Privacy and cookies policy

We will use your personal information only for the purposes set out below.Please note that we may need to update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law. We recommend that you check this page regularly to ensure that you have read the most recent version and that you are happy with any changes.

This Policy was last revised on: 01 Sept 2015.

1. Information We May Collect From You

1.1 It is your choice to provide us with personal information. We may provide you with the option to select whether you would like to receive information from us or from trusted third parties by opting in or out of receiving promotional offers. In some circumstances, you will not have the option to opt out, for example, when we are administering a transaction requested by you, or if we are satisfying a legal requirement.

1.2 Ways in which you may be providing us with personal information include, for example,

1.2.1 contacting us with an enquiry, or filling out a website form;

1.2.2 completing a survey which contains your personal information;

1.2.3 submitting your CV and/or covering letter to us; and/ or

1.2.4 reporting a problem.

1.3 The information we will collect from you includes, but is not limited to data concerning traffic on our Site, location data, weblogs and other communication data, (whether this is required for our billing purposes or otherwise) and the resources that you access.

1.4 By providing any personal information to us, you fully understand and clearly consent to the transfer, collection and processing of such personal information. Such transfer, collection and processing will comply with the terms of this Policy.

2. IP Addresses And Cookies

2.1 Like many other websites, we use “cookies” to help us gather and store information about visitors to our Site.

2.2 We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our Site users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify you as an individual.

2.3 A “cookie” is a small text file that is downloaded on to your computer’s hard disk when you access certain websites. Cookies allow the website to recognise your computer. A cookie can identify the pages that are being viewed and this can assist us to select the pages that the visitor sees.

2.4 “Session” cookies only exist whilst visitors are online on a particular occasion. These are temporary cookies that aid your journey around the site and remember the preferences you have selected during your “session”.

2.5 “Persistent” cookies, which are not session-based, remain on a visitor’s computer, so that you can be recognised as a previous visitor when you next visit our site. This allows us to collect information about your browsing habits whilst on our site, and this can be useful in assisting us to monitor and improve our services.

2.6 We do not store sensitive information such as account numbers, credit cards, or passwords in “persistent” cookies, and cookies in themselves, do not contain enough information to identify you. You will only become personally identifiable in relation to your browsing habits after you have formally provided us with your personal data for the purposes outlined in Section 1.2 above.

2.7 In addition to using cookies, we might also use GIFs and other web tools, such as Google Analytics, to collect information about your browsing activities whilst on our site. In this respect the information that is provided is similar to the information supplied by cookies, and we use it for the same purposes.

2.8 Any information that we acquire about you using cookies, GIFs, or other web tools is subject to the same restrictions and conditions as any other information we collect about you, as outlined in this Policy.

2.9 Some of our advertisers may also use cookies, GIFs, or other web tools that are set by other people such as advertising agencies, or the businesses to which the advertisements relate. We do not have access to any information that might be collected in this way, and, if you are concerned, you should contact the advertiser for more information.5.

3.Where We Store Your Personal Data

3.1 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers.

3.2 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet can never be 100% completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your personal data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

4. Uses Made Of The Information By Us

4.1 We may use personal information collected from you to provide specific services that you request and to provide additional services that may be of interest. We may use your personal information in the following ways:

4.1.1 Ease of Use – To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.

4.1.2 Transactional Purposes – To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to respond to your queries and requests.

4.1.3 Communication – To notify you about changes to our service.

4.1.4 Provision of Information – To assess your eligibility, and if eligible, provide you with information.

4.1.5 Marketing Communications and Analysis – To communicate with you about our products and services and for our own internal marketing analysis, for example, to measure the amount of traffic to our Site.

5. Uses Made Of The Information By Third Parties

5.1 We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties or other businesses within our Group to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you, and we or they may contact you about these by post or e-mail.

5.2 If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by email with information about goods and services similar to those, or requesting feedback which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

5.3 If you are a new consumer, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by phone or electronic means.

5.4 Please note that we will not, under any circumstances, sell your personal information to anyone else.

6. Links To Other Websites

This Policy only covers this Site. If you follow a link from this Site to another website, you must refer to and read the privacy statement on that other website which you visit. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

7. Disclosure Of Your Information

7.1 We may disclose your personal information:

7.1.1 To third parties to whom you have provided your consent in order that they will be able to prepare or send any communications to you, or to assist us in connection with any of our administrative or business functions or in the provision of any of our services to you.

7.1.2 In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer.

7.1.3 If Digital Quotes Australia, or substantially all of its assets, are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

7.1.4 If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety Digital Quotes Australia, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for

By using our service you agree to the above uses and collection of your data and information.