Privacy

Media Paradise is the operator of TheBusinessof Video.com and takes seriously the protection of the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about our users and advertisers.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to tell you what kind of information we may gather about you when you visit our site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct this information.

Our goal is to provide you with a satisfying experience while allowing you to control your privacy and to give you a means to voice any questions or concerns you may have.

Media Paradise is a media organisation and is prima-facie exempted from the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). However, as a policy we are guided by the National Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) in relation to the handling of personal information.

Personal Information.

We collect personal information when we provide our services to you, most notably your email address when you register for an account.

If we collect more specific information we will tell you why we are collecting information when we collect it and how we plan to use it or these things will be obvious when we collect the information.

Usage Information

When you are online, we collect information regarding the pages within the site which you visit and what you click on. We also collect usage data which is reported back anonymously in an aggregated form to give other users an indication of site usage. An example is the number of votes for a poll.

Usage data may also be used by Media Paradise or provided to others as a summary report for marketing, advertising or research purposes.

As do most web publishers we may collect non-personal information to optimise our services and Web pages for your computer (e.g., the identity of your Internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may use such non-personal information for internal purposes, including but not limited to improving the content of our sites.

As a general rule we do not collect sensitive information. If we do, it will usually be for the purposes of providing our goods or services and we will seek your consent to collect it.

We use your information to provide our services to you, to provide functions associated with these services, for example advertising page impression billing data, to enter into contracts with you or third parties and for marketing and client relationship purposes.

Where your personal information is contained within an advertisement which we publish for you, we may also use your information for publication of that same advertisement in other media, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the initial publication.

We may consolidate your information with other users of other sites operated by Media Paradise. These sites are subject to the same privacy policy as  TheBusinessof Video.com and have the same user name and password login as TheBusinessof Video.com

Media Paradise may also use your personally identifiable information to assist in improving our products and services. This may include promoting content of interest to you, based on your usage of the site.

Use by Third Parties

Media Paradise may disclose your information to its employees, contributors and contractors from time to time to help us to improve our content, design, hosting , technology and marketing. If we do this we generally require these parties to protect your information in the same way we do.

Security

Media Paradise strives to ensure the security and integrity of personally identifiable information of our users. We use a variety of physical and electronic security measures including firewalls, encrypted back up and secure databases to keep personal information secure from misuse, loss or unauthorised use or disclosure.

Unfortunately, data transmission over the Internet can not be guaranteed to be totally secure.

Cross-Boarder data transfers

Media Paradise uses a reputable and secure off shore host to serve TheBusinessof Video.com .Data is also backed up offshore and we send files to overseas based search engines to facilitate their search returns.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that a website sends your computer. It records information necessary for certain website functions, such as remembering your preferences or settings.

Again like most web publishers Media Paradise uses cookies for interactive features such as forums, voting, session registration and to counter spamming. These cookies collect only enough information to enable website functions. If you don't want to accept cookies, you can set your browser and/or firewall to block them. You will still be able to access the site but some interactive features will be unavailable.

If you are interested in finding out more about cookies, how they are used by websites, and how you can change the cookie settings in your browser, you can use the following links from the Privacy Commissioner's website: Protecting your Privacy on the Internet.

Access to Personal Information

You have a right to access most personal information we hold about you and if we deny access in some circumstances we will tell you why.

To request access, please contact us at help@thebusinessofvideo

Public Information

Any information posted on bulletin boards, blogs, feedback comments and/or communicated in chat areas is public and cannot be secured as private.

Online Links to Third Party and Co-Branded Sites

Media Paradise is not responsible for the content or practices of Web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our sites. Links to third party sites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement of the content, policies or practices of those third party sites.

What else you should know about privacy on the Internet

It is important to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe. You as an individual are responsible for the security of and access to your own computer.

Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the Internet note that this information can be collected and used by others.

For further information

Please contact help@thebusinessofvideo if you have any queries regarding privacy. March 2008