This privacy policy applies to personal information collected by Sea Turtle Foundation.

Sea Turtle Foundation is committed to protecting your privacy.  We adhere to guidelines developed by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to respect and uphold your rights to privacy protection under the National Privacy Principles.

Personal information:
It is our usual practice to collect personal information directly and only from you.

Sometimes we collect personal information from a third party if you have consented or would reasonable expect us to collect the information in this way, for example from publicly available sources such as websites or telephone directories.

We do not collect personal information about you if you only browse this website.  This website only uses session cookies during a search query of the website or when you access the Extranet area.  When you close your browser the session cookies is destroyed and no personal information is kept which might identify you to us in the future.

Your email address:
When you visit this website, Sea Turtle Foundation will only record your email address if you become a member, send us a message by email, if you register as a volunteer requesting notifications, or if you subscribe to our ezine.  Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it, and will not be added to any mailing lists without your prior consent by way of a specific request in writing.  We will not use or disclose your email address for any other purpose, without your prior written consent.

Uses:
We only use your personal information for the purposes for which you give it to us and for related, internal management purposes.

We do not give information about you to other organisations, government agencies or anyone else unless one of the following applies:
•    You have consented
•    You would expect us to or we have told you we will
•    It is required or authorised by law
•    It will prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to somebody’s life or health, or
•    The disclosure is reasonably necessary for law enforcement or for the protection of public revenue.

We analyse non-identifiable website traffic data to improve our services.

Your choices:
You may access personal information that we hold about you or you can ask us to correct personal information we hold about you.

If you are on one or more of our email lists you may opt out of further contact from us by clicking the unsubscribe option in emails.

Important information:
Sea Turtle Foundation is bound by the Information Privacy Principles of the Privacy Act 1988.

Our website follows the Privacy Commissioner’s Guidelines.

How to contact us:
For further information contact us at info@seaturtlefoundation.org or alternatively you can write to us at:
Sea Turtle Foundation
PO Box 1190
Townsville, Qld 4810

Links to other websites:
This website contains links to other sites.  Sea Turtle Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties, nor is it responsible for the material contained in a website that is linked to this site.

Security:
Sea Turtle Foundation applies a range of security controls to protect its website from unauthorised access.  However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user’s transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files that the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.

Sea Turtle Foundation accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user’s computer system, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this website or its use.  Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user’s computer system, software or data.