Privacy Policy
Privacy Notice
ModelCo Pty Ltd ("ModelCo") takes your privacy seriously because we know that you do. This Privacy Policy (this "Policy") describes how we collect and use information related to this Site. This Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, to persons we do not employ, or to Web sites we do not own or operate.
By accessing, browsing, or using this Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted the practices described in this Policy. Please read this Policy carefully and be aware that we may change it at any time.
Use of Site
You can use this Site to: learn about and access information provided by MODELCO, register for information and competitions offered by MODELCO. This Site is intended for adults. If you are not yet 18 years old or lack the legal authority to form legally binding contracts under applicable law, please do not use this Site. We do not solicit or knowingly collect any information from visitors under 18 years of age.
Information we collect
We collect the domain names of visitors to this Site to measure the number of visits, pages visited, and average time spent on the Site. We also collect the e-mail addresses and other contact information you provide when you send us e-mail messages, complete a registration form or other submission form, or request or buy goods, services or other information from us.
If an individual becomes a paying member of the website in order to make more sophisticated and frequent use of it, we will ask for credit card details, address and phone number for accounting purposes.
We use this information to provide you with the goods or information that you request. When visitors specifically request information from us through the Site or buy goods or services from us through the Site, we may use your information to provide you with information reports as well as information about goods and services offered by MODELCO. To stop getting general e-mails or communications from us, simply tell us so in a reply to any e-mail we send you.
A cookie is a small text file that a web site stores on your computer to identify you during a visit and between visits so you can avoid re-entering user ID. Like many other sites, ours uses "cookies" to enable our systems to recognise your browser and to navigate this Site more easily. For all visitors to this Site, we use cookies to collect clickstream data, including: the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from which you linked to this Site; and possibly, certain other web protocol header information.
If you are a registered Site user (a "User"), we use cookies to keep track of who you are so you don’t have to enter your user ID every time you visit. Through collected clickstream data, including cookies, we may also analyse Users’ Site use history. We also use information related to Site pages you visit and other information you provide to us to contact you through e-mail to send you information about MODELCO product/service offerings that may be of interest to you. If you ever want us to stop contacting you by e-mail, send an e-mail to info@modelco.com.au
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
MODELCO is not in the business of selling personally identifiable information to others. MODELCO may, however, share or disclose information you provide us to other companies and people under the following circumstances:
Agents and Service Providers
We may from time to time employ or contract with other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. They have access to only such information about Users as is needed to perform their functions, but may not use any of this information for other purposes.
Business Transfers
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy assets. In such transactions, customer and User information generally is one of the transferred business assets. If any MODELCO assets were acquired, User information would be one of the transferred assets. We do not offer for sale personally identifiable information other than in connection with business-related transfers.
Legal Matters
MODELCO have the right to disclose any personal information about you or your use of the Service, or any other information that you submit on the site without your prior permission if that MODELCO has a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of MODELCO or its affiliates, customers, or suppliers, other users of this Site, or the public; or respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties.
We may also disclose information as we deem necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request.
Your Instructions. We may share any information you submit on or to the Site when we have your consent to do so or when we need to share it to provide the information or service you have requested.
MODELCO may aggregate personally identifiable information and may disclose aggregated information to third parties for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to identify you.
Links
This Site contains links to other sites. The privacy policies at these other sites may be different from this Policy. Those sites’ privacy policies will govern the use of information you provide to them.
Security
We place a high priority on the security of visitor and User information. Our site is secured by QuickSSL this utilizes128-bit SSL certificates thereby offering a very high level of encryption for security. This means you can rest assured that communications between your browser and this site's web servers are private and secure.
We maintain the Site and all associated data with technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorised access, destruction, misuse, modification, and improper disclosure. The information you enter on the Site, including registration information are stored securely by MODELCO on our data servers. However, no computer system or information can ever be fully protected against every possible hazard. MODELCO is committed to providing reasonable and appropriate security controls to protect this Site and its information against foreseeable hazards.
Storage of and Access to Information
All information that you submit through this Site is collected, stored, and processed in Australia. MODELCO may transfer User information to MODELCO offices and service providers throughout the world as we carry out our recruitment process and as we seek to improve the content of this Site.
You may review, correct, update, or delete the information that we maintain about you at any time by e-mail notification to orders@modelcoshop.com.au. We may retain such information for a period in our backup systems as a precaution against system failures. We may retain some information for longer periods as required by law, contract, or auditing requirements.
Contacts and Complaints
This Site is operated by Virtual Businesses.net. If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, please e-mail us at info@modelco.com.au.
By using this web site, you consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information as described in this Policy.