Disclaimer

Thank you for visiting Concept Technology Centre website (Concept / we / us) 

We are IT consultants and managed service providers. 

We are not and do not purport to be professional legal advisors, financial advisors, employment advisors or information technology advisors.  If you are seeking advice from professionals in these areas, we would encourage you to approach them directly as our website is not a substitute for professional advice.

This is a general Disclaimer applicable to all products and services (including this website) which are supplied and undertaken by Concept, its associates, affiliates, contractors and representatives, unless any individual Product or Service we provide specifies either its own disclaimer or similar terms in addition to these.  In such cases, this Disclaimer is amended solely to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between its terms and the specific terms in a disclaimer applicable to any specific Product or Service.

We assume no responsibility for your use of this website and related electronic media

We look to the functionality and servicing of your IT systems in general and make observations and suggestions that you are at liberty to adopt or ignore – this is your decision.  We won’t tell you what to do but we may make observations and suggestions on what you might consider doing in a business context.

The information we provide on this site, the information that may be accessed via this site and the information that may be accesses through our other related electronic media, is not and cannot be construed as professional advice and should not be relied upon in the absence of obtaining appropriate professional advice and assistance.

We accept no responsibility for your use of this site or any of your actions, or the results of those actions, following your decision to implement what we have identified as one or more business related procedure that may potentially relate to your business type.  All businesses are different in the hardware and various programs they run, the way they undertake their operations and the methods they use in doing so and we cannot and do not guarantee an end result for any one single business.

eBooks, Posts, Blogs and Articles

Material provided on this site is for information and awareness only.   It does not constitute advice or recommendations made by us nor do they reflect our views. They are the product of the respective authors.

Services provided by us

If you engage us for a particular service or establish a direct business relationship with us, those services and the relationship created will be provided on the basis of and will be subject to either or both of our General Terms and Conditions and their ownproduct-specific Terms and Conditions.

Your responsibility

It is your responsibility to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, general advice or other content contained on our web sites.  You should seek the advice of professionals, as appropriate, regarding the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice or other content.

Security of our website

Our internal network and databases are protected from unauthorised access using a range of security controls including firewall, intrusion detection and other protection technologies. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user’s transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.

The user assumes all risks associated with the use of our website.

Concept Technology Centre

1 July 2017

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Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Concept Technology Centre (Concept / we / us) we are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) which are set out in the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012.

Personal Information means information or an opinion (whether true or not) about a particular individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable.  The information may be recorded in a material form or not.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and handle Personal Information collected by us as well as your rights to access and correct your Personal Information and make a complaint about what you may consider to be a breach of one or more of the APPs.

Please read this policy carefully (before submitting any Personal Information) to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. 

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of Personal Information from and about our clients and users of our Website, including information

a)         by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card information (if voluntarily submitted by our visitors), or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline, or

b)         about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website and your usage details.

The information needed will vary depending on the services you are accessing and is usually collected

a)         directly from you when you provide it to us (in whatever format and for whatever purpose), 

b)         automatically as you navigate through the Website (which may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through user contributions, posted articles, cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies);  

c)         from third parties, for example, our business partners or associates; 

d)         by emails captured through replies to this website and the use of web-based services; and 

e)         thorough marketing of product to interest categories or groups.

Personal Information we may hold

When we provide our services to you we ask you for the information we need to perform those services.  This may include a broad range of information about you and your personal affairs including your assets, work environment, personal belongings, financial information and credit card and bank account information if using web based payments systems.

The Personal Information needed will vary depending on the services we are providing, but generally can include

• Your contact information (which may include your name, e-mail and postal address and phone number);
• Your current or previous employment;
• Your date of birth;
• other information specific to our products or services; and
• any relevant payment or billing information if you are requesting or using products or services from us (including but not limited to bank account details, direct debit, credit card details, billing address, funding and payment information).

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.

We also may collect various types of non-personally identifiable information to help us make your experience more enjoyable, measure site activity to identify future improvements that should be made, and compile aggregate data to help serve site visitors better. 

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including

a)         details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website, or

b)         information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include Personal Information, but we may maintain it or associate it with Personal Information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties.

Cookies 

Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website, allowing us to enhance your user experience.

Flash Cookies

Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

Web Beacons

Emails and newsletters sent electronically, as well as pages of our Website, may contain small electronic files known as web beacons that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related Website statistics.  If you visit this site with an open ID (such as Facebook) you may also be sharing and integrating data with third-party social media sites and we may track aggregate data about the number of visits to this site with an open ID, the number of items “liked” on this site, or items on this site that you choose to share with a third-party social media site.

We do not collect Personal Information automatically, but we may tie this information to Personal Information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers.  These third parties may use cookies, alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies, to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural) advertising or other targeted content.  We do not control and are not responsible for information used by third parties in this manner, please refer to our Disclaimer.

How We Use Your Information

We collect, hold, use and disclose your Personal Information

• where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more of our functions or activities,
• for website and product content improvement and feedback purposes,
• to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or we believe you may be interested in,
• to reach you, when necessary, regarding your use of the Website or products,
• to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it,
• to provide you with notices about your account/subscription, including expiration and renewal notices,
• to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection,
• to notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it,
• to allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website,
• in any other way we may describe when you provide the information, and
• for any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

Your Personal Information may be disclosed to

a)         our subsidiaries and affiliates;

b)         contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business;

c)         a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganisation, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets in which Personal Information held by us about our Website users is among the assets transferred;

d)         third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures;

e)         fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.

Your Personal Information may also be disclosed for any other purpose

• if advised by us when you provide the information, and
• at any time with your consent.

We may also disclose your Personal Information

a)         to comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;

b)         to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes; or

c)         if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers or others (this includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction).

By participating in any interactive program through the Website, you agree and understand that other users of the program may see the comments, questions, photos, and/or other documents that you post on the Website as well as any responses to you that are posted by us or other participants.

Data quality

We take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Information is current, accurate, up-to-date and complete whenever we collect or use or disclose it.  Throughout our dealings with you we will take reasonable steps to confirm the details of your Personal Information.

The accuracy of Personal Information depends largely on the information you provide to us, so we rely on you to

• let us know if there are any errors in your Personal Information you become aware of; and
• keep us up-to-date with changes to your Personal Information (such as your name or address).

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You are entitled to have access to any Personal Information relating to you which we possess, except in some exceptional circumstances provided by law. For example, we may refuse access where the

• information may have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others;
• request is frivolous or vexatious;
• information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings and would not be accessible by the process of discovery in those proceedings;
• denial of access is required or authorised by or under law;
• information would reveal our intentions in relation to negotiations in such a way as to prejudice those negotiations.

Where providing access would reveal evaluative information generated by us in connection with a commercially sensitive decision-making process, we will provide an explanation for the decision rather than direct access to the information.

If we refuse access or to give access in the manner requested by you we will let you know why in writing and provide you with details about how to make a complaint about the refusal.

If we make a correction to your Personal Information we may retain a copy of the previous information for our records or as required by law.  If you wish to access your Personal Information please email us at the address provided.  We will endeavour to respond to any request for document access within 7-14 days depending on the complexity of the information and/or the request.  If your request is urgent please indicate this clearly.

It is not our usual practice to charge for receiving a request for access to Personal Information or for complying with a correction request, but exceptions may apply.

How to contact us and opt out rights

If you wish to gain access to your Personal Information, want us to correct or update it, have a complaint about a breach of your privacy, wish to withhold your consent (opt out of providing consent) to any of the uses of your information including receiving offers of products or services from us, or have any other query relating to our Privacy Policy, contact us during business hours on:

admin@concept-techcentre.com.au or

Concept Technology Centre

357 Cressy Street, Deniliquin  
NSW, Australia

We do not accept requests via the telephone or by facsimile. We are not responsible for notices that are not labelled or sent properly, or do not have complete information.

Children Under the Age of 18

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age.  No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Website.  We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 18.  If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us.  If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at admin@concept-techcentre.com.au .

Commitment to Data Security

We take reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information is safe.  We may retain Personal Information in both hard copy records and electronically with us or our appointed data storage provider(s). You will appreciate, however, that we cannot guarantee the security of all transmissions of Personal Information, especially where the internet is involved.

Notwithstanding the above, we endeavour to take all reasonable steps to:

• protect any Personal Information that we hold from misuse, interference and loss, and to protect it from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure both physically and through computer security measures;
• destroy or permanently de-identify Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Act.

We maintain computer and network security.  For example, we use firewalls (security measures for the internet) and other security systems such as user identifiers and passwords to control access to computer systems.  However, no internet transmission can be guaranteed as being safe and secure and no warranty to that effect is given.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential and not sharing your password with anyone.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. Changes take effect from the date of posting.

Further Information on Privacy

We strive to provide excellent products, along with equally excellent customer service.  If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please feel free to contact us using one of the methods advised above.

You can obtain additional information on privacy issues in Australia from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”) website atwww.oaic.gov.au or by contacting the OAIC by email at enquiries@oaic.gov.au or by calling on 1300 363 992

Concept Technology Centre

20 July 2017