of the site (eg: Forums). Cookies are necessary for your usage of selected areas of the site (eg: Forums).

How to gain access to information that we hold about you

If you ask us to, we will provide you with access to any information that we have collected about you through this web site. To gain access to this information you should contact us.

If you think that any of the information that we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us and we will review the relevant information.

If you wish to discuss any aspect of this policy please contact us.