Privacy Policy
The following statement details Colmar Brunton's policies relating to your personal information.
This Policy applies to Colmar Brunton Research Australia (Colmar Brunton) and outlines the obligations of Colmar Brunton in regards to the information collected from this website.
Topics covered are:
- Your personal information is important to us
- Colmar Brunton & best practice privacy standards
- What information we collect about you
- Colmar Brunton's use of cookies
- Using & disclosing your personal information
- Information & Promotional emails
- Storage & security of your details
- Accessing, changing & deleting information we keep about you
- Colmar Brunton & links to other websites
- Further information on privacy
Your personal information is important to us:
Colmar Brunton recognises that your privacy is very important to you and that you have a right to control your personal information. We know that providing personal information is an act of trust and we take that seriously.
Colmar Brunton & best practice privacy standards:
Colmar Brunton is committed to protecting your personal information. We believe that our privacy policy is both fair and represents industry best practice. The Internet Industry Association is developing a Code which provides a high standard of privacy protection. Colmar Brunton is committed to complying with this Code, and building on the high levels of trust that it enjoys with it's tens of thousands of customers. Colmar Brunton will comply with any laws introduced to strengthen protections for consumers' privacy.
What information we collect about you:
When you access this web site, our Internet Service Provider (ISP) makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:
- your server address
- your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .net etc)
- the previous site you have visited
- the type of browser you are using
Colmar Brunton will not collect or monitor any personal information about you without your consent. Only information you provide Colmar Brunton with directly will be collected, such as through subscribing to various products & services, or identifying yourself when requesting information to be sent to you. The only personal information we collect is what you tell us about yourself. For example, when you fill out a request form, we collect the details you enter to enable us to post information to you. When you answer questions about what you would like to see we keep this information so as to better serve you.
Colmar Brunton's use of "cookies":
Colmar Brunton uses "cookies" to help enhance your experience on the site. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies as the default. However, if you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to refuse cookies. If you turn off cookies we cannot, for example, fill out forms automatically with details you have previously given us.
The use of cookies can enhance your experience on the Colmar Brunton site, by remembering information that you have previously given to us. They can make it easier for you to fill out forms and can ensure that information provided to you is most relevant to your interests. Cookies can also provide us with information on how our visitors use our website so that we can continually improve the design of the web site.
Cookies themselves do not contain personal information about you. They simply operate as a unique identifier which helps us to know what our customers find interesting and useful on our website, almost like a continuing questionnaire. Colmar Brunton does not store any personal information inside cookies, although the cookie may identify the user's browser.
Using & disclosing your personal information:
Colmar Brunton will not use or disclose any specific information about you without your consent, unless required by law. Colmar Brunton and its affiliates recognise the trust you place in us when you give us personal information. Colmar Brunton will regularly ask you questions to get a better understanding of what products & services would help you in your business. We will use this aggregated information to bring you products & services which we believe will be of benefit to you and your business. However, we will not disclose specific information about you and your business to any other company without your explicit consent.
We use your information to provide and market our services and to enhance and develop our relationship with you. We may share your information with other members of the Colmar Brunton group. Colmar Brunton may disclose your information to service providers, agents, contractors and strategic partners from time to time to help us to provide and market our services to you. If we do this we generally require these parties to protect your information the same way we do.
This site does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Users should be aware that there are inherent risks transmitting information across the Internet.
Information & Promotional Emails:
From time to time we will send you relevant information emails regarding products and services which you have previously registered your interest in. If you are receiving promotional information from Colmar Brunton and do not wish to receive this information any longer, you may click here to send an email with 'unsubscribe web' in the subject line.
Storage & security of your details:
Colmar Brunton will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any information which we hold about you, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. In addition, Colmar Brunton's employees and data processors are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by Colmar Brunton. However, Colmar Brunton will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information. We encourage you to play an important role in keeping your personal information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of any passwords and account details used on the Colmar Brunton website.
Accessing, changing & deleting information we keep about you:
Your trust in Colmar Brunton is very important to us. If at any time you want to know exactly what personal information we are holding at any particular time, click here. Should you wish to change personal information that is inaccurate or out of date, you can do this by simply clicking here. You may even permanently remove your details from Colmar Brunton's databases by clicking you may send an email with 'unsubscribe web' in the subject line.
Colmar Brunton & links to other websites:
Colmar Brunton provides links to websites outside of the Colmar Brunton portal. A number of these linked sites are not under the control of Colmar Brunton, and we are not responsible for the conduct of companies linked to our website. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website, we advise you to examine the privacy policies for those sites. Should you be concerned with the conduct of a site which you accessed via a link from the Colmar Brunton site, please help us to help you, by emailing us at privacy@cbr.com.au
Updates to this Policy
This Policy will be reviewed from time to time to take account of new laws and technology, changes to our operations and practices and the changing business environment.
Enquiries
If you have any questions about privacy-related issues please contact Colmar Brunton's Privacy Officer:
Peter Harris
Colmar Brunton
peter.harris@cbr.com.au
ph. 02 8873 0888
Further general information on privacy:
If you would like to obtain further information about privacy issues in Australia, please visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website.
This is Colmar Brunton's current Privacy Statement. Colmar Brunton may at any time vary the Privacy Statement by publishing the varied Privacy Statement on the Colmar Brunton website.