Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting the Australian Medical Systems (hereinafter referred to as AMS) Online Website at www.AustralianMedicalSystems.com.au (“the Website”). We know that You care about how information about You and Your practice is used and shared. This document sets out our Privacy Policy (“Policy”), and Your visit to the Website is subject to this Policy. AMS reserves the right to change and update this Policy at any time, with such changes effective immediately upon posting to the Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are aware of recent changes to the Policy.
If you visit or use the Website, you accept this Policy and consent to any disclosures made in accordance with this Policy. Please take the time to read it carefully. Please review our Terms of Use and Disclaimer, both of which also govern Your visit and use of the Website.
Children may only use this Website with appropriate adult supervision from a parent, guardian or other adult. AMS does not knowingly collect information from children under 18 years.
1. Personal Information
What Personal Information Does AMS Collect About You and Why?
You will see from the comments below that Your personal information which is collected by AMS is necessary for its activities provided at the Website and the provision of an interactive website whereby You may interact with and share information with others through Your Contribution and Your participation in any public forums etc. To make the Website a better place for You to visit, and to provide You with as many opportunities to benefit from the Website as possible, AMS needs to identify Your needs and interests. In order to do this, AMS may gather the following types of information about you:
A. Information About You From You: AMS receives and stores any information You provide in any way.
B. Automatic Information: AMS automatically receives and stores certain types of information about You whenever You visit the Website. This is mainly done through the use of cookies and Your IP address.
C. E-mail Communications: Depending on your computer’s capabilities, AMS may receive a confirmation notice when you open an e-mail from us.
D. Information from other sources: At times, to ensure that our records are correct, AMS may receive updated contact, delivery and address information about You from our carriers or other sources.
2. Access to Your Personal Information
You do not have to give AMS any personal information, although this may make it difficult for You to use the Website.
If you have concerns about giving personal information, there are various devices available to prevent us from gaining access to information automatically collected when You access the Website. Please discuss these options with Your local software consultant.
3. Linked Sites
The Website contains links to other websites. AMS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Websites accessed by links from this Website.
4. Sharing Information
AMS values your visit to this Website. For this reason AMS do not sell Your personal information, or that of Your practice, to others. AMS only shares the information that it gathers about You, or Your practice, to its associated companies or advertising partners unless otherwise advised.
Your contact information may be used by AMS for a variety of purposes including delivery of Your order, contacting You if necessary regarding a delivery or payment for an order or to send You information about AMS, including promotional information. Your contact information may also be shared with any of our advertising partners (whose names will be clearly identified on the Website) and they may send You information about themselves, including promotional information. Any email notification receipts received by AMS may also be used by AMS, its associated companies or advertising partners for marketing or other promotional purposes.
Any financial information about You will be used for billing purposes, and may be used for credit enquiry purposes.
Cookies obtain certain information when Your web browser accesses the Website. Your IP address may be used to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer the Website and to help identify You.
AMS may also share information about You, gathered from your contact information, for the purposes of gathering certain demographic information about visitors to the Website. This also assists us with our marketing and promotional activities.
AMS's advertising partners are committed to the same obligations as we impose on ourselves in relation to the collection of Your personal information. AMS is not responsible for, nor does it make any warranties or representations, about the adequacy of the privacy practices of any of our advertising partners.
5. Public Forums
This Website may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to you (“Public Forums”). You should exercise caution when using these Public Forums, as any information that is disclosed in such areas becomes public information. You should therefore think carefully before disclosing Your personal information in Public Forums.
6. Updating Your Personal Information and Indicating Preferences
Any information You provide to AMS may be added to or updated by You. AMS tries to ensure, to the extent that it is able, that Your personal information (especially Your contact and financial information) is as accurate and up-to-date as possible. This helps to reduce the possibility of errors occurring with deliveries or billings, and to ensure that any information or other documents are sent to the correct email address. You may also choose not to receive any e-mail, promotional or other information from AMS, or its advertising partners.
7. Sensitive Information
There is certain information which is deemed to be sensitive at law, including, for example, Your race, sexual preference, criminal record or membership of a political association or trade union. AMS does not knowingly collect any such sensitive information about You, and will not do so unless Your prior consent has been obtained.
8. Disputes
AMS shall use its best endeavours to quickly and effectively resolve any dispute arising in relation to Your visit to the Website and Your use of the Website. In the event of a failure to resolve any such dispute, the dispute shall be governed by and dealt with under the laws of NSW, Australia and You and AMS submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts and Tribunals of NSW, Australia.
9. Definitions
“Your Account” means the account, which You must establish pursuant to the Terms of Use to enable You to use the Website.
“Your Contribution” includes any comments, suggestions, ideas, questions, articles, links or photographs that You may post or submit to the Website in accordance with the Terms of Use.
10. Contact Us
If you have any queries about this Policy or any thing else at the Website, please contact us at AMS and we will be only too happy to answer Your query.