1. What information of yours does Vince O´Neill Plumbing collect?
Our goal is to become a favoured and trusted Internet destination by providing the information, services, and product offerings that are most relevant to you. To achieve this goal, Vince O´Neill Plumbing must collect information so we can understand what makes you different from our many other unique users.
Information collected online is usually defined as being either anonymous or personally identifiable.
- Anonymous information
refers to data that cannot be tied back to a specific individual. For example, Vince O´Neill Plumbing collects some information each time a visitor comes to a Vince O´Neill Plumbing page so we can improve the overall quality of the visitor's online experience. Vince O´Neill Plumbing collects the visitor's IP address (e.g., whether the user is logged on from bigpond.com.au or optus.net.au), referral data (e.g., the address of the last URL a user visited prior to clicking through to the Vince O´Neill Plumbing site), and browser and platform type (e.g., a Netscape browser on a Linux platform). Vince O´Neill Plumbing also collects aggregate search terms from search services for internal reporting. Vince O´Neill Plumbing collects this user information for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted advertising. You do not have to register with Vince O´Neill Plumbing before we can collect this anonymous information.
- Personally identifiable information
refers to data that tells us specifically who you are, such as your name and postal address, which may be collected in addition to the anonymous data described above.
Vince O´Neill Plumbing may collect personal information in the following ways from different pages on its site:
- Other Registration: In addition to registration for various services on the Vince O´Neill Plumbing website, we may ask you for personal information at other times, including when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by Vince O´Neill Plumbing. We also ask for personal information when you make an online purchase using the Vince O´Neill Plumbing website. You are not required to register for any services on Vince O´Neill Plumbing. If you choose not to provide the requested information, Vince O´Neill Plumbing may not be able to fulfill your request.
- Correspondence: If you contact Vince O´Neill Plumbing, we may keep a record of that correspondence. We do not collect any e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail. We use the information provided so that we may respond to the e-mail.
2. What are "cookies" and how does the Vince O´Neill Plumbing website use them?
In addition to the personally identifiable information that Vince O´Neill Plumbing actively collects when you register, we may also collect anonymous information passively using cookies. Presently, cookies play an important role in making the Internet work, but there is much confusion among Internet users about what cookies are and how they are used.
A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a Web site to the hard drive of your computer so that the site administrator may identify your computer and passively track its activities on the Web site. This unique number identifies your Web browser --but not you-- to site hosting computers whenever you visit our site. A cookie will not let a Web site know any personally identifiable information about you, such as your real name and address.
Vince O´Neill Plumbing may use cookies designed to let us know which particular computer you are using, but nothing more. Since cookies are only text files, they cannot run like a program on your computer, search your computer for other information, or transmit any information to anyone.
To help serve you better, Vince O´Neill Plumbing may use cookies to:
- Remember your Web browser
so we can offer and provide personalised services. We may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about where a Web browser has visited on our site.
- Save your passwords and preferences
so that you will not have to re-enter them the next time you visit.
- Measure traffic patterns.
Without cookies, it could be difficult for Vince O´Neill Plumbing to know which services are more popular than others.
- Estimate audience size.
Cookies let us know whether or not a Web browser has seen a particular page or accessed particular services.
The use of cookies is now an industry standard, and they are currently used on most major Web sites. Most Web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can reset your browser to notify you when you have received a cookie. You can also refuse to accept cookies altogether. While Vince O´Neill Plumbing does not require you to use cookies, keep in mind that certain services may not function properly if you set your browser to refuse all cookies.
3. What organisation is collecting the information?
When you register for a service within the Vince O´Neill Plumbing site, that information is generally collected and maintained solely by the the Vince O´Neill Plumbing site unless specifically stated otherwise at the point of collection. If data is collected and/or maintained by any company other than Vince O´Neill Plumbing, we will inform you at the point of collection. If you do not want to share your information with that company, you can choose not to use that service. Please see the Section entitled
With whom does Vince O´Neill Plumbing share the information that is collected?
The Vince O´Neill Plumbing site may run promotions and competitions across its site. These promotions may be sponsored or co-sponsored by third-party companies. Data collected during a promotion is typically shared with the sponsor or co-sponsor. The Vince O´Neill Plumbing site will inform you at the point of collection whether or not we are sharing your personal data as a result of your participation in a promotion or competition. If you do not want to have the Vince O´Neill Plumbing site share your data, you can choose not to participate in the promotion or competition.
Be aware that Vince O´Neill Plumbing sponsors and other advertisers have links on our sites that take you to other sites that may collect personally identifiable information about you. Vince O´Neill Plumbing hopes that all third parties involved adhere to our policies regarding the privacy of our users. However, the Vince O´Neill Plumbing Privacy Policy does not cover third-party data collection practices and Vince O´Neill Plumbing does not assume any responsibility for any actions of third parties.
