APT57.com Privacy Policy
who we are
Our website address is: https://www.apt57.com.
About your personal data
APT57 understands every individuals concerns regarding how information about you is used and shared. We acknowledge your trust, and we want you to be self-assured of our security and service implementations as they relate to your personal information. This notice explains our privacy policy.
By visiting APT57, you are accepting the methods outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Regulations
APT57 embraces the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) in the Privacy Act 1988 (the Act). We have strict internal protocols ensuring that personal information that we collect, store, use and disclose follow the conformity of the APP’s
What Personal Information of Customers Does APT57 acquire?
The information we receive from customers supports, enhances and exemplifies your shopping experience with APT57. Below are the types of information we acquire.
Information you give us;
We acquire and organise any information you introduce on our Web site or present to us in any other fashion. You can choose not to disclose certain information but this may disadvantage your ability to utilise our site and or services. We utilise the information you provide for the purpose of communicating with you, accepting orders, personalising subsequent shopping for you and further improving our services.
Automatic Information;
We acquire and organise certain types of information on any occasion that you interact with our website. For example, like many web sites, we sometimes use “cookies” and, we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses our website.
Email Correspondence;
To guide us in making e-mails more beneficial to enhance our service and your shopping experience, we will sometimes send clients and customers newsletters of our services and products, various notifications and order confirmations. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, other than notifications, receipts and confirmations, you can unsubscribe at any time with one click in any of our newsletter emails.
Personal Information;
Refers to any information or any opinion, whether true or not, from which an individual’s identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained; and
Sensitive Information;
Refers to information about a person’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions or associations, religious beliefs or affiliations, philosophical beliefs, trade and professional memberships, sexual preferences or practices or criminal record.
Data which is depersonalised or aggregated, or in some way masks the identity of an individual is not ‘personal information’.
What About Cookies?
Cookies are alphanumeric identifier text files that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits.
Does APT57 Share the Information It Receives?
We honour your privacy and welcome your patronage. We do not provide your account contact or payment information to any third party, vendor, associate or service provider unless absolutely necessary in order to complete your transaction and order.
How Secure Is My Information?
We endeavour to preserve the safeguard of your information during communication by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you provide to us for purchasing of our products or services. We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing. Please note, it is your responsibility to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Take precaution to terminate site sessions when using shared computers by clicking the “log out” link located in the main menu.
How we collect information;
Where possible we will collect personal information directly from the individual concerned. Where we are at liberty to do so, we will use our best endeavours to seek an individual’s consent before obtaining their personal information from third parties.
Which Information Can I Access?
APT57 gives you access to a various information regarding your account and your interactions with us for the limited ability of viewing and, in certain cases, updating that information.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit APT57, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of our local state. If you have any concern about privacy of your personal information as used and collected within our website, please send us a thorough description by clicking on the “Contact” link in the main menu, and we will try to resolve it.
Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.
Information You Give Us
You provide most such information when you search, buy, order, post reviews, or other methods of communication via our website or email to APT57. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and phone numbers, and credit card information.
Purpose
We may need to collect personal information so we can;
- Identify our clients, potential clients and their representatives.
• Identify parties with whom our clients have dealings or who are in some way involved in proceedings involving our clients.
• Inform you or others of any initiatives we think may be of interest to you or them.
• Provide or offer you or others services or other benefits.
• Conduct our business and provide our services in a professional and efficient manner.
• Develop and implement initiatives to improve our services.
Automatic Information
For security purposes APT57 sometimes collects and analyses the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, and to our website. This is done for your protection for tracking purposes in the unfortunate event that someone gains access to your personal or financial information and opens an account, or makes purchases under your name.
Our website
We may use cookies to track use of our web site, and to compile statistics on visits on the site in an aggregated form and log anonymous information such as;
- The address of a user’s server.
• A user’s top level domain (such as .com or .au)
• The date and time of a user’s visit.
• The pages a user accessed and downloaded.
• The search engine a user used.
• What type of browser was used.
Access
We will generally allow an individual access to any personal information that we hold about them on request – subject to any Restrictions On Access. We will try to give the individual concerned access in a form and manner that suits their needs.
To request access please contact our Privacy Officer. Contact details for our Privacy Officer appear at the end of this policy.
Restrictions On Access
We are entitled to restrict access to personal information in accordance with the APPs. You may not be allowed access to personal information we hold where access would reveal evaluative information generated by APT57 in connection with a commercially sensitive decision making process. Instead, APT57 may give you an explanation for the decision, rather than direct access to the information.
Complaint Resolution
If you feel we have failed to deal with your personal information in accordance with the APPs or this policy, please contact us so we have an opportunity to resolve the issue to your satisfaction. If this process does not result in an outcome that is satisfactory to you, you may contact the Privacy Commissioner’s Office. We will work together with the Privacy Commission’s Office to resolve the issues between us.
The contact details for the Privacy Commissioner’s Office are:
Address: Level 8, Piccadilly Tower, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney 2000
Phone: 1300 363 992 (for the cost of a local call anywhere in Australia)
TTY: 1800 620 241
Post: GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 1042
Facsimile: +61 2 9284 9666
Email: privacy@privacy.gov.au
Further information about privacy and your rights can be obtained at the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website at;
Please note, a complaint will not be investigated by the Privacy Commissioner unless it has been directed to us in the first instance.
