About This Security and Privacy Statement

You should be aware that there are inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet.
This Security and Privacy Statement applies to this Web Site which is operated by Info Tech Accounting Pty Ltd (ABN 23 089 506 516) ("Info Tech") under the domain names "infotech.com.au", "itvpn.net" and "itaccounting.com.au" ("Info Tech Web Site(s)").

Info Tech understands and appreciates that you, as an Info Tech Web Site visitor, are concerned about your privacy and about the confidentiality and security of information we may gain about you online. Info Tech is committed to protecting your privacy. This Info Tech Security and Privacy Statement explains how your personal information will be treated as you access and interact with the Info Tech Web Site.

As the Info Tech Web Site develops and as technology evolves, Info Tech will continue to strive to provide you with better and more customised services and with a more effective Web Site. Info Tech encourages you to review the Security and Privacy Statement periodically because the Security and Privacy Statement may change from time to time.

Security of Information

The Info Tech Web Site offers a number of interactive facilities including electronic (email – based) report delivery and private client application hosting services.

Our internal and private client network and databases are protected from unauthorised access using firewall and other technologies. To improve security of personal information, some electronic forms that collect this information have been secured under the HTTPS protocol (Hypertext Transport Protocol Secure), a standard Web communications protocol that encrypts and decrypts a message for online transmission.

Info Tech takes reasonable steps to preserve the security of cookie and personal information in accordance with the Info Tech Web Site Terms of Use and this Security and Privacy Statement. If your browser is suitably configured, it will advise you whether the information you are sending us will be secure (encrypted) or not secure (unencrypted). If secure transmission is indicated, Info Tech currently uses 128 bit SSL encryption.

Info Tech regularly reviews developments in security and encryption technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Accordingly, although Info Tech strives to protect such information, Info Tech cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we take reasonable steps to preserve the security of the information in our own systems.

Information Collected

The information that we will collect about you will depend on how you use the facilities offered by the Info Tech Web Site. As a requirement of the hosting services provided, the Info Tech Web Site will record specific information only for the express purposes of providing secure private access to the Info Tech Web Site including user authentication information and return email addresses.

Your personal information will only be used for the purposes for which you have provided it. Your e-mail address will not be added to a mailing list.

The information collected by email or electronic forms will be used only for the purpose for which you provided it, and we will not disclose it without your consent, except where authorised or required by law.

The Info Tech Web Site may contain links to the Web Sites of third party providers of goods and services ("Third Party Web Sites"). Third Party Web Sites should contain their own privacy statements and those third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices.

Cookies

A "cookie" is a small text file placed on your computer by our web page server. A cookie can later be retrieved by our webpage servers. You can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser.

Info Tech may use cookies for the provision of secure services (that is, an area where you are required to log on) on the Info Tech Web Site. These cookies are used for a variety of purposes, including for security and personalisation reasons. If your browser is configured to reject all cookies you will be unable to use secure services on the Info Tech Web Site that require cookies in order to participate.

Info Tech issues a temporary ‘root certificate’ to all users visiting the Info Tech Web Site. You should not accept this certificate unless you are an authorised private client of Info Tech. If you are unsure as to your authority to use this site, please contact our datacentre administrator on +61 3 9569 2166. This certificate does not allow us to collect personally identifiable information about you.

We use this certificate:

• to identify your Internet browser as an authorised entity to use the Info Tech Web Site (but we cannot identify you);
• to determine if you have previously visited the Info Tech Web Site;
• for security purposes.

Most of the Info Tech Web Site operates by using this type of certificate.

Accordingly, if you wish to make full use of the Info Tech Web Site, it is required that you accept this certificate.

How we Handle Email

We will preserve the content of any e-mail that you send us, if we believe that we have a legal requirement to do so. Your e-mail message content may be monitored by our Info Tech employees for security issues including where e-mail abuse is suspected; our response to you may be monitored for quality assurance issues.

Use and Disclosure of Information

We will only use or disclose personal information or information generated by cookies in accordance with the Info Tech Privacy Policy, specific and additional provisions relating to privacy which apply to certain areas of the Info Tech Web Site and as otherwise set out in this Security and Privacy Statement.

Acceptance and Changes to Security and Privacy Statement

You acknowledge and accept that your use of the Info Tech Web Site indicates your acceptance of the Info Tech Web Site Terms of Use and the Security and Privacy Statement.

This is the current Security and Privacy Statement. It replaces any other Security and Privacy Statement for the Info Tech Web Site published on the Info Tech Web Site to date. Info Tech may at any time vary the Security and Privacy Statement by publishing the varied Security and Privacy Statement on the Info Tech Web Site. You accept that by doing this, Info Tech has provided you with sufficient notice of the variation.

No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event that a law enforcement (or other government) agency exercises a legal authority to inspect ISP logs (eg, by warrant, subpoena, or notice to produce).