Healthshare Privacy Policy
At Healthshare, we realise that your health concerns are sensitive, and we understand that you trust us to be very careful with your information. We respect your privacy and we're committed to protecting your personal information, and that's why we abide by the National Privacy Principles in the Australian Privacy Act 1988. We have provided this policy to explain how your information is collected, used and protected. We encourage you to read the policy carefully and we hope it will help you to make informed decisions about sharing your information with us. This policy covers the following areas:
- 1. Our use of your information
- 2. Third party disclosure
- 3. Your choices
- 4. Our security measures
If you have any questions or concerns about our policy you can email us: info@healthshare.com.au
1. Our use of your information
The more we know about you, the easier it is for us to deliver helpful, relevant information and services. We collect personal and non-personal information to tailor the content you see and to contact you. Personal information is information which can identify you. However, we will never collect or monitor any personal information about you without your consent. The only personal information we collect is what you tell us about yourself and how you use our site.
Registration
When you register on our site, we collect personal information such as your email address, password and date of birth etc. Registering allows you to use our personalised features, health tools and content. As a member you can also join and create groups and take part in discussions.
Communities and Tools
If you join our health communities and groups you may wish to contribute additional information, including personal health information, health interests and health goals.
User feedback
From time to time we may ask you for feedback about our site. This information allows us to better understand the needs of our users and to gather information about health issues and trends. We store answers but these are not linked to identifying information about you and they will not be shared with third parties.
Competitions
When you enter a competition on our site, we may ask you to provide additional information or answer certain questions. We may contact you in connection with a particular competition to update you regarding your status, let you know that a competition has ended, and for other competition-related messages.
Search
When you search on our site, we store the search terms and the site(s) visited so that we can continuously improve the quality of our search results.
Log information
When you visit our site, our servers will collect log information. This information may include your page request, Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. Log information helps us to gather information about how our site is being used, such as the pages visitors are viewing.
Cookies
We use cookies to make your use of our website and services as convenient as possible. Cookies do not personally identify you; they are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies help us to personalize your experience and generate tailored content. We can also use cookies to monitor the amount of people using our site and how they are using it. From time to time, we may use cookies to track online competition entrants. Importantly, we do not store any identifying information in any cookies on your computer. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, but this may mean you can not log in or take full advantage of our website.
2. Third party disclosure
We will not use or disclose any information about you without your consent unless all identifying information is first removed. There may be exceptional circumstances where this may not be possible, such as if disclosure is required by law or is necessary to protect the rights or property of HealthShare, or any member of the public, or to lessen a serious threat to a person's health or safety.
Competitions
Some or all of the information collected during a competition may be disclosed publicly. It may also be shared with a co-sponsor(s) or a provider(s) of prizes in order to update you of your status, let you know that a competition has ended or for other competition-related indicated on the entry form. If data will be disclosed or shared, we will include a notice at the time of data collection.
3. Third Party Links
We may provide links to various third party sites. Any information you provide to third party sites will be governed under the terms of each site's privacy policy. We accept no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content, actions or policies of third party sites. The inclusion of links to third party sites on our site in no way constitutes an endorsement of the third party sites' content, actions or polices: you can access them at your own risk.
4. Your choices
You are given choices when we ask for personal information and, whenever possible, we try to explain why we ask for information. You can always refuse to provide personal information, but this may mean that some site features will not function properly as a result.
Your profile
You can change or update your profile information, including your contact details and alerts, at any time. Your profile along with your photo (if you choose to upload one) may be viewable by anyone on the Internet.
Personalisation
Information you provide when you create your profile, tools you've used and articles you've viewed will be used to personalise your experience of the site.
Discussions
Any information you post in group discussions, and comments you make on blogs, are open to the public and can appear in search engine results. Your posts will be associated with your profile name and your photo (if you uploaded one).
Cancelling your membership
You can cancel your membership at any time by visiting your profile. After you have cancelled your membership you will not be able to sign into the site to view or access any information you may have saved or created on the site.
Emails
Email communication that you send to us via links on our site may be shared with an employee.
Invitations
If you invite friends to join our site, or if you share any content via our Send to a Friend functions, we will send them an email on your behalf.
Email alerts
As a Healthshare member, you have the option to receive regular email newsletters and alerts. You can unsubscribe from newsletters by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any newsletter. You can manage your alerts in your profile.
5. Access or Corrections
We assume that the information we hold about you is accurate, complete and up-to-date. However, if you identify that any of the information is not accurate, complete or up-to-date contact us at info@healthshare.com.au so that the information may be updated.
6. Our security measures
We are dedicated to protecting the security of your information and take all reasonable precautions to protect it from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Your electronic information is stored on secure servers that are protected in controlled facilities. Our employees have limited access to your personal information. However, as we cannot guarantee the security of communications over the Internet, we cannot give an absolute assurance that your information will be secure at all times. Healthshare will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.
7. Future Changes
As we evolve and introduce new services and features, our policies will be reviewed and may be revised. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time and notify you by posting an updated version of the policy on our web site. The amended Privacy Policy will apply between us whether or not we have given you specific notice of any change. If you don't agree with the new policy, you always have the option of closing your account.