Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement
Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd
June 2007
Introduction
Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd is committed to providing you, our valued customer with the highest possible customer service standards. Privacy is a major concern to our customers, and we address this concern seriously.
The following document outlines important information concerning the privacy protection we provide with regard to your personal information. As this document relates specifically to the use of our website, we recommend you read the document carefully and check regularly for updates to this document.
Definitions:
Personal Information -
Personal information is information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database) whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion. This includes all personal information regardless of its source.
Personal information relates to a natural living person. A natural person is a human being rather than, for example, a company, which may in some circumstances be recognised as a legal 'person' under the law.
Sensitive Information -
Sensitive information is a subset of personal information. It means information or opinion about an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, membership of a professional or trade association, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices, criminal record or health information about an individual.
Control and Collection of Personal Information:
Primarily, Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd collects data, however a duly appointed agent of Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd may initially collect additional details.
All collected information described in this document is controlled by Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd (ABN 22 077 569 174) 107 Queen Street, Bendigo Victoria, 3550.
What personal information is collected and how do we use it:
There are numerous ways that Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd collects personal information. These can include:- Via direct methods such as you completing information an order form, via telephone or fax, or by entering information via our website.
- We can source information from third parties such as related companies, your representatives or from a credit-reporting agency.
- From publicly available information sources
- From any organisations listed under "Disclosure of your personal information"
The personal information we may collect includes:
Your name
Your home and/or postal address
Telephone and/or fax numbers
If you wish to purchase product and/or services via credit card, we may need to collect the credit card details from you. Typically this will include:
The credit card number
The expiry date
The type of card
The name on the credit card
The credit card verification number
Bendigo Cinemas may use your personal information in a number of ways.This includes, but is not limited to:- Allow us to identify you.
- Provide you with any product/service you have requested.
- Inform you of new services and products
- Research purposes to allow us to properly provision our products and services
- From time to time, Bendigo Cinemas may offer you promotional and marketing material.
Whilst we provide the opportunity for all customers to accept or refuse such material, it may be impractical to obtain prior consent from you. We will give you the opportunity to be removed from any further communications in the context of any such message.
You may wish to notify us in advance of your wish to not receive account or product/service offerings such as the abovementioned. If this is the case, please notify us by sending an email to info@bendigocinemas.com.au or calling us on +61 3 5442 1666.
Personal Information we may collect from our websites:
As part of ongoing statistical, marketing, administrative and security analysis, we may collect information regarding a visit to one of our websites.This can include:- The date and time you accessed the site
- The IP address you were using at the time
- Your path through the site (which pages you accessed)
- How long you spent on each page you visited
- Whether you were referred (via a hyperlink) to our website
- Where you went to from our website
- The type of web browser and operating system you use
- Any errors encountered or problems that have occurred
Disclosure of your personal information:
As outlined in the aforementioned "What personal information is collected and how do we use it", Bendigo Cinemas may disclose your personal information to specific third parties. When such disclosures are made, they are subject to all privacy and confidentiality protections.
Some of the organisations we may disclose information to:
Distributors- Outsourced debt-recovery companies
- Your duly appointed representatives (either an appointed agent or legal agent)
- Any professional advisory services we use, including our legal advisors, auditors or accountants
- Any government and regulatory body or authority, as mandated or otherwise authorised by law
- Credit-reporting and fraud-checking agencies
- Credit providers for credit related purposes such as creditworthiness, credit rating, credit provision and financing
- Our related companies
Consistency and accuracy of your personal information:
Whilst Bendigo Cinemas takes all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is complete and up-to-date, as well as being consistent across all services you may have with us, we require you to keep us up to date on any changes to your personal information.To assist us in this matter you should:- Inform us of any errors or omissions you find or are aware of such as your name, address or contact numbers.
- Let us know if you change any of personal details, such as moving house, changing your name or changing your contact details.
Bendigo Cinemas provides customers with multiple means for updating and correcting information. To request changes to your account, simply email info@bendigocinemas.com.au or contact the office on +61 3 5442 1666 between office hours.
You have the right of access to your personal information:By law, you have the right to access your personal information, except where:- The request is frivolous or vexatious requests
- Existing or anticipated legal dispute resolution proceedings are underway and where discovery would not grant access to the personal information
- Access would prejudice negotiations
- Access would be unlawful
- Denial of access is required or authorised by law
If you believe that information we have about you may be inaccurate or out-of-date, please let us know immediately so that we can update the information accordingly.
Security of your Personal Information:
Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd takes security very seriously and will take all reasonable precautions to ensure that any and all data collected is up-to-date and in a secure environment where only authorised persons can access the data.
Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd cannot guarantee the security of any transmission via the Internet and as such cannot be held responsible for any unauthorised access of your personal information delivered to you, or received from you via the Internet.
Account payment details such as credit card numbers should not be emailed or transmitted other than through our secure server payment options. These servers use the highest available encryption methods to protect the transmission of sensitive information.
Children and Minors:
The Privacy Act does not specify an age after which individuals can make their own privacy decisions. Determining the decision-making capabilities of a young person can be a complex matter, often raising other ethical and legal issues.
With this in mind, Bendigo Cinemas Pty Ltd strongly recommends that children and minors be supervised while using the Internet in general.
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