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Privacy Policy |
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| Last modified: 20 March 2016
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| The website located at http://www.wordcounted.com, including any of its sub-domains or sections
(henceforth referred to as 'the Website') is operated by tarjim.com.au (henceforth referred to as
'WordCounted' or 'We'). This Privacy Policy regulates how the personal data of the Website users
(henceforth referred to as 'User' or 'You') will be treated by WordCounted, in the framework of the
services provided by the Website (henceforth referred to as 'the Services'). WordCounted Privacy
Policy is available on http://wordcounted.com/privacy (henceforth referred to as 'the Privacy Policy
Page'). Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural and capitalisation are
taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same. |
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| Sections of the Privacy Policy: |
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| 1. About the Privacy Policy |
| 2. Collection and usage of personal information |
| 3. Disclosure of personal information |
| 4. Access to your personal information |
| 5. Cookies |
| 6. Third party websites |
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| 1. About the Privacy Policy |
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WordCounted respects your right to privacy and is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our
customers and website visitors. We are an Australian based business and adhere to the Australian
National Privacy Principles established by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This policy sets out how we
collect and treat your personal information. |
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"Personal information" is information we hold
which is identifiable as being about you. |
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By using, browsing and/or reading the Website, this signifies that you have read, understood
and agree with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the Privacy Policy, you must cease usage
of the Website, or any of the Services, immediately. |
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If you have any complaints about our privacy practices, please feel free to send us your complaints. We take complaints very seriously and will respond shortly after receiving written notice of your complaint. |
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| 1.5. |
WordCounted reserves the right to review and change the Privacy Policy by updating the Privacy
Policy Page at its sole discretion. When WordCounted updates the Privacy Policy, changes will not
apply retroactively and will become effective in seven days after they are posted. However, changes
related to new functions or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. You should
look at the terms regularly. |
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| 2. Collection and usage of personal information |
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| 2.1. |
WordCounted will, from time to time, receive
and store personal information you enter onto our website, provide to us
directly or give to us in other forms. |
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You may provide basic information such as your
name, email address and timezone to enable us to send information,
provide our services and process your requests. We may collect
additional information at other times, including but not limited to,
when you provide feedback, when you provide information about your
personal or business affairs, change your content or email preference,
respond to surveys and/or promotions, provide financial or payment
information, or communicate with our support. |
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WordCounted collects personal information from
you in a variety of ways, including when you interact with us
electronically or in person, when you access our website and when we
provide our services to you. We may receive personal information from
third parties. If we do, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy
Policy. |
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WordCounted may use personal information
collected from you to provide you with information, updates and our
services. We may also make you aware of new and additional products,
services and opportunities available to you. We may use your personal
information to improve our products and services and better understand
your needs. |
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| 2.5. |
WordCounted may contact you by a variety of
measures including, but not limited to email. |
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| 3. Disclosure of personal information |
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We may disclose your personal information to any of our
employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers
or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set
out in this Policy. We do not and never will sell or trade your personal
information. |
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We may from time to time need to disclose personal information
to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court
order, subpoena, warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in
response to a law enforcement agency request. |
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We may also use your personal information to protect the
copyright, trademarks, legal rights, property or safety of WordCounted,
its website, its customers or third parties. |
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Information that we collect may from time to time be stored,
processed in or transferred between parties located in countries outside
of Australia. These may include, but are not limited to Canada, France,
United Kingdom and United States of America. |
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If there is a change of control in our business or a sale or
transfer of business assets, we reserve the right to transfer to the
extent permissible at law our user databases, together with any personal
information and non-personal information contained in those databases.
This information may be disclosed to a potential purchaser under an
agreement to maintain confidentiality. We would seek to only disclose
information in good faith and where required by any of the above
circumstances. |
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By providing us with personal information, you consent to the
terms of this Privacy Policy and the types of disclosure covered by this
Policy. |
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| 4. Access to your personal information |
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| 4.1. |
WordCounted is committed to ensuring that the information you
provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or
disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and
managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information and protect it
from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification
and disclosure. |
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The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own
risk. We cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to
us, or receive from us. Although we take measures to safeguard against
unauthorised disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personal
information that we collect will not be disclosed in a manner that is
inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. |
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You may request details of personal information that we hold about you in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The information which we hold about you can be accessed and amended on the website by signing into your account. If you need assistance accessing or amending your personal information, please contact us. |
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We reserve the right to refuse to provide you with information
that we hold about you, in certain circumstances set out in the Privacy
Act. |
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| 5. Cookies |
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We may from time to time use cookies on our website. Cookies are very small files which are used to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information about the use of a particular Website. Cookies are not malicious programs that access or damage your computer. |
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WordCounted uses cookies in order to: |
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Improve User experience. For example,
saving your preferences for future visits. |
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Interact with third-party Websites. For
example, keeping track of advertisements. |
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Compile data about site navigation and site interactions. For example,
gathering information about your browser type and operating system. |
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Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can
choose to deactivate cookies by changing your browser settings. Cookies
settings can be found in the 'Help' section in the toolbar of most
browsers. If cookies are deactivated, some features will be disabled and
some of our services will not function properly. Deactivating cookies
may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website. |
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WordCounted has no control over third-party cookies. Thus,
third-party cookies are not covered by this Privacy Policy. You may find
information about third-party cookies and privacy policy on
third-parties' websites. For example, cookies used by Facebook to sign
in users on WordCounted’s website using their Facebook account. |
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| 6. Third-party websites |
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Our website may from time to time have links to
other websites not owned or controlled by us. These links are meant for
your convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute
sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites. |
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WordCounted is not responsible for the privacy
practices of third-party websites. We encourage our users to be aware,
when they leave our website, to read the privacy statements of each and
every website that collects personal identifiable information. |
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