Last Updates – 2nd August 2005

Introduction

At Associated Retailers Limited ("ARL" - ACN 004 520 030) we are committed to protecting your privacy and accordingly have produced this privacy policy to explain how your personal information will be treated as you visit and use our the website.
Our privacy policy addresses personal information which:

You provide to ARL when you communicate through the website; and

ARL collects when you access the website.

Website Usage Information
ARL uses cookies to track information about your visits to our website and to analyse information for trends and statistics. We record:

The domain you are visiting from.

The time and date of your visit;

The parts of the website you visit;

The amount of time you spend on any page;

The number of times you visit;

Please not that this information does not personally identify you. Additionally we do not match this information with other information in an attempt to identify you.

We do not use cookies to track where you go when you leave our site or your personal information

ARL uses and discloses aggregated non-personally identifying information collected through the website as part of the process of improving the website.

Personal Information
You can visit the website without revealing any personal information.
ARL will at times request personal information that you may decide to provide. Information to:

Provide feedback on our website

Enter a competition

Contact ARL

Join a mailing list

Where we wish to collect personal information about you such as your name, contact information or other personal information we will clearly ask for that personal information and explain the purpose for which ARL is requesting the information. For example, to add you to our mailing list.

Security of Information
In order to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, destruction, use or disclosure and against accidental loss we will maintain the safeguards necessary to keep the information in the strictest confidence.
Associated Retailers Limited uses and implements industry standards for the security and protection of information collected from users. Once your personal information comes into ARL's possession, we will take all reasonable steps to protect that information.

Contact Details
If you would like to ask us any questions about privacy, or who wish to make a complaint, please contact ARL at: arl_membership_enquiries@arl.com.au