Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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 Massage Association of Australia Ltd Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Massage Association of Australia Ltd website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Massage Association of Australia Ltd collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Massage Association of Australia Ltd also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your Post code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

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

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

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

Use of your Personal Information

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

Massage Association of Australia Ltd does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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, Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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 Massage Association of Australia Ltd, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Massage Association of Australia Ltd does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

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

Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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 Massage Association of Australia Ltd or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Massage Association of Australia Ltd; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Massage Association of Australia Ltd, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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 Massage Association of Australia Ltd pages, or register with Massage Association of Australia Ltd site or services, a cookie helps Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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 Massage Association of Australia Ltd Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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 Massage Association of Australia Ltd services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Massage Association of Australia Ltd secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Massage Association of Australia Ltd 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

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

Contact Information

Massage Association of Australia Ltd welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Massage Association of Australia Ltd has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Massage Association of Australia Ltd at office@maa.org.au. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.