Thanks for reviewing our Policy terms. We are a "share accommodation listing", "Roommate
matching", "house sharing", "flat mates" service provider in Australia. This
Privacy Policy details certain policies governing our collection and use of personally identifiable
information about users of our Site.
We are committed to protecting our users' privacy. Keeping the information you share with us on the
site, secure and ensuring your understanding of how we collect, use and maintain your information is
important to us at www.aussieflatmates.com.au. We
maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your information and while no data
transmission over the Internet is 100% secure from intrusion, we have used and will continue to use
commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the protection of your information. We continually assess new
technology for protecting information and, when appropriate, we upgrade our information security
systems.
Because of its importance and to make it easier for you to find and review it, we have made this Privacy
Policy into a separate document on the site. However, bear in mind it is a part of our agreement with
you and the terms and conditions contained in our Terms of Use describe how and when we may make changes
to these statements and terms, and how they become binding upon you. We reserve the right to modify this
policy. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this page. Users are encouraged to check the page
regularly as they will be bound by the changes once posted on the site.
Unless otherwise specified, this Policy does not apply to information that you may
provide to us, or that we may obtain, other than from you through our Site, such as over the phone, by
mail, or in person.
WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED ON THIS SITE?
Personal Information
While you may be able to visit and view content on the Site without providing any Personal Information,
we may collect Personal Information on or through the Site in various circumstances.
“Personal Information” is information that can be used to identify you or contact you as an
individual, as well as information attributed with such information. Personal Information includes, for
example, your name; age or date of birth; postal address; e-mail address; telephone number; wireless
device address; text message address; screen name or username; photograph; gender; geo-location
information; and interests, hobbies and demographic information. We collect Personal Information via the
Site in a variety of circumstances, such as when you conduct a transaction on our Site; create an
account on our Site; edit your online profile; sign up for our newsletters; sign-up for certain
services; complete surveys; contribute to a chat room, bulletin board, message board, list serve, blog,
wiki or other social forum on the Site; or submit a comment or question to us by using a “contact
us” or similar feature on the Site. On some of our Sites, you may not be able to participate in
certain activities or access certain content, unless you provide us with the requested Personal
Information.
Site Usage Information
We may deploy various tracking technologies on the Site to collect additional information about your
Site visits. These technologies may enable us to, for example, assign a unique number to you, to collect
information about your usage of our Site, administer the Site and our systems, and to relate such Site
usage information to other information about you, including your Personal Information. By using our
Site, you agree to our use of these tracking technologies. Examples of the types of tracking
technologies deployed on the Site include the following:
“Cookies” are small data files stored on your computer or device at the request of a Web
site. In addition to the general purposes listed above, cookies may enable us to recognize you as the
same user who was at our Site in the past, and relate your use of the Site to other information about
you, such as other Site usage information and Personal Information. Cookies may also be used to enhance
your experience on the Site (for example, by storing your username) and/or to collect general usage and
aggregated statistical information. Most browsers can be set to detect cookies and give you an
opportunity to reject them, but refusing cookies may, in some cases, limit your use of the Site or its
features. To learn more about the use of cookies, including how to manage or delete them, click
[here](https://www.networkadvertising.org/consumer-education/education-resources).
“Local shared objects,” such as “Flash cookies,” may be stored on your computer
or device using a media player or other software installed on your computer or device. Local shared
objects operate a lot like cookies, but cannot be managed in the same way. Depending on how local shared
objects are enabled on your computer or device, you may be able to manage them using software
settings.
The above tracking technologies may be deployed by us or our service providers on our behalf. For
example, we currently use, and/or in the future may use certain third party vendors to collect Site
usage information and track traffic to, from and around the Sites.
We may use third-party web beacons to help analyze where visitors go and what they do while visiting our
website. By using our Site, you agree to our use of these tracking technologies.
How we may use your information
We (or one of our service providers, on our behalf) may use your information (including your Personal
Information and Site usage information) for a variety of purposes, such as the following:
To perform the above functions, we may match information collected from you through
different means or at different times, including both Personal Information and Site usage information,
and use such information along with information obtained from other sources (including third parties)
such as demographic information and updated contact information. We or our service providers may also
use your information to assess the level of interest in, and use of, the Site, our e-mails and our other
messaging campaigns both on an individual basis and in the aggregate.
How we may share Personal Information and Site usage information with others?
We may share the information we collect on the Site with others for a variety of reasons. In addition to
the kinds of information sharing you might expect, such as sharing with our subsidiaries, affiliates and
third-party providers who need your information in order to provide services to us or on our behalf, and
sharing what you voluntarily post to public areas on the Site with other Site users, we may share your
information:
with our affiliates and other third parties (e.g., pre-screened organizations that have offerings we
think may interest you, and other third party partners) for their marketing and other purposes.
including limited personal information, such as your first name, first initial of your last name, and
other related data, with our affiliates and other third parties (e.g., pre-screened organizations that
have offerings we think may interest you, registry program participants, retailers, and other third
party partners) for their marketing and other purposes
when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or property, protect
your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud or respond to a government, judicial or other
legal request, or to comply with the law in connection with a corporate change or dissolution, including
for example a merger, acquisition, reorganization, consolidation, bankruptcy, liquidation, sale of
assets, or wind-down of a business.
In addition, we may share non-personally identifiable Site usage information (including aggregate data)
with others, for their use, in a form that does not include your name or contact information.
If you participate in certain public or community areas of our Site, such as a chat room, message board,
blog, or by creating a public profile), the information you voluntarily disclose will be accessible to
other Site members and, in some cases, the general public. You should be cautious about the information
you submit to these areas (e.g., make up a username that does not disclose your personal identity). On
some of our Sites, you may choose to limit the viewability of your online registries. If you do not
elect this option, then anyone visiting the Site will be able to search for and view your registry by
using your first and/or last name and other information regarding your event.
Social Networking
We maintain presence on several social networking and blogging platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram
and linkedIn and Skype, and we also may incorporate some third party social networking features onto our
Site or utilize third-party provided platforms to publish or manage the Site or portions thereof.
Through these platforms and features, we receive some Personal Information and some Site usage
information about you, and this Privacy Policy applies to that information as well. In addition, some
providers of third party social networking or blogging platforms we utilize (such as Facebook, Instagram
and linkedIn and Skype) have their own privacy policies which explain how the third parties that provide
them may collect, use and protect your information (e.g., if you establish an account with such platform
providers directly).
Third-Party Ad Servers and Networks
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may
use information about your visits to this Site and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements
about goods and services of interest to you. These advertisements may appear on this Site and on other
Web sites. These companies may employ cookies, clear GIFs and other tracking technologies to cause
relevant ads to be displayed to you.
Wireless Addresses
If the e-mail address you provide to us is a wireless e-mail address, you agree to receive messages from
us at such address, subject to your subscription. You may change your e-mail preferences at any time,
but your wireless carrier’s standard rates will apply as long as you are receiving messages at a
wireless e-mail address. If you give us a wireless e-mail address, you represent that you are the owner
or authorized user of the device on which messages will be received and that you are authorized to
approve the applicable charges.
Security
We use various efforts intended to safeguard the security and integrity of Personal Information
collected on this Site. For example, where appropriate, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), private
networks, intrusion detection measures and firewalls, and payment card information is encrypted in our
system. We also have in place various access controls and restrictions with respect to Personal
Information, such as restricting certain employees from accessing Personal Information, requiring our
employees to use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk and passwords to regain
access upon their return, and keeping employees up-to-date on our security and privacy practices.
Additionally, the servers that we store Personal Information on are kept in a secure environment,
subject to various physical access controls. Despite these measures, however, we cannot and do not
guarantee that information will be absolutely safe from interception during transmission or intrusion
during storage, while stored on our system, or otherwise.
If you correspond with us by e-mail, text message, or using Web forms like a “contact us”
feature on our Site, you should be aware that your transmission might not be secure from access by
unauthorized parties. We have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors or
unauthorized acts of third parties during or after transmission.
Links to other Web sites
The Site may contain links, banners, widgets or advertisements (e.g., a “Share It!” button)
that lead to other Web sites not subject to this Privacy Policy (including other sites that may be
co-branded our brands). Thus, the posted policies of these other sites will govern the collection and
use of your information thereon, and we encourage you to read each such privacy statement to learn about
how your information may be treated by others. Additionally, on some of our Sites, you may be able to
register with or purchase directly from third party retailers, and these other companies’
information practices are governed by their privacy policies.
Children under the Age of 13
The Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or store any
personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do
not use this website, make purchases through the Website or send any information about yourself to us,
including your name, address, telephone number or email address. If you believe that we might have any
information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us at: [SUPPORT EMAIL]
Changes to this Policy
We may change this Policy from time to time. In some cases, we may inform you by additional means, such
as by sending you an e-mail. In some cases, we may obtain your consent to the changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy practices, you should first contact
www.aussieflatmates.com.au by emailing feedback@aussieflatmates.com.au