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Gold Partner is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Gold Partner Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Gold Partner website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Gold Partner collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Gold Partner also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Gold Partner. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Gold Partner for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Gold Partner Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Gold Partner public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Gold Partner does not read any of your private online communications.

Gold Partner encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Gold Partner so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Gold Partner is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Gold Partner and Gold Partner family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Gold Partner collects and uses your personal information to operate the Gold Partner Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Gold Partner also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Gold Partner and its affiliates. Gold Partner may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Gold Partner does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Gold Partner 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, Gold Partner may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, 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 Gold Partner, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Gold Partner does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Gold Partner keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Gold Partner, in order to determine what Gold Partner services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Gold Partner to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Gold Partner Web sites 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 Gold Partner or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Gold Partner; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Gold Partner, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Gold Partner Web site 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 Gold Partner pages, or register with Gold Partner site or services, a cookie helps Gold Partner 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 Gold Partner Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Gold Partner 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 Gold Partner services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Gold Partner secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Gold Partner secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Gold Partner will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Gold Partner encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Gold Partner is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Gold Partner welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Gold Partner has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Gold Partner at christine@dkblue.com.au. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

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