Privacy

Privacy

The Public Interest Law Clearing House (Vic) Inc. (PILCH) recognises the importance of treating personal information confidentially and is committed to satisfying all legal and ethical obligations regarding the protection of privacy and confidential information.

This statement communicates how PILCH manages personal information and may change from time to time to reflect technological changes, PILCH's policy, and feedback from stakeholders and the general public.

Collection of Information

Any information collected by PILCH is collected via correspondence from you or your company. This may be via telephone, email, mail, fax or directly through our website.

PILCH will only collect personal information from you with your prior knowledge and consent. You can access PILCH's website and browse the site without disclosing any personal information. PILCH will protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information. PILCH will utilise appropriate technologies and security methods to store the information collected and safeguard against unauthorised access and improper use of the information.

While we do our best to protect your personal information you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information.

No attempt will be made by PILCH to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the Internet Service Provider's logs.

Use of Collection Information

Any details collected from PILCH customers/supporters are required in order to provide you with our services and/or a high level of customer/supporter service.

Access to Collected Information

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, or if you no longer want us to hold such information or communication with you, you may correct, update, delete to de-activate it by emailing us at webmaster@pilch.org.au

Credit Card and Internet Payments

PILCH uses the eWAY Payment Gateway for its online credit card transactions via register.pilch.org.au. eWAY processes online credit card transactions for thousands of Australian merchants, providing a safe and secure means of collecting payments via the Internet. All online credit card transactions performed on this site using the eWAY gateway are secured payments. Please read our internet merchant privacy & security policy for further information.

Disclosure to Third Parties

PILCH may at its discretion use other third parties to provide essential services on our site or for our business processes. We may share your details as necessary for the third party to provide that service.

These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any other purpose.

PILCH does not share any information with third parties for any unknown or unrelated uses.

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Website.

Links to External Internet Sites

PILCH is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Links to other relevant websites have been provided in good faith. When you click through to one of the linked websites, PILCH recommends you read the privacy statement of that site to familiarise yourself with its privacy policy and practices before disclosing any personal information.

Other internet sites or services that may be accessible through PILCH have separate data and privacy practices independent of us, and therefore we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions. Please contact these vendors and others directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies.

For any other information email webmaster@pilch.org.au