Privacy Statement
The Guide has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate
our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information-gathering
and dissemination practices for these sites: www.theguide.com.au, www.theguide.net.au,
www.guide.net.au, www.thegigguide.com.au, www.westaussie.com.
Opt-Out
Our site provides Users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from
us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor
(when you register to become a registered user of The Guide).
Delete/Deactivate
This site gives Users the following options for removing their information from
our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service:
1. You may visit the Profile Details page
2. You can contact us through our Contact Us page
Newsletter
When Users register with The Guide (Subscription Details page), they may sign up
for the free email newsletter simply by selecting the required checkbox. Active
subscribers to the free site newsletter may unsubscribe at any time by following
the instructions above in 'Delete/Deactivate'.
Collecting Data
We may monitor your use of this service, and use or disclose any information gathered
as part of our evaluation of the service to satisfy any law, regulation or other
government request, and to operate the service properly and efficiently. The Guide
may, in its sole discretion, develop and use consumer research based on User's use
of the service. All marketing information shall be subject, in all cases, to compliance
with the applicable rules and regulations of the Communications Commission, and
other relevant laws and regulations, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like their email address)
and demographic information (like their country, state, suburb). We use contact
data from our surveys to send the user information about our company and promotional
material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information is also used
to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings.
Demographic and profile data are also collected at our site. We use this data to
tailor our visitors' experience at our site, showing them content that we think
they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.
Anonymous demographic information is shared with advertisers and market researchers
on an aggregate basis. Any email from The Guide will include specific instructions
on how to unsubscribe.
Third Parties
From time to time, products and services that may be of value to you will be offered
by third parties interested in your business. The Guide contains links to other
related World Wide Web Internet sites, resources and sponsors of The Guide. Selection
of an ad banner or link redirects User off of The Guide to a third party. Transactions
that occur between the User and the third party are strictly between the User and
the third party and are not the responsibility of The Guide. Because The Guide is
not responsible for the availability of these outside resources or their privacy
policy or content, User should direct any concerns regarding any external link to
its site administrator or Webmaster.
Cookies
The Guide occassionally uses "cookie" technology (see http://www.cookiecentral.com/ for complete information)
to enhance users' online experience by making it easier for them to navigate through
our pages or to make a feature work better. Rejecting cookies set by the The Guide
Web sites does not seriously impede the use of our online features. It is not necessary
to accept a cookie to navigate the The Guide website.