Privacy
1. Metaplanners and Privacy
In keeping with the provisions of the Australian national Privacy Act, Metaplanners is committed to the protection of the privacy of the personal information received from its clients, affiliate accounting practices and individuals during the ordinary course of business. Metaplanners’ employees are required to respect the confidentiality of such personal information.
2. Metaplanners clients
If you interact with Metaplanners as a client, personal information about you may be held for the primary purpose of supplying you with information related to educational seminars and activities, or for liaison with your accounting or legal advisers.
Personal information is likely to include your name, contact address(es), telephone numbers and preferred payment methods. Metaplanners has secure systems to hold this information and will not collect personal information unless it is required for the purpose of undertaking services and functions associated with its ordinary business.
3. Data Security
Most information is stored in computer databases owned and operated by Metaplanners. These are subject to restricted access, and other typical computer system security arrangements. If you are contacted by Metaplanners and at any time decide that you would like to have your name and contact details removed the contact list, you are invited to get in touch with Metaplanners using the telephone number or addresses listed below.
4. Visitors to the Metaplanners web site
If you are a visitor to Metaplanners' web site, and you provide personal information to Metaplanners staff via this web site, your personal information will be treated with the same attention to your privacy as with other forms of communication. As an Internet user you should be warned that there are some inherent risks in transmitting information across the Internet. Metaplanners uses tools to analyse log files and summarize web site user movements. The tools allow evaluation of web site visitors by reference to Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform types, and date/time stamps. Whilst such information is helpful in analysing user movements in the aggregate, no attempt is made to identify individuals who browse on the web site.
5. Mailing list
If you wish to subscribe to Metaplanners' newsletter or promotional communications by e-mail you will be asked for your contact information. If you subsequently decide that you no longer wish to receive the newsletter or promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving such e-mail communications at any time by replying to an e-mail and replacing the subject line with the word UNSUBSCRIBE, or by contacting sending an e-mail to info@Metaplanners.com.au.
6. Transfer of information overseas
Metaplanners does not normally convey personal information outside Australia. Should it become necessary to transmit your personal information outside the country, all reasonable steps will be taken to ensure that such personal information is protected.
7. Access and correction
It is anticipated that your key personal information including address(es) will be subject to routine review by you when dealing with Metaplanners. If you should find that any of this information is incorrect, or has become obsolete, you are encouraged to make contact with Metaplanners and to authorize any necessary changes.
If you wish to seek formal access to your personal information please contact:
The General Manager
Metaplanners
27 College Road, Kent Town, 5067
South Australia
e-mail: info@Metaplanners.com.au
telephone: (08) 8362 4777
For your protection you may be asked to provide information that helps Metaplanners to confirm your identity. In most cases an enquiry may be dealt with on the telephone. In more involved instances, access to information may take a number of working days.
8. Code of Practice
In general, Metaplanners does not:
- Send direct mail or e-mail to anyone whose personal information is held on Metaplanners' database unless they have provided consent, or asked for this to happen via a subscription.
- Use personal information for anything other than the purpose for which it was collected.
- Send mail or e-mail to anyone from a Metaplanners database without providing a means for an individual to have his or her name removed from the database.
- Deny any individual access to his or her personal information held on a Metaplanners database.
- Assume that the receipt of an individual's contact details is a permit to directly market to them unless he or she has given explicit permission, or has requested this via subscription.
- Require users of Metaplanners’ web site to identify themselves, unless access is sought to the Metaplanners web site members' area which may have restricted entry.
9. Further Information
Further information about National Privacy Principles can be obtained by visiting the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's web site at www.privacy.gov.au