Privacy Policy Introduction
Hi, we’re FBAMAP and welcome to our privacy policy. This policy sets out how we handle personal information. When we say ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘FBAMAP it’s because that’s who we are and we own and run the Sites. If we say ‘policy’ we’re talking about this privacy policy. If we say ‘user terms’ we’re talking about the rules for using each of the Sites. Take the time to read this policy because it forms a part of the user terms for each of our Sites. By using any of our Sites, you agree to this policy. If you do not agree to this policy we won’t take it personally, but please do not use our Sites.
Information collected
We collect certain personal information about visitors and users of our Sites. The most common types of information we collect are things like: user names, member names, email addresses, other contact details, support queries, forum comments and web analytics data. We do not collect any payment transaction data since we use an external PCI compliant payment gateway software. Similarly, we do not store any payment transaction information in our servers.
We may also collect personal information from job applications and this information may be used to assess an applicant’s suitability for employment. Information or an opinion is your “personal information” if it is about you as an identified or identifiable individual.
We also may collect and differentiate data about engineer categories and certificates.
How Information are collected
We may collect personal information directly when you provide it to us, automatically as you navigate through the Sites or through other people when you use services associated with the Sites.
When you provide personal information to us via the Sites you’re consenting to us collecting and using that information in line with this policy and the user terms of each of the Sites.
You are likely to provide personal information when you complete membership registration and buy or provide items or services on our Sites, subscribe to a newsletter, email list, submit feedback, enter a contest, fill out a survey, or send us a communication.
If you choose not to provide personal information, we may not be able to provide you with our services and you may not be able to carry out transactions or access the full range of features available through our Sites.
Additionally, we do not use any vulnerability scanning software and/or any PCI based payment scanning software.
Third Party Software
We currently use third party software and tools such us Facebook, Twitter and Instagram APIs and tools.
These specific tools, as third party based software, may use its own cookies and have their own internal Policies. We are not responsible for any action, direct or consequential, or event given as result of these third party resources.
Additionally, these third party software and sources may use specific behavioral tracking techniques that may collect detailed sets of data.
Finally, FBAMAP does not track its customers over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. However, some third party sites do keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you.
How we use your personal information
We may use your personal information in order for us to:
a. operate the Sites and provide you with services described on the Sites, like to verify your identity when you sign in to any of our Sites, to facilitate and process transactions that take place on the Sites, to respond to support tickets and to help facilitate the resolution of any disputes
b. customize our services and websites, like advertising that may appear on the Sites, in order to provide a more personalized experience
c. update you with operational news and information about our Sites and services like to notify you about changes to our Sites, website disruptions or security updates
d. provide you with information that you request from us or, where we have your consent to do so, provide you with marketing information about products and services which we feel may interest you
e. carry out technical analysis to determine how to improve the Sites and services we provide
f. monitor activity on the Sites, like to identify potential fraudulent activity and to ensure compliance with the user terms that apply to the Sites
g. manage our relationship with you, like by responding to your comments or queries submitted to us on the Sites or asking for your feedback or whether you want to participate in a survey
h. manage our legal and operational affairs
i. train FBAMAP staff about how to best serve our community
j. provide general administrative and performance functions and activities.
Information disclosure
We may disclose personal information to people like:
a. companies that are in the FBAMAP group of companies
b. subcontractors and service providers who assist us in connection with the ways we may use personal information (as set out above)
c. our professional advisers (lawyers, accountants, financial advisers etc)
d. regulators and government authorities in connection with our compliance procedures and obligations
e. a purchaser or prospective purchaser of all or part of our assets or our business, and their professional advisers, in connection with the purchase
f. other people where we are authorised or required by law to do so.
Information storage
We store personal information on secure servers that are managed by us and our service providers, and occasionally hard copy files that are kept in a secure location. Personal information that we store is subject to security and access controls, including username and password authentication and data encryption where appropriate.
Rights on personal information
Where we have your consent to do so (e.g if you have subscribed to one of our e-mail lists or have otherwise indicated that you are interested in receiving offers or information from us), we may send you marketing communications about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you.
You can ‘opt-out’ of such communications if you would prefer not to receive them in the future. If your e-mail address has changed and you would like to continue to receive our e-mails, you will need to access your account and update your e-mail address information in your account and sign-up again for those e-mails that you want to receive.
If we send e-mails with commercial content we will generally include an “unsubscribe” facility that you can use to opt-out of further communications – to opt-out, just follow the instructions in the e-mail.
We might not include an opt-out facility in important operational and service-based e-mails concerning things like your purchases, the user terms, important updates and need-to-know messages. By using our Sites you agree that we do not need to include opt-out facilities in those messages.
You also have choices about cookies, as described below. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject cookies some parts of our Sites may not work properly in your case.
Cookies
Generally speaking, when you visit our Sites, there’s certain information that’s recorded which is generally anonymous information and may not reveal your true super-hero identity. If you’re logged into your account some of this information could be associated with your account. We’re talking about the following kinds of details:
a. your IP or proxy server IP
b. basic domain information
c. your Internet service provider is sometimes captured depending on the configuration of your ISP connection
d. the date and time of your visit to the website
e. the length of your session
f. the pages which you have accessed
g. the number of times you access our site within any month;
h. the size of file you look at
i. the website which referred you to our Sites
j. the operating system which your computer uses.
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Children
Our Sites are not suitable for children under the age of 13 years, so if you are under 13 we ask that you do not use our Sites or give us your personal information (if you are a young tech wiz, please direct your nearest responsible adult to use the Sites for you!).
If you are from 13 to 18 years, you can browse the Sites but will need the supervision of a parent or guardian to become a registered user. It is the responsibility of parents or guardians to monitor their children’s use of our Sites.
Modifications and feedback
We may need to change this policy from time to time in order to make sure it stays up to date with the latest legal requirements and any changes to our privacy management practices. When we do amend the policy, the changes will be effective straightaway. We’ll usually publish information about changes to be made to this policy on our Sites – but please be aware that it is your responsibility to check in and make sure you keep up to date with any changes to this policy.
Jurisdiction
As already specified in the Terms and Conditions statement, we currently operate under the Australian Business Law and, in particular for the Privacy Policy, under the Data Protection Act developed by the Independent State of Australia.
Additionally, we act under the last GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation of the EU) for any disclosure of data for legal purposes forward the EU states.