Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

Cattle Council of Australia is committed to the protection of your privacy in accordance with the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s Guidelines for Australian World Wide Websites. These guidelines outline the requirements for transparent collection, appropriate and ethical use and secure storage of personal information. Our aim is to provide an online environment which will ensure the information you provide to us is handled in a secure, efficient and confidential manner.

Information Logged

When visiting this website, a record of your visit is logged. This ‘clickstream data’ is recorded for statistical purposes only and is used to help improve this website. The following information is supplied by your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer):

  • the user’s server address
  • the user’s operating system (for example Windows, MAC etc)
  • the user’s top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc)
  • the date and time of the visit to this website
  • the pages accessed and the documents downloaded
  • the previous site visited
  • the type of browser used

This information is not specific to an individual and is used for system administration purposes, as well as statistical purposes only. While anonymous information does not tell us anything about you specifically (i.e. it is not personal information), it tells us about how you use our website. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency (or other government agency) exercises a legal authority to inspect Internet Service Provider (ISP) logs (e.g. by warrant, subpoena or notice to produce).

Additional personal information may also be collected. These details may include:

  • your name, address and contact details
  • bank account and credit details
  • your email address and password
  • services provided to you
  • records and content of communication between you and the Cattle Council of Australia.

When bank acount and credit details are stored, all communication of these details will be done over secure connections using SSL. This data will only be stored at the request of the user. 

Information you provide may be used to verify your PIC number with the LPA Database, and, if you have indicated you are a State Farming Organisation member, through the relevant SFO to verify your membership.

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to your computer when you access information on that site. Cookies can make websites easier to use by storing information about your preferences on a particular website. This information remains on your computer after you close your browser.

Cattle Council of Australia uses cookies to ‘remember’ your browser between page visits. In this situation, the cookie identifies your browser, but not you personally. Cattle Council of Australia uses cookies on this website to develop patterns of site usage. No personal information is stored within the cookies.

Security

Users should be aware that there are inherent risks in transmitting information across the Internet.

Therefore, users should make their own assessment of the potential risks to the security of their information when making a decision as to whether or not they should utilise this website or external sites that are linked to or from this website.

Links to other sites

This website contains links to other sites which may not be under our control. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices of other sites and we encourage you to examine each site’s privacy policy including their privacy statements.

Privacy Contact

Cattle Council of Australia
NNF House
14-16 Brisbane Avenue
Barton ACT 2600
Australia