Privacy Policy
Eco Superstar Pty Ltd is strongly committed to protecting your privacy while using www.ecosuperstar.com.au. We want to provide a safe and secure environment for everyone who uses this site.
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to tell you what kind of information we may gather about you when you visit our site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct this information. Our policy allows you to choose what kind and how much information you provide to us and to control how we use whatever information you give us.
This policy applies only to Eco Superstar PTY LTD and not to other companies' or organisations' websites to which www.ecosuperstar.com.au is linked.
Collection of information
Eco Superstar PTY LTD will collect personal information that lets us know the specifics of who you are such as your name, email address, or postal address, when you provide it to us. With this information, Eco Superstar PTY LTD can conduct and manage the Eco Superstar Challenge and www.ecosuperstar.com.au efficiently and to the best outcome for all stages of the process. It will also be used during selection and for announcing successful entrants during the course of the Eco Superstar Challenge. For these purposes, certain information is required to register to enter the Eco Superstar Challenge or to register to vote and comment on the Eco Superstar website, such as your name, age and school.
How much of your personal information that you choose to disclose to Eco Superstar PTY LTD is completely up to you. The only way we know something about you personally is if you provide it to us, for example when you register to enter the Eco Superstar Challenge or register to vote and comment on www.ecosuperstar.com.au.
Use of anonymous information
Eco Superstar PTY LTD automatically gathers anonymous information to monitor the use of www.ecosuperstar.com.au like the numbers and frequency of visitors to www.ecosuperstar.com.au and its areas, very much like television ratings that tell the networks how many people tuned in to a program. We only use such data in the aggregate. This collective data helps us determine how much our site is used, so we can improve www.ecosuperstar.com.au to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many users as possible. www.ecosuperstar.com.au may publish or provide this aggregate data to other people.
Use of personal information
www.ecosuperstar.com.au will only use the personal information you have chosen to provide us for the purpose for which you provided it. www.ecosuperstar.com.au will not use it for any other purpose without your consent. If you are successful at any stage of the Eco Superstar Challenge we will want to publish your personal details on our website and other media, as we may think necessary, but will inform you before we do so.
Cookies
a. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a "device") browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.
Cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor the websites to your interests. Users have the opportunity to set their devices to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. The last of these means that certain personalised services cannot then be provided to that user and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of the bbc.co.uk features. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
During the course of any visit to www.ecosuperstar.com.au, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
b. How does Eco Superstar PTY LTD use cookies?
Information supplied by cookies can help us to analyse the profile of our visitors and help us to provide you with a better user experience.
www.ecosuperstar.com.au uses ‘session variables’ which are similar to cookies. We use them so that once logged in, the user can keep browsing throughout the site, comment and rate various videos. Without this, the user would have to log in every time they want to rate or comment on a different video.
Eco Superstar PTY LTD also uses a number of independent measurement and research companies. They gather information regarding the visitors to www.ecosuperstar.com.au on our behalf using cookies, log file data and code which is embedded on our website. Eco Superstar PTY LTD strictly require that third parties do not use any information for their own business or other purposes.
Disclosure
There will be occasions where it will be necessary Eco Superstar PTY LTD to disclose your personal information to third parties. Eco Superstar PTY LTD may be required by law to disclose the information, or the Eco Superstar PTY LTD may be required to disclose your personal information to third parties, for example, if you are successful at any stage of the Eco Superstar Challenge we will want to publish your personal details on our website and other media, as we may think necessary, but will inform you before we do so. Disclosure may also be made where it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which you disclosed your personal information as indicated on the website. Otherwise than stated above, we do not disclose personal information that you may give us, such as your name, address, email address or telephone number, to any school or organisation or person outside the Eco Superstar Challenge unless you have authorised us to do so. For example, when you contribute to an online forum you may want to publish your name and email address.
No sale of personal information
Under no circumstances will Eco Superstar PTY LTD Online sell or receive payment for licensing or disclosing your personal information.
Interacting with Eco Superstar Online
There are many interactive features on www.ecosuperstar.com.au that you can contribute to. These include: uploading video auditions, voting on video auditions, commenting on videos and commenting on blogs.
When interacting with www.ecosuperstar.com.au, we suggest that you use your discretion and exercise caution when providing your personal information.
Note that whenever you post personal information in publicly accessible places, such as commenting on a video, this information becomes available to anyone with access to the internet. This information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Therefore, we recommend that you refrain from posting any information that you do not want seen in these public areas. For example, when commenting on a video audition on www.ecosuperstar.com.au your username will appear on the message board. Eco Superstar PTY LTD recommends that applicants registering online do not use their real names, but a pen name or pseudonym. You must not intentionally use the name of another living person.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any personal information. Be responsible whenever you are online.
Security
Eco Superstar PTY LTD operates secure data networks that are designed to protect your privacy and security.
Complaints about privacy
If you have any complaints relating to online privacy issues on www.ecosuperstar.com.au, please email info@ecosuperstar.com.au While Eco Superstar PTY LTD accepts no liability for any material or links posted on www.ecosuperstar.com.au, we will investigate all complaints.
Changes to Eco Supersta PTY LTD privacy policy
If we decide to change the Eco Superstar PTY LTD Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here.
