Tellus Holdings Ltd (“Tellus”) Web Site Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy is very important to Tellus. We are committed to maintaining the security of all personal information provided to Tellus by visitors to, and users of, our websites. This Privacy Policy details how we collect, use and manage this personal information.
Access to other websites via hyperlink
Other websites may be accessible via hyperlinks from the Tellus website. Please note these other websites are not subject to the Tellus Privacy Policy. Please review the privacy policy of each individual website you access via hyperlinks from this website, and assess whether the policy of each website, is satisfactory to you before you use the other websites.
What information we collect and why we collect it
Tellus collects certain standard information that is sent by your browser to our website. This includes technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, language, time zone setting, access times and any referring website addresses.
Tellus uses this information to administer our website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes. Tellus also collects certain information to provide users with a personalised experience when visiting our websites. Through the use of a ‘cookie’, Tellus can record information about your visit to our website including the clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), the pages visited, page interaction information and methods used to browse away from the page. This information is used anonymously and in aggregate, and is collected and logged for statistical purposes. Through analysis of these records, Tellus is able to provide an improved service when users revisit our websites.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that a website may write to your hard drive when you visit. A cookie file can contain information (such as a user ID) that the website can use to track the pages you have visited and your preferences. The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you personally supply. A cookie cannot read data from your hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites.
Tellus uses cookies to track user traffic patterns and to provide a better service for users when they visit the website.
Users can set their browsers to provide notification when a cookie is received, and the opportunity to accept or reject the cookie. Users can also refuse all cookies by turning the function off in their browsers. However, to ensure the full functionality of the Tellus website, the use of cookies is required.
Providing personal information
At times, Tellus may ask you to voluntarily supply personal information, such as your name, email address, location, telephone number and preferred means of communication, for purposes such as subscribing to Tellus news alerts or requesting further information from Tellus, including through the Contact Us form pending or available on our website.
We will use such information to provide you with the information that you have requested from us.
Other than as stated above, no attempt is made to identify users or their browsing activities except:
in the event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect logs;
or where Tellus believes it is required to collect and produce relevant electronic documentation to fulfil its obligations to third parties, including statutory organisations under local law.
Disclosure of the information we collect
Tellus may disclose your personal information to the authorities; Tellus’s advisors; suppliers of IT services; third parties engaged by Tellus to provide services to you for the purpose of, providing services requested by you; to protect any intellectual property rights in any materials displayed on or otherwise available from Tellus’s website; and to enforce Tellus’s website Terms and Conditions of Use.
Because Tellus operates across Australia, we may share the personal information you submit to us with any entity within the Tellus group. These entities are required to maintain the confidentiality of this information and are restricted from using it for any purpose other than the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, including the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
Transfer of your personal information to other countries
Please note that any person to whom Tellus may disclose your personal information under this Privacy Policy may be situated in a country other than your own and that such country may provide a lower level of data protection requirements than your own country. By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to a country other than your own.
Security
Tellus takes all reasonable security measures to protect personal information from loss, unauthorised access, destruction, misuse, modification or disclosure.
Access to personal data and right to rectification
You can gain access to the personal information Tellus holds about you by sending a request to ‘General Enquiries’ at info@tellusholdings.com.au or subscribe@tellusholdings.com.au. As Tellus wishes to ensure the personal information it holds about you is complete, accurate and up to date, you have the right to send a request for rectification via the same form.
Changes to this Privacy Policy and Contact
Any changes Tellus may make to this privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be submitted via the info@tellusholdings.com.au.