Guitarhive - Privacy Policy - Guitar Teaching, Recording and Live Works

PRIVACY POLICY

The following Policy is provided to ensure you are comfortable with the security and use of any personal information that may be collected or submitted to guitarhive.com.au via this website.

Specifically the policy covers:

1. How the information is collected?
2. What information is collected?
3. What is information used for?
4. Information sharing & disclosure
5. Mailing lists
6. Links to other websites
7. Changes to the Privacy Policy
8. Contact Us if you have a complaint or a question
9. Further information on privacy

Please note that you determine the extent of all personal information you submit to this site and may withdraw from mailing lists at any time.

1. HOW IS INFORMATION COLLECTED?

Guitarhive collects personal information, such as your name and contact details when you complete online forms. Examples of online forms include subscriptions, registration to the fourm, mailing lists or emails to Guitarhive.

Information essential for us to action your request is clearly identified by red asterisks (*). You will be prompted when submitting a form if mandatory data has not been completed. All other information requested is voluntary.

2. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?

This website collects two main categories of information about its users.

ANONYMOUS INFORMATION

This type of information does not alone identify specific individuals.

As most web sites do, we track usage patterns of our site on an anonymous aggregate basis. Each time you visit our site our web server makes a record of your visit. Specifically it records your:

Internet Provider (IP) address
Top level domain name .com, .gov, .au, .org .net
Date and time of your visit
Pages accessed and the documents downloaded
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of previously visited sites
Search items entered

PERSONAL INFORMATION

This type of information may include your name, email and mailing addresses, and contact numbers. Please note that The Guitarhive can only collate information you volunteer through the completion of online forms such as subscriptions, registration to the forum, and mailing lists. We will record your email address if you send us a message.

3. WHAT IS THE INFORMATION USED FOR?

Guitarhive collects information in order to improve levels of service to users of this site. We use Anonymous Information on an aggregate basis to analyse site usage patterns in order to improve the content of our site and make it easier to use.

Any personal information which we collect about you when you use our site will be used by us to provide you with the information that you have requested or to assess a form which you have submitted to us.

We may also use your Personal Information to tell you about other services offered by The Guitarhive

4. INFORMATION SHARING & DISCLOSURE

Data submitted to this site may be transferred to internal files and records to expedite our response to you.

Guitarhive reserves the right to use or disclose any information as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request, or to cooperate in any law enforcement investigation or to lessen a serious threat to a person's health or safety.

5. MAILING LISTS

Guitarhive only distributes information via email to those who ask to receive it. If you are receiving information from us via email and you do not wish to receive this information any longer you are able to immediately unsubscribe from the mailing list by following the simple instructions that are included within each correspondence.

6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Parts of our site offer links to third party websites. These link sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the conduct of companies linked to our site. If you visit one of these linked sites, we recommend you refer to their Privacy Policy or statement.

This Privacy Policy applies to the Guitarhive Website only and assumes no responsibility for the policies or content of third party sites.

7. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended version on this website.

8. COMPLAINTS

In most cases, you have a right to access the personal information which we hold about you and to ensure the accuracy and completeness of our records. If you wish to view any personal information we hold about you, send an email to .

If you have any main or concerns about this Privacy Policy or if you have a problem or wish to lodge a complaint in relation to an alleged breach of your privacy, please contact us by sending an email to the abovementioned email address

9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATON ON PRIVACY

Guitarhive will be bound by the National Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act.

For more information regarding privacy in Australia visit the Australian Federal Privacy Act website.

Last updated: 22 July, 2006.