Privacy
Welcome to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd ABN 39 084 943 037 web site!
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd respects the privacy of every individual who visits our web site. We are committed to protecting your privacy within the scope of our obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Act) and the National Privacy Principles. This Privacy Policy outlines how in the context of this web site Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd may collect your personal information and how we will use, record and protect that information. When used in this Privacy Policy, “personal information” has the meaning given in the Act. In general terms, it is any information that can be used to identify you.
Personal Information: Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd will not collect any personal information about you through our web site unless you have provided it to us voluntarily. If you do not want your personal information collected, please do not submit it to us.
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd may collect your personal information through the web site for purposes including the following:
- To provide you with information about our services or products, at your request;
- To send correspondence (e.g. mailed brochures) or other communications at your request;
- To process the online purchase of products or services;
- To provide you with access to protected areas of our website.
This information may include:
- Name;
- Mailing or street address;
- e-mail address;
- Type of request;
- Transaction details associated with a purchase from us;
- Credit card and account details (including conducting credit verification checks) when processing a transaction;
- Information you provide to us through customer surveys; and
- additional information necessary to fulfil a particular request.
If you do not provide this information, then we may not be able to provide you with information, services or products that you have requested.
When you do provide us with personal information, we may use that information in the following ways: to contact you to provide you with the information you have requested us to provide to you; to provide goods and services and send communications requested by you; for internal administrative, planning, service or product development and research requirements; to market our services and products and inform you of new developments we believe may be of interest to you; to conduct account management and payment processing including billing, external payment and accounting systems; to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services; and for any other purpose made known to you at the time of collection.
The personal information provided by you online may be disclosed:
- to our agents, contractors or third party service providers who provide administrative, telecommunications, computer, hosting, facilities management, fulfilment or other services to us in connection with the operation of our business and this web site and who are under duties to Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd to keep such information confidential and secure; and
- as required or authorised under law or provided in co-operation with any governmental or quasi-governmental authority.
We may also provide third parties with aggregate, de-identified - but not individual - information about visitors to or users of our web site.
We do not sell, rent or market personal data about you to third parties.
Additional Information Collected Automatically: In some cases, we may automatically (i.e., not via registration) collect technical information when you connect to our web site that does not personally identify you. Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the web site from which you linked to our web site.
Information Placed Automatically on Your Computer - Cookies: When you view our web site, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and can help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a web site to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.
Storage and Security: We may hold your information in either electronic or hard copy form. We will take reasonable steps and security procedures to prevent unauthorised access to your personal information and ensure correct use of information. We use encryption technology to ensure your information is protected when being sent over the Internet.
While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of any information that you transmit to us over the Internet and you do so at your own risk. However, once we receive your transmission, we take all reasonable steps to ensure that your information is secure on our systems and those of our agents.
Your access to your information: You may request access to any personal information we hold about you at any time by contacting us. Where we hold information that you are entitled to access, we will endeavour to provide you with suitable means of accessing it (e.g. by emailing or mailing it to you).
If you think that your personal information retained by Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd may require changing or updating, please contact us. We will then take all reasonable steps to correct the information so that it is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If we do not agree that there are grounds for amendment then we will add a note to the personal information stating that you disagree with it.
Links to other sites: Our web site may contain links to other web sites and this statement has no application to these other web sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites.
Changes: We may change this Website Privacy Policy from time to time. All changes to this Policy will be posted in an updated version of the Policy on this Website.
How to contact us: If you have any questions or require feedback about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Privacy Officer
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd, Research Station Road, Hanwood NSW 2680
PO Box 492, Griffith NSW 2680
Phone: 02 6962 0200
Fax: 02 6962 0209
Email: info@mirrigation.com.au