Introduction
This Privacy Statement applies to the EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING website and to all business activities of EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING Pty Limited (ABN 42 101 275 852) to the extent that they affect or involve the collection, use, disclosure or handling of personal information.

EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING understands the importance to its clients and to their customers of the discreet and confidential handling of their personal information. It is EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING policy to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 and the National Privacy Principles contained in that Act in all activities of EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING involving the collection, use, disclosure and handling of personal information.

In this Privacy Statement, personal information means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion (source: Privacy Act 1988 ).

Use and Disclosure
EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING will not use personal information concerning an individual for a purpose other than the primary purpose for which it was collected, unless EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING or its client has obtained the consent of the individual to the use of that information for a secondary use.

Personal information collected and/or stored for one client is never used for or disclosed to another client or to any other third party.

It is acknowledged that EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING gather statistics generated by use of the EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING network

Data Quality
EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING will take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal information that it holds is accurate, complete and up-to-date.

Data Security
EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING prides itself on the sophistication of its data security systems, networks and procedures. In particular all databases maintained by EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING are protected by secure network links, which are complimented by firewalls, hardware and software encryption, password protection, virus protection and internal quality procedures.

Openness
On request by individuals, EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING will make known to those individuals the types of personal information it holds, the purpose for which it is held and how EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING collects, holds and uses that information.

Anonymity
Where practicable, EXPRESS TELECONFERENCING will maintain the anonymity of an individual in a database of personal information unless the identity of the individual is necessary to perform a lawful activity.