AUST.POWERTOOL REGISTER™® Internet Privacy. We understand that when accessing our website or interacting with us online, the privacy and confidentiality of personal information is important to our customers. That’s why we are committed to safeguarding the personal and financial details you provide us. The following explains what information we gather from you when you go to our website, how we use that information and how you can contact us for more information. The information we collect each time someone visits our site, our web server collects the following types of Information:
• The number of users who visit
• The date and time of visits
• The number of pages viewed
• How users navigate through the site. No attempts are made to identify anyone browsing our site.
The data is captured so that we can accurately evaluate the quality of our content and make improvements for you.
How we capture information :
We use technology called cookies when you visit our site. Cookies are small pieces of information, which can be stored on your hard drive (persistent cookies) or in memory (session cookies). They can record information about your visit to the site, allowing it to remember you next time you visit and provide a more meaningful experience.
We use cookies to offer you increased security. Despite common myths, the cookies we send to your PC cannot read your hard drive, obtain any information from your browser or command your computer to perform any action. They are designed so that they cannot be sent to another site or be retrieved by any site other than AUST.POWERTOOL REGISTER™®.
We use two types of cookies: Persistent cookies – identify pages accessed and provide personalised features, for example choosing which page you would make your start page. They are used to help us develop the design and layout of the web site, improve applications and measure their effectiveness. Session cookies – are used for security reasons as part of the customer identification process. These cookies allow you to be recognised once you have signed in and provide you with your confidential information. They also keep track of time spent on a page, so that if a session remains inactive for seven minutes or longer it will automatically be terminated for your protection. We also use these types of cookies in multi page forms, to help the site remember what you do from one page to the next. We may also allow third parties to collect statistical data from our site using their persistent cookies. However these cookies do not capture information that can personally identify you. They are simply used to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of our marketing.
How we use your information:
The type of information we collect from you will depend on what online services you use. When applying for our service online we may request personal information such as your name and address, bank account details email address and contact phone numbers. We also tell you how we use the personal information that we collect, who we give access to that information and how you can access it, if we have retained it. If you are registered with AUST. POWERTOOL REGISTER™®, we may use your email address to advise you of any upgrades or changes to these services.