PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT

About this Statement

This Privacy Policy Statement sets out the data processing practices carried out through your use of this web site by Experian Asia Pacific Pty Ltd ("Experian"). Experian is a member of the GUS Group Limited (the "Group"). If you have any requests concerning your personal information or any queries with regard to these practices please contact us at info@ap.experian.com.

Links
This privacy policy only covers Experian's web site at www.experian.com.au. Additional web sites within the Group are governed by their respective privacy statements. We are not responsible for the data policies or procedures or the content of other linked web sites outside of the Group.

Experian respects your privacy and is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of any personal information provided by you via this web site.

Information collected
We collect personal information from visitors to this web site through the use of enquiry forms and every time you e-mail us your details. . Other than this, we do not store or capture personal information but simply log your IP address (this is the technical standard which ensures messages get from one host ot another and that the messages are understood) which is automatically recognised by the Web server.

Use of personal information
Any personal information that you supply to Experian via this web site will be used solely for the purposes of delivering a service requested by you, communicating with you or providing information about Experian and its products and services that may be of interest to you.

Personal information that you have provided will not be supplied to outside the Experian Group unless required by law and will be deleted upon request.

Occasionally we may use the records held by our Internet service provider regarding your visit and those of other users. This non-personal information is used for statistical purposes to help us to optimise the benefits of this site. In an aggregated format this information may be supplied to reputable third parties but will not be used in any way that will allow you to be identified.

We do not sell personal information collected through this site or use your personal information for any other purposes than those stated above, unless required by law.

Cookies
We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and we will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of the Web server.

For information, a cookie is a small piece of information stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies are used to make the link between you and the information you have provided to the web site, to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies although you do not have to. If you disable cookies from your browser you may not be able to access certain features of a particular web site.

Security
We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. All the data collected by us is stored on a secure server.

Disclosures
We will only disclose personal information to companies and suppliers we engage to process data on our behalf.

Internet-Based Transfers
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this web site and communicating electronically with us you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.