This Statement of Privacy applies to the gotalk Website and governs data collection
and usage of that information by gotalk. By using the gotalk website, you consent
to the data collection, use and disclosure practices described in this statement
Cancellation of Your Personal Information
gotalk collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address,
name, home or work address or telephone number. gotalk also collects anonymous demographic
information, which is not unique to you, such as your post code, age, gender, preferences,
interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically
collected by gotalk. This information can include: your IP address, browser type,
domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is
used by gotalk for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service,
and to provide general statistics regarding use of the gotalk website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information
or personally sensitive data through gotalk public message boards, this information
may be collected and used by others. Note: gotalk does not read any of your private
online communications.
gotalk encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to
link to from gotalk so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use
and share your information. gotalk is not responsible for the privacy statements
or other content on Web sites outside of the gotalk and gotalk family of websites.
Use of Your Personal Information
gotalk collects and uses your personal information to operate the gotalk website
and deliver the services you have requested. gotalk also uses your personally identifiable
information to inform you of other products or services available from gotalk, its
affiliates and related bodies corporate. gotalk may also contact you via surveys
to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services
that may be offered. gotalk may disclose your personal information to its suppliers,
service providers, affiliates and/or related bodies corporate for all or any of
these purposes or to have such suppliers, service providers, affiliates and/or related
bodies corporate provide these functions on behalf of gotalk.
gotalk does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. gotalk
may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about
a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is
not transferred to the third party. In addition, gotalk may share data with trusted
partners to help us perform statistical analysis, contact you about gotalk products,
send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries.
All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except
to provide these services to gotalk, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality
of your information. Where you have chosen to sign up for, participate in or otherwise
obtain services or programs provided by gotalk in conjunction with a third party,
gotalk may disclose your personal information to the third party to the extent it
enables the third party to provide the relevant services or programs to you.
gotalk does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion,
or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
gotalk keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within gotalk,
in order to determine what gotalk services are the most popular. This data is used
to deliver customized content and advertising within gotalk to customers whose behavior
indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
gotalk websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if
required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary
to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on
gotalk or the site;(b) protect and defend the rights or property of gotalk;and,
(c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of gotalk,
or the public.
Use of Cookies
The gotalk website use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience.
A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies
cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are
uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that
issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save
you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned
to a specific page. For example, if you personalize gotalk pages, or register with
gotalk site or services, a cookie helps gotalk to recall your specific information
on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information,
such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the
same gotalk website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so
you can easily use the gotalk features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies
if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience
the interactive features of the gotalk services or websites you visit.
Security and Personal Information
gotalk endeavours to secure your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. With this in mind, gotalk endeavours to use encryption, such
as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol to protect your personal information.
Changes to this Statement
gotalk will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and
customer feedback. gotalk encourages you to periodically review this Statement to
be informed of how gotalk is protecting your information.
Contact Information
gotalk welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe
that gotalk has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us on 1800 gotalk
(468 255). We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and
remedy the problem.