PRIVACY POLICY

Revised January 25th, 2009

At VK4IM.com, we strive to develop innovative services to better serve our visitors. We recognise that privacy is an important issue, so we design and operate our services with the protection of your privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use VK4IM.com services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it.

The following principles apply to the personally identifying information we ask for and that you provide. "Personally identifying information" is information that individually identifies you, such as your name, physical address or email address.

Data Collection

• VK4IM.com collects limited non-personally identifying information your browser makes available whenever you visit a website. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your visit and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. We use this information to operate, develop and improve our services.
• Some pages on VK4IM.com provide information about the "Australian Amateur Radio Newsletter and Information Exchange (AARNIE)". If you "opt in" your name and email address are forwarded to Yahoo Groups and you are subscribed to the Australian Amateur Radio Newsletter and Information Exchange (AARNIE). forum. You can read about the Yahoo Groups privacy policy here.

Information Sharing

• We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may share such information in any of the following limited circumstances:
• We have your consent.
• We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of VK4IM.com, its users or the public.
• We may store and process personal information collected on our site in Australia or any other country in which VK4IM.com or its agents maintain facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information among these facilities, including those located outside your country.
• In the event of a transfer of ownership of VK4IM.com, such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
• The information you provide to VK4IM.com is kept securely, and will not be shared with any other companies or individuals unless required by law.

Information Security

• We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorised access to or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
• We restrict access to your personally identifying information to those who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.
• Correspondence between VK4IM.com and you are considered to be private and confidential. If we wish to 'share' part of your work or correspondence with others, your approval will be obtained first.

Links

• The sites linked to by VK4IM.com services are developed by people over whom VK4IM.com exercises no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information.
• VK4IM.com may present links in a format that enables us to understand whether they have been followed. We use this information to understand and improve the quality of VK4IM.com content and information library.

Changes to this policy

Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. Each version will be noted at the top of the page.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us any time.