Money-AU - Privacy policy

1. What the Money-Au (MA) privacy policy covers?
This Privacy Policy outlines MA's practices regarding information collected online at any websites operated by MA. We suggest that you review this Privacy Policy periodically as we may update it from time to time. This policy was last revised on 25th January 2008. By visiting MA's website or otherwise interacting with MA, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. What information we collect?
Each time you visit MA's website and interact with us, MA may collect personally identifiable information (such as first and last names, business address, email addresses and telephone numbers) that you provide when you contact MA (by e-mail or otherwise) or otherwise interact with MA. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on MA. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to MA and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

3. How we use and share your personal information?
Your personal information is used by MA to enhance your relationship with them, respond to your requests, tailor offerings to you, communicate with you about products, services, special offerings, and events or programs offered by MA or their marketing partners that may be of interest to you.

From time to time you may receive periodic mailings, or e-mails from MA with information on special promotions or other offers from MA or its marketing partners. You may opt out of receiving such communications by contacting us. In the event that MA or its assets is bought or sold, customer information will likely be included among the transferred business assets.

MA may also disclose specific information when it determines that such disclosure is necessary to comply with the law. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

4. How your personal information is protected?
MA uses industry standard security techniques on the MA website to help protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information collected from you at the MA website. When you transmit personally identifiable data to MA, that information is stored on servers that MA have attempted to secure from unauthorised access or intrusion. Of course, MA cannot be and are not responsible for unauthorised access to information by hackers or others who have obtained such access through illegal measures.

5. How to contact us?
Should you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy - please contact us.

6. Revisions to this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy may be updated and revised from time to time and we will post any changes on this policy. You agree that the information that we gather now will be subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use. We may contact you with periodic notices concerning our Privacy Policy but you should check the MA website periodically to review any changes.

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