Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to respecting it as a valued user of theGreatTipOff.com and its related domains ("the site"). This policy supports this commitment by informing you of the information we collect from you, either when registering or through your use of the site, and how the information is used. We will perform ongoing assessments of this policy to ensure it continues to support our commitment to your privacy as the site evolves. As such, we reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and provide notification to you by posting the updated Privacy Policy to the site. We welcome your feedback on this policy through our contact us facility.
Our management and your use of this web site are governed by the privacy principles set out in the Australian Federal Privacy Act 1988 www.privacy.gov.au.
We collect some of your personal information through your use of the site and other platforms such as Facebook. Your personal information that we collect includes information that is required to use the site (e.g. email address), information you choose to provide to us (e.g. demographic information), or information relating to your activities and use of the site (e.g. pages visited on the site).
When you join the site, your name, if provided, will be displayed on your tipster profile as well as your alias. Your alias, name, or both, will also be made visible on the Tipster Leaderboard and in search results for user search functions on the site, if you have submitted tips.
Certain demographic information that you choose to provide to us may be used to improve your experience on the site.
The information that we collect about your use (e.g. pages visited and date and time stamps) assists us to make ongoing improvements to the site.
Cookies are files which contain pieces of information that the site may store on your computer. We use cookies to assist us with recognition of your preferences when you return to the site.
We will not disclose information to third parties without your authorisation except where the third party is performing work on our behalf to provide you services related to the site, or in other instances where the law requires us to do so.
Your email address and phone number is stored and used to improve your use of the site.
We may use your email address or phone number to contact you about administrative matters relating to your use of the site or the services that we provide on the site and, from time to time, to seek information that may assist us with improving the site.
Your email address and phone number may also be used to send reminders, newsletters or other information to you.
You agree that any contact made to you through your email address or phone number is solicited, provided that you have not unsubscribed or opted out to receive the communications.
You may also receive emails from other users on the site as part of the sites services (e.g. mates invitations, competition invitations). If you feel you are receiving excessive emails from a user, you can contact us to block the offending user from sending further emails to you.
We take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information held on the site. Our security controls include firewalls, password access, encryption and a secure server environment.
When purchasing from theGreatTipOff your financial details are passed through a secure server using the latest 256-bit SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption technology.128-bit SSL encryption is approximated to take at least one trillion years to break, and is the industry standard. If you have any questions regarding our security policy, please contact our customer service team
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