Privacy Policy
About This Privacy Policy
Orbis understands and appreciates that you, as a visitor and user of our websites, recipient of our marketing materials and of our products and services, are concerned about your privacy and the confidentiality and security of information we may gain about you online. Orbis is committed to protecting your privacy. This Orbis Privacy Policy explains how your personal information will be treated as you interact with Orbis, and how Orbis generally protects your privacy and confidentiality.
Orbis encourages you to review the Security and Privacy Statement periodically as it may change from time to time.
Security of Information
Orbis takes reasonable steps to preserve the security of cookie and personal information in accordance with our website Terms & Conditions and this Privacy Policy.
Although Orbis strives to protect such information, Orbis cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we take reasonable steps to preserve the security of the information in our own systems.
The information that we will collect about you will depend on how you use the facilities offered by us.
If you visit an insecure area of our websites to read, browse or download information, our system will record the date and time of your visit to our site, the pages viewed and any information downloaded. However, our systems will not record any personally identifiable information.
If you decide to complete an online form requiring disclosure of personal information, we will only collect the information that you enter into the online form after you submit your online form. If at any stage you cancel your submission or log out prior to submitting your form, the information you have submitted will not be retained by Orbis.
Cookies
We use "cookies" as a fundamental part of our interaction with your Internet browser. The purpose is to provide you with better and more customised service and with a more effective website.
A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer by our web server. A cookie can later be retrieved by our web servers. Cookies are frequently used on websites and you can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser.
Orbis uses cookies for secure services (that is, an area where you are required to log on) on our websites. These cookies are used for a variety of purposes, including for authentication, security and personalisation reasons. If your browser is configured to reject all cookies you will be unable to use our websites as they are designed to be used.
We will only use or disclose personal information or information generated by cookies in accordance with the Orbis Privacy Policy, specific and additional provisions relating to privacy which apply to certain areas of ProductBank.
Emails
We will preserve the content of any e-mail that you send us, if we believe that we have a legal requirement to do so. Your e-mail message content may be monitored by our Orbis employees for security issues including where e-mail abuse is suspected; our response to you may be monitored for quality assurance issues.
Protecting your privacy
Protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information is fundamental to the way Orbis does business. We treat very seriously the ongoing trust you have in us to protect your personal information.
We have systems and procedures in place to protect your privacy whenever we collect, store, use or disclose your personal information. You can request details about the information Orbis holds about you and you have a right to ask us to correct this information.
A Federal privacy framework regulating the way private sector organisations handle personal information has applied since 21 December 2001. Orbis is bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth) and the ten National Privacy Principles set out in that Act.
How we collect your personal information
We collect most personal information directly from you. By far the most typical method of collecting personal information from you is when you fill in an online form requiring disclosure of personal information. Other instances occur when you deal with us over the telephone, send us a letter, or when you visit us in person.
The type of personal information we collect may include your name, mailing address, telephone number, email address, employer. There may be occasions when we need to source personal information about you from a third party. For example, we may verify your personal information from one of our clients, or from an industry reference as provided by you.
How we use your personal information
We only collect personal information about you that is necessary to perform our functions and activities. If you do not provide this information, we may not be able to deal with you, or provide you with our services.
The primary purpose for Orbis collecting your personal information is usually to assess your application for receiving our services and information about our business.
We may also use or disclose personal information we collect about you for other purposes such as:
- considering any other application made by you to us;
- helping us to develop and identify products and services that may interest you.
How you can help protect your privacy
You can help us to protect your privacy by:
- observing our security requirements relating to User Ids and passwords; and
- contacting us immediately when you change contact details, such as your address and telephone number.
Acceptance and Changes to Orbis Privacy Policy
You acknowledge and accept that your use of our websites and emails indicates your acceptance of the Privacy Policy.
This is the current Orbis Privacy Policy. It replaces any other Privacy Policy for any other Orbis website published to date. Orbis may at any time vary Privacy Policy by publishing the varied Privacy Policy on the Orbis website. You accept that by doing this, Orbis has provided you with sufficient notice of the variation.
Date of Publication - 6 June 2003 - Version 3