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Gippsland
Private Forestry Inc hereafter referred to as
"GPF" respects the privacy of every person
who visits our website or responds to any
interactive feature that may be contained within
our website.
This Privacy Statement outlines the information GPF
may collect and how we will use that
information.
All privacy practices and methods described
herein only apply insofar as permitted by the
applicable standards, laws and requirements and
as limited by the website or interactive feature
you are visiting. In addition to the privacy
commitments outlined below, GPF
takes every
reasonable measure to comply with your country's
privacy regulations.
Information Collected
GPF
has a stringent privacy policy regarding
individuals or organisations contributing
materials for publishing on this website. No
details of any kind other than those previously
approved will be published or forwarded to any
organisation without prior permission of the
individual or organisation concerned.
No personal information is automatically
collected from visitors to this site via
electronic means. E-mail addresses and other
personally identifiable data about visitors to
this website when submitted voluntarily will be
known only to
GPF
and will not be passed on,
sold or distributed to any other person(s) or
organisation(s).
Users should be aware that when they voluntarily
disclose personal information (e.g. username,
email address, phone numbers, etc) on such
services as bulletin boards or in chat areas,
that information can be collected and used by
others and may result in unsolicited messages.
External Links
GPF
endeavours
to ensure that the links on this
website to other sites are suitable for general
viewing. We cannot however control links from
other sites. At the time of inclusion on this
site, in our opinion the links contained within
linked sites are suitable for general viewing.
If you should access a link which leads to
another site that contains materials which you
consider not suitable for general viewing,
please contact us immediately so that we can
remove the offending link.
Aggregate Data & Cookies
GPF
may collect certain aggregate data called
web log information (such as your web browser,
operating system, pages visited, etc.) and may
use cookies when you visit any of our WebPages.
For instance, when you visit our
website, our web server will automatically
recognize some non-personal information,
including but not limited to the date and time
you visited our site, the pages you visited, the
referrer (the website you came from), the type
of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape,
Internet Explorer), the type of operating system
you are using (e.g., Windows '95 or Mac OS), and
the domain name and address of your Internet
service provider (e.g., AOL, Telstra Bigpond,
etc).
Neither our cookies nor web log information
collects any personal information. They do not
contain personal information such as your name
or email address. In some cases we may also
collect information about you that you
voluntarily submit and which is not personal,
such as general statistical information like
age, gender, household size, zip/postal code,
preferences and interests. These information
types would only be collected by requesting your
participation in such activities as surveys or
polls.
Voluntary
Information Collection
GPF
does not require visitors to our websites to
provide personal information in order to obtain
access to any of our sites. GPF
collects
personal information (including but not limited
to your name, address, telephone number, and
email address) from our visitors only on a
voluntary basis.
The
GPF
website may provide facilities such as ordering
of publications,
voting in polls, or otherwise expressing of
an opinion, subscription to services such as
newsletters, or participation in online
forums or surveys. These programs may require you to
submit some information in order to participate.
These programs and the types of information
required are described in more detail below.
Registration/Subscriptions
To fully use our website, visitors may
need to register using our online registration
forms, where visitors will be required to
provide us with their personal information.
Visitors may also be asked to select a user ID
and password. Further, to register for certain
services or become a member of certain groups,
we may ask visitors to submit their name, email
address, home address, and zip/postal code. In
addition, we ask for country of residence and
age so that we can comply with all applicable
privacy regulations. You can always decide not
to receive or stop receiving any email from
GPF
that you do not want.
Questionnaires,
Surveys and Profile Data
GPF
may occasionally ask visitors to
complete surveys and opinion polls about their
interests, needs, and attitudes. Surveys help us
provide better services and enable us to make
informed assessments on Forestry related
issues. Participation is completely voluntary
and these surveys are optional.
Aggregate and
Statistical Data
GPF
uses web log information (such as your web
browser, operating system, pages visited, etc.)
to help us design our website, to identify
popular features, and for other managerial
purposes. However, web logs may be used if
necessary to help identify any person attempting
to break into or damage our website. We may
share web log information with law enforcement
agencies if we believe that we have evidence of
a violation of computer security or related
laws.
The GPF
website may contain links to other
websites.
GPF
is not responsible for the privacy
practices or the content of such websites. We
recommend you carefully read the privacy
policies of each site you visit.
By using this website or any other GPF
owned or
managed website, you signify your acceptance of
this Privacy Statement, and you adhere to the
terms and conditions posted on the website. If
you do not agree with any of these terms, please
do not use this site or submit any personal
information.
Should you have any questions please contact the
privateforestry@gpf.com.au
General
Disclaimer
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GPF
has attempted in good faith to ensure that all the information contained on
this web site www.gpf.com.au is accurate at the time it is included. However,
GPF
makes no representations or warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of
any of the Information. To the maximum extent permitted by law, GPF
disclaims liability for any errors or omissions contained in the Information
or any failure to update or correct the Information.
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The
use of the Information accessible via this website is at your own risk.
GPF makes no representations or warranties in relation to the merchantability of
the Information or the fitness for any particular purpose of the Information
or in relation to any aspect of use of the Information (including without
limitation any product referred to in the Information). To the maximum
extent permitted by law, GPF disclaims all liability for any loss or damage
arising out of the use of or reliance upon the Information.
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Nothing contained in the Information is to be interpreted as a
recommendation to use any product, process, formulation or any part of the
Information in a manner which infringes the intellectual property rights of
any person, company or entity. GPF
makes no representations or warranties
that the use of the Information will not infringe such intellectual property
rights.
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This
site may be linked to servers or websites maintained by other organisations.
GPF cannot provide any warranty about the accuracy or source of any data set
out on any of those servers or websites or the content of any file the user
downloads from such a third party site.
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All of our pages and linked
pages have been checked for content and at the time of checking, have been
in our opinion suitable for viewing by all age groups. GPF believes the
content of the web pages on our site to be suitable for open viewing,
however GPF does not hold any responsibility for the contents of this site
or any site linked to our site or their associated pages and links. The
linked sites are for your convenience only and you access them at your own
risk.
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GPF
does not represent or warrant that any files obtained from or through this
site are free from computer viruses or other defects. The user must assume
all responsibility for any loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or
indirectly from the use of those files. GPF recommends that prior to using
any downloaded file users should carry out an appropriate virus check.
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The
GPF website may include links to sites where goods or services may be purchased
or obtained. GPF
provides no warranty or guarantee for any such goods or services purchased
through any third party organisation accessed via this website. No legal liability will be accepted by
GPF
for any such goods or services purchased from third parties. Any conflict
resulting from goods or services purchased from third party organisations
via the GPF website is between the purchaser and the third party involved. Should a user
of this website elect to purchase goods from a third party we recommend that
the user satisfy himself or herself of the security of any such online
transaction undertaken. Links provided to third party sites by GPF
are in no
way to be deemed an endorsement by GPF
of any product or service available.
Provision of such links to third party vendors and sites is a service
provided by GPF
to allow users to access and evaluate such sites at the
users discretion.
Should you have any questions please contact the
privateforestry@gpf.com.au
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